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THE
 
HOLY BIBLE
 
CONTAINING THE
 
OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS
 
TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES: AND
WITH
THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED
AND REVISED, BY HIS MAJESTY'S SPECIAL COMMAND
 
APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE NAMES AND ORDER OF ALL
THE
BOOKS OF
THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT,
WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR
CHAPTERS.
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The Books of the Old Testament.


                                               Chaps
Genesis                                    50
Exodus                                     40
Leviticus                                  27
Numbers                                  36
Deuteronomy                            34
Joshua                                      24
Judges                                      21
Ruth                                        4
1 Samuel                                  31
2 Samuel                                  24
1 Kings                                    22
2 Kings                                    25
1 Chronicles                              29
2 Chronicles                              36
Ezra                                         10
Nehemiah                                 13
Esther                                      10
Job                                          42
Psalms                                     150
Proverbs                                   31
                                               Chaps
Ecclesiastes                               12
The Song of
      Solomon                            8
Isaiah                                       66
Jeremiah                                   52
Lamentations                             5
Ezekiel                                     48
Daniel                                      12
Hosea                                      14
Joel                                         3
Amos                                       9
Obadiah                                   1
Jonah                                       4
Micah                                      7
Nahum                                     3
Habakkuk                                 3
Zephaniah                                 3
Haggai                                     2
Zechariah                                 14
Malachi                                    4


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The Books of the New Testament.


                                               Chaps
Matthew                                   28
Mark                                       16
Luke                                        24
John                                        21
The Acts                                   28
Epistle to the
      Romans                             16
1 Corinthians                             16
2 Corinthians                             13
Galatians                                  6
Ephesians                                 6
Philippians                                4
Colossians                                4
1 Thessalonians                         5
                                               Chaps
2 Thessalonians                         3
1 Timothy                                 6
2 Timothy                                 4
Titus                                        3
Philemon                                  1
To the Hebrews                         13
The Epistle of
James                   5
1 Peter                                     5
2 Peter                                     3
1 John                                      5
2 John                                      1
3 John                                      1
Jude                                         1
Revelation                                22


 


THE FIRST
BOOK OF MOSES,
CALLED
GENESIS.


CHAPTER 1
IN the
beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And
the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the
face of the waters.
3 And God
said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God
saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from
the darkness.
5 And God
called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the
morning were the first day.
6 ¶ And God
said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide
the waters from the waters.
7 And God
made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God
called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second
day.
9 ¶ And God
said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and
let the dry land appear: and it was
so.
10 And God
called the dry land Earth; and the
gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was
good.
11 And God
said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after
his kind, whose seed is in itself,
upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And
the earth brought forth grass, and herb
yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God
saw that it was good.
13 And
the evening and the morning were the third day.
14 ¶ And
God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day
from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and
years:
15 And
let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the
earth: and it was so.
16 And God
made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light
to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17 And God
set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And
to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the
darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 And
the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20 And God
said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life,
and fowl that may fly above the earth
in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God
created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters
brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his
kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God
blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the
seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And
the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24 ¶ And
God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle,
and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God
made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and
every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was
good.
26 ¶ And
God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the
cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth.
27 So God
created man in his own image, in the
image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God
blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish
the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over
the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 ¶ And
God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and
every tree, in the which is the fruit
of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And
to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing
that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there
is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it
was so.
31 And God
saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the
evening and the morning were the sixth day.
 
CHAPTER 2
THUS the
heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2 And on
the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the
seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 And God
blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested
from all his work which God created and made.
4 ¶ These
are the generations of the heavens
and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
5 And
every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the
field before it grew: for the Lord
God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to
till the ground.
6 But
there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
7 And
the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 ¶ And
the Lord God planted a garden
eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 And
out of the ground made the Lord God
to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree
of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and
evil.
10 And a
river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and
became into four heads.
11 The
name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of
Havilah, where there is gold;
12 And
the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
13 And
the name of the second river is Gihon:
the same is it that compasseth the
whole land of Ethiopia.
14 And
the name of the third river is Hiddekel:
that is it which goeth toward the
east of Assyria. And the fourth river is
Euphrates.
15 And
the Lord God took the man, and put
him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16 And
the Lord God commanded the man,
saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But
of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in
the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
18 ¶ And
the Lord God said, It is
not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
19 And
out of the ground the Lord God
formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call
them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
20 And
Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast
of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21 And
the Lord God caused a deep sleep
to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the
flesh instead thereof;
22 And
the rib, which the Lord God had
taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And
Adam said, This is now bone of my
bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken
out of Man.
24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto
his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25 And
they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
 
CHAPTER 3
NOW the
serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the
woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And
the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the
garden:
3 But of
the fruit of the tree which is in the
midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch
it, lest ye die.
4 And
the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For God
doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and
ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And
when the woman saw that the tree was good
for food, and that it was pleasant to
the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one
wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her
husband with her; and he did eat.
7 And
the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves
aprons.
8 And
they heard the voice of the Lord God
walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves
from the presence of the Lord God
amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And
the Lord God called unto Adam, and
said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And
he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And
he said, Who told thee that thou wast
naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest
not eat?
12 And
the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to
be with me, she gave me of the tree,
and I did eat.
13 And
the Lord God said unto the woman,
What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and
I did eat.
14 And
the Lord God said unto the
serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art
cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly
shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I
will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed;
it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto
the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in
sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband,
and he shall rule over thee.
17 And
unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and
hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat
of it: cursed is the ground for thy
sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it
all the days of thy life;
18
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the
herb of the field;
19 In
the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground;
for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
20 And
Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
21 Unto
Adam also and to his wife did the Lord
God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 ¶ And
the Lord God said, Behold, the man
is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his
hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23
Therefore the Lord God sent him
forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
24 So he
drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims,
and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of
life.
 
CHAPTER 4
AND Adam
knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a
man from the Lord.
2 And
she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a
tiller of the ground.
3 And in
process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground
an offering unto the Lord.
4 And
Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
And the Lord had respect unto Abel
and to his offering:
5 But
unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and
his countenance fell.
6 And
the Lord said unto Cain, Why art
thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If
thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin
lieth at the door. And unto thee shall
be his desire, and thou shalt rule
over him.
8 And
Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the
field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know
not: Am I my brother's keeper?
10 And
he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me
from the ground.
11 And
now art thou cursed from the earth,
which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
12 When
thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength;
a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
13 And
Cain said unto the Lord, My
punishment is greater than I can bear.
14
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from
thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth;
and it shall come to pass, that every
one that findeth me shall slay me.
15 And
the Lord said unto him, Therefore
whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any
finding him should kill him.
16 ¶ And
Cain went out from the presence of the Lord,
and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
17 And
Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city,
and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
18 And
unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat
Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
19 ¶ And
Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
20 And
Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such
as have cattle.
21 And
his brother's name was Jubal: he was
the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
22 And
Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and
iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was
Naamah.
23 And Lamech
said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech,
hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man
to my hurt.
24 If
Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
25 ¶ And
Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God,
said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain
slew.
26 And
to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then
began men to call upon the name of the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 5
THIS is the book of the generations of Adam.
In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
2 Male
and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in
the day when they were created.
3 ¶ And
Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own
likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
4 And
the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he
begat sons and daughters:
5 And
all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
6 And
Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
7 And
Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons
and daughters:
8 And
all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
9 ¶ And
Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
10 And
Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat
sons and daughters:
11 And
all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
12 ¶ And
Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
13 And
Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat
sons and daughters:
14 And
all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
15 ¶ And
Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
16 And
Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat
sons and daughters:
17 And
all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he
died.
18 ¶ And
Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
19 And
Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and
daughters:
20 And
all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
21 ¶ And
Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
22 And
Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters:
23 And
all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 And
Enoch walked with God: and he was not;
for God took him.
25 And
Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
26 And
Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and
begat sons and daughters:
27 And
all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
28 ¶ And
Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
29 And
he called his name Noah, saying, This same
shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the
ground which the Lord hath cursed.
30 And Lamech
lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons
and daughters:
31 And
all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
32 And
Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
 
CHAPTER 6
AND it
came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and
daughters were born unto them,
2 That
the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
3 And
the Lord said, My spirit shall not
always strive with man, for that he also is
flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There
were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God
came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became
mighty men which were of old, men of
renown.
5 ¶ And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts
of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it
repented the Lord that he had made
man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And
the Lord said, I will destroy man
whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping
thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8 But
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
9 ¶ These
are the generations of Noah: Noah was
a just man and perfect in his
generations, and Noah walked with God.
10 And
Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The
earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God
looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted
his way upon the earth.
13 And God
said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled
with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14 ¶ Make
thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch
it within and without with pitch.
15 And
this is the fashion which thou
shalt make it of: The length of the
ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the
height of it thirty cubits.
16 A
window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above;
and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
17 And,
behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all
flesh, wherein is the breath of life,
from under heaven; and every thing
that is in the earth shall die.
18 But
with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou,
and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
19 And
of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
20 Of
fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing
of the earth after his kind, two of every sort
shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21 And
take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for
thee, and for them.
22 Thus
did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
 
CHAPTER 7
AND the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all
thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
2 Of
every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female:
and of beasts that are not clean by
two, the male and his female.
3 Of
fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive
upon the face of all the earth.
4 For
yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty
nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the
face of the earth.
5 And
Noah did according unto all that the Lord
commanded him.
6 And
Noah was six hundred years old when
the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 ¶ And
Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into
the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of
clean beasts, and of beasts that are not
clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There
went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had
commanded Noah.
10 And
it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the
earth.
11 ¶ In
the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day
of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up,
and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And
the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 In
the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of
Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
14 They,
and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl
after his kind, every bird of every sort.
15 And
they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
16 And
they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded
him: and the Lord shut him in.
17 And
the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up
the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
18 And
the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark
went upon the face of the waters.
19 And
the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
20
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
21 And
all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of
beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
22 All
in whose nostrils was the breath of
life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
23 And
every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground,
both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and
they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were
with him in the ark.
24 And
the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
 
CHAPTER 8
AND God
remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a
wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
2 The
fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain
from heaven was restrained;
3 And the
waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the
hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
4 And
the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon
the mountains of Ararat.
5 And
the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
6 ¶ And
it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the
ark which he had made:
7 And he
sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up
from off the earth.
8 Also
he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the
face of the ground;
9 But
the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into
the ark, for the waters were on the face
of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in
unto him into the ark.
10 And
he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the
ark;
11 And
the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah
knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
12 And
he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not
again unto him any more.
13 ¶ And
it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and
Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the
ground was dry.
14 And
in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth
dried.
15 ¶ And
God spake unto Noah, saying,
16 Go
forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with
thee.
17 Bring
forth with thee every living thing that is
with thee, of all flesh, both of
fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth;
that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon
the earth.
18 And
Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
19 Every
beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth
out of the ark.
20 ¶ And
Noah builded an altar unto the Lord;
and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings
on the altar.
21 And
the Lord smelled a sweet savour;
and the Lord said in his heart, I
will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of
man's heart is evil from his youth;
neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
22 While
the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and
winter, and day and night shall not cease.
 
CHAPTER 9
AND God
blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and
replenish the earth.
2 And
the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth,
and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand
are they delivered.
3 Every
moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I
given you all things.
4 But
flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5 And
surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will
I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I
require the life of man.
6 Whoso
sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God
made he man.
7 And
you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and
multiply therein.
8 ¶ And God
spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And I,
behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10 And
with every living creature that is with
you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from
all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
11 And I
will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any
more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to
destroy the earth.
12 And 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:
13 I do
set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me
and the earth.
14 And
it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall
be seen in the cloud:
15 And I
will remember my covenant, which is between
me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more
become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 And
the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the
everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
17 And God
said unto Noah, This is the token of
the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
18 ¶ And
the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth:
and Ham is the father of Canaan.
19 These
are the three sons of Noah: and of
them was the whole earth overspread.
20 And
Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
21 And
he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22 And
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two
brethren without.
23 And
Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it
upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of
their father; and their faces were backward,
and they saw not their father's nakedness.
24 And
Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25 And
he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant
of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 And
he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his
servant.
27 God
shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan
shall be his servant.
28 ¶ And
Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29 And
all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
 
CHAPTER 10
NOW these
are the generations of the sons of
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
2 The
sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and
Meshech, and Tiras.
3 And
the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 And
the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 By
these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after
his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
6 ¶ And
the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
7 And
the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and
the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
8 And
Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was
a mighty hunter before the Lord:
wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
10 And
the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in
the land of Shinar.
11 Out
of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and
Calah,
12 And
Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is
a great city.
13 And
Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14 And
Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
15 ¶ And
Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
16 And
the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
17 And
the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
18 And
the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the
families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
19 And
the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza;
as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
20 These
are the sons of Ham, after their
families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
21 ¶ Unto
Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the
elder, even to him were children born.
22 The
children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
23 And
the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
24 And
Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
25 And
unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's
name was Joktan.
26 And
Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27 And
Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28 And
Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
29 And
Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were
the sons of Joktan.
30 And
their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
31 These
are the sons of Shem, after their
families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
32 These
are the families of the sons of Noah,
after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided
in the earth after the flood.
 
CHAPTER 11
AND the
whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 And it
came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the
land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 And
they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly.
And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
4 And
they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach
unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the
face of the whole earth.
5 And
the Lord came down to see the city
and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6 And
the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language;
and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which
they have imagined to do.
7 Go to,
let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand
one another's speech.
8 So the
Lord scattered them abroad from
thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and
from thence did the Lord scatter
them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
10 ¶ These
are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat
Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11 And
Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and
daughters.
12 And
Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
13 And
Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat
sons and daughters.
14 And
Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
15 And
Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons
and daughters.
16 And
Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
17 And
Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons
and daughters.
18 And
Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
19 And
Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and
daughters.
20 And
Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
21 And
Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and
daughters.
22 And
Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
23 And
Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and
daughters.
24 And
Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
25 And
Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons
and daughters.
26 And
Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 ¶ Now
these are the generations of Terah:
Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
28 And
Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the
Chaldees.
29 And
Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of
Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
30 But
Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 And
Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his
daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of
the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and
dwelt there.
32 And
the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
 
CHAPTER 12
NOW the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of
thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land
that I will shew thee:
2 And I
will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name
great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I
will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee
shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4 So
Abram departed, as the Lord had
spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
5 And
Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance
that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they
went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they
came.
6 ¶ And
Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of
Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in
the land.
7 And
the Lord appeared unto Abram, and
said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto
the Lord, who appeared unto him.
8 And he
removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his
tent, having Beth-el on the west, and
Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.
9 And
Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
10 ¶ And
there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn
there; for the famine was grievous in
the land.
11 And
it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto
Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
12 Therefore
it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say,
This is his wife: and they will kill
me, but they will save thee alive.
13 Say,
I pray thee, thou art my sister: that
it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
14 ¶ And
it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the
woman that she was very fair.
15 The
princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the
woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 And
he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses,
and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
17 And
the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his
house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
18 And
Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is
this that thou hast done unto me? why
didst thou not tell me that she was thy
wife?
19 Why
saidst thou, She is my sister? so I
might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
20 And
Pharaoh commanded his men concerning
him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
 
CHAPTER 13
AND Abram
went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him,
into the south.
2 And
Abram was very rich in cattle, in
silver, and in gold.
3 And he
went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his
tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai;
4 Unto
the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram
called on the name of the Lord.
5 ¶ And Lot
also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6 And
the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their
substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
7 And
there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's
cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
8 And
Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee,
and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
9 Is not the whole land before thee?
separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou
wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart
to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
10 And Lot
lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the
Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah,
even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou
comest unto Zoar.
11 Then Lot
chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated
themselves the one from the other.
12 Abram
dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and
pitched his tent toward Sodom.
13 But
the men of Sodom were wicked and
sinners before the Lord
exceedingly.
14 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Abram, after
that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the
place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
15 For
all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for
ever.
16 And I
will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the
dust of the earth, then shall thy seed
also be numbered.
17
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for
I will give it unto thee.
18 Then
Abram removed his tent, and came and
dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is
in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 14
AND it
came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar,
Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
2 That these
made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king
of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
3 All
these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
4 Twelve
years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5 And in
the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the
Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
6 And
the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
7 And
they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the
Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.
8 And
there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of
Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with
them in the vale of Siddim;
9 With
Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel
king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
10 And
the vale of Siddim was full of
slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they
that remained fled to the mountain.
11 And
they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went
their way.
12 And
they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and
departed.
13 ¶ And
there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the
plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
14 And
when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred
and eighteen, and pursued them unto
Dan.
15 And
he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them,
and pursued them unto Hobah, which is
on the left hand of Damascus.
16 And
he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his
goods, and the women also, and the people.
17 ¶ And
the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of
Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were
with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is
the king's dale.
18 And
Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
19 And
he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram
of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
20 And
blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.
And he gave him tithes of all.
21 And
the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to
thyself.
22 And
Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of
heaven and earth,
23 That
I will not take from a thread even to
a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
24 Save
only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went
with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
 
CHAPTER 15
AFTER these
things the word of the Lord came
unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding
great reward.
2 And
Abram said, Lord God, what wilt
thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
3 And
Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my
house is mine heir.
4 And,
behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be
thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine
heir.
5 And he
brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars,
if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And he
believed in the Lord; and he
counted it to him for righteousness.
7 And he
said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the
Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
8 And he
said, Lord God, whereby shall I
know that I shall inherit it?
9 And he
said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three
years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
10 And
he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece
one against another: but the birds divided he not.
11 And
when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
12 And
when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror
of great darkness fell upon him.
13 And
he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a
land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them
four hundred years;
14 And
also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they
come out with great substance.
15 And
thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
16 But
in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the
Amorites is not yet full.
17 And
it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a
smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
18 In
the same day the Lord made a
covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the
river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
19 The
Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
20 And
the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21 And
the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
 
CHAPTER 16
NOW Sarai
Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose
name was Hagar.
2 And
Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord
hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be
that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
3 And
Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten
years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
4 ¶ And
he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had
conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
5 And
Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon
thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived,
I was despised in her eyes: the Lord
judge between me and thee.
6 But
Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is
in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with
her, she fled from her face.
7 ¶ And
the angel of the Lord found her by
a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
8 And he
said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she
said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9 And
the angel of the Lord said unto
her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
10 And
the angel of the Lord said unto
her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
11 And
the angel of the Lord said unto
her, Behold, thou art with child, and
shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.
12 And
he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's
hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
13 And
she called the name of the Lord
that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked
after him that seeth me?
14
Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and
Bered.
15 ¶ And
Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare,
Ishmael.
16 And
Abram was fourscore and six years
old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
 
CHAPTER 17
AND when
Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord
appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am
the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
2 And I
will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And
Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4 As for
me, behold, my covenant is with thee,
and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham;
for a father of many nations have I made thee.
6 And I
will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings
shall come out of thee.
7 And I
will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their
generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed
after thee.
8 And I
will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a
stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be
their God.
9 ¶ And God
said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed
after thee in their generations.
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep,
between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
11 And
ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the
covenant betwixt me and you.
12 And
he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in
your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any
stranger, which is not of thy seed.
13 He
that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be
circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting
covenant.
14 And
the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised,
that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
15 ¶ And
God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name
Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
16 And I
will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she
shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
17 Then
Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child
be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety
years old, bear?
18 And
Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
19 And God
said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name
Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
20 And
as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make
him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget,
and I will make him a great nation.
21 But
my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at
this set time in the next year.
22 And
he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
23 ¶ And
Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that
were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and
circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto
him.
24 And
Abraham was ninety years old and
nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
25 And
Ishmael his son was thirteen years
old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
26 In
the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
27 And
all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the
stranger, were circumcised with him.
 
CHAPTER 18
AND the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of
Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
2 And he
lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent
door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
3 And
said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray
thee, from thy servant:
4 Let a
little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves
under the tree:
5 And I
will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall
pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as
thou hast said.
6 And
Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three
measures of fine meal, knead it, and make
cakes upon the hearth.
7 And
Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to
dress it.
8 And he
took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them
under the tree, and they did eat.
9 ¶ And
they said unto him, Where is Sarah
thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
10 And
he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and,
lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was
behind him.
11 Now
Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the
manner of women.
12
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I
have pleasure, my lord being old also?
13 And
the Lord said unto Abraham,
Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am
old?
14 Is
any thing too hard for the Lord?
At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life,
and Sarah shall have a son.
15 Then
Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but
thou didst laugh.
16 ¶ And
the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with
them to bring them on the way.
17 And
the Lord said, Shall I hide from
Abraham that thing which I do;
18
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the
nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
19 For I
know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and
they shall keep the way of the Lord,
to do justice and judgment; that the Lord
may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
20 And
the Lord said, Because the cry of
Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
21 I
will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the
cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
22 And
the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham
stood yet before the Lord.
23 ¶ And
Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the
wicked?
24
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy
and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
25 That
be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the
wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee:
Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
26 And
the Lord said, If I find in Sodom
fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
27 And
Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord,
which am but dust and ashes:
28
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy
all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there
forty and five, I will not destroy it.
29 And
he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found
there. And he said, I will not do it for
forty's sake.
30 And
he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure
there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
31 And
he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure
there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
32 And
he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once:
Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
33 And
the Lord went his way, as soon as
he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
 
CHAPTER 19
AND there
came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot
seeing them rose up to meet them; and
he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
2 And he
said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and
tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your
ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
3 And he
pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his
house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did
eat.
4 ¶ But
before they lay down, the men of the city, even
the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people
from every quarter:
5 And
they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us,
that we may know them.
6 And Lot
went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
7 And
said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
8 Behold
now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring
them out unto you, and do ye to them as is
good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they
under the shadow of my roof.
9 And
they said, Stand back. And they said again,
This one fellow came in to sojourn,
and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them.
And they pressed sore upon the man, even
Lot, and came near to break the door.
10 But
the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut
to the door.
11 And
they smote the men that were at the
door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied
themselves to find the door.
12 ¶ And
the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons,
and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
13 For
we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the
face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
14 And Lot
went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and
said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord
will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
15 ¶ And
when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy
wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the
iniquity of the city.
16 And
while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his
wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and
set him without the city.
17 ¶ And
it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape
for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape
to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
18 And Lot
said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
19
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified
thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot
escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20
Behold now, this city is near to flee
unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let
me escape thither, (is it not a
little one?) and my soul shall live.
21 And
he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I
will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste
thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither.
Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 ¶ The
sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24 Then
the Lord rained upon Sodom and
upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord
out of heaven;
25 And
he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the
cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 ¶ But
his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 ¶ And
Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:
28 And
he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and
beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
29 ¶ And
it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God
remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he
overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
30 ¶ And
Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with
him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two
daughters.
31 And
the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in
unto us after the manner of all the earth:
32 Come,
let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may
preserve seed of our father.
33 And
they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and
lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she
arose.
34 And
it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger,
Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night
also; and go thou in, and lie with
him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
35 And
they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and
lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus
were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And
the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this
day.
38 And
the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon
unto this day.
 
CHAPTER 20
AND Abraham
journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and
Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
2 And
Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is
my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
3 But God
came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but
a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
4 But
Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a
righteous nation?
5 Said
he not unto me, She is my sister? and
she, even she herself said, He is my
brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done
this.
6 And God
said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of
thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered
I thee not to touch her.
7 Now
therefore restore the man his wife;
for he is a prophet, and he shall
pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
8
Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and
told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
9 Then
Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and
what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a
great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
10 And
Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
11 And
Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
12 And
yet indeed she is my sister; she is the
daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my
wife.
13 And
it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I
said unto her, This is thy kindness which
thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
14 And
Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah
his wife.
15 And
Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before
thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
16 And
unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto
all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
17 ¶ So
Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants;
and they bare children.
18 For
the Lord had fast closed up all
the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
 
CHAPTER 21
AND the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and
the Lord did unto Sarah as he had
spoken.
2 For
Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of
which God had spoken to him.
3 And
Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to
him, Isaac.
4 And
Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded
him.
5 And
Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
6 ¶ And
Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so
that all that hear will laugh with
me.
7 And
she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given
children suck? for I have born him a
son in his old age.
8 And
the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
9 ¶ And
Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham,
mocking.
10
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the
son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
11 And
the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
12 ¶ And
God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad,
and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken
unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
13 And
also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
14 And
Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water,
and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and
sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
15 And
the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the
shrubs.
16 And
she went, and sat her down over against him
a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of
the child. And she sat over against him,
and lift up her voice, and wept.
17 And God
heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven,
and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the
voice of the lad where he is.
18
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great
nation.
19 And God
opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the
bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
20 And God
was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an
archer.
21 And
he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the
land of Egypt.
22 ¶ And
it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of
his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is
with thee in all that thou doest:
23 Now
therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me,
nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but
according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me,
and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
24 And
Abraham said, I will swear.
25 And
Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's
servants had violently taken away.
26 And
Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me,
neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
27 And
Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them
made a covenant.
28 And
Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 And
Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean
these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
30 And
he said, For these seven ewe lambs
shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged
this well.
31
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of
them.
32 Thus
they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the
chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
33 ¶ And
Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba,
and called there on the name of the Lord,
the everlasting God.
34 And
Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
 
CHAPTER 22
AND it
came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him,
Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2 And he
said, Take now thy son, thine only son
Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him
there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3 ¶ And
Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his
young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt
offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
4 Then
on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5 And
Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad
will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6 And
Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a
knife; and they went both of them together.
7 And
Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the
fire and the wood: but where is the
lamb for a burnt offering?
8 And
Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so
they went both of them together.
9 And
they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar
there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the
altar upon the wood.
10 And
Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And
the angel of the Lord called unto
him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12 And
he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him:
for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son,
thine only son from me.
13 And
Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and
took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
14 And
Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.
15 ¶ And
the angel of the Lord called unto
Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 And
said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord,
for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine
only son:
17 That
in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as
the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his
enemies;
18 And
in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast
obeyed my voice.
19 So
Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba;
and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
20 ¶ And
it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold,
Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
21 Huz
his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 And
Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 And
Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
24 And
his concubine, whose name was Reumah,
she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
 
CHAPTER 23
AND Sarah
was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of
the life of Sarah.
2 And
Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is
Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep
for her.
3 ¶ And
Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you:
give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of
my sight.
5 And
the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6 Hear
us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince
among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold
from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
7 And
Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
8 And he
communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out
of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
9 That
he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he
shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
10 And
Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered
Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
11 Nay,
my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my
people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
12 And
Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
13 And
he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if
thou wilt give it, I pray thee,
hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
14 And
Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
15 My
lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver;
what is that betwixt me and thee?
bury therefore thy dead.
16 And
Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which
he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of
silver, current money with the
merchant.
17 ¶ And
the field of Ephron, which was in
Machpelah, which was before Mamre,
the field, and the cave which was therein,
and all the trees that were in the
field, that were in all the borders
round about, were made sure
18 Unto
Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all
that went in at the gate of his city.
19 And
after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah
before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the
land of Canaan.
20 And
the field, and the cave that is therein,
were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of
Heth.
 
CHAPTER 24
AND Abraham
was old, and well stricken in age:
and the Lord had blessed Abraham
in all things.
2 And
Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he
had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
3 And I
will make thee swear by the Lord,
the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife
unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
4 But thou
shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
5 And
the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow
me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence
thou camest?
6 And
Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
7 ¶ The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my
father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and
that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send
his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
8 And if
the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from
this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
9 And the
servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him
concerning that matter.
10 ¶ And
the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all
the goods of his master were in his
hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
11 And
he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the
time of the evening, even the time
that women go out to draw water.
12 And
he said, O Lord God of my master
Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my
master Abraham.
13
Behold, I stand here by the well of
water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
14 And
let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher,
I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy
camels drink also: let the same
be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I
know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
15 ¶ And
it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out,
who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother,
with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
16 And
the damsel was very fair to look
upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and
filled her pitcher, and came up.
17 And
the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little
water of thy pitcher.
18 And
she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her
hand, and gave him drink.
19 And
when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
20 And
she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well
to draw water, and drew for all his
camels.
21 And
the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or
not.
22 And
it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden
earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
23 And
said, Whose daughter art thou? tell
me, I pray thee: is there room in thy
father's house for us to lodge in?
24 And
she said unto him, I am the daughter
of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
25 She
said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to
lodge in.
26 And
the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord.
27 And
he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath
not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord
led me to the house of my master's brethren.
28 And
the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.
29 ¶ And
Rebekah had a brother, and his name was
Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
30 And
it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands,
and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man
unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the
well.
31 And
he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord;
wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for
the camels.
32 ¶ And
the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and
provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.
33 And
there was set meat before him to eat:
but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
34 And he
said, I am Abraham's servant.
35 And
the Lord hath blessed my master
greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver,
and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
36 And
Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him
hath he given all that he hath.
37 And
my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the
daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
38 But
thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto
my son.
39 And I
said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
40 And
he said unto me, The Lord, before
whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt
take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:
41 Then
shalt thou be clear from this my
oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
42 And I
came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord
God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
43
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the
virgin cometh forth to draw water,
and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
44 And
she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the Lord
hath appointed out for my master's son.
45 And
before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher
on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
46 And
she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also:
so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
47 And I
asked her, and said, Whose daughter art
thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto
him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
48 And I
bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord,
and blessed the Lord God of my
master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's
daughter unto his son.
49 And
now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell
me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
50 Then Laban
and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
51
Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's
son's wife, as the Lord hath
spoken.
52 And
it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped
the Lord, bowing himself to the earth.
53 And
the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment,
and gave them to Rebekah: he gave
also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
54 And
they did eat and drink, he and the men that were
with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said,
Send me away unto my master.
55 And
her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few
days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
56 And
he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord
hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
57 And
they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.
58 And
they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she
said, I will go.
59 And
they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and
his men.
60 And
they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the
mother of thousands of millions, and let
thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
61 ¶ And
Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the
man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
62 And
Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south
country.
63 And
Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his
eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were
coming.
64 And
Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
65 For
she had said unto the servant, What
man is this that walketh in the field
to meet us? And the servant had said,
It is my master: therefore she took a
vail, and covered herself.
66 And
the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
67 And
Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she
became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
 
CHAPTER 25
THEN again
Abraham took a wife, and her name was
Keturah.
2 And
she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 And
Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim,
and Leummim.
4 And
the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All
these were the children of Keturah.
5 ¶ And
Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
6 But
unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and
sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east
country.
7 And
these are the days of the years of
Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
8 Then
Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years;
and was gathered to his people.
9 And
his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of
Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is
before Mamre;
10 The
field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried,
and Sarah his wife.
11 ¶ And
it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and
Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.
12 ¶ Now
these are the generations of Ishmael,
Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
13 And
these are the names of the sons of
Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael,
Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14 And
Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
15
Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
16 These
are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by
their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
17 And
these are the years of the life of
Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and
died; and was gathered unto his people.
18 And
they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is
before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and
he died in the presence of all his brethren.
19 ¶ And
these are the generations of Isaac,
Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
20 And
Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel
the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And
Isaac intreated the Lord for his
wife, because she was barren: and the
Lord was intreated of him, and
Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And
the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be
so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire
of the Lord.
23 And
the Lord said unto her, Two nations
are in thy womb, and two manner of
people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be
stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve
the younger.
24 ¶ And
when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her
womb.
25 And
the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his
name Esau.
26 And
after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his
name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore
years old when she bare them.
27 And
the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
28 And
Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his
venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 ¶ And
Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
30 And
Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
31 And
Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
32 And
Esau said, Behold, I am at the point
to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
33 And
Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his
birthright unto Jacob.
34 Then
Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and
rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
 
CHAPTER 26
AND there
was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of
Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
2 And
the Lord appeared unto him, and
said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
3
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto
thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform
the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
4 And I
will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy
seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed;
5
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my
statutes, and my laws.
6 ¶ And
Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
7 And
the men of the place asked him of his
wife; and he said, She is my sister:
for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the
place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
8 And it
came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the
Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
9 And
Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die
for her.
10 And
Abimelech said, What is this thou
hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and
thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
11 And
Abimelech charged all his people,
saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
12 Then
Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the
Lord blessed him.
13 And
the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
14 For
he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of
servants: and the Philistines envied him.
15 For
all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his
father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
16 And
Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
17 ¶ And
Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt
there.
18 And
Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of
Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of
Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had
called them.
19 And
Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing
water.
20 And
the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the
well Esek; because they strove with him.
21 And
they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of
it Sitnah.
22 And
he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not:
and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall
be fruitful in the land.
23 And
he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
24 And
the Lord appeared unto him the
same night, and said, I am the God of
Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am
with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's
sake.
25 And
he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and
there Isaac's servants digged a well.
26 ¶ Then
Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol
the chief captain of his army.
27 And
Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent
me away from you?
28 And
they said, We saw certainly that the Lord
was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us
make a covenant with thee;
29 That
thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto
thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord.
30 And
he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
31 And
they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent
them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 And it
came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning
the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
33 And
he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
34 ¶ And
Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the
Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
35 Which
were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
 
CHAPTER 27
AND it
came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could
not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said
unto him, Behold, here am I.
2 And he
said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
3 Now
therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to
the field, and take me some venison;
4 And
make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
5 And
Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to
hunt for venison, and to bring it.
6 ¶ And
Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto
Esau thy brother, saying,
7 Bring
me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the
Lord before my death.
8 Now
therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
9 Go now
to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will
make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
10 And
thou shalt bring it to thy father,
that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
11 And
Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a
smooth man:
12 My
father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I
shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
13 And
his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy
curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
14 And
he went, and fetched, and brought them
to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
15 And
Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger
son:
16 And
she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth
of his neck:
17 And
she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand
of her son Jacob.
18 ¶ And
he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
19 And
Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau
thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit
and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
20 And
Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because
the Lord thy God brought it to me.
21 And
Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son,
whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
22 And
Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
23 And
he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's
hands: so he blessed him.
24 And
he said, Art thou my very son Esau?
And he said, I am.
25 And
he said, Bring it near to me, and I
will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he
brought him wine, and he drank.
26 And
his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
27 And
he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and
blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed:
28
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and
plenty of corn and wine:
29 Let
people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and
let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
30 ¶ And
it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob
was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his
brother came in from his hunting.
31 And
he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto
his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul
may bless me.
32 And
Isaac his father said unto him, Who art
thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy
firstborn Esau.
33 And
Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed
him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
34 And
when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding
bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
35 And
he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
36 And
he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two
times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my
blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
37 And
Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all
his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I
sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
38 And
Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted
up his voice, and wept.
39 And
Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the
fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
40 And
by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to
pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off
thy neck.
41 ¶ And
Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and
Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then
will I slay my brother Jacob.
42 And
these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called
Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching
thee, doth comfort himself, purposing
to kill thee.
43 Now
therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to
Haran;
44 And
tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
45 Until
thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee
from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
46 And
Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth:
if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
 
CHAPTER 28
AND Isaac
called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt
not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2 Arise,
go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a
wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
3 And God
Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou
mayest be a multitude of people;
4 And
give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that
thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto
Abraham.
5 And
Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the
Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
6 ¶ When
Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take
him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge,
saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
7 And
that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
8 And
Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
9 Then
went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the
daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
10 ¶ And
Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
11 And
he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun
was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and
lay down in that place to sleep.
12 And
he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached
to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
13 And,
behold, the Lord stood above it,
and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God
of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
14 And
thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the
west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in
thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
15 And,
behold, I am with thee, and will keep
thee in all places whither thou
goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee,
until I have done that which I have
spoken to thee of.
16 ¶ And
Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.
17 And
he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is
this place! this is none other but
the house of God, and this is the gate
of heaven.
18 And
Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the
top of it.
19 And
he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called
Luz at the first.
20 And
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 raiment to put on,
21 So
that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:
22 And
this stone, which I have set for a
pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give
the tenth unto thee.
 
CHAPTER 29
THEN Jacob
went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
2 And he
looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they
watered the flocks: and a great stone was
upon the well's mouth.
3 And
thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's
mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in
his place.
4 And
Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be
ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
5 And he
said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
6 And he
said unto them, Is he well? And they
said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
7 And he
said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is
it time that the cattle should be
gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
8 And
they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's
mouth; then we water the sheep.
9 ¶ And
while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept
them.
10 And
it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's
brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and
rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his
mother's brother.
11 And
Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
12 And
Jacob told Rachel that he was her
father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's
son: and she ran and told her father.
13 And
it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that
he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his
house. And he told Laban all these things.
14 And Laban
said to him, Surely thou art my bone
and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
15 ¶ And
Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art
my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
16 And Laban
had two daughters: the name of the elder was
Leah, and the name of the younger was
Rachel.
17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was
beautiful and well favoured.
18 And
Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy
younger daughter.
19 And Laban
said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to
another man: abide with me.
20 And
Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to
her.
21 ¶ And
Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my
wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
22 And Laban
gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
23 And
it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her
to him; and he went in unto her.
24 And Laban
gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for
an handmaid.
25 And
it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for
Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
26 And Laban
said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the
firstborn.
27
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou
shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And
Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to
wife also.
29 And Laban
gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
30 And
he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and
served with him yet seven other years.
31 ¶ And
when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but
Rachel was barren.
32 And Leah
conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely
the Lord hath looked upon my affliction;
now therefore my husband will love me.
33 And
she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me
this son also: and she called his
name Simeon.
34 And
she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be
joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name
called Levi.
35 And
she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name
Judah; and left bearing.
 
CHAPTER 30
AND when
Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said
unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
2 And
Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the
womb?
3 And
she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my
knees, that I may also have children by her.
4 And
she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
5 And
Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
6 And
Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given
me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
7 And
Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
8 And
Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have
prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9 When Leah
saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to
wife.
10 And
Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
11 And Leah
said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
12 And
Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
13 And Leah
said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his
name Asher.
14 ¶ And
Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and
brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray
thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
15 And
she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken
my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel
said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
16 And
Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and
said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's
mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
17 And God
hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
18 And Leah
said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband:
and she called his name Issachar.
19 And Leah
conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
20 And Leah
said, God hath endued me with a good
dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and
she called his name Zebulun.
21 And
afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22 ¶ And
God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
23 And
she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
24 And
she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord
shall add to me another son.
25 ¶ And
it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send
me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I
have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done
thee.
27 And Laban
said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake.
28 And
he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
29 And
he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was
with me.
30 For it was
little which thou hadst before I came,
and it is now increased unto a
multitude; and the Lord hath blessed
thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
31 And
he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any
thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:
32 I
will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled
and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted
and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
33 So
shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my
hire before thy face: every one that is
not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall
be counted stolen with me.
34 And Laban
said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
35 And
he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the
she goats that were speckled and spotted, and
every one that had some white in it,
and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them
into the hand of his sons.
36 And
he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of
Laban's flocks.
37 ¶ And
Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and
pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
38 And
he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the
watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when
they came to drink.
39 And
the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked,
speckled, and spotted.
40 And
Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the
ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks
by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
41 And
it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid
the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive
among the rods.
42 But
when the cattle were feeble, he put them
not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
43 And
the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and
menservants, and camels, and asses.
 
CHAPTER 31
AND he
heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.
2 And
Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
3 And
the Lord said unto Jacob, Return
unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
4 And
Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
5 And
said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with
me.
6 And ye
know that with all my power I have served your father.
7 And
your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered
him not to hurt me.
8 If he
said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled:
and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the
cattle ringstraked.
9 Thus God
hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
10 And
it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine
eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
11 And
the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying,
Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
12 And
he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the
cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and
grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
13 I am the God of Beth-el, where thou
anointedst the pillar, and where thou
vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto
the land of thy kindred.
14 And
Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is
there yet any portion or inheritance
for us in our father's house?
15 Are
we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured
also our money.
16 For
all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said
unto thee, do.
17 ¶ Then
Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
18 And
he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the
cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac
his father in the land of Canaan.
19 And Laban
went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
20 And
Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he
fled.
21 So he
fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set
his face toward the mount Gilead.
22 And
it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
23 And
he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and
they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
24 And God
came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that
thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
25 ¶ Then
Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban
with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
26 And Laban
said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me,
and carried away my daughters, as captives taken
with the sword?
27
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not
tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with
tabret, and with harp?
28 And
hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done
foolishly in so doing.
29 It is
in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto
me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good
or bad.
30 And
now, though thou wouldest needs be
gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
31 And
Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure
thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
32 With
whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern
thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that
Rachel had stolen them.
33 And Laban
went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants'
tents; but he found them not. Then
went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
34 Now
Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat
upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
35 And
she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up
before thee; for the custom of women is
upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
36 ¶ And
Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban,
What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly
pursued after me?
37
Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy
household stuff? set it here before
my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
38 This
twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she
goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
39 That
which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare
the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
40 Thus I was; in the day the drought
consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
41 Thus
have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two
daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten
times.
42
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had
been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine
affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
43 ¶ And
Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These
daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these
cattle are my cattle, and all that
thou seest is mine: and what can I do
this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
44 Now
therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a
witness between me and thee.
45 And
Jacob took a stone, and set it up for
a pillar.
46 And
Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an
heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
47 And Laban
called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48 And Laban
said, This heap is a witness between
me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
49 And
Mizpah; for he said, The Lord
watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
50 If
thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness
betwixt me and thee.
51 And Laban
said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this
pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
52 This
heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that
thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
53 The God
of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us.
And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
54 Then
Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread:
and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
55 And
early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and
blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
 
CHAPTER 32
AND Jacob
went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 And
when Jacob saw them, he said, This is
God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3 And
Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the
country of Edom.
4 And he
commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant
Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
5 And I
have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have
sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
6 ¶ And
the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also
he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
7 Then
Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds,
and the camels, into two bands;
8 And
said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company
which is left shall escape.
9 ¶ And
Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto
thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
10 I am
not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou
hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and
now I am become two bands.
11
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau:
for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
12 And
thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the
sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
13 ¶ And
he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a
present for Esau his brother;
14 Two
hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15
Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she
asses, and ten foals.
16 And
he delivered them into the hand of
his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over
before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
17 And
he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and
asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou?
and whither goest thou? and whose are
these before thee?
18 Then
thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau:
and, behold, also he is behind us.
19 And
so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves,
saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
20 And
say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is
behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before
me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
21 So
went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
22 And
he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and
his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
23 And
he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
24 ¶ And
Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of
the day.
25 And
when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his
thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with
him.
26 And
he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go,
except thou bless me.
27 And
he said unto him, What is thy name?
And he said, Jacob.
28 And
he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince
hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
29 And
Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said,
Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30 And
Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face,
and my life is preserved.
31 And
as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of
the sinew which shrank, which is upon
the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's
thigh in the sinew that shrank.
 
CHAPTER 33
AND Jacob
lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred
men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
2 And he
put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after,
and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
3 And he
passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he
came near to his brother.
4 And
Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him:
and they wept.
5 And he
lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children
which God hath graciously given thy servant.
6 Then
the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
7 And Leah
also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph
near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
8 And he
said, What meanest thou by all this
drove which I met? And he said, These
are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
9 And
Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
10 And
Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then
receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I
had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
11 Take,
I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt
graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
12 And
he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
13 And
he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive
them one day, all the flock will die.
14 Let
my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly,
according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to
endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
15 And
Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some
of the folk that are with me. And he
said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
16 ¶ So
Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
17 And
Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his
cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
18 ¶ And
Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched
his tent before the city.
19 And
he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the
children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
20 And
he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
 
CHAPTER 34
AND Dinah
the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters
of the land.
2 And
when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he
took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
3 And
his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and
spake kindly unto the damsel.
4 And
Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
5 And
Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his
cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
6 ¶ And
Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
7 And
the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he
had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought
not to be done.
8 And
Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your
daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
9 And
make ye marriages with us, and give
your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
10 And
ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye
therein, and get you possessions therein.
11 And
Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your
eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
12 Ask
me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto
me: but give me the damsel to wife.
13 And
the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said,
because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
14 And
they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is
uncircumcised; for that were a reproach
unto us:
15 But
in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
16 Then
will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and
we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
17 But
if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our
daughter, and we will be gone.
18 And
their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
19 And
the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's
daughter: and he was more honourable than
all the house of his father.
20 ¶ And
Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with
the men of their city, saying,
21 These
men are peaceable with us; therefore
let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is
large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us
give them our daughters.
22 Only
herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if
every male among us be circumcised, as they are
circumcised.
23 Shall not their cattle and their
substance and every beast of theirs be
ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
24 And
unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of
his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his
city.
25 ¶ And
it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of
Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came
upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
26 And
they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah
out of Shechem's house, and went out.
27 The
sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had
defiled their sister.
28 They
took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
29 And
all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive,
and spoiled even all that was in the house.
30 And
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among
the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather
themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my
house.
31 And
they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
 
CHAPTER 35
AND God
said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an
altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of
Esau thy brother.
2 Then
Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
3 And
let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God,
who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I
went.
4 And
they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all
their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them
under the oak which was by Shechem.
5 And
they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not
pursue after the sons of Jacob.
6 ¶ So
Jacob came to Luz, which is in the
land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he
and all the people that were with
him.
7 And he
built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God
appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 But
Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak:
and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
9 ¶ And God
appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.
10 And God
said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy
name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he
called his name Israel.
11 And God
said unto him, I am God Almighty: be
fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and
kings shall come out of thy loins;
12 And
the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy
seed after thee will I give the land.
13 And God
went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
14 And
Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a
drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
15 And
Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
16 ¶ And
they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath:
and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
17 And
it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her,
Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
18 And
it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called
his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
19 And
Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
20 And
Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is
the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
21 ¶ And
Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
22 And
it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with
Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
23 The
sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and
Issachar, and Zebulun:
24 The
sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
25 And
the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
26 And
the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
27 ¶ And
Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
28 And
the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
29 And
Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons
Esau and Jacob buried him.
 
CHAPTER 36
NOW these
are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
2 Esau
took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the
Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
3 And
Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
4 And
Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
5 And
Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
6 And
Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of
his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he
had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his
brother Jacob.
7 For
their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land
wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
8 Thus
dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
9 ¶ And
these are the generations of Esau the
father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
10 These
are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz
the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
11 And
the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
12 And
Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek:
these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
13 And
these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath,
and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
14 ¶ And
these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon,
Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
15 ¶ These
were dukes of the sons of Esau: the
sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of
Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
16 Duke
Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek:
these are the dukes that came
of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were
the sons of Adah.
17 ¶ And
these are the sons of Reuel Esau's
son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the
land of Edom; these are the sons of
Bashemath Esau's wife.
18 ¶ And
these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's
wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah,
Esau's wife.
19 These
are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.
20 ¶ These
are the sons of Seir the Horite, who
inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
21 And
Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are
the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
22 And
the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
23 And
the children of Shobal were these;
Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24 And these
are the children of Zibeon; both
Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness,
as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
25 And
the children of Anah were these;
Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
26 And
these are the children of Dishon;
Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
27 The
children of Ezer are these; Bilhan,
and Zaavan, and Akan.
28 The
children of Dishan are these; Uz, and
Aran.
29 These
are the dukes that came of the Horites;
duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
30 Duke
Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are
the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
31 ¶ And
these are the kings that reigned in
the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
32 And
Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33 And
Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
34 And
Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
35 And
Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab,
reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
36 And
Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
37 And
Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the
river reigned in his stead.
38 And
Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
39 And Baal-hanan
the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his
city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred,
the daughter of Mezahab.
40 And
these are the names of the dukes that came
of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke
Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
41 Duke
Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
42 Duke
Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
43 Duke
Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the
dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he
is Esau the father of the Edomites.
 
CHAPTER 37
AND Jacob
dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding
the flock with his brethren; and the lad was
with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and
Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
3 Now
Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
4 And
when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren,
they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
5 ¶ And
Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it
his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
6 And he
said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
7 For,
behold, we were binding sheaves in
the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves
stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
8 And
his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed
have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for
his words.
9 ¶ And
he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I
have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven
stars made obeisance to me.
10 And
he told it to his father, and to his
brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed?
Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to
thee to the earth?
11 And
his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
12 ¶ And
his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
13 And
Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem?
come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
14 And
he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and
well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale
of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15 ¶ And
a certain man found him, and, behold, he
was wandering in the field: and the
man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
16 And
he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
17 And
the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to
Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
18 And
when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired
against him to slay him.
19 And
they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
20 Come
now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will
say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of
his dreams.
21 And
Reuben heard it, and he delivered him
out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
22 And
Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but
cast him into this pit that is in the
wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands,
to deliver him to his father again.
23 ¶ And
it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript
Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
24 And
they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
25 And
they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold,
a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and
balm and myrrh, going to carry it down
to Egypt.
26 And
Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is
it if we slay our brother, and
conceal his blood?
27 Come,
and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for
he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were
content.
28 Then
there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out
of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
29 ¶ And
Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
30 And
he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
31 And
they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in
the blood;
32 And
they sent the coat of many colours,
and they brought it to their father;
and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
33 And
he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath
devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
34 And
Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his
son many days.
35 And
all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be
comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning.
Thus his father wept for him.
36 And
the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
 
CHAPTER 38
AND it
came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned
in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was
Hirah.
2 And
Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in
unto her.
3 And
she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
4 And
she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
5 And
she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was
at Chezib, when she bare him.
6 And
Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
7 And
Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord
slew him.
8 And
Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise
up seed to thy brother.
9 And
Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in
unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it
on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
10 And
the thing which he did displeased the Lord:
wherefore he slew him also.
11 Then
said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house,
till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his
brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt
in her father's house.
12 ¶ And
in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was
comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend
Hirah the Adullamite.
13 And
it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to
shear his sheep.
14 And
she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and
wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and
she was not given unto him to wife.
15 When
Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered
her face.
16 And
he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in
unto thee; (for he knew not that she was
his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest
come in unto me?
17 And
he said, I will send thee a kid from
the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me
a pledge, till thou send it?
18 And
he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy
bracelets, and thy staff that is in
thine hand. And he gave it her, and
came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
19 And
she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the
garments of her widowhood.
20 And
Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he
found her not.
21 Then
he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly
by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
22 And
he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the
place said, that there was no harlot
in this place.
23 And
Judah said, Let her take it to her,
lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
24 ¶ And
it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar
thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah
said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
25 When
she was brought forth, she sent to
her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and
she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are
these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
26 And
Judah acknowledged them, and said,
She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son.
And he knew her again no more.
27 ¶ And
it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
28 And
it came to pass, when she travailed, that the
one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet
thread, saying, This came out first.
29 And
it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out:
and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this
breach be upon thee: therefore his
name was called Pharez.
30 And
afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and
his name was called Zarah.
 
CHAPTER 39
AND Joseph
was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the
guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had
brought him down thither.
2 And
the Lord was with Joseph, and he
was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
3 And
his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in
his hand.
4 And
Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer
over his house, and all that he had
he put into his hand.
5 And it
came to pass from the time that he
had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for
Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the Lord
was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
6 And he
left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the
bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a
goodly person, and well favoured.
7 ¶ And
it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon
Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
8 But he
refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed
all that he hath to my hand;
9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any
thing from me but thee, because thou art
his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
10 And
it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto
her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
11 And
it came to pass about this time, that Joseph
went into the house to do his business; and there
was none of the men of the house
there within.
12 And
she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in
her hand, and fled, and got him out.
13 And
it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was
fled forth,
14 That
she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath
brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and
I cried with a loud voice:
15 And
it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he
left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
16 And
she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
17 And
she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which
thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
18 And
it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment
with me, and fled out.
19 And
it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake
unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was
kindled.
20 And
Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's
prisoners were bound: and he was there
in the prison.
21 ¶ But
the Lord was with Joseph, and
shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
22 And
the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they
did there, he was the doer of it.
23 The
keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand;
because the Lord was with him, and
that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.
 
CHAPTER 40
AND it
came to pass after these things, that
the butler of the king of Egypt and his
baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
2 And
Pharaoh was wroth against two of his
officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
3 And he
put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the
place where Joseph was bound.
4 And
the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they
continued a season in ward.
5 ¶ And
they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man
according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the
king of Egypt, which were bound in
the prison.
6 And
Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold,
they were sad.
7 And he
asked Pharaoh's officers that were with
him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
8 And
they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter
of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not
interpretations belong to God? tell
me them, I pray you.
9 And
the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream,
behold, a vine was before me;
10 And
in the vine were three branches: and
it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters
thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
11 And
Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I
took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's
hand.
12 And
Joseph said unto him, This is the
interpretation of it: The three branches are
three days:
13 Yet
within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy
place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former
manner when thou wast his butler.
14 But
think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee,
unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
15 For
indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I
done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
16 When
the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I
also was in my dream, and, behold, I had
three white baskets on my head:
17 And
in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for
Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
18 And
Joseph answered and said, This is the
interpretation thereof: The three baskets are
three days:
19 Yet
within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang
thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
20 ¶ And
it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a
feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and
of the chief baker among his servants.
21 And
he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup
into Pharaoh's hand:
22 But
he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
23 Yet
did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
 
CHAPTER 41
AND it
came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold,
he stood by the river.
2 And,
behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed;
and they fed in a meadow.
3 And,
behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and
leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine
upon the brink of the river.
4 And
the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and
fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 And he
slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon
one stalk, rank and good.
6 And,
behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
7 And
the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke,
and, behold, it was a dream.
8 And it
came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and
called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and
Pharaoh told them his dream; but there
was none that could interpret them
unto Pharaoh.
9 ¶ Then
spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the
guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
11 And
we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the
interpretation of his dream.
12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of
the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man
according to his dream he did interpret.
13 And
it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine
office, and him he hanged.
14 ¶ Then
Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the
dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed
his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
15 And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can
interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that
thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
16 And
Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an
answer of peace.
17 And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the
river:
18 And,
behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well
favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
19 And,
behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and
leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
20 And
the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
21 And
when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them;
but they were still ill favoured, as
at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 And I
saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
23 And,
behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and
blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
24 And
the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there
was none that could declare it to me.
25 ¶ And
Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26 The
seven good kine are seven years; and
the seven good ears are seven years:
the dream is one.
27 And
the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty
ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto
Pharaoh: What God is about to do he
sheweth unto Pharaoh.
29
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of
Egypt:
30 And
there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be
forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
31 And
the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following;
for it shall be very grievous.
32 And
for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly
bring it to pass.
33 Now
therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the
land of Egypt.
34 Let
Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint
officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the
seven plenteous years.
35 And
let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn
under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
36 And
that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine,
which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the
famine.
37 ¶ And
the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 And
Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such
a one
as this is, a man in whom the Spirit
of God is?
39 And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
40 Thou
shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be
ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
41 And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 And
Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and
arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
43 And
he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before
him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler
over all the land of Egypt.
44 And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh,
and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 And
Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath
the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46 ¶ And
Joseph was thirty years old when he
stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh,
and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 And
in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48 And
he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of
Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up
in the same.
49 And
Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left
numbering; for it was without number.
50 And
unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath
the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
51 And
Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me
forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
52 And
the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful
in the land of my affliction.
53 ¶ And
the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
54 And
the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the
dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 And
when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread:
and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you,
do.
56 And
the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the
storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land
of Egypt.
57 And
all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
 
CHAPTER 42
NOW when
Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye
look one upon another?
2 And he
said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither,
and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
3 ¶ And
Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
4 But
Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest
peradventure mischief befall him.
5 And
the sons of Israel came to buy corn among
those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6 And
Joseph was the governor over the
land, and he it was that sold to all
the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves
before him with their faces to the
earth.
7 And
Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and
spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said,
From the land of Canaan to buy food.
8 And
Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
9 And
Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land
ye are come.
10 And
they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
12 And
he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
13 And
they said, Thy servants are twelve
brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
14 And
Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
15
Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence,
except your youngest brother come hither.
16 Send
one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison,
that your words may be proved, whether there
be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
17 And
he put them all together into ward three days.
18 And
Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
19 If ye
be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison:
go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
20 But
bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye
shall not die. And they did so.
21 ¶ And
they said one to another, We are verily
guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he
besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
22 And
Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against
the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is
required.
23 And
they knew not that Joseph understood them;
for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
24 And
he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and
communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
25 ¶ Then
Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's
money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto
them.
26 And
they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
27 And
as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied
his money; for, behold, it was in his
sack's mouth.
28 And
he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack:
and their heart failed them, and they
were afraid, saying one to another, What is
this that God hath done unto us?
29 ¶ And
they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all
that befell unto them; saying,
30 The
man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies
of the country.
31 And
we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father;
one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land
of Canaan.
33 And
the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here
with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and
be gone:
34 And bring
your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye
are true men: so will I deliver
you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
35 ¶ And
it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle
of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the
bundles of money, they were afraid.
36 And
Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not,
and ye will take Benjamin away: all
these things are against me.
37 And
Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to
thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
38 And
he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is
left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye
bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
 
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AND the
famine was sore in the land.
2 And it
came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of
Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
3 And
Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye
shall not see my face, except your brother be
with you.
4 If
thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
5 But if
thou wilt not send him, we will not
go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother
be with you.
6 And
Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill
with me, as to tell the man whether
ye had yet a brother?
7 And
they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him
according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would
say, Bring your brother down?
8 And
Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and
go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
9 I will
be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto
thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
10 For
except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
11 And
their father Israel said unto them, If it
must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels,
and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices,
and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
12 And
take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the
mouth of your sacks, carry it again
in your hand; peradventure it was an
oversight:
13 Take
also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
14 And God
Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other
brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of
my children, I am bereaved.
15 ¶ And
the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and
Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
16 And
when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready;
for these men shall dine with me at
noon.
17 And
the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
18 And
the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they
said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are
we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take
us for bondmen, and our asses.
19 And
they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at
the door of the house,
20 And
said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
21 And
it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and,
behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money
in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
22 And
other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who
put our money in our sacks.
23 And
he said, Peace be to you, fear not:
your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I
had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
24 And
the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses
provender.
25 And
they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that
they should eat bread there.
26 ¶ And
when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to
the earth.
27 And
he asked them of their welfare, and
said, Is your father well, the old
man of whom ye spake? Is he yet
alive?
28 And
they answered, Thy servant our father is
in good health, he is yet alive. And
they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
29 And
he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and
said, Is this your younger brother,
of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
30 And
Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
31 And
he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on
bread.
32 And
they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the
Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might
not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is
an abomination unto the Egyptians.
33 And
they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the
youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
34 And
he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five
times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
 
CHAPTER 44
AND he
commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry,
and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.
2 And
put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn
money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
3 As
soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
4 And when they were gone out of the city,
and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men;
and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded
evil for good?
5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye
have done evil in so doing.
6 ¶ And
he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
7 And
they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy
servants should do according to this thing:
8
Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto
thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's
house silver or gold?
9 With whomsoever
of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's
bondmen.
10 And
he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with
whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
11 Then
they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man
his sack.
12 And
he searched, and began at the eldest,
and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
13 Then
they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
14 ¶ And
Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
15 And
Joseph said unto them, What deed is this
that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
16 And
Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall
we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we
are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
17 And
he said, God forbid that I should do so: but
the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you,
get you up in peace unto your father.
18 ¶ Then
Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee,
speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy
servant: for thou art even as
Pharaoh.
19 My
lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
20 And
we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age,
a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and
his father loveth him.
21 And
thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes
upon him.
22 And
we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his
father would die.
23 And
thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you,
ye shall see my face no more.
24 And
it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the
words of my lord.
25 And
our father said, Go again, and buy us
a little food.
26 And
we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go
down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
27 And
thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
28 And
the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw
him not since:
29 And
if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my
gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
30 Now
therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is
bound up in the lad's life;
31 It
shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants
shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
32 For
thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him
not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
33 Now
therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to
my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
34 For
how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be
not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
 
CHAPTER 45
THEN Joseph
could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried,
Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while
Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
2 And he
wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
3 And
Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph;
doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were
troubled at his presence.
4 And
Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near.
And he said, I am Joseph your brother,
whom ye sold into Egypt.
5 Now
therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither:
for God did send me before you to preserve life.
6 For
these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there
shall neither be earing nor harvest.
7 And God
sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your
lives by a great deliverance.
8 So now
it was not you that sent me
hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his
house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
9 Haste
ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God
hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
10 And
thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou,
and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds,
and all that thou hast:
11 And
there will I nourish thee; for yet there
are five years of famine; lest thou,
and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
12 And,
behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is
my mouth that speaketh unto you.
13 And
ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen;
and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
14 And
he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his
neck.
15
Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his
brethren talked with him.
16 ¶ And
the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are
come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
17 And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts,
and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
18 And
take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the
good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
19 Now
thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for
your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
20 Also
regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
21 And
the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the
commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
22 To
all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three
hundred pieces of silver, and five changes
of raiment.
23 And
to his father he sent after this manner;
ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with
corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
24 So he
sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye
fall not out by the way.
25 ¶ And
they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their
father,
26 And
told him, saying, Joseph is yet
alive, and he is governor over all
the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
27 And
they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he
saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their
father revived:
28 And
Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is
yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
 
CHAPTER 46
AND Israel
took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered
sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
2 And God
spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he
said, Here am I.
3 And he
said, I am God, the God of thy
father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
4 I will
go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand
upon thine eyes.
5 And
Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their
father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had
sent to carry him.
6 And
they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of
Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
7 His
sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and
all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
8 ¶ And
these are the names of the children
of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's
firstborn.
9 And
the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
10 ¶ And
the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and
Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
11 ¶ And
the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 ¶ And
the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and
Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 ¶ And
the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
14 ¶ And
the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
15 These
be the sons of Leah, which she bare
unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and
his daughters were thirty and three.
16 ¶ And
the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and
Areli.
17 ¶ And
the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their
sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
18 These
are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban
gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19 The
sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
20 ¶ And
unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath
the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
21 ¶ And
the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and
Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and
Ard.
22 These
are the sons of Rachel, which were
born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23 ¶ And
the sons of Dan; Hushim.
24 ¶ And
the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
25 These
are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban
gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
26 All
the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides
Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were
threescore and six;
27 And
the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came
into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
28 ¶ And
he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they
came into the land of Goshen.
29 And
Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen,
and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a
good while.
30 And
Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because
thou art yet alive.
31 And
Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and
shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come
unto me;
32 And
the men are shepherds, for their
trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds,
and all that they have.
33 And
it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
34 That
ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even
until now, both we, and also our fathers:
that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
 
CHAPTER 47
THEN Joseph
came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks,
and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan;
and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
2 And he
took some of his brethren, even five
men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
3 And
Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is
your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and
also our fathers.
4 They
said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy
servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy
servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
5 And
Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto
thee:
6 The
land of Egypt is before thee; in the
best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let
them dwell: and if thou knowest any men
of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
7 And
Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob
blessed Pharaoh.
8 And
Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
9 And
Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and
evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the
days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
10 And
Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
11 ¶ And
Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the
land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had
commanded.
12 And
Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household,
with bread, according to their families.
13 ¶ And
there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
14 And
Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in
the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the
money into Pharaoh's house.
15 And
when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the
Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in
thy presence? for the money faileth.
16 And
Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money
fail.
17 And
they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange
for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the
asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.
18 When
that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We
will not hide it from my lord, how
that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not
ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
19
Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our
land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die,
that the land be not desolate.
20 And
Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every
man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became
Pharaoh's.
21 And
as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
22 Only
the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them:
wherefore they sold not their lands.
23 Then
Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land
for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the
land.
24 And
it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall
be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your
households, and for food for your little ones.
25 And
they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my
lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
26 And
Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
27 ¶ And
Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had
possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
28 And
Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was
an hundred forty and seven years.
29 And
the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said
unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand
under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in
Egypt:
30 But I
will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in
their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
31 And
he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon
the bed's head.
 
CHAPTER 48
AND it
came to pass after these things, that one
told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick:
and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy
son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the
bed.
3 And
Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of
Canaan, and blessed me,
4 And
said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will
make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after
thee for an everlasting possession.
5 ¶ And
now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land
of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
6 And
thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of
their brethren in their inheritance.
7 And as
for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the
way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto
Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth-lehem.
8 And
Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are
these?
9 And
Joseph said unto his father, They are
my sons, whom God hath given me in this place.
And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
10 Now
the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so
that he could not see. And he brought
them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
11 And
Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath
shewed me also thy seed.
12 And
Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his
face to the earth.
13 And
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 unto him.
14 And
Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was
the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands
wittingly; for Manasseh was the
firstborn.
15 ¶ And
he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did
walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
16 The Angel
which 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; and let them grow into a
multitude in the midst of the earth.
17 And
when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim,
it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's
head unto Manasseh's head.
18 And
Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
19 And his
father refused, and said, I know it,
my son, I know it: he also shall
become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother
shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
20 And
he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make
thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 And
Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring
you again unto the land of your fathers.
22 Moreover
I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the
hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
 
CHAPTER 49
AND Jacob
called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you
that which shall befall you in the
last days.
2 Gather
yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your
father.
3 ¶ Reuben,
thou art my firstborn, my might, and
the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of
power:
4
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's
bed; then defiledst thou it: he went
up to my couch.
5 ¶ Simeon
and Levi are brethren; instruments of
cruelty are in their habitations.
6 O my
soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not
thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they
digged down a wall.
7 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.
8 ¶ Judah,
thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of
thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my
son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion;
who shall rouse him up?
10 The
sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
until Shiloh come; and unto him shall
the gathering of the people be.
11
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he
washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
12 His
eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
13 ¶ Zebulun
shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall
be for an haven of ships; and his
border shall be unto Zidon.
14 ¶ Issachar
is a strong ass couching down between
two burdens:
15 And
he saw that rest was good, and the
land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant
unto tribute.
16 ¶ Dan
shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan
shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse
heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
18 I
have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.
19 ¶ Gad,
a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
20 ¶ Out
of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal
dainties.
21 ¶ Naphtali
is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly
words.
22 ¶ Joseph
is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
23 The
archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at
him, and hated him:
24 But
his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the
hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from
thence is the shepherd, the stone of
Israel:)
25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall
help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the
womb:
26 The
blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors
unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of
Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
27 ¶ Benjamin
shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning
he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
28 ¶ All
these are the twelve tribes of
Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them,
and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
29 And
he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury
me with my fathers in the cave that is
in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 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 of Ephron the Hittite
for a possession of a buryingplace.
31 There
they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his
wife; and there I buried Leah.
32 The
purchase of the field and of the cave that is
therein was from the children of
Heth.
33 And
when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into
the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
 
CHAPTER 50
AND Joseph
fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
2 And
Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the
physicians embalmed Israel.
3 And
forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which
are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
4 And
when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of
Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in
the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
5 My
father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me
in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I
pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
6 And
Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
7 ¶ And
Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of
Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
8 And
all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little
ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
9 And
there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great
company.
10 And
they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore
lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
11 And
when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor
of Atad, they said, This is a grievous
mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim,
which is beyond Jordan.
12 And
his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
13 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 for a possession of a
buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
14 ¶ And
Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him
to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
15 ¶ And
when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will
peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did
unto him.
16 And
they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he
died, saying,
17 So shall
ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and
their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the
trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake
unto him.
18 And
his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we
be thy servants.
19 And
Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am
I in the place of God?
20 But
as for you, ye thought evil against me; but
God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save
much people alive.
21 Now
therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he
comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
22 ¶ And
Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred
and ten years.
23 And
Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation:
the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's
knees.
24 And
Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you
out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob.
25 And
Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit
you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
26 So
Joseph died, being an hundred and ten
years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.


THE SECOND
BOOK OF MOSES,
CALLED
EXODUS.


CHAPTER 1
NOW these
are the names of the children of
Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
2 Reuben,
Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
3
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4 Dan,
and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
5 And
all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for
Joseph was in Egypt already.
6 And
Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
7 ¶ And
the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied,
and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
8 Now
there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
9 And he
said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
10 Come
on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass,
that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and
fight against us, and so get them up
out of the land.
11
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their
burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
12 But
the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were
grieved because of the children of Israel.
13 And
the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
14 And
they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in
all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them
serve, was with rigour.
15 ¶ And
the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other
Puah:
16 And
he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if
it be a daughter, then she shall
live.
17 But
the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but
saved the men children alive.
18 And the
king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done
this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
19 And
the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
20
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and
waxed very mighty.
21 And
it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
22 And
Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast
into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND there
went a man of the house of Levi, and took to
wife a daughter of Levi.
2 And
the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a
goodly child, she hid him three
months.
3 And
when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and
daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
4 And
his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
5 ¶ And
the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself
at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she
saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
6 And
when she had opened it, she saw the
child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This
is one of the Hebrews' children.
7 Then
said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of
the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
8 And
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's
mother.
9 And
Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me,
and I will give thee thy wages. And
the woman took the child, and nursed it.
10 And
the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her
son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the
water.
11 ¶ And
it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his
brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an
Hebrew, one of his brethren.
12 And
he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew
the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 And
when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove
together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy
fellow?
14 And
he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me,
as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is
known.
15 Now
when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the
face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
16 Now
the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water
their father's flock.
17 And
the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and
watered their flock.
18 And
when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
19 And
they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also
drew water enough for us, and watered
the flock.
20 And
he said unto his daughters, And where is
he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
21 And
Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his
daughter.
22 And
she bare him a son, and he called his
name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
23 ¶ And
it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the
children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their
cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
24 And God
heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac,
and with Jacob.
25 And God
looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
 
CHAPTER 3
NOW Moses
kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led
the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
2 And
the angel of the Lord appeared
unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and,
behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
3 And
Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is
not burnt.
4 And
when the Lord saw that he turned
aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said,
Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
5 And he
said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place
whereon thou standest is holy ground.
6
Moreover he said, I am the God of thy
father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses
hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
7 ¶ And
the Lord said, I have surely seen
the affliction of my people which are
in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know
their sorrows;
8 And I
am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring
them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with
milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites,
and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
9 Now
therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I
have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
10 Come
now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth
my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
11 ¶ And
Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I
should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out
of Egypt?
12 And
he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto
thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of
Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
13 And
Moses said unto God, Behold, when I
come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers
hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
14 And God
said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the
children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
15 And God
said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
16 Go,
and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of
Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited
you, and seen that which is done to
you in Egypt:
17 And I
have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of
the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the
Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
18 And
they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of
Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us:
and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness,
that we may sacrifice to the Lord
our God.
19 ¶ And
I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
20 And I
will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do
in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
21 And I
will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come
to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
22 But
every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her
house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your
daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.
 
CHAPTER 4
AND Moses
answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my
voice: for they will say, The Lord
hath not appeared unto thee.
2 And
the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A
rod.
3 And he
said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a
serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
4 And
the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth
thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it,
and it became a rod in his hand:
5 That
they may believe that the Lord God
of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath
appeared unto thee.
6 ¶ And
the Lord said furthermore unto
him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and
when he took it out, behold, his hand was
leprous as snow.
7 And he
said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom
again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his
other flesh.
8 And it
shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice
of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
9 And it
shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither
hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and
pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest
out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
10 ¶ And
Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord,
I am not eloquent, neither
heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
11 And
the Lord said unto him, Who hath
made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind?
have not I the Lord?
12 Now
therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
13 And
he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
14 And
the anger of the Lord was kindled
against Moses, and he said, Is not
Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold,
he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his
heart.
15 And
thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy
mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
16 And
he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a
mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
17 And
thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
18 ¶ And
Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me
go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to
Moses, Go in peace.
19 And
the Lord said unto Moses in
Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
20 And
Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to
the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
21 And
the Lord said unto Moses, When
thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before
Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he
shall not let the people go.
22 And
thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord,
Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
23 And I
say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let
him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even
thy firstborn.
24 ¶ And
it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.
25 Then
Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody
husband art thou to me.
26 So he
let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou
art, because of the circumcision.
27 ¶ And
the Lord said to Aaron, Go into
the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and
kissed him.
28 And
Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord
who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
29 ¶ And
Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of
Israel:
30 And
Aaron spake all the words which the Lord
had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
31 And
the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had
looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
 
CHAPTER 5
AND afterward
Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go,
that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
2 And
Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let
Israel go? I know not the Lord,
neither will I let Israel go.
3 And
they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee,
three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence,
or with the sword.
4 And
the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the
people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
5 And
Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
6 And
Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their
officers, saying,
7 Ye
shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go
and gather straw for themselves.
8 And
the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them;
ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for
they be idle; therefore they cry,
saying, Let us go and sacrifice to
our God.
9 Let
there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let
them not regard vain words.
10 ¶ And
the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to
the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
11 Go
ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be
diminished.
12 So
the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather
stubble instead of straw.
13 And
the taskmasters hasted them, saying,
Fulfil your works, your daily tasks,
as when there was straw.
14 And
the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set
over them, were beaten, and demanded,
Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to
day, as heretofore?
15 ¶ Then
the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying,
Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
16 There
is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and,
behold, thy servants are beaten; but
the fault is in thine own people.
17 But
he said, Ye are idle, ye are
idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and
do sacrifice to the Lord.
18 Go
therefore now, and work; for there
shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
19 And
the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish
ought from your bricks of your daily
task.
20 ¶ And
they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from
Pharaoh:
21 And
they said unto them, The Lord look
upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes
of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to
slay us.
22 And
Moses returned unto the Lord, and
said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil
entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
23 For
since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people;
neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
 
CHAPTER 6
THEN the
Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt
thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go,
and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
2 And God
spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am
the Lord:
3 And I
appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH
was I not known to them.
4 And I
have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan,
the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
5 And I
have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep
in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
6
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, 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 a stretched out arm, and with
great judgments:
7 And I
will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know
that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out
from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
8 And I
will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.
9 ¶ And
Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses
for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
10 And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
11 Go
in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out
of his land.
12 And
Moses spake before the Lord,
saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall
Pharaoh hear me, who am of
uncircumcised lips?
13 And
the Lord spake unto Moses and unto
Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh
king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
14 ¶ These
be the heads of their fathers'
houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron,
and Carmi: these be the families of
Reuben.
15 And
the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and
Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are
the families of Simeon.
16 ¶ And
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 an hundred
thirty and seven years.
17 The
sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
18 And
the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of
the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty
and three years.
19 And
the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are
the families of Levi according to their generations.
20 And
Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and
Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were
an hundred and thirty and seven years.
21 ¶ And
the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
22 And
the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
23 And
Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and
she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
24 And
the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
25 And
Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of
the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites
according to their families.
26 These
are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the
Lord said, Bring out the children
of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
27 These
are they which spake to Pharaoh king
of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.
28 ¶ And
it came to pass on the day when the Lord spake unto Moses in the land of
Egypt,
29 That
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
I am the Lord: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say
unto thee.
30 And
Moses said before the Lord,
Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips,
and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
 
CHAPTER 7
AND the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made
thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
2 Thou
shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto
Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
3 And I
will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land
of Egypt.
4 But
Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and
bring forth mine armies, and my
people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
5 And
the Egyptians shall know that I am the
Lord, when I stretch forth mine
hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
6 And
Moses and Aaron did as the Lord
commanded them, so did they.
7 And
Moses was fourscore years old, and
Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
8 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses and unto
Aaron, saying,
9 When
Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt
say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it
before Pharaoh, and it shall become a
serpent.
10 ¶ And
Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron cast down
his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
11 Then
Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt,
they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
12 For
they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod
swallowed up their rods.
13 And
he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.
14 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's
heart is hardened, he refuseth to let
the people go.
15 Get
thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou
shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned
to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
16 And
thou shalt say unto him, The Lord God
of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve
me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
17 Thus
saith the Lord, In this thou shalt
know that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod
that is in mine hand upon the waters
which are in the river, and they
shall be turned to blood.
18 And
the fish that is in the river shall
die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the
water of the river.
19 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, Say
unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt,
upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their
pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
20 And
Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord
commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote 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.
21 And
the fish that was in the river died;
and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river;
and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
22 And
the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was
hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the Lord had said.
23 And
Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this
also.
24 And
all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they
could not drink of the water of the river.
25 And
seven days were fulfilled, after that the Lord
had smitten the river.
 
CHAPTER 8
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh,
and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord,
Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2 And if
thou refuse to let them go, behold, I
will smite all thy borders with frogs:
3 And
the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into
thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of
thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy
kneadingtroughs:
4 And
the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy
servants.
5 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, Say
unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the
rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
6 And
Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up,
and covered the land of Egypt.
7 And
the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the
land of Egypt.
8 ¶ Then
Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs
from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice
unto the Lord.
9 And
Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for
thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy
houses, that they may remain in the
river only?
10 And
he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou
mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God.
11 And
the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants,
and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
12 And
Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had
brought against Pharaoh.
13 And
the Lord did according to the word
of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of
the fields.
14 And
they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
15 But
when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened
not unto them; as the Lord had
said.
16 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto
Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice
throughout all the land of Egypt.
17 And
they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust
of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land
became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
18 And
the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they
could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
19 Then
the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is
the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto
them; as the Lord had said.
20 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up
early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the
water; and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord,
Let my people go, that they may serve me.
21 Else,
if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies
upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and
the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground
whereon they are.
22 And I
will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no
swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord
in the midst of the earth.
23 And I
will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign
be.
24 And
the Lord did so; and there came a
grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all
the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
25 ¶ And
Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God
in the land.
26 And
Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of
the Egyptians to the Lord our God:
lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and
will they not stone us?
27 We
will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us.
28 And
Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only ye
shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
29 And
Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh,
from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal
deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.
30 And
Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord.
31 And
the Lord did according to the word
of Moses; and he removed the swarms of
flies from Pharaoh, from his
servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
32 And
Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people
go.
 
CHAPTER 9
THEN the
Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto
Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord
God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2 For if
thou refuse to let them go, and wilt
hold them still,
3
Behold, the hand of the Lord is
upon thy cattle which is in the
field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and
upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
4 And
the Lord shall sever between the
cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is
the children's of Israel.
5 And
the Lord appointed a set time,
saying, To morrow the Lord shall
do this thing in the land.
6 And
the Lord did that thing on the
morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel
died not one.
7 And
Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites
dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
8 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses and unto
Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward
the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
9 And it
shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking
forth with blains upon man, and upon beast,
throughout all the land of Egypt.
10 And
they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled
it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.
11 And
the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil
was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
12 And
the Lord hardened the heart of
Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had spoken unto Moses.
13 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up
early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith
the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let
my people go, that they may serve me.
14 For I
will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants,
and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in
all the earth.
15 For
now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with
pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
16 And
in very deed for this cause have I
raised thee up, for to shew in thee
my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
17 As
yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
18
Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail,
such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
19 Send
therefore now, and gather thy cattle,
and all that thou hast in the field; for
upon every man and beast which shall
be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down
upon them, and they shall die.
20 He
that feared the word of the Lord
among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the
houses:
21 And
he that regarded not the word of the Lord
left his servants and his cattle in the field.
22 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch
forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of
Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout
the land of Egypt.
23 And
Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground;
and the Lord rained hail upon the
land of Egypt.
24 So
there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there
was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
25 And
the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb
of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
26 Only
in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
27 ¶ And
Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned
this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
28
Intreat the Lord (for it is
enough) that there be no more mighty
thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
29 And
Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad
my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither
shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord's.
30 But
as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God.
31 And
the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was
bolled.
32 But
the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.
33 And
Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord: and the thunders and hail ceased,
and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
34 And
when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he
sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
35 And
the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel
go; as the Lord had spoken by
Moses.
 
CHAPTER 10
AND the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh:
for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew
these my signs before him:
2 And
that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things
I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may
know how that I am the Lord.
3 And
Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt
thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve
me.
4 Else,
if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts
into thy coast:
5 And
they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the
earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth
unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of
the field:
6 And
they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses
of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have
seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself,
and went out from Pharaoh.
7 And
Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us?
let the men go, that they may serve the Lord
their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
8 And
Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go,
serve the Lord your God: but who are they that shall go?
9 And Moses
said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our
daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold
a feast unto the Lord.
10 And
he said unto them, Let the Lord be
so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it;
for evil is before you.
11 Not
so: go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord; for that ye did desire. And they
were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
12 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch
out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up
upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
13 And
Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land
all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought
the locusts.
14 And
the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of
Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such
locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
15 For
they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and
they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the
hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the
herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
16 ¶ Then
Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against
the Lord your God, and against
you.
17 Now
therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from
me this death only.
18 And
he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord.
19 And
the Lord turned a mighty strong
west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained
not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
20 But
the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart,
so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
21 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch
out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt,
even darkness which may be felt.
22 And
Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in
all the land of Egypt three days:
23 They
saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all
the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
24 ¶ And
Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your
little ones also go with you.
25 And
Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may
sacrifice unto the Lord our God.
26 Our
cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for
thereof must we take to serve the Lord
our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither.
27 ¶ But
the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart,
and he would not let them go.
28 And
Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no
more; for in that day thou seest my face
thou shalt die.
29 And
Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.
 
CHAPTER 11
AND the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring
one plague more upon Pharaoh, and
upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out
hence altogether.
2 Speak
now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and
every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
3 And
the Lord gave the people favour 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.
4 And
Moses said, Thus saith the Lord,
About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
5 And
all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh
that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the
firstborn of beasts.
6 And
there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was
none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
7 But
against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against
man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord
doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
8 And
all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto
me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I
will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
9 And
the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh
shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
10 And
Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he
would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
 
CHAPTER 12
AND the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the
land of Egypt, saying,
2 This
month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month
of the year to you.
3 ¶ Speak
ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to
them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
4 And if
the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto
his house take it according to the
number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count
for the lamb.
5 Your
lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the
goats:
6 And ye
shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly
of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
7 And
they shall take of the blood, and strike it
on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they
shall eat it.
8 And
they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9 Eat
not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10 And
ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth
of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
11 ¶ And
thus shall ye eat it; with your loins
girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat
it in haste: it is the Lord's passover.
12 For I
will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of
Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the
Lord.
13 And
the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will
pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
14 And
this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye
shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
15 Seven
days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven
out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day
until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
16 And
in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an
holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only
may be done of you.
17 And
ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your
armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations
by an ordinance for ever.
18 ¶ In
the first month, on the fourteenth
day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth
day of the month at even.
19 Seven
days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that
which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of
Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
20 Ye
shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened
bread.
21 ¶ Then
Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and
take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.
22 And
ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it
in the blood that is in the bason,
and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall
go out at the door of his house until the morning.
23 For
the Lord will pass through to
smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the
two side posts, the Lord will pass
over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to
smite you.
24 And
ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
25 And
it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath
promised, that ye shall keep this service.
26 And
it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by
this service?
27 That
ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of
the Lord's passover, who passed
over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the
Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and
worshipped.
28 And
the children of Israel went away, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
29 ¶ And
it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord
smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh
that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the
firstborn of cattle.
30 And
Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians;
and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there
was not a house where there was not one dead.
31 ¶ And
he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of
Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as
ye have said.
32 Also
take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me
also.
33 And
the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the
land in haste; for they said, We be all
dead men.
34 And
the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being
bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
35 And
the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of
the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
36 And
the Lord gave the people favour in
the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they
required. And they spoiled the
Egyptians.
37 ¶ And
the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred
thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
38 And a
mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
39 And
they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt,
for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not
tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.
40 ¶ Now
the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
41 And
it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the
selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
42 It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land
of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children
of Israel in their generations.
43 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses and
Aaron, This is the ordinance of the
passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
44 But
every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him,
then shall he eat thereof.
45 A
foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
46 In
one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh
abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
47 All
the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
48 And
when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised,
and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in
the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
49 One
law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth
among you.
50 Thus
did all the children of Israel; as the Lord
commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
51 And
it came to pass the selfsame day, that
the Lord did bring the children of
Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
 
CHAPTER 13
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the
children of Israel, both of man and
of beast: it is mine.
3 ¶ And
Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt,
out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be
eaten.
4 This
day came ye out in the month Abib.
5 ¶ And
it shall be when the Lord shall
bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites,
and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give
thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in
this month.
6 Seven
days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
7
Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread
be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy
quarters.
8 ¶ And
thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
9 And it
shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine
eyes, that the Lord's law may be in
thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord
brought thee out of Egypt.
10 Thou
shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
11 ¶ And
it shall be when the Lord shall
bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers,
and shall give it thee,
12 That
thou shalt set apart unto the Lord
all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou
hast; the males shall be the Lord's.
13 And
every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not
redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among
thy children shalt thou redeem.
14 ¶ And
it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him,
By strength of hand the Lord
brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
15 And
it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land
of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice
to the Lord all that openeth the
matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
16 And
it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes:
for by strength of hand the Lord brought
us forth out of Egypt.
17 ¶ And
it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines,
although that was near; for God said,
Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to
Egypt:
18 But God
led the people about, through the way
of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed
out of the land of Egypt.
19 And
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children
of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones
away hence with you.
20 ¶ And
they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the
wilderness.
21 And
the Lord went before them by day
in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire,
to give them light; to go by day and night:
22 He took
not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
 
CHAPTER 14
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth,
between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp
by the sea.
3 For
Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
4 And I
will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be
honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that
I am the Lord. And they did so.
5 ¶ And
it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh
and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we
done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
6 And he
made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
7 And he
took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains
over every one of them.
8 And
the Lord hardened the heart of
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the
children of Israel went out with an high hand.
9 But
the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook
them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
10 ¶ And
when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and,
behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the
children of Israel cried out unto the Lord.
11 And
they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken
us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to
carry us forth out of Egypt?
12 Is not this the word that we did tell
thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had
been better for us to serve the
Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
13 ¶ And
Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of
the Lord, which he will shew to
you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again
no more for ever.
14 The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall
hold your peace.
15 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore
criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
16 But
lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it:
and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground
through the midst of the sea.
17 And
I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow
them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his
chariots, and upon his horsemen.
18 And
the Egyptians shall know that I am the
Lord, when I have gotten me honour
upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
19 ¶ And
the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind
them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind
them:
20 And
it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a
cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these:
so that the one came not near the other all the night.
21 And
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back
by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
22 And
the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand,
and on their left.
23 ¶ And
the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots,
and his horsemen.
24 And
it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord
looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the
cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
25 And
took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the
Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
26 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch
out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians,
upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
27 And
Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his
strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst
of the sea.
28 And
the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into
the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
29 But
the children of Israel walked upon dry land
in the midst of the sea; and the waters were
a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
30 Thus
the Lord saved Israel that day out
of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
31 And
Israel saw that great work which the Lord
did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord,
and his servant Moses.
 
CHAPTER 15
THEN sang
Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously:
the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
2 The Lord is
my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God,
and I will exalt him.
3 The Lord is
a man of war: the Lord is his name.
4
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains
also are drowned in the Red sea.
5 The
depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
6 Thy
right hand, O Lord, is become
glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord,
hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
7 And in
the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up
against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which
consumed them as stubble.
8 And
with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods
stood upright as an heap, and the
depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The
enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust
shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
10 Thou
didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty
waters.
11 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness,
fearful in praises, doing wonders?
12 Thou
stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
13 Thou
in thy mercy hast led forth the people which
thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them
in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
14 The
people shall hear, and be afraid:
sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
15 Then
the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take
hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
16 Fear
and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass
over, O Lord, till the people pass
over, which thou hast purchased.
17 Thou
shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou
hast made for thee to dwell in, in the
Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands
have established.
18 The Lord shall reign for ever and ever.
19 For
the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the
sea, and the Lord brought again
the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
20 ¶ And
Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all
the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
21 And
Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord,
for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into
the sea.
22 So Moses
brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur;
and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
23 ¶ And
when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it
was called Marah.
24 And
the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
25 And
he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters,
the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and
there he proved them,
26 And
said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is
right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes,
I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the
Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
27 ¶ And
they came to Elim, where were twelve
wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the
waters.
 
CHAPTER 16
AND they
took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of
Israel came unto 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.
2 And
the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and
Aaron in the wilderness:
3 And
the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of
the Lord in the land of Egypt,
when we sat by the flesh pots, and when
we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
4 ¶ Then
said the Lord unto Moses, Behold,
I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a
certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my
law, or no.
5 And it
shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall
be twice as much as they gather daily.
6 And
Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall
know that the Lord hath brought
you out from the land of Egypt:
7 And in
the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord; for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
8 And
Moses said, This shall be, when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh
to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur
against him: and what are we? your
murmurings are not against us, but
against the Lord.
9 ¶ And
Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of
Israel, Come near before the Lord:
for he hath heard your murmurings.
10 And
it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of
Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.
11 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
12 I
have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying,
At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread;
and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.
13 And
it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in
the morning the dew lay round about the host.
14 And
when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as
small as the hoar frost on the ground.
15 And
when the children of Israel saw it,
they said one to another, It is manna:
for they wist not what it was. And Moses
said unto them, This is the bread
which the Lord hath given you to
eat.
16 ¶ This
is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every
man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number
of your persons; take ye every man for them
which are in his tents.
17 And
the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
18 And
when they did mete it with an omer,
he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack;
they gathered every man according to his eating.
19 And
Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
20
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it
until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
21 And
they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the
sun waxed hot, it melted.
22 ¶ And
it came to pass, that on the sixth
day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
23 And
he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is
the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord:
bake that which ye will bake to day,
and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to
be kept until the morning.
24 And
they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither
was there any worm therein.
25 And
Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is
a sabbath unto the Lord: to day ye
shall not find it in the field.
26 Six
days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in
it there shall be none.
27 ¶ And
it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day
for to gather, and they found none.
28 And
the Lord said unto Moses, How long
refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
29 See,
for that the Lord hath given you
the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide
ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30 So
the people rested on the seventh day.
31 And
the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
32 ¶ And
Moses said, This is the thing which
the Lord commandeth, Fill an omer
of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I
have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of
Egypt.
33 And
Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and
lay it up before the Lord, to be kept
for your generations.
34 As
the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron
laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
35 And
the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of
Canaan.
36 Now
an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
 
CHAPTER 17
AND all
the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of
Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
2
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may
drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt
the Lord?
3 And
the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and
said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of
Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
4 And
Moses cried unto the Lord, saying,
What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
5 And
the Lord said unto Moses, Go on
before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod,
wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
6
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt
smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may
drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7 And he
called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the
children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord
among us, or not?
8 ¶ Then
came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
9 And
Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to
morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
10 So
Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron,
and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11 And
it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when
he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12 But
Moses' hands were heavy; and they
took a stone, and put it under him,
and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one
side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the
going down of the sun.
13 And
Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
14 And
the Lord said unto Moses, Write
this for a memorial in a book, and
rehearse it in the ears of Joshua:
for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
15 And
Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:
16 For
he said, Because the Lord hath
sworn that the Lord will
have war with Amalek from generation
to generation.
 
CHAPTER 18
WHEN Jethro,
the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for
Moses, and for Israel his people, and
that the Lord had brought Israel
out of Egypt;
2 Then
Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her
back,
3 And
her two sons; of which the name of the one was
Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
4 And
the name of the other was Eliezer;
for the God of my father, said he, was
mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
5 And
Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into
the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
6 And he
said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife,
and her two sons with her.
7 ¶ And
Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him;
and they asked each other of their welfare;
and they came into the tent.
8 And
Moses told his father in law all that the Lord
had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon
them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them.
9 And
Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord
had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
10 And
Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the
hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the
people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
11 Now I
know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the
thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
12 And
Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and
Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in
law before God.
13 ¶ And
it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the
people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
14 And
when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people?
why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning
unto even?
15 And
Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire
of God:
16 When
they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and
I do make them know the statutes of God,
and his laws.
17 And
Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
18 Thou
wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is
too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
19
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with
thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes
unto God:
20 And
thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein
they must walk, and the work that they must do.
21
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God,
men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of
fifties, and rulers of tens:
22 And
let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small
matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear
the burden with thee.
23 If
thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also
go to their place in peace.
24 So
Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had
said.
25 And
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.
26 And
they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses,
but every small matter they judged themselves.
27 ¶ And
Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
 
CHAPTER 19
IN the
third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of
Egypt, the same day came they into the
wilderness of Sinai.
2 For
they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there
Israel camped before the mount.
3 And
Moses went up unto God, and the Lord
called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of
Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
4 Ye
have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
5 Now
therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall
be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
6 And ye
shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak
unto the children of Israel.
7 ¶ And
Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces
all these words which the Lord commanded
him.
8 And
all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses
returned the words of the people unto the Lord.
9 And
the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I
come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with
thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto
the Lord.
10 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto
the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
11 And
be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount
Sinai.
12 And
thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to
yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount,
or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to
death:
13 There
shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through;
whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long,
they shall come up to the mount.
14 ¶ And
Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and
they washed their clothes.
15 And
he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
16 ¶ And
it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and
lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet
exceeding loud; so that all the people that was
in the camp trembled.
17 And
Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood
at the nether part of the mount.
18 And
mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof
ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
19 And
when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses
spake, and God answered him by a voice.
20 And
the Lord came down upon mount
Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord
called Moses up to the top of the
mount; and Moses went up.
21 And
the Lord said unto Moses, Go down,
charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.
22 And
let the priests also, which come near to the Lord,
sanctify themselves, lest the Lord
break forth upon them.
23 And
Moses said unto the Lord, The
people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds
about the mount, and sanctify it.
24 And
the Lord said unto him, Away, get
thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests
and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them.
25 So
Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
 
CHAPTER 20
AND God
spake all these words, saying,
2 I am the Lord
thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.
3 Thou
shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou
shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is
in the earth beneath, or that is in
the water under the earth:
5 Thou
shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation
of them that hate me;
6 And
shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 Thou
shalt not take the name of the Lord
thy God in vain; for the Lord will
not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six
days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But
the seventh day is the sabbath of the
Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do
any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore
the Lord blessed the sabbath day,
and hallowed it.
12 ¶ Honour
thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
13 Thou
shalt not kill.
14 Thou
shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou
shalt not steal.
16 Thou
shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou
shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's
wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any
thing that is thy neighbour's.
18 ¶ And
all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the
trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
19 And
they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God
speak with us, lest we die.
20 And
Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that
his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
21 And
the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God
was.
22 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Thus
thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked
with you from heaven.
23 Ye
shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of
gold.
24 ¶ An
altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt
offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places
where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
25 And
if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone:
for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
26
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not
discovered thereon.
 
CHAPTER 21
NOW these
are the judgments which thou shalt
set before them.
2 If
thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he
shall go out free for nothing.
3 If he
came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his
wife shall go out with him.
4 If his
master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife
and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
5 And if
the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I
will not go out free:
6 Then
his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the
door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an
aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
7 ¶ And
if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the
menservants do.
8 If she
please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her
be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing
he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
9 And if
he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of
daughters.
10 If he
take him another wife; her food, her
raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
11 And
if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
12 ¶ He
that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
13 And
if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him
into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
14 But
if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou
shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
15 ¶ And
he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
16 ¶ And
he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he
shall surely be put to death.
17 ¶ And
he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
18 ¶ And
if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
19 If he
rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall
cause him to be thoroughly healed.
20 ¶ And
if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand;
he shall be surely punished.
21
Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
22 ¶ If
men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her,
and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's
husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
23 And
if any mischief follow, then thou
shalt give life for life,
24 Eye
for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 ¶ And
if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish;
he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
27 And
if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall
let him go free for his tooth's sake.
28 ¶ If
an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned,
and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
29 But
if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been
testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a
man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to
death.
30 If
there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his
life whatsoever is laid upon him.
31
Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this
judgment shall it be done unto him.
32 If
the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their
master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 ¶ And
if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and
an ox or an ass fall therein;
34 The
owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them;
and the dead beast shall be his.
35 ¶ And
if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox,
and divide the money of it; and the dead ox
also they shall divide.
36 Or if
it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not
kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
 
CHAPTER 22
IF a man
shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five
oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
2 ¶ If a
thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed
for him.
3 If the
sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if
he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
4 If the
theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep;
he shall restore double.
5 ¶ If a
man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast,
and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the
best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
6 ¶ If
fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the
standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith;
he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
7 ¶ If a
man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen
out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
8 If the
thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the
judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
9 For
all manner of trespass, whether it be
for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or
for any manner of lost thing, which another
challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he
shall pay double unto his neighbour.
10 If a
man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to
keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
11 Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath
not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
12 And
if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
13 If it
be torn in pieces, then let him bring
it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
14 ¶ And
if a man borrow ought of his
neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it
came for his hire.
16 ¶ And
if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely
endow her to be his wife.
17 If
her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to
the dowry of virgins.
18 ¶ Thou
shalt not suffer a witch to live.
19 ¶ Whosoever
lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
20 ¶ He
that sacrificeth unto any god, save
unto the Lord only, he shall be
utterly destroyed.
21 ¶ Thou
shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the
land of Egypt.
22 ¶ Ye
shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
23 If
thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear
their cry;
24 And
my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives
shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
25 ¶ If
thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee,
thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
26 If
thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto
him by that the sun goeth down:
27 For
that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein
shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will
hear; for I am gracious.
28 ¶ Thou
shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
29 ¶ Thou
shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and
of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
30 Likewise
shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with
thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt
give it me.
31 ¶ And
ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall
cast it to the dogs.
 
CHAPTER 23
THOU shalt
not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an
unrighteous witness.
2 ¶ Thou
shalt not follow a multitude to do evil;
neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
3 ¶ Neither
shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
4 ¶ If
thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it
back to him again.
5 If
thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest
forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
6 Thou
shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
7 Keep
thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for
I will not justify the wicked.
8 ¶ And
thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the
words of the righteous.
9 ¶ Also
thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing
ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
10 And
six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
11 But
the seventh year thou shalt let it
rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the
beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy
vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
12 Six
days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine
ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may
be refreshed.
13 And
in all things that I have said unto
you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let
it be heard out of thy mouth.
14 ¶ Three
times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
15 Thou
shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread
seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for
in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
16 And
the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in
the field: and the feast of ingathering, which
is in the end of the year, when thou
hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
17 Three
times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God.
18 Thou
shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall
the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
19 The
first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid
in his mother's milk.
20 ¶ Behold,
I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into
the place which I have prepared.
21
Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your
transgressions: for my name is in
him.
22 But
if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an
enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
23 For
mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the
Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
24 Thou
shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but
thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
25 And
ye shall serve the Lord your God,
and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from
the midst of thee.
26 ¶ There
shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy
days I will fulfil.
27 I
will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou
shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
28 And I
will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite,
and the Hittite, from before thee.
29 I
will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become
desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
30 By
little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be
increased, and inherit the land.
31 And I
will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and
from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land
into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
32 Thou
shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
33 They
shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou
serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
 
CHAPTER 24
AND he
said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord,
thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and
worship ye afar off.
2 And
Moses alone shall come near the Lord:
but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
3 ¶ And
Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with
one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord
hath said will we do.
4 And
Moses wrote all the words of the Lord,
and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve
pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
5 And he
sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and
sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the Lord.
6 And
Moses took half of the blood, and put it
in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
7 And he
took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they
said, All that the Lord hath said
will we do, and be obedient.
8 And
Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it
on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all
these words.
9 ¶ Then
went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of
Israel:
10 And
they saw the God of Israel: and there
was under his feet as it were a paved
work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
11 And
upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God,
and did eat and drink.
12 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Come up
to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a
law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
13 And
Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
14 And
he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you:
and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you:
if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
15 And
Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
16 And
the glory of the Lord abode upon
mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called
unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
17 And
the sight of the glory of the Lord
was like devouring fire on the top of
the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
18 And
Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and
Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
 
CHAPTER 25
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that
giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
3 And
this is the offering which ye shall
take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
4 And
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
5 And
rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
6 Oil
for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
7 Onyx
stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
8 And
let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
9
According to all that I shew thee, after
the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even
so shall ye make it.
10 ¶ And
they shall make an ark of shittim
wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a
half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
11 And
thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it,
and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
12 And
thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
13 And
thou shalt make staves of shittim
wood, and overlay them with gold.
14 And
thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark
may be borne with them.
15 The
staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
16 And
thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
17 And
thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure
gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a
half the breadth thereof.
18 And
thou shalt make two cherubims of gold,
of beaten work shalt thou make them,
in the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 And
make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the
cherubims on the two ends thereof.
20 And
the cherubims shall stretch forth their
wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the
cherubims be.
21 And
thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put
the testimony that I shall give thee.
22 And
there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy
seat, from between the two cherubims which are
upon the ark of the testimony, of all things
which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
23 ¶ Thou
shalt also make a table of shittim
wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the
breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
24 And
thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round
about.
25 And
thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt
make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
26 And
thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four
corners that are on the four feet
thereof.
27 Over
against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the
table.
28 And
thou shalt make the staves of shittim
wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
29 And
thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and
bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure
gold shalt thou make them.
30 And
thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
31 ¶ And
thou shalt make a candlestick of pure
gold: of beaten work shall the
candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his
flowers, shall be of the same.
32 And
six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the
candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of
the other side:
33 Three
bowls made like unto almonds, with a
knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other
branch, with a knop and a flower: so
in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
34 And
in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
35 And there shall be a knop under two
branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under
two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the
candlestick.
36 Their
knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
37 And
thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps
thereof, that they may give light over against it.
38 And
the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make
it, with all these vessels.
40 And
look that thou make them after their
pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
 
CHAPTER 26
MOREOVER
thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten
curtains of fine twined linen, and
blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims
of cunning work shalt thou make them.
2 The
length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the
breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one
measure.
3 The
five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to
another.
4 And
thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the
selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of
another curtain, in the coupling of
the second.
5 Fifty
loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in
the edge of the curtain that is in the
coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
6 And
thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the
taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
7 ¶ And
thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the
tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
8 The
length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one
curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.
9 And
thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves,
and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.
10 And
thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the
coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
11 And
thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and
couple the tent together, that it may be one.
12 And
the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that
remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
13 And a
cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in
the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the
tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
14 And
thou shalt make a covering for the tent of
rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of
badgers' skins.
15 ¶ And
thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of
shittim wood standing up.
16 Ten
cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.
17 Two tenons
shall there be in one board,
set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of
the tabernacle.
18 And
thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side
southward.
19 And
thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets
under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his
two tenons.
20 And
for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:
21 And
their forty sockets of silver; two
sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
22 And
for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.
23 And
two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
24 And they
shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the
head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the
two corners.
25 And
they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets
under another board.
26 ¶ And
thou shalt make bars of shittim wood;
five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
27 And
five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for
the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.
28 And
the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
29 And
thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
30 And
thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was
shewed thee in the mount.
31 ¶ And
thou shalt make a vail of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall
it be made:
32 And
thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of
silver.
33 ¶ And
thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither
within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you
between the holy place and the most
holy.
34 And
thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
35 And
thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the
table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the
table on the north side.
36 And
thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought
with needlework.
37 And
thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and
overlay them with gold, and their
hooks shall be of gold: and thou
shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
 
CHAPTER 27
AND thou
shalt make an altar of shittim wood,
five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the
height thereof shall be three cubits.
2 And
thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall
be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
3 And
thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons,
and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
4 And
thou shalt make for it a grate of network of
brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners
thereof.
5 And
thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be
even to the midst of the altar.
6 And
thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
7 And
the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two
sides of the altar, to bear it.
8 Hollow
with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall
they make it.
9 ¶ And
thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the
court of fine twined linen of an
hundred cubits long for one side:
10 And
the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and
their fillets shall be of
silver.
11 And
likewise for the north side in length there
shall be hangings of an hundred cubits
long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
12 ¶ And
for the breadth of the court on the
west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets
ten.
13 And
the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
14 The
hangings of one side of the gate
shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
15 And
on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
16 ¶ And
for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and
their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
17 All
the pillars round about the court shall
be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets
of brass.
18 ¶ The
length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth
fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
19 All
the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins
thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall
be of brass.
20 ¶ And
thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive
beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
21 In
the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from
evening to morning before the Lord:
it shall be a statute for
ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
 
CHAPTER 28
AND take
thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the
children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and
Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
2 And
thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.
3 And
thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled
with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate
him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
4 And
these are the garments which they
shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre,
and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his
sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
5 And
they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
6 ¶ And
they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet,
and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
7 It
shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.
8 And
the curious girdle of the ephod, which is
upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of
gold, of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen.
9 And
thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of
Israel:
10 Six
of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other
stone, according to their birth.
11 With
the work of an engraver in stone, like
the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of
the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
12 And
thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children
of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
13 ¶ And
thou shalt make ouches of gold;
14 And
two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them,
and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
15 ¶ And
thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work
of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold,
of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet,
and of fine twined linen, shalt thou
make it.
16
Foursquare it shall be being doubled;
a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth
thereof.
17 And
thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even
four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a
topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
18 And
the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a
diamond.
19 And
the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
20 And
the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in
their inclosings.
21 And
the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according
to their names, like the engravings of
a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
22 ¶ And
thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure
gold.
23 And
thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two
rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
24 And
thou shalt put the two wreathen chains
of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.
25 And the other
two ends of the two wreathen chains thou
shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them
on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
26 ¶ And
thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of
the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.
27 And
two other rings of gold thou shalt
make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart
thereof, over against the other coupling
thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
28 And
they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the
ephod with a lace of blue, that it may
be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not
loosed from the ephod.
29 And
Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of
judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord
continually.
30 ¶ And
thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and
they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aaron shall bear the judgment
of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually.
31 ¶ And
thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of
blue.
32 And
there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a
binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an
habergeon, that it be not rent.
33 ¶ And
beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt
make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between
them round about:
34 A
golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of
the robe round about.
35 And
it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth
in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die
not.
36 ¶ And
thou shalt make a plate of pure gold,
and grave upon it, like the
engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
37 And
thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the
forefront of the mitre it shall be.
38 And
it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy
things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and
it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.
39 ¶ And
thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle
of needlework.
40 ¶ And
for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles,
and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
41 And
thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt
anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister
unto me in the priest's office.
42 And
thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins
even unto the thighs they shall reach:
43 And
they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the
tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to
minister in the holy place; that they
bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
 
CHAPTER 29
AND this
is the thing that thou shalt do unto
them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young
bullock, and two rams without blemish,
2 And
unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened
anointed with oil: of wheaten flour
shalt thou make them.
3 And
thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the
bullock and the two rams.
4 And
Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and shalt wash them with water.
5 And
thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the
ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle
of the ephod:
6 And
thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.
7 Then
shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it
upon his head, and anoint him.
8 And
thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.
9 And
thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on
them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou
shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
10 And
thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the
congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the
bullock.
11 And
thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord,
by the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
12 And
thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the
blood beside the bottom of the altar.
13 And
thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is
above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them
upon the altar.
14 But
the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire
without the camp: it is a sin offering.
15 ¶ Thou
shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the
head of the ram.
16 And
thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
17 And
thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs,
and put them unto his pieces, and
unto his head.
18 And
thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the Lord:
it is a sweet savour, an offering
made by fire unto the Lord.
19 ¶ And
thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands
upon the head of the ram.
20 Then
shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the
right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the
great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round
about.
21 And
thou shalt take of the blood that is upon
the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon
the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and
his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
22 Also
thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the
inwards, and the caul above the liver,
and the two kidneys, and the fat that is
upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is
a ram of consecration:
23 And
one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket
of the unleavened bread that is before
the Lord:
24 And
thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and
shalt wave them for a wave offering before
the Lord.
25 And
thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before
the Lord: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
26 And
thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord: and it shall be thy part.
27 And
thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the
heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the
consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that
which is for his sons:
28 And
it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of
Israel: for it is an heave offering:
and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice
of their peace offerings, even their
heave offering unto the Lord.
29 ¶ And
the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed
therein, and to be consecrated in them.
30 And that son that is priest in his stead
shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation
to minister in the holy place.
31 ¶ And
thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy
place.
32 And
Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
33 And
they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall
not eat thereof, because they are holy.
34 And
if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the
morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten,
because it is holy.
35 And
thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee:
seven days shalt thou consecrate them.
36 And
thou shalt offer every day a bullock for
a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast
made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
37 Seven
days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall
be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
38 ¶ Now
this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first
year day by day continually.
39 The
one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer
at even:
40 And
with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin
of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.
41 And
the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the
meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for
a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
42 This shall
be a continual burnt offering
throughout your generations at the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.
43 And
there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be
sanctified by my glory.
44 And I
will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will
sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's
office.
45 ¶ And
I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
46 And
they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth
out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the Lord their God.
 
CHAPTER 30
AND thou
shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of
shittim wood shalt thou make it.
2 A
cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare
shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof
shall be of the same.
3 And
thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof
round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold
round about.
4 And
two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two
corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.
5 And thou
shalt make the staves of shittim
wood, and overlay them with gold.
6 And
thou shalt put it before the vail that is
by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
7 And
Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the
lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
8 And
when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a
perpetual incense before the Lord
throughout your generations.
9 Ye
shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering;
neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
10 And
Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the
blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make
atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the Lord.
11 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
12 When
thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall
they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among
them, when thou numberest them.
13 This
they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a
shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of
the Lord.
14 Every
one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above,
shall give an offering unto the Lord.
15 The
rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel,
when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your
souls.
16 And
thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt
appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may
be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.
17 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
18 Thou
shalt also make a laver of brass, and
his foot also of brass, to wash withal:
and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar,
and thou shalt put water therein.
19 For
Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
20 When
they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water,
that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn
offering made by fire unto the Lord:
21 So
they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be
a statute for ever to them, even to him
and to his seed throughout their generations.
22 ¶ Moreover
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
23 Take
thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so
much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two
hundred and fifty shekels,
24 And
of cassia five hundred shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
25 And
thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art
of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
26 And
thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of
the testimony,
27 And
the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the
altar of incense,
28 And
the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
29 And
thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them
shall be holy.
30 And
thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's
office.
31 And
thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy
anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
32 Upon
man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after
the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
33
Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or
whosoever putteth any of it upon a
stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
34 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Take
unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a
like weight:
35 And
thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary,
tempered together, pure and holy:
36 And
thou shalt beat some of it very
small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the
congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
37 And as for
the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to
the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord.
38
Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off
from his people.
 
CHAPTER 31
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 See, I
have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of
Judah:
3 And I
have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
4 To
devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
5 And in
cutting of stones, to set them, and
in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
6 And I,
behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of
Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that
they may make all that I have commanded thee;
7 The
tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy
seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture
of the tabernacle,
8 And
the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture,
and the altar of incense,
9 And
the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,
10 And
the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the
garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,
11 And
the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
12 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
13 Speak
thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall
keep: for it is a sign between me and
you throughout your generations; that ye
may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.
14 Ye
shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is
holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for
whosoever doeth any work therein,
that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
15 Six
days may work be done; but in the seventh is
the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord:
whosoever doeth any work in the
sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
16
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath
throughout their generations, for a perpetual
covenant.
17 It is a sign between me and the children of
Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the
seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
18 ¶ And
he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount
Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
 
CHAPTER 32
AND when
the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people
gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods,
which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us
up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
2 And
Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters,
and bring them unto me.
3 And
all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them
unto Aaron.
4 And he
received them at their hand, and
fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said,
These be thy gods, O Israel, which
brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5 And
when Aaron saw it, he built an altar
before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord.
6 And
they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought
peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to
play.
7 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get
thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have
corrupted themselves:
8 They
have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made
them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and
said, These be thy gods, O Israel,
which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
9 And
the Lord said unto Moses, I have
seen this people, and, behold, it is a
stiffnecked people:
10 Now
therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may
consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
11 And
Moses besought the Lord his God,
and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath
wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of
Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
12
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them
out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the
earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
13
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by
thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of
heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and
they shall inherit it for ever.
14 And
the Lord repented of the evil
which he thought to do unto his people.
15 ¶ And
Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony
were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the
one side and on the other were they
written.
16 And
the tables were the work of God, and
the writing was the writing of God,
graven upon the tables.
17 And
when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
18 And
he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it
the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
19 ¶ And
it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf,
and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his
hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
20 And
he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it
to powder, and strawed it upon the
water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
21 And
Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought
so great a sin upon them?
22 And
Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that
they are set on mischief.
23 For
they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for
this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not
what is become of him.
24 And I
said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me:
then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
25 ¶ And
when Moses saw that the people were naked;
(for Aaron had made them naked unto their
shame among their enemies:)
26 Then
Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side?
let him come unto me. And all
the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
27 And
he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord
God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay
every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
28 And
the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the
people that day about three thousand men.
29 For
Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that
he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
30 ¶ And
it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned
a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord;
peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
31 And
Moses returned unto the Lord, and
said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
32 Yet
now, if thou wilt forgive their sin-; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of
thy book which thou hast written.
33 And
the Lord said unto Moses,
Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
34
Therefore now go, lead the people unto the
place of which I have spoken unto
thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I
visit I will visit their sin upon them.
35 And
the Lord plagued the people,
because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
 
CHAPTER 33
AND the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people
which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I
sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give
it:
2 And I
will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the
Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
3 Unto a
land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee;
for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest
I consume thee in the way.
4 ¶ And
when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on
him his ornaments.
5 For
the Lord had said unto Moses, Say
unto the children of Israel, Ye are a
stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume
thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do
unto thee.
6 And
the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount
Horeb.
7 And
Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the
camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation,
which was without the camp.
8 And it
came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after
Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
9 And it
came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar
descended, and stood at the door of
the tabernacle, and the Lord
talked with Moses.
10 And
all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at
the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.
11 And
the Lord spake unto Moses face to
face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but
his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the
tabernacle.
12 ¶ And
Moses said unto the Lord, See,
thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom
thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast
also found grace in my sight.
13 Now
therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy
way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider
that this nation is thy people.
14 And
he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
15 And
he said unto him, If thy presence go not with
me, carry us not up hence.
16 For
wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy
sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and
thy people, from all the people that are
upon the face of the earth.
17 And
the Lord said unto Moses, I will
do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my
sight, and I know thee by name.
18 And
he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
19 And
he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the
name of the Lord before thee; and
will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will
shew mercy.
20 And
he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
21 And
the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
22 And it
shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift
of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
23 And I
will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall
not be seen.
 
CHAPTER 34
AND the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables
of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou
brakest.
2 And be
ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present
thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
3 And no
man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the
mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
4 ¶ And
he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in
the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables
of stone.
5 And
the Lord descended in the cloud,
and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.
6 And
the Lord passed by before him, and
proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious,
longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
7
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and
that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and
to the fourth generation.
8 And
Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
9 And he
said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee,
go among us; for it is a stiffnecked
people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
10 ¶ And
he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels,
such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the
people among which thou art shall see
the work of the Lord: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with
thee.
11
Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before
thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and
the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
12 Take
heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land
whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
13 But
ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
14 For
thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord,
whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
15 Lest
thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring
after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
16 And
thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring
after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
17 Thou
shalt make thee no molten gods.
18 ¶ The
feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened
bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month
Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
19 All
that openeth the matrix is mine; and
every firstling among thy cattle, whether
ox or sheep, that is male.
20 But
the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck.
All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before
me empty.
21 ¶ Six
days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time
and in harvest thou shalt rest.
22 ¶ And
thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and
the feast of ingathering at the year's end.
23 ¶ Thrice
in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.
24 For I
will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall
any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year.
25 Thou
shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the
sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.
26 The
first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid
in his mother's milk.
27 And
the Lord said unto Moses, Write
thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant
with thee and with Israel.
28 And
he was there with the Lord forty
days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon
the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
29 ¶ And
it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of
testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not
that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
30 And
when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his
face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.
31 And
Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation
returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
32 And
afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment
all that the Lord had spoken with
him in mount Sinai.
33 And till Moses had done speaking with them,
he put a vail on his face.
34 But
when Moses went in before the Lord
to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out,
and spake unto the children of Israel that
which he was commanded.
35 And
the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face
shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak
with him.
 
CHAPTER 35
AND Moses
gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto
them, These are the words which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them.
2 Six
days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy
day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord:
whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
3 Ye
shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
4 ¶ And
Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying,
5 Take
ye from among you an offering unto the Lord:
whosoever is of a willing heart, let
him bring it, an offering of the Lord;
gold, and silver, and brass,
6 And
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
7 And
rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
8 And
oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
9 And
onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
10 And
every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the Lord hath commanded;
11 The
tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars,
his pillars, and his sockets,
12 The
ark, and the staves thereof, with the
mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,
13 The
table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,
14 The
candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil
for the light,
15 And
the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet
incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,
16 The
altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his
vessels, the laver and his foot,
17 The
hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the
door of the court,
18 The
pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,
19 The
cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of
his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
20 ¶ And
all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of
Moses.
21 And
they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit
made willing, and they brought the Lord's offering to the work of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.
22 And
they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and
rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord.
23 And
every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen,
and goats' hair, and red skins of rams,
and badgers' skins, brought them.
24 Every
one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the Lord's offering: and every man, with whom
was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it.
25 And
all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought
that which they had spun, both of blue,
and of purple, and of scarlet, and of
fine linen.
26 And
all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair.
27 And
the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for
the breastplate;
28 And spice,
and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
29 The
children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring
for all manner of work, which the Lord
had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.
30 ¶ And
Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of
Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
31 And
he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
32 And
to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
33 And
in the cutting of stones, to set them,
and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.
34 And he
hath put in his heart that he may teach, both
he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
35 Them
hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning
work.
 
CHAPTER 36
THEN wrought
Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know
how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to
all that the Lord had commanded.
2 And
Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart
the Lord had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him
up to come unto the work to do it:
3 And
they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had
brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him
free offerings every morning.
4 And
all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man
from his work which they made;
5 ¶ And
they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the
service of the work, which the Lord
commanded to make.
6 And
Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the
camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of
the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.
7 For
the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
8 ¶ And
every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made
ten curtains of fine twined linen,
and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with
cherubims of cunning work made he them.
9 The
length of one curtain was twenty and
eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.
10 And
he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains
he coupled one unto another.
11 And
he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the
coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
12 Fifty
loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain
which was in the coupling of the
second: the loops held one curtain to
another.
13 And
he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with
the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
14 ¶ And
he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle:
eleven curtains he made them.
15 The
length of one curtain was thirty
cubits, and four cubits was the
breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were
of one size.
16 And
he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
17 And
he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and
fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
18 And
he made fifty taches of brass to
couple the tent together, that it might be one.
19 And
he made a covering for the tent of rams'
skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers'
skins above that.
20 ¶ And
he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim
wood, standing up.
21 The
length of a board was ten cubits, and
the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.
22 One
board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for
all the boards of the tabernacle.
23 And
he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:
24 And
forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one
board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two
tenons.
25 And
for the other side of the tabernacle, which
is toward the north corner, he made
twenty boards,
26 And
their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets
under another board.
27 And
for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
28 And
two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
29 And
they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one
ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
30 And
there were eight boards; and their sockets were
sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.
31 ¶ And
he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the
tabernacle,
32 And
five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for
the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.
33 And
he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the
other.
34 And
he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the
bars with gold.
35 ¶ And
he made a vail of blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with
cherubims made he it of cunning work.
36 And
he made thereunto four pillars of shittim
wood, and overlaid them with gold:
their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
37 ¶ And
he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
38 And
the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and
their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.
 
CHAPTER 37
AND Bezaleel
made the ark of shittim wood: two
cubits and a half was the length of
it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height
of it:
2 And he
overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it
round about.
3 And he
cast for it four rings of gold, to be set
by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two
rings upon the other side of it.
4 And he
made staves of shittim wood, and
overlaid them with gold.
5 And he
put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
6 ¶ And
he made the mercy seat of pure gold:
two cubits and a half was the length
thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
7 And he
made two cherubims of gold, beaten
out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;
8 One
cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims
on the two ends thereof.
9 And
the cherubims spread out their wings
on high, and covered with their wings
over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
10 ¶ And
he made the table of shittim wood:
two cubits was the length thereof,
and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
11 And
he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.
12 Also
he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of
gold for the border thereof round about.
13 And
he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that
were in the four feet thereof.
14 Over
against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table.
15 And
he made the staves of shittim wood,
and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
16 And
he made the vessels which were upon
the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal,
of pure gold.
17 ¶ And
he made the candlestick of pure gold:
of beaten work made he the
candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers,
were of the same:
18 And
six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick
out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the
other side thereof:
19 Three
bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and
three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so
throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
20 And
in the candlestick were four bowls
made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
21 And a
knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same,
and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going
out of it.
22 Their
knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure
gold.
23 And
he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and
all the vessels thereof.
25 ¶ And
he made the incense altar of shittim
wood: the length of it was a cubit,
and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof
were of the same.
26 And
he overlaid it with pure gold, both the
top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made
unto it a crown of gold round about.
27 And
he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of
it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal.
28 And
he made the staves of shittim wood,
and overlaid them with gold.
29 ¶ And
he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according
to the work of the apothecary.
 
CHAPTER 38
AND he
made the altar of burnt offering of shittim
wood: five cubits was the length
thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and
three cubits the height thereof.
2 And he
made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the
same: and he overlaid it with brass.
3 And he
made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans:
all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
4 And he
made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath
unto the midst of it.
5 And he
cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the
staves.
6 And he
made the staves of shittim wood, and
overlaid them with brass.
7 And he
put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he
made the altar hollow with boards.
8 ¶ And
he made the laver of brass, and the
foot of it of brass, of the
lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
9 ¶ And
he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of
fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
10 Their
pillars were twenty, and their brasen
sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
11 And
for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the
pillars and their fillets of silver.
12 And
for the west side were hangings of
fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars
and their fillets of silver.
13 And
for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
14 The
hangings of the one side of the gate
were fifteen cubits; their pillars
three, and their sockets three.
15 And
for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
16 All
the hangings of the court round about were
of fine twined linen.
17 And
the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and
their fillets of silver; and the overlaying
of their chapiters of silver; and all
the pillars of the court were filleted
with silver.
18 And
the hanging for the gate of the court was
needlework, of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
19 And
their pillars were four, and their
sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their
chapiters and their fillets of silver.
20 And
all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of
brass.
21 ¶ This
is the sum of the tabernacle, even of
the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of
Moses, for the service of the Levites,
by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
22 And
Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that
the Lord commanded Moses.
23 And
with him was Aholiab, son of
Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an
embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
24 All
the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering,
was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary.
25 And
the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore
and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
26 A
bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of
the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old
and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and
fifty men.
27 And
of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and
the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent
for a socket.
28 And
of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters,
and filleted them.
29 And
the brass of the offering was seventy
talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
30 And
therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the
vessels of the altar,
31 And
the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and
all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
 
CHAPTER 39
AND of
the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service
in the holy place, and made the holy
garments for Aaron; as the Lord
commanded Moses.
2 And he
made the ephod of gold, blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
3 And
they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in
the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with
cunning work.
4 They
made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it
together: by the two edges was it coupled together.
5 And
the curious girdle of his ephod, that was
upon it, was of the same, according
to the work thereof; of gold, blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the Lord commanded Moses.
6 ¶ And
they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven,
with the names of the children of Israel.
7 And he
put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that
they should be stones for a
memorial to the children of Israel; as the Lord
commanded Moses.
8 ¶ And
he made the breastplate of cunning
work, like the work of the ephod; of gold,
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
9 It was
foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
10 And
they set in it four rows of stones: the
first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
11 And
the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
12 And
the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
13 And
the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in
ouches of gold in their inclosings.
14 And
the stones were according to the
names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every
one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
15 And
they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure
gold.
16 And
they made two ouches of gold, and two
gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.
17 And
they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the
breastplate.
18 And
the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and
put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
19 And
they made two rings of gold, and put them
on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.
20 And
they made two other golden rings, and
put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it,
over against the other coupling
thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
21 And
they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a
lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that
the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the Lord commanded Moses.
22 ¶ And
he made the robe of the ephod of woven
work, all of blue.
23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it
should not rend.
24 And
they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
25 And
they made bells of pure gold, and put
the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between
the pomegranates;
26 A
bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the
robe to minister in; as the Lord commanded Moses.
27 ¶ And
they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his
sons,
28 And a
mitre of fine linen, and goodly
bonnets of fine linen, and linen
breeches of fine twined linen,
29 And a
girdle of fine twined linen, and
blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework;
as the Lord commanded Moses.
30 ¶ And
they made the plate of the holy crown of
pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like
to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS
TO THE LORD.
31 And
they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it
on high upon the mitre; as the Lord
commanded Moses.
32 ¶ Thus
was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished:
and the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
33 ¶ And
they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his
taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,
34 And
the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and
the vail of the covering,
35 The
ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,
36 The
table, and all the vessels thereof,
and the shewbread,
37 The
pure candlestick, with the lamps
thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and
the oil for light,
38 And
the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging
for the tabernacle door,
39 The
brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the
laver and his foot,
40 The
hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the
court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the
tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,
41 The
cloths of service to do service in the holy place,
and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister
in the priest's office.
42
According to all that the Lord
commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.
43 And
Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done
it: and Moses blessed them.
 
CHAPTER 40
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 On the
first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of
the congregation.
3 And
thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the
vail.
4 And
thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set
in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps
thereof.
5 And
thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the
testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
6 And
thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the
tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
7 And
thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar,
and shalt put water therein.
8 And
thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court
gate.
9 And
thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all
the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.
10 And
thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and
sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.
11 And
thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
12 And
thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and wash them with water.
13 And
thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him;
that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
14 And
thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:
15 And
thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may
minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an
everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
16 Thus
did Moses: according to all that the Lord
commanded him, so did he.
17 ¶ And
it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
18 And
Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards
thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.
19 And
he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent
above upon it; as the Lord
commanded Moses.
20 ¶ And
he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and
put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
21 And
he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering,
and covered the ark of the testimony; as the Lord
commanded Moses.
22 ¶ And
he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the
tabernacle northward, without the vail.
23 And
he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord;
as the Lord had commanded Moses.
24 ¶ And
he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table,
on the side of the tabernacle southward.
25 And
he lighted the lamps before the Lord;
as the Lord commanded Moses.
26 ¶ And
he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
27 And
he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the Lord
commanded Moses.
28 ¶ And
he set up the hanging at the door of
the tabernacle.
29 And
he put the altar of burnt offering by
the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it
the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the Lord commanded Moses.
30 ¶ And
he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put
water there, to wash withal.
31 And
Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:
32 When
they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the
altar, they washed; as the Lord commanded
Moses.
33 And
he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the
hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
34 ¶ Then
a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
35 And
Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the
cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord
filled the tabernacle.
36 And
when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel
went onward in all their journeys:
37 But
if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it
was taken up.
38 For
the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire
was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all
their journeys.


THE THIRD
BOOK OF MOSES,
CALLED
LEVITICUS.


CHAPTER 1
AND the Lord called unto Moses, and spake unto
him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an
offering unto the Lord, ye shall
bring your offering of the cattle, even
of the herd, and of the flock.
3 If his
offering be a burnt sacrifice of the
herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary
will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord.
4 And he
shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be
accepted for him to make atonement for him.
5 And he
shall kill the bullock before the Lord:
and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood
round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
6 And he
shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.
7 And
the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in
order upon the fire:
8 And
the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order
upon the wood that is on the fire which
is upon the altar:
9 But
his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all
on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour
unto the Lord.
10 ¶ And
if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats,
for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.
11 And
he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord: and the priests, Aaron's sons,
shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.
12 And
he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall
lay them in order on the wood that is
on the fire which is upon the altar:
13 But
he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a
burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
14 ¶ And
if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord
be of fowls, then he shall bring his
offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
15 And
the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall
be wrung out at the side of the altar:
16 And
he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on
the east part, by the place of the ashes:
17 And
he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but
shall not divide it asunder: and the
priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a
burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND when
any will offer a meat offering unto the Lord,
his offering shall be of fine flour;
and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
2 And he
shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his
handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense
thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be
an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord:
3 And
the remnant of the meat offering shall
be Aaron's and his sons': it is
a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord
made by fire.
4 ¶ And
if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall
be unleavened cakes of fine flour
mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
5 ¶ And
if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with
oil.
6 Thou
shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.
7 ¶ And
if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made
of fine flour with oil.
8 And
thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the Lord: and when it is presented unto the
priest, he shall bring it unto the altar.
9 And
the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn
it upon the altar: it is
an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
10 And
that which is left of the meat offering shall
be Aaron's and his sons': it is
a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord
made by fire.
11 No
meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord,
shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any
offering of the Lord made by fire.
12 ¶ As
for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the Lord: but they shall not be burnt on the
altar for a sweet savour.
13 And
every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt
thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat
offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
14 And
if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meat
offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.
15 And
thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering.
16 And
the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part
of the beaten corn thereof, and part of
the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by
fire unto the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 3
AND if
his oblation be a sacrifice of peace
offering, if he offer it of the herd;
whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.
2 And he
shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar
round about.
3 And he
shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire
unto the Lord; the fat that
covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is
upon the inwards,
4 And
the two kidneys, and the fat that is on
them, which is by the flanks, and the
caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
5 And
Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by
fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
6 ¶ And
if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the Lord be
of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
7 If he
offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the Lord.
8 And he
shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the
tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood
thereof round about upon the altar.
9 And he
shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire
unto the Lord; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off
hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat
that is upon the inwards,
10 And
the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon
them, which is by the flanks, and the
caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
11 And
the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it
is the food of the offering made by
fire unto the Lord.
12 ¶ And
if his offering be a goat, then he
shall offer it before the Lord.
13 And
he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of
the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon
the altar round about.
14 And
he shall offer thereof his offering, even
an offering made by fire unto the Lord;
the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
15 And
the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon
them, which is by the flanks, and the
caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
16 And
the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it
is the food of the offering made by
fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is
the Lord's.
17 It shall
be a perpetual statute for your
generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
 
CHAPTER 4
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance
against any of the commandments of the Lord
concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of
them:
3 If the
priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him
bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto
the Lord for a sin offering.
4 And he
shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation
before the Lord; and shall lay his
hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the Lord.
5 And
the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to
the tabernacle of the congregation:
6 And
the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven
times before the Lord, before the vail
of the sanctuary.
7 And
the priest shall put some of the
blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood
of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
8 And he
shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat
that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
9 And
the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon
them, which is by the flanks, and the
caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away,
10 As it
was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the
priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.
11 And
the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs,
and his inwards, and his dung,
12 Even
the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place,
where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the
ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.
13 ¶ And
if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid
from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of
the commandments of the Lord concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
14 When
the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation
shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of
the congregation.
15 And
the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the
bullock before the Lord: and the
bullock shall be killed before the Lord.
16 And
the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the
tabernacle of the congregation:
17 And
the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, even
before the vail.
18 And
he shall put some of the blood upon
the horns of the altar which is before
the Lord, that is in the tabernacle of the
congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of
the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
19 And
he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.
20 And
he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so
shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it
shall be forgiven them.
21 And
he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned
the first bullock: it is a sin
offering for the congregation.
22 ¶ When
a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat
through ignorance against any of the
commandments of the Lord his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
23 Or if
his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his
offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
24 And
he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where
they kill the burnt offering before the Lord:
it is a sin offering.
25 And
the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put
it upon the horns of the altar of burnt
offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt
offering.
26 And
he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace
offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his
sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
27 ¶ And
if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and
be guilty;
28 Or if
his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his
offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he
hath sinned.
29 And
he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin
offering in the place of the burnt offering.
30 And
the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering,
and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.
31 And
he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the
sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the Lord; and the priest shall make an
atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
32 And
if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without
blemish.
33 And
he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin
offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
34 And
the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put
it upon the horns of the altar of burnt
offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:
35 And
he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away
from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon
the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord: and the priest shall make an
atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
 
CHAPTER 5
AND if a
soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter
it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
2 Or if
a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it
be a carcase of an unclean beast, or
a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall
be unclean, and guilty.
3 Or if
he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be
defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.
4 Or if
a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips
to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it
be that a man shall pronounce with an
oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be
guilty in one of these.
5 And it
shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
6 And he
shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord
for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of
the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him
concerning his sin.
7 And if
he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he
hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the Lord; one for a sin offering, and the
other for a burnt offering.
8 And he
shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin
offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:
9 And he
shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and
the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering.
10 And
he shall offer the second for a burnt
offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for
him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
11 ¶ But
if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that
sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour
for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.
12 Then
shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the
offerings made by fire unto the Lord:
it is a sin offering.
13 And
the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath
sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the
priest's, as a meat offering.
14 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
15 If a
soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the Lord; then he shall bring for his trespass
unto the Lord a ram without
blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the
shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:
16 And
he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and
shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest
shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it
shall be forgiven him.
17 ¶ And
if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by
the commandments of the Lord;
though he wist it not, yet is he
guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
18 And
he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for
a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement
for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.
19 It is a trespass offering: he hath
certainly trespassed against the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 6
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 If a
soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord,
and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in
fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his
neighbour;
3 Or
have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely;
in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
4 Then
it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that
which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or
that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
5 Or all
that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the
principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his
trespass offering.
6 And he
shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord,
a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass
offering, unto the priest:
7 And
the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that
he hath done in trespassing therein.
8 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
9
Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is
the law of the burnt offering: It is the
burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the
morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
10 And
the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put
upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the
burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
11 And
he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the
ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
12 And
the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and
the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in
order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
13 The
fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
14 ¶ And
this is the law of the meat offering:
the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord,
before the altar.
15 And
he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the
oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is
upon the meat offering, and shall burn it
upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the Lord.
16 And
the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall
it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the
congregation they shall eat it.
17 It
shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made
by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass
offering.
18 All
the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your
generations concerning the offerings of the Lord
made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
19 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
20 This is the offering of Aaron and of his
sons, which they shall offer unto the Lord
in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a
meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.
21 In a
pan it shall be made with oil; and when it
is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering
shalt thou offer for a sweet savour
unto the Lord.
22 And
the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is
a statute for ever unto the Lord;
it shall be wholly burnt.
23 For
every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be
eaten.
24 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
25 Speak
unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is
the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed
shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord:
it is most holy.
26 The
priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be
eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
27
Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is
sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon
it was sprinkled in the holy place.
28 But
the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in
a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
29 All
the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
30 And
no sin offering, whereof any of the
blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
 
CHAPTER 7
LIKEWISE
this is the law of the trespass
offering: it is most holy.
2 In the
place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering:
and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.
3 And he
shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the
inwards,
4 And
the two kidneys, and the fat that is on
them, which is by the flanks, and the
caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away:
5 And
the priest shall burn them upon the altar for
an offering made by fire unto the Lord:
it is a trespass offering.
6 Every
male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place:
it is most holy.
7 As the
sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith
shall have it.
8 And
the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering
which he hath offered.
9 And
all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the
fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it.
10 And
every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron
have, one as much as another.
11 And
this is the law of the sacrifice of
peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord.
12 If he
offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of
thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed
with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
13
Besides the cakes, he shall offer for
his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
14 And
of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the Lord,
and it shall be the priest's that
sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings.
15 And
the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be
eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the
morning.
16 But
if the sacrifice of his offering be a
vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth
his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
17 But
the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt
with fire.
18 And
if any of the flesh of the sacrifice
of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted,
neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an
abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
19 And
the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing
shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that
be clean shall eat thereof.
20 But
the soul that eateth of the flesh of
the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain
unto the Lord, having his uncleanness
upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
21
Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness
of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable
unclean thing, and eat of the flesh
of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain
unto the Lord, even that soul
shall be cut off from his people.
22 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
23 Speak
unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or
of sheep, or of goat.
24 And
the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn
with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
25 For
whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by
fire unto the Lord, even the soul that
eateth it shall be cut off from his
people.
26
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether
it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
27
Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even
that soul shall be cut off from his people.
28 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
29 Speak
unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his
peace offerings unto the Lord
shall bring his oblation unto the Lord
of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
30 His
own hands shall bring the offerings of the Lord
made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may
be waved for a wave offering before
the Lord.
31 And
the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's
and his sons'.
32 And
the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
33 He
among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and
the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his
part.
34 For
the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel
from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto
Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the
children of Israel.
35 ¶ This
is the portion of the
anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of
the Lord made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto
the Lord in the priest's office;
36 Which
the Lord commanded to be given
them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their
generations.
37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the
meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of
the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;
38 Which
the Lord commanded Moses in mount
Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations
unto the Lord, in the wilderness
of Sinai.
 
CHAPTER 8
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Take
Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a
bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;
3 And
gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation.
4 And
Moses did as the Lord commanded
him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation.
5 And
Moses said unto the congregation, This is
the thing which the Lord commanded
to be done.
6 And
Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
7 And he
put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the
robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of
the ephod, and bound it unto him
therewith.
8 And he
put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the
Thummim.
9 And he
put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy
crown; as the Lord commanded
Moses.
10 And
Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.
11 And he
sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all
his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
12 And
he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify
him.
13 And
Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with
girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the Lord
commanded Moses.
14 And
he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their
hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
15 And
he slew it; and Moses took the blood,
and put it upon the horns of the
altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood
at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.
16 And
he took all the fat that was upon the
inwards, and the caul above the
liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar.
17 But
the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without
the camp; as the Lord commanded
Moses.
18 ¶ And
he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their
hands upon the head of the ram.
19 And
he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the
blood upon the altar round about.
20 And
he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the
fat.
21 And
he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon
the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for
a sweet savour, and an offering made
by fire unto the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.
22 ¶ And
he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid
their hands upon the head of the ram.
23 And
he slew it; and Moses took of the
blood of it, and put it upon the tip
of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great
toe of his right foot.
24 And
he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right
ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their
right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
25 And
he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right
shoulder:
26 And
out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was
before the Lord, he took one
unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right
shoulder:
27 And
he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the Lord.
28 And
Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour:
it is an offering made by fire unto
the Lord.
29 And
Moses took the breast, and waved it for
a wave offering before the Lord: for of the ram of consecration it was
Moses' part; as the Lord commanded
Moses.
30 And
Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his
garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and
sanctified Aaron, and his garments,
and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
31 ¶ And
Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it
with the bread that is in the basket
of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
32 And
that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire.
33 And
ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration
be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.
34 As he
hath done this day, so the Lord hath commanded to do, to make an
atonement for you.
35
Therefore shall ye abide at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the
charge of the Lord, that ye die
not: for so I am commanded.
36 So
Aaron and his sons did all things which the Lord
commanded by the hand of Moses.
 
CHAPTER 9
AND it
came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses
called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
2 And he
said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a
burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them
before the Lord.
3 And
unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the
goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
4 Also a
bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord; and a meat offering mingled with
oil: for to day the Lord will
appear unto you.
5 ¶ And
they brought that which Moses
commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation
drew near and stood before the Lord.
6 And
Moses said, This is the thing which
the Lord commanded that ye should
do: and the glory of the Lord
shall appear unto you.
7 And
Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy
burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer
the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the Lord commanded.
8 ¶ Aaron
therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
9 And
the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the
blood, and put it upon the horns of the
altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:
10 But
the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he
burnt upon the altar; as the Lord commanded
Moses.
11 And
the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp.
12 And
he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood,
which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.
13 And
they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the
head: and he burnt them upon the altar.
14 And
he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar.
15 ¶ And
he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it
for sin, as the first.
16 And
he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner.
17 And
he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice
of the morning.
18 He
slew also the bullock and the ram for
a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was
for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he
sprinkled upon the altar round about,
19 And
the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards,
and the kidneys, and the caul above the
liver:
20 And
they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:
21 And
the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord;
as Moses commanded.
22 And
Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down
from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.
23 And
Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and
blessed the people: and the glory of the Lord
appeared unto all the people.
24 And
there came a fire out from before the Lord,
and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they
shouted, and fell on their faces.
 
CHAPTER 10
AND Nadab
and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire
therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.
2 And
there went out fire from the Lord,
and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.
3 Then
Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come
nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his
peace.
4 And
Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and
said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of
the camp.
5 So
they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had
said.
6 And
Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not
your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon
all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning
which the Lord hath kindled.
7 And ye
shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye
die: for the anointing oil of the Lord
is upon you. And they did according
to the word of Moses.
8 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying,
9 Do not
drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the
tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
10 And
that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and
clean;
11 And
that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of
Moses.
12 ¶ And
Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were
left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it without
leaven beside the altar: for it is most
holy:
13 And
ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire: for so I am commanded.
14 And
the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy
sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they
be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of
peace offerings of the children of Israel.
15 The
heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by
fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be thine, and thy sons'
with thee, by a statute for ever; as the Lord
hath commanded.
16 ¶ And
Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was
burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,
17
Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to
make atonement for them before the Lord?
18
Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.
19 And
Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering
and their burnt offering before the Lord;
and such things have befallen me: and if
I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight
of the Lord?
20 And
when Moses heard that, he was
content.
 
CHAPTER 11
AND the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron,
saying unto them,
2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, saying, These are
the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
3
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
4
Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that
divide the hoof: as the camel,
because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
5 And
the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
6 And
the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
7 And
the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not
the cud; he is unclean to you.
8 Of
their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
9 ¶ These
shall ye eat of all that are in the waters:
whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers,
them shall ye eat.
10 And
all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that
move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall
be an abomination unto you:
11 They
shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye
shall have their carcases in abomination.
12
Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination
unto you.
13 ¶ And
these are they which ye shall have
in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the
ossifrage, and the ospray,
14 And
the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
15 Every
raven after his kind;
16 And
the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
17 And
the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
18 And
the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
19 And
the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
20 All
fowls that creep, going upon all four,
shall be an abomination unto you.
21 Yet
these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their
feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
22 Even these of them ye may eat; the
locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after
his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
23 But
all other flying creeping things,
which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
24 And
for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be
unclean until the even.
25 And
whosoever beareth ought of the
carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
26 The carcases
of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is
not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are
unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
27 And
whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean
until the even.
28 And
he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean
until the even: they are unclean unto
you.
29 ¶ These
also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the
earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
30 And
the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
31 These
are unclean to you among all that
creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the
even.
32 And
upon whatsoever any of them, when
they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood,
or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into
water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
33 And
every earthen vessel, whereinto any of
them falleth, whatsoever is in it
shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
34 Of
all meat which may be eaten, that on
which such water cometh shall be
unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.
35 And
every thing whereupon any part
of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether
it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
36
Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein
there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their
carcase shall be unclean.
37 And
if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be
sown, it shall be clean.
38 But
if any water be put upon the seed,
and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto
you.
39 And
if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof
shall be unclean until the even.
40 And
he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean
until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes,
and be unclean until the even.
41 And
every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination;
it shall not be eaten.
42
Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things
that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
43 Ye
shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth,
neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled
thereby.
44 For I
am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye
shall be holy; for I am holy: neither
shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon
the earth.
45 For I
am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be
your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am
holy.
46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the
fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature
that creepeth upon the earth:
47 To
make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that
may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
 
CHAPTER 12
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a
man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the
separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
3 And in
the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
4 And
she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days;
she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days
of her purifying be fulfilled.
5 But if
she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her
separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and
six days.
6 And
when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she
shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon,
or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
unto the priest:
7 Who
shall offer it before the Lord,
and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her
blood. This is the law for her that
hath born a male or a female.
8 And if
she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young
pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and
the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
 
CHAPTER 13
AND the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
2 When a
man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and
it be in the skin of his flesh like the
plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one
of his sons the priests:
3 And
the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned
white, and the plague in sight be deeper
than the skin of his flesh, it is a
plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
4 If the
bright spot be white in the skin of
his flesh, and in sight be not deeper
than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall
shut up him that hath the plague
seven days:
5 And
the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut
him up seven days more:
6 And
the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the
plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but
a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
7 But if
the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the
priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:
8 And if the priest see that, behold, the scab
spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
9 ¶ When
the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;
10 And
the priest shall see him: and,
behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned
the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;
11 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his
flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for
he is unclean.
12 And
if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin
of him that hath the plague from
his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;
13 Then
the priest shall consider: and, behold, if
the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white:
he is clean.
14 But
when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
15 And
the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
16 Or if
the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the
priest;
17 And
the priest shall see him: and, behold, if
the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.
18 ¶ The
flesh also, in which, even in the
skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
19 And
in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and
somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;
20 And
if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be
in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest
shall pronounce him unclean: it is a
plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
21 But
if the priest look on it, and, behold, there
be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be
somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
22 And
if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him
unclean: it is a plague.
23 But
if the bright spot stay in his place, and
spread not, it is a burning boil; and
the priest shall pronounce him clean.
24 ¶ Or
if there be any flesh, in the skin
whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh
that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;
25 Then
the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if
the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than
the skin; it is a leprosy broken out
of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
26 But
if the priest look on it, and, behold, there
be no white hair in the bright spot,
and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
27 And
the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce
him unclean: it is the plague of
leprosy.
28 And
if the bright spot stay in his place, and
spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat
dark; it is a rising of the burning,
and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.
29 ¶ If
a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
30 Then
the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the
priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is
a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the
head or beard.
31 And
if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin,
and that there is no black hair in
it; then the priest shall shut up him
that hath the plague of the scall seven days:
32 And
in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in
it no yellow hair, and the scall be not
in sight deeper than the skin;
33 He
shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up
him that hath the scall seven
days more:
34 And
in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin,
nor be in sight deeper than the skin;
then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and
be clean.
35 But
if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;
36 Then
the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin,
the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
37 But
if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that
there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce
him clean.
38 ¶ If
a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
39 Then
the priest shall look: and, behold, if
the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be
darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.
40 And
the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.
41 And
he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.
42 And
if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head,
or his bald forehead.
43 Then
the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if
the rising of the sore be white
reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in
the skin of the flesh;
44 He is
a leprous man, he is unclean: the
priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.
45 And
the leper in whom the plague is, his
clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his
upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
46 All
the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone;
without the camp shall his habitation
be.
47 ¶ The
garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen
garment;
48
Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a
skin, or in any thing made of skin;
49 And
if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in
the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:
50 And
the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days:
51 And
he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the
garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.
52 He
shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in
linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
53 And
if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment,
either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;
54 Then
the priest shall command that they wash the
thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
55 And
the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour,
and the plague be not spread; it is unclean;
thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is
fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.
56 And
if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be
somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the
garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
57 And
if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in
any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the
plague is with fire.
58 And
the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be,
which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be
washed the second time, and shall be clean.
59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a
garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins,
to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
 
CHAPTER 14
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 This
shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought
unto the priest:
3 And
the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and,
behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed
in the leper;
4 Then
shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive
and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet,
and hyssop:
5 And
the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel
over running water:
6 As for
the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and 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:
7 And he
shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times,
and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the
open field.
8 And he
that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and
wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into
the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.
9 But it
shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and
his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall
wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
10 And
on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb
of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil,
and one log of oil.
11 And
the priest that maketh him clean
shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord, at
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
12 And
the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and
the log of oil, and wave them for a wave
offering before the Lord:
13 And
he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and
the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass
offering: it is most holy:
14 And
the priest shall take some of the
blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and
upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
15 And
the priest shall take some of the log
of oil, and pour it into the palm of
his own left hand:
16 And
the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger
seven times before the Lord:
17 And
of the rest of the oil that is in his
hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed,
and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot,
upon the blood of the trespass offering:
18 And
the remnant of the oil that is in the
priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the
priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord.
19 And
the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is
to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt
offering:
20 And
the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar:
and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
21 And
if he be poor, and cannot get so
much; then he shall take one lamb for
a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth
deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;
22 And
two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one
shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
23 And
he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the Lord.
24 And
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 the Lord:
25 And
he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering,
and put it upon the tip of the right
ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and
upon the great toe of his right foot:
26 And
the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:
27 And
the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in
his left hand seven times before the Lord:
28 And
the priest shall put of the oil that is
in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and
upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot,
upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering:
29 And
the rest of the oil that is in the
priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make
an atonement for him before the Lord.
30 And
he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he
can get;
31 Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering:
and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before
the Lord.
32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is
not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.
33 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses and unto
Aaron, saying,
34 When
ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I
put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;
35 And
he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to
me there is as it were a plague in the house:
36 Then
the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it
to see the plague, that all that is in
the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the
house:
37 And
he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if
the plague be in the walls of the
house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;
38 Then
the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the
house seven days:
39 And
the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the
house;
40 Then
the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an
unclean place without the city:
41 And
he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour
out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:
42 And
they shall take other stones, and put them
in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall
plaister the house.
43 And
if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken
away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is
plaistered;
44 Then
the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.
45 And
he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and
all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.
46
Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be
unclean until the even.
47 And
he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the
house shall wash his clothes.
48 And
if the priest shall come in, and look upon
it, and, behold, the plague hath not
spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall
pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
49 And
he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and
hyssop:
50 And
he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:
51 And
he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and 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:
52 And
he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running
water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop,
and with the scarlet:
53 But
he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make
an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
54 This is the law for all manner of plague of
leprosy, and scall,
55 And
for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
56 And
for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:
57 To
teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.
 
CHAPTER 15
AND the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron,
saying,
2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running
issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
3 And
this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his
issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
4 Every
bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon
he sitteth, shall be unclean.
5 And
whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until
the even.
6 And he
that sitteth on any thing whereon he
sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
7 And he
that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and
bathe himself in water, and be unclean
until the even.
8 And if
he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and
be unclean until the even.
9 And
what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean.
10 And
whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the
even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes,
and bathe himself in water, and be
unclean until the even.
11 And
whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in
water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself
in water, and be unclean until the even.
12 And
the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken:
and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
13 And
when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to
himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh
in running water, and shall be clean.
14 And
on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons,
and come before the Lord unto the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:
15 And
the priest shall offer them, the one for
a sin offering, and the other for a
burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord for his issue.
16 And
if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his
flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
17 And
every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be
washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
18 The
woman also with whom man shall lie with
seed of copulation, they shall both bathe
themselves in water, and be unclean
until the even.
19 ¶ And
if a woman have an issue, and her
issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth
her shall be unclean until the even.
20 And
every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing
also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
21 And
whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until
the even.
22 And
whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and
bathe himself in water, and be
unclean until the even.
23 And
if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it,
he shall be unclean until the even.
24 And
if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be
unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.
25 And
if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her
separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the
issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.
26 Every
bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of
her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the
uncleanness of her separation.
27 And
whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes,
and bathe himself in water, and be unclean
until the even.
28 But
if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days,
and after that she shall be clean.
29 And
on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons,
and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
30 And
the priest shall offer the one for a
sin offering, and the other for a
burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the Lord for the issue of her uncleanness.
31 Thus
shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die
not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.
32 This is the law of him that hath an issue,
and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
33 And
of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man,
and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.
 
CHAPTER 16
AND the Lord spake unto Moses after the death of
the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the Lord, and died;
2 And
the Lord said unto Moses, Speak
unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy
seat, which is upon the ark; that he die
not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
3 Thus
shall Aaron come into the holy place:
with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
4 He
shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his
flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall
he be attired: these are holy
garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
5 And he
shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats
for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
6 And
Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his
house.
7 And he
shall take the two goats, and present them before the Lord at the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation.
8 And
Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the
scapegoat.
9 And
Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's
lot fell, and offer him for a sin
offering.
10 But
the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive
before the Lord, to make an
atonement with him, and to let him go
for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
11 And
Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for
his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:
12 And
he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before
the Lord, and his hands full of
sweet incense beaten small, and bring it
within the vail:
13 And
he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that
is upon the testimony, that he die
not:
14 And
he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the
mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
15 ¶ Then
shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with
that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the
mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
16 And
he shall make an atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their
transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the
congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
17 And
there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to
make an atonement in the holy place,
until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his
household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
18 And
he shall go out unto the altar that is
before the Lord, and make an
atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood
of the goat, and put it upon the
horns of the altar round about.
19 And
he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse
it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.
20 ¶ And
when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he
shall bring the live goat:
21 And
Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over
him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions
in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into
the wilderness:
22 And
the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited:
and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
23 And
Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the
linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there:
24 And
he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments,
and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the
people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.
25 And
the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.
26 And
he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his
flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.
27 And
the bullock for the sin offering, and
the goat for the sin offering, whose
blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry
forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their
flesh, and their dung.
28 And
he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and
afterward he shall come into the camp.
29 ¶ And
this shall be a statute for ever unto
you: that in the seventh month, on
the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict
your souls, and do no work at all, whether
it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among
you:
30 For
on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to
cleanse you, that ye may be clean
from all your sins before the Lord.
31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by
a statute for ever.
32 And
the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in
the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall
put on the linen clothes, even the
holy garments:
33 And
he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an
atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he
shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the
congregation.
34 And
this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the
children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the Lord commanded Moses.
 
CHAPTER 17
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say
unto them; This is the thing which
the Lord hath commanded, saying,
3 What
man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in
the camp, or that killeth it out of
the camp,
4 And
bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer
an offering unto the Lord before
the tabernacle of the Lord; blood
shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut
off from among his people:
5 To the
end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in
the open field, even that they may bring them unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
unto the priest, and offer them for peace
offerings unto the Lord.
6 And
the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord at
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet
savour unto the Lord.
7 And
they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have
gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their
generations.
8 ¶ And
thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there
be of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,
9 And
bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer
it unto the Lord; even that man
shall be cut off from among his people.
10 ¶ And
whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even
set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from
among his people.
11 For
the life of the flesh is in the
blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls:
for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
12
Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood,
neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
13 And
whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the
strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl
that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with
dust.
14 For it is
the life of all flesh; the blood of it is
for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall
eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth
it shall be cut off.
15 And
every soul that eateth that which died of
itself, or that which was torn with beasts,
whether it be one of your own
country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until
the even: then shall he be clean.
16 But
if he wash them not, nor bathe his
flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
 
CHAPTER 18
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.
3 After
the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after
the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither
shall ye walk in their ordinances.
4 Ye
shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord
your God.
5 Ye
shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall
live in them: I am the Lord.
6 ¶ None
of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.
7 The
nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not
uncover: she is thy mother; thou
shalt not uncover her nakedness.
8 The
nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
9 The
nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother,
whether she be born at home, or
born abroad, even their nakedness
thou shalt not uncover.
10 The
nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not
uncover: for theirs is thine own
nakedness.
11 The
nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover
her nakedness.
12 Thou
shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
13 Thou
shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
14 Thou
shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not
approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
15 Thou
shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover
her nakedness.
16 Thou
shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
17 Thou
shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou
take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is
wickedness.
18
Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
19 Also
thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she
is put apart for her uncleanness.
20
Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile
thyself with her.
21 And
thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech,
neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
22 Thou
shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
23
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither
shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
24
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations
are defiled which I cast out before you:
25 And
the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the
land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
26 Ye
shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any
stranger that sojourneth among you:
27 (For
all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is
defiled;)
28 That
the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations
that were before you.
29 For
whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
30
Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which
were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the Lord
your God.
 
CHAPTER 19
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye
shall be holy: for I the Lord your
God am holy.
3 ¶ Ye
shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord
your God.
4 ¶ Turn
ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.
5 ¶ And
if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will.
6 It
shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain
until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
7 And if
it be eaten at all on the third day, it is
abominable; it shall not be accepted.
8
Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath
profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord:
and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
9 ¶ And
when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners
of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
10 And
thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt
leave them for the poor and stranger: I am
the Lord your God.
11 ¶ Ye
shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
12 ¶ And
ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of
thy God: I am the Lord.
13 ¶ Thou
shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night
until the morning.
14 ¶ Thou
shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt
fear thy God: I am the Lord.
15 ¶ Ye
shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of
the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
16 ¶ Thou
shalt not go up and down as a
talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour:
I am the Lord.
17 ¶ Thou
shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy
neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
18 ¶ Thou
shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but
thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am
the Lord.
19 ¶ Ye
shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse
kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment
mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
20 ¶ And
whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is
a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given
her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not
free.
21 And
he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord,
unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
22 And
the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass
offering before the Lord for his
sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
23 ¶ And
when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees
for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years
shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
24 But
in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the Lord withal.
25 And
in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you
the increase thereof: I am the Lord your God.
26 ¶ Ye
shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye
use enchantment, nor observe times.
27 Ye
shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners
of thy beard.
28 Ye
shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks
upon you: I am the Lord.
29 ¶ Do
not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to
whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
30 ¶ Ye
shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
31 ¶ Regard
not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled
by them: I am the Lord your God.
32 ¶ Thou
shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and
fear thy God: I am the Lord.
33 ¶ And
if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you
shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for
ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am
the Lord your God.
35 ¶ Ye
shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
36 Just
balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord
your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37
Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them:
I am the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 20
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Again,
thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of
Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall
surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
3 And I
will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people;
because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to
profane my holy name.
4 And if
the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth
of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:
5 Then I
will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him
off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from
among their people.
6 ¶ And
the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards,
to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will
cut him off from among his people.
7 ¶ Sanctify
yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am
the Lord your God.
8 And ye
shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am
the Lord which sanctify you.
9 ¶ For
every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death:
he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
10 ¶ And
the man that committeth adultery with another
man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the
adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
11 And
the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness:
both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
12 And
if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to
death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
13 If a
man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have
committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
14 And
if a man take a wife and her mother, it is
wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no
wickedness among you.
15 And
if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay
the beast.
16 And
if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the
woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
17 And
if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's
daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut
off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he
shall bear his iniquity.
18 And
if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her
nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain
of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
19 And
thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's
sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
20 And
if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's
nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
21 And
if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is
an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be
childless.
22 ¶ Ye shall
therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the
land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.
23 And
ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you:
for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
24 But I
have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to
possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God,
which have separated you from other people.
25 Ye shall
therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean
fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by
fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have
separated from you as unclean.
26 And
ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord
am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
27 ¶ A
man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall
surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
 
CHAPTER 21
AND the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the
priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for
the dead among his people:
2 But
for his kin, that is near unto him, that
is, for his mother, and for his
father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
3 And
for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for
her may he be defiled.
4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to
profane himself.
5 They
shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the
corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
6 They
shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the
offerings of the Lord made by
fire, and the bread of their God,
they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
7 They
shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall
they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
8 Thou
shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be
holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which
sanctify you, am holy.
9 ¶ And
the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she
profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
10 And he that
is the high priest among his
brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated
to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
11
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or
for his mother;
12
Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God;
for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.
13 And
he shall take a wife in her virginity.
14 A
widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or
an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people
to wife.
15
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.
16 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
17 Speak
unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that
hath any blemish, let him not
approach to offer the bread of his God.
18 For
whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not
approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing
superfluous,
19 Or a
man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
20 Or
crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or
scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
21 No
man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to
offer the offerings of the Lord
made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of
his God.
22 He
shall eat the bread of his God, both of
the most holy, and of the holy.
23 Only
he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath
a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the Lord do sanctify them.
24 And
Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his
sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
 
CHAPTER 22
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things
of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those
things which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord.
3 Say
unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your
generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel
hallow unto the Lord, having his
uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord.
4 What
man soever of the seed of Aaron is a
leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be
clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that
is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;
5 Or
whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man
of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
6 The
soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat
of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
7 And
when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy
things; because it is his food.
8 That
which dieth of itself, or is torn with
beasts, he shall not eat to defile
himself therewith: I am the Lord.
9 They
shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die
therefore, if they profane it: I the Lord
do sanctify them.
10 There
shall no stranger eat of the holy
thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
11 But
if the priest buy any soul with his
money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his
meat.
12 If
the priest's daughter also be married
unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
13 But
if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is
returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's
meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
14 ¶ And
if a man eat of the holy thing
unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part
thereof unto it, and shall give it unto
the priest with the holy thing.
15 And
they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they
offer unto the Lord;
16 Or
suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things:
for I the Lord do sanctify them.
17 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
18 Speak
unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto
them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all
his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the Lord for a burnt offering;
19 Ye shall
offer at your own will a male without
blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall
not be acceptable for you.
21 And
whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be
perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
22
Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall
not offer these unto the Lord, nor
make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the Lord.
23
Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his
parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill
offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
24 Ye
shall not offer unto the Lord that
which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering
thereof in your land.
25
Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of
these; because their corruption is in
them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for
you.
26 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
27 When
a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days
under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for
an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
28 And whether it be cow or ewe, ye
shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
29 And
when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own will.
30 On
the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow:
I am the Lord.
31
Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the Lord.
32
Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the
children of Israel: I am the Lord which hallow you,
33 That
brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 23
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord,
which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
3 Six
days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord
in all your dwellings.
4 ¶ These
are the feasts of the Lord, even
holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
5 In the
fourteenth day of the first month at
even is the Lord's passover.
6 And on
the fifteenth day of the same month is
the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord:
seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
7 In the
first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work
therein.
8 But ye
shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord
seven days: in the seventh day is an
holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
9 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
10 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land
which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring
a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
11 And
he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord,
to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave
it.
12 And
ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of
the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord.
13 And
the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled
with oil, an offering made by fire unto the Lord
for a sweet savour: and the drink
offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.
14 And
ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the
selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall
be a statute for ever throughout your
generations in all your dwellings.
15 ¶ And
ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye
brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
16 Even
unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye
shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord.
17 Ye
shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they
shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits
unto the Lord.
18 And
ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year,
and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the Lord,
with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the Lord.
19 Then
ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of
the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
20 And
the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs: they shall be
holy to the Lord for the priest.
21 And
ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that
it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your
dwellings throughout your generations.
22 ¶ And
when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of
the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any
gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the
stranger: I am the Lord your God.
23 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
24 Speak
unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath,
a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
25 Ye
shall do no servile work therein: but
ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
26 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
27 Also
on the tenth day of this seventh
month there shall be a day of
atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your
souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
28 And
ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God.
29 For
whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that
same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
30 And
whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day,
the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
31 Ye
shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your
dwellings.
32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in
the ninth day of the month at even, from
even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
33 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
34 Speak
unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for
seven days unto the Lord.
35 On
the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no
servile work therein.
36 Seven
days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you;
and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a
solemn assembly; and ye shall do no
servile work therein.
37 These
are the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be
holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, and a meat
offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:
38
Beside the sabbaths of the Lord,
and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings,
which ye give unto the Lord.
39 Also
in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit
of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord
seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
40 And
ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm
trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall
rejoice before the Lord your God
seven days.
41 And
ye shall keep it a feast unto the Lord
seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in
the seventh month.
42 Ye
shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in
booths:
43 That
your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in
booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
44 And
Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 24
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Command
the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the
light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
3
Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall
Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the Lord continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your
generations.
4 He
shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Lord continually.
5 ¶ And
thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall
be in one cake.
6 And
thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord.
7 And
thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each
row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
8 Every
sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord
continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting
covenant.
9 And it
shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it
is most holy unto him of the offerings
of the Lord made by fire by a
perpetual statute.
10 ¶ And
the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this
son of the Israelitish woman and a
man of Israel strove together in the camp;
11 And
the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord,
and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of
the tribe of Dan:)
12 And
they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord
might be shewed them.
13 And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
14 Bring
forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and
let all the congregation stone him.
15 And
thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God
shall bear his sin.
16 And
he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord,
he shall surely be put to death, and all
the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is
born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord,
shall be put to death.
17 ¶ And
he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
18 And
he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
19 And
if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done
to him;
20
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in
a man, so shall it be done to him again.
21 And
he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he
shall be put to death.
22 Ye
shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own
country: for I am the Lord your God.
23 ¶ And
Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that
had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of
Israel did as the Lord commanded
Moses.
 
CHAPTER 25
AND the Lord spake unto Moses in mount Sinai,
saying,
2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land
which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord.
3 Six
years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard,
and gather in the fruit thereof;
4 But in
the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor
prune thy vineyard.
5 That
which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither
gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for
it is a year of rest unto the land.
6 And
the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant,
and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that
sojourneth with thee,
7 And
for thy cattle, and for the beast that are
in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.
8 ¶ And
thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years;
and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine
years.
9 Then
shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of
atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
10 And
ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof:
it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his
possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
11 A
jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap
that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy
vine undressed.
12 For
it is the jubile; it shall be holy
unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
13 In
the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
14 And
if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
15
According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy
neighbour, and according unto the
number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
16
According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and
according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the
years of the fruits doth he sell unto
thee.
17 Ye
shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord
your God.
18 ¶ Wherefore
ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell
in the land in safety.
19 And
the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein
in safety.
20 And
if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow,
nor gather in our increase:
21 Then
I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth
fruit for three years.
22 And
ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet
of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.
23 ¶ The
land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers
and sojourners with me.
24 And
in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
25 ¶ If
thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it,
then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
26 And
if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
27 Then
let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the
man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
28 But
if he be not able to restore it to
him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it
until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall
return unto his possession.
29 And
if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a
whole year after it is sold; within a
full year may he redeem it.
30 And
if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established
for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out
in the jubile.
31 But
the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted
as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in
the jubile.
32
Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and
the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any
time.
33 And
if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of
his possession, shall go out in the year of
jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
34 But
the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
35 ¶ And
if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt
relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a
sojourner; that he may live with thee.
36 Take
thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live
with thee.
37 Thou
shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for
increase.
38 I am the Lord
your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the
land of Canaan, and to be your God.
39 ¶ And
if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be
sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with
thee, and shall serve thee unto the
year of jubile:
41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and
shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall
he return.
42 For
they are my servants, which I brought
forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
43 Thou
shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
44 Both
thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen
that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
45
Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them
shall ye buy, and of their families that are
with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
46 And
ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for
a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the
children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
47 ¶ And
if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth
by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
48 After
that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
49
Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or
if he be able, he may redeem himself.
50 And
he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him
unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the
number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with
him.
51 If there be yet many years behind,
according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money
that he was bought for.
52 And
if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with
him, and according unto his years shall
he give him again the price of his redemption.
53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he
be with him: and the other shall not rule
with rigour over him in thy sight.
54 And
if he be not redeemed in these years,
then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both
he, and his children with him.
55 For
unto me the children of Israel are servants;
they are my servants whom I brought
forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the
Lord your God.
 
CHAPTER 26
YE shall
make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image,
neither shall ye set up any image of stone
in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am
the Lord your God.
2 ¶ Ye
shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
3 ¶ If
ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
4 Then I
will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and
the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
5 And
your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto
the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your
land safely.
6 And I
will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out
of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
7 And ye
shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
8 And
five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten
thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
9 For I
will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and
establish my covenant with you.
10 And
ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
11 And I
will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
12 And I
will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
13 I am the Lord
your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not
be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go
upright.
14 ¶ But
if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
15 And
if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye
will not do all my commandments, but that
ye break my covenant:
16 I
also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption,
and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart:
and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
17 And I
will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they
that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
18 And
if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven
times more for your sins.
19 And I
will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and
your earth as brass:
20 And
your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her
increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
21 ¶ And
if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven
times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
22 I
will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and
destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
23 And
if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto
me;
24 Then
will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for
your sins.
25 And I
will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered
together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall
be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
26 And when I have broken the staff of your
bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye
shall eat, and not be satisfied.
27 And
if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
28 Then
I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you
seven times for your sins.
29 And
ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye
eat.
30 And I
will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases
upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
31 And I
will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I
will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
32 And I
will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall
be astonished at it.
33 And I
will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and
your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
34 Then
shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy
her sabbaths.
35 As
long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your
sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
36 And
upon them that are left alive of you
I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the
sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a
sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
37 And
they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none
pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
38 And
ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you
up.
39 And
they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies'
lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with
them.
40 If they
shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their
trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked
contrary unto me;
41 And that I also have walked contrary unto
them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised
hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
42 Then
will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and
also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
43 The
land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth
desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their
iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their
soul abhorred my statutes.
44 And
yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast
them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my
covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.
45 But I
will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought
forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be
their God: I am the Lord.
46 These
are the statutes and judgments and
laws, which the Lord made between
him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
 
CHAPTER 27
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a
singular vow, the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation.
3 And
thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years
old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of
the sanctuary.
4 And if
it be a female, then thy estimation
shall be thirty shekels.
5 And if
it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy
estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
6 And if
it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation
shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.
7 And if
it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy
estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
8 But if
he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the
priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed
shall the priest value him.
9 And if
it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the Lord, all that any man giveth of such
unto the Lord shall be holy.
10 He
shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and
if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof
shall be holy.
11 And
if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto
the Lord, then he shall present
the beast before the priest:
12 And
the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art
the priest, so shall it be.
13 But
if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
14 ¶ And
when a man shall sanctify his house to
be holy unto the Lord, then the priest shall estimate it,
whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
15 And
if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto
it, and it shall be his.
16 And
if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord
some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according
to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
17 If he
sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it
shall stand.
18 But
if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto
him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the
jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
19 And
if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add
the fifth part of the money of thy
estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
20 And
if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man,
it shall not be redeemed any more.
21 But
the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field devoted; the possession
thereof shall be the priest's.
22 And
if a man sanctify unto the Lord
a field which he hath bought, which is
not of the fields of his possession;
23 Then
the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he
shall give thine estimation in that day, as
a holy thing unto the Lord.
24 In
the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the
land did belong.
25 And
all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty
gerahs shall be the shekel.
26 ¶ Only
the firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lord's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be
ox, or sheep: it is the Lord's.
27 And
if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not
redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
28
Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field
of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord.
29 None
devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
30 And
all the tithe of the land, whether of
the seed of the land, or of the fruit
of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord.
31 And
if a man will at all redeem ought of
his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part
thereof.
32 And
concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy
unto the Lord.
33 He
shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if
he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it
shall not be redeemed.
34 These
are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of
Israel in mount Sinai.


THE FOURTH
BOOK OF MOSES,
CALLED
NUMBERS.


CHAPTER 1
AND the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness
of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second
year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 Take
ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
3 From
twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel:
thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
4 And
with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of
his fathers.
5 ¶ And
these are the names of the men that
shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
6 Of
Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
7 Of
Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
8 Of
Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
9 Of
Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
10 Of
the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel
the son of Pedahzur.
11 Of
Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
12 Of
Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
13 Of
Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
14 Of Gad;
Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
15 Of
Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
16 These
were the renowned of the
congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in
Israel.
17 ¶ And
Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
18 And
they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after
their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
19 As
the Lord commanded Moses, so he
numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
20 And
the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able
to go forth to war;
21 Those
that were numbered of them, even of
the tribe of Reuben, were forty and
six thousand and five hundred.
22 ¶ Of
the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the
house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the
number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and
upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
23 Those
that were numbered of them, even of
the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and
nine thousand and three hundred.
24 ¶ Of
the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house
of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old
and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
25 Those
that were numbered of them, even of
the tribe of Gad, were forty and five
thousand six hundred and fifty.
26 ¶ Of
the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house
of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old
and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
27 Those
that were numbered of them, even of
the tribe of Judah, were threescore
and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
28 ¶ Of
the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
29 Those
that were numbered of them, even of
the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and
four thousand and four hundred.
30 ¶ Of
the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
31 Those
that were numbered of them, even of
the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and
seven thousand and four hundred.
32 ¶ Of
the children of Joseph, namely, of
the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house
of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old
and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
33 Those
that were numbered of them, even of
the tribe of Ephraim, were forty
thousand and five hundred.
34 ¶ Of
the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
35 Those
that were numbered of them, even of
the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty
and two thousand and two hundred.
36 ¶ Of
the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
37 Those
that were numbered of them, even of
the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty
and five thousand and four hundred.
38 ¶ Of
the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house
of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old
and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
39 Those
that were numbered of them, even of
the tribe of Dan, were threescore and
two thousand and seven hundred.
40 ¶ Of
the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house
of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old
and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
41 Those
that were numbered of them, even of
the tribe of Asher, were forty and
one thousand and five hundred.
42 ¶ Of
the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by
the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty
years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
43 Those
that were numbered of them, even of
the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and
three thousand and four hundred.
44 These
are those that were numbered, which
Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
45 So
were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of
their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth
to war in Israel;
46 Even
all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and
five hundred and fifty.
47 ¶ But
the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
48 For
the Lord had spoken unto Moses,
saying,
49 Only
thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the
children of Israel:
50 But
thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all
the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels
thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the
tabernacle.
51 And
when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when
the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger
that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
52 And
the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and
every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
53 But
the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be
no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall
keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
54 And
the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying,
2 Every
man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign
of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall
they pitch.
3 And on
the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the
camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
4 And
his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
5 And
those that do pitch next unto him shall
be the tribe of Issachar: and
Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.
6 And
his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the
son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.
8 And
his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
9 All
that were numbered in the camp of Judah were
an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred,
throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
10 ¶ On
the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben
according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
11 And
his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
12 And
those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain
of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
13 And
his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
14 Then
the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son
of Reuel.
15 And
his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
16 All
that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were
an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty,
throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
17 ¶ Then
the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites
in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man
in his place by their standards.
18 ¶ On
the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim
according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
19 And
his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.
20 And
by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of
Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
21 And
his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
22 Then
the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
23 And
his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
24 All
that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were
an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies.
And they shall go forward in the third rank.
25 ¶ The
standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies:
and the captain of the children of Dan shall
be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
26 And
his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
27 And
those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain
of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
28 And
his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
29 ¶ Then
the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
30 And
his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
31 All
they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were
an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go
hindmost with their standards.
32 ¶ These
are those which were numbered of the
children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered
of the camps throughout their hosts were
six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
33 But
the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses.
34 And
the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and
so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of
their fathers.
 
CHAPTER 3
THESE also
are the generations of Aaron and
Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
2 And
these are the names of the sons of
Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the
priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's
office.
4 And
Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord,
when they offered strange fire before the Lord,
in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar
ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.
5 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
6 Bring
the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may
minister unto him.
7 And
they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the
tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
8 And
they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and
the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
9 And
thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the
children of Israel.
10 And
thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's
office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
11 And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
12 And
I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead
of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel:
therefore the Levites shall be mine;
13
Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel,
both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am
the Lord.
14 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses in the
wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15
Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their
families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
16 And
Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.
17 And
these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18 And
these are the names of the sons of Gershon
by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
19 And
the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20 And
the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites
according to the house of their fathers.
21 Of Gershon
was the family of the Libnites, and
the family of the Shimites: these are
the families of the Gershonites.
22 Those
that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a
month old and upward, even those that
were numbered of them were seven
thousand and five hundred.
23 The
families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
24 And
the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son
of Lael.
25 And
the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the
hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
26 And
the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round
about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
27 ¶ And
of Kohath was the family of the
Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites,
and the family of the Uzzielites: these are
the families of the Kohathites.
28 In
the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the
sanctuary.
29 The
families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle
southward.
30 And
the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31 And
their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick,
and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and
the hanging, and all the service thereof.
32 And
Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall
be chief over the chief of the Levites,
and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
33 ¶ Of
Merari was the family of the
Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
34 And
those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males,
from a month old and upward, were six
thousand and two hundred.
35 And
the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the
tabernacle northward.
36 And under the custody and charge of the sons
of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the
pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all
that serveth thereto,
37 And
the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and
their cords.
38 ¶ But
those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the
sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that
cometh nigh shall be put to death.
39 All
that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the
commandment of the Lord,
throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
40 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Number
all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward,
and take the number of their names.
41 And
thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am
the Lord) instead of all the
firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead
of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
42 And
Moses numbered, as the Lord
commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
43 And
all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of
those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and
threescore and thirteen.
44 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
45 Take
the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the
cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I
am the Lord.
46 And
for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and
thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;
47 Thou
shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the
sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the
shekel is twenty gerahs:)
48 And
thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed,
unto Aaron and to his sons.
49 And
Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were
redeemed by the Levites:
50 Of
the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three
hundred and threescore and five shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary:
51 And
Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons,
according to the word of the Lord,
as the Lord commanded Moses.
 
CHAPTER 4
AND the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying,
2 Take
the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their
families, by the house of their fathers,
3 From
thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the
host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the
congregation, about the most holy
things:
5 ¶ And
when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall
take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:
6 And
shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put
in the staves thereof.
7 And
upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon
the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the
continual bread shall be thereon:
8 And
they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a
covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
9 And
they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and
his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof,
wherewith they minister unto it:
10 And
they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers'
skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
11 And
upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a
covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
12 And
they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the
sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of
blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:
13 And
they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth
thereon:
14 And they
shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and
the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall
spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.
15 And
when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the
vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons
of Kohath shall come to bear it: but
they shall not touch any holy thing, lest
they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in
the tabernacle of the congregation.
16 ¶ And
to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the
daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and
the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels
thereof.
17 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses and unto
Aaron, saying,
18 Cut
ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
19 But
thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the
most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to
his service and to his burden:
20 But
they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
21 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
22 Take
also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by
their families;
23 From
thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all
that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation.
24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites,
to serve, and for burdens:
25 And
they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the
congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
26 And
the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the
court, which is by the tabernacle and
by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their
service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.
27 At
the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of
the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall
appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.
28 This is the service of the families of the
sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
29 ¶ As
for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the
house of their fathers;
30 From
thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them,
every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of
the congregation.
31 And
this is the charge of their burden,
according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the
boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and
sockets thereof,
32 And
the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and
their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by
name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.
33 This is the service of the families of the
sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the
congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
34 ¶ And
Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the
Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
35 From
thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth
into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation:
36 And
those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven
hundred and fifty.
37 These
were they that were numbered of the
families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation,
which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
38 And
those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and
by the house of their fathers,
39 From
thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth
into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,
40 Even
those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of
their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
41 These
are they that were numbered of the
families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle
of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the
commandment of the Lord.
42 ¶ And
those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout
their families, by the house of their fathers,
43 From
thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth
into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,
44 Even
those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and
two hundred.
45 These
be those that were numbered of the
families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word
of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
46 All
those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of
Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
47 From
thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to
do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle
of the congregation,
48 Even
those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and
fourscore.
49
According to the commandment of the Lord
they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service,
and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the Lord commanded Moses.
 
CHAPTER 5
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2
Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and
every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
3 Both
male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they
defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
4 And
the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the
children of Israel.
5 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
6 Speak
unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men
commit, to do a trespass against the Lord,
and that person be guilty;
7 Then
they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his
trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
8 But if
the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be
recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest; beside the ram of
the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.
9 And
every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they
bring unto the priest, shall be his.
10 And
every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest,
it shall be his.
11 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
12 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and
commit a trespass against him,
13 And a
man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be
kept close, and she be defiled, and there
be no witness against her, neither
she be taken with the manner;
14 And
the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be
defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his
wife, and she be not defiled:
15 Then
shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering
for her, the tenth part of an ephah of
barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it
is an offering of jealousy, an offering
of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
16 And
the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord:
17 And
the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is
in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:
18 And
the priest shall set the woman before the Lord,
and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands,
which is the jealousy offering: and
the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
19 And
the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have
lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another
instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
20 But
if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if
thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
21 Then
the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall
say unto the woman, The Lord make thee
a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord
doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
22 And
this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall
say, Amen, amen.
23 And
the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
24 And
he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and
the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
25 Then
the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall
wave the offering before the Lord,
and offer it upon the altar:
26 And
the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the
water.
27 And
when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done
trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter
into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot:
and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
28 And
if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall
conceive seed.
29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife
goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;
30 Or
when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife,
and shall set the woman before the Lord,
and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.
31 Then
shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her
iniquity.
 
CHAPTER 6
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall
separate themselves to vow a vow of a
Nazarite, to separate themselves unto
the Lord:
3 He
shall separate himself from wine and
strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither
shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
4 All
the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree,
from the kernels even to the husk.
5 All
the days of the vow of his separation there shall no rasor come upon his head:
until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord,
he shall be holy, and shall let the
locks of the hair of his head grow.
6 All
the days that he separateth himself unto
the Lord he shall come at no dead
body.
7 He
shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his
brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
8 All
the days of his separation he is holy
unto the Lord.
9 And if
any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his
consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the
seventh day shall he shave it.
10 And
on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the
priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
11 And
the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt
offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and
shall hallow his head that same day.
12 And
he shall consecrate unto the Lord
the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass
offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation
was defiled.
13 ¶ And
this is the law of the Nazarite, when
the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation:
14 And
he shall offer his offering unto the Lord,
one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe
lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without
blemish for peace offerings,
15 And a
basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of
unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink
offerings.
16 And
the priest shall bring them before
the Lord, and shall offer his sin
offering, and his burnt offering:
17 And
he shall offer the ram for a
sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord,
with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat
offering, and his drink offering.
18 And
the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take
the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under
the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
19 And
the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake
out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
20 And
the priest shall wave them for a wave
offering before the Lord: this is holy for the priest, with the wave
breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath
vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord
for his separation, beside that that
his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after
the law of his separation.
22 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
23 Speak
unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children
of Israel, saying unto them,
24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:
25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and
be gracious unto thee:
26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee,
and give thee peace.
27 And
they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
 
CHAPTER 7
AND it
came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had
anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar
and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;
2 That
the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were
over them that were numbered, offered:
3 And
they brought their offering before the Lord,
six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for
each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.
4 And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
5 Take it of them, that they may be to do the
service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the
Levites, to every man according to his service.
6 And
Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.
7 Two
wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their
service:
8 And
four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto
their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
9 But
unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary
belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their
shoulders.
10 ¶ And
the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was
anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.
11 And
the Lord said unto Moses, They
shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.
12 ¶ And
he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of
the tribe of Judah:
13 And
his offering was one silver charger,
the weight thereof was an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil
for a meat offering:
14 One
spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of
incense:
15 One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
16 One
kid of the goats for a sin offering:
17 And
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
lambs of the first year: this was the
offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
18 ¶ On
the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
19 He
offered for his offering one silver
charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full
of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
20 One
spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of
incense:
21 One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
22 One
kid of the goats for a sin offering:
23 And
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
lambs of the first year: this was the
offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
24 ¶ On
the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:
25 His
offering was one silver charger, the
weight whereof was an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering:
26 One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
27 One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
28 One
kid of the goats for a sin offering:
29 And
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
lambs of the first year: this was the
offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
30 ¶ On
the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:
31 His
offering was one silver charger of
the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
32 One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
33 One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
34 One
kid of the goats for a sin offering:
35 And
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
lambs of the first year: this was the
offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
36 ¶ On
the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of
Simeon, did offer:
37 His
offering was one silver charger, the
weight whereof was an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering:
38 One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
39 One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
40 One
kid of the goats for a sin offering:
41 And
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
lambs of the first year: this was the
offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
42 ¶ On
the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered:
43 His
offering was one silver charger of
the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels,
a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
44 One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
45 One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
46 One
kid of the goats for a sin offering:
47 And
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
lambs of the first year: this was the
offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
48 ¶ On
the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim,
offered:
49 His
offering was one silver charger, the
weight whereof was an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering:
50 One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
51 One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
52 One
kid of the goats for a sin offering:
53 And
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
lambs of the first year: this was the
offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
54 ¶ On
the eighth day offered Gamaliel the
son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:
55 His
offering was one silver charger of
the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
56 One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
57 One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
58 One
kid of the goats for a sin offering:
59 And
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
lambs of the first year: this was the
offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
60 ¶ On
the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:
61 His
offering was one silver charger, the
weight whereof was an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering:
62 One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
63 One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
64 One
kid of the goats for a sin offering:
65 And
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
lambs of the first year: this was the
offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
66 ¶ On
the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered:
67 His
offering was one silver charger, the
weight whereof was an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering:
68 One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
69 One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
70 One
kid of the goats for a sin offering:
71 And
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
lambs of the first year: this was the
offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
72 ¶ On
the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered:
73 His
offering was one silver charger, the
weight whereof was an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering:
74 One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
75 One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
76 One
kid of the goats for a sin offering:
77 And
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
lambs of the first year: this was the
offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.
78 ¶ On
the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:
79 His
offering was one silver charger, the
weight whereof was an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering:
80 One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
81 One
young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
82 One
kid of the goats for a sin offering:
83 And
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
lambs of the first year: this was the
offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the
day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver,
twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
85 Each
charger of silver weighing an hundred
and thirty shekels, each bowl
seventy: all the silver vessels weighed
two thousand and four hundred shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary:
86 The
golden spoons were twelve, full of
incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
all the gold of the spoons was an
hundred and twenty shekels.
87 All
the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve
bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat
offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.
88 And
all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty,
the lambs of the first year sixty. This was
the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.
89 And
when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him,
then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from
between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.
 
CHAPTER 8
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps
shall give light over against the candlestick.
3 And
Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the
Lord commanded Moses.
4 And
this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof,
unto the flowers thereof, was beaten
work: according unto the pattern which the Lord
had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
5 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
6 Take
the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
7 And
thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon
them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
8 Then
let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt
thou take for a sin offering.
9 And
thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and
thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
10 And
thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord:
and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
11 And
Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord
for an offering of the children of
Israel, that they may execute the service of the Lord.
12 And
the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou
shalt offer the one for a sin
offering, and the other for a burnt
offering, unto the Lord, to make
an atonement for the Levites.
13 And
thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord.
14 Thus
shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites
shall be mine.
15 And
after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
16 For
they are wholly given unto me from
among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead
of the firstborn of all the children
of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
17 For
all the firstborn of the children of Israel are
mine, both man and beast: on the day
that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
18 And I
have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
19 And 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 tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an
atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the
children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
20 And
Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to
the Levites according unto all that the Lord
commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto
them.
21 And
the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered
them as an offering before the Lord; and Aaron made an atonement for
them to cleanse them.
22 And
after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the
congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they
unto them.
23 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
24 This is it
that belongeth unto the Levites: from
twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service
of the tabernacle of the congregation:
25 And
from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:
26 But
shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to
keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites
touching their charge.
 
CHAPTER 9
AND the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness
of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the
land of Egypt, saying,
2 Let
the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
3 In the
fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed
season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies
thereof, shall ye keep it.
4 And
Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.
5 And
they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the
wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the Lord
commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
6 ¶ And
there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they
could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before
Aaron on that day:
7 And
those men said unto him, We are defiled
by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an
offering of the Lord in his
appointed season among the children of Israel?
8 And
Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you.
9 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
10 Speak
unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity
shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord.
11 The
fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and
bitter herbs.
12 They
shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to
all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
13 But
the man that is clean, and is not in
a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut
off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the Lord in his appointed season, that man
shall bear his sin.
14 And
if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the Lord; according to the ordinance of the passover,
and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one
ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
15 ¶ And
on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and
at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until
the morning.
16 So it
was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by
night.
17 And
when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children
of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children
of Israel pitched their tents.
18 At
the commandment of the Lord the
children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched: as long as the cloud
abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
19 And
when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of
Israel kept the charge of the Lord,
and journeyed not.
20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days
upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the Lord they abode in their tents, and
according to the commandment of the Lord
they journeyed.
21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from
even unto the morning, and that the
cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was
by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
22 Or whether it were two days, or a
month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining
thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when
it was taken up, they journeyed.
23 At
the commandment of the Lord they
rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the Lord they journeyed: they kept the charge of the Lord, at the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
 
CHAPTER 10
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Make
thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou
mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the
camps.
3 And
when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to
thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
4 And if
they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto
thee.
5 When
ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
6 When
ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side
shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
7 But
when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall
not sound an alarm.
8 And
the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be
to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.
9 And if
ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall
blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from
your enemies.
10 Also
in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of
your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and
over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a
memorial before your God: I am the Lord your God.
11 ¶ And
it came to pass on the twentieth day of
the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the
tabernacle of the testimony.
12 And
the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and
the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
13 And
they first took their journey according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
14 ¶ In
the first place went the standard of
the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
15 And
over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
16 And
over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
17 And
the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari
set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
18 ¶ And
the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and
over his host was Elizur the son of
Shedeur.
19 And
over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
20 And
over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
21 And
the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the
tabernacle against they came.
22 ¶ And
the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to
their armies: and over his host was Elishama
the son of Ammihud.
23 And
over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
24 And
over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
25 ¶ And
the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over
his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
26 And
over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.
27 And
over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of
Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.
29 ¶ And
Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law,
We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord
said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.
30 And
he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my
kindred.
31 And
he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to
encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.
32 And
it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do
unto thee.
33 ¶ And
they departed from the mount of the Lord
three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the three days'
journey, to search out a resting place for them.
34 And
the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out
of the camp.
35 And
it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered;
and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
36 And
when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord,
unto the many thousands of Israel.
 
CHAPTER 11
AND when the people complained, it
displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that
were in the uttermost parts of the
camp.
2 And
the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched.
3 And he
called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.
4 ¶ And
the mixt multitude that was among
them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who
shall give us flesh to eat?
5 We
remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the
melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
6 But
now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
7 And
the manna was as coriander seed, and
the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in
a mortar, and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
9 And
when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
10 ¶ Then
Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of
his tent: and the anger of the Lord
was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
11 And
Moses said unto the Lord,
Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found
favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
12 Have
I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto
me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child,
unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
13
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me,
saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
14 I am
not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
15 And
if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found
favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
16 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Gather
unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders
of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of
the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
17 And I
will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the
burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
18 And
say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall
eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord,
saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it
was well with us in Egypt: therefore
the Lord will give you flesh, and
ye shall eat.
19 Ye
shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor
twenty days;
20 But even a whole month, until it come
out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised
the Lord which is among you, and have wept before him,
saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
21 And
Moses said, The people, among whom I am,
are six hundred thousand footmen; and
thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
22 Shall
the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the
fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
23 And
the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord's hand waxed short? thou shalt see
now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
24 ¶ And
Moses went out, and told the people the words of the Lord, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the
people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
25 And
the Lord came down in a cloud, and
spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was
upon him, and gave it unto the seventy
elders: and it came to pass, that,
when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
26 But
there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one
was Eldad, and the name of the other
Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the
tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
27 And
there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in
the camp.
28 And
Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid
them.
29 And
Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!
30 And
Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
31 ¶ And
there went forth a wind from the Lord,
and brought quails from the sea, and let them
fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's
journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
32 And
the people stood up all that day, and all that
night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered
least gathered ten homers: and they spread them
all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
33 And
while the flesh was yet between their
teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord
was kindled against the people, and the Lord
smote the people with a very great plague.
34 And
he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried
the people that lusted.
35 And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah
unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
 
CHAPTER 12
AND Miriam
and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had
married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
2 And
they said, Hath the Lord indeed
spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it.
3 (Now
the man Moses was very meek, above
all the men which were upon the face
of the earth.)
4 And
the Lord spake suddenly unto
Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle
of the congregation. And they three came out.
5 And
the Lord came down in the pillar
of the cloud, and stood in the door
of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
6 And he
said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make
myself known unto him in a vision, and
will speak unto him in a dream.
7 My
servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
8 With
him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and
the similitude of the Lord shall
he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
9 And
the anger of the Lord was kindled
against them; and he departed.
10 And
the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was
leprous.
11 And
Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us,
wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
12 Let
her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out
of his mother's womb.
13 And
Moses cried unto the Lord, saying,
Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
14 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, If her
father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her
be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
15 And
Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till
Miriam was brought in again.
16 And
afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of
Paran.
 
CHAPTER 13
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Send thou
men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of
Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler
among them.
3 And
Moses by the commandment of the Lord
sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
4 And
these were their names: of the tribe
of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5 Of the
tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
6 Of the
tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
7 Of the
tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
8 Of the
tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
9 Of the
tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
10 Of
the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
11 Of
the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the
tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 Of
the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13 Of
the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
14 Of
the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
15 Of
the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
16 These
are the names of the men which Moses
sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
17 ¶ And
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up
this way southward, and go up into the
mountain:
18 And
see the land, what it is; and the
people that dwelleth therein, whether they be
strong or weak, few or many;
19 And
what the land is that they dwell in,
whether it be good or bad; and what
cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
20 And
what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood
therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land.
Now the time was the time of the
firstripe grapes.
21 ¶ So
they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as
men come to Hamath.
22 And
they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and
Talmai, the children of Anak, were.
(Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
23 And
they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one
cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought
of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
24 The
place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the
children of Israel cut down from thence.
25 And
they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
26 ¶ And
they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the
children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back
word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the
land.
27 And
they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and
surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
28
Nevertheless the people be strong
that dwell in the land, and the cities are
walled, and very great: and moreover
we saw the children of Anak there.
29 The
Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites,
and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea,
and by the coast of Jordan.
30 And
Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and
possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
31 But
the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people;
for they are stronger than we.
32 And
they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the
children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants
thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
33 And
there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which
come of the giants: and we were in
our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
 
CHAPTER 14
AND all
the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that
night.
2 And
all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the
whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of
Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
3 And
wherefore hath the Lord brought us
unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be
a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
4 And
they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
5 Then
Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation
of the children of Israel.
6 ¶ And
Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that
searched the land, rent their clothes:
7 And
they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land,
which we passed through to search it, is
an exceeding good land.
8 If the
Lord delight in us, then he will
bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and
honey.
9 Only
rebel not ye against the Lord,
neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is
with us: fear them not.
10 But
all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation
before all the children of Israel.
11 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, How long
will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all
the signs which I have shewed among them?
12 I
will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee
a greater nation and mightier than they.
13 ¶ And
Moses said unto the Lord, Then the
Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou
broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
14 And
they will tell it to the inhabitants
of this land: for they have heard
that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time
in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
15 ¶ Now
if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the
nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
16
Because the Lord was not able to
bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath
slain them in the wilderness.
17 And
now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast
spoken, saying,
18 The Lord is
longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by
no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
19
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness
of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
20 And
the Lord said, I have pardoned
according to thy word:
21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.
22
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in
Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have
not hearkened to my voice;
23
Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither
shall any of them that provoked me see it:
24 But
my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me
fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall
possess it.
25 (Now
the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and
get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
26 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses and unto
Aaron, saying,
27 How
long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur
against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they
murmur against me.
28 Say
unto them, As truly as I live, saith
the Lord, as ye have spoken in
mine ears, so will I do to you:
29 Your
carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you,
according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have
murmured against me,
30
Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning
which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and
Joshua the son of Nun.
31 But
your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and
they shall know the land which ye have despised.
32 But as for
you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
33 And
your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your
whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
34 After
the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your
iniquities, even forty years, and ye
shall know my breach of promise.
35 I the
Lord have said, I will surely do
it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this
wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
36 And
the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the
congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
37 Even
those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague
before the Lord.
38 But
Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men
that went to search the land, lived still.
39 And
Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people
mourned greatly.
40 ¶ And
they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain,
saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place
which the Lord hath promised: for
we have sinned.
41 And
Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper.
42 Go
not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten
before your enemies.
43 For
the Amalekites and the Canaanites are
there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from
the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you.
44 But
they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant
of the Lord, and Moses, departed
not out of the camp.
45 Then
the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and
smote them, and discomfited them, even
unto Hormah.
 
CHAPTER 15
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land
of your habitations, which I give unto you,
3 And
will make an offering by fire unto the Lord,
a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering,
or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the Lord, of the herd, or of the flock:
4 Then
shall he that offereth his offering unto the Lord
bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil.
5 And
the fourth part of an hin of wine for
a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for
one lamb.
6 Or for
a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat
offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.
7 And
for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for
a sweet savour unto the Lord.
8 And
when thou preparest a bullock for a
burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in
performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the Lord:
9 Then
shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour
mingled with half an hin of oil.
10 And
thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
11 Thus
shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.
12
According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one
according to their number.
13 All
that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in
offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
14 And
if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by
fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord;
as ye do, so he shall do.
15 One
ordinance shall be both for you of the
congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance
for ever in your generations: as ye are,
so shall the stranger be before the Lord.
16 One
law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with
you.
17 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
18 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land
whither I bring you,
19 Then
it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an
heave offering unto the Lord.
20 Ye
shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye
do the heave offering of the threshingfloor,
so shall ye heave it.
21 Of
the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord
an heave offering in your generations.
22 ¶ And
if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses,
23 Even all that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of Moses,
from the day that the Lord
commanded Moses, and henceforward
among your generations;
24 Then
it shall be, if ought be committed by
ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation
shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the
Lord, with his meat offering, and
his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin
offering.
25 And
the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of
Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made
by fire unto the Lord, and their
sin offering before the Lord, for
their ignorance:
26 And
it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the
stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.
27 ¶ And
if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first
year for a sin offering.
28 And
the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when
he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord,
to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
29 Ye
shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born
among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
30 ¶ But
the soul that doeth ought presumptuously,
whether he be born in the land,
or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord;
and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
31
Because he hath despised the word of the Lord,
and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity
shall be upon him.
32 ¶ And
while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that
gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
33 And
they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto
all the congregation.
34 And
they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
35 And
the Lord said unto Moses, The man
shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without
the camp.
36 And
all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones,
and he died; as the Lord commanded
Moses.
37 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
38 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the
borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon
the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
39 And
it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all
the commandments of the Lord, and
do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after
which ye use to go a whoring:
40 That
ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
41 I am the Lord
your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord
your God.
 
CHAPTER 16
NOW Korah,
the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram,
the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
2 And
they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred
and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:
3 And
they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said
unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is
among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord?
4 And
when Moses heard it, he fell upon his
face:
5 And he
spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to
come near unto him.
6 This
do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
7 And
put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the Lord
doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon
you, ye sons of Levi.
8 And
Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto
you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel,
to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the
congregation to minister unto them?
10 And
he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi
with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
11 For
which cause both thou and all thy
company are gathered together against
the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
12 ¶ And
Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will
not come up:
13 Is it
a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk
and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a
prince over us?
14
Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey,
or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of
these men? we will not come up.
15 And
Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord,
Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither
have I hurt one of them.
16 And
Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, to
morrow:
17 And
take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and
fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of
you his censer.
18 And
they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon,
and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and
Aaron.
19 And
Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation.
20 And
the Lord spake unto Moses and unto
Aaron, saying,
21
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a
moment.
22 And
they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all
flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
23 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
24 Speak
unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah,
Dathan, and Abiram.
25 And
Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel
followed him.
26 And
he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of
these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their
sins.
27 So
they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side:
and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their
wives, and their sons, and their little children.
28 And
Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord
hath sent me to do all these works; for I
have not done them of mine own
mind.
29 If
these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the
visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.
30 But
if the Lord make a new thing, and
the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down
quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
31 ¶ And
it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the
ground clave asunder that was under them:
32 And
the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all
the men that appertained unto Korah, and
all their goods.
33 They,
and all that appertained to them,
went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished
from among the congregation.
34 And
all Israel that were round about them
fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
35 And
there came out a fire from the Lord,
and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
36 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
37 Speak
unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of
the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
38 The
censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad
plates for a covering of the altar:
for they offered them before the Lord,
therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of
Israel.
39 And
Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had
offered; and they were made broad plates
for a covering of the altar:
40 To be
a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near
to offer incense before the Lord;
that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.
41 ¶ But
on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against
Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.
42 And
it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against
Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold,
the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord
appeared.
43 And
Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
44 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
45 Get
you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment.
And they fell upon their faces.
46 ¶ And
Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar,
and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement
for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord;
the plague is begun.
47 And
Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and,
behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made
an atonement for the people.
48 And
he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
49 Now
they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside
them that died about the matter of Korah.
50 And
Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
and the plague was stayed.
 
CHAPTER 17
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to
the house of their fathers, of all their
princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every
man's name upon his rod.
3 And
thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
4 And
thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the
testimony, where I will meet with you.
5 And it
shall come to pass, that the man's
rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the
murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
6 ¶ And
Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave
him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
7 And
Moses laid up the rods before the Lord
in the tabernacle of witness.
8 And it
came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness;
and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought
forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
9 And
Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord
unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
10 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Bring
Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels;
and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
11 And
Moses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he.
12 And
the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we
all perish.
13
Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with
dying?
 
CHAPTER 18
AND the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons
and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and
thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
2 And
thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou
with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou
and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of
witness.
3 And
they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they
shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither
they, nor ye also, die.
4 And
they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the
congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not
come nigh unto you.
5 And ye
shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there
be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
6 And I,
behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of
Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord,
to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
7
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every
thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your
priest's office unto you as
a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
8 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold,
I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things
of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the
anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
9 This
shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved
from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and
every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they
shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.
10 In
the most holy place shalt thou eat
it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
11 And
this is thine; the heave offering of
their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given
them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute
for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
12 All
the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the
firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee.
13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the
land, which they shall bring unto the Lord,
shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.
14 Every
thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
15 Every
thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether
it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of
man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
16 And
those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to
thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
17 But
the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a
goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are
holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a
sweet savour unto the Lord.
18 And
the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder
are thine.
19 All
the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto
the Lord, have I given thee, and thy
sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before
the Lord unto thee and to thy seed
with thee.
20 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou
shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among
them: I am thy part and thine
inheritance among the children of Israel.
21 And,
behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an
inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
22 Neither
must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the
congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
23 But
the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and
they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the
children of Israel they have no inheritance.
24 But
the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord,
I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among
the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
25 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
26 Thus
speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of
Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then
ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.
27 And this your heave offering shall be
reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and
as the fulness of the winepress.
28 Thus
ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the Lord
of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall
give thereof the Lord's heave
offering to Aaron the priest.
29 Out
of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the Lord, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of
it.
30
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from
it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the
threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
31 And
ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle
of the congregation.
32 And
ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of
it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye
die.
 
CHAPTER 19
AND the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying,
2 This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto
the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein
is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:
3 And ye
shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the
camp, and one shall slay her before
his face:
4 And
Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her
blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight;
her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
6 And
the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
7 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 even.
8 And he
that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water,
and shall be unclean until the even.
9 And a
man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean
place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for
a water of separation: it is a
purification for sin.
10 And
he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be
unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto
the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.
11 ¶ He
that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
12 He
shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall
be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he
shall not be clean.
13
Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not
himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord;
and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was
not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent:
all that come into the tent, and all that is
in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
15 And
every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
16 And
whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead
body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
17 And
for an unclean person they shall take
of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall
be put thereto in a vessel:
18 And a
clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it
in the water, and sprinkle it upon
the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and
upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
19 And
the clean person shall sprinkle upon
the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he
shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and
shall be clean at even.
20 But
the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be
cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of
the Lord: the water of separation
hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is
unclean.
21 And
it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of
separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation
shall be unclean until even.
22 And
whatsoever the unclean person toucheth
shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
 
CHAPTER 20
THEN came
the children of Israel, even the
whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people
abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
2 And
there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together
against Moses and against Aaron.
3 And
the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when
our brethren died before the Lord!
4 And
why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord
into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
5 And
wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto 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.
6 And
Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory
of the Lord appeared unto them.
7 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
8 Take
the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother,
and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his
water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt
give the congregation and their beasts drink.
9 And
Moses took the rod from before the Lord,
as he commanded him.
10 And
Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said
unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
11 And
Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the
water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
12 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses and
Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children
of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I
have given them.
13 This is the water of Meribah; because the
children of Israel strove with the Lord,
and he was sanctified in them.
14 ¶ And
Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother
Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
15 How
our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and
the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
16 And
when we cried unto the Lord, he
heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt:
and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city
in the uttermost of thy border:
17 Let
us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields,
or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right
hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
18 And
Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee
with the sword.
19 And
the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and
my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.
20 And
he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much
people, and with a strong hand.
21 Thus
Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned
away from him.
22 ¶ And
the children of Israel, even the
whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
23 And
the Lord spake unto Moses and
Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,
24 Aaron
shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I
have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at
the water of Meribah.
25 Take
Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
26 And
strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall
be gathered unto his people, and shall die
there.
27 And
Moses did as the Lord commanded:
and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
28 And
Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and
Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from
the mount.
29 And
when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron
thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
 
CHAPTER 21
AND when king Arad the Canaanite, which
dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then
he fought against Israel, and took some
of them prisoners.
2 And
Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord,
and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly
destroy their cities.
3 And
the Lord hearkened to the voice of
Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and
their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
4 ¶ And
they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of
Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
5 And
the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us
up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread,
neither is there any water; and our
soul loatheth this light bread.
6 And
the Lord sent fiery serpents among
the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
7 ¶ Therefore
the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against
the Lord, and against thee; pray
unto the Lord, that he take away
the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
8 And
the Lord said unto Moses, Make
thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that
every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
9 And
Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass,
that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.
10 ¶ And
the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
11 And
they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
12 ¶ From
thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
13 From
thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of
the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is
the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
14
Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
15 And
at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth
upon the border of Moab.
16 And
from thence they went to Beer: that is the
well whereof the Lord spake unto
Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
17 ¶ Then
Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
18 The
princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction
of the lawgiver, with their staves.
And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
19 And
from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
20 And
from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of
Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
21 ¶ And
Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
22 Let
me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the
vineyards; we will not drink of the waters
of the well: but we will go along by
the king's high way, until we be past
thy borders.
23 And
Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered
all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and
he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
24 And
Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon
unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of
Ammon was strong.
25 And
Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the
Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
26 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 unto Arnon.
27
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of
Sihon be built and prepared:
28 For
there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath
consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of
the high places of Arnon.
29 Woe
to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons
that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the
Amorites.
30 We
have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them
waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth
unto Medeba.
31 ¶ Thus
Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
32 And
Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out
the Amorites that were there.
33 ¶ And
they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went
out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
34 And
the Lord said unto Moses, Fear him
not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and
thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt
at Heshbon.
35 So
they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him
alive: and they possessed his land.
 
CHAPTER 22
AND the
children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side
Jordan by Jericho.
2 ¶ And
Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
3 And
Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
4 And
Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are
round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son
of Zippor was king of the Moabites at
that time.
5 He sent
messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the
children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out
from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over
against me:
6 Come
now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land:
for I wot that he whom thou blessest is
blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
7 And
the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of
divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the
words of Balak.
8 And he
said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the Lord shall speak unto me: and the princes
of Moab abode with Balaam.
9 And God
came unto Balaam, and said, What men are
these with thee?
10 And
Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me,
saying,
11
Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the
earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them,
and drive them out.
12 And God
said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people:
for they are blessed.
13 And
Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into
your land: for the Lord refuseth to
give me leave to go with you.
14 And
the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam
refuseth to come with us.
15 ¶ And
Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
16 And
they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let
nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
17 For I
will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest
unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
18 And
Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his
house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.
19 Now
therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more.
20 And God
came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee,
rise up, and go with them; but yet the
word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
21 And
Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes
of Moab.
22 ¶ And
God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary
against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
23 And
the ass saw the angel of the Lord
standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside
out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her
into the way.
24 But
the angel of the Lord stood in a
path of the vineyards, a wall being on
this side, and a wall on that side.
25 And
when the ass saw the angel of the Lord,
she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall:
and he smote her again.
26 And
the angel of the Lord went
further, and stood in a narrow place, where was
no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
27 And
when the ass saw the angel of the Lord,
she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass
with a staff.
28 And
the Lord opened the mouth of the
ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten
me these three times?
29 And
Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a
sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
30 And
the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I
thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this
day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
31 Then
the Lord opened the eyes of
Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord
standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his
head, and fell flat on his face.
32 And
the angel of the Lord said unto
him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went
out to withstand thee, because thy way
is perverse before me:
33 And
the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned
from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
34 And
Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord,
I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore,
if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
35 And
the angel of the Lord said unto
Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that
thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
36 ¶ And
when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of
Moab, which is in the border of Arnon,
which is in the utmost coast.
37 And
Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee?
wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to
honour?
38 And
Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to
say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
39 And
Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth.
40 And
Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
41 And
it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into
the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
 
CHAPTER 23
AND Balaam
said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and
seven rams.
2 And
Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
3 And
Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure
the Lord will come to meet me: and
whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
4 And God
met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have
offered upon every altar a bullock and
a ram.
5 And the
Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth,
and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
6 And he
returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the
princes of Moab.
7 And he
took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from
Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying,
Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
8 How
shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
9 For
from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the
people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
10 Who
can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my
last end be like his!
11 And
Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine
enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them
altogether.
12 And
he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth?
13 And
Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence
thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not
see them all: and curse me them from thence.
14 ¶ And
he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven
altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every
altar.
15 And
he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder.
16 And
the Lord met Balaam, and put a
word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
17 And
when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of
Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord spoken?
18 And
he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me,
thou son of Zippor:
19 God is not a man, that he should lie;
neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not
do it? or hath he spoken, and shall
he not make it good?
20
Behold, I have received commandment to
bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
21 He
hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel:
the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
22 God
brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
23
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination
against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel,
What hath God wrought!
24
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a
young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
25 ¶ And
Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
26 But
Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?
27 ¶ And
Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another
place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from
thence.
28 And
Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
29 And
Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven
bullocks and seven rams.
30 And
Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
 
CHAPTER 24
AND when
Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord
to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but
he set his face toward the wilderness.
2 And
Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the
spirit of God came upon him.
3 And he
took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man
whose eyes are open hath said:
4 He
hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty,
falling into a trance, but having his eyes
open:
5 How
goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy
tabernacles, O Israel!
6 As the
valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of
lign aloes which the Lord hath planted,
and as cedar trees beside the waters.
7 He
shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters,
and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
8 God
brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn:
he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and
pierce them through with his arrows.
9 He
couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up?
Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and
cursed is he that curseth thee.
10 ¶ And
Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and
Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou
hast altogether blessed them these
three times.
11
Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great
honour; but, lo, the Lord hath
kept thee back from honour.
12 And
Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest
unto me, saying,
13 If
Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the
commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak?
14 And
now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore,
and I will advertise thee what this people
shall do to thy people in the latter days.
15 ¶ And
he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man
whose eyes are open hath said:
16 He
hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most
High, which saw the vision of the Almighty,
falling into a trance, but having his
eyes open:
17 I
shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come
a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite
the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
18 And
Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies;
and Israel shall do valiantly.
19 Out
of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that
remaineth of the city.
20 ¶ And
when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his
latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
21 And
he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy
dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
22
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away
captive.
23 And
he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
24 And
ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall
afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
25 And
Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his
way.
 
CHAPTER 25
AND Israel
abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of
Moab.
2 And
they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did
eat, and bowed down to their gods.
3 And
Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel.
4 And
the Lord said unto Moses, Take all
the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel.
5 And
Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were
joined unto Baal-peor.
6 ¶ And,
behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a
Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the
congregation of the children of Israel, who were
weeping before the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
7 And
when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the
congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
8 And he
went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through,
the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed
from the children of Israel.
9 And
those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
10 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
11
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath
away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them,
that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
12
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
13 And
he shall have it, and his seed after him, even
the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God,
and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
14 Now
the name of the Israelite that was slain, even
that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was
Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.
15 And
the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and
of a chief house in Midian.
16 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
17 Vex
the Midianites, and smite them:
18 For
they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter
of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their
sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
 
CHAPTER 26
AND it
came to pass after the plague, that the Lord
spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
2 Take
the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years
old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war
in Israel.
3 And
Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
4 Take the
sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward;
as the Lord commanded Moses and
the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.
5 ¶ Reuben,
the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu,
the family of the Palluites:
6 Of
Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and
they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred
and thirty.
8 And the
sons of Pallu; Eliab.
9 And
the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and
Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and
against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord:
10 And
the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when
that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and
they became a sign.
11
Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
12 ¶ 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:
13 Of
Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
14 These
are the families of the Simeonites,
twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
15 ¶ The
children 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:
16 Of
Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:
17 Of
Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
18 These
are the families of the children of Gad
according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
19 ¶ The
sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and
Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
20 And
the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the
Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the
Zarhites.
21 And
the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the
family of the Hamulites.
22 These
are the families of Judah according
to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
23 ¶ Of the sons of Issachar after their
families: of Tola, the family of the
Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
24 Of
Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the
Shimronites.
25 These
are the families of Issachar
according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and
three hundred.
26 ¶ Of the sons of Zebulun after their
families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites:
of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
27 These
are the families of the Zebulunites
according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
28 ¶ The
sons of Joseph after their families were
Manasseh and Ephraim.
29 Of
the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat
Gilead: of Gilead come the family of
the Gileadites.
30 These
are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites:
of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites:
and of Shechem, the family of the
Shechemites:
32 And of Shemida, the family of the
Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the
family of the Hepherites.
33 ¶ And
Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the
daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah,
and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
34 These
are the families of Manasseh, and
those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
35 ¶ These
are the sons of Ephraim after their
families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family
of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
36 And
these are the sons of Shuthelah: of
Eran, the family of the Eranites.
37 These
are the families of the sons of
Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and
five hundred. These are the sons of
Joseph after their families.
38 ¶ 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:
39 Of
Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the
Huphamites.
40 And
the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of
Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
41 These
are the sons of Benjamin after their
families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.
42 ¶ 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.
43 All
the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and
four hundred.
44 ¶ Of the children of Asher after their
families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites:
of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
45 Of
the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the
family of the Malchielites.
46 And
the name of the daughter of Asher was
Sarah.
47 These
are the families of the sons of Asher
according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand
and four hundred.
48 ¶ Of the sons of Naphtali after their
families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the
Gunites:
49 Of
Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
50 These
are the families of Naphtali
according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four
hundred.
51 These
were the numbered of the children of
Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
52 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
53 Unto
these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of
names.
54 To
many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less
inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those
that were numbered of him.
55
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the
tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
56
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and
few.
57 ¶ And
these are they that were numbered 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.
58 These
are the families of the Levites: the
family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites,
the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat
Amram.
59 And
the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed,
the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she
bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
60 And
unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
61 And
Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord.
62 And
those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from
a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of
Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of
Israel.
63 ¶ These
are they that were numbered by Moses
and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of
Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
64 But
among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest
numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
65 For
the Lord had said of them, They
shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb
the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
 
CHAPTER 27
THEN came
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: and
these are the names of his daughters;
Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
2 And
they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes
and all the congregation, by the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
3 Our
father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that
gathered themselves together against the Lord
in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
4 Why
should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he
hath no son? Give unto us therefore a
possession among the brethren of our father.
5 And
Moses brought their cause before the Lord.
6 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
7 The
daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession
of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance
of their father to pass unto them.
8 And
thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no
son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
9 And if
he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
10 And
if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's
brethren.
11 And
if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his
kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it
shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.
12 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee
up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the
children of Israel.
13 And when
thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy
brother was gathered.
14 For
ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the
congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the
wilderness of Zin.
15 ¶ And
Moses spake unto the Lord, saying,
16 Let
the Lord, the God of the spirits
of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
17 Which
may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead
them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
18 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Take
thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is
the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
19 And
set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give
him a charge in their sight.
20 And
thou shalt put some of thine honour
upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
21 And
he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord: at his word shall they go out, and
at his word they shall come in, both he,
and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
22 And Moses
did as the Lord commanded him: and
he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the
congregation:
23 And
he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.
 
CHAPTER 28
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2
Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by
fire, for a sweet savour unto me,
shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.
3 And
thou shalt say unto them, This is the
offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
4 The
one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer
at even;
5 And a
tenth part of an ephah of flour for a
meat offering, mingled with the fourth part
of an hin of beaten oil.
6 It is
a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet
savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord.
7 And
the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the Lord for
a drink offering.
8 And
the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning,
and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
9 ¶ And
on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth
deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled
with oil, and the drink offering thereof:
10 This is
the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and
his drink offering.
11 ¶ And
in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven
lambs of the first year without spot;
12 And
three tenth deals of flour for a meat
offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil,
for one ram;
13 And a
several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire
unto the Lord.
14 And
their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the
third part of an hin unto a ram, and a
fourth part of an hin unto a lamb:
this is the burnt offering of every
month throughout the months of the year.
15 And
one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the Lord shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering,
and his drink offering.
16 And
in the fourteenth day of the first month is
the passover of the Lord.
17 And
in the fifteenth day of this month is
the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
18 In
the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no
manner of servile work therein:
19 But
ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for
a burnt offering unto the Lord;
two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall
be unto you without blemish:
20 And
their meat offering shall be of
flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two
tenth deals for a ram;
21 A
several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
22 And
one goat for a sin offering, to make
an atonement for you.
23 Ye
shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.
24 After
this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the
sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt
offering, and his drink offering.
25 And
on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile
work.
26 ¶ Also
in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the Lord, after your weeks be out,
ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
27 But
ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; two young bullocks, one ram, seven
lambs of the first year;
28 And
their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one
bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,
29 A
several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;
30 And one kid of the goats, to make an
atonement for you.
31 Ye
shall offer them beside the continual
burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish)
and their drink offerings.
 
CHAPTER 29
AND in
the seventh month, on the first day of
the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it
is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
2 And ye
shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year
without blemish:
3 And
their meat offering shall be of
flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,
4 And
one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
5 And
one kid of the goats for a sin
offering, to make an atonement for you:
6 Beside
the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt
offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto
their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord.
7 ¶ And
ye shall have on the tenth day of
this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye
shall not do any work therein:
8 But ye
shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord
for a sweet savour; one young
bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the
first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:
9 And
their meat offering shall be of
flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,
10 A
several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
11 One
kid of the goats for a sin offering;
beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the
meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.
12 ¶ And
on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye
shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days:
13 And
ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour
unto the Lord; thirteen young
bullocks, two rams, and fourteen
lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:
14 And
their meat offering shall be of
flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks,
two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams,
15 And a
several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:
16 And
one kid of the goats for a sin
offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink
offering.
17 ¶ And
on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first
year without spot:
18 And
their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams,
and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the
manner:
19 And
one kid of the goats for a sin
offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof,
and their drink offerings.
20 ¶ And
on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year
without blemish;
21 And
their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams,
and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the
manner:
22 And
one goat for a sin offering; beside
the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
23 ¶ And
on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and
fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
24 Their
meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for
the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
25 And
one kid of the goats for a sin
offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink
offering.
26 ¶ And
on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and
fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
27 And
their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams,
and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the
manner:
28 And
one goat for a sin offering; beside
the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
29 ¶ And
on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and
fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
30 And
their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams,
and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the
manner:
31 And
one goat for a sin offering; beside
the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
32 ¶ And
on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
33 And
their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams,
and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the
manner:
34 And
one goat for a sin offering; beside
the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
35 ¶ On
the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:
36 But
ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour
unto the Lord: one bullock, one
ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
37 Their
meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for
the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
38 And
one goat for a sin offering; beside the
continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
39 These
things ye shall do unto the Lord in your set feasts, beside your
vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat
offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.
40 And
Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the Lord commanded Moses.
 
CHAPTER 30
AND Moses
spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying,
This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded.
2 If a
man vow a vow unto the Lord, or
swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he
shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
3 If a
woman also vow a vow unto the Lord,
and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her
youth;
4 And
her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and
her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and
every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
5 But if
her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of
her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall forgive her, because her
father disallowed her.
6 And if
she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips,
wherewith she bound her soul;
7 And
her husband heard it, and held his
peace at her in the day that he heard it:
then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall
stand.
8 But if
her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she
uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the Lord shall forgive her.
9 But
every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound
their souls, shall stand against her.
10 And
if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
11 And
her husband heard it, and held his
peace at her, and disallowed her not:
then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul
shall stand.
12 But
if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or
concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them
void; and the Lord shall forgive
her.
13 Every
vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it,
or her husband may make it void.
14 But
if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he
establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her
in the day that he heard them.
15 But
if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
16 These
are the statutes, which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and
his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in
her father's house.
 
CHAPTER 31
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Avenge
the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto
thy people.
3 And
Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and
let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian.
4 Of
every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to
the war.
5 So
there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for
war.
6 And
Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every
tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the
holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
7 And
they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord
commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
8 And
they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and
Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with
the sword.
9 And
the children of Israel took all the
women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their
cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
10 And
they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles,
with fire.
11 And
they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both
of men and of beasts.
12 And
they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar
the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp
at the plains of Moab, which are by
Jordan near Jericho.
13 ¶ And
Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went
forth to meet them without the camp.
14 And
Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which
came from the battle.
15 And
Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
16
Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to
commit trespass against the Lord
in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.
17 Now
therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath
known man by lying with him.
18 But
all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive
for yourselves.
19 And
do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and
whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both
yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
20 And
purify all your raiment, and all that
is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair,
and all things made of wood.
21 ¶ And
Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses;
22 Only
the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
23 Every
thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it
shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the
fire ye shall make go through the water.
24 And
ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and
afterward ye shall come into the camp.
25 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
26 Take
the sum of the prey that was taken, both
of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the
congregation:
27 And
divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who
went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
28 And
levy a tribute unto the Lord of
the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves,
and of the asses, and of the sheep:
29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the Lord.
30 And
of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the
persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of
beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle
of the Lord.
31 And
Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord
commanded Moses.
32 And
the booty, being the rest of the prey
which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand
and five thousand sheep,
33 And
threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
34 And
threescore and one thousand asses,
35 And
thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by
lying with him.
36 And
the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three
hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
37 And
the Lord's tribute of the sheep
was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
38 And
the beeves were thirty and six
thousand; of which the Lord's
tribute was threescore and twelve.
39 And
the asses were thirty thousand and
five hundred; of which the Lord's
tribute was threescore and one.
40 And
the persons were sixteen thousand; of
which the Lord's tribute was thirty and two persons.
41 And
Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord's
heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.
42 And of
the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
43 (Now
the half that pertained unto the
congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred
sheep,
44 And
thirty and six thousand beeves,
45 And
thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
46 And
sixteen thousand persons;)
47 Even
of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto
the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.
48 ¶ And
the officers which were over
thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds,
came near unto Moses:
49 And
they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh
not one man of us.
50 We
have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord,
what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings,
earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord.
51 And
Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
52 And
all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord, of the captains of thousands, and
of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty
shekels.
53 (For the men of war had taken spoil,
every man for himself.)
54 And
Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of
hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of
Israel before the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 32
NOW the
children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of
cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that,
behold, the place was a place for
cattle;
2 The
children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to
Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
3
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and
Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
4 Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of
Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy
servants have cattle:
5
Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be
given unto thy servants for a possession, and
bring us not over Jordan.
6 ¶ And
Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your
brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
7 And
wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over
into the land which the Lord hath
given them?
8 Thus
did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
9 For
when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged
the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land
which the Lord had given them.
10 And
the Lord's anger was kindled the
same time, and he sware, saying,
11
Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and
upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto
Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
12 Save
Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they
have wholly followed the Lord.
13 And
the Lord's anger was kindled
against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until
all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.
14 And,
behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to
augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord
toward Israel.
15 For
if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness;
and ye shall destroy all this people.
16 ¶ And
they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our
cattle, and cities for our little ones:
17 But
we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have
brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced
cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
18 We
will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited
every man his inheritance.
19 For
we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our
inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
20 ¶ And
Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord to war,
21 And
will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
22 And
the land be subdued before the Lord:
then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel; and this land
shall be your possession before the Lord.
23 But
if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you
out.
24 Build
you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which
hath proceeded out of your mouth.
25 And
the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy
servants will do as my lord commandeth.
26 Our
little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the
cities of Gilead:
27 But
thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith.
28 So
concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun,
and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
29 And
Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will
pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before
you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
30 But
if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among
you in the land of Canaan.
31 And
the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will
we do.
32 We
will pass over armed before the Lord
into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan
may be ours.
33 And
Moses gave unto them, even to the
children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh
the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom
of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round
about.
34 ¶ And
the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
35 And
Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
36 And
Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
37 And
the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
38 And
Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other
names unto the cities which they builded.
39 And
the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and
dispossessed the Amorite which was in
it.
40 And
Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
41 And
Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them
Havoth-jair.
42 And
Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah,
after his own name.
 
CHAPTER 33
THESE are the journeys of the children of
Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand
of Moses and Aaron.
2 And
Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of
the Lord: and these are their journeys according to their
goings out.
3 And
they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the
first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out
with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
4 For
the Egyptians buried all their firstborn,
which the Lord had smitten among
them: upon their gods also the Lord
executed judgments.
5 And
the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
6 And
they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
7 And
they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before
Migdol.
8 And
they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea
into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham,
and pitched in Marah.
9 And
they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees;
and they pitched there.
10 And
they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
11 And
they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
12 And
they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
13 And
they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
14 And
they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the
people to drink.
15 And
they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
16 And
they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah.
17 And
they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
18 And
they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
19 And
they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez.
20 And
they departed from Rimmon-parez, and pitched in Libnah.
21 And
they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
22 And
they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.
23 And
they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
24 And
they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
25 And
they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.
26 And
they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.
27 And
they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.
28 And
they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.
29 And
they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.
30 And
they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.
31 And
they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan.
32 And
they removed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped at Hor-hagidgad.
33 And
they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
34 And
they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.
35 And
they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber.
36 And
they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
37 And
they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of
Edom.
38 And
Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the Lord, and died there, in the fortieth
year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the
first day of the fifth month.
39 And
Aaron was an hundred and twenty and
three years old when he died in mount Hor.
40 And
king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard
of the coming of the children of Israel.
41 And
they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
42 And
they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
43 And
they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
44 And
they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab.
45 And
they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad.
46 And
they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.
47 And
they removed from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim,
before Nebo.
48 And
they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab
by Jordan near Jericho.
49 And
they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even
unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
50 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses in the
plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho,
saying,
51 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan
into the land of Canaan;
52 Then
ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy
all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down
all their high places:
53 And
ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to
possess it.
54 And
ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance,
and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where
his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
55 But
if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it
shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your
eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
56
Moreover it shall come to pass, that I
shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.
 
CHAPTER 34
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2
Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land
of Canaan; (this is the land that
shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even
the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)
3 Then
your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of
Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea
eastward:
4 And
your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to
Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and
shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:
5 And
the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the
goings out of it shall be at the sea.
6 And as for
the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall
be your west border.
7 And
this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you
mount Hor:
8 From
mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and
the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
9 ¶ And
the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan:
this shall be your north border.
10 And
ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:
11 And
the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and
the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of
Chinnereth eastward:
12 And
the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the
salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
13 And
Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine
tribes, and to the half tribe:
14 For
the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers,
and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers,
have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of
Manasseh have received their inheritance:
15 The
two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side
Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the
sunrising.
16 And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
17 These
are the names of the men which shall
divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
18 And
ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
19 And
the names of the men are these: Of
the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
20 And
of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
21 Of
the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
22 And
the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.
23 The
prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh,
Hanniel the son of Ephod.
24 And
the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
25 And
the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of
Parnach.
26 And
the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
27 And
the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
28 And
the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of
Ammihud.
29 These
are they whom the Lord
commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of
Canaan.
 
CHAPTER 35
AND the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of
Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
2
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the
inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities
round about them.
3 And
the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for
their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
4 And
the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round
about.
5 And ye
shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and
on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand
cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
6 And
among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall
appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add
forty and two cities.
7 So all the cities which ye shall give to
the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their
suburbs.
8 And
the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of
Israel: from them that have
many ye shall give many; but from them
that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto
the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
9 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
10 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan
into the land of Canaan;
11 Then
ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may
flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
12 And
they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer
die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
13 And
of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
14 Ye
shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in
the land of Canaan, which shall be cities
of refuge.
15 These
six cities shall be a refuge, both for
the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them:
that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
16 And
if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely
be put to death.
17 And
if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely
be put to death.
18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of
wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is
a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
19 The
revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he
shall slay him.
20 But
if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
21 Or in
enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the
revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
22 But
if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing
without laying of wait,
23 Or
with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon
him, that he die, and was not his enemy,
neither sought his harm:
24 Then
the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood
according to these judgments:
25 And
the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of
blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge,
whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high
priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
26 But
if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his
refuge, whither he was fled;
27 And
the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge,
and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
28
Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of
the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return
into the land of his possession.
29 So
these things shall be for a statute
of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30 Whoso
killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of
witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause
him to die.
31
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be
surely put to death.
32 And
ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge,
that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
33 So ye
shall not pollute the land wherein ye are:
for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood
that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
34
Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I
the Lord dwell among the children
of Israel.
 
CHAPTER 36
AND the
chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the
son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake
before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:
2 And
they said, The Lord commanded my
lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and
my lord was commanded by the Lord
to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
3 And if
they be married to any of the sons of the other
tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from
the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the
tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our
inheritance.
4 And
when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their
inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are
received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the
tribe of our fathers.
5 And
Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the sons of
Joseph hath said well.
6 This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the
daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only
to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
7 So
shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe:
for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance
of the tribe of his fathers.
8 And
every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of
Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that
the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
9
Neither shall the inheritance remove from one
tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel
shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
10 Even
as the Lord commanded Moses, so
did the daughters of Zelophehad:
11 For
Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad,
were married unto their father's brothers' sons:
12 And they were married into the families
of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the
tribe of the family of their father.
13 These
are the commandments and the
judgments, which the Lord
commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of
Moab by Jordan near Jericho.


THE FIFTH
BOOK OF MOSES,
CALLED
DEUTERONOMY.


CHAPTER 1
THESE be the words which Moses spake unto all
Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red
sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban,
and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
2 (There are eleven days' journey from
Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.)
3 And it
came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all
that the Lord had given him in
commandment unto them;
4 After
he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the
king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
5 On
this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
6 The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb,
saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
7 Turn you,
and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places
nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south,
and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the
great river, the river Euphrates.
8
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
9 ¶ And
I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
10 The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and,
behold, ye are this day as the stars
of heaven for multitude.
11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a
thousand times so many more as ye are,
and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
12 How
can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
13 Take
you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make
them rulers over you.
14 And
ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
15 So I
took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over
you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over
fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
16 And I
charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your
brethren, and judge righteously between every
man and his brother, and the stranger that
is with him.
17 Ye
shall not respect persons in judgment; but
ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the
face of man; for the judgment is God's:
and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
18 And I
commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
19 ¶ And
when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible
wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to
Kadesh-barnea.
20 And I
said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us.
21
Behold, the Lord thy God hath set
the land before thee: go up and possess
it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not,
neither be discouraged.
22 ¶ And
ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us,
and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we
must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
23 And
the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
24 And
they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol,
and searched it out.
25 And
they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word
again, and said, It is a good land which the Lord our God doth give us.
26
Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the
Lord your God:
27 And
ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt,
to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
28
Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The
people is greater and taller than we;
the cities are great and walled up to
heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
29 Then
I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
30 The Lord your God which goeth before you, he
shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your
eyes;
31 And
in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all
the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
32 Yet
in this thing ye did not believe the Lord
your God,
33 Who
went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by
what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
34 And
the Lord heard the voice of your
words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
35
Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good
land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
36 Save
Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land
that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed
the Lord.
37 Also
the Lord was angry with me for
your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which
standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause
Israel to inherit it.
39
Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children,
which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in
thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
40 But as for
you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red
sea.
41 Then
ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the Lord, we will go up and fight, according
to all that the Lord our God
commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were
ready to go up into the hill.
42 And
the Lord said unto me, Say unto
them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am
not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
43 So I
spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of
the Lord, and went presumptuously
up into the hill.
44 And
the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased
you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even
unto Hormah.
45 And
ye returned and wept before the Lord;
but the Lord would not hearken to
your voice, nor give ear unto you.
46 So ye
abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.
 
CHAPTER 2
THEN we
turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as
the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed
mount Seir many days.
2 And
the Lord spake unto me, saying,
3 Ye
have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
4 And
command thou the people, saying, Ye are
to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in
Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves
therefore:
5 Meddle
not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot
breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
6 Ye
shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water
of them for money, that ye may drink.
7 For
the Lord thy God hath blessed thee
in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great
wilderness: these forty years the Lord
thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
8 And
when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir,
through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and
passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
9 And
the Lord said unto me, Distress
not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee
of their land for a possession;
because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
10 The
Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the
Anakims;
11 Which
also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
12 The
Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them,
when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as
Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.
13 Now
rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook
Zered.
14 And
the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the
brook Zered, was thirty and eight
years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among
the host, as the Lord sware unto
them.
15 For
indeed the hand of the Lord was
against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
16 ¶ So
it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the
people,
17 That
the Lord spake unto me, saying,
18 Thou
art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
19 And when thou comest nigh over against the
children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give
thee of the land of the children of Ammon any
possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
20 (That
also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the
Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
21 A
people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the Lord destroyed them before them; and they
succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
22 As he
did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims
from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto
this day:
23 And
the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even
unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them,
and dwelt in their stead.)
24 ¶ Rise
ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given
into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to
possess it, and contend with him in
battle.
25 This
day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations
that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and
shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
26 ¶ And
I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon
with words of peace, saying,
27 Let
me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn
unto the right hand nor to the left.
28 Thou
shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that
I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
29 (As
the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar,
did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.
30 But
Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and
made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
31 And
the Lord said unto me, Behold, I
have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest
inherit his land.
32 Then
Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
33 And
the Lord our God delivered him
before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
34 And
we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the
women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
35 Only
the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which
we took.
36 From
Aroer, which is by the brink of the
river of Arnon, and from the city
that is by the river, even unto Gilead,
there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord
our God delivered all unto us:
37 Only
unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the
mountains, nor unto whatsoever the Lord
our God forbad us.
 
CHAPTER 3
THEN we
turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out
against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
2 And
the Lord said unto me, Fear him
not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand;
and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which
dwelt at Heshbon.
3 So the
Lord our God delivered into our
hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until
none was left to him remaining.
4 And we
took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from
them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
5 All
these cities were fenced with high
walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
6 And we
utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly
destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
7 But
all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
8 And we
took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land
that was on this side Jordan, from
the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion;
and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
10 All
the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and
Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
11 For
only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of
Ammon? nine cubits was the length
thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
12 And
this land, which we possessed at that
time, from Aroer, which is by the
river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the
Reubenites and to the Gadites.
13 And
the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being
the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of
Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
14 Jair
the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri
and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto
this day.
15 And I
gave Gilead unto Machir.
16 And
unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river
Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
17 The
plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof,
from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.
18 ¶ And
I commanded you at that time, saying, The Lord
your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed
before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the
war.
19 But
your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities
which I have given you;
20 Until
the Lord have given rest unto your
brethren, as well as unto you, and until
they also possess the land which the Lord
your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then
shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
21 ¶ And
I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two kings:
so shall the Lord do unto all the
kingdoms whither thou passest.
22 Ye
shall not fear them: for the Lord
your God he shall fight for you.
23 And I
besought the Lord at that time,
saying,
24 O Lord
God, thou hast begun to shew thy
servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in
earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
25 I
pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
26 But
the Lord was wroth with me for
your sakes, and would not hear me: and the Lord
said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
27 Get
thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward,
and southward, and eastward, and behold it
with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
28 But
charge 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 thou
shalt see.
29 So we
abode in the valley over against Beth-peor.
 
CHAPTER 4
NOW therefore
hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you,
for to do them, that ye may live, and
go in and possess the land which the Lord
God of your fathers giveth you.
2 Ye
shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments
of the Lord your God which I command
you.
3 Your
eyes have seen what the Lord did
because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from
among you.
4 But ye
that did cleave unto the Lord your
God are alive every one of you this
day.
5 Behold,
I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither
ye go to possess it.
6 Keep
therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in
the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely
this great nation is a wise and
understanding people.
7 For
what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord
our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
8 And
what nation is there so great, that hath
statutes and judgments so righteous
as all this law, which I set before you this day?
9 Only
take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things
which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of
thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
10 Specially the day that thou stoodest
before the Lord thy God in Horeb,
when the Lord said unto me, Gather
me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn
to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
11 And
ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire
unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
12 And
the Lord spake unto you out of the
midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only
ye heard a voice.
13 And
he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them
upon two tables of stone.
14 ¶ And
the Lord commanded me at that time
to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither
ye go over to possess it.
15 Take
ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on
the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the
midst of the fire:
16 Lest
ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a
graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 The
likeness of any beast that is on the
earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18 The
likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish
that is in the waters beneath the
earth:
19 And
lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the
moon, and the stars, even all the
host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all
nations under the whole heaven.
20 But
the Lord hath taken you, and
brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even
out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
21
Furthermore the Lord was angry
with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I
should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for
an inheritance:
22 But I
must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and
possess that good land.
23 Take
heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you,
and make you a graven image, or the
likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.
24 For
the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
25 ¶ When
thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained
long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves,
and make a graven image, or the
likeness of any thing, and shall do
evil in the sight of the Lord thy God,
to provoke him to anger:
26 I
call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon
utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye
shall not prolong your days upon it,
but shall utterly be destroyed.
27 And
the Lord shall scatter you among
the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.
28 And
there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which
neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29 But
if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord
thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou
seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
30 When
thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to
the Lord thy God, and shalt be
obedient unto his voice;
31 (For
the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake
thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he
sware unto them.
32 For
ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God
created man upon the earth, and ask from
the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such
thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
33 Did ever people hear the voice of God
speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
34 Or
hath God assayed to go and take him a
nation from the midst of another nation,
by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and
by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before
your eyes?
35 Unto
thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.
36 Out
of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon
earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the
midst of the fire.
37 And
because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and
brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
38 To
drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee
their land for an inheritance, as it is
this day.
39 Know
therefore this day, and consider it in
thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the
earth beneath: there is none else.
40 Thou shalt
keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this
day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that
thou mayest prolong thy days upon the
earth, which the Lord thy God
giveth thee, for ever.
41 ¶ Then
Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
42 That
the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and
hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might
live:
43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the
plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan
in Bashan, of the Manassites.
44 ¶ And
this is the law which Moses set
before the children of Israel:
45 These
are the testimonies, and the statutes,
and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they
came forth out of Egypt,
46 On
this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon
king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of
Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
47 And
they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the
Amorites, which were on this side Jordan
toward the sunrising;
48 From
Aroer, which is by the bank of the
river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is
Hermon,
49 And
all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain,
under the springs of Pisgah.
 
CHAPTER 5
AND Moses
called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and
judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and
keep, and do them.
2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us in
Horeb.
3 The Lord made not this covenant with our
fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
4 The Lord talked with you face to face in the
mount out of the midst of the fire,
5 (I
stood between the Lord and you at
that time, to shew you the word of the Lord:
for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;)
saying,
6 ¶ I am the Lord
thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of
bondage.
7 Thou
shalt have none other gods before me.
8 Thou
shalt not make thee any graven image,
or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is
in the earth beneath, or that is in
the waters beneath the earth:
9 Thou
shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation
of them that hate me,
10 And
shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
11 Thou
shalt not take the name of the Lord
thy God in vain: for the Lord will
not hold him guiltless that taketh
his name in vain.
12 Keep
the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord
thy God hath commanded thee.
13 Six
days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
14 But
the seventh day is the sabbath of the
Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do
any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy
maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy
stranger that is within thy gates;
that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
15 And
remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand
and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord
thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
16 ¶ Honour
thy father and thy mother, as the Lord
thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go
well with thee, in the land which the Lord
thy God giveth thee.
17 Thou
shalt not kill.
18
Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
19
Neither shalt thou steal.
20
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
21
Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy
neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or
his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
22 ¶ These
words the Lord spake unto all your
assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick
darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two
tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
23 And
it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for
the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and
your elders;
24 And
ye said, Behold, the Lord our God
hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of
the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and
he liveth.
25 Now
therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear
the voice of the Lord our God any
more, then we shall die.
26 For who
is there of all flesh, that
hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire,
as we have, and lived?
27 Go
thou near, and hear all that the Lord
our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
28 And
the Lord heard the voice of your
words, when ye spake unto me; and the Lord
said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they
have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.
29 O
that there were such an 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
for ever!
30 Go
say to them, Get you into your tents again.
31 But
as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the
commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them,
that they may do them in the land
which I give them to possess it.
32 Ye
shall observe to do therefore as the Lord
your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the
left.
33 Ye
shall walk in all the ways which the Lord
your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be
well with you, and that ye may
prolong your days in the land which
ye shall possess.
 
CHAPTER 6
NOW these
are the commandments, the statutes,
and the judgments, which the Lord
your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
2 That
thou mightest fear the Lord thy God,
to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy
son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be
prolonged.
3 ¶ Hear
therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it;
that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised
thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
4 Hear,
O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
5 And
thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
6 And
these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
7 And
thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when
thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou
liest down, and when thou risest up.
8 And
thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets
between thine eyes.
9 And
thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
10 And
it shall be, when the Lord thy God
shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which
thou buildedst not,
11 And
houses full of all good things, which
thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive
trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
12 Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the
land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
13 Thou
shalt fear the Lord thy God, and
serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
14 Ye
shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
15 (For
the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the
anger of the Lord thy God be
kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
16 ¶ Ye
shall not tempt the Lord your God,
as ye tempted him in Massah.
17 Ye
shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord
your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
18 And
thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go
in and possess the good land which the Lord
sware unto thy fathers,
19 To
cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken.
20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to
come, saying, What mean the
testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?
21 Then
thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a
mighty hand:
22 And
the Lord shewed signs and wonders,
great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before
our eyes:
23 And
he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land
which he sware unto our fathers.
24 And
the Lord commanded us to do all
these statutes, to fear the Lord
our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is
at this day.
25 And
it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments
before the Lord our God, as he
hath commanded us.
 
CHAPTER 7
WHEN the
Lord thy God shall bring thee into
the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations
before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the
Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven
nations greater and mightier than thou;
2 And
when the Lord thy God shall
deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them,
nor shew mercy unto them:
3
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give
unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
4 For
they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods:
so will the anger of the Lord be
kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
5 But
thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down
their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with
fire.
6 For
thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a
special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor
choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
8 But
because the Lord loved you, and
because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand,
and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of
Egypt.
9 Know
therefore that the Lord thy God,
he is God, the faithful God, which
keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to
a thousand generations;
10 And
repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be
slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
11 Thou
shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments,
which I command thee this day, to do them.
12 ¶ Wherefore
it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them,
that the Lord thy God shall keep
unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
13 And
he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the
fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine
oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which
he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
14 Thou
shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren
among you, or among your cattle.
15 And
the Lord will take away from thee
all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest,
upon thee; but will lay them upon all them
that hate thee.
16 And
thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord
thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither
shalt thou serve their gods; for that will
be a snare unto thee.
17 If
thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
18 Thou
shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt
well remember what the Lord thy God
did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
19 The
great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the
mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the people of
whom thou art afraid.
20
Moreover the Lord thy God will
send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from
thee, be destroyed.
21 Thou
shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord
thy God is among you, a mighty God
and terrible.
22 And
the Lord thy God will put out
those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at
once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
23 But
the Lord thy God shall deliver
them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be
destroyed.
24 And
he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name
from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou
have destroyed them.
25 The
graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the
silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared
therein: for it is an abomination to
the Lord thy God.
26
Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed
thing like it: but thou shalt utterly
detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
 
CHAPTER 8
ALL the
commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may
live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers.
2 And
thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord
thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou
wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
3 And he
humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou
knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that
man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
4 Thy
raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
5 Thou
shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord
thy God chasteneth thee.
6
Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
7 For
the Lord thy God bringeth thee
into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that
spring out of valleys and hills;
8 A land
of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil
olive, and honey;
9 A land
wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou
mayest dig brass.
10 When
thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he
hath given thee.
11
Beware that thou forget not the Lord
thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which
I command thee this day:
12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and
hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply,
and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
14 Then
thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord
thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of
bondage;
15 Who
led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery
serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there
was no water; who brought thee forth
water out of the rock of flint;
16 Who
fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he
might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter
end;
17 And
thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
18 But
thou shalt remember the Lord thy God:
for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish
his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
19 And
it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord
thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify
against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
20 As
the nations which the Lord
destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be
obedient unto the voice of the Lord
your God.
 
CHAPTER 9
HEAR, O
Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan
this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities
great and fenced up to heaven,
2 A
people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom
thou hast heard say, Who can stand
before the children of Anak!
3
Understand therefore this day, that the Lord
thy God is he which goeth over before
thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy
them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them
out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord
hath said unto thee.
4 Speak
not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord
thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this
land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee.
5 Not
for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to
possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from
before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob.
6
Understand therefore, that the Lord
thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for
thou art a stiffnecked people.
7 ¶ Remember,
and forget not, how thou provokedst
the Lord thy God to wrath in the
wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until
ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Lord.
8 Also
in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to
wrath, so that the Lord was angry
with you to have destroyed you.
9 When I
was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and
forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
10 And
the Lord delivered unto me two
tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written
according to all the words, which the Lord
spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the
assembly.
11 And
it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me
the two tables of stone, even the
tables of the covenant.
12 And
the Lord said unto me, Arise, get
thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out
of Egypt have corrupted themselves;
they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have
made them a molten image.
13
Furthermore the Lord spake unto
me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
14 Let
me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven:
and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
15 So I
turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the
two tables of the covenant were in my
two hands.
16 And I
looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the Lord
your God, and had made you a molten
calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.
17 And I
took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before
your eyes.
18 And I
fell down before the Lord, as at
the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water,
because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the
Lord, to provoke him to anger.
19 For I
was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to destroy
you. But the Lord hearkened unto
me at that time also.
20 And
the Lord was very angry with Aaron
to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
21 And I
took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped
it, and ground it very small, even until
it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that
descended out of the mount.
22 And
at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath.
23 Likewise
when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea,
saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled
against the commandment of the Lord
your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
24 Ye
have been rebellious against the Lord
from the day that I knew you.
25 Thus
I fell down before the Lord forty
days and forty nights, as I fell down at
the first; because the Lord
had said he would destroy you.
26 I
prayed therefore unto the Lord,
and said, O Lord God, destroy not
thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness,
which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
27
Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the
stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
28 Lest
the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the
land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out
to slay them in the wilderness.
29 Yet
they are thy people and thine
inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched
out arm.
 
CHAPTER 10
AT that
time the Lord said unto me, Hew
thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the
mount, and make thee an ark of wood.
2 And I
will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou
brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
3 And I
made an ark of shittim wood, and
hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having
the two tables in mine hand.
4 And he
wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments,
which the Lord spake unto you in
the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the Lord gave them unto me.
5 And I
turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which
I had made; and there they be, as the Lord
commanded me.
6 ¶ And
the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of
Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his
son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.
7 From
thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of
rivers of waters.
8 ¶ At
that time the Lord separated the
tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord
to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
9
Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is
his inheritance, according as the Lord
thy God promised him.
10 And I
stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights;
and the Lord hearkened unto me at that
time also, and the Lord would not destroy thee.
11 And
the Lord said unto me, Arise, take
thy journey before the people, that
they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give
unto them.
12 ¶ And
now, Israel, what doth the Lord
thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord
thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with
all thy soul,
13 To
keep the commandments of the Lord,
and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
14
Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God,
the earth also, with all that therein
is.
15 Only
the Lord had a delight in thy
fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it
is this day.
16
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
17 For
the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a
great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh
reward:
18 He
doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger,
in giving him food and raiment.
19 Love
ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
20 Thou
shalt fear the Lord thy God; him
shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee
these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
22 Thy
fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of
heaven for multitude.
 
CHAPTER 11
THEREFORE
thou shalt love the Lord thy God,
and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments,
alway.
2 And
know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have
not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty
hand, and his stretched out arm,
3 And
his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the
king of Egypt, and unto all his land;
4 And
what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots;
how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after
you, and how the Lord hath destroyed them unto this day;
5 And
what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;
6 And
what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how
the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and
their tents, and all the substance that was
in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
7 But
your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord
which he did.
8
Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that
ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;
9 And
that ye may prolong your days in the
land, which the Lord sware unto
your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk
and honey.
10 ¶ For
the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst
thy seed, and wateredst it with thy
foot, as a garden of herbs:
11 But
the land, whither ye go to possess it, is
a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh
water of the rain of heaven:
12 A
land which the Lord thy God careth
for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning
of the year even unto the end of the year.
13 ¶ And
it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments
which I command you this day, to love the Lord
your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
14 That
I will give you the rain of your land
in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather
in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
15 And I
will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.
16 Take
heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve
other gods, and worship them;
17 And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the
heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good
land which the Lord giveth you.
18 ¶ Therefore
shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them
for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
19 And
ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine
house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou
risest up.
20 And
thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
21 That
your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the
Lord sware unto your fathers to give
them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
22 ¶ For
if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do
them, to love the Lord your God,
to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
23 Then
will the Lord drive out all these
nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than
yourselves.
24 Every
place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the
wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the
uttermost sea shall your coast be.
25 There
shall no man be able to stand before you: for
the Lord your God shall lay the
fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as
he hath said unto you.
26 ¶ Behold,
I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
27 A
blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord
your God, which I command you this day:
28 And a
curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you
this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
29 And
it shall come to pass, when the Lord
thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that
thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
30 Are they not on the other side Jordan,
by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell
in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
31 For
ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God giveth you, and ye shall
possess it, and dwell therein.
32 And
ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you
this day.
 
CHAPTER 12
THESE are the statutes and judgments, which ye
shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord
God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon
the earth.
2 Ye
shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall
possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and
under every green tree:
3 And ye
shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves
with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy
the names of them out of that place.
4 Ye
shall not do so unto the Lord your
God.
5 But
unto the place which the Lord your
God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek,
and thither thou shalt come:
6 And
thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your
tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill
offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
7 And
there ye shall eat before the Lord
your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households,
wherein the Lord thy God hath
blessed thee.
8 Ye
shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every
man whatsoever is right in his own
eyes.
9 For ye
are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you.
10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the
land which the Lord your God
giveth you to inherit, and when he
giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
11 Then
there shall be a place which the Lord
your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all
that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and
the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the
Lord:
12 And
ye shall rejoice before the Lord
your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your
maidservants, and the Levite that is within
your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
13 Take
heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that
thou seest:
14 But
in the place which the Lord shall
choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and
there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
15
Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy
soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the
clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
16 Only
ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
17 ¶ Thou
mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of
thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows
which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
18 But
thou must eat them before the Lord
thy God in the place which the Lord
thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant,
and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is
within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
19 Take
heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon
the earth.
20 ¶ When
the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy
border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because
thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul
lusteth after.
21 If
the place which the Lord thy God
hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of
thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord
hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates
whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
22 Even
as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and
the clean shall eat of them alike.
23 Only
be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
24 Thou
shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
25 Thou
shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after
thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.
26 Only
thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the
place which the Lord shall choose:
27 And
thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar
of the Lord thy God: and the blood
of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the Lord thy God, and thou shalt eat the
flesh.
28
Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with
thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which
is good and right in the sight of the
Lord thy God.
29 ¶ When
the Lord thy God shall cut off the
nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest
them, and dwellest in their land;
30 Take
heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be
destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying,
How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
31 Thou
shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God:
for every abomination to the Lord,
which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters
they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
32 What
thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor
diminish from it.
 
CHAPTER 13
IF there
arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a
wonder,
2 And
the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us
go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
3 Thou
shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams:
for the Lord your God proveth you,
to know whether ye love the Lord
your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
4 Ye
shall walk after the Lord your God,
and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve
him, and cleave unto him.
5 And
that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath
spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of
the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee
out of the way which the Lord thy God
commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of
thee.
6 ¶ If
thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of
thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as
thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods,
which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or
far off from thee, from the one end of
the earth even unto the other end of
the earth;
8 Thou
shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity
him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
9 But
thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to
death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
10 And
thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust
thee away from the Lord thy God,
which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
11 And
all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as
this is among you.
12 ¶ If
thou shalt hear say in one of thy
cities, which the Lord thy God
hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are
gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying,
Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
14 Then
shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it
be truth, and the thing certain, that
such abomination is wrought among you;
15 Thou
shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword,
destroying it utterly, and all that is
therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
16 And
thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and
shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God: and it shall be an heap for
ever; it shall not be built again.
17 And
there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his
anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee,
as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
18 When
thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord
thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which
is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.
 
CHAPTER 14
YE are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut
yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
2 For
thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar
people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
3 ¶ Thou
shalt not eat any abominable thing.
4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the
ox, the sheep, and the goat,
5 The
hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg,
and the wild ox, and the chamois.
6 And
every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that
ye shall eat.
7
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that
divide the cloven hoof; as the camel,
and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
8 And
the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of
their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
9 ¶ These
ye shall eat of all that are in the
waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
10 And
whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
11 ¶ Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
12 But
these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and
the ospray,
13 And
the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
14 And
every raven after his kind,
15 And
the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
16 The
little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
17 And
the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
18 And
the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
19 And
every creeping thing that flieth is unclean
unto you: they shall not be eaten.
20 But of
all clean fowls ye may eat.
21 ¶ Ye
shall not eat of any thing that dieth
of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an
alien: for thou art an holy people
unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt
not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
22 Thou
shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth
year by year.
23 And
thou shalt eat before the Lord thy
God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of
thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of
thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord
thy God always.
24 And
if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee,
which the Lord thy God shall
choose to set his name there, when the Lord
thy God hath blessed thee:
25 Then
shalt thou turn it into money, and
bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose:
26 And
thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen,
or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul
desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord
thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
27 And
the Levite that is within thy gates;
thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
28 ¶ At
the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase
the same year, and shalt lay it up within
thy gates:
29 And
the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the
stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied;
that the Lord thy God may bless
thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
 
CHAPTER 15
AT the
end of every seven years thou shalt
make a release.
2 And
this is the manner of the release:
Every creditor that lendeth ought unto
his neighbour shall release it; he shall
not exact it of his neighbour, or of
his brother; because it is called the Lord's
release.
3 Of a
foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
4 Save
when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord
shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord
thy God giveth thee for an
inheritance to possess it:
5 Only
if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I
command thee this day.
6 For
the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as
he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow;
and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
7 ¶ If
there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in
thy land which the Lord thy God giveth
thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor
brother:
8 But
thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient
for his need, in that which he wanteth.
9 Beware
that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the
year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother,
and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
10 Thou
shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest
unto him: because that for this thing the Lord
thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine
hand unto.
11 For
the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying,
Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy
needy, in thy land.
12 ¶ And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an
Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh
year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
13 And
when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
14 Thou
shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of
thy winepress: of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt
give unto him.
15 And
thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command
thee this thing to day.
16 And
it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he
loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
17 Then
thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it
through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also
unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
18 It
shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for
he hath been worth a double hired servant to
thee, in serving thee six years: and
the Lord thy God shall bless thee
in all that thou doest.
19 ¶ All
the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify
unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt
do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy
sheep.
20 Thou
shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by year in the place
which the Lord shall choose, thou
and thy household.
21 And
if there be any blemish therein, as if
it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not
sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God.
22 Thou
shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it
alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
23 Only
thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as
water.
 
CHAPTER 16
OBSERVE the
month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord
thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord
thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
2 Thou
shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which
the Lord shall choose to place his
name there.
3 Thou
shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread
therewith, even the bread of affliction;
for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest
remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days
of thy life.
4 And
there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days;
neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou
sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
5 Thou
mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee:
6 But at
the place which the Lord thy God
shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even,
at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of
Egypt.
7 And
thou shalt roast and eat it in the
place which the Lord thy God shall
choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
8 Six
days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord
thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.
9 ¶ Seven
weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time
as thou beginnest to put
the sickle to the corn.
10 And
thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord
thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt
give unto the Lord thy God, according as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee:
11 And
thou shalt rejoice before the Lord
thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant,
and the Levite that is within thy
gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his
name there.
12 And
thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe
and do these statutes.
13 ¶ Thou
shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast
gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
14 And
thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy
manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless,
and the widow, that are within thy
gates.
15 Seven
days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Lord
thy God in the place which the Lord
shall choose: because the Lord thy
God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands,
therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
16 ¶ Three
times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast
of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of
tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty:
17 Every
man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.
18 ¶ Judges
and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy
tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
19 Thou
shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift:
for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the
righteous.
20 That
which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit
the land which the Lord thy God
giveth thee.
21 ¶ Thou
shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
22
Neither shalt thou set thee up any image;
which the Lord thy God hateth.
 
CHAPTER 17
THOU shalt
not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God
any bullock, or sheep, wherein is
blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for
that is an abomination unto the Lord thy God.
2 ¶ If
there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman,
that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant,
3 And
hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon,
or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
4 And it
be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and,
behold, it be true, and the thing certain,
that such abomination is wrought in
Israel:
5 Then
shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked
thing, unto thy gates, even that man
or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
6 At the
mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be
put to death; but at the mouth of one
witness he shall not be put to death.
7 The
hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and
afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from
among you.
8 ¶ If
there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood,
between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou
arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;
9 And
thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be
in those days, and inquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
10 And
thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall shew thee; and thou
shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:
11
According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according
to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not
decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to
the left.
12 And
the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that
standeth to minister there before the Lord
thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away
the evil from Israel.
13 And
all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
14 ¶ When
thou art come unto the land which the Lord
thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt
say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
15 Thou
shalt in any wise set him king over
thee, whom the Lord thy God shall
choose: one from among thy brethren
shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
16 But
he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to
Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth
return no more that way.
17
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away:
neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
18 And
it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall
write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
19 And
it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that
he may learn to fear the Lord his God,
to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
20 That
his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside 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 midst of Israel.
 
CHAPTER 18
THE priests
the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi,
shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of
the Lord made by fire, and his
inheritance.
2
Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is
their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
3 ¶ And
this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a
sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto
the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
4 The
firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy
wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give
him.
5 For
the Lord thy God hath chosen him
out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.
6 ¶ And
if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned,
and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choose;
7 Then
he shall minister in the name of the Lord
his God, as all his brethren the Levites do,
which stand there before the Lord.
8 They
shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his
patrimony.
9 ¶ When
thou art come into the land which the Lord
thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those
nations.
10 There
shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter
to pass through the fire, or that useth
divination, or an observer of times,
or an enchanter, or a witch,
11 Or a
charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12 For
all that do these things are an
abomination unto the Lord: and
because of these abominations the Lord
thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
13 Thou
shalt be perfect with the Lord thy
God.
14 For
these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and
unto diviners: but as for thee, the Lord
thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
15 ¶ The
Lord thy God will raise up unto
thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him
ye shall hearken;
16
According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord
thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the
voice of the Lord my God, neither
let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
17 And
the Lord said unto me, They have
well spoken that which they have spoken.
18 I
will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and
will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall
command him.
19 And it
shall come to pass, that whosoever
will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
20 But
the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not
commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even
that prophet shall die.
21 And
if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken?
22 When
a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord,
if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord
hath not spoken, but the prophet hath
spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
 
CHAPTER 19
WHEN the
Lord thy God hath cut off the
nations, whose land the Lord thy God
giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in
their houses;
2 Thou
shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
3 Thou
shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into
three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.
4 ¶ And
this is the case of the slayer, which
shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly,
whom he hated not in time past;
5 As
when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand
fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from
the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one
of those cities, and live:
6 Lest
the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and
overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated
him not in time past.
7
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
8 And if
the Lord thy God enlarge thy
coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he
promised to give unto thy fathers;
9 If
thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this
day, to love the Lord thy God, and
to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee,
beside these three:
10 That
innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for
an inheritance, and so blood be upon
thee.
11 ¶ But
if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against
him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
12 Then
the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into
the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
13 Thine
eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it
may go well with thee.
14 ¶ Thou
shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in
thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
15 ¶ One
witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in
any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of
three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
16 ¶ If
a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which
is wrong;
17 Then
both the men, between whom the controversy is,
shall stand before the Lord,
before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
18 And
the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false
witness, and hath testified falsely
against his brother;
19 Then
shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt
thou put the evil away from among you.
20 And
those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more
any such evil among you.
21 And
thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
 
CHAPTER 20
WHEN thou
goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not
afraid of them: for the Lord thy God
is with thee, which brought thee up
out of the land of Egypt.
2 And it
shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach
and speak unto the people,
3 And
shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against
your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither
be ye terrified because of them;
4 For
the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for
you against your enemies, to save you.
5 ¶ And
the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built
a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house,
lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
6 And
what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also
go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of
it.
7 And
what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him
go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take
her.
8 And
the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there
that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house,
lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
9 And it
shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that
they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
10 ¶ When
thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
11 And
it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall
be, that all the people that is
found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
12 And
if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou
shalt besiege it:
13 And
when the Lord thy God hath delivered
it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
14 But
the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou
take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.
15 Thus
shalt thou do unto all the cities which
are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
16 But
of the cities of these people, which the Lord
thy God doth give thee for an
inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
17 But
thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely,
the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the
Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord
thy God hath commanded thee:
18 That
they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done
unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord
your God.
19 ¶ When
thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it,
thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for
thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the
field is man's life) to employ them in
the siege:
20 Only
the trees which thou knowest that they be
not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build
bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
 
CHAPTER 21
IF one be found slain in the land which the
Lord thy God giveth thee to
possess it, lying in the field, and it
be not known who hath slain him:
2 Then
thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the
cities which are round about him that
is slain:
3 And it
shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take
an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
4 And
the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which
is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the
valley:
5 And
the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto
him, and to bless in the name of the Lord;
and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
6 And
all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the
heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
7 And
they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our
eyes seen it.
8 Be
merciful, O Lord, unto thy people
Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's
charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
9 So
shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when
thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.
10 ¶ When
thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the Lord thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast
taken them captive,
11 And
seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that
thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
12 Then
thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and
pare her nails;
13 And
she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in
thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that
thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
14 And
it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither
she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make
merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
15 ¶ If
a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him
children, both the beloved and the hated;
and if the firstborn son be hers that
was hated:
16 Then
it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he
may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
17 But
he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for
the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the
right of the firstborn is his.
18 ¶ If
a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his
father, or the voice of his mother, and that,
when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
19 Then
shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the
elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
20 And
they shall say unto 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.
21 And
all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou
put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
22 ¶ And
if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death,
and thou hang him on a tree:
23 His
body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury
him that day; (for he that is hanged is
accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
 
CHAPTER 22
THOU shalt
not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them:
thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.
2 And if
thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or
if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall
be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him
again.
3 In
like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment;
and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast
found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.
4 ¶ Thou
shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide
thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.
5 ¶ The
woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put
on a woman's garment: for all that do so are
abomination unto the Lord thy God.
6 ¶ If a
bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or
eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take
the dam with the young:
7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam
go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
8 ¶ When
thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that
thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
9 ¶ Thou
shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which
thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
10 ¶ Thou
shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
11 ¶ Thou
shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as
of woollen and linen together.
12 ¶ Thou
shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou
coverest thyself.
13 ¶ If
any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
14 And
give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and
say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
15 Then
shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens
of the damsel's virginity unto the elders
of the city in the gate:
16 And
the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man
to wife, and he hateth her;
17 And,
lo, he hath given occasions of speech against
her, saying, I found not thy daughter
a maid; and yet these are the tokens
of my daughter's virginity. And they
shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
18 And
the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
19 And
they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels
of silver, and give them unto the
father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of
Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
20 But
if this thing be true, and the tokens
of virginity be not found for the
damsel:
21 Then
they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men
of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought
folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put
evil away from among you.
22 ¶ If
a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both
of them die, both the man that lay
with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
23 ¶ If
a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the
city, and lie with her;
24 Then ye
shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them
with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because
he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among
you.
25 ¶ But
if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie
with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
26 But
unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there
is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man
riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
27 For
he found her in the field, and the
betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
28 ¶ If
a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and
lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
29 Then
the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife;
because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
30 ¶ A
man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
 
CHAPTER 23
HE that
is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter
into the congregation of the Lord.
2 A
bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into
the congregation of the Lord.
3 An
Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation
shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever:
4 Because
they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out
of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor
of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
5
Nevertheless the Lord thy God
would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord
thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.
6 Thou
shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
7 ¶ Thou
shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is
thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in
his land.
8 The
children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.
9 ¶ When
the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked
thing.
10 ¶ If
there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that
chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not
come within the camp:
11 But
it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into
the camp again.
12 ¶ Thou
shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
13 And
thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease
thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that
which cometh from thee:
14 For
the Lord thy God walketh in the
midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore
shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away
from thee.
15 ¶ Thou
shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master
unto thee:
16 He
shall dwell with thee, even among
you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh
him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
17 ¶ There
shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of
Israel.
18 Thou
shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of
the Lord thy God for any vow: for
even both these are abomination unto
the Lord thy God.
19 ¶ Thou
shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals,
usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
20 Unto
a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not
lend upon usury: that the Lord thy
God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither
thou goest to possess it.
21 ¶ When
thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord
thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be
sin in thee.
22 But
if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
23 That
which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised
with thy mouth.
24 ¶ When
thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill
at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
25 When
thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the
ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's
standing corn.
 
CHAPTER 24
WHEN a
man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no
favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him
write her a bill of divorcement, and give it
in her hand, and send her out of his house.
2 And
when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife.
3 And if the latter husband hate her, and
write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it
in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die,
which took her to be his wife;
4 Her
former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife,
after that she is defiled; for that is
abomination before the Lord: and
thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for
an inheritance.
5 ¶ When
a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be
charged with any business: but he shall
be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
6 ¶ No
man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
7 ¶ If a
man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh
merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt
put evil away from among you.
8 ¶ Take
heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to
all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
9
Remember what the Lord thy God did
unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
10 ¶ When
thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch
his pledge.
11 Thou
shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the
pledge abroad unto thee.
12 And
if the man be poor, thou shalt not
sleep with his pledge:
13 In
any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that
he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness
unto thee before the Lord thy God.
14 ¶ Thou
shalt not oppress an hired servant that
is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or
of thy strangers that are in thy land
within thy gates:
15 At
his day thou shalt give him his hire,
neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee
unto the Lord, and it be sin unto
thee.
16 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.
17 ¶ Thou
shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
18 But
thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence:
therefore I command thee to do this thing.
19 ¶ When
thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the
field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for
the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord
thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
20 When
thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it
shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
21 When
thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the
stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
22 And thou
shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I
command thee to do this thing.
 
CHAPTER 25
IF there
be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges
may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
2 And it
shall be, if the wicked man be worthy
to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten
before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
3 Forty
stripes he may give him, and not exceed:
lest, if he should exceed, and beat
him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
4 ¶ Thou
shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
5 ¶ If
brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of
the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall
go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's
brother unto her.
6 And it
shall be, that the firstborn which
she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his
name be not put out of Israel.
7 And if
the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up
to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up
unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's
brother.
8 Then
the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like
not to take her;
9 Then
shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose
his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So
shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.
10 And
his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
11 ¶ When
men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for
to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth
forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:
12 Then
thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
13 ¶ Thou
shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
14 Thou
shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just
weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened
in the land which the Lord thy God
giveth thee.
16 For
all that do such things, and all that
do unrighteously, are an abomination
unto the Lord thy God.
17 ¶ Remember
what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
18 How
he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
19
Therefore it shall be, when the Lord
thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land
which the Lord thy God giveth thee
for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance
of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
 
CHAPTER 26
AND it
shall be, when thou art come in unto
the land which the Lord thy God
giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest
it, and dwellest therein;
2 That
thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt
bring of thy land that the Lord
thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it
in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.
3 And
thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I
profess this day unto the Lord thy
God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord
sware unto our fathers for to give us.
4 And
the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the
altar of the Lord thy God.
5 And
thou shalt speak and say before the Lord
thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was
my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and
became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
6 And
the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard
bondage:
7 And
when we cried unto the Lord God of
our fathers, the Lord heard our
voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
8 And
the Lord brought us forth out of
Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness,
and with signs, and with wonders:
9 And he
hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and
honey.
10 And
now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set
it before the Lord thy God, and
worship before the Lord thy God:
11 And
thou shalt rejoice in every good thing
which the Lord thy God hath given
unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
12 ¶ When
thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third
year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow,
that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
13 Then
thou shalt say before the Lord thy
God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the
stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy
commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments,
neither have I forgotten them:
14 I
have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor
given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the
Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
15 Look
down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and
the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that
floweth with milk and honey.
16 ¶ This
day the Lord thy God hath
commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep
and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
17 Thou
hast avouched the Lord this day to
be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments,
and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
18 And
the Lord hath avouched thee this
day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his
commandments;
19 And
to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name,
and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.
 
CHAPTER 27
AND Moses
with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the
commandments which I command you this day.
2 And it
shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt
set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:
3 And
thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed
over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and
honey; as the Lord God of thy
fathers hath promised thee.
4
Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in
mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
5 And
there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord
thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
6 Thou
shalt build the altar of the Lord
thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord thy God:
7 And
thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God.
8 And
thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
9 ¶ And
Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and
hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God.
10 Thou
shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord
thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this
day.
11 ¶ And
Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
12 These
shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over
Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
13 And
these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and
Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
14 ¶ And
the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
15
Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an
abomination unto the Lord, the
work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer
and say, Amen.
16
Cursed be he that setteth light by
his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
17
Cursed be he that removeth his
neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
18
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to
wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
19
Cursed be he that perverteth the
judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
20
Cursed be he that lieth with his
father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people
shall say, Amen.
21
Cursed be he that lieth with any
manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
22
Cursed be he that lieth with his
sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the
people shall say, Amen.
23
Cursed be he that lieth with his
mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
24
Cursed be he that smiteth his
neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
25
Cursed be he that taketh reward to
slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
26
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them.
And all the people shall say, Amen.
 
CHAPTER 28
AND it
shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I
command thee this day, that the Lord
thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2 And
all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt
hearken unto the voice of the Lord
thy God.
3
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
4
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the
fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
5
Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
6
Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise
up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee
one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee
in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall
bless thee in the land which the Lord
thy God giveth thee.
9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people
unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of
the Lord thy God, and walk in his
ways.
10 And
all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.
11 And the
Lord shall make thee plenteous in
goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit
of thy ground, in the land which the Lord
sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good
treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless
all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou
shalt not borrow.
13 And
the Lord shall make thee the head,
and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath;
if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and
to do them:
14 And
thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to
serve them.
15 ¶ But
it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments
and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come
upon thee, and overtake thee:
16
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
17
Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
18
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase
of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
19
Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursing,
vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until
thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of
thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
21 The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave
unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to
possess it.
22 The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption,
and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and
with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee
until thou perish.
23 And
thy heaven that is over thy head
shall be brass, and the earth that is
under thee shall be iron.
24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land
powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
25 The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten
before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways
before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
26 And
thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the
earth, and no man shall fray them away.
27 The Lord will smite thee with the botch of
Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou
canst not be healed.
28 The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and
blindness, and astonishment of heart:
29 And
thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt
not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore,
and no man shall save thee.
30 Thou
shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an
house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt
not gather the grapes thereof.
31 Thine
ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine
ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be
restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou
shalt have none to rescue them.
32 Thy
sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine
eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in
thine hand.
33 The
fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not
eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
34 So
that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
35 The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and
in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot
unto the top of thy head.
36 The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which
thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have
known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
37 And
thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations
whither the Lord shall lead thee.
38 Thou
shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
39 Thou
shalt plant vineyards, and dress them,
but shalt neither drink of the wine,
nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
40 Thou
shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall
cast his fruit.
41 Thou
shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall
go into captivity.
42 All
thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
43 The
stranger that is within thee shall
get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
44 He
shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and
thou shalt be the tail.
45
Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and
overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the
voice of the Lord thy God, to keep
his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
46 And
they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for
ever.
47
Because thou servedst not the Lord
thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
48
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and
in nakedness, and in want of all things:
and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
49 The Lord shall bring a nation against thee
from far, from the end of the earth, as
swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose
tongue thou shalt not understand;
50 A
nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor
shew favour to the young:
51 And
he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be
destroyed: which also shall not leave
thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks
of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
52 And
he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come
down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege
thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.
53 And
thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy
daughters, which the Lord thy God
hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies
shall distress thee:
54 So that
the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil
toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of
his children which he shall leave:
55 So
that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall
eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness,
wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
56 The
tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole
of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be
evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
57 And
toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her
children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and
straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
58 If
thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this
book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
59 Then
the Lord will make thy plagues
wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even
great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long
continuance.
60
Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast
afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
61 Also
every sickness, and every plague, which is
not written in the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
62 And
ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for
multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God.
63 And it
shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good,
and to multiply you; so the Lord
will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall
be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
64 And the
Lord shall scatter thee among all
people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt
serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
65 And
among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot
have rest: but the Lord shall give
thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
66 And
thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night,
and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
67 In
the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say,
Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt
fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
68 And
the Lord shall bring thee into
Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it
no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and
bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
 
CHAPTER 29
THESE are the words of the covenant, which the
Lord commanded Moses to make with
the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made
with them in Horeb.
2 ¶ And
Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt
unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
3 The
great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great
miracles:
4 Yet
the Lord hath not given you an
heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
5 And I
have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon
you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
6 Ye
have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might
know that I am the Lord your God.
7 And
when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of
Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
8 And we
took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the
Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
9 Keep
therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all
that ye do.
10 ¶ Ye
stand this day all of you before the Lord
your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
11 Your
little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
12 That
thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord
thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord
thy God maketh with thee this day:
13 That
he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he
hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob.
14
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
15 But
with him that standeth here with us
this day before the Lord our God,
and also with him that is not here with us this day:
16 (For
ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the
nations which ye passed by;
17 And
ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and
gold, which were among them:)
18 Lest
there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart
turneth away this day from the Lord
our God, to go and serve the gods of
these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and
wormwood;
19 And
it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself
in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of
mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
20 The Lord will not spare him, but then the
anger of the Lord and his jealousy
shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book
shall lie upon him, and the Lord
shall blot out his name from under heaven.
21 And
the Lord shall separate him unto
evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the
covenant that are written in this book of the law:
22 So
that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and
the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the
plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it;
23 And that
the whole land thereof is brimstone,
and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any
grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and
Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew
in his anger, and in his wrath:
24 Even
all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord
done thus unto this land? what meaneth
the heat of this great anger?
25 Then
men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made
with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
26 For they
went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
27 And
the anger of the Lord was kindled
against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this
book:
28 And
the Lord rooted them out of their
land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into
another land, as it is this day.
29 The
secret things belong unto the Lord
our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto
us and to our children for ever, that we
may do all the words of this law.
 
CHAPTER 30
AND it
shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and
the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither
the Lord thy God hath driven thee,
2 And
shalt return unto the Lord thy God,
and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou
and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
3 That
then the Lord thy God will turn
thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee
from all the nations, whither the Lord
thy God hath scattered thee.
4 If any of thine be driven out unto the
outmost parts of heaven, from thence
will the Lord thy God gather thee,
and from thence will he fetch thee:
5 And
the Lord thy God will bring thee
into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he
will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
6 And
the Lord thy God will circumcise
thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul,
that thou mayest live.
7 And
the Lord thy God will put all
these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted
thee.
8 And
thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord,
and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
9 And
the Lord thy God will make thee
plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the
fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for
good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
10 If
thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord
thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this
book of the law, and if thou turn
unto the Lord thy God with all
thine heart, and with all thy soul.
11 ¶ For
this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest
say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it,
and do it?
13
Neither is it beyond the sea, that
thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us,
that we may hear it, and do it?
14 But
the word is very nigh unto thee, in
thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
15 ¶ See,
I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
16 In
that I command thee this day to love the Lord
thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and
his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land
whither thou goest to possess it.
17 But
if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away,
and worship other gods, and serve them;
18 I
denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not
prolong your days upon the land, whither
thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
19 I
call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing:
therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
20 That
thou mayest love the Lord thy God,
and that thou mayest obey his voice,
and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in
the land which the Lord sware unto
thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
 
CHAPTER 31
AND Moses
went and spake these words unto all Israel.
2 And he
said unto them, I am an hundred and
twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the Lord hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go
over this Jordan.
3 The Lord thy God, he will go over before
thee, and he will destroy these
nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the Lord hath said.
4 And
the Lord shall do unto them as he
did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom
he destroyed.
5 And
the Lord shall give them up before
your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I
have commanded you.
6 Be
strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with
thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
7 ¶ And
Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be
strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land
which the Lord hath sworn unto
their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
8 And
the Lord, he it is that doth go before
thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not,
neither be dismayed.
9 ¶ And
Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which
bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord,
and unto all the elders of Israel.
10 And
Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every
seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of
tabernacles,
11 When
all Israel is come to appear before the Lord
thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all
Israel in their hearing.
12 Gather
the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear,
and that they may learn, and fear the Lord
your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
13 And that their children, which have not
known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go
over Jordan to possess it.
14 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Behold,
thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in
the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and
Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
15 And
the Lord appeared in the
tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the
door of the tabernacle.
16 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Moses, Behold,
thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring
after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be
among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with
them.
17 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 befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not
these evils come upon us, because our God is
not among us?
18 And I
will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have
wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
19 Now
therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put
it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children
of Israel.
20 For
when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers,
that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled
themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them,
and provoke me, and break my covenant.
21 And
it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that
this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be
forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which
they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
22 ¶ Moses
therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
23 And
he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage:
for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto
them: and I will be with thee.
24 ¶ And
it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in
a book, until they were finished,
25 That
Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,
26 Take
this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a
witness against thee.
27 For I
know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you
this day, ye have been rebellious against the Lord;
and how much more after my death?
28 ¶ Gather
unto 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 record against them.
29 For I
know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you;
and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight
of the Lord, to provoke him to
anger through the work of your hands.
30 And
Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this
song, until they were ended.
 
CHAPTER 32
GIVE ear,
O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
2 My
doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the
small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
3
Because I will publish the name of the Lord:
ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
4 He is
the Rock, his work is perfect: for
all his ways are judgment: a God of
truth and without iniquity, just and right is
he.
5 They
have corrupted themselves, their spot is
not the spot of his children: they
are a perverse and crooked generation.
6 Do ye
thus requite the Lord, O foolish
people and unwise? is not he thy
father that hath bought thee? hath he
not made thee, and established thee?
7 ¶ Remember
the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he
will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
8 When
the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the
sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the
children of Israel.
9 For
the Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
10 He
found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him
about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
11 As an
eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her
wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
12 So the Lord
alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
13 He
made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase
of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of
the flinty rock;
14
Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of
Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the
pure blood of the grape.
15 ¶ But
Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou
art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which
made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
16 They
provoked him to jealousy with strange gods,
with abominations provoked they him to anger.
17 They
sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that
came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
18 Of
the Rock that begat thee thou art
unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
19 And
when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
20 And
he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very
froward generation, children in whom is
no faith.
21 They
have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and
I will move them to jealousy with those
which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish
nation.
22 For a
fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall
consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the
mountains.
23 I
will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
24 They shall
be burnt with hunger, and devoured
with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of
beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
25 The
sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the
virgin, the suckling also with the
man of gray hairs.
26 I
said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them
to cease from among men:
27 Were
it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should
behave themselves strangely, and lest
they should say, Our hand is high,
and the Lord hath not done all
this.
28 For
they are a nation void of counsel,
neither is there any understanding
in them.
29 O
that they were wise, that they
understood this, that they would
consider their latter end!
30 How
should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their
Rock had sold them, and the Lord
had shut them up?
31 For
their rock is not as our Rock, even
our enemies themselves being judges.
32 For
their vine is of the vine of Sodom,
and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are
grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
33 Their
wine is the poison of dragons, and
the cruel venom of asps.
34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
35 To me
belongeth vengeance, and recompence;
their foot shall slide in due time:
for the day of their calamity is at
hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
36 For
the Lord shall judge his people,
and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there
is none shut up, or left.
37 And
he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
38 Which
did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and
drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
39 See
now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me:
I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
40 For I
lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
41 If I whet
my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render
vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
42 I
will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that
with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges
upon the enemy.
43
Rejoice, O ye nations, with his
people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance
to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
44 ¶ And
Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he,
and Hoshea the son of Nun.
45 And
Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
46 And
he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you
this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words
of this law.
47 For
it is not a vain thing for you;
because it is your life: and through
this thing ye shall prolong your days
in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
48 And
the Lord spake unto Moses that
selfsame day, saying,
49 Get
thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto
mount Nebo, which is in the land of
Moab, that is over against Jericho; and
behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a
possession:
50 And
die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as
Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
51
Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of
Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the
midst of the children of Israel.
52 Yet
thou shalt see the land before thee;
but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
 
CHAPTER 33
AND this
is the blessing, wherewith Moses the
man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
2 And he
said, The Lord came from Sinai,
and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with
ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
3 Yea,
he loved the people; all his saints are
in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every
one shall receive of thy words.
4 Moses
commanded us a law, even the
inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
5 And he
was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
6 ¶ Let
Reuben live, and not die; and let not
his men be few.
7 ¶ And
this is the blessing of Judah:
and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice
of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him;
and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
8 ¶ And
of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and
thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom
thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the
waters of Meribah;
9 Who
said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he
acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy
word, and kept thy covenant.
10 They
shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense
before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
11
Bless, Lord, his substance, and
accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against
him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
12 ¶ And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of
the Lord shall dwell in safety by
him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell
between his shoulders.
13 ¶ And
of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord
be his land, for the precious things
of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
14 And
for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious
things put forth by the moon,
15 And
for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of
the lasting hills,
16 And
for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in
the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph,
and upon the top of the head of him that
was separated from his brethren.
17 His
glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like
the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends
of the earth: and they are the ten
thousands of Ephraim, and they are the
thousands of Manasseh.
18 ¶ And
of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy
tents.
19 They
shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of
righteousness: for they shall suck of
the abundance of the seas, and of treasures
hid in the sand.
20 ¶ And
of Gad he said, Blessed be he that
enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the
head.
21 And
he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was
he seated; and he came with the heads
of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord,
and his judgments with Israel.
22 ¶ And
of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's
whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
23 ¶ And
of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the
blessing of the Lord: possess thou
the west and the south.
24 ¶ And
of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be
acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
25 Thy
shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
26 ¶ There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the
sky.
27 The
eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are
the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and
shall say, Destroy them.
28
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down
dew.
29 Happy
art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the
Lord, the shield of thy help, and
who is the sword of thy excellency!
and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon
their high places.
 
CHAPTER 34
AND Moses
went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of
Pisgah, that is over against Jericho.
And the Lord shewed him all the
land of Gilead, unto Dan,
2 And
all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah,
unto the utmost sea,
3 And
the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto
Zoar.
4 And
the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham,
unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused
thee to see it with thine eyes, but
thou shalt not go over thither.
5 ¶ So
Moses the servant of the Lord died
there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.
6 And he
buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man
knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
7 ¶ And
Moses was an hundred and twenty years
old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
8 ¶ And
the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the
days of weeping and mourning for Moses
were ended.
9 ¶ And
Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his
hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the Lord commanded Moses.
10 ¶ And
there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,
11 In
all the signs and the wonders, which the Lord
sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to
all his land,
12 And
in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the
sight of all Israel.


THE BOOK OF JOSHUA.


CHAPTER 1
NOW after
the death of Moses the servant of the Lord
it came to pass, that the Lord
spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
2 Moses
my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all
this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
3 Every
place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you,
as I said unto Moses.
4 From
the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates,
all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of
the sun, shall be your coast.
5 There
shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I
was with Moses, so I will be with thee:
I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
6 Be
strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an
inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
7 Only
be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to
all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper
whithersoever thou goest.
8 This
book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate
therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is
written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou
shalt have good success.
9 Have
not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither
be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy
God is with thee whithersoever thou
goest.
10 ¶ Then
Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
11 Pass
through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for
within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land,
which the Lord your God giveth you
to possess it.
12 ¶ And
to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake
Joshua, saying,
13
Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, The Lord your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this
land.
14 Your
wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses
gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all
the mighty men of valour, and help them;
15 Until
the Lord have given your brethren
rest, as he hath given you, and they
also have possessed the land which the Lord
your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession,
and enjoy it, which Moses the Lord's
servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
16 ¶ And
they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and
whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
17
According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto
thee: only the Lord thy God be
with thee, as he was with Moses.
18
Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken
unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only
be strong and of a good courage.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND Joshua
the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the
land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named
Rahab, and lodged there.
2 And it
was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night
of the children of Israel to search out the country.
3 And
the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come
to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all
the country.
4 And
the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto
me, but I wist not whence they were:
5 And it
came to pass about the time
of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the
men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
6 But
she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks
of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
7 And
the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as
they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
8 ¶ And
before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
9 And
she said unto the men, I know that the Lord
hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all
the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
10 For
we have heard how the Lord dried
up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did
unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were
on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
11 And
as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did
there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
12 Now
therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord,
since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's
house, and give me a true token:
13 And that ye will save alive my father, and
my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver
our lives from death.
14 And
the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business.
And it shall be, when the Lord
hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
15 Then
she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt
upon the wall.
16 And
she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and
hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward
may ye go your way.
17 And
the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which
thou hast made us swear.
18
Behold, when we come into the land,
thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let
us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren,
and all thy father's household, home unto thee.
19 And
it shall be, that whosoever shall go
out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head,
and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his
blood shall be on our head, if any hand
be upon him.
20 And
if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou
hast made us to swear.
21 And
she said, According unto your words, so be
it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line
in the window.
22 And
they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the
pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
23 ¶ So
the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and
came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
24 And
they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord
hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the
country do faint because of us.
 
CHAPTER 3
AND Joshua
rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan,
he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
2 And it
came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
3 And
they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests the Levites
bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
4 Yet
there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure:
come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye
have not passed this way heretofore.
5 And
Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
6 And
Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and
pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went
before the people.
7 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Joshua, This
day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know
that, as I was with Moses, so I will
be with thee.
8 And
thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When
ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in
Jordan.
9 ¶ And
Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the
Lord your God.
10 And
Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he
will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites,
and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and
the Jebusites.
11
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over
before you into Jordan.
12 Now
therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a
man.
13 And
it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that
bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord
of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand
upon an heap.
14 ¶ And
it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan,
and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
15 And
as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests
that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth
all his banks all the time of harvest,)
16 That
the waters which came down from above stood and
rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the
plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed
over right against Jericho.
17 And
the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all
the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed
clean over Jordan.
 
CHAPTER 4
AND it
came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,
2 Take
you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
3 And
command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the
place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry
them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge
this night.
4 Then
Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel,
out of every tribe a man:
5 And
Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man
of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of
the children of Israel:
6 That
this may be a sign among you, that when
your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
7 Then
ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of
the covenant of the Lord; when it passed
over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a
memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
8 And
the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones
out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord
spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of
Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and
laid them down there.
9 And
Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet
of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there
unto this day.
10 ¶ For
the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing
was finished that the Lord
commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded
Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
11 And
it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of
the Lord passed over, and the
priests, in the presence of the people.
12 And
the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of
Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto
them:
13 About
forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
14 ¶ On
that day the Lord magnified Joshua
in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the
days of his life.
15 And
the Lord spake unto Joshua,
saying,
16
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out
of Jordan.
17
Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
18 And
it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan,
and the soles of the priests' feet
were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their
place, and flowed over all his banks, as they
did before.
19 ¶ And
the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border
of Jericho.
20 And
those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
21 And
he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask
their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean
these stones?
22 Then
ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry
land.
23 For
the Lord your God dried up the
waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which
he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
24 That
all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty:
that ye might fear the Lord your God
for ever.
 
CHAPTER 5
AND it
came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the
Canaanites, which were by the sea,
heard that the Lord had dried up
the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed
over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more,
because of the children of Israel.
2 ¶ At
that time the Lord said unto
Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the
second time.
3 And
Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the
hill of the foreskins.
4 And
this is the cause why Joshua did
circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the
wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
5 Now
all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were
born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.
6 For
the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the
people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because
they obeyed not the voice of the Lord:
unto whom the Lord sware that he
would not shew them the land, which the Lord
sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk
and honey.
7 And
their children, whom he raised up in
their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they
had not circumcised them by the way.
8 And it
came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode
in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
9 And
the Lord said unto Joshua, This
day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name
of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.
10 ¶ And
the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the
fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
11 And
they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover,
unleavened cakes, and parched corn in
the selfsame day.
12 ¶ And
the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the
land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of
the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
13 ¶ And
it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and
looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in
his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
14 And
he said, Nay; but as captain of the
host of the Lord am I now come.
And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him,
What saith my lord unto his servant?
15 And
the captain of the Lord's host
said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou
standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
 
CHAPTER 6
NOW Jericho
was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none
came in.
2 And
the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I
have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
3 And ye
shall compass the city, all ye men of
war, and go round about the city
once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
4 And
seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the
seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow
with the trumpets.
5 And it
shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and
when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great
shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend
up every man straight before him.
6 ¶ And
Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark
of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns
before the ark of the Lord.
7 And he
said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed
pass on before the ark of the Lord.
8 ¶ And
it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests
bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the Lord, and blew with the trumpets: and the
ark of the covenant of the Lord
followed them.
9 ¶ And
the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the
rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the
trumpets.
10 And
Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise
with your voice, neither shall any word
proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
11 So
the ark of the Lord compassed the
city, going about it once: and they
came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
12 ¶ And
Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.
13 And
seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord went on continually, and blew with the
trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the
ark of the Lord, the priests
going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
14 And
the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so
they did six days.
15 And
it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of
the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that
day they compassed the city seven times.
16 And
it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets,
Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the Lord
hath given you the city.
17 ¶ And
the city shall be accursed, even it,
and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she
and all that are with her in the
house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
18 And
ye, in any wise keep yourselves from
the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves
accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a
curse, and trouble it.
19 But
all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the Lord:
they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.
20 So
the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it
came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people
shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people
went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
21 And
they utterly destroyed all that was in
the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the
edge of the sword.
22 But
Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the
harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye
sware unto her.
23 And
the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and
her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all
her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
24 And
they burnt the city with fire, and all that was
therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron,
they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord.
25 And
Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that
she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even
unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out
Jericho.
26 ¶ And
Joshua adjured them at that time,
saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this
city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his
youngest son shall he set up the gates
of it.
27 So
the Lord was with Joshua; and his
fame was noised throughout all the
country.
 
CHAPTER 7
BUT the
children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the
son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took
of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord
was kindled against the children of Israel.
2 And
Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is
beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go
up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
3 And
they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but
let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but
few.
4 So there
went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before
the men of Ai.
5 And
the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in
the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
6 ¶ And
Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of
the Lord until the eventide, he
and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
7 And
Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God,
wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into
the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and
dwelt on the other side Jordan!
8 O Lord,
what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
9 For
the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it,
and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt
thou do unto thy great name?
10 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee
up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
11
Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I
commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also
stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
12
Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed:
neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among
you.
13 Up,
sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus
saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not
stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among
you.
14 In
the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it
shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the
families thereof; and the family
which the Lord shall take shall
come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man.
15 And
it shall be, that he that is taken
with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because
he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord,
and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
16 ¶ So
Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and
the tribe of Judah was taken:
17 And
he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he
brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
18 And
he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of
Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
19 And
Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession
unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
20 And
Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus
have I done:
21 When
I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of
silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and
took them; and, behold, they are hid
in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
22 ¶ So
Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was
hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
23 And
they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and
unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the Lord.
24 And
Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver,
and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and
his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and
they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
25 And
Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord
shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned
them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
26 And
they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his
anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto
this day.
 
CHAPTER 8
AND the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither
be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai:
see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city,
and his land:
2 And
thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only
the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto
yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
3 ¶ So
Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose
out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.
4 And he
commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far
from the city, but be ye all ready:
5 And I,
and all the people that are with me,
will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against
us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,
6 (For
they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they
will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before
them.
7 Then ye
shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the Lord your God will deliver it into your
hand.
8 And it
shall be, when ye have taken the city, that
ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the Lord shall ye do. See, I have commanded
you.
9 ¶ Joshua
therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el
and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
10 And
Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he
and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
11 And
all the people, even the people
of war that were with him, went up,
and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai:
now there was a valley between them and Ai.
12 And
he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el
and Ai, on the west side of the city.
13 And
when they had set the people, even all
the host that was on the north of the
city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night
into the midst of the valley.
14 ¶ And
it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it,
that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against
Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain;
but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind
the city.
15 And
Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the
way of the wilderness.
16 And
all the people that were in Ai were
called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn
away from the city.
17 And
there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and
they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
18 And
the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch
out the spear that is in thy hand
toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the
spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
19 And
the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had
stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted
and set the city on fire.
20 And
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:
and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
21 And
when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the
smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.
22 And
the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of
Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that
they let none of them remain or escape.
23 And
the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
24 And
it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of
Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were
all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites
returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
26 For
Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he
had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
27 Only
the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves,
according unto the word of the Lord
which he commanded Joshua.
28 And
Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
29 And
the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was
down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree,
and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap
of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
30 ¶ Then
Joshua built an altar unto the Lord
God of Israel in mount Ebal,
31 As
Moses the servant of the Lord
commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of
Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt
offerings unto the Lord, and
sacrificed peace offerings.
32 ¶ And
he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in
the presence of the children of Israel.
33 And
all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this
side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the
ark of the covenant of the Lord,
as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against
mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant
of the Lord had commanded before,
that they should bless the people of Israel.
34 And
afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings,
according to all that is written in the book of the law.
35 There
was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all
the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the
strangers that were conversant among them.
 
CHAPTER 9
AND it
came to pass, when all the kings which were
on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of
the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the
Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
2 That
they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with
one accord.
3 ¶ And
when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to
Ai,
4 They
did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took
old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
5 And
old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the
bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
6 And
they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men
of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with
us.
7 And
the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and
how shall we make a league with you?
8 And
they said unto Joshua, We are thy
servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are
ye? and from whence come ye?
9 And
they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of
the name of the Lord thy God: for
we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
10 And
all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of
Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
11
Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us,
saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say
unto them, We are your servants: therefore
now make ye a league with us.
12 This
our bread we took hot for our
provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold,
it is dry, and it is mouldy:
13 And
these bottles of wine, which we filled, were
new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become
old by reason of the very long journey.
14 And
the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord.
15 And
Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and
the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
16 ¶ And
it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with
them, that they heard that they were their
neighbours, and that they dwelt among
them.
17 And
the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day.
Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah,
and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
18 And
the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation
had sworn unto them by the Lord God
of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
19 But
all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel: now therefore we may not
touch them.
20 This
we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because
of the oath which we sware unto them.
21 And
the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and
drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
22 ¶ And
Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye
beguiled us, saying, We are very far
from you; when ye dwell among us?
23 Now
therefore ye are cursed, and there
shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers
of water for the house of my God.
24 And
they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how
that the Lord thy God commanded
his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants
of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because
of you, and have done this thing.
25 And
now, behold, we are in thine hand: as
it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
26 And
so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of
Israel, that they slew them not.
27 And
Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the
congregation, and for the altar of the Lord,
even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
 
CHAPTER 10
NOW it
came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had 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;
2 That
they feared greatly, because Gibeon was
a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
3
Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and
unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir
king of Eglon, saying,
4 Come
up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with
Joshua and with the children of Israel.
5
Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of
Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered
themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before
Gibeon, and made war against it.
6 ¶ And
the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy
hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for
all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together
against us.
7 So
Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all
the mighty men of valour.
8 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear
them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of
them stand before thee.
9 Joshua
therefore came unto them suddenly, and
went up from Gilgal all night.
10 And
the Lord discomfited them before
Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along
the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
11 And
it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven
upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they
were more which died with hailstones
than they whom the children of Israel
slew with the sword.
12 ¶ Then
spake Joshua to the Lord in the
day when the Lord delivered up the
Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,
Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
13 And
the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged
themselves upon their enemies. Is not
this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of
heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
14 And
there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man:
for the Lord fought for Israel.
15 ¶ And
Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
16 But
these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
17 And
it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
18 And
Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it
for to keep them:
19 And
stay ye not, but pursue after your
enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities:
for the Lord your God hath
delivered them into your hand.
20 And
it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of
slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest
which remained of them entered into
fenced cities.
21 And
all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved
his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
22 Then
said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me
out of the cave.
23 And
they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the
king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish,
and the king of Eglon.
24 And
it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua
called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war
which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings.
And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
25 And
Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good
courage: for thus shall the Lord
do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.
26 And
afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and
they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
27 And
it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and
cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the
cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.
28 ¶ And
that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the
king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he
did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.
29 Then
Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought
against Libnah:
30 And
the Lord delivered it also, and
the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the
sword, and all the souls that were therein;
he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king
of Jericho.
31 ¶ And
Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped
against it, and fought against it:
32 And
the Lord delivered Lachish into
the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge
of the sword, and all the souls that were
therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
33 ¶ Then
Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his
people, until he had left him none remaining.
34 ¶ And
from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they
encamped against it, and fought against it:
35 And
they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the
souls that were therein he utterly destroyed
that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
36 And
Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they
fought against it:
37 And
they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof,
and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had
done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.
38 ¶ And
Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:
39 And
he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote
them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as
he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had
done also to Libnah, and to her king.
40 ¶ So
Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale,
and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly
destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord
God of Israel commanded.
41 And
Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen,
even unto Gibeon.
42 And
all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.
43 And
Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
 
CHAPTER 11
AND it
came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he
sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of
Achshaph,
2 And to
the kings that were on the north of
the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in
the borders of Dor on the west,
3 And to
the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite
in the mountains, and to the Hivite
under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
4 And
they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the
sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude,
with horses and chariots very many.
5 And
when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the
waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
6 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Joshua, Be not
afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up
all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots
with fire.
7 So
Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of
Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
8 And
the Lord delivered them into the
hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim,
and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left
them none remaining.
9 And
Joshua did unto them as the Lord
bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
10 ¶ And
Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof
with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
11 And
they smote all the souls that were therein
with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with
fire.
12 And
all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and
smote them with the edge of the sword, and
he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.
13 But as for
the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save
Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
14 And
all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for
a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword,
until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
15 ¶ As
the Lord commanded Moses his
servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone
of all that the Lord commanded
Moses.
16 So
Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the
land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and
the valley of the same;
17 Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up
to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all
their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
18
Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
19 There
was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites
the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they
took in battle.
20 For
it was of the Lord to harden their
hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them
utterly, and that they might have no
favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord
commanded Moses.
21 ¶ And
at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from
Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from
all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
22 There
was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza,
in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
23 So
Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto
Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from
war.
 
CHAPTER 12
NOW these
are the kings of the land, which the
children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan
toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all
the plain on the east:
2 Sihon
king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and
ruled from Aroer, which is upon the
bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead,
even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
3 And
from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the
plain, even the salt sea on the east,
the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:
4 ¶ And
the coast of Og king of Bashan, which
was of the remnant of the giants,
that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
5 And
reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of
the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king
of Heshbon.
6 Them
did Moses the servant of the Lord
and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half
tribe of Manasseh.
7 ¶ And
these are the kings of the country
which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from
Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to
Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
8 In the
mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in
the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the
Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
9 ¶ The
king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is
beside Beth-el, one;
10 The
king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
11 The
king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
12 The
king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
13 The
king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
14 The
king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
15 The
king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
16 The
king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one;
17 The
king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
18 The
king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
19 The
king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
20 The
king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
21 The
king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
22 The
king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
23 The
king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
24 The
king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
 
CHAPTER 13
NOW Joshua
was old and stricken in years; and
the Lord said unto him, Thou art
old and stricken in years, and there remaineth
yet very much land to be possessed.
2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the
borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
3 From
Sihor, which is before Egypt, even
unto the borders of Ekron northward, which
is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and
the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
4 From
the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the
Amorites:
5 And
the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad
under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
6 All
the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive
out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the
Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
7 Now
therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the
half tribe of Manasseh,
8 With
whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which
Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even
as Moses the servant of the Lord
gave them;
9 From
Aroer, that is upon the bank of the
river Arnon, and the city that is in
the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
10 And
all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto
the border of the children of Ammon;
11 And Gilead,
and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and
all Bashan unto Salcah;
12 All
the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who
remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them
out.
13
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the
Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the
Israelites until this day.
14 Only
unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto
them.
15 ¶ And
Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.
16 And
their coast was from Aroer, that is on
the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
17
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in
the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
18 And
Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
19 And
Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley,
20 And Beth-peor,
and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,
21 And
all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites,
which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and
Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which
were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the
country.
22 ¶ Balaam
also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the
sword among them that were slain by them.
23 And
the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families,
the cities and the villages thereof.
24 And
Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe
of Gad, even unto the children of Gad
according to their families.
25 And
their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the
children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is
before Rabbah;
26 And
from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border
of Debir;
27 And
in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of
the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the
edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad
after their families, the cities, and their villages.
29 ¶ And
Moses gave inheritance unto the half
tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession
of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.
30 And
their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of
Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are
in Bashan, threescore cities:
31 And
half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining
unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
32 These
are the countries which Moses
did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan,
by Jericho, eastward.
33 But
unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any
inheritance: the Lord God of
Israel was their inheritance, as he
said unto them.
 
CHAPTER 14
AND these
are the countries which the
children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest,
and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the
children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
2 By lot
was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for
the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
3 For
Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other
side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.
4 For
the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they
gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle
and for their substance.
5 As the
Lord commanded Moses, so the
children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
6 ¶ Then
the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of
Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning
me and thee in Kadesh-barnea.
7 Forty
years old was I when Moses the
servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea
to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
8
Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people
melt: but I wholly followed the Lord
my God.
9 And
Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden
shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast
wholly followed the Lord my God.
10 And
now, behold, the Lord hath kept me
alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children
of Israel wandered in the wilderness:
and now, lo, I am this day fourscore
and five years old.
11 As yet
I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my
strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go
out, and to come in.
12 Now
therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord
spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great
and fenced: if so be the Lord will
be with me, then I shall be able to
drive them out, as the Lord said.
13 And
Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
14
Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the
Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.
15 And
the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba;
which Arba was a great man
among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
 
CHAPTER 15
THIS then was the lot of the tribe
of the children of Judah by their families; even
to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
2 And
their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that
looketh southward:
3 And it
went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and
ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron,
and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
4 From thence
it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings
out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.
5 And
the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the
uttermost part of Jordan:
6 And
the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah;
and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
7 And
the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward,
looking toward Gilgal, that is before
the going up to Adummim, which is on
the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh,
and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel:
8 And
the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of
the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and
the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the
giants northward:
9 And
the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of
Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn
to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim:
10 And
the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along
unto the side of mount Jearim, which is
Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to
Timnah:
11 And
the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn
to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and
the goings out of the border were at the sea.
12 And
the west border was to the great sea,
and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah
round about according to their families.
13 ¶ And
unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah,
according to the commandment of the Lord
to Joshua, even the city of Arba the
father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
14 And
Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the
children of Anak.
15 And
he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.
16 ¶ And
Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give
Achsah my daughter to wife.
17 And
Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah
his daughter to wife.
18 And
it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her
father a field: and she lighted off her
ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
19 Who
answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also
springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Judah according to their families.
21 And
the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of
Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
22 And
Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
23 And
Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
24 Ziph,
and Telem, and Bealoth,
25 And
Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron,
which is Hazor,
26 Amam,
and Shema, and Moladah,
27 And Hazar-gaddah,
and Heshmon, and Beth-palet,
28 And Hazar-shual,
and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah,
29
Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
30 And
Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
31 And
Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
32 And Lebaoth,
and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:
33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah,
and Ashnah,
34 And
Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
35
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
36 And
Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their
villages:
37
Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,
38 And
Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
39 Lachish,
and Bozkath, and Eglon,
40 And
Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
41 And Gederoth,
Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
42 Libnah,
and Ether, and Ashan,
43 And
Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
44 And
Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
45
Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
46 From
Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay
near Ashdod, with their villages:
47
Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages,
unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
48 ¶ And
in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
49 And
Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,
50 And
Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
51 And Goshen,
and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:
52 Arab,
and Dumah, and Eshean,
53 And
Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
54 And
Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron,
and Zior; nine cities with their villages:
55 Maon,
Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
56 And
Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
57 Cain,
Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
58
Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
59 And
Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
60 Kirjath-baal,
which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah;
two cities with their villages:
61 In
the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
62 And
Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.
63 ¶ As
for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not
drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem
unto this day.
 
CHAPTER 16
AND the
lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho
on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,
2 And
goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to
Ataroth,
3 And
goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the
nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
4 So the
children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
5 ¶ And
the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their
inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper;
6 And
the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the
border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to
Janohah;
7 And it
went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and
went out at Jordan.
8 The
border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out
thereof were at the sea. This is the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
9 And
the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities
with their villages.
10 And
they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell
among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
 
CHAPTER 17
THERE was
also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to
wit, for Machir the firstborn of
Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead
and Bashan.
2 There
was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for
the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of
Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and
for the children of Shemida: these were
the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
3 ¶ But
Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of
Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah,
and Tirzah.
4 And
they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and
before the princes, saying, The Lord
commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore
according to the commandment of the Lord
he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
5 And
there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan,
which were on the other side Jordan;
6
Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the
rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
7 ¶ And
the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand
unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah:
but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged
to the children of Ephraim;
9 And
the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities
of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh:
the coast of Manasseh also was on the
north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:
10
Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it
was Manasseh's, and the sea is his
border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the
east.
11 And
Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and
her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor
and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the
inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even
three countries.
12 Yet
the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites
would dwell in that land.
13 Yet
it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put
the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
14 And
the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing
I am a great people, forasmuch as the
Lord hath blessed me hitherto?
15 And
Joshua answered them, If thou be a
great people, then get thee up to the
wood country, and cut down for thyself
there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too
narrow for thee.
16 And
the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the
Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they
who are of Beth-shean and her towns,
and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
17 And
Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even
to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art
a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
18 But
the mountain shall be thine; for it is
a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for
thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
 
CHAPTER 18
AND the
whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and
set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued
before them.
2 And
there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet
received their inheritance.
3 And
Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you?
4 Give
out from among you three men for each
tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and
describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
5 And
they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the
south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
6 Ye
shall therefore describe the land into
seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may
cast lots for you here before the Lord
our God.
7 But
the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is
their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have
received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant
of the Lord gave them.
8 ¶ And
the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the
land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to
me, that I may here cast lots for you before the Lord in Shiloh.
9 And
the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven
parts in a book, and came again to Joshua
to the host at Shiloh.
10 ¶ And
Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord:
and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to
their divisions.
11 ¶ And
the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their
families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and
the children of Joseph.
12 And
their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the
side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward;
and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
13 And
the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended
to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth
on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.
14 And
the border was drawn thence, and compassed
the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were
at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim,
a city of the children of Judah: this was
the west quarter.
15 And
the south quarter was from the end of
Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of
waters of Nephtoah:
16 And
the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the
valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to
the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel,
17 And
was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth,
which is over against the going up of
Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
18 And
passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto
Arabah:
19 And
the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the outgoings
of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan:
this was the south coast.
20 And
Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts
thereof round about, according to their families.
21 Now
the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families
were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
22 And Beth-arabah,
and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
23 And
Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
24 And
Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
25 Gibeon,
and Ramah, and Beeroth,
26 And
Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
27 And
Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
28 And
Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem,
Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities
with their villages. This is the
inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
 
CHAPTER 19
AND the
second lot came forth to Simeon, even
for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their
inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
2 And
they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
3 And Hazar-shual,
and Balah, and Azem,
4 And
Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
5 And
Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
6 And
Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
7 Ain,
Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
8 And
all the villages that were round
about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Simeon according to their families.
9 Out of
the portion of the children of Judah was
the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of
Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their
inheritance within the inheritance of them.
10 ¶ And
the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families:
and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
11 And
their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth,
and reached to the river that is before
Jokneam;
12 And
turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor,
and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
13 And
from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and
goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah;
14 And
the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings
thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el:
15 And
Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities
with their villages.
16 This is the inheritance of the children of
Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
17 ¶ And the fourth lot came out to Issachar,
for the children of Issachar according to their families.
18 And
their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
19 And
Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
20 And
Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
21 And
Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;
22 And
the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the
outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.
24 ¶ And
the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to
their families.
25 And
their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
26 And
Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to
Shihor-libnath;
27 And
turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the
valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth
out to Cabul on the left hand,
28 And
Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even
unto great Zidon;
29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to
the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof
are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:
30 Ummah
also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
32 ¶ The
sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
33 And
their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and
Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
34 And then the coast turneth westward to
Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on
the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon
Jordan toward the sunrising.
35 And
the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer,
and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
36 And
Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
37 And
Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
38 And
Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities
with their villages.
39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.
40 ¶ And the seventh lot came out for the
tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
41 And
the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
42 And
Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
43 And
Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
44 And
Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
45 And
Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
46 And
Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
47 And
the coast of the children of Dan went out too
little for them: therefore the children
of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge
of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan,
after the name of Dan their father.
48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
49 ¶ When
they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the
children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:
50
According to the word of the Lord
they gave him the city which he asked, even
Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
51 These
are the inheritances, which Eleazar
the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes
of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before
the Lord, at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.
 
CHAPTER 20
THE Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying,
2 Speak
to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge,
whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
3 That
the slayer that killeth any person
unawares and unwittingly may flee
thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
4 And
when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of
the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of
that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that
he may dwell among them.
5 And if
the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer
up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not
beforetime.
6 And he
shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest
that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his
own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
7 ¶ And
they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount
Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron,
in the mountain of Judah.
8 And on
the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the
wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out
of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
9 These
were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger
that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand
of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
 
CHAPTER 21
THEN came
near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto
Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the
children of Israel;
2 And
they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to
give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
3 And
the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the
commandment of the Lord, these
cities and their suburbs.
4 And
the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron
the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of
the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of
Benjamin, thirteen cities.
5 And
the rest of the children of Kohath had
by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan,
and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
6 And
the children of Gershon had by lot
out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher,
and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in
Bashan, thirteen cities.
7 The
children of Merari by their families had
out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe
of Zebulun, twelve cities.
8 And
the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their
suburbs, as the Lord commanded by
the hand of Moses.
9 ¶ And
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 here mentioned by name,
10 Which
the children of Aaron, being of the
families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs
was the first lot.
11 And
they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the
hill country of Judah, with the
suburbs thereof round about it.
12 But
the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of
Jephunneh for his possession.
13 ¶ Thus
they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be
a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
14 And
Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
15 And
Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
16 And
Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two
tribes.
17 And
out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
18
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
19 All
the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
20 ¶ And
the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the
children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of
Ephraim.
21 For
they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge
for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
22 And Kibzaim
with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities.
23 And
out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
24
Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
25 And
out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon
with her suburbs; two cities.
26 All
the cities were ten with their
suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
27 ¶ And
unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave
Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and
Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.
28 And
out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
29
Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four cities.
30 And
out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
31
Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
32 And
out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be
a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan
with her suburbs; three cities.
33 All
the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
34 ¶ And
unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of
the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
35
Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
36 And
out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her
suburbs,
37
Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
38 And
out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be
a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
39
Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
40 So
all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were
remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
41 All
the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
42 These
cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.
43 ¶ And
the Lord gave unto Israel all the
land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and
dwelt therein.
44 And
the Lord gave them rest round
about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a
man of all their enemies before them; the Lord
delivered all their enemies into their hand.
45 There
failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord
had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
 
CHAPTER 22
THEN Joshua
called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
2 And
said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and have obeyed my
voice in all that I commanded you:
3 Ye
have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the
charge of the commandment of the Lord
your God.
4 And
now the Lord your God hath given
rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you
unto your tents, and unto the land of
your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side Jordan.
5 But
take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant
of the Lord charged you, to love
the Lord your God, and to walk in
all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to
serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
6 So
Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.
7 ¶ Now
to the one half of the tribe of
Manasseh Moses had given possession in
Bashan: but unto the other half
thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when
Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,
8 And he
spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very
much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and
with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
9 ¶ And
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 unto the
country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were
possessed, according to the word of the Lord
by the hand of Moses.
10 ¶ And
when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of
Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great
altar to see to.
11 ¶ And
the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against
the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of
Israel.
12 And
when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the
children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war
against them.
13 And
the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of
Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the
son of Eleazar the priest,
14 And with
him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of
Israel; and each one was an head of
the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.
15 ¶ And
they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the
half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them,
saying,
16 Thus
saith the whole congregation of the Lord,
What trespass is this that ye have
committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that ye have builded you an
altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord?
17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for
us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague
in the congregation of the Lord,
18 But
that ye must turn away this day from following the Lord? and it will be, seeing
ye rebel to day against the Lord,
that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
19
Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye
over unto the land of the possession of the Lord,
wherein the Lord's tabernacle
dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the Lord, nor rebel against us, in building
you an altar beside the altar of the Lord
our God.
20 Did
not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath
fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his
iniquity.
21 ¶ Then
the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh
answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,
22 The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel
he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression
against the Lord, (save us not
this day,)
23 That
we have built us an altar to turn from following the Lord, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering,
or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the Lord himself require it;
24 And
if we have not rather done it for
fear of this thing, saying, In time
to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do
with the Lord God of Israel?
25 For
the Lord hath made Jordan a border
between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part
in the Lord: so shall your
children make our children cease from fearing the Lord.
26
Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt
offering, nor for sacrifice:
27 But that it may be a witness between
us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord before him with our burnt offerings,
and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may
not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord.
28
Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say
again, Behold the pattern of the
altar of the Lord, which our
fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.
29 God
forbid that we should rebel against the Lord,
and turn this day from following the Lord,
to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices,
beside the altar of the Lord our God
that is before his tabernacle.
30 ¶ And
when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the
thousands of Israel which were with
him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and
the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
31 And
Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to
the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that
the Lord is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the
Lord: now ye have delivered the
children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord.
32 ¶ And
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,
unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
33 And
the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God,
and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein
the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
34 And
the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness
between us that the Lord is God.
 
CHAPTER 23
AND it
came to pass a long time after that the Lord
had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua
waxed old and stricken in age.
2 And
Joshua called for all Israel, and for
their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers,
and said unto them, I am old and stricken
in age:
3 And ye
have seen all that the Lord your God
hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord your God is he that hath fought for you.
4
Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an
inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut
off, even unto the great sea westward.
5 And
the Lord your God, he shall expel
them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall
possess their land, as the Lord
your God hath promised unto you.
6 Be ye
therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of
the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the
left;
7 That
ye come not 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 yourselves unto them:
8 But
cleave unto the Lord your God, as
ye have done unto this day.
9 For
the Lord hath driven out from
before you great nations and strong: but as
for you, no man hath been able to
stand before you unto this day.
10 One
man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord
your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
11 Take
good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God.
12 Else
if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and
shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
13 Know
for a certainty that the Lord your
God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but
they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns
in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.
14 And,
behold, this day I am going the way
of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that
not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all
are come to pass unto you, and not
one thing hath failed thereof.
15
Therefore it shall come to pass, that
as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you; so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things,
until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.
16 When
ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord
your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and
bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from
off the good land which he hath given unto you.
 
CHAPTER 24
AND Joshua
gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of
Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and
they presented themselves before God.
2 And
Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of
the flood in old time, even Terah,
the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
3 And I
took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him
throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
4 And I
gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it;
but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
5 I sent
Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among
them: and afterward I brought you out.
6 And I
brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians
pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
7 And
when they cried unto the Lord, he
put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered
them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the
wilderness a long season.
8 And I
brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side
Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might
possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
9 Then
Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent
and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
10 But I
would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered
you out of his hand.
11 And
ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought
against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the
Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them
into your hand.
12 And I
sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy
bow.
13 And I
have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built
not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not
do ye eat.
14 ¶ Now
therefore fear the Lord, and serve
him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on
the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.
15 And
if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord,
choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers
served that were on the other side of
the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and
my house, we will serve the Lord.
16 And
the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods;
17 For
the Lord our God, he it is
that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage,
and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way
wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
18 And
the Lord drave out from before us
all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the Lord;
for he is our God.
19 And
Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an
holy God; he is a jealous God; he
will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
20 If ye
forsake the Lord, and serve
strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he
hath done you good.
21 And
the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the Lord.
22 And
Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses
against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord,
to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
23 Now
therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart
unto the Lord God of Israel.
24 And
the people said unto Joshua, The Lord
our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
25 So
Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an
ordinance in Shechem.
26 ¶ And
Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone,
and set it up there under an oak, that was
by the sanctuary of the Lord.
27 And
Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us;
for it hath heard all the words of the Lord
which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny
your God.
28 So
Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
29 ¶ And
it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of
the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
30 And
they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side
of the hill of Gaash.
31 And
Israel served the Lord all the
days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which
had known all the works of the Lord,
that he had done for Israel.
32 ¶ And
the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt,
buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of
Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance
of the children of Joseph.
33 And
Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained
to Phinehas his son, which was given him
in mount Ephraim.


THE BOOK
OF JUDGES.


CHAPTER 1
NOW after
the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us
against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
2 And
the Lord said, Judah shall go up:
behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
3 And
Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may
fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So
Simeon went with him.
4 And
Judah went up; and the Lord
delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of
them in Bezek ten thousand men.
5 And
they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the
Canaanites and the Perizzites.
6 But Adoni-bezek
fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and
his great toes.
7 And Adoni-bezek
said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut
off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God
hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
8 Now
the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and
smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
9 ¶ And
afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that
dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
10 And
Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron
before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew
Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 And
from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir
before was Kirjath-sepher:
12 And
Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give
Achsah my daughter to wife.
13 And
Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him
Achsah his daughter to wife.
14 And
it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her
father a field: and she lighted from off her
ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?
15 And
she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land;
give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the
nether springs.
16 ¶ And
the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of
palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they
went and dwelt among the people.
17 And
Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited
Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
18 Also
Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and
Ekron with the coast thereof.
19 And
the Lord was with Judah; and he
drave out the inhabitants of the
mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they
had chariots of iron.
20 And
they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three
sons of Anak.
21 And
the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited
Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem
unto this day.
22 ¶ And
the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the Lord was
with them.
23 And
the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
24 And
the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew
us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.
25 And
when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the
edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
26 And
the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the
name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof
unto this day.
27 ¶ Neither
did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants
of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the
inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that
land.
28 And
it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to
tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
29 ¶ Neither
did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites
dwelt in Gezer among them.
30 ¶ Neither
did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of
Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
31 ¶ Neither
did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor
of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
32 But
the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they
did not drive them out.
33 ¶ Neither
did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath;
but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the
inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them.
34 And
the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not
suffer them to come down to the valley:
35 But
the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the
hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
36 And
the coast of the Amorites was from
the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND an
angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal
to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto
the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my
covenant with you.
2 And ye
shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down
their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
3 Wherefore
I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns
in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
4 And it
came to pass, when the angel of the Lord
spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up
their voice, and wept.
5 And
they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord.
6 ¶ And
when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto
his inheritance to possess the land.
7 And
the people served the Lord all the
days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had
seen all the great works of the Lord,
that he did for Israel.
8 And
Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord,
died, being an hundred and ten years
old.
9 And
they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount
of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
10 And
also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose
another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
11 ¶ And
the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim:
12 And
they forsook the Lord God of their
fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of
the gods of the people that were round
about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger.
13 And
they forsook the Lord, and served
Baal and Ashtaroth.
14 ¶ And
the anger of the Lord was hot against
Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and
he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could
not any longer stand before their enemies.
15
Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord
was against them for evil, as the Lord
had said, and as the Lord had
sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
16 ¶ Nevertheless
the Lord raised up judges, which
delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
17 And
yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after
other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way
which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but
they did not so.
18 And
when the Lord raised them up
judges, then the Lord was with the
judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the
judge: for it repented the Lord because
of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
19 And
it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that
they returned, and corrupted themselves
more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down
unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
20 ¶ And
the anger of the Lord was hot
against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my
covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
21 I
also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which
Joshua left when he died:
22 That
through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers
did keep it, or not.
23
Therefore the Lord left those
nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the
hand of Joshua.
 
CHAPTER 3
NOW these
are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not
known all the wars of Canaan;
2 Only
that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war,
at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines,
and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon,
from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
4 And
they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the
commandments of the Lord, which he
commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
5 ¶ And
the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and
Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
6 And
they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their
sons, and served their gods.
7 And
the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord
their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
8 ¶ Therefore
the anger of the Lord was hot
against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia:
and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
9 And
when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord,
the Lord raised up a deliverer to
the children of Israel, who delivered them, even
Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
10 And
the Spirit of the Lord came upon
him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the Lord delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of
Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim.
11 And
the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
12 ¶ And
the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel,
because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord.
13 And
he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote
Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
14 So
the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
15 But
when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord,
the Lord raised them up a
deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the
children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
16 But
Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird
it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
17 And
he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
18 And
when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare
the present.
19 But
he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king:
who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
20 And
Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for
himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose
out of his seat.
21 And
Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and
thrust it into his belly:
22 And
the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so
that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
23 Then
Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him,
and locked them.
24 When
he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors
of the parlour were locked, they said,
Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
25 And
they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of
the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was
fallen down dead on the earth.
26 And
Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped
unto Seirath.
27 And
it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of
Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he
before them.
28 And
he said unto them, Follow after me: for the Lord
hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down
after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to
pass over.
29 And
they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men
of valour; and there escaped not a man.
30 So
Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest
fourscore years.
31 ¶ And
after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six
hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
 
CHAPTER 4
AND the
children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.
2 And
the Lord sold them into the hand
of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of
the Gentiles.
3 And
the children of Israel cried unto the Lord:
for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed
the children of Israel.
4 ¶ And
Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
5 And
she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in mount
Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
6 And
she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said
unto him, Hath not the Lord God of
Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw
toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of
Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
7 And I
will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with
his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
8 And
Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt
not go with me, then I will not go.
9 And
she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou
takest shall not be for thine honour; for the Lord
shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with
Barak to Kedesh.
10 ¶ And
Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men
at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
11 Now
Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father
in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent
unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by
Kedesh.
12 And
they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
13 And
Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even
nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of
Kishon.
14 And
Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is
the day in which the Lord hath
delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the Lord
gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men
after him.
15 And
the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all
his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword
before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
16 But
Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles:
and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.
17
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the
Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of
Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
18 ¶ And
Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to
me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him
with a mantle.
19 And
he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am
thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
20 Again
he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man
doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt
say, No.
21 Then
Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and
went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into
the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
22 And,
behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him,
Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her
tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and
the nail was in his temples.
23 So God
subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
24 And
the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the
king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
 
CHAPTER 5
THEN sang
Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
2 Praise
ye the Lord for the avenging of
Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
3 Hear,
O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even
I, will sing unto the Lord; I will
sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.
4 Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when
thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped,
the clouds also dropped water.
5 The
mountains melted from before the Lord,
even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.
6 In the
days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were
unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
7 The inhabitants
of the villages ceased, they ceased
in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
8 They
chose new gods; then was war in the
gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
9 My
heart is toward the governors of
Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.
10
Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the
way.
11 They that
are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water,
there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the
righteous acts toward the inhabitants
of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.
12
Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy
captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
13 Then
he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the
mighty.
14 Out
of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among
thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that
handle the pen of the writer.
15 And
the princes of Issachar were with
Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For
the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
16 Why
abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the
divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
17 Gilead
abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the
sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
18
Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the
death in the high places of the field.
19 The
kings came and fought, then fought
the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of
money.
20 They
fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
21 The
river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my
soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
22 Then
were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of
their mighty ones.
23 Curse
ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord,
curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of
the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
24
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall
she be above women in the tent.
25 He
asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a
lordly dish.
26 She
put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with
the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and
stricken through his temples.
27 At
her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where
he bowed, there he fell down dead.
28 The
mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is
his chariot so long in coming? why
tarry the wheels of his chariots?
29 Her
wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
30 Have
they not sped? have they not divided
the prey; to every man a damsel or two;
to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of
divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet
for the necks of them that take
the spoil?
31 So
let all thine enemies perish, O Lord:
but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his
might. And the land had rest forty years.
 
CHAPTER 6
AND the
children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord
delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
2 And
the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens
which are in the mountains, and
caves, and strong holds.
3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that
the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they
came up against them;
4 And
they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou
come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor
ass.
5 For
they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers
for multitude; for both they and
their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
6 And
Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of
Israel cried unto the Lord.
7 ¶ And
it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites,
8 That
the Lord sent a prophet unto the
children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from
Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
9 And I
delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that
oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;
10 And I
said unto you, I am the Lord your God; fear not the gods of the
Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
11 ¶ And
there came an angel of the Lord,
and sat under an oak which was in
Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the
Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
12 And
the angel of the Lord appeared
unto him, and said unto him, The Lord
is with thee, thou mighty man of
valour.
13 And Gideon
said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord
be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not
the Lord bring us up from Egypt?
but now the Lord hath forsaken us,
and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
14 And
the Lord looked upon him, and
said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites:
have not I sent thee?
15 And
he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
16 And
the Lord said unto him, Surely I
will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
17 And
he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign
that thou talkest with me.
18
Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my
present, and set it before thee. And
he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
19 ¶ And
Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of
flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought
it out unto him under the oak, and
presented it.
20 And
the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and
lay them upon this rock, and pour out
the broth. And he did so.
21 ¶ Then
the angel of the Lord put forth
the end of the staff that was in his
hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire
out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the
angel of the Lord departed out of
his sight.
22 And
when Gideon perceived that he was an
angel of the Lord, Gideon said,
Alas, O Lord God! for because I
have seen an angel of the Lord
face to face.
23 And
the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not
die.
24 Then Gideon
built an altar there unto the Lord,
and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
25 ¶ And
it came to pass the same night, that the Lord
said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of
seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut
down the grove that is by it:
26 And
build an altar unto the Lord thy God
upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and
offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
27 Then Gideon
took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord
had said unto him: and so it was,
because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he
could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
28 ¶ And
when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal
was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was
built.
29 And
they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they inquired and
asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.
30 Then
the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die:
because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the
grove that was by it.
31 And
Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye
save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is
yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself,
because one hath cast down his altar.
32
Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against
him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
33 ¶ Then
all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were
gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
34 But
the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon,
and he blew a trumpet; and Abi-ezer was gathered after him.
35 And
he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him:
and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and
they came up to meet them.
36 ¶ And
Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
37
Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth
beside, then shall I know that thou
wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
38 And
it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together,
and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
39 And Gideon
said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this
once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be
dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
40 And God
did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on
all the ground.
 
CHAPTER 7
THEN Jerubbaal,
who is Gideon, and all the people
that were with him, rose up early,
and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were
on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
2 And
the Lord said unto Gideon, The
people that are with thee are too many for me to give the
Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying,
Mine own hand hath saved me.
3 Now
therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return
and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and
two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
4 And
the Lord said unto Gideon, The
people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee
there: and it shall be, that of whom
I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever
I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
5 So he
brought down the people unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water
with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise
every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
6 And
the number of them that lapped, putting
their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people
bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
7 And
the Lord said unto Gideon, By the
three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into
thine hand: and let all the other people
go every man unto his place.
8 So the
people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest
of Israel every man unto his tent,
and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in
the valley.
9 ¶ And
it came to pass the same night, that the Lord
said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into
thine hand.
10 But
if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
11 And
thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened
to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the
outside of the armed men that were in
the host.
12 And
the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in
the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the
sea side for multitude.
13 And
when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his
fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread
tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it
fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
14 And
his fellow answered and said, This is
nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered
Midian, and all the host.
15 ¶ And
it was so, when Gideon heard the
telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned
into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
16 And
he divided the three hundred men into
three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers,
and lamps within the pitchers.
17 And
he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the
outside of the camp, it shall be that,
as I do, so shall ye do.
18 When
I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are
with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say,
The sword of the Lord, and
of Gideon.
19 ¶ So Gideon,
and the hundred men that were with
him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch;
and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the
pitchers that were in their hands.
20 And
the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the
lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the
Lord, and of Gideon.
21 And
they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran,
and cried, and fled.
22 And
the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord
set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the
host fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and
to the border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath.
23 And
the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of
Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
24 ¶ And
Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against
the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan.
Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters
unto Beth-barah and Jordan.
25 And
they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon
the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian,
and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
 
CHAPTER 8
AND the
men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst
us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with
him sharply.
2 And he
said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the
vintage of Abi-ezer?
3 God
hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what
was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him,
when he had said that.
4 ¶ And Gideon
came to Jordan, and passed over, he,
and the three hundred men that were with
him, faint, yet pursuing them.
5 And he
said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people
that follow me; for they be faint,
and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
6 ¶ And
the princes of Succoth said, Are the
hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine
army?
7 And Gideon
said, Therefore when the Lord hath
delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with
the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
8 ¶ And
he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of
Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
9 And he
spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will
break down this tower.
10 ¶ Now
Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor,
and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the
east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
11 ¶ And
Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and
Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.
12 And
when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of
Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
13 ¶ And
Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,
14 And
caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described
unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.
15 And
he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom
ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands
of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men
that are weary?
16 And
he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and
with them he taught the men of Succoth.
17 And
he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
18 ¶ Then
said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at
Tabor? And they answered, As thou art,
so were they; each one resembled the
children of a king.
19 And
he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the Lord
liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
20 And
he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and
slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
21 Then
Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so
is his strength. And Gideon arose,
and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
22 ¶ Then
the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son,
and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
23 And Gideon
said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you:
the Lord shall rule over you.
24 ¶ And
Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me
every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they
were Ishmaelites.)
25 And
they answered, We will willingly give them.
And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his
prey.
26 And
the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven
hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments,
and collars, and purple raiment that was
on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
27 And Gideon
made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it:
which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
28 ¶ Thus
was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their
heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
29 ¶ And
Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
30 And Gideon
had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
31 And
his concubine that was in Shechem,
she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
32 ¶ And
Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre
of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
33 And
it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned
again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.
34 And
the children of Israel remembered not the Lord
their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on
every side:
35
Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed
unto Israel.
 
CHAPTER 9
AND Abimelech
the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed
with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
2 Speak,
I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign
over you? remember also that I am your
bone and your flesh.
3 And
his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all
these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
4 And
they gave him threescore and ten pieces
of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light
persons, which followed him.
5 And he
went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of
Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons,
upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was
left; for he hid himself.
6 And
all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went,
and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
7 ¶ And
when they told it to Jotham, he went
and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said
unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
8 The
trees went forth on a time
to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over
us.
9 But
the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they
honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
10 And
the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and
reign over us.
11 But
the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit,
and go to be promoted over the trees?
12 Then
said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and
reign over us.
13 And
the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man,
and go to be promoted over the trees?
14 Then
said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
15 And
the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of
the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
16 Now
therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king,
and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him
according to the deserving of his hands;
17 (For
my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of
the hand of Midian:
18 And
ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons,
threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of
his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)
19 If ye
then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day,
then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let
him also rejoice in you:
20 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.
21 And
Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of
Abimelech his brother.
22 ¶ When
Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
23 Then God
sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of
Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
24 That
the cruelty done to the threescore
and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their
brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the
killing of his brethren.
25 And
the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and
they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
26 And Gaal
the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men
of Shechem put their confidence in him.
27 And
they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes,
and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink,
and cursed Abimelech.
28 And Gaal
the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech,
and who is Shechem, that we should
serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his
officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve
him?
29 And
would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And
he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
30 ¶ And
when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his
anger was kindled.
31 And
he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed
and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against
thee.
32 Now
therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
33 And
it shall be, that in the morning, as
soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold,
when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then
mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.
34 ¶ And
Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were
with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
35 And Gaal
the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city:
and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were
with him, from lying in wait.
36 And
when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from
the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the
mountains as if they were men.
37 And Gaal
spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and
another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
38 Then
said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy
mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech,
that we should serve him? is not this
the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
39 And Gaal
went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
40 And
Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.
41 And
Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that
they should not dwell in Shechem.
42 And
it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and
they told Abimelech.
43 And
he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the
field, and looked, and, behold, the people were
come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
44 And
Abimelech, and the company that was with
him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the
two other companies ran upon all the people
that were in the fields, and slew
them.
45 And
Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew
the people that was therein, and beat
down the city, and sowed it with salt.
46 ¶ And
when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
47 And
it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered
together.
48 And
Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe
in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the
people that were with him, What ye
have seen me do, make haste, and do
as I have done.
49 And
all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech,
and put them to the hold, and set the
hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also,
about a thousand men and women.
50 ¶ Then
went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
51 But
there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and
women, and all they of the city, and shut it
to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
52 And
Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the
door of the tower to burn it with fire.
53 And a
certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to
brake his skull.
54 Then
he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw
thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young
man thrust him through, and he died.
55 And
when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man
unto his place.
56 ¶ Thus
God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in
slaying his seventy brethren:
57 And
all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon
them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
 
CHAPTER 10
AND after
Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a
man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
2 And he
judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
3 ¶ And
after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
4 And he
had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities,
which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
5 And
Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
6 ¶ And
the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth,
and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods
of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the Lord, and served not him.
7 And
the anger of the Lord was hot
against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into
the hands of the children of Ammon.
8 And
that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all
the children of Israel that were on
the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
9
Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah,
and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore
distressed.
10 ¶ And
the children of Israel cried unto the Lord,
saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and
also served Baalim.
11 And
the Lord said unto the children of
Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the
Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
12 The
Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye
cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
13 Yet
ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no
more.
14 Go
and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of
your tribulation.
15 ¶ And
the children of Israel said unto the Lord,
We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us
only, we pray thee, this day.
16 And
they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the
misery of Israel.
17 Then
the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the
children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.
18 And
the people and princes of Gilead said
one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children
of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
 
CHAPTER 11
NOW Jephthah
the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
2 And Gilead's
wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah,
and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
3 Then
Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were
gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
4 ¶ And
it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against
Israel.
5 And it
was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead
went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
6 And
they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the
children of Ammon.
7 And
Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of
my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
8 And
the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now,
that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be
our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
9 And
Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight
against the children of Ammon, and the Lord
deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
10 And
the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord
be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
11 Then
Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and
captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh.
12 ¶ And
Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What
hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?
13 And
the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah,
Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon
even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
14 And
Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
15 And
said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor
the land of the children of Ammon:
16 But
when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red
sea, and came to Kadesh;
17 Then
Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass
through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he
would not consent: and Israel abode
in Kadesh.
18 Then
they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the
land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the
other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
19 And
Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon;
and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my
place.
20 But
Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his
people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
21 And
the Lord God of Israel delivered
Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so
Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
22 And
they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and
from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
23 So
now the Lord God of Israel hath
dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess
it?
24 Wilt
not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So
whomsoever the Lord our God shall
drive out from before us, them will we possess.
25 And
now art thou any thing better than
Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or
did he ever fight against them,
26 While
Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all
the cities that be along by the coasts
of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
27
Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war
against me: the Lord the Judge be
judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
28
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of
Jephthah which he sent him.
29 ¶ Then
the Spirit of the Lord came upon
Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead,
and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto
the children of Ammon.
30 And
Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord,
and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
31 Then
it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me,
when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a
burnt offering.
32 ¶ So
Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hands.
33 And
he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a
very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the
children of Israel.
34 ¶ And
Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to
meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child;
beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
35 And
it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my
daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble
me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord,
and I cannot go back.
36 And
she said unto him, My father, if thou
hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord,
do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as
the Lord hath taken vengeance for
thee of thine enemies, even of the
children of Ammon.
37 And
she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two
months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity,
I and my fellows.
38 And
he said, Go. And he sent her away for
two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon
the mountains.
39 And
it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father,
who did with her according to his vow
which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly
to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
 
CHAPTER 12
AND the
men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto
Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon,
and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
2 And
Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children
of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
3 And
when I saw that ye delivered me not,
I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the
Lord delivered them into my hand:
wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
4 Then
Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and
the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the
Ephraimites, and among the
Manassites.
5 And
the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were
escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
6 Then
said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not
frame to pronounce it right. Then they
took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time
of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
7 And
Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was
buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
8 ¶ And
after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
9 And he
had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom
he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he
judged Israel seven years.
10 Then
died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
11 ¶ And
after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
12 And
Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
13 ¶ And
after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
14 And
he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass
colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
15 And
Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the
land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
 
CHAPTER 13
AND the
children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord
delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
2 ¶ And
there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
3 And
the angel of the Lord appeared
unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a
son.
4 Now
therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not
any unclean thing:
5 For,
lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no rasor shall come on his head:
for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to
deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
6 ¶ Then
the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his
countenance was like the countenance
of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
7 But he
said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no
wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to
the day of his death.
8 ¶ Then
Manoah intreated the Lord, and
said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us,
and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
9 And God
hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman
as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.
10 And
the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him,
Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.
11 And
Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the
woman? And he said, I am.
12 And
Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?
13 And
the angel of the Lord said unto
Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
14 She
may not eat of any thing that cometh
of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her
observe.
15 ¶ And
Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord,
I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
16 And
the angel of the Lord said unto
Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt
offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.
17 And
Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord,
What is thy name, that when thy
sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
18 And
the angel of the Lord said unto
him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
19 So
Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the Lord:
and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.
20 For
it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that
the angel of the Lord ascended in
the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
21 But
the angel of the Lord did no more
appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the Lord.
22 And
Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
23 But
his wife said unto him, If the Lord
were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat
offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have
told us such things as these.
24 ¶ And
the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
25 And
the Spirit of the Lord began to
move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
 
CHAPTER 14
AND Samson
went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the
Philistines.
2 And he
came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in
Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to
wife.
3 Then
his father and his mother said unto him, Is
there never a woman among the
daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a
wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her
for me; for she pleaseth me well.
4 But
his father and his mother knew not that it was
of the Lord, that he sought an
occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion
over Israel.
5 ¶ Then
went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the
vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
6 And
the Spirit of the Lord came
mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had
nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
7 And he
went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
8 ¶ And
after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of
the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the
carcase of the lion.
9 And he
took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and
mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had
taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
10 ¶ So
his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used
the young men to do.
11 And
it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be
with him.
12 ¶ And
Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can
certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty
sheets and thirty change of garments:
13 But
if ye cannot declare it me, then
shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said
unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.
14 And
he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came
forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
15 And
it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice
thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy
father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it
not so?
16 And
Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me
not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not
told it me. And he said unto her,
Behold, I have not told it my father
nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
17 And
she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to
pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and
she told the riddle to the children of her people.
18 And
the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down,
What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said
unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
19 ¶ And
the Spirit of the Lord came upon
him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their
spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And
his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
20 But
Samson's wife was given to his
companion, whom he had used as his friend.
 
CHAPTER 15
BUT it
came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson
visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the
chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
2 And
her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore
I gave her to thy companion: is not
her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
3 ¶ And
Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the
Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
4 And
Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned
tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
5 And
when he had set the brands on fire, he let them
go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and
also the standing corn, with the vineyards and
olives.
6 ¶ Then
the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in
law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his
companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
7 ¶ And
Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you,
and after that I will cease.
8 And he
smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in
the top of the rock Etam.
9 ¶ Then
the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
10 And the
men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind
Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
11 Then
three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to
Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is
this that thou hast done unto us? And
he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
12 And
they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee
into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me,
that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
13 And
they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee
into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two
new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
14 ¶ And when he came unto Lehi, the
Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that
was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
15 And
he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew
a thousand men therewith.
16 And
Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an
ass have I slain a thousand men.
17 And
it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the
jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi.
18 ¶ And
he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord,
and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant:
and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
19 But God
clave an hollow place that was in the
jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came
again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
20 And
he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
 
CHAPTER 16
THEN went
Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
2 And it
was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed
him in, and laid wait for him all night
in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning,
when it is day, we shall kill him.
3 And
Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate
of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried
them up to the top of an hill that is
before Hebron.
4 ¶ And
it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose
name was Delilah.
5 And
the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him,
and see wherein his great strength lieth,
and by what means we may prevail
against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every
one of us eleven hundred pieces of
silver.
6 ¶ And
Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound
to afflict thee.
7 And
Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never
dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
8 Then
the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not
been dried, and she bound him with them.
9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she
said unto him, The Philistines be upon
thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it
toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
10 And
Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now
tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
11 And
he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied,
then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
12
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him,
The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.
And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from
off his arms like a thread.
13 And
Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell
me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the
seven locks of my head with the web.
14 And
she fastened it with the pin, and
said unto him, The Philistines be upon
thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the
beam, and with the web.
15 ¶ And
she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me
these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
16 And
it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
17 That
he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a rasor upon
mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's
womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become
weak, and be like any other man.
18 And
when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for
the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me
all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money
in their hand.
19 And
she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him
to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his
strength went from him.
20 And
she said, The Philistines be upon
thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at
other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.
21 ¶ But
the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza,
and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
22
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
23 Then
the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great
sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath
delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
24 And
when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath
delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which
slew many of us.
25 And
it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson,
that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house;
and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
26 And
Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel
the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
27 Now
the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about
three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
28 And
Samson called unto the Lord, and
said, O Lord God, remember me, I
pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be
at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
29 And
Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on
which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with
his left.
30 And
Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his
might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew
at his death were more than they which
he slew in his life.
31 Then
his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and
brought him up, and buried him between
Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged
Israel twenty years.
 
CHAPTER 17
AND there
was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was
Micah.
2 And he
said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels
of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of
also in mine ears, behold, the silver is
with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son.
3 And
when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels
of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver
unto the Lord from my hand for my
son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it
unto thee.
4 Yet he
restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder,
who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house
of Micah.
5 And
the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and
consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
6 In
those days there was no king in Israel, but
every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
7 ¶ And
there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
8 And
the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he
could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he
journeyed.
9 And
Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I
go to sojourn where I may find a place.
10 And
Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I
will give thee ten shekels of silver
by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
11 And
the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as
one of his sons.
12 And
Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in
the house of Micah.
13 Then
said Micah, Now know I that the Lord
will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my
priest.
 
CHAPTER 18
IN those
days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites
sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had
not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
2 And
the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of
valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it;
and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount
Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
3 When
they were by the house of Micah, they
knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said
unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
4 And he
said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I
am his priest.
5 And
they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether
our way which we go shall be prosperous.
6 And
the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the Lord is your way
wherein ye go.
7 ¶ Then
the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless,
after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate
in the land, that might put them to
shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business
with any man.
8 And
they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said
unto them, What say ye?
9 And
they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land,
and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
10 When
ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath
given it into your hands; a place where there
is no want of any thing that is in the earth.
11 ¶ And
there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of
Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
12 And
they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called
that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.
13 And
they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
14 ¶ Then
answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto
their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and
teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what
ye have to do.
15 And
they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted
him.
16 And
the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by
the entering of the gate.
17 And
the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took
the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and
the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were
appointed with weapons of war.
18 And
these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the
teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
19 And
they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with
us, and be to us a father and a priest: is
it better for thee to be a priest
unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in
Israel?
20 And
the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the
graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
21 So
they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the
carriage before them.
22 ¶ And when they were a good way from the
house of Micah, the men that were in
the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the
children of Dan.
23 And
they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto
Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
24 And
he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are
gone away: and what have I more? and what is
this that ye say unto me, What aileth
thee?
25 And
the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest
angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy
household.
26 And
the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and
went back unto his house.
27 And
they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came
unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote
them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
28 And there was no deliverer, because it was
far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
29 And
they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who
was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
30 ¶ And
the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom,
the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the
day of the captivity of the land.
31 And
they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the
house of God was in Shiloh.
 
CHAPTER 19
AND it
came to pass in those days, when there
was no king in Israel, that there was
a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a
concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
2 And
his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her
father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months.
3 And
her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his
servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's
house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
4 And
his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him
three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
5 ¶ And
it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that
he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort
thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
6 And
they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's
father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and
let thine heart be merry.
7 And
when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he
lodged there again.
8 And he
arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father
said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and
they did eat both of them.
9 And
when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his
father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth
toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end,
lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your
way, that thou mayest go home.
10 But
the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over
against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and
there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.
11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his
master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites,
and lodge in it.
12 And
his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a
stranger, that is not of the children
of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.
13 And
he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to
lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
14 And
they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they
were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
15 And
they turned aside thither, to go in and
to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city:
for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.
16 ¶ And,
behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned
in Gibeah: but the men of the place were
Benjamites.
17 And
when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the
city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
18 And
he said unto him, We are passing from
Beth-lehem-judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth-lehem-judah,
but I am now going to the house of the Lord;
and there is no man that receiveth me
to house.
19 Yet
there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine
also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy
servants: there is no want of any thing.
20 And
the old man said, Peace be with thee;
howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
21 So he
brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed
their feet, and did eat and drink.
22 ¶ Now as they were making their hearts
merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house
round about, and beat at the door,
and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man
that came into thine house, that we may know him.
23 And
the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay,
my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is
come into mine house, do not this folly.
24
Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out
now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto
this man do not so vile a thing.
25 But
the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought
her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the
morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
26 Then
came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's
house where her lord was, till it was
light.
27 And
her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went
out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.
28 And
he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took
her up upon an ass, and the man rose
up, and gat him unto his place.
29 ¶ And
when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his
concubine, and divided her, together with
her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
30 And
it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from
the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this
day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your
minds.
 
CHAPTER 20
THEN all
the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as
one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.
2 And
the chief 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 that drew sword.
3 (Now
the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to
Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?
4 And
the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came
into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin,
I and my concubine, to lodge.
5 And
the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by
night, and thought to have slain me: and
my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
6 And 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.
7
Behold, ye are all children of
Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
8 ¶ And
all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent,
neither will we any of us turn into his house.
9 But
now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up
by lot against it;
10 And
we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an
hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for
the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according
to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
11 So
all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
12 ¶ And
the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What
wickedness is this that is done among
you?
13 Now
therefore deliver us the men, the
children of Belial, which are in Gibeah,
that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children
of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of
Israel:
14 But
the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah,
to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
15 And
the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty
and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which
were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
16 Among
all this people there were seven hundred chosen men
lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
17 And
the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men
that drew sword: all these were men
of war.
18 ¶ And
the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked
counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against
the children of Benjamin? And the Lord
said, Judah shall go up
first.
19 And
the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
20 And
the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel
put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
21 And
the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the
ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
22 And
the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again
in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
23 (And
the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until even, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up again to
battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.)
24 And
the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second
day.
25 And
Benjamin went forth 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.
26 ¶ Then
all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the
house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings before the Lord.
27 And
the children of Israel inquired of the Lord,
(for the ark of the covenant of God was
there in those days,
28 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? And the Lord
said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
29 And
Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
30 And
the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third
day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
31 And
the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the
people, and kill, as at other times,
in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah
in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
32 And
the children of Benjamin said, They are
smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let
us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
33 And
all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array
at Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
34 And
there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the
battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
35 And
the Lord smote Benjamin before
Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and
five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
36 So
the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave
place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they
had set beside Gibeah.
37 And
the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city
with the edge of the sword.
38 Now
there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait,
that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
39 And
when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about
thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
40 But
when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the
Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up
to heaven.
41 And
when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they
saw that evil was come upon them.
42
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the
way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in
the midst of them.
43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round
about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over
against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
44 And
there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
45 And
they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they
gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them
unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
46 So
that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that
drew the sword; all these were men of
valour.
47 But
six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and
abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
48 And
the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them
with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set
on fire all the cities that they came to.
 
CHAPTER 21
NOW the
men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his
daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
2 And
the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and
lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
3 And
said, O Lord God of Israel, why is
this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
4 And it
came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an
altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
5 And
the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that
came not up with the congregation unto the Lord?
For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the Lord to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be
put to death.
6 And
the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said,
There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
7 How
shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them of our daughters
to wives?
8 ¶ And
they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came
not up to Mizpeh to the Lord? And,
behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.
9 For
the people were numbered, and, behold, there
were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead
there.
10 And
the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and
commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the
edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
11 And
this is the thing that ye shall do,
Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
12 And
they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins,
that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the
camp to Shiloh, which is in the land
of Canaan.
13 And
the whole congregation sent some to
speak to the children of Benjamin that were
in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.
14 And
Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved
alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
15 And
the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of
Israel.
16 ¶ Then
the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that
remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
17 And
they said, There must be an inheritance
for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of
Israel.
18
Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel
have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that
giveth a wife to Benjamin.
19 Then
they said, Behold, there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh yearly in a
place which is on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway
that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
20
Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait
in the vineyards;
21 And
see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then
come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters
of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
22 And
it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain,
that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we
reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at
this time, that ye should be guilty.
23 And
the children of Benjamin did so, and took them
wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and
they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and
dwelt in them.
24 And
the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and
to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
25 In
those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.


THE BOOK
OF RUTH.


CHAPTER 1
NOW it
came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the
land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab,
he, and his wife, and his two sons.
2 And
the name of the man was Elimelech,
and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and
Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of
Moab, and continued there.
3 And
Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
4 And
they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other
Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
5 And
Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two
sons and her husband.
6 ¶ Then
she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of
Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving
them bread.
7
Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters
in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
8 And
Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house:
the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye
have dealt with the dead, and with me.
9 The Lord grant you that ye may find rest,
each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they
lifted up their voice, and wept.
10 And
they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.
11 And
Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb,
that they may be your husbands?
12 Turn
again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an
husband. If I should say, I have hope, if
I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
13 Would
ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having
husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the
hand of the Lord is gone out
against me.
14 And
they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law;
but Ruth clave unto her.
15 And
she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her
gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
16 And
Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or
to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and
where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and
thy God my God:
17 Where
thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought
but death part thee and me.
18 When
she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking
unto her.
19 ¶ So
they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they
were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said,
Is this Naomi?
20 And
she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath
dealt very bitterly with me.
21 I
went out full, and the Lord hath
brought me home again empty: why then
call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord
hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
22 So
Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which
returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the
beginning of barley harvest.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND Naomi
had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of
Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
2 And
Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears
of corn after him in whose sight I shall
find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
3 And
she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was
to light on a part of the field belonging
unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of
Elimelech.
4 ¶ And,
behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be
with you. And they answered him, The Lord
bless thee.
5 Then
said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
6 And
the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back
with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
7 And
she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the
sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that
she tarried a little in the house.
8 Then
said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another
field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I
not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art
athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that
which the young men have drawn.
10 Then
she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why
have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me,
seeing I am a stranger?
11 And
Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou
hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy
mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou
knewest not heretofore.
12 The Lord recompense thy work, and a full
reward be given thee of the Lord God
of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
13 Then
she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast
comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid,
though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
14 And
Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip
thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her
parched corn, and she did eat, and
was sufficed, and left.
15 And
when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her
glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
16 And
let fall also some of the handfuls of
purpose for her, and leave them, that
she may glean them, and rebuke her
not.
17 So
she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it
was about an ephah of barley.
18 ¶ And
she took it up, and went into the
city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and
gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.
19 And
her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where
wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed
her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom
I wrought to day is Boaz.
20 And
Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the Lord, who
hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said
unto her, The man is near of kin unto
us, one of our next kinsmen.
21 And
Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young
men, until they have ended all my harvest.
22 And
Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It
is good, my daughter, that thou go
out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.
23 So
she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest
and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
 
CHAPTER 3
THEN Naomi
her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee,
that it may be well with thee?
2 And
now is not Boaz of our kindred, with
whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
3 Wash
thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee
down to the floor: but make not thyself
known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
4 And it
shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall
lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will
tell thee what thou shalt do.
5 And
she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
6 ¶ And
she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law
bade her.
7 And
when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at
the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and
laid her down.
8 ¶ And
it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and,
behold, a woman lay at his feet.
9 And he
said, Who art thou? And she answered,
I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread
therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
10 And
he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the
beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
11 And
now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all
the city of my people doth know that thou art
a virtuous woman.
12 And
now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a
kinsman nearer than I.
13 Tarry
this night, and it shall be in the morning, that
if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's
part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the
part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth: lie down until the morning.
14 ¶ And
she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know
another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
15 Also
he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when
she held it, he measured six measures
of barley, and laid it on her: and
she went into the city.
16 And
when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to
her.
17 And
she said, These six measures of
barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
18 Then
said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for
the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
 
CHAPTER 4
THEN went
Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom
Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down
here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
2 And he
took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they
sat down.
3 And he
said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab,
selleth a parcel of land, which was our
brother Elimelech's:
4 And I
thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it
before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem
it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it,
then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside
thee; and I am after thee. And he
said, I will redeem it.
5 Then
said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife
of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
6 ¶ And
the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for
myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I
cannot redeem it.
7 Now
this was the manner in former time
in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all
things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was
a testimony in Israel.
8
Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it
for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
9 ¶ And
Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all
the people, Ye are witnesses this
day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's,
and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's,
of the hand of Naomi.
10
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my
wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of
the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his
place: ye are witnesses this day.
11 And
all the people that were in the gate,
and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into
thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel:
and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
12 And
let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the
seed which the Lord shall give
thee of this young woman.
13 ¶ So
Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a
son.
14 And
the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be
the Lord, which hath not left thee
this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
15 And
he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy
life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth
thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
16 And
Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
17 And
the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi;
and they called his name Obed: he is the
father of Jesse, the father of David.
18 ¶ Now
these are the generations of Pharez:
Pharez begat Hezron,
19 And
Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
20 And
Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
21 And
Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
22 And
Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.


THE
FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL,
OTHERWISE CALLED,
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS.


CHAPTER 1
NOW there
was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son
of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
2 And he
had two wives; the name of the one was
Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah
had no children.
3 And
this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons
of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.
4 ¶ And
when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to
all her sons and her daughters, portions:
5 But
unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.
6 And
her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
7 And as he did so year by year, when she went
up to the house of the Lord, so
she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
8 Then
said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou
not? and why is thy heart grieved? am
not I better to thee than ten sons?
9 ¶ So
Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now
Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord.
10 And
she was in bitterness of soul, and
prayed unto the Lord, and wept
sore.
11 And
she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord
of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember
me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man
child, then I will give him unto the Lord
all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head.
12 And
it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.
13 Now
Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not
heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
14 And
Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
15 And
Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am
a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but
have poured out my soul before the Lord.
16 Count
not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my
complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
17 Then
Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked
of him.
18 And
she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her
way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
19 ¶ And
they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their
house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her.
20
Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had
conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.
21 And
the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
22 But
Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go
up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may
appear before the Lord, and there
abide for ever.
23 And
Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou
have weaned him; only the Lord
establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned
him.
24 ¶ And
when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one
ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young.
25 And
they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
26 And
she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul
liveth, my lord, I am the woman that
stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord.
27 For
this child I prayed; and the Lord
hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
28
Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord;
as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord.
And he worshipped the Lord there.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND Hannah
prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord,
mine horn is exalted in the Lord:
my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
2 There is none holy as the Lord:
for there is none beside thee: neither is
there any rock like our God.
3 Talk
no more so exceeding proudly; let not
arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord
is a God of knowledge, and by him
actions are weighed.
4 The
bows of the mighty men are broken,
and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
5 They that
were full have hired out themselves
for bread; and they that were
hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many
children is waxed feeble.
6 The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he
bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
7 The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he
bringeth low, and lifteth up.
8 He
raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and
lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory:
for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon
them.
9 He
will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness;
for by strength shall no man prevail.
10 The
adversaries of the Lord shall be
broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth;
and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
11 And Elkanah
went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.
12 ¶ Now
the sons of Eli were sons of Belial;
they knew not the Lord.
13 And
the priests' custom with the people was,
that, when any man offered sacrifice,
the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of
three teeth in his hand;
14 And
he struck it into the pan, or kettle,
or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself.
So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
15 Also
before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that
sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden
flesh of thee, but raw.
16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not
fail to burn the fat presently, and then
take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me
now: and if not, I will take it by
force.
17
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of
the Lord.
18 ¶ But
Samuel ministered before the Lord,
being a child, girded with a linen
ephod.
19
Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to
offer the yearly sacrifice.
20 ¶ And
Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent
to the Lord. And they went unto
their own home.
21 And
the Lord visited Hannah, so that
she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew
before the Lord.
22 ¶ Now
Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they
lay with the women that assembled at the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
23 And
he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by
all this people.
24 Nay,
my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord's people to transgress.
25 If
one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin
against the Lord, who shall
intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father,
because the Lord would slay them.
26 And
the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men.
27 ¶ And
there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto the house
of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
28 And
did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer
upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give
unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
29
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my
habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the
chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
30
Wherefore the Lord God of Israel
saith, I said indeed that thy house,
and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them
that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly
esteemed.
31
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's
house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
32 And
thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth
which God shall give Israel: and
there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
33 And
the man of thine, whom I shall not
cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve
thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of
their age.
34 And
this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni
and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
35 And I
will raise me up a faithful priest, that
shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I
will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
36 And
it shall come to pass, that every one
that is left in thine house shall come and
crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put
me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of
bread.
 
CHAPTER 3
AND the
child Samuel ministered unto the Lord
before Eli. And the word of the Lord
was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
2 And it
came to pass at that time, when Eli was
laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
3 And
ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to
sleep;
4 That
the Lord called Samuel: and he
answered, Here am I.
5 And he
ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I;
for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went
and lay down.
6 And
the Lord called yet again, Samuel.
And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my
son; lie down again.
7 Now
Samuel did not yet know the Lord,
neither was the word of the Lord
yet revealed unto him.
8 And
the Lord called Samuel again the
third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child.
9
Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee,
that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord;
for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 And
the Lord came, and stood, and
called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy
servant heareth.
11 ¶ And
the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I
will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall
tingle.
12 In
that day I will perform against Eli all things
which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an
end.
13 For I
have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he
knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
14 And
therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house
shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
15 ¶ And
Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
16 Then
Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
17 And
he said, What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee? I pray thee
hide it not from me: God do so to thee,
and more also, if thou hide any thing
from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
18 And
Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord:
let him do what seemeth him good.
19 ¶ And
Samuel grew, and the Lord was with
him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
20 And
all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord.
21 And
the Lord appeared again in Shiloh:
for the Lord revealed himself to
Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 4
AND the
word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines
to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
2 And
the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined
battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in
the field about four thousand men.
3 ¶ And
when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore
hath the Lord smitten us to day
before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it
cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
4 So the
people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the
covenant of the Lord of hosts,
which dwelleth between the cherubims:
and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
5 And
when the ark of the covenant of the Lord
came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang
again.
6 And
when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in
the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.
7 And
the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they
said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
8 Woe
unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians
with all the plagues in the wilderness.
9 Be
strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants
unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and
fight.
10 ¶ And
the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into
his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty
thousand footmen.
11 And
the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were
slain.
12 ¶ And
there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day
with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
13 And
when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart
trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
14 And
when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and
told Eli.
15 Now
Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not
see.
16 And
the man said unto Eli, I am he that
came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there
done, my son?
17 And
the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and
there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also,
Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
18 And
it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off
the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for
he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
19 ¶ And
his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark
of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she
bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
20 And
about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear
not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
21 And
she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel:
because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her
husband.
22 And
she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
 
CHAPTER 5
AND the
Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.
2 When
the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon,
and set it by Dagon.
3 ¶ And
when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth
before the ark of the Lord. And
they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
4 And
when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the
palms of his hands were cut off upon
the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
5
Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house,
tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
6 But
the hand of the Lord was heavy
upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
7 And
when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of
Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon
our god.
8 They
sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and
said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let
the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the
ark of the God of Israel about thither.
9 And it
was so, that, after they had carried
it about, the hand of the Lord was
against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the
city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
10 ¶ Therefore
they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came
to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark
of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.
11 So
they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said,
Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place,
that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction
throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
12 And
the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city
went up to heaven.
 
CHAPTER 6
AND the
ark of the Lord was in the country
of the Philistines seven months.
2 And
the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we
do to the ark of the Lord? tell us
wherewith we shall send it to his place.
3 And
they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but
in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it
shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
4 Then
said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall
return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
5
Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that
mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he
will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your
land.
6
Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened
their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the
people go, and they departed?
7 Now
therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no
yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
8 And
take the ark of the Lord, and lay
it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by
the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
9 And
see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil:
but if not, then we shall know that it
is not his hand that smote us; it was a
chance that happened to us.
10 ¶ And
the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up
their calves at home:
11 And
they laid the ark of the Lord upon
the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
12 And
the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not
aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the
Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
13 And they of
Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat
harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and
rejoiced to see it.
14 And
the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered
the kine a burnt offering unto the Lord.
15 And
the Levites took down the ark of the Lord,
and the coffer that was with it,
wherein 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 unto the Lord.
16 And
when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
17 And
these are the golden emerods which
the Philistines returned for a
trespass offering unto the Lord;
for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
18 And
the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the
Philistines belonging to the five
lords, both of fenced cities, and of
country villages, even unto the great stone
of Abel, whereon they set down the
ark of the Lord: which stone remaineth unto this
day in the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemite.
19 ¶ And
he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty
thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
20 And
the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from
us?
21 ¶ And
they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The
Philistines have brought again the ark of the Lord;
come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
 
CHAPTER 7
AND the
men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of
Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord.
2 And it
came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long;
for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.
3 ¶ And
Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and
Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only: and he will
deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
4 Then
the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.
5 And
Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the Lord.
6 And
they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said
there, We have sinned against the Lord.
And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
7 And
when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together
to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the
children of Israel heard it, they
were afraid of the Philistines.
8 And
the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us
out of the hand of the Philistines.
9 ¶ And
Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it
for a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord: and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel; and the Lord heard him.
10 And
as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to
battle against Israel: but the Lord
thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and
discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.
11 And
the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote
them, until they came under Beth-car.
12 Then
Samuel took a stone, and set it between
Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the
Lord helped us.
13 ¶ So
the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel:
and the hand of the Lord was
against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
14 And
the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel,
from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the
hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
15 And
Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
16 And
he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and
judged Israel in all those places.
17 And
his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged
Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 8
AND it
came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
2 Now
the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were
judges in Beer-sheba.
3 And
his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes,
and perverted judgment.
4 Then
all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto
Ramah,
5 And
said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now
make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
6 ¶ But
the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And
Samuel prayed unto the Lord.
7 And
the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken
unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected
thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
8
According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought
them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and
served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
9 Now
therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and
shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
10 ¶ And
Samuel told all the words of the Lord
unto the people that asked of him a king.
11 And
he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will
take your sons, and appoint them for himself,
for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
12 And
he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set
them to ear his ground, and to reap
his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his
chariots.
13 And
he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be
cooks, and to be bakers.
14 And
he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
15 And
he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his
officers, and to his servants.
16 And
he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young
men, and your asses, and put them to his
work.
17 He
will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18 And
ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen
you; and the Lord will not hear
you in that day.
19 ¶ Nevertheless
the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will
have a king over us;
20 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.
21 And
Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of
the Lord.
22 And
the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken
unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel,
Go ye every man unto his city.
 
CHAPTER 9
NOW there
was a man of Benjamin, whose name was
Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of
Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
2 And he
had a son, whose name was Saul, a
choice young man, and a goodly: and there
was not among the children of Israel a
goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of
the people.
3 And
the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take
now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
4 And he
passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they
found them not: then they passed through
the land of Shalim, and there they were
not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.
5 And when they were come to the land of
Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was
with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.
6 And he
said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is
an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go
thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.
7 Then
said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if
we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?
8 And
the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the
fourth part of a shekel of silver: that
will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
9
(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come,
and let us go to the seer: for he that is
now called a Prophet was beforetime
called a Seer.)
10 Then
said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the
city where the man of God was.
11 ¶ And as they went up the hill to the
city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the
seer here?
12 And
they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make
haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of
the people to day in the high place:
13 As
soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go
up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because
he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards
they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall
find him.
14 And
they went up into the city: and when
they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up
to the high place.
15 ¶ Now
the Lord had told Samuel in his
ear a day before Saul came, saying,
16 To
morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and
thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that
he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked
upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
17 And
when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord
said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign
over my people.
18 Then
Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the
seer's house is.
19 And
Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the
seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and
to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.
20 And
as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for
they are found. And on whom is all the
desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's
house?
21 And
Saul answered and said, Am not I a
Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all
the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
22 And
Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made
them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons.
23 And
Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said
unto thee, Set it by thee.
24 And
the cook took up the shoulder, and that
which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat:
for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the
people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.
25 ¶ And
when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top
of the house.
26 And
they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel
called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And
Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
27 And as they were going down to the end
of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed
on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.
 
CHAPTER 10
THEN Samuel
took a vial of oil, and poured it upon
his head, and kissed him, and said, Is
it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be
captain over his inheritance?
2 When
thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's
sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The
asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care
of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
3 Then
shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of
Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth-el, one
carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another
carrying a bottle of wine:
4 And
they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves
of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
5 After
that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when
thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets
coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and
a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
6 And
the Spirit of the Lord will come
upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another
man.
7 And
let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
8 And
thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto
thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to
sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I
come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
9 ¶ And
it was so, that when he had turned
his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came
to pass that day.
10 And
when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and
the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
11 And
it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he
prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
12 And
one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
13 And
when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
14 ¶ And
Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To
seek the asses: and when we saw that they
were no where, we came to Samuel.
15 And
Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
16 And
Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of
the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.
17 ¶ And
Samuel called the people together unto the Lord
to Mizpeh;
18 And
said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered
you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:
19 And
ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your
adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore
present yourselves before the Lord
by your tribes, and by your thousands.
20 And
when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of
Benjamin was taken.
21 When
he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family
of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought
him, he could not be found.
22
Therefore they inquired of the Lord
further, if the man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
23 And
they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was
higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
24 And
Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there
is none like him among all the people?
And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
25 Then
Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people
away, every man to his house.
26 ¶ And
Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose
hearts God had touched.
27 But
the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him,
and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
 
CHAPTER 11
THEN Nahash
the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of
Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
2 And
Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition
will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and
lay it for a reproach upon all
Israel.
3 And
the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may
send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
4 ¶ Then
came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the
people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
5 And,
behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And
they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
6 And
the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was
kindled greatly.
7 And he
took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers,
saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be
done unto his oxen. And the fear of the Lord
fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
8 And
when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred
thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
9 And
they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead,
To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help.
And the messengers came and shewed it
to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
10
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye
shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
11 And
it was so on the morrow, that Saul
put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the
morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to
pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not
left together.
12 ¶ And
the people said unto Samuel, Who is he
that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to
death.
13 And
Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the Lord hath wrought salvation in Israel.
14 Then
said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom
there.
15 And
all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed
sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord;
and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
 
CHAPTER 12
AND Samuel
said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye
said unto me, and have made a king over you.
2 And
now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and,
behold, my sons are with you: and I
have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
3
Behold, here I am: witness against me
before the Lord, and before his anointed:
whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded?
whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
4 And
they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou
taken ought of any man's hand.
5 And he
said unto them, The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed
is witness this day, that ye have not
found ought in my hand. And they answered, He
is witness.
6 ¶ And
Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord
that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land
of Egypt.
7 Now
therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord, which he did to you and to your
fathers.
8 When
Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the Lord, then the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers
out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
9 And
when they forgat the Lord their God,
he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into
the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they
fought against them.
10 And
they cried unto the Lord, and
said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver
us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
11 And
the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and
Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your
enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
12 And
when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye
said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the Lord your God was your king.
13 Now
therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the Lord hath set a king over you.
14 If ye
will fear the Lord, and serve him,
and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall both ye and also the
king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God:
15 But
if ye will not obey the voice of the Lord,
but rebel against the commandment of the Lord,
then shall the hand of the Lord be
against you, as it was against your fathers.
16 ¶ Now
therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.
17 Is it
not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Lord,
and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your
wickedness is great, which ye have
done in the sight of the Lord, in
asking you a king.
18 So
Samuel called unto the Lord; and
the Lord sent thunder and rain
that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.
19 And
all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we
have added unto all our sins this evil,
to ask us a king.
20 ¶ And
Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet
turn not aside from following the Lord,
but serve the Lord with all your
heart;
21 And
turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver;
for they are vain.
22 For
the Lord will not forsake his
people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.
23
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I
will teach you the good and the right way:
24 Only
fear the Lord, and serve him in
truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
25 But
if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
 
CHAPTER 13
SAUL reigned
one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
2 Saul
chose him three thousand men of
Israel; whereof two thousand were
with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan
in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his
tent.
3 And
Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the
trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
4 And
all Israel heard say that Saul had
smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that
Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were
called together after Saul to Gilgal.
5 ¶ And
the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty
thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and
they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.
6 When
the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were
distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and
in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
7 And some of
the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people
followed him trembling.
8 ¶ And
he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed:
but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
9 And
Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he
offered the burnt offering.
10 And
it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt
offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might
salute him.
11 ¶ And
Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people
were scattered from me, and that thou
camest not within the days appointed, and that
the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
12
Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I
have not made supplication unto the Lord:
I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
13 And
Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the
commandment of the Lord thy God,
which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord
have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
14 But
now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord
hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to
be captain over his people, because
thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.
15 And
Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul
numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred
men.
16 And
Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that
were present with them, abode in Gibeah
of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
17 ¶ And
the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one
company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
18 And
another company turned the way to Beth-horon:
and another company turned to the way
of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
19 ¶ Now
there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines
said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords
or spears:
20 But
all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his
share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
21 Yet
they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and
for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
22 So it
came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found
in the hand of any of the people that were
with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there
found.
23 And
the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
 
CHAPTER 14
NOW it
came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man
that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison,
that is on the other side. But he
told not his father.
2 And
Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;
3 And
Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of
Eli, the Lord's priest in Shiloh,
wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
4 ¶ And
between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines'
garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other
side: and the name of the one was Bozez,
and the name of the other Seneh.
5 The
forefront of the one was situate
northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
6 And
Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over
unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord
to save by many or by few.
7 And
his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is
in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am
with thee according to thy heart.
8 Then
said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
9 If
they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in
our place, and will not go up unto them.
10 But
if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand:
and this shall be a sign unto us.
11 And
both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and
the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where
they had hid themselves.
12 And
the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come
up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his
armourbearer, Come up after me: for the Lord
hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
13 And
Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer
after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.
14 And
that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about
twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might
plow.
15 And
there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the
garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was
a very great trembling.
16 And
the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude
melted away, and they went on beating down one
another.
17 Then
said Saul unto the people that were with
him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered,
behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were
not there.
18 And
Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at
that time with the children of Israel.
19 ¶ And
it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on
and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
20 And
Saul and all the people that were with
him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's
sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.
21
Moreover the Hebrews that were with
the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the
country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.
22 Likewise
all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines
fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
23 So
the Lord saved Israel that day:
and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven.
24 ¶ And
the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people,
saying, Cursed be the man that eateth
any food until evening, that I may be
avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.
25 And
all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
26 And
when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man
put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
27 But
Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore
he put forth the end of the rod that was
in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and
his eyes were enlightened.
28 Then
answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people
with an oath, saying, Cursed be the
man that eateth any food this day.
And the people were faint.
29 Then
said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes
have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
30 How
much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their
enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter
among the Philistines?
31 And
they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people
were very faint.
32 And
the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did
eat them with the blood.
33 ¶ Then
they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the Lord, in that they eat with the blood.
And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.
34 And
Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me
hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the Lord in eating with the blood. And all
the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.
35 And
Saul built an altar unto the Lord:
the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord.
36 ¶ And
Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until
the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do
whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near
hither unto God.
37 And
Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou
deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.
38 And
Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see
wherein this sin hath been this day.
39 For, as the Lord
liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely
die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
40 Then
said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be
on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto
thee.
41
Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God
of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And
Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
42 And
Saul said, Cast lots between me and
Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
43 Then
Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and
said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
44 And
Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
45 And
the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great
salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the
Lord liveth, there shall not one
hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So
the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
46 Then
Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their
own place.
47 ¶ So
Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and 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: and whithersoever he
turned himself, he vexed them.
48 And
he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the
hands of them that spoiled them.
49 Now
the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names of
his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab,
and the name of the younger Michal:
50 And
the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam,
the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
51 And
Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner
the father of Abner was the son of
Abiel.
52 And
there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul
saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
 
CHAPTER 15
SAMUEL also
said unto Saul, The Lord sent me
to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel:
now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord.
2 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, I
remember that which Amalek did to
Israel, how he laid wait for him in
the way, when he came up from Egypt.
3 Now go
and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not;
but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
4 And
Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred
thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
5 And
Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
6 ¶ And
Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites,
lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of
Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
7 And
Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until
thou comest to Shur, that is over
against Egypt.
8 And he
took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the
people with the edge of the sword.
9 But
Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen,
and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that
was good, and would not utterly
destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed
utterly.
10 ¶ Then
came the word of the Lord unto
Samuel, saying,
11 It
repenteth me that I have set up Saul to
be king: for he is turned back from
following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel;
and he cried unto the Lord all
night.
12 And
when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying,
Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and
passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
13 And
Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I
have performed the commandment of the Lord.
14 And
Samuel said, What meaneth then this
bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
15 And
Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared
the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God; and the rest we have
utterly destroyed.
16 Then
Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he
said unto him, Say on.
17 And
Samuel said, When thou wast little in
thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and
the Lord anointed thee king over
Israel?
18 And
the Lord sent thee on a journey,
and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them
until they be consumed.
19
Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the
sight of the Lord?
20 And
Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the
king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
21 But
the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which
should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.
22 And
Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great
delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
23 For
rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and
idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
24 ¶ And
Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment
of the Lord, and thy words: because
I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
25 Now
therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may
worship the Lord.
26 And
Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the
word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king
over Israel.
27 And
as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle,
and it rent.
28 And
Samuel said unto him, The Lord
hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a
neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
29 And
also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
30 Then
he said, I have sinned: yet honour me
now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn
again with me, that I may worship the Lord
thy God.
31 So
Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the Lord.
32 ¶ Then
said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag
came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is
past.
33 And
Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be
childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
34 ¶ Then
Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
35 And
Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel
mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented
that he had made Saul king over Israel.
 
CHAPTER 16
AND the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou
mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill
thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I
have provided me a king among his sons.
2 And
Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it,
he will kill me. And the Lord
said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.
3 And
call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou
shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto
thee.
4 And
Samuel did that which the Lord
spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his
coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
5 And he
said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the Lord: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.
And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
6 ¶ And
it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely
the Lord's anointed is before him.
7 But
the Lord said unto Samuel, Look
not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused
him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh
on the outward appearance, but the Lord
looketh on the heart.
8 Then
Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither
hath the Lord chosen this.
9 Then
Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
10
Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto
Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen
these.
11 And
Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy
children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth
the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit
down till he come hither.
12 And
he sent, and brought him in. Now he was
ruddy, and withal of a beautiful
countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord
said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
13 Then
Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and
the Spirit of the Lord came upon David
from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
14 ¶ But
the Spirit of the Lord departed
from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord
troubled him.
15 And
Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth
thee.
16 Let
our lord now command thy servants, which
are before thee, to seek out a man, who is
a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit
from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
17 And
Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring
him to me.
18 Then
answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite,
that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war,
and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him.
19 ¶ Wherefore
Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
20 And
Jesse took an ass laden with bread,
and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them
by David his son unto Saul.
21 And
David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he
became his armourbearer.
22 And
Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he
hath found favour in my sight.
23 And
it came to pass, when the evil spirit
from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so
Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
 
CHAPTER 17
NOW the
Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered
together at Shochoh, which belongeth to
Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
2 And
Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of
Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
3 And
the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a
mountain on the other side: and there
was a valley between them.
4 ¶ And
there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of
Gath, whose height was six cubits and
a span.
5 And he had
an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was
armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
6 And he had
greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
7 And
the staff of his spear was like a
weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed
six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
8 And he
stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come
out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants
to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
9 If he
be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if
I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve
us.
10 And
the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that
we may fight together.
11 When
Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed,
and greatly afraid.
12 ¶ Now
David was the son of that Ephrathite
of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse;
and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
13 And
the three eldest sons of Jesse went and
followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the
battle were Eliab the firstborn, and
next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
14 And
David was the youngest: and the three
eldest followed Saul.
15 But
David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.
16 And
the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
17 And
Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this
parched corn, and these ten loaves, and
run to the camp to thy brethren;
18 And
carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their
thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
19 Now
Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were
in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20 ¶ And
David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took,
and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host
was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
21 For
Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
22 And
David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into
the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
23 And
as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath,
Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to
the same words: and David heard them.
24 And
all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore
afraid.
25 And
the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy
Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that
the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will
give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
26 And
David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man
that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who
is this uncircumcised Philistine,
that he should defy the armies of the living God?
27 And
the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the
man that killeth him.
28 ¶ And
Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger
was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom
hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness
of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
29 And
David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
30 ¶ And
he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the
people answered him again after the former manner.
31 And
when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
32 ¶ And
David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go
and fight with this Philistine.
33 And
Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight
with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from
his youth.
34 And
David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a
lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
35 And I
went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and
slew him.
36 Thy
servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine
shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
37 David
said moreover, The Lord that
delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he
will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go,
and the Lord be with thee.
38 ¶ And
Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head;
also he armed him with a coat of mail.
39 And
David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not
proved it. And David said unto Saul,
I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
40 And
he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the
brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his
sling was in his hand: and he drew
near to the Philistine.
41 And
the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the
shield went before him.
42 And
when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair
countenance.
43 And
the Philistine said unto David, Am I
a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by
his gods.
44 And
the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the
fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
45 Then
said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear,
and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel,
whom thou hast defied.
46 This
day will the Lord deliver thee
into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I
will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls
of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know
that there is a God in Israel.
47 And
all this assembly shall know that the Lord
saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will
give you into our hands.
48 And
it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet
David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
49 And
David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead,
that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
50 So
David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote
the Philistine, and slew him; but there
was no sword in the hand of David.
51
Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and
drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head
therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
52 And
the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines,
until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of
the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto
Ekron.
53 And
the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they
spoiled their tents.
54 And
David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put
his armour in his tent.
55 ¶ And
when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the
captain of the host, Abner, whose son is
this youth? And Abner said, As thy
soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
56 And
the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.
57 And
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.
58 And
Saul said to him, Whose son art thou,
thou young man? And David answered, I am
the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.
 
CHAPTER 18
AND it
came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of
Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own
soul.
2 And
Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's
house.
3 Then
Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
4 And
Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was
upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his
bow, and to his girdle.
5 ¶ And
David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and
behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was
accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's
servants.
6 And it
came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the
Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and
dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of
musick.
7 And
the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul
hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
8 And
Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have
ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
9 And
Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
10 ¶ And
it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul,
and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as
at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
11 And
Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it.
And David avoided out of his presence twice.
12 ¶ And
Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord
was with him, and was departed from Saul.
13
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand;
and he went out and came in before the people.
14 And
David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him.
15
Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of
him.
16 But
all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
17 ¶ And
Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to
wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him,
but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
18 And
David said unto 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?
19 But
it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given
to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
20 And
Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased
him.
21 And
Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the
hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou
shalt this day be my son in law in the
one of the twain.
22 ¶ And
Saul commanded his servants, saying,
Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and
all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.
23 And
Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth
it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing
that I am a poor man, and lightly
esteemed?
24 And
the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
25 And
Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an
hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But
Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26 And
when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's
son in law: and the days were not expired.
27
Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two
hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale
to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal
his daughter to wife.
28 ¶ And
Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
29 And
Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy
continually.
30 Then
the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went
forth, that David behaved himself
more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
 
CHAPTER 19
AND Saul
spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill
David.
2 But
Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying,
Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to
thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
3 And I
will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father
of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
4 ¶ And
Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not
the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned
against thee, and because his works have
been to thee-ward very good:
5 For he
did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel:
thou sawest it, and didst rejoice:
wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
6 And
Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he
shall not be slain.
7 And
Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan
brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
8 ¶ And
there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and
slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.
9 And
the evil spirit from the Lord was
upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David
played with his hand.
10 And
Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped
away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David
fled, and escaped that night.
11 Saul
also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the
morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to
night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
12 ¶ So
Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
13 And
Michal took an image, and laid it in
the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair
for his bolster, and covered it with
a cloth.
14 And
when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
15 And
Saul sent the messengers again to see
David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
16 And
when the messengers were come in, behold, there
was an image in the bed, with a
pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
17 And
Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy,
that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why
should I kill thee?
18 ¶ So
David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that
Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
19 And
it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is
at Naioth in Ramah.
20 And
Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets
prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed
over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also
prophesied.
21 And
when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise.
And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.
22 Then
went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one
said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
23 And
he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also,
and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
24 And
he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner,
and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
 
CHAPTER 20
AND David
fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done?
what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he
seeketh my life?
2 And he
said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do
nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my
father hide this thing from me? it is
not so.
3 And
David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found
grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be
grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there
is but a step between me and death.
4 Then
said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.
5 And
David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is
the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me
go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
6 If thy
father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
7 If he
say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by
him.
8
Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy
servant into a covenant of the Lord
with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for
why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
9 And
Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were
determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
10 Then
said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
11 ¶ And
Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went
out both of them into the field.
12 And
Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God
of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it
thee;
13 The Lord do so and much more to Jonathan: but
if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee,
and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with
my father.
14 And
thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not:
15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness
from my house for ever: no, not when the Lord
hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
16 So
Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the Lord
even require it at the hand of David's
enemies.
17 And
Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as
he loved his own soul.
18 Then
Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the
new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
19 And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and
come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand,
and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
20 And I
will shoot three arrows on the side thereof,
as though I shot at a mark.
21 And,
behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go,
find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them;
then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the Lord
liveth.
22 But
if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the Lord hath sent thee away.
23 And as touching
the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be
between thee and me for ever.
24 ¶ So
David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat
him down to eat meat.
25 And
the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's
side, and David's place was empty.
26
Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath
befallen him, he is not clean; surely
he is not clean.
27 And
it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto
Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither
yesterday, nor to day?
28 And
Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:
29 And
he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city;
and my brother, he hath commanded me to
be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get
away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's
table.
30 Then
Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of
the perverse rebellious woman, do not
I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto
the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
31 For
as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be
established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he
shall surely die.
32 And
Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be
slain? what hath he done?
33 And
Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was
determined of his father to slay David.
34 So
Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second
day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him
shame.
35 ¶ And
it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the
time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.
36 And
he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow
beyond him.
37 And
when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot,
Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is
not the arrow beyond thee?
38 And
Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad
gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
39 But
the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
40 And
Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
41 ¶ And as soon as the lad was gone, David
arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and
bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with
another, until David exceeded.
42 And
Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in
the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between
my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went
into the city.
 
CHAPTER 21
THEN came
David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting
of David, and said unto him, Why art thou
alone, and no man with thee?
2 And
David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business,
and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I
send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
3 Now
therefore what is under thine hand? give me
five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
4 And
the priest answered David, and said, There
is no common bread under mine hand,
but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from
women.
5 And
David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been
kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the
young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in
the vessel.
6 So the
priest gave him hallowed bread: for
there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it
was taken away.
7 Now a
certain man of the servants of Saul was
there that day, detained before the Lord;
and his name was Doeg, an Edomite,
the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged
to Saul.
8 ¶ And
David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or
sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the
king's business required haste.
9 And
the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the
valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the
ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it:
for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that;
give it me.
10 ¶ And
David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of
Gath.
11 And
the servants of Achish said unto him, Is
not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in
dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
12 And
David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king
of Gath.
13 And
he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands,
and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his
beard.
14 Then
said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
15 Have
I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
 
CHAPTER 22
DAVID therefore
departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all
his father's house heard it, they
went down thither to him.
2 And
every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that
was discontented, gathered themselves
unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four
hundred men.
3 ¶ And
David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my
father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I
know what God will do for me.
4 And he
brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while
that David was in the hold.
5 ¶ And
the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee
into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of
Hareth.
6 ¶ When
Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah,
having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
7 Then
Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will
the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and
captains of hundreds;
8 That
all of you have conspired against me, and there
is none that sheweth me that my son
hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that
is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against
me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
9 ¶ Then
answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I
saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
10 And
he inquired of the Lord for him,
and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
11 Then
the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his
father's house, the priests that were
in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
12 And
Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
13 And
Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of
Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God
for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
14 Then
Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all
thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy
bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
15 Did I
then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king
impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for
thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
16 And
the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's
house.
17 ¶ And
the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests
of the Lord; because their hand
also is with David, and because they
knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king
would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.
18 And
the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the
Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore
and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
19 And
Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and
women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of
the sword.
20 ¶ And
one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and
fled after David.
21 And
Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the Lord's
priests.
22 And
David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that
day, when Doeg the Edomite was there,
that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the
persons of thy father's house.
23 Abide
thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with
me thou shalt be in safeguard.
 
CHAPTER 23
THEN they
told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob
the threshingfloors.
2
Therefore David inquired of the Lord,
saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines,
and save Keilah.
3 And
David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more
then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
4 Then
David inquired of the Lord yet
again. And the Lord answered him
and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into
thine hand.
5 So
David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought
away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the
inhabitants of Keilah.
6 And it
came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
7 ¶ And
it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath
delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that
hath gates and bars.
8 And
Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege
David and his men.
9 ¶ And
David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to
Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
10 Then
said David, O Lord God of Israel,
thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to
destroy the city for my sake.
11 Will
the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy
servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel,
I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord
said, He will come down.
12 Then
said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?
And the Lord said, They will
deliver thee up.
13 ¶ Then
David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and
departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told
Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
14 And
David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in
the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him
not into his hand.
15 And
David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
16 ¶ And
Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened
his hand in God.
17 And
he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee;
and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that
also Saul my father knoweth.
18 And
they two made a covenant before the Lord:
and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
19 ¶ Then
came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself
with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
20 Now
therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come
down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
21 And
Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have compassion on me.
22 Go, I
pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told
me that he dealeth very subtilly.
23 See
therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth
himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you:
and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout
all the thousands of Judah.
24 And
they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the
plain on the south of Jeshimon.
25 Saul
also and his men went to seek him.
And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness
of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he
pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
26 And
Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of
the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and
his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
27 ¶ But
there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the
Philistines have invaded the land.
28
Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the
Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
29 ¶ And
David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi.
 
CHAPTER 24
AND it
came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it
was told him, saying, Behold, David is
in the wilderness of En-gedi.
2 Then
Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David
and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
3 And he
came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was
a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in
the sides of the cave.
4 And
the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will
deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall
seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe
privily.
5 And it
came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off
Saul's skirt.
6 And he
said unto his men, The Lord forbid
that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him,
seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.
7 So
David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise
against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
8 David
also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying,
My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face
to the earth, and bowed himself.
9 ¶ And
David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David
seeketh thy hurt?
10
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave:
and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not
put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is
the Lord's anointed.
11
Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in
that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see
that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not
sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
12 The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee: but mine hand
shall not be upon thee.
13 As
saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but
mine hand shall not be upon thee.
14 After
whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead
dog, after a flea.
15 The Lord therefore be judge, and judge
between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
16 ¶ And
it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul,
that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my
son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
17 And
he said to David, Thou art more
righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
18 And
thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as
when the Lord had delivered me
into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
19 For
if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the Lord reward thee good for that thou hast
done unto me this day.
20 And
now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom
of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
21 Swear
now therefore unto me by the Lord,
that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name
out of my father's house.
22 And
David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up
unto the hold.
 
CHAPTER 25
AND Samuel
died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and
buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the
wilderness of Paran.
2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was
very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was
shearing his sheep in Carmel.
3 Now
the name of the man was Nabal; and
the name of his wife Abigail: and she
was a woman of good understanding,
and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was
churlish and evil in his doings; and he was
of the house of Caleb.
4 ¶ And
David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
5 And
David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to
Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
6 And
thus shall ye say to him that liveth in
prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
7 And
now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us,
we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they
were in Carmel.
8 Ask
thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour
in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh
to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
9 And
when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words
in the name of David, and ceased.
10 ¶ And
Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the
son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from
his master.
11 Shall
I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my
shearers, and give it unto men, whom
I know not whence they be?
12 So
David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all
those sayings.
13 And
David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on
every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up
after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
14 ¶ But
one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent
messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
15 But
the men were very good unto us, and
we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant
with them, when we were in the fields:
16 They
were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them
keeping the sheep.
17 Now
therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against
our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial,
that a man cannot speak to him.
18 ¶ Then
Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and
five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of
figs, and laid them on asses.
19 And
she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she
told not her husband Nabal.
20 And
it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the
hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
21 Now
David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all
that pertained unto him: and he hath
requited me evil for good.
22 So
and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that
pisseth against the wall.
23 And
when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before
David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
24 And
fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience,
and hear the words of thine handmaid.
25 Let
not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is,
so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is
with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou
didst send.
26 Now
therefore, my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord
hath withholden thee from coming to shed
blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies,
and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
27 And
now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even
be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
28 I
pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure
house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
29 Yet a
man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord
shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord
thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out
of the middle of a sling.
30 And
it shall come to pass, when the Lord
shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning
thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
31 That
this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either
that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but
when the Lord shall have dealt
well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
32 ¶ And
David said to Abigail, Blessed be the
Lord God of Israel, which sent
thee this day to meet me:
33 And
blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day
from coming to shed blood, and from avenging
myself with mine own hand.
34 For
in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath
kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me,
surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth
against the wall.
35 So
David received of her hand that which
she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have
hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
36 ¶ And
Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the
feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was
merry within him, for he was very
drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
37 But
it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his
wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
38 And
it came to pass about ten days after,
that the Lord smote Nabal, that he
died.
39 ¶ And
when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath
pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his
servant from evil: for the Lord
hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and
communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
40 And
when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her,
saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
41 And
she arose, and bowed herself on her face
to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine
handmaid be a servant to wash the
feet of the servants of my lord.
42 And
Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that
went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his
wife.
43 David
also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
44 ¶ But
Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish,
which was of Gallim.
 
CHAPTER 26
AND the
Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the
hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
2 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.
3 And
Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is
before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that
Saul came after him into the wilderness.
4 David
therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
5 ¶ And
David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the
place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and
Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
6 Then
answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of
Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?
And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
7 So
David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping
within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner
and the people lay round about him.
8 Then
said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day:
now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth
at once, and I will not smite him the
second time.
9 And
David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand
against the Lord's anointed, and
be guiltless?
10 David
said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he
shall descend into battle, and perish.
11 The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth
mine hand against the Lord's
anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
12 So
David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat
them away, and no man saw it, nor
knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep
from the Lord was fallen upon
them.
13 ¶ Then
David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a
great space being between them:
14 And
David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou
not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to
the king?
15 And
David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore
then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to
destroy the king thy lord.
16 This
thing is not good that thou hast
done. As the Lord liveth, ye are
worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord's anointed. And now see where the
king's spear is, and the cruse of
water that was at his bolster.
17 And
Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is
this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O
king.
18 And
he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I
done? or what evil is in mine hand?
19 Now
therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If
the Lord have stirred thee up
against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of
men, cursed be they before the Lord; for they have driven me out this
day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord,
saying, Go, serve other gods.
20 Now
therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out
to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
21 ¶ Then
said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee
harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have
played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
22 And
David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men
come over and fetch it.
23 The Lord render to every man his
righteousness and his faithfulness: for the Lord
delivered thee into my hand to day,
but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed.
24 And,
behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be
much set by in the eyes of the Lord,
and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
25 Then
Saul said to David, Blessed be thou,
my son David: thou shalt both do great things,
and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to
his place.
 
CHAPTER 27
AND David
said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into
the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more
in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
2 And
David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of
Maoch, king of Gath.
3 And
David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam
the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
4 And it
was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
5 ¶ And
David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give
me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should
thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
6 Then
Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of
Judah unto this day.
7 And
the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and
four months.
8 ¶ And
David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and
the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land,
as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
9 And
David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the
sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and
returned, and came to Achish.
10 And
Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the
south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the
south of the Kenites.
11 And
David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So
did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth
in the country of the Philistines.
12 And
Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor
him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
 
CHAPTER 28
AND it
came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together
for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou
assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.
2 And
David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish
said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
3 ¶ Now
Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even
in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the
wizards, out of the land.
4 And
the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem:
and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
5 And
when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly
trembled.
6 And
when Saul inquired of the Lord,
the Lord answered him not, neither
by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
7 ¶ Then
said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that
I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor.
8 And
Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with
him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto
me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him
up, whom I shall name unto thee.
9 And
the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath
cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land:
wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
10 And
Saul sware to her by the Lord,
saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment
happen to thee for this thing.
11 Then
said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up
Samuel.
12 And
when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to
Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
13 And
the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said
unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
14 And
he said unto her, What form is he of?
And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is
covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his
face to the ground, and bowed himself.
15 ¶ And
Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul
answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God
is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by
dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what
I shall do.
16 Then
said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become
thine enemy?
17 And
the Lord hath done to him, as he
spake by me: for the Lord hath
rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David:
18
Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord,
nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day.
19
Moreover the Lord will also
deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the Lord also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of
the Philistines.
20 Then
Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of
the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no
bread all the day, nor all the night.
21 ¶ And
the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him,
Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my
hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
22 Now
therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and
let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have
strength, when thou goest on thy way.
23 But
he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the
woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the
earth, and sat upon the bed.
24 And
the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took
flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened
bread thereof:
25 And
she brought it before Saul, and
before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that
night.
 
CHAPTER 29
NOW the
Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites
pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
2 And
the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David
and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
3 Then
said the princes of the Philistines, What do
these Hebrews here? And Achish said
unto the princes of the Philistines, Is
not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me
these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me
unto this day?
4 And
the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the
Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his
place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle,
lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile
himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?
5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one
to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
6 ¶ Then
Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth,
thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host
is good in my sight: for I have not
found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day:
nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
7
Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the
Philistines.
8 ¶ And
David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy
servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight
against the enemies of my lord the king?
9 And
Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art 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.
10
Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are
come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light,
depart.
11 So
David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the
land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
 
CHAPTER 30
AND it
came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that
the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and
burned it with fire;
2 And
had taken the women captives, that were
therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
3 ¶ So
David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire;
and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
4 Then
David and the people that were with
him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
5 And
David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail
the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6 And
David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the
soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his
daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord
his God.
7 And
David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me
hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
8 And
David inquired at the Lord,
saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered
him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them,
and without fail recover all.
9 So
David went, he and the six hundred men that were
with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind
stayed.
10 But
David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which
were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
11 ¶ And
they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him
bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
12 And
they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when
he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk
any water, three days and three
nights.
13 And
David said unto him, To whom belongest
thou? and whence art thou? And he
said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant
to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
14 We
made an invasion upon the south of
the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned
Ziklag with fire.
15 And
David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear
unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands
of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
16 ¶ And
when he had brought him down, behold, they
were spread abroad upon all the
earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that
they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of
Judah.
17 And
David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and
there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon
camels, and fled.
18 And
David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his
two wives.
19 And
there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor
daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing
that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
20 And
David took all the flocks and the herds, which
they drave before those other cattle,
and said, This is David's spoil.
21 ¶ And
David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow
David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth
to meet David, and to meet the people that were
with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
22 Then
answered all the wicked men and men of
Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us,
we will not give them ought of the
spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that
they may lead them away, and depart.
23 Then
said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath preserved
us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
24 For
who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that
tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
25 And
it was so from that day forward, that
he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
26 ¶ And
when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present
for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord;
27 To them which were in Beth-el, and to them
which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
28 And
to them which were in Aroer, and to them
which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
29 And
to them which were in Rachal, and to them
which were in the cities of the
Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,
30 And
to them which were in Hormah, and to them
which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach,
31 And
to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his
men were wont to haunt.
 
CHAPTER 31
NOW the
Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the
Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
2 And
the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines
slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons.
3 And
the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore
wounded of the archers.
4 Then
said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through
therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me.
But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a
sword, and fell upon it.
5 And
when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword,
and died with him.
6 So
Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same
day together.
7 ¶ And
when the men of Israel that were on
the other side of the valley, and they
that were on the other side Jordan, saw
that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook
the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
8 And it
came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that
they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
9 And
they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of
the Philistines round about, to publish it
in the house of their idols, and
among the people.
10 And
they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to
the wall of Beth-shan.
11 ¶ And
when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had
done to Saul;
12 All
the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the
bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt
them there.
13 And
they took their bones, and buried them
under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.


THE
SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL,
OTHERWISE CALLED,
THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS.


CHAPTER 1
NOW it
came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the
slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
2 It
came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp
from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that
he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
3 And
David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the
camp of Israel am I escaped.
4 And
David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he
answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also
are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
5 And
David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and
Jonathan his son be dead?
6 And
the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa,
behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed
hard after him.
7 And
when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.
8 And he
said unto me, Who art thou? And I
answered him, I am an Amalekite.
9 He
said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is
come upon me, because my life is yet
whole in me.
10 So I
stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after
that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
11 Then
David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
12 And
they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his
son, and for the people of the Lord,
and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
13 ¶ And
David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am
the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
14 And
David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to
destroy the Lord's anointed?
15 And
David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
16 And
David said unto him, Thy blood be upon
thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord's anointed.
17 ¶ And
David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
18 (Also
he bade them teach the children of Judah the
use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
19 The
beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest
the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the
uncircumcised triumph.
21 Ye
mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of
the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had
not been anointed with oil.
22 From
the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned
not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
23 Saul
and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant
in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter
than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
24 Ye
daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of
gold upon your apparel.
25 How
are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast
slain in thine high places.
26 I am
distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me:
thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
27 How
are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
 
CHAPTER 2
AND it
came to pass after this, that David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And
the Lord said unto him, Go up. And
David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.
2 So
David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and
Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
3 And
his men that were with him did David
bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
4 And
the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of
Judah. And they told David, saying, That
the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.
5 ¶ And
David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed
be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
6 And
now the Lord shew kindness and
truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done
this thing.
7
Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your
master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over
them.
8 ¶ But
Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul,
and brought him over to Mahanaim;
9 And
made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over
Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
10 Ish-bosheth
Saul's son was forty years old when
he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah
followed David.
11 And
the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years
and six months.
12 ¶ And
Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out
from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
13 And
Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together
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.
14 And
Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab
said, Let them arise.
15 Then
there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of
Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
16 And
they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together:
wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
17 And
there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of
Israel, before the servants of David.
18 ¶ And
there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and
Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
19 And
Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to
the left from following Abner.
20 Then Abner
looked behind him, and said, Art thou
Asahel? And he answered, I am.
21 And
Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay
thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would
not turn aside from following of him.
22 And
Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should
I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy
brother?
23
Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the
spear smote him under the fifth rib,
that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the
same place: and it came to pass, that
as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
24 Joab
also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come
to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before
Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
25 ¶ And
the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became
one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
26 Then
Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou
not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then,
ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
27 And
Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou
hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from
following his brother.
28 So
Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel
no more, neither fought they any more.
29 And
Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over
Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
30 And
Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people
together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
31 But
the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that
three hundred and threescore men died.
32 ¶ And
they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in
Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at
break of day.
 
CHAPTER 3
NOW there
was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed
stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
2 ¶ And
unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam
the Jezreelitess;
3 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;
4 And
the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of
Abital;
5 And
the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
6 ¶ And
it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of
David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.
7 And
Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah,
the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast
thou gone in unto my father's concubine?
8 Then
was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah
do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and
to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou
chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
9 So do God
to Abner, and more also, except, as the Lord
hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
10 To
translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David
over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba.
11 And
he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.
12 ¶ And
Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
13 ¶ And
he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee,
that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's
daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
14 And
David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to
me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
15 And Ish-bosheth
sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.
16 And
her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner
unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
17 ¶ And
Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David
in times past to be king over you:
18 Now
then do it: for the Lord hath 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.
19 And
Abner also spake 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 that seemed good to
the whole house of Benjamin.
20 So
Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner
and the men that were with him a
feast.
21 And
Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my
lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest
reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he
went in peace.
22 ¶ And,
behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner
was not with David in Hebron; for he
had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
23 When
Joab and all the host that was with
him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and
he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
24 Then
Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto
thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?
25 Thou
knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy
going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
26 And
when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which
brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.
27 And
when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak
with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
28 ¶ And
afterward when David heard it, he
said, I and my kingdom are guiltless
before the Lord for ever from the
blood of Abner the son of Ner:
29 Let
it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not
fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that
leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.
30 So
Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother
Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
31 ¶ And
David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn
before Abner. And king David himself followed
the bier.
32 And
they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the
grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
33 And
the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
34 Thy
hands were not bound, nor thy feet
put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.
35 And
when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David
sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else,
till the sun be down.
36 And
all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever
the king did pleased all the people.
37 For
all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king
to slay Abner the son of Ner.
38 And
the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great
man fallen this day in Israel?
39 And I
am this day weak, though anointed
king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be
too hard for me: the Lord shall reward
the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
 
CHAPTER 4
AND when
Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all
the Israelites were troubled.
2 And
Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the
one was Baanah, and the name of the
other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for
Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:
3 And
the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
4 And
Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan
out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as
she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
5 And
the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the
heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
6 And
they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have
fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
7 For
when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they
smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away
through the plain all night.
8 And
they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king,
Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy
life; and the Lord hath avenged my
lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
9 ¶ And
David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the
Beerothite, and said unto them, As the
Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my
soul out of all adversity,
10 When
one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good
tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
11 How
much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon
his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you
away from the earth?
12 And
David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and
their feet, and hanged them up over the
pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
 
CHAPTER 5
THEN came
all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 Also
in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and
broughtest in Israel: and the Lord
said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain
over Israel.
3 So all
the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league
with them in Hebron before the Lord:
and they anointed David king over Israel.
4 ¶ David
was thirty years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned forty years.
5 In
Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he
reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
6 ¶ And
the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of
the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and
the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
7
Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
8 And
David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the
Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that
are hated of David's soul, he shall
be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind
and the lame shall not come into the house.
9 So
David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round
about from Millo and inward.
10 And
David went on, and grew great, and the Lord
God of hosts was with him.
11 ¶ And
Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters,
and masons: and they built David an house.
12 And
David perceived that the Lord had
established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his
people Israel's sake.
13 ¶ And
David took him more concubines and
wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons
and daughters born to David.
14 And
these be the names of those that were
born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
15 Ibhar
also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
16 And
Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
17 ¶ But
when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all
the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to
the hold.
18 The
Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
19 And
David inquired of the Lord,
saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine
hand? And the Lord said unto
David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
20 And
David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies
before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
21 And
there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
22 ¶ And
the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of
Rephaim.
23 And
when David inquired of the Lord,
he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch
a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
24 And
let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry
trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the
host of the Philistines.
25 And
David did so, as the Lord had
commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
 
CHAPTER 6
AGAIN,
David gathered together all the chosen
men of Israel, thirty thousand.
2 And
David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of
God, whose name is called by the name of the Lord
of hosts that dwelleth between the
cherubims.
3 And
they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of
Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and
Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
4 And
they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the
ark.
5 And
David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments
made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and
on cornets, and on cymbals.
6 ¶ And
when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God,
and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
7 And
the anger of the Lord was kindled
against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his
error; and there he died by the ark of God.
8 And
David was displeased, because the Lord
had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah
to this day.
9 And
David was afraid of the Lord that
day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord
come to me?
10 So
David would not remove the ark of the Lord
unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom
the Gittite.
11 And the
ark of the Lord continued in the
house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the Lord blessed Obed-edom, and all his household.
12 ¶ And
it was told king David, saying, The Lord
hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and
brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David
with gladness.
13 And
it was so, that when they that bare
the ark of the Lord had gone six
paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
14 And
David danced before the Lord with
all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
15 So
David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of
the trumpet.
16 And
as the ark of the Lord came into
the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king
David leaping and dancing before the Lord;
and she despised him in her heart.
17 ¶ And
they brought in the ark of the Lord,
and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for
it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
18 And
as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace
offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.
19 And
he dealt among all the people, even among
the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake
of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the
people departed every one to his house.
20 ¶ Then
David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out
to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who
uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one
of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
21 And
David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord, which chose me before thy father, and before all his
house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel: therefore will I play before the Lord.
22 And I
will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the
maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
23
Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.
 
CHAPTER 7
AND it
came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
2 That
the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar,
but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
3 And
Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is
in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee.
4 ¶ And
it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying,
5 Go and
tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord,
Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
6 Whereas
I have not dwelt in any house since
the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day,
but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
7 In all
the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake
I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people
Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
8 Now
therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the
sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
9 And I
was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies
out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the
great men that are in the earth.
10 Moreover
I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may
dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of
wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
11 And
as since the time that I commanded judges to
be over my people Israel, and have
caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
12 ¶ And
when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set
up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will
establish his kingdom.
13 He
shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom
for ever.
14 I
will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten
him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
15 But
my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
16 And
thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy
throne shall be established for ever.
17
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan
speak unto David.
18 ¶ Then
went king David in, and sat before the Lord,
and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
19 And
this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a
great while to come. And is this the
manner of man, O Lord God?
20 And
what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant.
21 For
thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these
great things, to make thy servant know them.
22
Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God:
for there is none like thee, neither is
there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our
ears.
23 And
what one nation in the earth is like
thy people, even like Israel, whom God
went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for
you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst
to thee from Egypt, from the nations
and their gods?
24 For
thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee
for ever: and thou, Lord, art
become their God.
25 And
now, O Lord God, the word that
thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
26 And
let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the
God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before
thee.
27 For
thou, O Lord of hosts, God of
Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house:
therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
28 And
now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and
thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
29
Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may
continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it:
and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
 
CHAPTER 8
AND after
this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and
David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 And he
smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground;
even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep
alive. And so the Moabites became
David's servants, and brought gifts.
3 ¶ David
smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover
his border at the river Euphrates.
4 And
David took from him a thousand chariots,
and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all
the chariot horses, but reserved of
them for an hundred chariots.
5 And
when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David
slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
6 Then
David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to
David, and brought gifts. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he
went.
7 And
David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and
brought them to Jerusalem.
8 And
from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding
much brass.
9 ¶ When
Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
10 Then
Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him,
because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had
wars with Toi. And Joram brought with
him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
11 Which
also king David did dedicate unto the Lord,
with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
12 Of
Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and
of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
13 And
David gat him a name when he returned
from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
14 ¶ And
he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of
Edom became David's servants. And the Lord
preserved David whithersoever he went.
15 And
David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all
his people.
16 And
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the
host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was
recorder;
17 And
Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
18 And
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the
Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
 
CHAPTER 9
AND David
said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him
kindness for Jonathan's sake?
2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said
unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said,
Thy servant is he.
3 And
the king said, Is there not yet any
of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said
unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which
is lame on his feet.
4 And
the king said unto him, Where is he?
And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is
in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.
5 ¶ Then
king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel,
from Lo-debar.
6 Now
when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David,
he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he
answered, Behold thy servant!
7 ¶ And
David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for
Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy
father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
8 And he
bowed himself, and said, What is thy
servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
9 ¶ Then
the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto
thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house.
10 Thou
therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and
thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have
food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my
table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
11 Then
said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded
his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one
of the king's sons.
12 And
Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was
Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
13 So
Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's
table; and was lame on both his feet.
 
CHAPTER 10
AND it
came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun
his son reigned in his stead.
2 Then
said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father
shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his
servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the
children of Ammon.
3 And
the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou
that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath
not David rather sent his servants
unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
4
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their
beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
5 When
they told it unto David, he sent to
meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at
Jericho until your beards be grown, and then
return.
6 ¶ And
when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of
Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty
thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand
men.
7 And
when David heard of it, he sent Joab,
and all the host of the mighty men.
8 And
the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in
of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
9 When
Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he
chose of all the choice men of
Israel, and put them in array against
the Syrians:
10 And
the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that
he might put them in array against the
children of Ammon.
11 And
he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if
the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
12 Be of
good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our
God: and the Lord do that which
seemeth him good.
13 And
Joab drew nigh, and the people that were
with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
14 And
when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also
before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children
of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
15 ¶ And
when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered
themselves together.
16 And
Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the
captain of the host of Hadarezer went
before them.
17 And
when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over
Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against
David, and fought with him.
18 And
the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the
Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their
host, who died there.
19 And
when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they
were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So
the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
 
CHAPTER 11
AND it
came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle,
that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they
destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at
Jerusalem.
2 ¶ And
it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked
upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing
herself; and the woman was very
beautiful to look upon.
3 And
David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba,
the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
4 And
David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with
her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her
house.
5 And
the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
6 ¶ And
David sent to Joab, saying, Send me
Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7 And
when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and
how the people did, and how the war prospered.
8 And
David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah
departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat
from the king.
9 But
Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord,
and went not down to his house.
10 And
when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David
said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy
journey? why then didst thou not go
down unto thine house?
11 And
Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my
lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall
I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
12 And
David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee
depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
13 And
when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him
drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord,
but went not down to his house.
14 ¶ And
it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
15 And
he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest
battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
16 And
it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a
place where he knew that valiant men were.
17 And
the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of
David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
18 ¶ Then
Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
19 And
charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the
matters of the war unto the king,
20 And
if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore
approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they
would shoot from the wall?
21 Who
smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a
millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the
wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
22 ¶ So
the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
23 And
the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came
out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the
gate.
24 And
the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the
Hittite is dead also.
25 Then
David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this
thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy
battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
26 ¶ And
when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for
her husband.
27 And
when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she
became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done
displeased the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 12
AND the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came
unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and
the other poor.
2 The
rich man had exceeding many flocks and
herds:
3 But
the poor man had nothing, save one
little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with
him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own
cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
4 And
there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own
flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto
him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to
him.
5 And
David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord
liveth, the man that hath done this thing
shall surely die:
6 And he
shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had
no pity.
7 ¶ And
Nathan said to David, Thou art the
man. Thus saith the Lord God of
Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand
of Saul;
8 And I
gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave
thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have
given unto thee such and such things.
9
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the
Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast
slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
10 Now
therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast
despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
11 Thus
saith the Lord, Behold, I will
raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives
before thine eyes, and give them unto
thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
12 For
thou didst it secretly: but I will do
this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
13 And
David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou
shalt not die.
14
Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of
the Lord to blaspheme, the child also
that is born unto thee shall surely die.
15 ¶ And
Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord
struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
16 David
therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay
all night upon the earth.
17 And
the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the
earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
18 And
it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of
David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while
the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice:
how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
19 But
when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was
dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said,
He is dead.
20 Then
David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his
own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
21 Then
said his servants unto him, What thing is
this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when
the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
22 And
he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can
tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
23 But
now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go
to him, but he shall not return to me.
24 ¶ And
David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her:
and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the Lord loved him.
25 And
he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah,
because of the Lord.
26 ¶ And
Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
27 And
Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have
taken the city of waters.
28 Now
therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city,
and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
29 And
David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against
it, and took it.
30 And
he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious
stones: and it was set on David's
head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
31 And
he brought forth the people that were
therein, and put them under saws, and
under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the
brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David
and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
 
CHAPTER 13
AND it
came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose
name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of
David loved her.
2 And
Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard
for him to do any thing to her.
3 But
Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab,
the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
4 And he
said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to
day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother
Absalom's sister.
5 And
Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and
when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister
Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
6 ¶ So
Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him,
Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a
couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
7 Then
David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress
him meat.
8 So
Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took
flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes
in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
9 And
she took a pan, and poured them out
before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And
they went out every man from him.
10 And
Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine
hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her
brother.
11 And
when she had brought them unto him to
eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
12 And
she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to
be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
13 And
I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one
of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he
will not withhold me from thee.
14
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she,
forced her, and lay with her.
15 ¶ Then
Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had
loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
16 And
she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me
away is greater than the other that
thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
17 Then
he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door
after her.
18 And she had
a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's
daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and
bolted the door after her.
19 ¶ And
Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head,
and went on crying.
20 And
Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but
hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy
brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother
Absalom's house.
21 ¶ But
when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
22 And
Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated
Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
23 ¶ And
it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor,
which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom
invited all the king's sons.
24 And
Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers;
let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
25 And
the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be
chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed
him.
26 Then
said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the
king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
27 But
Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
28 ¶ Now
Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is
merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not:
have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
29 And
the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the
king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.
30 ¶ And
it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David,
saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them
left.
31 Then
the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his
servants stood by with their clothes rent.
32 And
Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord
suppose that they have slain all the
young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of
Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
33 Now
therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that
all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
34 But
Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and
looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind
him.
35 And
Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said,
so it is.
36 And
it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the
king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all
his servants wept very sore.
37 ¶ But
Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
38 So
Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
39 And the soul
of king David longed to go forth unto
Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
 
CHAPTER 14
NOW Joab
the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
2 And
Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray
thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and
anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for
the dead:
3 And
come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in
her mouth.
4 ¶ And
when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground,
and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
5 And
the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine
husband is dead.
6 And
thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
7 And,
behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said,
Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his
brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall
quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the
earth.
8 And
the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge
concerning thee.
9 And
the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the
king and his throne be guiltless.
10 And
the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto
thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
11 Then
said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of
blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord
liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
12 Then
the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
13 And
the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the
people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in
that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
14 For
we must needs die, and are as water
spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect
any person: yet doth he devise means,
that his banished be not expelled from him.
15 Now
therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is
because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak
unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
16 For
the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would
destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
17 Then
thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for
as an angel of God, so is my lord the
king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord
thy God will be with thee.
18 Then
the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the
thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
19 And
the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all
this? And the woman answered and said, As
thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the
left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he
bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
20 To
fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my
lord is wise, according to the wisdom
of an angel of God, to know all things
that are in the earth.
21 ¶ And
the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore,
bring the young man Absalom again.
22 And
Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king:
and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight,
my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
23 So
Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
24 And
the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So
Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.
25 ¶ But
in all Israel there was none 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 blemish in
him.
26 And
when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on
him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred
shekels after the king's weight.
27 And
unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
28 ¶ So
Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
29
Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not
come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
30
Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he
hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field
on fire.
31 Then
Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his
house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
32 And
Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I
may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had
been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me
see the king's face; and if there be any
iniquity in me, let him kill me.
33 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.
 
CHAPTER 15
AND it
came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and
fifty men to run before him.
2 And
Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a
controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and
said, Of what city art thou? And he
said, Thy servant is of one of the
tribes of Israel.
3 And
Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are
good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
4
Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man
which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
5 And it
was so, that when any man came nigh to him
to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
6 And on
this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so
Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
7 ¶ And
it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray
thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, in Hebron.
8 For
thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem,
then I will serve the Lord.
9 And
the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
10 ¶ But
Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye
hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
11 And
with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and
they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.
12 And
Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counseller, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices.
And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with
Absalom.
13 ¶ And
there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are
after Absalom.
14 And
David said unto all his servants that were
with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to
depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the
city with the edge of the sword.
15 And
the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready
to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
16 And
the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten
women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
17 And
the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that
was far off.
18 And
all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the
Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath,
passed on before the king.
19 ¶ Then
said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return
to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
20
Whereas thou camest but yesterday,
should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return
thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
21 And
Ittai answered the king, and said, As
the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in
what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also
will thy servant be.
22 And
David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and
all his men, and all the little ones that were
with him.
23 And
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.
24 ¶ And
lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were
with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God;
and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
25 And
the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall
find favour in the eyes of the Lord,
he will bring me again, and shew me both
it, and his habitation:
26 But
if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to
me as seemeth good unto him.
27 The
king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art
not thou a seer? return into the city
in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of
Abiathar.
28 See,
I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to
certify me.
29 Zadok
therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they
tarried there.
30 ¶ And
David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet,
and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all
the people that was with him covered
every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
31 ¶ And
one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.
And David said, O Lord, I pray
thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
32 ¶ And
it came to pass, that when David was
come to the top of the mount,
where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his
coat rent, and earth upon his head:
33 Unto
whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto
me:
34 But
if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O
king; as I have been thy father's servant
hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me
defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
35 And hast thou
not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear
out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it
to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
36
Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me
every thing that ye can hear.
37 So
Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
 
CHAPTER 16
AND when
David was a little past the top of the hill,
behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses
saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves
of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits,
and a bottle of wine.
2 And
the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on;
and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that
such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
3 And
the king said, And where is thy
master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for
he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
4 Then
said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are
all that pertained unto Mephibosheth.
And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that
I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.
5 ¶ And
when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of
the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei,
the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
6 And 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.
7 And
thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou
man of Belial:
8 The Lord hath returned upon thee all the
blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the
hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art
taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.
9 ¶ Then
said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse
my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
10 And
the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him
curse, because the Lord hath said
unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
11 And
David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came
forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it?
let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord
hath bidden him.
12 It
may be that the Lord will look on mine
affliction, and that the Lord will
requite me good for his cursing this day.
13 And
as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over
against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
14 And
the king, and all the people that were
with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
15 ¶ And
Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and
Ahithophel with him.
16 And
it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto
Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.
17 And
Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy
kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
18 And
Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the Lord,
and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him
will I abide.
19 And
again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence,
so will I be in thy presence.
20 ¶ Then
said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
21 And
Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath
left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy
father: then shall the hands of all that are
with thee be strong.
22 So
they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto
his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
23 And
the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the
oracle of God: so was all the counsel
of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
 
CHAPTER 17
MOREOVER
Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I
will arise and pursue after David this night:
2 And I
will come upon him while he is weary
and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will
smite the king only:
3 And I
will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
4 And
the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
5 Then
said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what
he saith.
6 And
when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel
hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after
his saying? if not; speak thou.
7 And
Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
8 For,
said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear
robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
9
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown
at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among
the people that follow Absalom.
10 And
he also that is valiant, whose heart is
as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy
father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant
men.
11
Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan
even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is
by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
12 So
shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light
upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so
much as one.
13
Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to
that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small
stone found there.
14 And
Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of
Ahithophel. For the Lord had
appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.
15 ¶ Then
said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel
counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
16 Now
therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the
plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed
up, and all the people that are with
him.
17 Now
Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come
into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king
David.
18
Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away
quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court;
whither they went down.
19 And
the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground
corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
20 And
when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman
said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought
and could not find them, they
returned to Jerusalem.
21 And
it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well,
and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over
the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
22 Then
David arose, and all the people that were
with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not
one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
23 ¶ And
when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to
his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and
died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
24 Then
David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of
Israel with him.
25 ¶ And
Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to
Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
26 So
Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
27 ¶ And
it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash
of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar,
and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
28
Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and
flour, and parched corn, and beans,
and lentiles, and parched pulse,
29 And
honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people
that were with him, to eat: for they
said, The people is hungry, and
weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
 
CHAPTER 18
AND David
numbered the people that were with
him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
2 And
David sent forth a third part of the people 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. And the king said unto the people, I
will surely go forth with you myself also.
3 But
the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will
not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art
worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it
is better that thou succour us out of
the city.
4 And
the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by
the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
5 And
the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all
the captains charge concerning Absalom.
6 ¶ So
the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the
wood of Ephraim;
7 Where
the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was
there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
8 For
the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood
devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
9 ¶ And
Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule
went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the
oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
10 And a
certain man saw it, and told Joab,
and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
11 And
Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him
there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
12 And
the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet
would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the
king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
13
Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is
no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against
me.
14 Then
said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand,
and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
15 And
ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and
slew him.
16 And
Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for
Joab held back the people.
17 And
they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very
great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
18 ¶ Now
Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have
no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own
name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.
19 ¶ Then
said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how
that the Lord hath avenged him of his
enemies.
20 And
Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear
tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's
son is dead.
21 Then
said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed
himself unto Joab, and ran.
22 Then
said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray
thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son,
seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
23 But
howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the
way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
24 And
David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the
gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man
running alone.
25 And
the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his
mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
26 And
the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter,
and said, Behold another man running alone.
And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.
27 And
the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running
of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
28 And
Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the
earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God,
which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the
king.
29 And
the king said, Is the young man
Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult,
but I knew not what it was.
30 And
the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
31 And,
behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the Lord hath avenged thee this day of all
them that rose up against thee.
32 And
the king said unto Cushi, Is the
young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king,
and all that rise against thee to do thee
hurt, be as that young man is.
33 ¶ And
the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept:
and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God
I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
 
CHAPTER 19
AND it
was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
2 And
the victory that day was turned into
mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was
grieved for his son.
3 And
the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed
steal away when they flee in battle.
4 But
the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son
Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
5 And
Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the
faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of
thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy
concubines;
6 In
that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared
this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I
perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had
pleased thee well.
7 Now
therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear
by the Lord, if thou go not forth,
there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee
than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
8 Then
the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying,
Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king:
for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
9 ¶ And
all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The
king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the
hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
10 And
Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak
ye not a word of bringing the king back?
11 ¶ And
king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the
elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his
house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.
12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring
back the king?
13 And
say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my
bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of
the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
14 And
he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word
unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.
15 So
the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet
the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.
16 ¶ And
Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was
of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of
the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and
they went over Jordan before the king.
18 And
there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what
he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he
was come over Jordan;
19 And
said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou
remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king
went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
20 For
thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the
first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
21 But
Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death
for this, because he cursed the Lord's
anointed?
22 And
David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this
day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in
Israel? for do not I know that I am this
day king over Israel?
23
Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware
unto him.
24 ¶ And
Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither
dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day
the king departed until the day he came again
in peace.
25 And
it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king
said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?
26 And
he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I
will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy
servant is lame.
27 And
he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is
good in thine eyes.
28 For
all of my father's house were but
dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them
that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any
more unto the king?
29 And
the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said,
Thou and Ziba divide the land.
30 And
Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord
the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
31 ¶ And
Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the
king, to conduct him over Jordan.
32 Now
Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore
years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim;
for he was a very great man.
33 And
the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with
me in Jerusalem.
34 And
Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with
the king unto Jerusalem?
35 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil?
can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice
of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden
unto my lord the king?
36 Thy
servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king
recompense it me with such a reward?
37 Let
thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be
buried by the grave of my father and
of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the
king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
38 And
the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that
which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.
39 And
all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king
kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.
40 Then
the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of
Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.
41 ¶ And,
behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why
have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king,
and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?
42 And
all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be
ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?
43 And
the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the
king, and we have also more right in David
than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in
bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the
words of the men of Israel.
 
CHAPTER 20
AND there
happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet,
and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of
Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
2 So
every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto
their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
3 ¶ And
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 ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So
they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
4 ¶ Then
said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be
thou here present.
5 So
Amasa went to assemble the men of
Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
6 And
David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants,
and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
7 And
there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites,
and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba
the son of Bichri.
8 When
they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them.
And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle
with a sword fastened upon his loins
in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
9 And
Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in
health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to
kiss him.
10 But
Amasa took no heed to the sword that was
in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not
again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son
of Bichri.
11 And
one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
12 And
Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that
all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field,
and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood
still.
13 When
he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue
after Sheba the son of Bichri.
14 ¶ And
he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and
all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
15 And
they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank
against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to
throw it down.
16 ¶ Then
cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab,
Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
17 And
when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto
him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
18 Then
she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall
surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they
ended the matter.
19 I am one
of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother
in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?
20 And
Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up
or destroy.
21 The
matter is not so: but a man of mount
Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king,
even against David: deliver him only,
and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head
shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
22 Then
the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of
Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out
to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to
his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
23 ¶ Now
Joab was over all the host of Israel:
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over
the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
24 And
Adoram was over the tribute: and
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:
25 And
Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and
Abiathar were the priests:
26 And
Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
 
CHAPTER 21
THEN there
was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired
of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
2 And
the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto 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 unto them:
and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
3
Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and
wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord?
4 And
the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of
his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What
ye shall say, that will I do for you.
5 And
they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining
in any of the coasts of Israel,
6 Let
seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, whom the Lord did choose. And the king said, I will give them.
7 But
the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of
the Lord's oath that was between them, between David and
Jonathan the son of Saul.
8 But
the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto
Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of
Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
9 And he
delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the
hill before the Lord: and they
fell all seven together, and were put
to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
10 ¶ And
Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the
rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of
heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor
the beasts of the field by night.
11 And
it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had
done.
12 ¶ And
David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from
the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan,
where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
13 And
he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son;
and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
14 And
the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin
in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the
king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
15 ¶ Moreover
the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his
servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
16 And
Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of
the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed
three hundred shekels of brass in
weight, he being girded with a new sword,
thought to have slain David.
17 But
Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed
him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with
us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
18 And
it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines
at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
19 And
there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of
Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the
brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
20 And
there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every
foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
21 And
when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew
him.
22 These
four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the
hand of his servants.
 
CHAPTER 22
AND David
spake unto the Lord the words of
this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of
all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
2 And he
said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
3 The God
of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my
salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from
violence.
4 I will
call on the Lord, who is
worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
5 When
the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
6 The
sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
7 In my
distress I called upon the Lord,
and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter
into his ears.
8 Then
the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook,
because he was wroth.
9 There
went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals
were kindled by it.
10 He
bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
11 And
he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12 And
he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
13
Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
14 The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most
High uttered his voice.
15 And
he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16 And
the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered,
at the rebuking of the Lord, at
the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
17 He
sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
18 He
delivered me from my strong enemy, and
from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19 They
prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
20 He
brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted
in me.
21 The Lord rewarded me according to my
righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22 For I
have kept the ways of the Lord,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For
all his judgments were before me: and
as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
24 I was
also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
25
Therefore the Lord hath
recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his
eye sight.
26 With
the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
27 With
the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew
thyself unsavoury.
28 And
the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that
thou mayest bring them down.
29 For
thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.
30 For
by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
31 As for
God, his way is perfect; the word of
the Lord is tried: he is a buckler
to all them that trust in him.
32 For
who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?
33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
34 He
maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and
setteth me upon my high places.
35 He
teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
36 Thou
hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me
great.
37 Thou
hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
38 I
have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had
consumed them.
39 And I
have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are
fallen under my feet.
40 For
thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast
thou subdued under me.
41 Thou
hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that
hate me.
42 They
looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord,
but he answered them not.
43 Then
did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire
of the street, and did spread them abroad.
44 Thou
also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be
head of the heathen: a people which I
knew not shall serve me.
45
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be
obedient unto me.
46
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
47 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of
the rock of my salvation.
48 It is God that avengeth me, and that
bringeth down the people under me,
49 And
that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high
above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent
man.
50
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord,
among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
51 He is
the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto
David, and to his seed for evermore.
 
CHAPTER 23
NOW these
be the last words of David. David the
son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of
the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
2 The
Spirit of the Lord spake by me,
and his word was in my tongue.
3 The God
of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be
just, ruling in the fear of God.
4 And he shall
be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
5
Although my house be not so with God;
yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is
all my salvation, and all my desire, although
he make it not to grow.
6 ¶ But the sons
of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken
with hands:
7 But
the man that shall touch them must be
fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with
fire in the same place.
8 ¶ These
be the names of the mighty men whom
David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same
was Adino the Eznite: he lift
up his spear against eight
hundred, whom he slew at one time.
9 And
after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo
the Ahohite, one of the three mighty
men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel
were gone away:
10 He
arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave
unto the sword: and the Lord
wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to
spoil.
11 And
after him was Shammah the son of Agee
the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was
a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
12 But
he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines:
and the Lord wrought a great
victory.
13 And
three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto
the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of
Rephaim.
14 And
David was then in an hold, and the
garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.
15 And
David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the
well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!
16 And
the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water
out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was
by the gate, and took it, and brought
it to David: nevertheless he would
not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.
17 And
he said, Be it far from me, O Lord,
that I should do this: is not this
the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would
not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
18 And
Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he
lifted up his spear against three hundred, and
slew them, and had the name among
three.
19 Was
he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he
attained not unto the first three.
20 And
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done
many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion
in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
21 And
he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: 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 slew him with his own spear.
22 These
things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
and had the name among three mighty men.
23 He
was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his
guard.
24
Asahel the brother of Joab was one of
the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
25
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
26 Helez
the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
27 Abiezer
the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
28
Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
29 Heleb
the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the
children of Benjamin,
30
Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
31 Abi-albon
the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
32
Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
33
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
34
Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of
Ahithophel the Gilonite,
35
Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
36 Igal
the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
37 Zelek
the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
38 Ira
an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
39 Uriah
the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
 
CHAPTER 24
AND again
the anger of the Lord was kindled
against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
2 For
the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan
even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the
people.
3 And
Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord
thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the
eyes of my lord the king may see it:
but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
4
Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the
captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the
presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
5 ¶ And
they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city
that lieth in the midst of the river of
Gad, and toward Jazer:
6 Then
they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan,
and about to Zidon,
7 And
came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of
the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer-sheba.
8 So
when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of
nine months and twenty days.
9 And
Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were
in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men
of Judah were five hundred thousand
men.
10 ¶ And
David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said
unto the Lord, I have sinned
greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy
servant; for I have done very foolishly.
11 For
when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
12 Go
and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord,
I offer thee three things; choose
thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
13 So Gad
came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine
come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine
enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy
land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
14 And
David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of
the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the
hand of man.
15 ¶ So
the Lord sent a pestilence upon
Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the
people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.
16 And
when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said
to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And
the angel of the Lord was by the
threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
17 And
David spake unto the Lord when he
saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have
done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray
thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
18 ¶ And
Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the
Jebusite.
19 And
David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.
20 And
Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and
Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the
ground.
21 And
Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David
said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from
the people.
22 And
Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be
oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
23 All
these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And
Araunah said unto the king, The Lord
thy God accept thee.
24 And
the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto
the Lord my God of that which doth
cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty
shekels of silver.
25 And
David built there an altar unto the Lord,
and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was intreated for the land, and the
plague was stayed from Israel.


THE FIRST
BOOK OF THE KINGS,
COMMONLY CALLED,
THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS.


CHAPTER 1
NOW king
David was old and stricken in years;
and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
2
Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king
a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and
let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
3 So
they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found
Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
4 And
the damsel was very fair, and
cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
5 ¶ Then
Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he
prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
6 And
his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so?
and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother
bare him after Absalom.
7 And he
conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they
following Adonijah helped him.
8 But
Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and
Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged
to David, were not with Adonijah.
9 And
Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his
brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:
10 But
Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother,
he called not.
11 ¶ Wherefore
Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard
that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
12 Now
therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save
thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
13 Go
and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O
king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign
after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
14
Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after
thee, and confirm thy words.
15 ¶ And
Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old;
and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
16 And Bath-sheba
bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
17 And
she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he
shall sit upon my throne.
18 And
now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
19 And
he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all
the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the
host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
20 And
thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne
of my lord the king after him.
21
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his
fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
22 ¶ And,
lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
23 And
they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in
before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
24 And
Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me,
and he shall sit upon my throne?
25 For
he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in
abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host,
and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God
save king Adonijah.
26 But
me, even me thy servant, and Zadok
the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not
called.
27 Is
this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on
the throne of my lord the king after him?
28 ¶ Then
king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's
presence, and stood before the king.
29 And
the king sware, and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul
out of all distress,
30 Even
as I sware unto thee by the Lord God
of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall
sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
31 Then Bath-sheba
bowed with her face to the earth, and
did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
32 ¶ And
king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
33 The
king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause
Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
34 And
let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel:
and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
35 Then
ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he
shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and
over Judah.
36 And
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the Lord God of my lord the king say so too.
37 As
the Lord hath been with my lord
the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the
throne of my lord king David.
38 So
Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and
the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon
king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
39 And
Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed
Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king
Solomon.
40 And
all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced
with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
41 ¶ And
Adonijah and all the guests that were
with him heard it as they had made an
end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore
is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
42 And
while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and
Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art
a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
43 And
Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made
Solomon king.
44 And
the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they
have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
45 And
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and
they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
46 And
also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
47 And
moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God
make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than
thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
48 And
also thus said the king, Blessed be the
Lord God of Israel, which hath
given one to sit on my throne this
day, mine eyes even seeing it.
49 And
all the guests that were with
Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
50 ¶ And
Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the
horns of the altar.
51 And
it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he
hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto
me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
52 And
Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of
him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
53 So
king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and
bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.
 
CHAPTER 2
NOW the
days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son,
saying,
2 I go
the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
3 And
keep the charge of the Lord thy God,
to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments,
and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest
prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
4 That
the Lord may continue his word
which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to
walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there
shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
5
Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of
the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether,
whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon
his girdle that was about his loins,
and in his shoes that were on his
feet.
6 Do
therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the
grave in peace.
7 But
shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of
those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of
Absalom thy brother.
8 And,
behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim,
which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but
he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to
death with the sword.
9 Now
therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art
a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head
bring thou down to the grave with blood.
10 So David
slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
11 And
the days that David reigned over Israel were
forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years
reigned he in Jerusalem.
12 ¶ Then
sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was
established greatly.
13 ¶ And
Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she
said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
14 He
said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
15 And
he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit
the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from
the Lord.
16 And
now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
17 And
he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee
nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
18 And Bath-sheba
said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
19 ¶ Bath-sheba
therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king
rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne,
and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right
hand.
20 Then
she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said
unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
21 And
she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
22 And
king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag
the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and
for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
23 Then
king Solomon sware by the Lord,
saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against
his own life.
24 Now
therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath established me,
and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as
he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
25 And
king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon
him that he died.
26 ¶ And
unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own
fields; for thou art worthy of death:
but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of
the Lord God before David my
father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
27 So
Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord; that he might fulfil the word of the Lord, which he spake concerning the house
of Eli in Shiloh.
28 ¶ Then
tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not
after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the
altar.
29 And
it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon
sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
30 And
Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord,
and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I
will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab,
and thus he answered me.
31 And
the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him;
that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and
from the house of my father.
32 And
the Lord shall return his blood
upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and
slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of
the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
33 Their
blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his
seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon
his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the Lord.
34 So
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he
was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
35 ¶ And
the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok
the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
36 ¶ And
the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in
Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
37 For
it shall be, that on the day thou
goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou
shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
38 And
Shimei said unto the king, The saying is
good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt
in Jerusalem many days.
39 And
it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei
ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying,
Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
40 And
Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his
servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
41 And
it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come
again.
42 And
the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to
swear by the Lord, and protested
unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest
abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The
word that I have heard is good.
43 Why
then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord,
and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
44 The
king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart
is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon
thine own head;
45 And
king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David
shall be established before the Lord
for ever.
46 So
the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon
him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
 
CHAPTER 3
AND Solomon
made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and
brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his
own house, and the house of the Lord,
and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
2 Only
the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the
name of the Lord, until those
days.
3 And
Solomon loved the Lord, walking in
the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
4 And
the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon
offer upon that altar.
5 ¶ In Gibeon
the Lord appeared to Solomon in a
dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
6 And
Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy,
according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in
uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness,
that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
7 And
now, O Lord my God, thou hast made
thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know
not how to go out or come in.
8 And
thy servant is in the midst of thy
people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted
for multitude.
9 Give
therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may
discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a
people?
10 And
the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
11 And God
said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for
thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the
life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern
judgment;
12
Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an
understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither
after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
13 And I
have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour:
so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
14 And
if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy
father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
15 And
Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem,
and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings,
and made a feast to all his servants.
16 ¶ Then
came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood
before him.
17 And
the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was
delivered of a child with her in the house.
18 And
it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was
delivered also: and we were together;
there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
19 And
this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
20 And
she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid
slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
21 And
when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when
I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did
bear.
22 And
the other woman said, Nay; but the living is
my son, and the dead is thy son. And
this said, No; but the dead is thy
son, and the living is my son. Thus
they spake before the king.
23 Then
said the king, The one saith, This is
my son that liveth, and thy son is the
dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is
the dead, and my son is the living.
24 And
the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
25 And
the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and
half to the other.
26 Then
spake the woman whose the living child was
unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord,
give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it
be neither mine nor thine, but divide
it.
27 Then
the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it:
she is the mother thereof.
28 And
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 judgment.
 
CHAPTER 4
SO king
Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 And
these were the princes which he had;
Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
3
Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of
Ahilud, the recorder.
4 And
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over
the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were
the priests:
5 And
Azariah the son of Nathan was over
the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was
principal officer, and the king's
friend:
6 And Ahishar
was over the household: and Adoniram
the son of Abda was over the tribute.
7 ¶ And
Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the
king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
8 And
these are their names: The son of
Hur, in mount Ephraim:
9 The
son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:
10 The
son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained
Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
11 The
son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of
Solomon to wife:
12 Baana
the son of Ahilud; to him pertained
Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is
beyond Jokneam:
13 The
son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained
the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also
pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities
with walls and brasen bars:
14
Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
15
Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took
Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
16
Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher
and in Aloth:
17
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
18
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
19 Geber
the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead,
in the country of Sihon king of the
Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he
was the only officer which was in the land.
20 ¶ Judah
and Israel were many, as the sand
which is by the sea in multitude,
eating and drinking, and making merry.
21 And
Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the
Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served
Solomon all the days of his life.
22 ¶ And
Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and
threescore measures of meal,
23 Ten
fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside
harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
24 For
he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from
Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had
peace on all sides round about him.
25 And
Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree,
from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
26 ¶ And
Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve
thousand horsemen.
27 And
those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto
king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
28
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the
place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
29 ¶ And
God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of
heart, even as the sand that is on
the sea shore.
30 And
Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country,
and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 For
he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and
Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
32 And
he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
33 And
he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is
in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also
of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
34 And
there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the
earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
 
CHAPTER 5
AND Hiram
king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had
anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of
David.
2 And
Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
3 Thou
knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about
him on every side, until the Lord
put them under the soles of his feet.
4 But
now the Lord my God hath given me
rest on every side, so that there
is neither adversary nor evil
occurrent.
5 And,
behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake unto David my father, saying,
Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house
unto my name.
6 Now
therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my
servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy
servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.
7 ¶ And
it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced
greatly, and said, Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath given unto
David a wise son over this great people.
8 And
Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest
to me for: and I will do all thy desire
concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
9 My
servants shall bring them down from Lebanon
unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou
shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt
receive them: and thou shalt accomplish
my desire, in giving food for my household.
10 So
Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his
desire.
11 And
Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus
gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
12 And
the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as
he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two
made a league together.
13 ¶ And
king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand
men.
14 And
he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon,
and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
15 And
Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore
thousand hewers in the mountains;
16
Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled
over the people that wrought in the work.
17 And
the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation
of the house.
18 And
Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build
the house.
 
CHAPTER 6
AND it
came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of
Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's
reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is
the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.
2 And
the house which king Solomon built for the Lord,
the length thereof was threescore
cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits,
and the height thereof thirty cubits.
3 And
the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
4 And
for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
5 ¶ And
against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round
about, both of the temple and of the
oracle: and he made chambers round about:
6 The
nethermost chamber was five cubits
broad, and the middle was six cubits
broad, and the third was seven cubits
broad: for without in the wall
of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be
fastened in the walls of the house.
7 And
the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was
brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
8 The
door for the middle chamber was in
the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the
middle chamber, and out of the middle
into the third.
9 So he
built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards
of cedar.
10 And then he built chambers against all the
house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
11 ¶ And
the word of the Lord came to
Solomon, saying,
12 Concerning this house which thou art in
building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all
my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I
spake unto David thy father:
13 And I
will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
14 So
Solomon built the house, and finished it.
15 And
he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of
the house, and the walls of the cieling: and
he covered them on the inside with
wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
16 And
he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls
with boards of cedar: he even built them
for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
17 And
the house, that is, the temple before
it, was forty cubits long.
18 And
the cedar of the house within was carved
with knops and open flowers: all was cedar;
there was no stone seen.
19 And
the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the
covenant of the Lord.
20 And
the oracle in the forepart was twenty
cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height
thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which
was of cedar.
21 So
Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by
the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
22 And
the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house:
also the whole altar that was by the oracle
he overlaid with gold.
23 ¶ And
within the oracle he made two cherubims of
olive tree, each ten cubits high.
24 And
five cubits was the one wing of the
cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part
of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
25 And
the other cherub was ten cubits: both
the cherubims were of one measure and
one size.
26 The
height of the one cherub was ten
cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
27 And
he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings
of the cherubims, 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 midst of the house.
28 And
he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
29 And
he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of
cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
30 And
the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
31 ¶ And
for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and
side posts were a fifth part of the
wall.
32 The
two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them
carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the
cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
33 So
also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of
the wall.
34 And
the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one
door were folding, and the two leaves
of the other door were folding.
35 And
he carved thereon cherubims and palm
trees and open flowers: and covered them
with gold fitted upon the carved work.
36 ¶ And
he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar
beams.
37 ¶ In
the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:
38 And
in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts
thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in
building it.
 
CHAPTER 7
BUT Solomon
was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
2 ¶ He
built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth
thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar
pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
3 And it was
covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
4 And there were windows in three
rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
5 And
all the doors and posts were square,
with the windows: and light was against
light in three ranks.
6 ¶ And
he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch
was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
7 ¶ Then
he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it
was covered with cedar from one side
of the floor to the other.
8 ¶ And
his house where he dwelt had another
court within the porch, which was of
the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had
taken to wife, like unto this porch.
9 All
these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed
with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great
court.
10 And
the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones,
stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
11 And
above were costly stones, after the
measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
12 And
the great court round about was with
three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court
of the house of the Lord, and for
the porch of the house.
13 ¶ And
king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of
Naphtali, and his father was a man of
Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and
cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought
all his work.
15 For
he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of
twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
16 And
he made two chapiters of molten
brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the
other chapiter was five cubits:
17 And nets of checker work, and wreaths of
chain work, for the chapiters which were
upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the
other chapiter.
18 And
he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover
the chapiters that were upon the top,
with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.
19 And
the chapiters that were upon the top
of the pillars were of lily work in
the porch, four cubits.
20 And
the chapiters upon the two pillars had
pomegranates also above, over against
the belly which was by the network: and
the pomegranates were two hundred in
rows round about upon the other chapiter.
21 And
he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right
pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and
called the name thereof Boaz.
22 And
upon the top of the pillars was lily
work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
23 ¶ And
he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was
round all about, and his height was five
cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
24 And
under the brim of it round about there
were knops compassing it, ten in a
cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
25 It
stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking
toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward
the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their
hinder parts were inward.
26 And
it was an hand breadth thick, and the
brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained
two thousand baths.
27 ¶ And
he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was
the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits
the height of it.
28 And
the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the
borders were between the ledges:
29 And
on the borders that were between the
ledges were lions, oxen, and
cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions
and oxen were certain additions made
of thin work.
30 And
every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners
thereof had undersetters: under the laver were
undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
31 And
the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work
of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders,
foursquare, not round.
32 And
under the borders were four wheels;
and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel
was a cubit and half a cubit.
33 And
the work of the wheels was like the
work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes,
and their spokes, were all molten.
34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
35 And
in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit
high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.
36 For
on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved
cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and
additions round about.
37 After
this manner he made the ten bases:
all of them had one casting, one measure, and
one size.
38 ¶ Then
made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one
laver.
39 And
he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of
the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over
against the south.
40 ¶ And
Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of
doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the Lord:
41 The
two pillars, and the two bowls of the
chapiters that were on the top of the
two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters
which were upon the top of the
pillars;
42 And
four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls
of the chapiters that were upon the
pillars;
43 And
the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
44 And
one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
45 And
the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram
made to king Solomon for the house of the Lord,
were of bright brass.
46 In
the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth
and Zarthan.
47 And
Solomon left all the vessels unweighed,
because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
48 And
Solomon made all the vessels that pertained
unto the house of the Lord: the
altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
49 And
the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers,
and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
50 And
the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to
wit, of the temple.
51 So
was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lord. And Solomon brought in the things
which David his father had dedicated; even
the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of
the house of the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 8
THEN Solomon
assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of
the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that
they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
2 And
all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in
the month Ethanim, which is the seventh
month.
3 And
all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
4 And
they brought up the ark of the Lord,
and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the
priests and the Levites bring up.
5 And
king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him,
were with him before the ark, sacrificing
sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
6 And
the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the
most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
7 For
the cherubims spread forth their two
wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves
thereof above.
8 And
they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy
place before the oracle, and they were
not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses
put there at Horeb, when the Lord
made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the
land of Egypt.
10 And
it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house
of the Lord,
11 So
that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the
glory of the Lord had filled the
house of the Lord.
12 ¶ Then
spake Solomon, The Lord said that
he would dwell in the thick darkness.
13 I
have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide
in for ever.
14 And
the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel:
(and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
15 And
he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which spake with his
mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
16 Since
the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out
of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein;
but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
17 And
it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
18 And
the Lord said unto David my
father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst
well that it was in thine heart.
19
Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth
out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
20 And
the Lord hath performed his word
that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the
throne of Israel, as the Lord
promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
21 And I
have set there a place for the ark, wherein is
the covenant of the Lord, which he
made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
22 ¶ And
Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord
in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands
toward heaven:
23 And
he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who
keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all
their heart:
24 Who
hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou
spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it
is this day.
25
Therefore now, Lord God of Israel,
keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There
shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that
thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast
walked before me.
26 And
now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou
spakest unto thy servant David my father.
27 But
will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens
cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
28 Yet
have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to
the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
29 That
thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be
there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make
toward this place.
30 And
hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when
they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place:
and when thou hearest, forgive.
31 ¶ If
any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause
him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
32 Then
hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to
bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him
according to his righteousness.
33 ¶ When
thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned
against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and
make supplication unto thee in this house:
34 Then
hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them
again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
35 ¶ When
heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee;
if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin,
when thou afflictest them:
36 Then
hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people
Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give
rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
37 ¶ If
there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their
enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever
sickness there be;
38 What
prayer and supplication soever be made
by any man, or by all thy people
Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread
forth his hands toward this house:
39 Then
hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every
man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of
all the children of men;)
40 That
they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest
unto our fathers.
41
Moreover concerning a stranger, that is
not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
42 (For
they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched
out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
43 Hear
thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger
calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear
thee, as do thy people Israel; and
that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy
name.
44 ¶ If
thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send
them, and shall pray unto the Lord
toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward
the house that I have built for thy name:
45 Then
hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their
cause.
46 If
they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be
angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away
captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in
the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto
thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned,
and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
48 And so return unto thee with all their
heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away
captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their
fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for
thy name:
49 Then
hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and
maintain their cause,
50 And
forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions
wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before
them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
51 For
they be thy people, and thine
inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the
furnace of iron:
52 That
thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the
supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call
for unto thee.
53 For
thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be
thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou
broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.
54 And
it was so, that when Solomon had made
an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of
the Lord, from kneeling on his knees
with his hands spread up to heaven.
55 And
he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
56
Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his
people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one
word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his
servant.
57 The Lord our God be with us, as he was with
our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
58 That
he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his
commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our
fathers.
59 And
let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he
maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all
times, as the matter shall require:
60 That
all the people of the earth may know that the Lord
is God, and that there is none else.
61 Let
your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord
our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
62 ¶ And
the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord.
63 And
Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and
an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of
Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.
64 The
same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord:
for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the
peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt
offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
65 And
at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great
congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before
the Lord our God, seven days and seven
days, even fourteen days.
66 On
the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went
unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David his servant, and
for Israel his people.
 
CHAPTER 9
AND it
came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all Solomon's
desire which he was pleased to do,
2 That
the Lord appeared to Solomon the
second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
3 And
the Lord said unto him, I have
heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have
hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and
mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
4 And if
thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart,
and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my
judgments:
5 Then I
will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to
David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of
Israel.
6 But if ye shall at all turn from
following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before
you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
7 Then
will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house,
which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel
shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
8 And at
this house, which is high, every one
that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why
hath the Lord done thus unto this
land, and to this house?
9 And
they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord
their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have
taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them:
therefore hath the Lord brought
upon them all this evil.
10 ¶ And
it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two
houses, the house of the Lord, and
the king's house,
11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished
Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,)
that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
12 And
Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and
they pleased him not.
13 And
he said, What cities are these which
thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
14 And
Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
15 ¶ And
this is the reason of the levy which
king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of
Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up,
and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in
the city, and given it for a present
unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
17 And
Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
18 And
Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
19 And
all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and
cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem,
and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
20 And all the people that were left of the
Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
21 Their
children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel
also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of
bondservice unto this day.
22 But
of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and
his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
23 These
were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred
and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
24 ¶ But
Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build
Millo.
25 ¶ And
three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings
upon the altar which he built unto the Lord,
and he burnt incense upon the altar that was
before the Lord. So he finished
the house.
26 ¶ And
king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
27 And
Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea,
with the servants of Solomon.
28 And
they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty
talents, and brought it to king
Solomon.
 
CHAPTER 10
AND when
the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard
questions.
2 And
she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices,
and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she
communed with him of all that was in her heart.
3 And
Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
4 And
when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he
had built,
5 And
the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of
his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which
he went up unto the house of the Lord;
there was no more spirit in her.
6 And
she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy
acts and of thy wisdom.
7
Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told
me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
9
Blessed be the Lord thy God, which
delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore
made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
10 And
she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very
great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices
as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
11 And
the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir
great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
12 And
the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, harps
also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen
unto this day.
13 And
king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked,
beside that which Solomon gave her of
his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her
servants.
14 ¶ Now
the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore
and six talents of gold,
15
Beside that he had of the
merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings
of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
16 ¶ And
king Solomon made two hundred targets of
beaten gold: six hundred shekels of
gold went to one target.
17 And he made
three hundred shields of beaten gold;
three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of
the forest of Lebanon.
18 ¶ Moreover
the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
19 The
throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there
were stays on either side on the place
of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
20 And
twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps:
there was not the like made in any kingdom.
21 ¶ And
all king Solomon's drinking vessels were
of gold, and all the vessels of the
house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was
nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
22 For
the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three
years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes,
and peacocks.
23 So
king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
24 ¶ And
all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his
heart.
25 And
they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and
garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
26 ¶ And
Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four
hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities
for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
27 And
the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars
made he to be as the sycomore trees that are
in the vale, for abundance.
28 ¶ And
Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants
received the linen yarn at a price.
29 And a
chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so
for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
 
CHAPTER 11
BUT king
Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women
of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
2 Of the
nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye
shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart
after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
3 And he
had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his
wives turned away his heart.
4 For it
came to pass, when Solomon was old, that
his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect
with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
5 For
Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the
abomination of the Ammonites.
6 And
Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord,
and went not fully after the Lord,
as did David his father.
7 Then
did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the
hill that is before Jerusalem, and
for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
8 And
likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed
unto their gods.
9 ¶ And
the Lord was angry with Solomon,
because his heart was turned from the Lord
God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
10 And
had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other
gods: but he kept not that which the Lord
commanded.
11
Wherefore the Lord said unto
Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant
and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom
from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
12
Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of
thy son.
13
Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and
for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
14 ¶ And
the Lord stirred up an adversary
unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was
of the king's seed in Edom.
15 For
it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was
gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;
16 (For
six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every
male in Edom:)
17 That
Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go
into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
18 And
they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of
Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an
house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
19 And
Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife
the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
20 And
the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in
Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of
Pharaoh.
21 And
when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the
captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may
go to mine own country.
22 Then
Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou
seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go
in any wise.
23 ¶ And
God stirred him up another adversary,
Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
24 And
he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah:
and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
25 And
he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that
Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and
reigned over Syria.
26 ¶ And
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose
mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman,
even he lifted up his hand against
the king.
27 And
this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built
Millo, and repaired the breaches of
the city of David his father.
28 And
the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of
valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him
ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
29 And
it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet
Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new
garment; and they two were alone in
the field:
30 And
Ahijah caught the new garment that was
on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
31 And
he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I will
rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
32 (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:)
33
Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess
of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the
children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep
my statutes and my judgments, as did David
his father.
34
Howbeit 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,
because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
35 But I
will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
36 And
unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light
alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name
there.
37 And I
will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth,
and shalt be king over Israel.
38 And
it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk
in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my
statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with
thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel
unto thee.
39 And I
will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
40
Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into
Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
41 ¶ And
the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the
acts of Solomon?
42 And
the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
43 And
Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father:
and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
 
CHAPTER 12
AND Rehoboam
went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
2 And it
came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it,
(for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in
Egypt;)
3 That
they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came,
and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
4 Thy
father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of
thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve
thee.
5 And he
said unto them, Depart yet for three
days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
6 ¶ And
king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father
while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
7 And
they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this
day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they
will be thy servants for ever.
8 But he
forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted
with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
9 And he
said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have
spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?
10 And
the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt
thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our
yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter
unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
11 And
now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke:
my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with
scorpions.
12 ¶ So
Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had
appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
13 And
the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that
they gave him;
14 And
spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your
yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with
scorpions.
15
Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the Lord, that he might perform his saying, which
the Lord spake by Ahijah the
Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16 ¶ So
when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered
the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in
the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David.
So Israel departed unto their tents.
17 But as for
the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned
over them.
18 Then
king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over
the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore
king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
19 So
Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
20 And
it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they
sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel:
there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
21 ¶ And
when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with
the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were
warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam
the son of Solomon.
22 But
the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
23 Speak
unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of
Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
24 Thus
saith the Lord, Ye shall not go
up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to
his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of
the Lord, and returned to depart,
according to the word of the Lord.
25 ¶ Then
Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from
thence, and built Penuel.
26 And
Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
27 If
this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again
unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam
king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
28
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem:
behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
29 And
he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
30 And
this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the
one, even unto Dan.
31 And
he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people,
which were not of the sons of Levi.
32 And
Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the
month, like unto the feast that is in
Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto
the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high
places which he had made.
33 So he
offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the
eighth month, even in the month which
he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of
Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
 
CHAPTER 13
AND,
behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by
the altar to burn incense.
2 And he
cried against the altar in the word of the Lord,
and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord;
Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon
thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee,
and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
3 And he
gave a sign the same day, saying, This is
the sign which the Lord hath
spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
4 And it
came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had
cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar,
saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried
up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
5 The
altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the
sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.
6 And
the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my
hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king's hand was restored
him again, and became as it was before.
7 And
the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and
I will give thee a reward.
8 And
the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I
will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this
place:
9 For so
was it charged me by the word of the Lord,
saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou
camest.
10 So he
went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.
11 ¶ Now
there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all the
works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had
spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
12 And
their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way
the man of God went, which came from Judah.
13 And
he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he
rode thereon,
14 And
went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto
him, Art thou the man of God that camest
from Judah? And he said, I am.
15 Then
he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
16 And
he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat
bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
17 For
it was said to me by the word of the Lord,
Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way
that thou camest.
18 He
said unto him, I am a prophet also as
thou art; and an angel spake unto me
by the word of the Lord, saying,
Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink
water. But he lied unto him.
19 So he
went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
20 ¶ And
it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought
him back:
21 And
he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the
mouth of the Lord, and hast not
kept the commandment which the Lord
thy God commanded thee,
22 But
camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread,
and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy
fathers.
23 ¶ And
it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he
saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought
back.
24 And
when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was
cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.
25 And,
behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion
standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
26 And
when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the
man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the Lord: therefore the Lord
hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according
to the word of the Lord, which he
spake unto him.
27 And
he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
28 And
he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion
standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.
29 And
the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass,
and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury
him.
30 And
he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
31 And
it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying,
When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his
bones:
32 For
the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord
against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places
which are in the cities of Samaria,
shall surely come to pass.
33 ¶ After
this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the
lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he
consecrated him, and he became one of
the priests of the high places.
34 And
this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
 
CHAPTER 14
AT that
time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
2 And
Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou
be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me
that I should be king over this people.
3 And
take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him:
he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
4 And
Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of
Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
5 ¶ And
the Lord said unto Ahijah, Behold,
the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say
unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be
another woman.
6 And it
was so, when Ahijah heard the sound
of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam;
why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy
tidings.
7 Go,
tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord
God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee
prince over my people Israel,
8 And
rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast 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 mine
eyes;
9 But
hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made
thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me
behind thy back:
10
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut
off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the
remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all
gone.
11 Him
that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in
the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the Lord hath spoken it.
12 Arise
thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
13 And
all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall
come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord
God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
14
Moreover the Lord shall raise him
up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but
what? even now.
15 For
the Lord shall smite Israel, as a
reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land,
which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river,
because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger.
16 And
he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who
made Israel to sin.
17 ¶ And
Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
18 And
they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by the hand of his
servant Ahijah the prophet.
19 And
the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold,
they are written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel.
20 And
the days which Jeroboam reigned were two
and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in
his stead.
21 ¶ And
Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his
name there. And his mother's name was
Naamah an Ammonitess.
22 And
Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord,
and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed,
above all that their fathers had done.
23 For
they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill,
and under every green tree.
24 And
there were also sodomites in the land: and
they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of
Israel.
25 ¶ And
it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
26 And
he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord,
and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away
all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
27 And
king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the
guard, which kept the door of the king's house.
28 And
it was so, when the king went into
the house of the Lord, that the
guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
29 ¶ Now
the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
30 And
there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
31 And
Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of
David. And his mother's name was Naamah
an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
 
CHAPTER 15
NOW in
the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over
Judah.
2 Three
years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
3 And he
walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his
heart was not perfect with the Lord
his God, as the heart of David his father.
4
Nevertheless for David's sake did the Lord
his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish
Jerusalem:
5
Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord,
and turned not aside from any thing that
he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the
Hittite.
6 And
there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
7 Now
the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8 And
Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and
Asa his son reigned in his stead.
9 ¶ And
in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
10 And
forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
11 And
Asa did that which was right in the
eyes of the Lord, as did David his father.
12 And
he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his
fathers had made.
13 And
also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed
her idol, and burnt it by the brook
Kidron.
14 But
the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the
Lord all his days.
15 And
he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which
himself had dedicated, into the house of the Lord,
silver, and gold, and vessels.
16 ¶ And
there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
17 And
Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not
suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
18 Then
Asa took all the silver and the gold that
were left in the treasures of the
house of the Lord, and the
treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants:
and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion,
king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
19 There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee
a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of
Israel, that he may depart from me.
20 So Ben-hadad
hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had
against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah,
and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
21 And
it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof,
that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
22 Then
king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the
timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba
of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
23 The
rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the
cities which he built, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time
of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
24 And
Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of
David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
25 ¶ And
Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa
king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
26 And
he did evil in the sight of the Lord,
and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to
sin.
27 ¶ And
Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and
Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged
to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
28 Even
in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his
stead.
29 And
it came to pass, when he reigned, that
he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed,
until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the Lord, which he spake by his servant
Ahijah the Shilonite:
30
Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin,
by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord
God of Israel to anger.
31 ¶ Now
the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
32 And
there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
33 In
the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign
over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
34 And
he did evil in the sight of the Lord,
and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
 
CHAPTER 16
THEN the
word of the Lord came to Jehu the
son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
2
Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my
people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my
people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
3
Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his
house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
4 Him
that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his
in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
5 Now
the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel?
6 So
Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son
reigned in his stead.
7 And
also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house,
even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands,
in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
8 ¶ In
the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to
reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
9 And
his servant Zimri, captain of half his
chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in
the house of Arza steward of his house
in Tirzah.
10 And
Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of
Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
11 ¶ And
it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he
left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of
his friends.
12 Thus
did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake against Baasha by
Jehu the prophet,
13 For
all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and
by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
14 Now
the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
15 ¶ In
the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in
Tirzah. And the people were encamped
against Gibbethon, which belonged to
the Philistines.
16 And
the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain
the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over
Israel that day in the camp.
17 And
Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
18 And
it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the
palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and
died,
19 For
his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Jeroboam,
and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
20 Now
the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel?
21 ¶ Then
were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed
Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.
22 But
the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni
the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
23 ¶ In
the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel,
twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
24 And
he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on
the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of
Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
25 ¶ But
Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord,
and did worse than all that were before
him.
26 For
he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith
he made Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord
God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
27 Now
the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
28 So
Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son
reigned in his stead.
29 ¶ And
in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri
to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria
twenty and two years.
30 And
Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were
before him.
31 And
it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal
king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
32 And
he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in
Samaria.
33 And
Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that
were before him.
34 ¶ In
his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof
in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of
Nun.
 
CHAPTER 17
AND Elijah
the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said
unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I
stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
2 And
the word of the Lord came unto
him, saying,
3 Get
thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that
is before Jordan.
4 And it
shall be, that thou shalt drink of
the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
5 So he
went and did according unto the word of the Lord:
for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
6 And
the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in
the evening; and he drank of the brook.
7 And it
came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no
rain in the land.
8 ¶ And
the word of the Lord came unto
him, saying,
9 Arise,
get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth
to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to
sustain thee.
10 So he
arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold,
the widow woman was there gathering of
sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water
in a vessel, that I may drink.
11 And
as she was going to fetch it, he
called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine
hand.
12 And
she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake,
but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I
am gathering two sticks, that I may
go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
13 And
Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and
do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and
for thy son.
14 For
thus saith the Lord God of Israel,
The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until
the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.
15 And
she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her
house, did eat many days.
16 And the barrel of meal wasted not,
neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.
17 ¶ And
it came to pass after these things, that
the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness
was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
18 And
she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou
come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
19 And
he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and
carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
20 And
he cried unto the Lord, and said,
O Lord my God, hast thou also
brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
21 And
he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child's
soul come into him again.
22 And
the Lord heard the voice of
Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
23 And
Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house,
and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
24 ¶ And
the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that
the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.
 
CHAPTER 18
AND it
came to pass after many days, that
the word of the Lord came to
Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send
rain upon the earth.
2 And
Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there
was a sore famine in Samaria.
3 And
Ahab called Obadiah, which was the
governor of his house. (Now Obadiah
feared the Lord greatly:
4 For it
was so, when Jezebel cut off the
prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah
took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with
bread and water.)
5 And
Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto
all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive,
that we lose not all the beasts.
6 So
they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by
himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
7 ¶ And
as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on
his face, and said, Art thou that my lord
Elijah?
8 And he
answered him, I am: go, tell thy
lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
9 And he
said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand
of Ahab, to slay me?
10 As the Lord
thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to
seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found
thee not.
11 And
now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
12 And
it shall come to pass, as soon as
I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord
shall carry thee whither I know not; and so
when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy
servant fear the Lord from my
youth.
13 Was
it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundred men of the Lord's prophets by fifty in a cave, and
fed them with bread and water?
14 And
now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall
slay me.
15 And
Elijah said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I
stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
16 So
Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 ¶ And
it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
18 And
he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in
that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord,
and thou hast followed Baalim.
19 Now
therefore send, and gather to me all
Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and
the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
20 So
Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together
unto mount Carmel.
21 And
Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two
opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered
him not a word.
22 Then
said Elijah unto the people, I, even I
only, remain a prophet of the Lord;
but Baal's prophets are four hundred and
fifty men.
23 Let
them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for
themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it
on wood, and put no fire under: and I
will dress the other bullock, and lay it
on wood, and put no fire under:
24 And
call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and the God that answereth by fire,
let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
25 And
Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves,
and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your
gods, but put no fire under.
26 And
they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from
morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor
any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
27 And
it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is
pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure
he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
28 And
they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and
lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
29 And
it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
30 And
Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came
near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.
31 And
Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of
Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord
came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
32 And
with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would
contain two measures of seed.
33 And
he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four
barrels with water, and pour it on
the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
34 And
he said, Do it the second time. And
they did it the second time. And he
said, Do it the third time. And they did
it the third time.
35 And
the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
36 And
it came to pass at the time of
the offering of the evening sacrifice,
that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord
God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I
have done all these things at thy word.
37 Hear
me, O Lord, hear me, that this
people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
38 Then
the fire of the Lord fell, and
consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked
up the water that was in the trench.
39 And
when all the people saw it, they fell
on their faces: and they said, The Lord,
he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.
40 And
Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.
And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew
them there.
41 ¶ And
Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of
abundance of rain.
42 So
Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and
he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
43 And
said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and
looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven
times.
44 And
it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a
little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto
Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the
rain stop thee not.
45 And
it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and
wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
46 And
the hand of the Lord was on
Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of
Jezreel.
 
CHAPTER 19
AND Ahab
told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the
prophets with the sword.
2 Then
Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me,
and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow
about this time.
3 And
when he saw that, he arose, and went
for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth
to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 ¶ But
he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down
under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said,
It is enough; now, O Lord, take
away my life; for I am not better
than my fathers.
5 And as
he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and
said unto him, Arise and eat.
6 And he
looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a
cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
7 And
the angel of the Lord came again
the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is
too great for thee.
8 And he
arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days
and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
9 ¶ And
he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came
to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
10 And
he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord
God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown
down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my
life, to take it away.
11 And
he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord
passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces
the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord
was not in the wind: and after the wind
an earthquake; but the Lord was
not in the earthquake:
12 And
after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was
not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
13 And
it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his
mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
14 And
he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord
God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown
down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life,
to take it away.
15 And
the Lord said unto him, Go, return
on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be
king over Syria:
16 And
Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to
be king over Israel: and Elisha the
son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy
room.
17 And
it shall come to pass, that him that
escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword
of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
18 Yet I
have left me seven thousand in
Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath
not kissed him.
19 ¶ So
he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the
twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
20 And
he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my
father and my mother, and then I will
follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
21 And
he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled
their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and
they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
 
CHAPTER 20
AND Ben-hadad
the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two
kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria,
and warred against it.
2 And he
sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus
saith Ben-hadad,
3 Thy
silver and thy gold is mine; thy
wives also and thy children, even the
goodliest, are mine.
4 And
the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying,
I am thine, and all that I have.
5 And
the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although
I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold,
and thy wives, and thy children;
6 Yet I
will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall
search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine
eyes, they shall put it in their
hand, and take it away.
7 Then
the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray
you, and see how this man seeketh mischief:
for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and
for my gold; and I denied him not.
8 And
all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him,
nor consent.
9
Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All
that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing
I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
10 And Ben-hadad
sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of
Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
11 And
the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him,
Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth
it off.
12 And
it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the
pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.
13 ¶ And,
behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen all this great
multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt
know that I am the Lord.
14 And
Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Even by the
young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the
battle? And he answered, Thou.
15 Then
he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two
hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
16 And
they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was
drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two
kings that helped him.
17 And
the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad
sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
18 And
he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they
be come out for war, take them alive.
19 So
these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the
army which followed them.
20 And
they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and
Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
21 And
the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the
Syrians with a great slaughter.
22 ¶ And
the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen
thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the
king of Syria will come up against thee.
23 And
the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they
were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely
we shall be stronger than they.
24 And
do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put
captains in their rooms:
25 And
number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and
chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than
they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
26 And
it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians,
and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
27 And
the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against
them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of
kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
28 ¶ And
there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith
the Lord, Because the Syrians have
said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore
will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that
I am the Lord.
29 And
they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the
children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
30 But
the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there
a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-hadad
fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
31 ¶ And
his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the
house of Israel are merciful kings:
let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and
go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
32 So
they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put
ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad
saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my
brother.
33 Now
the men did diligently observe whether any
thing would come from him, and
did hastily catch it: and they said,
Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came
forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
34 And Ben-hadad
said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will
restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in
Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this
covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
35 ¶ And
a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word
of the Lord, Smite me, I pray
thee. And the man refused to smite him.
36 Then
said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art
departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him,
a lion found him, and slew him.
37 Then
he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him,
so that in smiting he wounded him.
38 So
the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself
with ashes upon his face.
39 And
as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went
out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought
a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then
shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
40 And
as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel
said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
41 And
he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel
discerned him that he was of the
prophets.
42 And
he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord,
Because thou hast let go out of thy hand
a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for
his life, and thy people for his people.
43 And
the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
 
CHAPTER 21
AND it
came to pass after these things, that
Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was
in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
2 And
Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a
garden of herbs, because it is near unto
my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give
thee the worth of it in money.
3 And
Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord
forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
4 And
Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth
the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the
inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away
his face, and would eat no bread.
5 ¶ But
Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that
thou eatest no bread?
6 And he
said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give
me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he
answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.
7 And
Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel?
arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart
be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
8 So she
wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them
with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
9 And
she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among
the people:
10 And
set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying,
Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then
carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
11 And
the men of his city, even the elders
and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto
them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
12 They
proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
13 And
there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of
Belial witnessed against him, even against
Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the
king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones,
that he died.
14 Then
they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
15 ¶ And
it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that
Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the
Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive,
but dead.
16 And
it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go
down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
17 ¶ And
the word of the Lord came to
Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
18
Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he
is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither
he is gone down to possess it.
19 And
thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt
speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord,
In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood,
even thine.
20 And
Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have
found thee: because thou hast sold thyself
to work evil in the sight of the Lord.
21
Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will
cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up
and left in Israel,
22 And
will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the
house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast
provoked me to anger, and made Israel
to sin.
23 And
of Jezebel also spake the Lord,
saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
24 Him
that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the
field shall the fowls of the air eat.
25 ¶ But
there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the
sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel
his wife stirred up.
26 And
he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the Lord cast out before the children of
Israel.
27 And
it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put
sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
28 And
the word of the Lord came to
Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
29 Seest
thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before
me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but
in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
 
CHAPTER 22
AND they
continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
2 And it
came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to
the king of Israel.
3 And
the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not
out of the hand of the king of Syria?
4 And he
said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And
Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am
as thou art, my people as thy people,
my horses as thy horses.
5 And
Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of
the Lord to day.
6 Then
the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and
said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?
And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
7 And
Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might inquire of
him?
8 And
the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There
is yet one man, Micaiah the son of
Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord:
but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And
Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
9 Then
the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
10 And
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne,
having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of
Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
11 And
Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith
the Lord, With these shalt thou
push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
12 And
all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for
the Lord shall deliver it into the king's hand.
13 And
the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now,
the words of the prophets declare good
unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one
of them, and speak that which is good.
14 And
Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak.
15 ¶ So
he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead
to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
16 And
the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me
nothing but that which is true in the name
of the Lord?
17 And
he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a
shepherd: and the Lord said, These
have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
18 And
the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would
prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
19 And
he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord:
I saw the Lord sitting on his
throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his
left.
20 And
the Lord said, Who shall persuade
Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner,
and another said on that manner.
21 And
there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him.
22 And
the Lord said unto him, Wherewith?
And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all
his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
23 Now
therefore, behold, the Lord hath
put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee.
24 But
Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and
said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord
from me to speak unto thee?
25 And
Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an
inner chamber to hide thyself.
26 And
the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the
governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
27 And
say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow
in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction,
until I come in peace.
28 And
Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people,
every one of you.
29 So
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
30 And
the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter
into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised
himself, and went into the battle.
31 But
the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his
chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king
of Israel.
32 And
it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said,
Surely it is the king of Israel. And
they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
33 And
it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned
back from pursuing him.
34 And a
certain man drew a bow at a venture,
and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said
unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host;
for I am wounded.
35 And
the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot
against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into
the midst of the chariot.
36 And
there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun,
saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
37 ¶ So
the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of
Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according
unto the word of the Lord which he
spake.
39 Now
the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he
made, and all the cities that he built, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
40 So Ahab
slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
41 ¶ And
Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab
king of Israel.
42
Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years
old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And
his mother's name was Azubah the
daughter of Shilhi.
43 And
he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing
that which was right in the
eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the
high places were not taken away; for the
people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
44 And
Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
45 Now
the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he
warred, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
46 And
the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he
took out of the land.
47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
48
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not;
for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
49 Then
said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy
servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
50 ¶ And
Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city
of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
51 ¶ Ahaziah
the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
52 And
he did evil in the sight of the Lord,
and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
53 For
he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel, according to all that
his father had done.


THE SECOND
BOOK OF THE KINGS,
COMMONLY CALLED,
THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE KINGS.


CHAPTER 1
THEN Moab
rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
2 And
Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he
sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron
whether I shall recover of this disease.
3 But
the angel of the Lord said to
Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of
Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel,
that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub
the god of Ekron?
4 Now
therefore thus saith the Lord,
Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt
surely die. And Elijah departed.
5 ¶ And
when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now
turned back?
6 And
they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn
again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is
it not because there is not a God in
Israel, that thou sendest to inquire
of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that
bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
7 And he
said unto them, What manner of man was
he which came up to meet you, and
told you these words?
8 And
they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle
of leather about his loins. And he said, It is
Elijah the Tishbite.
9 Then
the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to
him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man
of God, the king hath said, Come down.
10 And
Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume
thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and
his fifty.
11 Again
also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered
and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.
12 And
Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be
a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.
And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
13 ¶ And
he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third
captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and
besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and
the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
14
Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the
former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy
sight.
15 And
the angel of the Lord said unto
Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down
with him unto the king.
16 And
he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord,
Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron,
is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his
word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone
up, but shalt surely die.
17 ¶ So
he died according to the word of the Lord
which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of
Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
18 Now
the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
 
CHAPTER 2
AND it
came to pass, when the Lord would
take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2 And
Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha
said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el.
3 And
the sons of the prophets that were at
Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy
head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it;
hold ye your peace.
4 And
Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And he
said, As the Lord liveth, and as
thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
5 And
the sons of the prophets that were at
Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy
head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it;
hold ye your peace.
6 And
Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan. And he said,
As the Lord liveth, and as
thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
7 And
fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and
they two stood by Jordan.
8 And
Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it
together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that
they two went over on dry ground.
9 ¶ And
it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask
what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I
pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
10 And
he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless,
if thou see me when I am
taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
11 And
it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them
both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 ¶ And
Elisha saw it, and he cried, My
father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw
him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
13 He
took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood
by the bank of Jordan;
14 And
he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and
said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had
smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
15 And
when the sons of the prophets which were
to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha.
And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
16 ¶ And
they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men;
let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of
the Lord hath taken him up, and
cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not
send.
17 And
when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore
fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
18 And
when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them,
Did I not say unto you, Go not?
19 ¶ And
the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of
this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth:
but the water is naught, and the
ground barren.
20 And
he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
21 And
he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and
said, Thus saith the Lord, I have
healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
22 So
the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which
he spake.
23 ¶ And
he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there
came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go
up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
24 And
he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears
out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
25 And
he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
 
CHAPTER 3
NOW Jehoram
the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
2 And he
wrought evil in the sight of the Lord;
but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal
that his father had made.
3 Nevertheless
he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to
sin; he departed not therefrom.
4 ¶ And
Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an
hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
5 But it
came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the
king of Israel.
6 ¶ And
king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
7 And he
went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath
rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said,
I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
8 And he
said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness
of Edom.
9 So the
king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they
fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host,
and for the cattle that followed them.
10 And
the king of Israel said, Alas! that the Lord
hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
11 But
Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire of the Lord by him? And one of the king of
Israel's servants answered and said, Here is
Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
12 And
Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord
is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down
to him.
13 And
Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to
the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of
Israel said unto him, Nay: for the Lord
hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
14 And
Elisha said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I
stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king
of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
15 But
now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that
the hand of the Lord came upon
him.
16 And
he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make
this valley full of ditches.
17 For
thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not
see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water,
that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
18 And
this is but a light thing in the
sight of the Lord: he will deliver
the Moabites also into your hand.
19 And
ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every
good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with
stones.
20 And
it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that,
behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with
water.
21 ¶ And
when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them,
they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the
border.
22 And
they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the
Moabites saw the water on the other side as
red as blood:
23 And
they said, This is blood: the kings
are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to
the spoil.
24 And
when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the
Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the
Moabites, even in their country.
25 And
they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his
stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all
the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the
slingers went about it, and smote it.
26 ¶ And
when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with
him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
27 Then
he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And
there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and
returned to their own land.
 
CHAPTER 4
NOW there
cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha,
saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did
fear the Lord: and the creditor is
come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
2 And
Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the
house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot
of oil.
3 Then
he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4 And
when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons,
and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which
is full.
5 So she
went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels
to her; and she poured out.
6 And it
came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me
yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There
is not a vessel more. And the oil
stayed.
7 Then
she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy
debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
8 ¶ And
it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
9 And
she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by
us continually.
10 Let
us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him
there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when
he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
11 And
it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay
there.
12 And
he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called
her, she stood before him.
13 And
he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with
all this care; what is to be done for
thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host?
And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
14 And
he said, What then is to be done for
her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
15 And
he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
16 And
he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a
son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou
man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
17 And
the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto
her, according to the time of life.
18 ¶ And
when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to
the reapers.
19 And
he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to
his mother.
20 And
when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till
noon, and then died.
21 And
she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door
upon him, and went out.
22 And
she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young
men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
23 And
he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon,
nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
24 Then
she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
25 So
she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass,
when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant,
Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
26 Run
now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it
well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she
answered, It is well.
27 And
when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi
came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her
soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
28 Then
she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
29 Then
he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go
thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer
him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
30 And
the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed
her.
31 And Gehazi
passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet
him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
32 And
when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
33 He
went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the Lord.
34 And
he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his
eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon
the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
35 Then
he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched
himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his
eyes.
36 And
he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when
she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
37 Then
she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up
her son, and went out.
38 ¶ And
Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there
was a dearth in the land; and the
sons of the prophets were sitting
before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe
pottage for the sons of the prophets.
39 And
one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and
gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they
knew them not.
40 So
they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of
the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not
eat thereof.
41 But
he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it
into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And
there was no harm in the pot.
42 ¶ And
there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the
firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk
thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
43 And
his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said
again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
44 So he
set it before them, and they did eat,
and left thereof, according to the
word of the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 5
NOW Naaman,
captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and
honourable, because by him the Lord
had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he
was a leper.
2 And
the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the
land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
3 And
she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is
in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying,
Thus and thus said the maid that is of
the land of Israel.
5 And
the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of
Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six
thousand pieces of gold, and ten
changes of raiment.
6 And he
brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come
unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent
Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
7 And it
came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his
clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and
to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy?
wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
8 ¶ And
it was so, when Elisha the man of God
had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king,
saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he
shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
9 So
Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the
house of Elisha.
10 And
Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times,
and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
11 But
Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely
come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover
the leper.
12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of
Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean?
So he turned and went away in a rage.
13 And
his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some
great thing, wouldest thou not have done it?
how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
14 Then
went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying
of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little
child, and he was clean.
15 ¶ And
he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood
before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all
the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy
servant.
16 But
he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will
receive none. And he urged him to take it;
but he refused.
17 And
Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two
mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt
offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord.
18 In
this thing the Lord pardon thy
servant, that when my master goeth
into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow
myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon,
the Lord pardon thy servant in
this thing.
19 And
he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
20 ¶ But
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath
spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought:
but, as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
21 So Gehazi
followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him
running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
22 And
he said, All is well. My master hath
sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young
men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver,
and two changes of garments.
23 And
Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two
talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they
bare them before him.
24 And
when he came to the tower, he took them
from their hand, and bestowed them in
the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
25 But
he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
26 And
he said unto him, Went not mine heart with
thee, when the man turned again from
his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to
receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and
menservants, and maidservants?
27 The
leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever.
And he went out from his presence a leper as
white as snow.
 
CHAPTER 6
AND the
sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell
with thee is too strait for us.
2 Let us
go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us
make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
3 And
one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I
will go.
4 So he
went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
5 But as
one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and
said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
6 And
the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut
down a stick, and cast it in thither;
and the iron did swim.
7
Therefore said he, Take it up to
thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
8 ¶ Then
the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants,
saying, In such and such a place shall
be my camp.
9 And
the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not
such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
10 And
the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned
him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
11
Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and
he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
12 And
one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel
the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
13 ¶ And
he said, Go and spy where he is, that
I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is
in Dothan.
14
Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came
by night, and compassed the city about.
15 And
when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an
host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said
unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
16 And
he answered, Fear not: for they that be
with us are more than they that be with them.
17 And
Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I
pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and,
behold, the mountain was full of horses
and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
18 And
when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with
blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
19 ¶ And
Elisha said unto them, This is not
the way, neither is this the city:
follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to
Samaria.
20 And
it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw;
and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
21 And
the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite
them? shall I smite them?
22 And
he answered, Thou shalt not smite them:
wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with
thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go
to their master.
23 And
he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he
sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no
more into the land of Israel.
24 ¶ And
it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host,
and went up, and besieged Samaria.
25 And
there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an
ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of
a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of
silver.
26 And
as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto
him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
27 And
he said, If the Lord do not help
thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
28 And
the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said
unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to
morrow.
29 So we
boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy
son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
30 ¶ And
it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his
clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had
sackcloth within upon his flesh.
31 Then
he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of
Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
32 But
Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from
before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye
how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the
messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet
behind him?
33 And
while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he
said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; what should I wait for the Lord any longer?
 
CHAPTER 7
THEN Elisha
said, Hear ye the word of the Lord;
Thus saith the Lord, To morrow
about this time shall a measure of
fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the
gate of Samaria.
2 Then a
lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord
would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou
shalt see it with thine eyes, but
shalt not eat thereof.
3 ¶ And
there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one
to another, Why sit we here until we die?
4 If we
say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we
die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if
they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
5 And
they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they
were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
6 For
the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a
noise of horses, even the noise of a great
host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against
us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
7
Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their
horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
8 And
when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one
tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment,
and went and hid it; and came again,
and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
9 Then
they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the
morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may
go and tell the king's household.
10 So
they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying,
We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there,
neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
11 And
he called the porters; and they told it
to the king's house within.
12 ¶ And
the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you
what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide
themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch
them alive, and get into the city.
13 And
one of his servants answered and said, Let some
take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city,
(behold, they are as all the
multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the
Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.
14 They
took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the
Syrians, saying, Go and see.
15 And
they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away
in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
16 And
the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine
flour was sold for a shekel, and two
measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.
17 ¶ And
the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the
gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God
had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
18 And
it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures
of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to
morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
19 And
that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the Lord should
make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt
see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
20 And
so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he
died.
 
CHAPTER 8
THEN spake
Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go
thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it
shall also come upon the land seven years.
2 And
the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with
her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
3 And it
came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land
of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and
for her land.
4 And
the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I
pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
5 And it
came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to
life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the
king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to
life.
6 And
when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a
certain 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.
7 ¶ And
Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was
told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
8 And
the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man
of God, and inquire of the Lord by
him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
9 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, Thy
son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of
this disease?
10 And
Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit
the Lord hath shewed me that he shall
surely die.
11 And
he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God
wept.
12 And
Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that
thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on
fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children,
and rip up their women with child.
13 And
Hazael said, But what, is thy servant
a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
14 So he
departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha
to thee? And he answered, He told me that
thou shouldest surely recover.
15 And
it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and
Hazael reigned in his stead.
16 ¶ And
in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the
son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
17
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight
years in Jerusalem.
18 And
he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the
daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
19 Yet
the Lord would not destroy Judah
for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
20 ¶ In
his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over
themselves.
21 So
Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night,
and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the
chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
22 Yet
Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted
at the same time.
23 And
the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
24 And
Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of
David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
25 ¶ In
the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of
Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
26 Two
and twenty years old was Ahaziah when
he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king
of Israel.
27 And
he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab: for he was
the son in law of the house of Ahab.
28 ¶ And
he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead;
and the Syrians wounded Joram.
29 And
king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians
had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And
Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab
in Jezreel, because he was sick.
 
CHAPTER 9
AND Elisha
the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird
up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead:
2 And
when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of
Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him
to an inner chamber;
3 Then
take the box of oil, and pour it on
his head, and say, Thus saith the Lord,
I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry
not.
4 ¶ So
the young man, even the young man the
prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
5 And
when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And
Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.
6 And he
arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said
unto him, Thus saith the Lord God
of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the Lord, even
over Israel.
7 And
thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of
my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel.
8 For
the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that
pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
9 And I
will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and
like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
10 And
the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
11 ¶ Then
Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all
well? wherefore came this mad fellow to
thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
12 And
they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me,
saying, Thus saith the Lord, I have
anointed thee king over Israel.
13 Then
they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets,
saying, Jehu is king.
14 So
Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now
Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
15 But
king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians
had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it
be your minds, then let none go forth
nor escape out of the city to go to tell
it in Jezreel.
16 So
Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah
king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
17 And
there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of
Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman,
and send to meet them, and let him say, Is
it peace?
18 So
there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it
peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And
the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
19 Then
he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the
king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn
thee behind me.
20 And
the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and
the driving is like the driving of
Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
21 And
Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel
and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out
against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
22 And
it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he
answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her
witchcrafts are so many?
23 And
Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O
Ahaziah.
24 And
Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and
the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
25 Then
said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take
up, and cast him in the portion of
the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode
together after Ahab his father, the Lord
laid this burden upon him;
26
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,
saith the Lord; and I will requite
thee in this plat, saith the Lord.
Now therefore take and cast him into
the plat of ground, according to the word of the Lord.
27 ¶ But
when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this,
he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said,
Smite him also in the chariot. And they did
so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and
died there.
28 And
his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his
sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
29 And
in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over
Judah.
30 ¶ And
when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted
her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
31 And
as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had
Zimri peace, who slew his master?
32 And
he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
33 And
he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and
he trode her under foot.
34 And
when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.
35 And
they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the
feet, and the palms of her hands.
36
Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the Lord,
which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of
Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
37 And
the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the
portion of Jezreel; so that they
shall not say, This is Jezebel.
 
CHAPTER 10
AND Ahab
had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto
the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,
2 Now as
soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you
chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;
3 Look
even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight
for your master's house.
4 But
they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him:
how then shall we stand?
5 And he
that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and
the bringers up of the children,
sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy
servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do
thou that which is good in thine
eyes.
6 Then
he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will
hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and
come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city,
which brought them up.
7 And it
came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and
slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
8 ¶ And
there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of
the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of
the gate until the morning.
9 And it
came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the
people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired
against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
10 Know
now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the Lord hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
11 So
Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great
men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
12 ¶ And
he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And
as he was at the shearing house in
the way,
13 Jehu
met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go
down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
14 And
he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of
the shearing house, even two and forty
men; neither left he any of them.
15 ¶ And
when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him,
and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into
the chariot.
16 And
he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord.
So they made him ride in his chariot.
17 And
when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till
he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah.
18 ¶ And
Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a
little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
19 Now
therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his
priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever
shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers
of Baal.
20 And
Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
21 And
Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that
there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal;
and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.
22 And
he said unto him that was over the
vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them
forth vestments.
23 And Jehu
went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto
the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of
the servants of the Lord, but the
worshippers of Baal only.
24 And
when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed
fourscore men without, and said, If any
of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
25 And
it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering,
that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the
edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.
26 And
they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
27 And
they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made
it a draught house unto this day.
28 Thus
Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
29 ¶ Howbeit
from the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit,
the golden calves that were in Beth-el,
and that were in Dan.
30 And
the Lord said unto Jehu, Because
thou hast done well in executing that
which is right in mine eyes, and
hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
31 But
Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord
God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of
Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
32 ¶ In
those days the Lord began to cut
Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
33 From
Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and
the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by
the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
34 Now
the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
35 And
Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his
son reigned in his stead.
36 And
the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.
 
CHAPTER 11
AND when
Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and
destroyed all the seed royal.
2 But
Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of
Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and
they hid him, even him and his nurse,
in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
3 And he
was with her hid in the house of the Lord
six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
4 ¶ And
the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the
captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant with them, and
took an oath of them in the house of the Lord,
and shewed them the king's son.
5 And he
commanded them, saying, This is the
thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall
even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
6 And a
third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the
guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.
7 And
two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the
watch of the house of the Lord
about the king.
8 And ye
shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and
he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as
he goeth out and as he cometh in.
9 And
the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man
his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on
the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
10 And
to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and
shields, that were in the temple of
the Lord.
11 And
the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king,
from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.
12 And
he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him
the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their
hands, and said, God save the king.
13 ¶ And
when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and
of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the Lord.
14 And
when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters
by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets:
and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
15 But
Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the
host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that
followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be
slain in the house of the Lord.
16 And
they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came
into the king's house: and there was she slain.
17 ¶ And
Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord
and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord's people; between the king also and the people.
18 And
all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his
altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the
priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the
house of the Lord.
19 And
he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the
people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of
the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
20 And
all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew
Athaliah with the sword beside the king's
house.
21 Seven
years old was Jehoash when he began
to reign.
 
CHAPTER 12
IN the
seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah
of Beer-sheba.
2 And
Jehoash did that which was right in the
sight of the Lord all his days
wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
3 But
the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt
incense in the high places.
4 ¶ And
Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is
brought into the house of the Lord,
even the money of every one that
passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into
the house of the Lord,
5 Let
the priests take it to them, every
man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever
any breach shall be found.
6 But it
was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests
had not repaired the breaches of the house.
7 Then
king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches
of the house? now therefore receive no more
money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
8 And
the priests consented to receive no more
money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
9 But
Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it
beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the Lord: and the priests that kept the door
put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.
10 And
it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high
priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in
the house of the Lord.
11 And
they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that
had the oversight of the house of the Lord:
and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the
house of the Lord,
12 And
to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the
breaches of the house of the Lord,
and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
13
Howbeit there were not made for the house of the Lord bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels
of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that
was brought into the house of the Lord:
14 But
they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the Lord.
15
Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the
money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
16 The
trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the Lord: it was the priests'.
17 ¶ Then
Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael
set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
18 And
Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and
Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own
hallowed things, and all the gold that
was found in the treasures of the
house of the Lord, and in the king's
house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria:
and he went away from Jerusalem.
19 ¶ And
the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
20 And
his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of
Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
21 For
Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants,
smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of
David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
 
CHAPTER 13
IN the
three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the
son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen
years.
2 And he
did that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord, and followed the
sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not
therefrom.
3 ¶ And
the anger of the Lord was kindled
against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria,
and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, all their days.
4 And
Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and
the Lord hearkened unto him: for
he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
5 (And
the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so
that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of
Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
6
Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made
Israel sin, but walked therein: and there
remained the grove also in Samaria.)
7
Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten
chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them,
and had made them like the dust by threshing.
8 ¶ Now
the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
9 And
Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his
son reigned in his stead.
10 ¶ In
the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of
Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and
reigned sixteen years.
11 And
he did that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord; he departed not
from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.
12 And
the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he
fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
13 And
Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was
buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
14 ¶ Now
Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of
Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my
father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
15 And
Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
16 And
he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand
upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.
17 And
he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of
the Lord's deliverance, and the
arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek,
till thou have consumed them.
18 And
he said, Take the arrows. And he took them.
And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote
thrice, and stayed.
19 And
the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five
or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
20 ¶ And
Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the
land at the coming in of the year.
21 And
it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men;
and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let
down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
22 ¶ But
Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
23 And
the Lord was gracious unto them,
and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he
them from his presence as yet.
24 So
Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead.
25 And
Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of
Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by
war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
 
CHAPTER 14
IN the
second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of
Joash king of Judah.
2 He was
twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine
years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
3 And he
did that which was right in the
sight of the Lord, yet not like
David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
4
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice
and burnt incense on the high places.
5 ¶ And
it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew
his servants which had slain the king his father.
6 But
the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written
in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the Lord
commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor
the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to
death for his own sin.
7 He
slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and
called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
8 ¶ Then
Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of
Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
9 And
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 thy
daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the
thistle.
10 Thou
hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this,
and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
11 But
Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and
Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
12 And
Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their
tents.
13 And
Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son
of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of
Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
14 And
he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the
house of the Lord, and in the
treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
15 ¶ Now
the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought
with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
16 And
Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of
Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
17 ¶ And
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of
Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
18 And
the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
19 Now
they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but
they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
20 And
they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in
the city of David.
21 ¶ And
all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was
sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
22 He
built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his
fathers.
23 ¶ 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, and reigned forty and one
years.
24 And
he did that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord: he departed not
from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
25 He
restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the
plain, according to the word of the Lord
God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of
Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher.
26 For
the Lord saw the affliction of
Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
27 And
the Lord said not that he would
blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of
Jeroboam the son of Joash.
28 ¶ Now
the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he
warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah,
for Israel, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
29 And
Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even
with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
 
CHAPTER 15
IN the
twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah
king of Judah to reign.
2 Sixteen
years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah
of Jerusalem.
3 And he
did that which was right in the
sight of the Lord, according to
all that his father Amaziah had done;
4 Save
that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense
still on the high places.
5 ¶ And
the Lord smote the king, so that
he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And
Jotham the king's son was over the
house, judging the people of the land.
6 And
the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
7 So
Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the
city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
8 ¶ In
the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of
Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
9 And he
did that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord, as his fathers
had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin.
10 And
Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the
people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
11 And
the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
12 This was the word of the Lord which he spake unto Jehu, saying,
Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
13 ¶ Shallum
the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king
of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
14 For
Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote
Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
15 And
the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they
are written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel.
16 ¶ Then
Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were
therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him,
therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with
child he ripped up.
17 In
the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi
to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.
18 And
he did that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord: he departed not
all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to
sin.
19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against
the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might
be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
20 And
Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even
of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give
to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not
there in the land.
21 ¶ And
the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
22 And
Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
23 ¶ In
the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to
reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
24 And
he did that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord: he departed not
from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
25 But
Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote
him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and
with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his
room.
26 And
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.
27 ¶ In
the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah
began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and
reigned twenty years.
28 And
he did that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord: he departed not
from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
29 In
the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took
Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and
Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
30 And
Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and
smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of
Jotham the son of Uzziah.
31 And
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.
32 ¶ In
the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the
son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
33 Five
and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years
in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
34 And
he did that which was right in the
sight of the Lord: he did
according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
35 ¶ Howbeit
the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense
still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the Lord.
36 ¶ Now
the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
37 In
those days the Lord began to send
against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
38 And
Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of
David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
 
CHAPTER 16
IN the seventeenth
year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to
reign.
2 Twenty
years old was Ahaz when he began to
reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his father.
3 But he
walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through
the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of
Israel.
4 And he
sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under
every green tree.
5 ¶ Then
Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to
Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
6 At
that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from
Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
7 So
Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and
save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king
of Israel, which rise up against me.
8 And
Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's
house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
9 And
the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against
Damascus, and took it, and carried the
people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
10 ¶ And
king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an
altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz
sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it,
according to all the workmanship thereof.
11 And
Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from
Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it
against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
12 And
when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king
approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
13 And
he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink
offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.
14 And
he brought also the brasen altar, which was
before the Lord, from the
forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of the
altar.
15 And
king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the
morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt
sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of
the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon
it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and
the brasen altar shall be for me to inquire by.
16 Thus
did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
17 ¶ And
king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off
them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
18 And
the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's
entry without, turned he from the house of the Lord
for the king of Assyria.
19 ¶ Now
the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20 And
Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of
David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
 
CHAPTER 17
IN the
twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in
Samaria over Israel nine years.
2 And he
did that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord, but not as the
kings of Israel that were before him.
3 ¶ Against
him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and
gave him presents.
4 And
the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to
So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had
done year by year: therefore the king
of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
5 ¶ Then
the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria,
and besieged it three years.
6 ¶ In
the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel
away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
7 For so it was, that the children of Israel
had sinned against the Lord their God,
which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
8 And
walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the
kings of Israel, which they had made.
9 And
the children of Israel did secretly those
things that were not right against
the Lord their God, and they built
them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the
fenced city.
10 And
they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green
tree:
11 And
there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the Lord
carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger:
12 For
they served idols, whereof the Lord
had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
13 Yet
the Lord testified against Israel,
and against Judah, by all the prophets, and
by all the seers, saying, Turn ye 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.
14
Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck
of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord
their God.
15 And
they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers,
and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity,
and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning
whom the Lord had charged them,
that they should not do like them.
16 And
they left all the commandments of the Lord
their God, and made them molten images, even
two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served
Baal.
17 And
they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used
divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the
Lord, to provoke him to anger.
18
Therefore the Lord was very angry
with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the
tribe of Judah only.
19 Also
Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord
their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
20 And
the Lord rejected all the seed of
Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until
he had cast them out of his sight.
21 For
he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat
king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the Lord, and made them sin a great sin.
22 For
the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they
departed not from them;
23 Until
the Lord removed Israel out of his
sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away
out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
24 ¶ And
the king of Assyria brought men from
Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and
placed them in the cities of Samaria
instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the
cities thereof.
25 And so it was at the beginning of their
dwelling there, that they feared not
the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
26
Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou
hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God
of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay
them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
27 Then
the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye
brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them
the manner of the God of the land.
28 Then
one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el,
and taught them how they should fear the Lord.
29
Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had
made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
30 And
the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and
the men of Hamath made Ashima,
31 And
the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in
fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
32 So
they feared the Lord, and made
unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which
sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
33 They
feared the Lord, and served their
own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
34 Unto
this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their
statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the
Lord commanded the children of
Jacob, whom he named Israel;
35 With
whom the Lord had made a covenant,
and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them,
nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
36 But
the Lord, who brought you up out
of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye
fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
37 And
the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he
wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other
gods.
38 And
the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye
fear other gods.
39 But
the Lord your God ye shall fear;
and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
40
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
41 So
these nations feared the Lord, and
served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children:
as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
 
CHAPTER 18
NOW it
came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of
Judah began to reign.
2 Twenty
and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and
nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
3 And he
did that which was right in the
sight of the Lord, according to
all that David his father did.
4 ¶ He
removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and
brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the
children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
5 He
trusted in the Lord God of Israel;
so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
6 For he
clave to the Lord, and departed not from following him, but
kept his commandments, which the Lord
commanded Moses.
7 And
the Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went
forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
8 He
smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza,
and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
9 ¶ And
it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up
against Samaria, and besieged it.
10 And
at the end of three years they took it: even
in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is
the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
11 And
the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah
and in Habor by the river of Gozan,
and in the cities of the Medes:
12
Because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord
their God, but transgressed his covenant, and
all that Moses the servant of the Lord
commanded, and would not hear them,
nor do them.
13 ¶ Now
in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up
against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
14 And
Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have
offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the
king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver
and thirty talents of gold.
15 And
Hezekiah gave him all the silver that
was found in the house of the Lord,
and in the treasures of the king's house.
16 At
that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from
the doors of the temple of the Lord,
and from the pillars which Hezekiah
king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
17 ¶ And
the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to
king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to
Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the
upper pool, which is in the highway
of the fuller's field.
18 And
when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of
Hilkiah, which was over the household,
and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
19 And Rab-shakeh
said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king
of Assyria, What confidence is this
wherein thou trustest?
20 Thou
sayest, (but they are but
vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust,
that thou rebellest against me?
21 Now,
behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand,
and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of
Egypt unto all that trust on him.
22 But
if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord
our God: is not that he, whose high
places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and
Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
23 Now
therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will
deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders
upon them.
24 How
then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's
servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
25 Am I
now come up without the Lord
against this place to destroy it? The Lord
said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
26 Then
said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh, Speak,
I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews'
language in the ears of the people that are
on the wall.
27 But Rab-shakeh
said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak
these words? hath he not sent me to the men which
sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss
with you?
28 Then Rab-shakeh
stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying,
Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:
29 Thus
saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to
deliver you out of his hand:
30
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord,
saying, The Lord will surely
deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of
Assyria.
31
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement
with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig
tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:
32 Until
I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine,
a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may
live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you,
saying, The Lord will deliver us.
33 Hath
any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the
king of Assyria?
34 Where
are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad?
where are the gods of Sepharvaim,
Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
35 Who are they among all the gods of the
countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine
hand?
36 But
the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's
commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
37 Then
came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was
over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder,
to Hezekiah with their clothes rent,
and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.
 
CHAPTER 19
AND it
came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it,
that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the
house of the Lord.
2 And he
sent Eliakim, which was over the
household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth,
to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
3 And
they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children
are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
4 It may
be the Lord thy God will hear all
the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach
the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are
left.
5 So the
servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6 ¶ And
Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which thou
hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall
return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own
land.
8 ¶ So Rab-shakeh
returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had
heard that he was departed from Lachish.
9 And
when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight
against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
10 Thus
shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou
trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand
of the king of Assyria.
11
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by
destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
12 Have
the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the
children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
13 Where
is the king of Hamath, and the king
of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
14 ¶ And
Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and
Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord,
and spread it before the Lord.
15 And
Hezekiah prayed before the Lord,
and said, O Lord God of Israel,
which dwellest between the cherubims,
thou art the God, even thou alone, of
all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
16 Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear: open,
Lord, thine eyes, and see: and
hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
17 Of a
truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria
have destroyed the nations and their lands,
18 And
have 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.
19 Now
therefore, O Lord our God, I
beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth
may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only.
20 ¶ Then
Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of
Assyria I have heard.
21 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The
virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her
head at thee.
22 Whom
hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high?
even against the Holy One of Israel.
23 By
thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude
of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon,
and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the
lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
24 I
have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried
up all the rivers of besieged places.
25 Hast
thou not heard long ago how I have
done it, and of ancient times that I
have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay
waste fenced cities into ruinous
heaps.
26
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and
confounded; they were as the grass of
the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn
blasted before it be grown up.
27 But I
know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
28 Because
thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will
put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back
by the way by which thou camest.
29 And
this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of
themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the
third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
30 And
the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root
downward, and bear fruit upward.
31 For
out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount
Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts
shall do this.
32
Therefore thus saith the Lord
concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an
arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
33 By
the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this
city, saith the Lord.
34 For I
will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's
sake.
35 ¶ And
it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an
hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning,
behold, they were all dead corpses.
36 So
Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at
Nineveh.
37 And
it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that
Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped
into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
 
CHAPTER 20
IN those
days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came
to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord,
Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
2 Then
he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying,
3 I
beseech thee, O Lord, remember now
how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which
is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah
wept sore.
4 And it
came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of
the Lord came to him, saying,
5 Turn
again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have
heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third
day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.
6 And I
will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out
of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own
sake, and for my servant David's sake.
7 And
Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
8 ¶ And
Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall
be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up
into the house of the Lord the
third day?
9 And
Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord,
that the Lord will do the thing
that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten
degrees?
10 And
Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees:
nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
11 And
Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord:
and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the
dial of Ahaz.
12 ¶ At
that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters
and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
13 And
Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious
things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment,
and all the house of his armour, and
all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all
his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
14 ¶ Then
came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these
men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from
a far country, even from Babylon.
15 And
he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things
that are in mine house have they
seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
16 And
Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord.
17
Behold, the days come, that all that is
in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day,
shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
18 And
of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take
away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
19 Then
said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the
word of the Lord which thou hast
spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
20 ¶ And
the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool,
and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
21 And
Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
 
CHAPTER 21
MANASSEH
was twelve years old when he began to
reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzi-bah.
2 And he
did that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord, after the
abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord
cast out before the children of Israel.
3 For he
built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he
reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and
worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
4 And he
built altars in the house of the Lord,
of which the Lord said, In
Jerusalem will I put my name.
5 And he
built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
6 And he
made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments,
and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the
sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
7 And he
set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son,
In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of
Israel, will I put my name for ever:
8
Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I
gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I
have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses
commanded them.
9 But
they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the
nations whom the Lord destroyed
before the children of Israel.
10 ¶ And
the Lord spake by his servants the
prophets, saying,
11
Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that
the Amorites did, which were before
him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
12
Therefore thus saith the Lord God
of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that
whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
13 And I
will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house
of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a
man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
14 And I
will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of
their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
15 Because
they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day
their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
16
Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem
from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in
doing that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord.
17 ¶ Now
the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he
sinned, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
18 And
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 stead.
19 ¶ Amon
was twenty and two years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz
of Jotbah.
20 And
he did that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord, as his father
Manasseh did.
21 And
he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that
his father served, and worshipped them:
22 And
he forsook the Lord God of his
fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.
23 ¶ And
the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
24 And
the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and
the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
25 Now
the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
26 And
he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son
reigned in his stead.
 
CHAPTER 22
JOSIAH was eight years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of
Boscath.
2 And he
did that which was right in the
sight of the Lord, and walked in
all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to
the left.
3 ¶ And
it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam,
the scribe, to the house of the Lord,
saying,
4 Go up
to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into
the house of the Lord, which the keepers
of the door have gathered of the people:
5 And
let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the
oversight of the house of the Lord:
and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the Lord,
to repair the breaches of the house,
6 Unto
carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to
repair the house.
7
Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered
into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
8 ¶ And
Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of
the law in the house of the Lord.
And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
9 And
Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said,
Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have
delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of
the house of the Lord.
10 And
Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered
me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
11 And
it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that
he rent his clothes.
12 And
the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and
Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of
the king's, saying,
13 Go
ye, inquire of the Lord for me,
and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that
is found: for great is the wrath of
the Lord that is kindled against us,
because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do
according unto all that which is written concerning us.
14 So
Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto
Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of
Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;)
and they communed with her.
15 ¶ And
she said unto them, Thus saith the Lord
God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
16 Thus
saith the Lord, Behold, I will
bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the
king of Judah hath read:
17
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that
they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my
wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
18 But
to the king of Judah which sent you to inquire of the Lord, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, As touching the words
which thou hast heard;
19
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against
this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a
desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also
have heard thee, saith the Lord.
20
Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be
gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil
which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
 
CHAPTER 23
AND the
king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
2 And
the king went up into the house of the Lord,
and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the
priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he
read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in
the house of the Lord.
3 ¶ And
the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and
his testimonies and his statutes with all their
heart and all their soul, to perform
the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people
stood to the covenant.
4 And
the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second
order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for
Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them
without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.
5 And he
put down 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 round about
Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon,
and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
6 And he
brought out the grove from the house of the Lord,
without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron,
and stamped it small to powder, and
cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
7 And he
brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord,
where the women wove hangings for the grove.
8 And 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 Beer-sheba, and brake down
the high places of the gates that were
in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of
the city.
9
Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat of
the unleavened bread among their brethren.
10 And
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.
11 And
he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the
entering in of the house of the Lord,
by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
12 And
the altars that were on the top of
the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which
Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust
of them into the brook Kidron.
13 And
the high places that were before
Jerusalem, which were on the right
hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded
for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination
of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did
the king defile.
14 And
he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places
with the bones of men.
15 ¶ Moreover
the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high
place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to
powder, and burned the grove.
16 And
as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the
sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar,
and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord
which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
17 Then
he said, What title is that that I
see? And the men of the city told him, It
is the sepulchre of the man of God, which
came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the
altar of Beth-el.
18 And
he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone,
with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
19 And
all the houses also of the high places that were
in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and
did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el.
20 And
he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned
to Jerusalem.
21 ¶ And
the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in the book
of this covenant.
22
Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that
judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of
Judah;
23 But
in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein
this passover was holden to the Lord
in Jerusalem.
24 ¶ Moreover
the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the
idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem,
did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were
written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.
25 And
like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his
soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after
him arose there any like him.
26 ¶ Notwithstanding
the Lord turned not from the
fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because
of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
27 And
the Lord said, I will remove Judah
also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem
which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
28 Now
the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
29 ¶ In
his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to
the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at
Megiddo, when he had seen him.
30 And his
servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to
Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took
Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's
stead.
31 ¶ Jehoahaz
was twenty and three years old when
he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's
name was Hamutal, the daughter of
Jeremiah of Libnah.
32 And
he did that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord, according to
all that his fathers had done.
33 And Pharaoh-nechoh
put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in
Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a
talent of gold.
34 And Pharaoh-nechoh
made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and
turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and
died there.
35 And
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, of every one according to his taxation,
to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh.
36 ¶ Jehoiakim
was twenty and five years old when he
began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah
of Rumah.
37 And
he did that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord, according to
all that his fathers had done.
 
CHAPTER 24
IN his
days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant
three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
2 And
the Lord sent against him bands of
the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of
the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to
the word of the Lord, which he
spake by his servants the prophets.
3 Surely
at the commandment of the Lord
came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh,
according to all that he did;
4 And
also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent
blood; which the Lord would not
pardon.
5 ¶ Now
the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
6 So
Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
7 And
the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of
Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that
pertained to the king of Egypt.
8 ¶ Jehoiachin
was eighteen years old when he began
to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan
of Jerusalem.
9 And he
did that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord, according to
all that his father had done.
10 ¶ At
that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against
Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
11 And
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did
besiege it.
12 And
Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his
mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of
Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
13 And
he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's
house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel
had made in the temple of the Lord,
as the Lord had said.
14 And
he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of
valour, even ten thousand captives, and
all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the
people of the land.
15 And
he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's
wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
16 And
all the men of might, even seven
thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of
Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
17 ¶ And
the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and
changed his name to Zedekiah.
18
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old
when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's
name was Hamutal, the daughter of
Jeremiah of Libnah.
19 And
he did that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord, according to
all that Jehoiakim had done.
20 For
through the anger of the Lord it
came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence,
that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
 
CHAPTER 25
AND it
came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against
Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
2 And
the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
3 And on
the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the
city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
4 ¶ And
the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the
Chaldees were against the city round
about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
5 And
the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains
of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
6 So
they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and
they gave judgment upon him.
7 And
they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of
Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
8 ¶ And
in the fifth month, on the seventh day
of the month, which is the nineteenth
year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the
guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
9 And he
burnt the house of the Lord, and
the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's
house burnt he with fire.
10 And
all the army of the Chaldees, that were
with the captain of the guard, brake
down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
11 Now
the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives
that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan
the captain of the guard carry away.
12 But
the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and
husbandmen.
13 And
the pillars of brass that were in the
house of the Lord, and the bases,
and the brasen sea that was in the
house of the Lord, did the
Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
14 And
the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the
vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
15 And
the firepans, and the bowls, and such
things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took
away.
16 The
two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the
Lord; the brass of all these
vessels was without weight.
17 The
height of the one pillar was eighteen
cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass:
and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and
pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these
had the second pillar with wreathen work.
18 ¶ And
the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the
second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
19 And
out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five
men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and
the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore
men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
20 And Nebuzar-adan
captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to
Riblah:
21 And
the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath.
So Judah was carried away out of their land.
22 ¶ And
as for the people that remained 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, ruler.
23 And
when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of
Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the
son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they
and their men.
24 And Gedaliah
sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the
servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and
it shall be well with you.
25 But
it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the
son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah,
that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
26 And
all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose,
and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
27 ¶ And
it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin
king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to
reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
28 And
he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;
29 And
changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all
the days of his life.
30 And
his allowance was a continual
allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of
his life.


THE FIRST
BOOK OF THE
CHRONICLES.


CHAPTER 1
ADAM,
Sheth, Enosh,
2 Kenan,
Mahalaleel, Jered,
3
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
4 Noah,
Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
5 ¶ The
sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and
Meshech, and Tiras.
6 And
the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
7 And
the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
8 ¶ The
sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9 And
the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And
the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
10 And Cush
begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
11 And
Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
12 And
Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.
13 And
Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
14 The
Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
15 And
the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
16 And
the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
17 ¶ The
sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and
Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
18 And
Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
19 And
unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's
name was Joktan.
20 And
Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
21
Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
22 And
Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
23 And
Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were
the sons of Joktan.
24 ¶ Shem,
Arphaxad, Shelah,
25 Eber,
Peleg, Reu,
26
Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27
Abram; the same is Abraham.
28 The
sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
29 ¶ These
are their generations: The firstborn
of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
30
Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
31
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
32 ¶ Now
the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and
Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and
Dedan.
33 And
the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All
these are the sons of Keturah.
34 And
Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
35 ¶ The
sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
36 The
sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and
Amalek.
37 The
sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
38 And
the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and
Ezer, and Dishan.
39 And
the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister.
40 The
sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons
of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.
41 The
sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran,
and Cheran.
42 The
sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan.
The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
43 ¶ Now
these are the kings that reigned in
the land of Edom before any king
reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his
city was Dinhabah.
44 And
when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
45 And
when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
46 And
when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field
of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
47 And
when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
48 And
when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
49 And
when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
50 And
when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred,
the daughter of Mezahab.
51 ¶ Hadad
died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,
52 Duke
Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
53 Duke
Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
54 Duke
Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the
dukes of Edom.
 
CHAPTER 2
THESE are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi,
and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
2 Dan,
Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 ¶ The
sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which
three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the
firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him.
4 And
Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
5 The
sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
6 And
the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of
them in all.
7 And
the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing
accursed.
8 And
the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
9 The
sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
10 And
Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of
Judah;
11 And
Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
12 And
Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
13 ¶ And
Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
14
Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15 Ozem
the sixth, David the seventh:
16 Whose
sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail.
And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
17 And
Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was
Jether the Ishmeelite.
18 ¶ And
Caleb the son of Hezron begat children
of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth:
her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab,
and Ardon.
19 And
when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
20 And
Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
21 ¶ And
afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom
he married when he was threescore years
old; and she bare him Segub.
22 And
Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
23 And
he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and
the towns thereof, even threescore cities.
All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
24 And
after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him
Ashur the father of Tekoa.
25 ¶ And
the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and
Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
26
Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was
Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
27 And
the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
28 And
the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and
Abishur.
29 And
the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail,
and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
30 And
the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
31 And
the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of
Sheshan; Ahlai.
32 And
the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died
without children.
33 And
the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 ¶ Now
Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian,
whose name was Jarha.
35 And
Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
36 And
Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
37 And
Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
38 And
Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
39 And
Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
40 And
Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
41 And
Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
42 ¶ Now
the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were,
Mesha his firstborn, which was the
father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
43 And
the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
44 And
Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
45 And
the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon
was the father of Beth-zur.
46 And
Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
47 And
the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and
Shaaph.
48
Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
49 She
bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the
father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was
Achsah.
50 ¶ These
were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the
father of Kirjath-jearim,
51 Salma
the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
52 And
Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
53 And
the families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the
Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the
Eshtaulites.
54 The
sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab,
and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
55 And
the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the
Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the
father of the house of Rechab.
 
CHAPTER 3
NOW these
were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn
Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the
Carmelitess:
2 The
third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the
fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
3 The
fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
4 These six were born unto him in Hebron;
and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty
and three years.
5 And
these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and
Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:
6 Ibhar
also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
7 And
Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
8 And
Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and
Tamar their sister.
10 ¶ And
Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his
son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
11 Joram
his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
12
Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
13 Ahaz
his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
14 Amon
his son, Josiah his son.
15 And
the sons of Josiah were, the
firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth
Shallum.
16 And
the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
17 ¶ And
the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
18
Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
19 And
the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel,
and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their
sister:
20 And
Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.
21 And
the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of
Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
22 And
the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal,
and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
23 And
the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
24 And
the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah,
and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani,
seven.
 
CHAPTER 4
THE sons
of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
2 And
Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad.
These are the families of the
Zorathites.
3 And
these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name
of their sister was Hazelelponi:
4 And
Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of
Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem.
5 ¶ And
Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6 And
Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
7 And
the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and
Jezoar, and Ethnan.
8 And
Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
9 ¶ And
Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name
Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
10 And
Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me
indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that
thou wouldest keep me from evil, that
it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
11 ¶ And
Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.
12 And
Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash.
These are the men of Rechah.
13 And
the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
14 And
Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of
Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
15 And
the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of
Elah, even Kenaz.
16 And
the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
17 And
the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and
Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father
of Eshtemoa.
18 And
his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of
Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
19 And
the sons of his wife Hodiah the
sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the
Maachathite.
20 And
the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and
Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
21 ¶ The
sons of Shelah the son of Judah were,
Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of
the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
22 And
Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in
Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things.
23 These
were the potters, and those that
dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
24 ¶ The
sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and
Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:
25
Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
26 And
the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.
27 And
Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many
children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
28 And
they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
29 And
at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
30 And
at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
31 And
at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of
David.
32 And
their villages were, Etam, and Ain,
Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
33 And
all their villages that were round
about the same cities, unto Baal. These were
their habitations, and their genealogy.
34 And
Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
35 And
Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
36 And
Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel,
and Benaiah,
37 And
Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of
Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
38 These
mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the
house of their fathers increased greatly.
39 ¶ And
they went to the entrance of Gedor, even
unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
40 And
they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
41 And
these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote
their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them
utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there
for their flocks.
42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir,
having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the
sons of Ishi.
43 And
they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto
this day.
 
CHAPTER 5
NOW the
sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed,
his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the
genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
2 For
Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
3 The
sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4 The
sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5 Micah
his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
6 Beerah
his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
7 And
his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was
reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
8 And
Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer,
even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:
9 And
eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river
Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
10 And
in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand:
and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.
11 ¶ And
the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto
Salchah:
12 Joel
the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
13 And
their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and
Zia, and Heber, seven.
14 These
are the children 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;
15 Ahi
the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.
16 And
they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of
Sharon, upon their borders.
17 All
these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in
the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 ¶ The
sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant
men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in
war, were four and forty thousand
seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
19 And
they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.
20 And
they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their
hand, and all that were with them:
for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they
put their trust in him.
21 And
they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two
hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred
thousand.
22 For
there fell down many slain, because the war was
of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
23 ¶ And
the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased
from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
24 And
these were the heads of the house of
their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah,
and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
25 ¶ And
they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after
the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
26 And
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 them away, even the
Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them
unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
 
CHAPTER 6
THE sons
of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2 And
the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
3 And
the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron;
Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4 ¶ Eleazar
begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
5 And
Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
6 And
Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
7
Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
8 And
Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
9 And
Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
10 And
Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in
the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
11 And
Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
12 And
Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
13 And
Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
14 And
Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
15 And
Jehozadak went into captivity, when the Lord carried away Judah and Jerusalem by
the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16 ¶ The
sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17 And
these be the names of the sons of Gershom;
Libni, and Shimei.
18 And
the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and
Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
19 The
sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are
the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
20 Of Gershom;
Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
21 Joah
his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
22 The
sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
23
Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
24
Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
25 And
the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
26 As for
Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
27 Eliab
his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
28 And
the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
29 The
sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
30
Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
31 And
these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark had rest.
32 And
they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation
with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: and then
they waited on their office according to their order.
33 And
these are they that waited with their
children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the
son of Shemuel,
34 The
son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
35 The
son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
36 The
son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
37 The
son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
38 The
son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
39 And
his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
40 The
son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,
41 The
son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
42 The
son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
43 The
son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
44 And
their brethren the sons of Merari stood
on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
45 The
son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
46 The
son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
47 The
son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
48 Their
brethren also the Levites were appointed
unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
49 ¶ But
Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the
altar of incense, and were appointed
for all the work of the place most
holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the
servant of God had commanded.
50 And
these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar
his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
51 Bukki
his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
52 Meraioth
his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
53 Zadok
his son, Ahimaaz his son.
54 ¶ Now
these are their dwelling places
throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families
of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
55 And they
gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.
56 But
the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of
Jephunneh.
57 And
to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs,
and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
58 And
Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
59 And
Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:
60 And
out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her
suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their
families were thirteen cities.
61 And
unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities
given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
62 And
to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar,
and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the
tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
63 Unto
the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families,
out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe
of Zebulun, twelve cities.
64 And
the children of Israel gave to the Levites these
cities with their suburbs.
65 And
they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the
tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of
Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their
names.
66 And the residue
of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the
tribe of Ephraim.
67 And
they gave unto them, of the cities of
refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with
her suburbs,
68 And
Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs,
69 And
Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs:
70 And
out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her
suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
71 Unto
the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half
tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her
suburbs:
72 And
out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her
suburbs,
73 And
Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
74 And
out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,
75 And
Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
76 And
out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon
with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
77 Unto
the rest of the children of Merari were
given out of the tribe of Zebulun,
Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
78 And
on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given
them out of the tribe of Reuben,
Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
79
Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
80 And
out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with
her suburbs,
81 And
Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
 
CHAPTER 7
NOW the
sons of Issachar were, Tola, and
Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
2 And
the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and
Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to
wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of
might in their generations; whose number was
in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
3 And
the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and
Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
4 And
with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and
thirty thousand men: for they had
many wives and sons.
5 And their
brethren among all the families of Issachar were
valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven
thousand.
6 ¶ The sons
of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
7 And
the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five;
heads of the house of their fathers, mighty
men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand
and thirty and four.
8 And
the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and
Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
9 And
the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the
house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
10 The
sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and
Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
11 All
these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour,
were seventeen thousand and two
hundred soldiers, fit to go out for
war and battle.
12
Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
13 ¶ The
sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of
Bilhah.
14 ¶ The
sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but
his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
15 And
Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose
sister's name was Maachah;) and the
name of the second was Zelophehad:
and Zelophehad had daughters.
16 And
Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the
name of his brother was Sheresh; and his
sons were Ulam and Rakem.
17 And
the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the
sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
18 And
his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
19 And
the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
20 ¶ And
the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and
Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
21 ¶ And
Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath
that were born in that land slew,
because they came down to take away their cattle.
22 And
Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
23 ¶ And
when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his
name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
24 (And
his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon
the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.)
25 And
Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and
Telah his son, and Tahan his son,
26 Laadan
his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
27 Non
his son, Jehoshua his son.
28 ¶ And
their possessions and habitations were,
Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with
the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns
thereof:
29 And
by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach
and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the
children of Joseph the son of Israel.
30 ¶ The
sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their
sister.
31 And
the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.
32 And
Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
33 And
the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
34 And
the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
35 And
the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
36 The
sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
37
Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
38 And
the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
39 And
the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
40 All
these were the children of Asher,
heads of their father's house, choice
and mighty men of valour, chief of
the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to
the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
 
CHAPTER 8
NOW Benjamin
begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
2 Nohah
the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
3 And
the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
4 And
Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
5 And Gera,
and Shephuphan, and Huram.
6 And
these are the sons of Ehud: these are
the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
7 And
Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
8 And
Shaharaim begat children in the
country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
9 And he
begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
10 And
Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were
his sons, heads of the fathers.
11 And
of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
12 The
sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the
towns thereof:
13
Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads
of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of
Gath:
14 And
Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
15 And
Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
16 And
Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
17 And
Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
18
Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
19 And
Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
20 And
Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
21 And
Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;
22 And
Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
23 And
Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
24 And
Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
25 And
Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
26 And
Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
27 And
Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
28 These
were heads of the fathers, by their
generations, chief men. These dwelt
in Jerusalem.
29 And
at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:
30 And
his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
31 And Gedor,
and Ahio, and Zacher.
32 And
Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem,
over against them.
33 ¶ And
Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua,
and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
34 And
the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal;
and Merib-baal begat Micah.
35 And
the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and
Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
36 And
Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and
Zimri begat Moza,
37 And
Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son,
Eleasah his son, Azel his son:
38 And
Azel had six sons, whose names are these,
Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
39 And
the sons of Eshek his brother were,
Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
40 And
the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and
sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are
of the sons of Benjamin.
 
CHAPTER 9
SO all
Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for
their transgression.
2 ¶ Now
the first inhabitants that dwelt in
their possessions in their cities were,
the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
3 And in
Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and
of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;
4 Uthai
the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the
children of Pharez the son of Judah.
5 And of
the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
6 And of
the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
7 And of
the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son
of Hasenuah,
8 And
Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and
Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
9 And
their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six.
All these men were chief of the fathers
in the house of their fathers.
10 ¶ And
of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
11 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 the house of God;
12 And
Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai
the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of
Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
13 And
their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven
hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house
of God.
14 And
of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of
Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
15 And
Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of
Zichri, the son of Asaph;
16 And
Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and
Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the
Netophathites.
17 And
the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub,
and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
18 Who
hitherto waited in the king's gate
eastward: they were porters in the
companies of the children of Levi.
19 And
Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his
brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the
tabernacle: and their fathers, being over
the host of the Lord, were keepers of the entry.
20 And
Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the Lord
was with him.
21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation.
22 All
these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy
in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set
office.
23 So
they and their children had the
oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord,
namely, the house of the tabernacle,
by wards.
24 In
four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
25 And
their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time
to time with them.
26 For
these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house
of God.
27 ¶ And
they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof
every morning pertained to them.
28 And certain of them had the charge of the
ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.
29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of
the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the
frankincense, and the spices.
30 And some of the sons of the priests made the
ointment of the spices.
31 And
Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the
Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of
the Kohathites, were over the
shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
33 And
these are the singers, chief of the
fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
34 These
chief fathers of the Levites were chief
throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
35 ¶ And
in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah:
36 And
his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
37 And Gedor,
and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
38 And
Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem,
over against their brethren.
39 And
Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua,
and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
40 And
the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal:
and Merib-baal begat Micah.
41 And
the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and
Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.
42 And
Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri
begat Moza;
43 And
Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
44 And
Azel had six sons, whose names are these,
Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
 
CHAPTER 10
NOW the
Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the
Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
2 And
the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the
Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
3 And
the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded
of the archers.
4 Then
said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith;
lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for
he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
5 And
when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword,
and died.
6 So
Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
7 And
when all the men of Israel that were in
the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they
forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
8 ¶ And
it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain,
that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
9 And
when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into
the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and
to the people.
10 And
they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the
temple of Dagon.
11 ¶ And
when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 They
arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of
his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in
Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
13 ¶ So
Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even
against the word of the Lord,
which he kept not, and also for asking counsel
of one that had a familiar
spirit, to inquire of it;
14 And inquired
not of the Lord: therefore he slew
him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
 
CHAPTER 11
THEN all
Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 And
moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt
feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
3 Therefore
came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant
with them in Hebron before the Lord;
and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.
4 ¶ And
David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were,
the inhabitants of the land.
5 And
the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither.
Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
6 And
David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain.
So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
7 And
David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
8 And he
built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the
rest of the city.
9 So
David waxed greater and greater: for the Lord
of hosts was with him.
10 ¶ These
also are the chief of the mighty men
whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king,
according to the word of the Lord
concerning Israel.
11 And
this is the number of the mighty men
whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up
his spear against three hundred slain by
him at one time.
12 And
after him was Eleazar the son of
Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
13 He
was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together
to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled
from before the Philistines.
14 And
they set themselves in the midst of that
parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the Lord saved them by a great deliverance.
15 ¶ Now
three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of
Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
16 And
David was then in the hold, and the
Philistines' garrison was then at Beth-lehem.
17 And
David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the
well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate!
18 And
the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the
well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate,
and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord,
19 And
said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood
of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy
of their lives they brought it.
Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
20 ¶ And
Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his
spear against three hundred, he slew them,
and had a name among the three.
21 Of
the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain:
howbeit he attained not to the first three.
22
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done
many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion
in a pit in a snowy day.
23 And
he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature,
five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a
staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his
own spear.
24 These
things did Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
25
Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his
guard.
26 ¶ Also
the valiant men of the armies were,
Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
27
Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
28 Ira
the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite,
29
Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
30
Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
31 Ithai
the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin,
Benaiah the Pirathonite,
32 Hurai
of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
33
Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
34 The
sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
35 Ahiam
the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
36
Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
37 Hezro
the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
38 Joel
the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
39 Zelek
the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of
Zeruiah,
40 Ira
the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
41 Uriah
the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
42 Adina
the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
43 Hanan
the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
44 Uzzia
the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
45
Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
46 Eliel
the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the
Moabite,
47
Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
 
CHAPTER 12
NOW these
are they that came to David to
Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they
were among the mighty men, helpers of
the war.
2 They were
armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even
of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
3 The
chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the
sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and
Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,
4 And
Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and
Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
5
Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
6
Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
7 And
Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
8 And of
the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the
wilderness men of might, and men of
war fit for the battle, that could
handle shield and buckler, whose faces were
like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the
mountains;
9 Ezer
the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
10
Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
11 Attai
the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
12
Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
13
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
14 These
were of the sons of Gad, captains of
the host: one of the least was over
an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
15 These
are they that went over Jordan in the
first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
16 And
there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
17 And
David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come
peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be
come to betray me to mine enemies,
seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
18 Then
the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he
said, Thine are we, David, and on thy
side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be
unto thee, and peace be to thine
helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them
captains of the band.
19 And
there fell some of Manasseh to David,
when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them
not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He
will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
20 As he
went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael,
and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands
that were of Manasseh.
21 And
they helped David against the band of
the rovers: for they were all
mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
22 For
at that time day by day there came to
David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
23 ¶ And
these are the numbers of the bands that were
ready armed to the war, and came to
David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of
the Lord.
24 The
children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
25 Of
the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and
one hundred.
26 Of
the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
27 And
Jehoiada was the leader of the
Aaronites, and with him were three
thousand and seven hundred;
28 And
Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two
captains.
29 And
of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto
the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
30 And
of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of
valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
31 And
of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name,
to come and make David king.
32 And
of the children of Issachar, which were men
that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads
of them were two hundred; and all
their brethren were at their
commandment.
33 Of
Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of
war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they
were not of double heart.
34 And
of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and
seven thousand.
35 And
of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.
36 And
of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.
37 And
on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the
half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle,
an hundred and twenty thousand.
38 All
these men of war, that could keep rank, 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.
39 And
there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren
had prepared for them.
40
Moreover they that were nigh them, even
unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels,
and on mules, and on oxen, and meat,
meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep
abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
 
CHAPTER 13
AND David
consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
2 And
David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you,
and that it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad unto our
brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and
with them also to the priests and Levites
which are in their cities and suburbs,
that they may gather themselves unto us:
3 And
let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we inquired not at it in the
days of Saul.
4 And
all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the
eyes of all the people.
5 So
David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering
of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.
6 And
David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that
is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the
ark of God the Lord, that dwelleth
between the cherubims, whose name is
called on it.
7 And
they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and
Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
8 And
David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries,
and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
9 ¶ And
when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to
hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
10 And
the anger of the Lord was kindled
against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there
he died before God.
11 And
David was displeased, because the Lord
had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this
day.
12 And
David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
13 So
David brought not the ark home to
himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom
the Gittite.
14 And
the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months.
And the Lord blessed the house of Obed-edom,
and all that he had.
 
CHAPTER 14
NOW Hiram
king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and
carpenters, to build him an house.
2 And
David perceived that the Lord had
confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because
of his people Israel.
3 ¶ And
David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.
4 Now
these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem;
Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
5 And
Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
6 And
Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
7 And
Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
8 ¶ And
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.
9 And
the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
10 And
David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt
thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord
said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
11 So
they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God
hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of
waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
12 And
when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were
burned with fire.
13 And
the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
14
Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after
them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
15 And
it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry
trees, that then thou shalt go out to
battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
16 David
therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines
from Gibeon even to Gazer.
17 And
the fame of David went out into all lands; and the Lord brought the fear of him upon all nations.
 
CHAPTER 15
AND David made him houses in the city of
David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
2 Then
David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath
the Lord chosen to carry the ark
of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
3 And
David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had prepared
for it.
4 And
David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
5 Of the
sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:
6 Of the
sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
7 Of the
sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
8 Of the
sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
9 Of the
sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
10 Of
the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and
twelve.
11 And
David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for
Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
12 And
said unto them, Ye are the chief of
the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel unto the place
that I have prepared for it.
13 For
because ye did it not at the first, the Lord
our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
14 So
the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
15 And
the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the
staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the Lord.
16 And
David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be
the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals,
sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
17 So
the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son
of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of
Kushaiah;
18 And
with them their brethren of the second degree,
Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and
Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom,
and Jeiel, the porters.
19 So
the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were
appointed to sound with cymbals of
brass;
20 And
Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and
Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
21 And
Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah,
with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
22 And
Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for
song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
23 And
Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers
for the ark.
24 And
Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and
Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of
God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers
for the ark.
25 ¶ So
David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring
up the ark of the covenant of the Lord
out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.
26 And
it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant
of the Lord, that they offered
seven bullocks and seven rams.
27 And
David was clothed with a robe of fine
linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the
master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
28 Thus
all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets,
and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
29 ¶ And
it came to pass, as the ark of the
covenant of the Lord came to the
city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw
king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
 
CHAPTER 16
SO they
brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had
pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
2 And
when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace
offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.
3 And he
dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread,
and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of
wine.
4 ¶ And
he appointed certain of the Levites
to minister before the ark of the Lord,
and to record, and to thank and praise the Lord
God of Israel:
5 Asaph
the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and
Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries
and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
6
Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark
of the covenant of God.
7 ¶ Then
on that day David delivered first this
psalm to thank the Lord into the hand of Asaph and his
brethren.
8 Give
thanks unto the Lord, call upon
his name, make known his deeds among the people.
9 Sing
unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
10 Glory
ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
11 Seek
the Lord and his strength, seek
his face continually.
12
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments
of his mouth;
13 O ye
seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
14 He is the Lord
our God; his judgments are in all the
earth.
15 Be ye
mindful always of his covenant; the word which
he commanded to a thousand generations;
16 Even of
the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
17 And
hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and
to Israel for an everlasting
covenant,
18
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
19 When
ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
20 And when they went from nation to nation,
and from one kingdom to another
people;
21 He
suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do
my prophets no harm.
23 Sing
unto the Lord, all the earth; shew
forth from day to day his salvation.
24
Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.
25 For
great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
26 For
all the gods of the people are idols:
but the Lord made the heavens.
27 Glory
and honour are in his presence;
strength and gladness are in his
place.
28 Give
unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the
people, give unto the Lord glory
and strength.
29 Give
unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering,
and come before him: worship the Lord
in the beauty of holiness.
30 Fear
before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not
moved.
31 Let
the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The Lord
reigneth.
32 Let
the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
33 Then
shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the Lord, because he cometh to judge the
earth.
34 O
give thanks unto the Lord; for he is
good; for his mercy endureth for
ever.
35 And
say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us
from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
36
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for ever and ever. And
all the people said, Amen, and praised the Lord.
37 ¶ So
he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually,
as every day's work required:
38 And Obed-edom
with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun
and Hosah to be porters:
39 And
Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that was at Gibeon,
40 To
offer burnt offerings unto the Lord
upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do
according to all that is written in the law of the Lord, which he commanded Israel;
41 And
with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed
by name, to give thanks to the Lord,
because his mercy endureth for ever;
42 And
with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should
make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
43 And
all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his
house.
 
CHAPTER 17
NOW it
came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet,
Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth
under curtains.
2 Then
Nathan said unto David, Do all that is
in thine heart; for God is with thee.
3 ¶ And
it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
4 Go and
tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord,
Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
5 For I
have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this
day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
6
Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges
of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me
an house of cedars?
7 Now
therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote,
even from following the sheep, that
thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
8 And I
have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine
enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great
men that are in the earth.
9 Also I
will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall
dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of
wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
10 And
since the time that I commanded judges to
be over my people Israel. Moreover I
will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house.
11 ¶ And
it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be
with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of
thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
12 He
shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
13 I
will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away
from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
14 But I
will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall
be established for evermore.
15
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan
speak unto David.
16 ¶ And
David the king came and sat before the Lord,
and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
17 And yet this was a small thing in thine
eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken
of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me
according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God.
18 What
can David speak more to thee for the
honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
19 O Lord, for thy servant's sake, and
according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making
known all these great things.
20 O Lord, there
is none like thee, neither is there
any God beside thee, according to all
that we have heard with our ears.
21 And
what one nation in the earth is like
thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to
be his own people, to make thee a
name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy
people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
22 For
thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Lord, becamest their God.
23
Therefore now, Lord, let the thing
that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be
established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
24 Let
it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even
a God to Israel: and let the house of
David thy servant be established
before thee.
25 For
thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house:
therefore thy servant hath found in his heart
to pray before thee.
26 And
now, Lord, thou art God, and hast
promised this goodness unto thy servant:
27 Now
therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be
before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O Lord,
and it shall be blessed for
ever.
 
CHAPTER 18
NOW after
this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and
took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 And he
smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
3 ¶ And
David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his
dominion by the river Euphrates.
4 And
David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and
twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred
chariots.
5 And
when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew
of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
6 Then
David put garrisons in Syria-damascus;
and the Syrians became David's servants, and
brought gifts. Thus the Lord
preserved David whithersoever he went.
7 And
David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and
brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Likewise
from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much
brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels
of brass.
9 ¶ Now
when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer
king of Zobah;
10 He
sent Hadoram his son to king David, to inquire of his welfare, and to
congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him;
(for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with
him all manner of vessels of gold and
silver and brass.
11 ¶ Them
also king David dedicated unto the Lord,
with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of
Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
12
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt
eighteen thousand.
13 ¶ And
he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus
the Lord preserved David
whithersoever he went.
14 ¶ So
David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his
people.
15 And
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the
host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.
16 And
Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
17 And
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over
the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
 
CHAPTER 19
NOW it
came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died,
and his son reigned in his stead.
2 And
David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his
father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him
concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the
children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
3 But
the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David
doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his
servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the
land?
4
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their
garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
5 Then
there went certain, and told David
how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed.
And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
6 ¶ And
when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David,
Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them
chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of
Zobah.
7 So
they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his
people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered
themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
8 And
when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of
the mighty men.
9 And
the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of
the city: and the kings that were come were
by themselves in the field.
10 Now
when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose
out of all the choice of Israel, and put them
in array against the Syrians.
11 And
the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and
they set themselves in array against the
children of Ammon.
12 And
he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if
the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.
13 Be of
good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the
cities of our God: and let the Lord
do that which is good in his
sight.
14 So
Joab and the people that were with
him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
15 And
when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled
before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to
Jerusalem.
16 ¶ And
when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent
messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were
beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
17 And
it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came
upon 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.
18 But
the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which
fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the
captain of the host.
19 And
when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before
Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the
Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
 
CHAPTER 20
AND it
came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle,
Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of
Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab
smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
2 And
David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a
talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was
set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the
city.
3 And he
brought out the people that were in
it, and cut them with saws, and with
harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the
children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
4 ¶ And
it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines;
at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children
of the giant: and they were subdued.
5 And
there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi
the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
6 And
yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on
each hand, and six on each foot:
and he also was the son of the giant.
7 But
when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
8 These
were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by
the hand of his servants.
 
CHAPTER 21
AND Satan
stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
2 And
David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba
even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
3 And
Joab answered, The Lord make his
people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are
they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why
will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
4
Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed,
and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
5 ¶ And
Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of
Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword:
and Judah was four hundred threescore
and ten thousand men that drew sword.
6 But Levi
and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to
Joab.
7 And God
was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
8 And
David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but
now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very
foolishly.
9 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto Gad, David's
seer, saying,
10 Go
and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Lord,
I offer thee three things: choose
thee one of them, that I may do it unto
thee.
11 So Gad
came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee
12
Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes,
while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts
of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that
sent me.
13 And
David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of
the Lord; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall
into the hand of man.
14 ¶ So
the Lord sent pestilence upon
Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
15 And God
sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil,
and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And
the angel of the Lord stood by the
threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16 And
David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword
in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel,
who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
17 And
David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have
sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done?
let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord
my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they
should be plagued.
18 ¶ Then
the angel of the Lord commanded Gad
to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Ornan the
Jebusite.
19 And
David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord.
20 And
Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid
themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
21 And
as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the
threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
22 Then
David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this
threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the Lord: thou shalt grant it me for the full
price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
23 And
Ornan said unto David, Take it to
thee, and let my lord the king do that
which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee
the oxen also for burnt offerings,
and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give
it all.
24 And
king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for
I will not take that which is thine for the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings without
cost.
25 So
David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
26 And
David built there an altar unto the Lord,
and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the Lord; and he answered him from heaven by
fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
27 And
the Lord commanded the angel; and
he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
28 ¶ At
that time when David saw that the Lord
had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he
sacrificed there.
29 For
the tabernacle of the Lord, which
Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at
Gibeon.
30 But
David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of
the sword of the angel of the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 22
THEN David
said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
2 And
David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones
to build the house of God.
3 And
David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and
for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
4 Also
cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar
wood to David.
5 And
David said, Solomon my son is young
and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must
be exceeding magnifical, of fame and
of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore
now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
6 ¶ Then
he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the Lord God of Israel.
7 And
David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house
unto the name of the Lord my God:
8 But
the word of the Lord came to me,
saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt
not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the
earth in my sight.
9
Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will
give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon,
and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
10 He
shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be
his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for
ever.
11 Now,
my son, the Lord be with thee; and
prosper thou, and build the house of the Lord
thy God, as he hath said of thee.
12 Only
the Lord give thee wisdom and
understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep
the law of the Lord thy God.
13 Then
shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments
which the Lord charged Moses with concerning
Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
14 Now,
behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord an hundred thousand talents of gold,
and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight;
for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest
add thereto.
15
Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and
timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
16 Of
the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise
therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee.
17 ¶ David
also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
18 Is not the Lord your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants
of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.
19 Now
set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord
your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the
covenant of the Lord, and the holy
vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 23
SO when
David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2 ¶ And
he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3 Now
the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their
number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
4 Of
which, twenty and four thousand were to
set forward the work of the house of the Lord;
and six thousand were officers and
judges:
5
Moreover four thousand were porters;
and four thousand praised the Lord
with the instruments which I made, said
David, to praise therewith.
6 And
David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 ¶ Of
the Gershonites were, Laadan, and
Shimei.
8 The
sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel,
and Zetham, and Joel, three.
9 The
sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
10 And
the sons of Shimei were, Jahath,
Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were
the sons of Shimei.
11 And
Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many
sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house.
12 ¶ The
sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13 The
sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should
sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before
the Lord, to minister unto him,
and to bless in his name for ever.
14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his
sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
15 The
sons of Moses were, Gershom, and
Eliezer.
16 Of
the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the
chief.
17 And
the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah
the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
18 Of
the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
19 Of
the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third,
and Jekameam the fourth.
20 Of
the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.
21 ¶ The
sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
22 And
Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of
Kish took them.
23 The
sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24 ¶ These
were the sons of Levi after the house
of their fathers; even the chief of
the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did
the work for the service of the house of the Lord,
from the age of twenty years and upward.
25 For
David said, The Lord God of Israel
hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
26 And
also unto the Levites; they shall no more
carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
27 For
by the last words of David the Levites were
numbered from twenty years old and above:
28
Because their office was to wait on
the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the
purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
29 Both
for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the
unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried,
and for all manner of measure and size;
30 And
to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord,
and likewise at even;
31 And
to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the Lord
in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according
to the order commanded unto them, continually before the Lord:
32 And
that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the
charge of the holy place, and the charge
of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 24
NOW these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab,
and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2 But
Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore
Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
3 And
David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the
sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
4 And
there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of
Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among
the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons
of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
5 Thus
were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the
sanctuary, and governors of the house
of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
6 And
Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one
of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the
priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one
principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
7 Now
the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
8 The
third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
9 The
fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
10 The
seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
11 The
ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
12 The
eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
13 The
thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
14 The
fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
15 The
seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
16 The
nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
17 The
one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
18 The
three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
19 These
were the orderings of them in their
service to come into the house of the Lord,
according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.
20 ¶ And
the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of
the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
21
Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.
22 Of
the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.
23 And
the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the
third, Jekameam the fourth.
24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the
sons of Michah; Shamir.
25 The
brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the
sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.
26 The
sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi:
the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
27 ¶ The
sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
28 Of
Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
29
Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
30 The
sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
31 These
likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the
presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the
fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against
their younger brethren.
 
CHAPTER 25
MOREOVER
David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of
Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with
psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service
was:
2 Of the
sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of
Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the
king.
3 Of
Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah,
and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied
with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord.
4 Of
Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth,
Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi,
Hothir, and Mahazioth:
5 All
these were the sons of Heman the king's
seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen
sons and three daughters.
6 All
these were under the hands of their
father for song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps,
for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph,
Jeduthun, and Heman.
7 So the
number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even
all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
8 ¶ And
they cast lots, ward against ward, as
well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
9 Now
the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with
his brethren and sons were twelve:
10 The
third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and
his brethren, were twelve:
11 The
fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
12 The
fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and
his brethren, were twelve:
13 The
sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and
his brethren, were twelve:
14 The
seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons,
and his brethren, were twelve:
15 The
eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and
his brethren, were twelve:
16 The
ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and
his brethren, were twelve:
17 The
tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and
his brethren, were twelve:
18 The
eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons,
and his brethren, were twelve:
19 The
twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons,
and his brethren, were twelve:
20 The
thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons,
and his brethren, were twelve:
21 The
fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his
sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
22 The
fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons,
and his brethren, were twelve:
23 The
sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons,
and his brethren, were twelve:
24 The
seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his
sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25 The
eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons,
and his brethren, were twelve:
26 The
nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons,
and his brethren, were twelve:
27 The
twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons,
and his brethren, were twelve:
28 The
one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his
sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
29 The
two and twentieth to Giddalti, he,
his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
30 The
three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he,
his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
31 The
four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he,
his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.
 
CHAPTER 26
CONCERNING
the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
2 And
the sons of Meshelemiah were,
Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
3 Elam
the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
4
Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were,
Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth,
and Nethaneel the fifth,
5 Ammiel
the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.
6 Also
unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their
father: for they were mighty men of
valour.
7 The
sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
8 All
these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able
men for strength for the service, were
threescore and two of Obed-edom.
9 And
Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
10 Also
Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his
father made him the chief;)
11
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and
brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
12 Among
these were the divisions of the
porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister
in the house of the Lord.
13 ¶ And
they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their
fathers, for every gate.
14 And
the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counseller,
they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
15 To Obed-edom
southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
16 To
Shuppim and Hosah the lot came
forth westward, with the gate
Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
17
Eastward were six Levites, northward
four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
18 At
Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and
two at Parbar.
19 These
are the divisions of the porters
among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
20 ¶ And
of the Levites, Ahijah was over the
treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
21 As concerning
the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.
22 The
sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the
treasures of the house of the Lord.
23 Of
the Amramites, and the Izharites, the
Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:
24 And
Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.
25 And
his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his
son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
26 Which
Shelomith and his brethren were over
all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief
fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the
host, had dedicated.
27 Out
of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the Lord.
28 And
all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner,
and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and
whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of
Shelomith, and of his brethren.
29 ¶ Of
the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were
for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his
brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in
all the business of the Lord, and
in the service of the king.
31 Among
the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief,
even among the Hebronites, according
to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David
they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at
Jazer of Gilead.
32 And
his brethren, men of valour, were two
thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the
Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter
pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
 
CHAPTER 27
NOW the
children of Israel after their number, to
wit, the chief fathers and captains
of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter
of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the
months of the year, of every course were
twenty and four thousand.
2 Over
the first course for the first month was
Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
3 Of the
children of Perez was the chief of
all the captains of the host for the first month.
4 And
over the course of the second month was
Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was
Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.
5 The
third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
6 This is that
Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty,
and above the thirty: and in his course was
Ammizabad his son.
7 The
fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and
Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
8 The
fifth captain for the fifth month was
Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were
twenty and four thousand.
9 The
sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite:
and in his course were twenty and
four thousand.
10 The
seventh captain for the seventh month
was Helez the Pelonite, of the
children of Ephraim: and in his course were
twenty and four thousand.
11 The
eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the
Zarhites: and in his course were twenty
and four thousand.
12 The
ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the
Benjamites: and in his course were twenty
and four thousand.
13 The
tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the
Zarhites: and in his course were twenty
and four thousand.
14 The
eleventh captain for the eleventh
month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of
the children of Ephraim: and in his course were
twenty and four thousand.
15 The
twelfth captain for the twelfth month
was Heldai the Netophathite, of
Othniel: and in his course were twenty
and four thousand.
16 ¶ Furthermore
over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the
son of Maachah:
17 Of
the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:
18 Of
Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of
David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
19 Of
Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:
20 Of
the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of
Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
21 Of
the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead,
Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
22 Of
Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were
the princes of the tribes of Israel.
23 ¶ But
David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the Lord had said he would increase Israel
like to the stars of the heavens.
24 Joab
the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell
wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the
chronicles of king David.
25 ¶ And
over the king's treasures was Azmaveth
the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in
the villages, and in the castles, was
Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
26 And
over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
27 And
over the vineyards was Shimei the
Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
28 And
over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was
Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
29 And
over the herds that fed in Sharon was
Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that
were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:
30 Over
the camels also was Obil the
Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah
the Meronothite:
31 And
over the flocks was Jaziz the
Hagerite. All these were the rulers
of the substance which was king David's.
32 Also
Jonathan David's uncle was a counseller, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel
the son of Hachmoni was with the king's
sons:
33 And
Ahithophel was the king's counseller:
and Hushai the Archite was the king's
companion:
34 And
after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son
of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.
 
CHAPTER 28
AND David
assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the
captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the
captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over
all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the
officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto
Jerusalem.
2 Then
David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my
people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of
rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord,
and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
3 But God
said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been
a man of war, and hast shed blood.
4
Howbeit the Lord God of Israel
chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for
he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah,
the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
5 And of
all my sons, (for the Lord hath
given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of
the kingdom of the Lord over
Israel.
6 And he
said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I
have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
7
Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my
commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
8 Now
therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the Lord, and in the audience of our God,
keep and seek for all the commandments of the Lord
your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
9 ¶ And
thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a
perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord
searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts:
if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will
cast thee off for ever.
10 Take
heed now; for the Lord hath chosen
thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
11 ¶ Then
David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof,
and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the
inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
12 And
the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the
Lord, and of all the chambers
round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of
the dedicated things:
13 Also
for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the
service of the house of the Lord,
and for all the vessels of service in the house of the Lord.
14 He gave
of gold by weight for things of gold,
for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments
of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:
15 Even
the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight
for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of
silver by weight, both for the
candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof,
according to the use of every candlestick.
16 And
by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
17 Also
pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden
basons he gave gold by weight for every
bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:
18 And
for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of
the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered
the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
19 All this, said David, the Lord made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
20 And
David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the Lord God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor
forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the
house of the Lord.
21 And,
behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of
God: and there shall be with thee for
all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service:
also the princes and all the people will
be wholly at thy commandment.
 
CHAPTER 29
FURTHERMORE
David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God
hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is
not for man, but for the Lord God.
2 Now I
have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and
of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
3
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of
mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which
I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared
for the holy house,
4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of
the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the
walls of the houses withal:
5 The
gold for things of gold, and the
silver for things of silver, and for
all manner of work to be made
by the hands of artificers. And who then
is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?
6 ¶ Then
the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains
of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered
willingly,
7 And
gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten
thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen
thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
8 And
they with whom precious stones were
found gave them to the treasure of
the house of the Lord, by the hand
of Jehiel the Gershonite.
9 Then
the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect
heart they offered willingly to the Lord:
and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
10 ¶ Wherefore
David blessed the Lord before all
the congregation: and David said, Blessed be
thou, Lord God of Israel our
father, for ever and ever.
11
Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the
glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and
in the earth is thine; thine is the
kingdom, O Lord, and thou art
exalted as head above all.
12 Both
riches and honour come of thee, and
thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is
power and might; and in thine hand it
is to make great, and to give
strength unto all.
13 Now
therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
14 But
who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to
offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
15 For
we are strangers before thee, and
sojourners, as were all our fathers:
our days on the earth are as a shadow,
and there is none abiding.
16 O Lord our God, all this store that we have
prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is
all thine own.
17 I
know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in
uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly
offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are
present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
18 O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of
Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of
the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
19 And
give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy
testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to
build the palace, for the which I
have made provision.
20 ¶ And
David said to all the congregation, Now bless the Lord your God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed down
their heads, and worshipped the Lord,
and the king.
21 And
they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord,
and offered burnt offerings unto the Lord,
on the morrow after that day, even a
thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and
a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for
all Israel:
22 And
did eat and drink before the Lord
on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king
the second time, and anointed him unto
the Lord to be the chief governor,
and Zadok to be priest.
23 Then
Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord
as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
24 And
all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David,
submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
25 And
the Lord magnified Solomon
exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on
any king before him in Israel.
26 ¶ Thus
David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
27 And
the time that he reigned over Israel was
forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
28 And
he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his
son reigned in his stead.
29 Now
the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of
Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
30 With
all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel,
and over all the kingdoms of the countries.


THE SECOND
BOOK OF THE
CHRONICLES.


CHAPTER 1
AND Solomon
the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
2 Then
Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds,
and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the
fathers.
3 So
Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the
tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness.
4 But
the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he
had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
5
Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had
made, he put before the tabernacle of the Lord:
and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
6 And
Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the Lord, which was at
the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon
it.
7 ¶ In
that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall
give thee.
8 And
Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and
hast made me to reign in his stead.
9 Now, O
Lord God, let thy promise unto
David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like
the dust of the earth in multitude.
10 Give
me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people:
for who can judge this thy people, that
is so great?
11 And God
said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked
riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast
asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou
mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
12
Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto
thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings
have had that have been before thee, neither shall there
any after thee have the like.
13 ¶ Then
Solomon came from his journey
to the high place that was at Gibeon
to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over
Israel.
14 And
Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred
chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities,
and with the king at Jerusalem.
15 And
the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as
plenteous as stones, and cedar trees
made he as the sycomore trees that are
in the vale for abundance.
16 And
Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants
received the linen yarn at a price.
17 And
they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an
hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses
for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND Solomon
determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom.
2 And
Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore
thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee
them.
3 ¶ And
Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David
my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so
deal with me.
4
Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord
my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and
for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening,
on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
5 And
the house which I build is great: for
great is our God above all gods.
6 But
who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens
cannot contain him? who am I then,
that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
7 Send
me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave
with the cunning men that are with me
in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
8 Send
me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know
that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
9 Even
to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
10 And,
behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty
thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and
twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
11 ¶ Then
Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because
the Lord hath loved his people, he
hath made thee king over them.
12 Huram
said moreover, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and
earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and
understanding, that might build an house for the Lord, and an house for his kingdom.
13 And
now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
14 The
son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass,
in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in
crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device
which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my
lord David thy father.
15 Now
therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken
of, let him send unto his servants:
16 And
we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring
it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
17 ¶ And
Solomon numbered all the strangers that were
in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had
numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three
thousand and six hundred.
18 And
he set threescore and ten thousand of them to
be bearers of burdens, and fourscore
thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred
overseers to set the people a work.
 
CHAPTER 3
THEN Solomon
began to build the house of the Lord
at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the
Lord
appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor
of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 And he
began to build in the second day of
the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
3 ¶ Now
these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the
building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth
twenty cubits.
4 And
the porch that was in the front of the
house, the length of it
was according to the breadth of the
house, twenty cubits, and the height was
an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
5 And
the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold,
and set thereon palm trees and chains.
6 And he
garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
7 He
overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the
doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
8 And he
made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth
thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
9 And
the weight of the nails was fifty
shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
10 And
in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them
with gold.
11 ¶ And
the wings of the cherubims were twenty
cubits long: one wing of the one
cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other
wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of
the house: and the other wing was five
cubits also, joining to the wing of
the other cherub.
13 The
wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood
on their feet, and their faces were inward.
14 ¶ And
he made the vail of blue, and purple,
and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
15 Also
he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the
chapiter that was on the top of each
of them was five cubits.
16 And
he made chains, as in the oracle, and
put them on the heads of the pillars;
and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them
on the chains.
17 And
he reared up the pillars 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.
 
CHAPTER 4
MOREOVER
he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits
the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
2 ¶ Also
he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and
five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it
round about.
3 And
under it was the similitude of oxen,
which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round
about. Two rows of oxen were cast,
when it was cast.
4 It
stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward
the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the
east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their
hinder parts were inward.
5 And
the thickness of it was an
handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with
flowers of lilies; and it received
and held three thousand baths.
6 ¶ He
made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to
wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in
them; but the sea was for the priests
to wash in.
7 And he
made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right
hand, and five on the left.
8 He
made also ten tables, and placed them
in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred
basons of gold.
9 ¶ Furthermore
he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court,
and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
10 And
he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.
11 And
Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the
work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;
12 To wit,
the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of
the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters
which were on the top of the pillars;
13 And
four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each
wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.
14 He
made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
15 One
sea, and twelve oxen under it.
16 The
pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did
Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the Lord of bright brass.
17 In
the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth
and Zeredathah.
18 Thus
Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass
could not be found out.
19 ¶ And
Solomon made all the vessels that were
for the house of God, the golden
altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
20
Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the
manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
21 And
the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made
he of gold, and that perfect
gold;
22 And
the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the
house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of
gold.
 
CHAPTER 5
THUS all
the work that Solomon made for the house of the Lord was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had
dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among
the treasures of the house of God.
2 ¶ Then
Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the
chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the
ark of the covenant of the Lord
out of the city of David, which is Zion.
3
Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast
which was in the seventh month.
4 And
all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
5 And
they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the
holy vessels that were in the tabernacle,
these did the priests and the Levites
bring up.
6 Also
king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him
before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered
for multitude.
7 And
the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the
most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:
8 For
the cherubims spread forth their wings
over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof
above.
9 And
they drew out the staves of the ark,
that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were
not seen without. And there it is unto this day.
10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the
children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
11 ¶ And
it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were
present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:
12 Also
the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph,
of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and
harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty
priests sounding with trumpets:)
13 It
came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking
the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and
cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is
good; for his mercy endureth for ever:
that then the house was filled with a
cloud, even the house of the Lord;
14 So
that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the
glory of the Lord had filled the
house of God.
 
CHAPTER 6
THEN said
Solomon, The Lord hath said that
he would dwell in the thick darkness.
2 But I
have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for
ever.
3 And
the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all
the congregation of Israel stood.
4 And he
said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath with his
hands fulfilled that which he spake
with his mouth to my father David, saying,
5 Since
the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city
among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be
there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
6 But I
have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be
over my people Israel.
7 Now it
was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
8 But
the Lord said to David my father,
Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst
well in that it was in thine heart:
9
Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come
forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
10 The Lord therefore hath performed his word
that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am
set on the throne of Israel, as the Lord
promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
11 And
in it have I put the ark, wherein is the
covenant of the Lord, that he made
with the children of Israel.
12 ¶ And
he stood before the altar of the Lord
in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
13 For
Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad,
and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he
stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel,
and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
14 And
said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest
covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy
servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
15 Thou
which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised
him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it
is this day.
16 Now
therefore, O Lord God of Israel,
keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him,
saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of
Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as
thou hast walked before me.
17 Now
then, O Lord God of Israel, let
thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
18 But
will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the
heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have
built!
19 Have
respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and the
prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
20 That
thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou
hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer
which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
21
Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people
Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling
place, even from heaven; and when
thou hearest, forgive.
22 ¶ If
a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him
swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
23 Then
hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked,
by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by
giving him according to his righteousness.
24 ¶ And
if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have
sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make
supplication before thee in this house;
25 Then
hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring
them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
26 ¶ When
the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against
thee; yet if they pray toward this place,
and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
27 Then
hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people
Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and
send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an
inheritance.
28 ¶ If
there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or
mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities
of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy
people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and
shall spread forth his hands in this house:
30 Then
hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every
man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only
knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
31 That
they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which
thou gavest unto our fathers.
32 ¶ Moreover
concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a
far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched
out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
33 Then
hear thou from the heavens, even from
thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee
for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know
that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
34 If
thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send
them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the
house which I have built for thy name;
35 Then
hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain
their cause.
36 If
they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou
be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far
off or near;
37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land
whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their
captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
38 If
they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of
their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their
land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which
I have built for thy name:
39 Then
hear thou from the heavens, even from
thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause,
and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
40 Now,
my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent
unto the prayer that is made
in this place.
41 Now
therefore arise, O Lord God, into
thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and
let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
42 O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine
anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
 
CHAPTER 7
NOW when
Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and
consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house.
2 And
the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord's
house.
3 And
when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of
the Lord upon the house, they
bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and
worshipped, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy
endureth for ever.
4 ¶ Then
the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.
5 And
king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an
hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the
house of God.
6 And
the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of
musick of the Lord, which David
the king had made to praise the Lord,
because his mercy endureth for ever,
when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before
them, and all Israel stood.
7
Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord:
for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings,
because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt
offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
8 ¶ Also
at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a
very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of
Egypt.
9 And in
the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the
altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
10 And
on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away
into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the Lord had shewed unto David, and to Solomon,
and to Israel his people.
11 Thus
Solomon finished the house of the Lord,
and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house
of the Lord, and in his own house,
he prosperously effected.
12 ¶ And
the Lord appeared to Solomon by
night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place
to myself for an house of sacrifice.
13 If I
shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the
land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
14 If my
people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and
seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
15 Now
mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is
made in this place.
16 For
now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for
ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
17 And
as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do
according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and
my judgments;
18 Then
will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with
David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
19 But
if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set
before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
20 Then
will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and
this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight,
and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all
nations.
21 And
this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth
by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the Lord
done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
22 And it
shall be answered, Because they forsook the Lord
God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and
laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath
he brought all this evil upon them.
 
CHAPTER 8
AND it
came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of
the Lord, and his own house,
2 That
the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused
the children of Israel to dwell there.
3 And
Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
4 And he
built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in
Hamath.
5 Also
he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with
walls, gates, and bars;
6 And
Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities,
and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in
Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
7 ¶ As for
all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
8 But of their children, who were left
after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon
make to pay tribute until this day.
9 But of
the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains,
and captains of his chariots and horsemen.
10 And
these were the chief of king Solomon's
officers, even two hundred and fifty,
that bare rule over the people.
11 ¶ And
Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the
house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the
house of David king of Israel, because the
places are holy, whereunto the ark of the Lord
hath come.
12 ¶ Then
Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the Lord
on the altar of the Lord, which he
had built before the porch,
13 Even
after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses,
on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in
the year, even in the feast of
unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
14 ¶ And
he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the
priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and
minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters
also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
15 And
they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites
concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
16 Now
all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the
house of the Lord, and until it
was finished. So the house of the Lord was perfected.
17 ¶ Then
went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
18 And
Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had
knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and
took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
 
CHAPTER 9
AND when
the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with
hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare
spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to
Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
2 And
Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon
which he told her not.
3 And
when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he
had built,
4 And
the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of
his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and
his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.
5 And
she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine
own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
6 Howbeit
I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the
greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for
thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand
continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
8
Blessed be the Lord thy God, which
delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loved
Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to
do judgment and justice.
9 And
she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great
abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen
of Sheba gave king Solomon.
10 And
the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold
from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
11 And
the king made of the algum trees
terraces to the house of the Lord,
and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were
none such seen before in the land of Judah.
12 And
king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked,
beside that which she had brought
unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her
servants.
13 ¶ Now
the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and
threescore and six talents of gold;
14
Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia
and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 ¶ And
king Solomon made two hundred targets of
beaten gold: six hundred shekels of
beaten gold went to one target.
16 And
three hundred shields made he of
beaten gold: three hundred shekels of
gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
17
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting
place, and two lions standing by the stays:
19 And
twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps.
There was not the like made in any kingdom.
20 ¶ And
all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were
of gold, and all the vessels of the
house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days
of Solomon.
21 For
the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years
once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and
peacocks.
22 And
king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23 ¶ And
all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom,
that God had put in his heart.
24 And
they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and
raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
25 ¶ And
Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand
horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at
Jerusalem.
26 ¶ And
he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the
Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
27 And
the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the
sycomore trees that are in the low plains
in abundance.
28 And
they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
29 ¶ Now
the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy
of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam
the son of Nebat?
30 And
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
31 And
Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his
father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
 
CHAPTER 10
AND Rehoboam
went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
2 And it
came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the
king, heard it, that Jeroboam
returned out of Egypt.
3 And
they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to
Rehoboam, saying,
4 Thy
father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous
servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will
serve thee.
5 And he
said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
6 ¶ And
king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father
while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?
7 And
they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them,
and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
8 But he
forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young
men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
9 And he
said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people,
which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put
upon us?
10 And
the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt
thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke
heavy, but make thou it somewhat
lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
11 For
whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my
father chastised you with whips, but I will
chastise you with scorpions.
12 So
Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king
bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
13 And
the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the
old men,
14 And
answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your
yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise
you with scorpions.
15 So
the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the Lord might perform his word, which he spake
by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16 ¶ And
when all Israel saw that the king
would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion
have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse:
every man to your tents, O Israel: and
now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.
17 But as for
the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over
them.
18 Then
king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over
the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died.
But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
19 And
Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
 
CHAPTER 11
AND when
Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin
an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men,
which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom
again to Rehoboam.
2 But the
word of the Lord came to Shemaiah
the man of God, saying,
3 Speak
unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and
Benjamin, saying,
4 Thus
saith the Lord, Ye shall not go
up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this
thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the Lord, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
5 ¶ And
Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
6 He
built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
7 And Beth-zur,
and Shoco, and Adullam,
8 And Gath,
and Mareshah, and Ziph,
9 And
Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
10 And
Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are
in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
11 And
he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual,
and of oil and wine.
12 And
in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them
exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
13 ¶ And
the priests and the Levites that were
in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.
14 For
the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and
Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the
priest's office unto the Lord:
15 And
he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the
calves which he had made.
16 And
after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the
Lord God of Israel came to
Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord
God of their fathers.
17 So
they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon
strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and
Solomon.
18 ¶ And
Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the
son of Jesse;
19 Which
bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
20 And
after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and
Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 And
Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his
concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat
twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
22 And
Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his
brethren: for he thought to make him king.
23 And
he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries
of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in
abundance. And he desired many wives.
 
CHAPTER 12
AND it
came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened
himself, he forsook the law of the Lord,
and all Israel with him.
2 And it
came to pass, that in the fifth year
of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they
had transgressed against the Lord,
3 With
twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him
out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
4 And he
took the fenced cities which pertained
to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
5 ¶ Then
came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to
the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of
Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord,
Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
6
Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said,
The Lord is righteous.
7 And
when the Lord saw that they
humbled themselves, the word of the Lord
came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some
deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of
Shishak.
8
Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the
service of the kingdoms of the countries.
9 So
Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of
the house of the Lord, and the treasures
of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold
which Solomon had made.
10
Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the
guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.
11 And
when the king entered into the house of the Lord,
the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
12 And
when he humbled himself, the wrath of the Lord
turned from him, that he would not destroy him
altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
13 ¶ So
king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began
to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,
to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
14 And
he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord.
15 Now
the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are
they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer
concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam
continually.
16 And
Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and
Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
 
CHAPTER 13
NOW in
the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
2 He reigned
three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war
between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3 And
Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men:
Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand
chosen men, being mighty men of
valour.
4 ¶ And
Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is
in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
5 Ought
ye not to know that the Lord God
of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
6 Yet
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen
up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
7 And
there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have
strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was
young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
8 And
now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord
in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be
a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which
Jeroboam made you for gods.
9 Have
ye not cast out the priests of the Lord,
the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner
of the nations of other lands? so
that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams,
the same may be a priest of them
that are no gods.
10 But
as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him;
and the priests, which minister unto the Lord,
are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites
wait upon their business:
11 And
they burn unto the Lord every
morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread
also set they in order upon the pure table; and the
candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the
charge of the Lord our God; but ye
have forsaken him.
12 And,
behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with
sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not
against the Lord God of your
fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
13 ¶ But
Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before
Judah, and the ambushment was behind
them.
14 And
when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was
before and behind: and they cried unto the Lord,
and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
15 Then
the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to
pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16 And
the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their
hand.
17 And
Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down
slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
18 Thus
the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of
Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the Lord
God of their fathers.
19 And
Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns
thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns
thereof.
20
Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the Lord struck him, and he died.
21 ¶ But
Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons,
and sixteen daughters.
22 And
the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet
Iddo.
 
CHAPTER 14
SO Abijah
slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son
reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
2 And
Asa did that which was good and right
in the eyes of the Lord his God:
3 For he
took away the altars of the strange gods,
and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
4 And
commanded Judah to seek the Lord God
of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
5 Also
he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and
the kingdom was quiet before him.
6 ¶ And
he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in
those years; because the Lord had
given him rest.
7
Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars,
while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the Lord our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every
side. So they built and prospered.
8 And
Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of
Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew
bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
9 ¶ And
there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand
thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
10 Then Asa
went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of
Zephathah at Mareshah.
11 And
Asa cried unto the Lord his God,
and said, Lord, it is
nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power:
help us, O Lord our God; for we
rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
12 So
the Lord smote the Ethiopians
before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
13 And
Asa and the people that were with him
pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not
recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the Lord, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
14 And
they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the Lord came upon them: and they spoiled all
the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.
15 They
smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance,
and returned to Jerusalem.
 
CHAPTER 15
AND the
Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
2 And he
went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and
Benjamin; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and
if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake
you.
3 Now
for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a
teaching priest, and without law.
4 But
when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord
God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
5 And in
those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor
to him that came in, but great vexations were
upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
6 And
nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all
adversity.
7 Be ye strong
therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
8 And
when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took
courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and
Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and
renewed the altar of the Lord,
that was before the porch of the Lord.
9 And he
gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and
Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance,
when they saw that the Lord his God
was with him.
10 So
they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the
fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11 And
they offered unto the Lord the
same time, of the spoil which they
had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
12 And
they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord
God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
13 That
whosoever would not seek the Lord God
of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
14 And
they sware unto the Lord with a
loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
15 And
all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and
sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.
16 ¶ And
also concerning Maachah the mother of
Asa the king, he removed her from being
queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and
stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
17 But
the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of
Asa was perfect all his days.
18 ¶ And
he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and
that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
19 And
there was no more war unto the five
and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
 
CHAPTER 16
IN the
six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up
against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or
come in to Asa king of Judah.
2 Then
Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, and sent to
Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
3 There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my
father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy
league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
4 And Ben-hadad
hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities
of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store
cities of Naphtali.
5 And it
came to pass, when Baasha heard it,
that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
6 Then
Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the
timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and
Mizpah.
7 ¶ And
at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him,
Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of
the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
8 Were
not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and
horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord,
he delivered them into thine hand.
9 For
the eyes of the Lord run to and
fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore
from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
10 Then
Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was
in a rage with him because of this thing.
And Asa oppressed some of the people
the same time.
11 ¶ And,
behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12 And
Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until
his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not
to the Lord, but to the
physicians.
13 ¶ And
Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
14 And
they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the
city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and
divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very
great burning for him.
 
CHAPTER 17
AND Jehoshaphat
his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
2 And he
placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land
of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
3 And
the Lord was with Jehoshaphat,
because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto
Baalim;
4 But
sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments,
and not after the doings of Israel.
5
Therefore the Lord stablished the
kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had
riches and honour in abundance.
6 And
his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord:
moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
7 ¶ Also
in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel,
and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.
8 And
with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah,
and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and
Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and
Jehoram, priests.
9 And
they taught in Judah, and had the
book of the law of the Lord with
them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
10 ¶ And
the fear of the Lord fell upon all
the kingdoms of the lands that were round
about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
11 Also some of the Philistines brought
Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks,
seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he
goats.
12 ¶ And
Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities
of store.
13 And
he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of
valour, were in Jerusalem.
14 And
these are the numbers of them
according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands;
Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.
15 And
next to him was Jehohanan the
captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.
16 And
next him was Amasiah the son of
Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the Lord;
and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.
17 And
of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and
shield two hundred thousand.
18 And
next him was Jehozabad, and with him
an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.
19 These
waited on the king, beside those whom
the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
 
CHAPTER 18
NOW Jehoshaphat
had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
2 And
after certain years he went down to
Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the
people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead.
3 And
Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me
to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am
as thou art, and my people as thy
people; and we will be with thee in the
war.
4 ¶ And
Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of
the Lord to day.
5
Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men,
and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?
And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it
into the king's hand.
6 But
Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might inquire of
him?
7 And
the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There
is yet one man, by whom we may inquire
of the Lord: but I hate him; for
he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And
Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
8 And
the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly
Micaiah the son of Imla.
9 And
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his
throne, clothed in their robes, and they
sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the
prophets prophesied before them.
10 And
Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith
the Lord, With these thou shalt
push Syria until they be consumed.
11 And
all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper:
for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
12 And
the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words
of the prophets declare good to the king
with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs,
and speak thou good.
13 And
Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, even what my God saith, that
will I speak.
14 And
when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead
to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they
shall be delivered into your hand.
15 And
the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing
but the truth to me in the name of the Lord?
16 Then
he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have
no shepherd: and the Lord said, These
have no master; let them return therefore
every man to his house in peace.
17 And
the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me,
but evil?
18 Again
he said, Therefore hear the word of the Lord;
I saw the Lord sitting upon his
throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
19 And
the Lord said, Who shall entice
Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake
saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
20 Then
there came out a spirit, and stood before the Lord,
and said, I will entice him. And the Lord
said unto him, Wherewith?
21 And
he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.
And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice
him, and thou shalt also prevail: go
out, and do even so.
22 Now
therefore, behold, the Lord hath
put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee.
23 Then
Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and
said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord
from me to speak unto thee?
24 And
Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an
inner chamber to hide thyself.
25 Then
the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the
governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
26 And
say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow
in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction,
until I return in peace.
27 And
Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the Lord
spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
28 So
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
29 And
the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go
to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised
himself; and they went to the battle.
30 Now
the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with
small or great, save only with the king of Israel.
31 And
it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they
said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore
they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved them to depart
from him.
32 For
it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was
not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.
33 And a
certain man drew a bow at a venture,
and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said
to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host;
for I am wounded.
34 And
the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time
of the sun going down he died.
 
CHAPTER 19
AND Jehoshaphat
the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
2 And
Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king
Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.
3
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away
the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
4 And
Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer-sheba
to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the Lord God of their fathers.
5 ¶ And
he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by
city,
6 And
said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the
Lord, who is with you in the judgment.
7
Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord
be upon you; take heed and do it: for
there is no iniquity with the Lord
our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
8 ¶ Moreover
in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the
judgment of the Lord, and for
controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
9 And he
charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect
heart.
10 And
what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their
cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and
judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the Lord, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye
shall not trespass.
11 And,
behold, Amariah the chief priest is over
you in all matters of the Lord;
and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the
king's matters: also the Levites shall
be officers before you. Deal
courageously, and the Lord shall
be with the good.
 
CHAPTER 20
IT came
to pass after this also, that the
children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
2 Then
there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude
against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.
3 And
Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
4 And
Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help
of the Lord: even out of all the
cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.
5 ¶ And
Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of
the Lord, before the new court,
6 And
said, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen?
and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of
this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy
friend for ever?
8 And
they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name,
saying,
9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence,
or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in
our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
10 And
now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest
not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned
from them, and destroyed them not;
11
Behold, I say, how they reward us,
to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
12 O our
God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company
that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
13 And
all Judah stood before the Lord,
with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
14 ¶ Then
upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the
son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation;
15 And
he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king
Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord
unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the
battle is not yours, but God's.
16 To
morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and
ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
17 Ye
shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem:
fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will
be with you.
18 And
Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face
to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the Lord, worshipping the Lord.
19 And
the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the
Korhites, stood up to praise the Lord
God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
20 ¶ And
they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa:
and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye
inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord
your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye
prosper.
21 And
when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty
of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever.
22 ¶ And
when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord
set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were
come against Judah; and they were smitten.
23 For
the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir,
utterly to slay and destroy them: and
when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to
destroy another.
24 And
when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the
multitude, and, behold, they were dead
bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
25 And
when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found
among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels,
which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and
they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
26 ¶ And
on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for
there they blessed the Lord:
therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto
this day.
27 Then
they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the
forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
28 And
they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of
the Lord.
29 And
the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those
countries, when they had heard that the Lord
fought against the enemies of Israel.
30 So
the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
31 ¶ And
Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was Azubah the daughter
of Shilhi.
32 And
he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which
was right in the sight of the Lord.
33
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not
prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
34 Now
the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son
of Hanani, who is mentioned in the
book of the kings of Israel.
35 ¶ And
after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of
Israel, who did very wickedly:
36 And
he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the
ships in Ezion-geber.
37 Then
Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying,
Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that
they were not able to go to Tarshish.
 
CHAPTER 21
NOW Jehoshaphat
slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David.
And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
2 And he
had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and
Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
3 And
their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious
things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram;
because he was the firstborn.
4 Now
when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened
himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.
5 ¶ Jehoram
was thirty and two years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
6 And he
walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he
had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord.
7
Howbeit the Lord would not destroy
the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as
he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
8 ¶ In
his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made
themselves a king.
9 Then
Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose
up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of
the chariots.
10 So
the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time
also did Libnah revolt from under his
hand; because he had forsaken the Lord
God of his fathers.
11
Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the
inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.
12 ¶ And
there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of David thy father, Because thou
hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa
king of Judah,
13 But
hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of
Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:
14
Behold, with a great plague will the Lord
smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
15 And
thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall
out by reason of the sickness day by day.
16 ¶ Moreover
the Lord stirred up against
Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
17 And
they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance
that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that
there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
18 ¶ And
after all this the Lord smote him
in his bowels with an incurable disease.
19 And
it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his
bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his
people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
20
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in
Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried
him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
 
CHAPTER 22
AND the
inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for
the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the
eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
2 Forty
and two years old was Ahaziah when he
began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
3 He
also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counseller
to do wickedly.
4
Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord
like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellers after the death of his
father to his destruction.
5 ¶ He
walked also after 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
smote Joram.
6 And he
returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at
Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram
king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he
was sick.
7 And
the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come,
he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of
Ahab.
8 And it
came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab,
and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that
ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
9 And he
sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought
him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they,
he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who
sought the Lord with all his
heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
10 ¶ But
when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and
destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
11 But
Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and
stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse
in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada
the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that
she slew him not.
12 And
he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over
the land.
 
CHAPTER 23
AND in
the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of
hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and
Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son
of Zichri, into covenant with him.
2 And
they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of
Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
3 And
all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he
said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the Lord hath said of the sons of David.
4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third
part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;
5 And a
third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the
foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord.
6 But
let none come into the house of the Lord,
save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for
they are holy: but all the people
shall keep the watch of the Lord.
7 And
the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in
his hand; and whosoever else cometh into
the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in,
and when he goeth out.
8 So the
Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had
commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with
them that were to go out on the
sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
9
Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and
bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.
10 And
he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right
side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the
temple, by the king round about.
11 Then
they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him
the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and
said, God save the king.
12 ¶ Now
when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she
came to the people into the house of the Lord:
13 And
she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and
the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land
rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of
musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said,
Treason, Treason.
14 Then
Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the
host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth
her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house
of the Lord.
15 So
they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate
by the king's house, they slew her there.
16 ¶ And
Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between
the king, that they should be the Lord's
people.
17 Then
all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his
altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the
altars.
18 Also
Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the Lord by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed
in the house of the Lord, to offer
the burnt offerings of the Lord,
as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it
was ordained by David.
19 And
he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which
was unclean in any thing should enter
in.
20 And
he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the
people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the
house of the Lord: and they came
through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne
of the kingdom.
21 And
all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they
had slain Athaliah with the sword.
 
CHAPTER 24
JOASH was seven years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2 And
Joash did that which was right in the
sight of the Lord all the days of
Jehoiada the priest.
3 And
Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
4 ¶ And
it came to pass after this, that Joash
was minded to repair the house of the Lord.
5 And he
gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto
the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your
God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened
it not.
6 And
the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not
required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the
collection, according to the
commandment of Moses the servant of
the Lord, and of the congregation
of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
7 For
the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and
also all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord did they bestow upon Baalim.
8 And at
the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the
house of the Lord.
9 And
they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the Lord the collection that Moses the servant of God laid
upon Israel in the wilderness.
10 And
all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the
chest, until they had made an end.
11 Now
it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office
by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the
king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took
it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered
money in abundance.
12 And
the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the
house of the Lord, and hired
masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the
house of the Lord.
13 So
the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house
of God in his state, and strengthened it.
14 And
when they had finished it, they
brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels
for the house of the Lord, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold
and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of
Jehoiada.
15 ¶ But
Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty
years old was he when he died.
16 And
they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good
in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
17 Now
after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to
the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
18 And
they left the house of the Lord God
of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem
for this their trespass.
19 Yet
he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord; and they testified against them: but they would not
give ear.
20 And
the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which
stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye
the commandments of the Lord, that
ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you.
21 And
they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of
the king in the court of the house of the Lord.
22 Thus
Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to
him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord look upon it,
and require it.
23 ¶ And
it came to pass at the end of the year, that
the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem,
and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all
the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.
24 For
the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the Lord delivered a very great host into
their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord
God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
25 And
when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his
own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the
priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city
of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
26 And
these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an
Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
27 ¶ Now
concerning his sons, and the
greatness of the burdens laid upon
him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his
son reigned in his stead.
 
CHAPTER 25
AMAZIAH was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
2 And he
did that which was right in the
sight of the Lord, but not with a
perfect heart.
3 ¶ Now
it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his
servants that had killed the king his father.
4 But he
slew not their children, but did as it is
written in the law in the book of Moses, where the Lord 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.
5 ¶ Moreover
Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and
captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered
them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand
choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
6 He
hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an
hundred talents of silver.
7 But
there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go
with thee; for the Lord is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.
8 But if
thou wilt go, do it, be strong for
the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help,
and to cast down.
9 And
Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents
which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than
this.
10 Then
Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out
of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against
Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
11 ¶ And
Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley
of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and
brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the
rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
13 ¶ But
the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with
him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon,
and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
14 ¶ Now
it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the
Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be
his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
15
Wherefore the anger of the Lord
was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto
him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver
their own people out of thine hand?
16 And
it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him,
Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten?
Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee,
because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
17 ¶ Then
Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the
son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.
18 And
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 thy
daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the
thistle.
19 Thou
sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to
boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
20 But
Amaziah would not hear; for it came of
God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the
gods of Edom.
21 So
Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh,
which belongeth to Judah.
22 And
Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
23 And
Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son
of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the
wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
24 And he took
all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house
of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages
also, and returned to Samaria.
25 ¶ And
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of
Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
26 Now
the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
27 ¶ Now
after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the Lord they made a conspiracy against him
in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and
slew him there.
28 And
they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of
Judah.
 
CHAPTER 26
THEN all
the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was
sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
2 He
built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his
fathers.
3
Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he
began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's
name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
4 And he
did that which was right in the
sight of the Lord, according to
all that his father Amaziah did.
5 And he
sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God:
and as long as he sought the Lord,
God made him to prosper.
6 And he
went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath,
and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod,
and among the Philistines.
7 And God
helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal,
and the Mehunims.
8 And
the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he
strengthened himself exceedingly.
9
Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley
gate, and at the turning of the wall,
and fortified them.
10 Also
he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle,
both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he
loved husbandry.
11
Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands,
according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and
Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.
12 The
whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
13 And
under their hand was an army, three
hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty
power, to help the king against the enemy.
14 And
Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and
helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
15 And
he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and
upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread
far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
16 ¶ But
when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of
the Lord to burn incense upon the
altar of incense.
17 And
Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord, that
were valiant men:
18 And
they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto
thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord,
but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go
out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the Lord God.
19 Then
Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in
his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy
even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar.
20 And
Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he
was leprous in his forehead, and they
thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the Lord had smitten him.
21 And
Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several
house, being a leper; for he was cut off
from the house of the Lord: and
Jotham his son was over the king's
house, judging the people of the land.
22 ¶ Now
the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son
of Amoz, write.
23 So
Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the
field of the burial which belonged to
the kings; for they said, He is a
leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
 
CHAPTER 27
JOTHAM was twenty and five years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name
also was Jerushah, the daughter of
Zadok.
2 And he
did that which was right in the
sight of the Lord, according to
all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the Lord. And the people did yet corruptly.
3 He
built the high gate of the house of the Lord,
and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
4
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built
castles and towers.
5 ¶ He
fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the
children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten
thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children
of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
6 So
Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.
7 ¶ Now
the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel
and Judah.
8 He was
five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in
Jerusalem.
9 ¶ And
Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and
Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
 
CHAPTER 28
AHAZ was twenty years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which
was right in the sight of the Lord, like David his father:
2 For he
walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for
Baalim.
3
Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his
children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of
Israel.
4 He
sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and
under every green tree.
5
Wherefore the Lord his God
delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and
carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also
delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great
slaughter.
6 ¶ For
Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one
day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers.
7 And
Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the
governor of the house, and Elkanah that
was next to the king.
8 And
the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred
thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them,
and brought the spoil to Samaria.
9 But a
prophet of the Lord was there,
whose name was Oded: and he went out
before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with
Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.
10 And
now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen
and bondwomen unto you: but are there
not with you, even with you, sins against the Lord
your God?
11 Now
hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive
of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the Lord
is upon you.
12 Then
certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan,
Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa
the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,
13 And
said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have
offended against the Lord already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass:
for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
14 So
the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the
congregation.
15 And
the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with
the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod
them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the
feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees,
to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
16 ¶ At
that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
17 For
again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
18 The
Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of
Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with
the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages
thereof: and they dwelt there.
19 For
the Lord brought Judah low because
of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the
Lord.
20 And Tilgath-pilneser
king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
21 For
Ahaz took away a portion out of the
house of the Lord, and out of the house of the king, and of the
princes, and gave it unto the king of
Assyria: but he helped him not.
22 ¶ And
in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord: this is that king Ahaz.
23 For
he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because
the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore
will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him,
and of all Israel.
24 And
Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the
vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the Lord, and he made him altars in every
corner of Jerusalem.
25 And
in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other
gods, and provoked to anger the Lord
God of his fathers.
26 ¶ Now
the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah
and Israel.
27 And
Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him
not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in
his stead.
 
CHAPTER 29
HEZEKIAH
began to reign when he was
five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Abijah, the
daughter of Zechariah.
2 And he
did that which was right in the
sight of the Lord, according to
all that David his father had done.
3 ¶ He
in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the
house of the Lord, and repaired
them.
4 And he
brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the
east street,
5 And
said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the
house of the Lord God of your fathers,
and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
6 For
our fathers have trespassed, and done that
which was evil in the eyes of the Lord
our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation
of the Lord, and turned their backs.
7 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 unto the God of Israel.
8
Wherefore the wrath of the Lord
was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment,
and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
9 For,
lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and
our wives are in captivity for this.
10 Now it is
in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord
God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
11 My
sons, be not now negligent: for the Lord
hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister
unto him, and burn incense.
12 ¶ 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 Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of
Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
13 And
of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph;
Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
14 And
of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun;
Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
15 And
they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to
the commandment of the king, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.
16 And
the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the
temple of the Lord into the court
of the house of the Lord. And the Levites
took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
17 Now
they began on the first day of the
first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch
of the Lord: so they sanctified
the house of the Lord in eight
days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
18 Then
they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of
the Lord, and the altar of burnt offering,
with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels
thereof.
19
Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his
transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.
20 ¶ Then
Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up
to the house of the Lord.
21 And
they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he
goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for
Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the Lord.
22 So
they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had
killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the
lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
23 And
they brought forth the he goats for the
sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon
them:
24 And
the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the
altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin
offering should be made for all Israel.
25 And
he set the Levites in the house of the Lord
with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of
David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was
the commandment of the Lord by his
prophets.
26 And
the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the
trumpets.
27 And
Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the
burnt offering began, the song of the Lord
began also with the trumpets, and
with the instruments ordained by
David king of Israel.
28 And
all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters
sounded: and all this continued until the
burnt offering was finished.
29 And
when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with
him bowed themselves, and worshipped.
30
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise
unto the Lord with the words of
David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed
their heads and worshipped.
31 Then
Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the Lord, come near and bring sacrifices and thank
offerings into the house of the Lord.
And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as
were of a free heart burnt offerings.
32 And
the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was
threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord.
33 And
the consecrated things were six
hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
34 But
the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings:
wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended,
and until the other priests had
sanctified themselves: for the Levites were
more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
35 And
also the burnt offerings were in
abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of
the house of the Lord was set in
order.
36 And
Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for
the thing was done suddenly.
 
CHAPTER 30
AND Hezekiah
sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh,
that they should come to the house of the Lord
at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the Lord
God of Israel.
2 For
the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in
Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
3 For
they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified
themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to
Jerusalem.
4 And
the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
5 So
they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba
even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they
had not done it of a long time in
such sort as it was written.
6 So the
posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel
and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of
Israel, turn again unto the Lord God
of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that
are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
7 And be
not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to
desolation, as ye see.
8 Now be
ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were,
but yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which
he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord
your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
9 For if
ye turn again unto the Lord, your
brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead
them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto
him.
10 So
the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh
even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
11
Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves,
and came to Jerusalem.
12 Also
in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of
the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.
13 ¶ And
there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread
in the second month, a very great congregation.
14 And
they arose and took away the altars that were
in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
15 Then
they killed the passover on the fourteenth day
of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and
sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the
Lord.
16 And
they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the
man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.
17 For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore
the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was
not clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord.
18 For a
multitude of the people, even many of
Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet
did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed
for them, saying, The good Lord
pardon every one
19 That prepareth his heart to seek God,
the Lord God of his fathers,
though he be not cleansed according
to the purification of the sanctuary.
20 And
the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah,
and healed the people.
21 And
the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of
unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the
priests praised the Lord day by
day, singing with loud instruments
unto the Lord.
22 And
Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge
of the Lord: and they did eat throughout
the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the Lord God of their fathers.
23 And
the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.
24 For
Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and
seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand
bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified
themselves.
25 And all
the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the
congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the
land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
26 So
there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of
David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
27 ¶ Then
the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was
heard, and their prayer came up to
his holy dwelling place, even unto
heaven.
 
CHAPTER 31
NOW when
all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of
Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down
the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also
and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children
of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
2 ¶ And
Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their
courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt
offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to
praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord.
3 He appointed
also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit,
for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the
sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is
written in the law of the Lord.
4
Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of
the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the Lord.
5 ¶ And
as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in
abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the
increase of the field; and the tithe of all things
brought they in abundantly.
6 And concerning the children of Israel and
Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen
and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the Lord their God, and laid them by heaps.
7 In the
third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
8 And
when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord, and his people Israel.
9 Then
Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
10 And
Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people
began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for
the Lord hath blessed his people;
and that which is left is this great
store.
11 ¶ Then
Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord; and they prepared them,
12 And
brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.
13 And
Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and
Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother,
at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
14 And
Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to
distribute the oblations of the Lord,
and the most holy things.
15 And
next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and
Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their
brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
16
Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into
the house of the Lord, his daily
portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
17 Both
to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites
from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
18 And
to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and
their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they
sanctified themselves in holiness:
19 Also
of the sons of Aaron the priests, which
were in the fields of the suburbs of
their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to
give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned
by genealogies among the Levites.
20 ¶ And
thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the Lord his God.
21 And
in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law,
and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
 
CHAPTER 32
AFTER these
things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and
entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win
them for himself.
2 And
when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight
against Jerusalem,
3 He
took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the
fountains which were without the
city: and they did help him.
4 So
there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the
brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of
Assyria come, and find much water?
5 Also
he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall
without, and repaired Millo in the
city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
6 And he
set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the
street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
7 Be
strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor
for all the multitude that is with him:
for there be more with us than with him:
8 With
him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord
our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves
upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
9 ¶ After
this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish,
and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah
that were at Jerusalem, saying,
10 Thus
saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the
siege in Jerusalem?
11 Doth
not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by
thirst, saying, The Lord our God
shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
12 Hath
not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded
Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn
incense upon it?
13 Know
ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the
nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
14 Who was there
among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that
could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to
deliver you out of mine hand?
15 Now
therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner,
neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to
deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how
much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
16 And
his servants spake yet more against
the Lord God, and against his
servant Hezekiah.
17 He
wrote also letters to rail on the Lord
God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their
people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people
out of mine hand.
18 Then
they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem
that were on the wall, to affright them,
and to trouble them; that they might take the city.
19 And
they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of
the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
20 And
for this cause Hezekiah the king, and
the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
21 ¶ And
the Lord sent an angel, which cut
off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of
the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And
when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own
bowels slew him there with the sword.
22 Thus
the Lord saved Hezekiah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from
the hand of all other, and guided
them on every side.
23 And
many brought gifts unto the Lord
to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified
in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
24 ¶ In
those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the Lord: and he spake unto him, and he gave
him a sign.
25 But
Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was
wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
26
Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord
came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
27 ¶ And
Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries
for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for
shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
28
Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for
all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.
29
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in
abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
30 This
same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it
straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in
all his works.
31 ¶ Howbeit
in the business of the
ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the
wonder that was done in the land, God
left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
32 ¶ Now
the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the
prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the
book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
33 And
Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres
of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him
honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
 
CHAPTER 33
MANASSEH
was twelve years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
2 But
did that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord, like unto the
abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord
had cast out before the children of Israel.
3 ¶ For
he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and
he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of
heaven, and served them.
4 Also
he built altars in the house of the Lord,
whereof the Lord had said, In
Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
5 And he
built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
6 And he
caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of
Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and
dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the
sight of the Lord, to provoke him
to anger.
7 And he
set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God
had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem,
which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for
ever:
8
Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I
have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I
have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the
ordinances by the hand of Moses.
9 So
Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom
the Lord had destroyed before the
children of Israel.
10 And
the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to
his people: but they would not hearken.
11 ¶ Wherefore
the Lord brought upon them the
captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns,
and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
12 And
when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord
his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
13 And
prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and
brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.
14 Now
after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon,
in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about
Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the
fenced cities of Judah.
15 And
he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had
built in the mount of the house of the Lord,
and in Jerusalem, and cast them out
of the city.
16 And
he repaired the altar of the Lord,
and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah
to serve the Lord God of Israel.
17
Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the Lord their God only.
18 ¶ Now
the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of
the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord
God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of
Israel.
19 His
prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his
sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up
groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
20 ¶ So
Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon
his son reigned in his stead.
21 ¶ Amon
was two and twenty years old when he
began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.
22 But
he did that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord, as did Manasseh
his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his
father had made, and served them;
23 And
humbled not himself before the Lord,
as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
24 And
his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
25 ¶ But
the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and
the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
 
CHAPTER 34
JOSIAH was eight years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
2 And he
did that which was right in the
sight of the Lord, and walked in
the ways of David his father, and declined neither
to the right hand, nor to the left.
3 ¶ 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, and the groves, and the carved images, and
the molten images.
4 And
they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and
the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces,
and made dust of them, and strowed it upon
the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
5 And he
burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and
Jerusalem.
6 And so did
he in the cities of Manasseh, and
Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
7 And
when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven
images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of
Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
8 ¶ Now
in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the
house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the
city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God.
9 And
when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was
brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had
gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel,
and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.
10 And
they put it in the hand of the
workmen that had the oversight of the house of the Lord, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the
house of the Lord, to repair and amend
the house:
11 Even
to the artificers and builders gave they it,
to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the
kings of Judah had destroyed.
12 And
the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and
Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all
that could skill of instruments of musick.
13 Also they were
over the bearers of burdens, and were
overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites
there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
14 ¶ And
when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found a book of
the law of the Lord given by Moses.
15 And
Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the
law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah
delivered the book to Shaphan.
16 And
Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again,
saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.
17 And
they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand
of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.
18 Then
Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a
book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
19 And
it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his
clothes.
20 And
the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of
Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,
21 Go, inquire
of the Lord for me, and for them
that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is
found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, because
our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord,
to do after all that is written in this book.
22 And
Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed,
went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son
of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:)
and they spake to her to that effect.
23 ¶ And
she answered them, Thus saith the Lord
God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,
24 Thus
saith the Lord, Behold, I will
bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in
the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
25
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that
they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my
wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
26 And
as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him, Thus
saith the Lord God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast
heard;
27
Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when
thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants
thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep
before me; I have even heard thee also,
saith the Lord.
28
Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy
grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring
upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king
word again.
29 ¶ Then
the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
30 And
the king went up into the house of the Lord,
and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests,
and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears
all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord.
31 And
the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and
his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul,
to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
32 And
he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it.
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God
of their fathers.
33 And
Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and
made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord
their God. And all his days they
departed not from following the Lord,
the God of their fathers.
 
CHAPTER 35
MOREOVER
Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord
in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
2 And he
set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the
house of the Lord,
3 And
said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the Lord, Put the holy ark in the house which
Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the Lord
your God, and his people Israel,
4 And
prepare yourselves by the houses of
your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel,
and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
5 And stand
in the holy place according to the
divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of
the Levites.
6 So
kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the
Lord by the hand of Moses.
7 And
Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover
offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and
three thousand bullocks: these were of
the king's substance.
8 And
his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites:
Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the
priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.
9
Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and
Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover
offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
10 So
the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites
in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
11 And
they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their
hands, and the Levites flayed them.
12 And
they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the
divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the Lord, as it is written in the book
of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
13 And
they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and
divided them speedily among all the
people.
14 And
afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the
priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings
and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for
the priests the sons of Aaron.
15 And
the singers the sons of Asaph were in
their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and
Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited
at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the
Levites prepared for them.
16 So
all the service of the Lord was
prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon
the altar of the Lord, according
to the commandment of king Josiah.
17 And
the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and
the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
18 And
there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the
prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah
kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were
present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
19 In the
eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
20 ¶ After
all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to
fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
21 But
he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of
Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I
have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me,
that he destroy thee not.
22
Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself,
that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from
the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
23 And
the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me
away; for I am sore wounded.
24 His
servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second
chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was
buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem
mourned for Josiah.
25 ¶ And
Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women
spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance
in Israel: and, behold, they are written
in the lamentations.
26 Now
the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which
was written in the law of the Lord,
27 And
his deeds, first and last, behold, they are
written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
 
CHAPTER 36
THEN the
people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his
father's stead in Jerusalem.
2
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years
old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
3 And
the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an
hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
4 And
the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and
turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried
him to Egypt.
5 ¶ Jehoiakim
was twenty and five years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which
was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.
6
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters,
to carry him to Babylon.
7
Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his
temple at Babylon.
8 Now
the rest of the acts of 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 stead.
9 ¶ Jehoiachin
was eight years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which
was evil in the sight of the Lord.
10 And
when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to
Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
11 ¶ Zedekiah
was one and twenty years old when he
began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
12 And
he did that which was evil in the
sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah
the prophet speaking from the mouth
of the Lord.
13 And
he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God:
but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel.
14 ¶ Moreover
all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all
the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
15 And
the Lord God of their fathers sent
to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion
on his people, and on his dwelling place:
16 But
they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his
prophets, until the wrath of the Lord
arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
17
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young
men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon
young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
18 And
all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the
house of the Lord, and the
treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
19 And
they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt
all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels
thereof.
20 And
them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they
were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:
21 To
fulfil the word of the Lord by the
mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept
sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
22 ¶ Now
in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord spoken
by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he
made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing,
saying,
23 Thus
saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath
charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up.


EZRA.


CHAPTER 1
NOW in
the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be
fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the
spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his
kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
2 Thus
saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord
God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged
me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
3 Who is there
among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to
Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build
the house of the Lord God of
Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
4 And
whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place
help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside
the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
5 ¶ Then
rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and
the Levites, with all them whose
spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.
6 And
all they that were about them
strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and
with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
7 ¶ Also
Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought
forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;
8 Even
those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the
treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
9 And
this is the number of them: thirty
chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
10
Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and
other vessels a thousand.
11 All
the vessels of gold and of silver were
five thousand and four hundred. All these
did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up
from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
 
CHAPTER 2
NOW these
are the children of the province that
went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came
again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;
2 Which
came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan,
Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
3 The
children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
4 The
children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
5 The
children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.
6 The
children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
7 The
children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
8 The
children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.
9 The
children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
10 The
children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
11 The
children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
12 The
children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.
13 The
children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
14 The
children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
15 The
children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.
16 The
children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
17 The
children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.
18 The
children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.
19 The
children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
20 The
children of Gibbar, ninety and five.
21 The
children of Beth-lehem, an hundred twenty and three.
22 The
men of Netophah, fifty and six.
23 The
men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
24 The
children of Azmaveth, forty and two.
25 The
children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and
three.
26 The
children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
27 The
men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.
28 The
men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
29 The
children of Nebo, fifty and two.
30 The
children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.
31 The
children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
32 The
children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
33 The
children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
34 The
children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
35 The
children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
36 ¶ The
priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy
and three.
37 The
children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
38 The
children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
39 The
children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
40 ¶ The
Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah,
seventy and four.
41 ¶ The
singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
42 ¶ The
children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the
children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children
of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty
and nine.
43 ¶ The
Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of
Tabbaoth,
44 The
children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
45 The
children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
46 The
children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan,
47 The
children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
48 The
children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
49 The
children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
50 The
children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,
51 The
children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
52 The
children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
53 The
children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,
54 The
children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
55 ¶ The
children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of
Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
56 The
children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
57 The
children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of
Zebaim, the children of Ami.
58 All
the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
59 And
these were they which went up from
Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and
Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether
they were of Israel:
60 The
children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six
hundred fifty and two.
61 ¶ And
of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz,
the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite,
and was called after their name:
62 These
sought their register among those
that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they,
as polluted, put from the priesthood.
63 And
the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things,
till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
64 ¶ The
whole congregation together was forty
and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
65
Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand
three hundred thirty and seven: and there
were among them two hundred singing
men and singing women.
66 Their
horses were seven hundred thirty and
six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
67 Their
camels, four hundred thirty and five; their
asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
68 ¶ And
some of the chief of the fathers,
when they came to the house of the Lord
which is at Jerusalem, offered freely
for the house of God to set it up in his place:
69 They
gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one
thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred
priests' garments.
70 So
the priests, and the Levites, and some
of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their
cities, and all Israel in their cities.
 
CHAPTER 3
AND when
the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one
man to Jerusalem.
2 Then
stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the
God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law
of Moses the man of God.
3 And
they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was
upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt
offerings thereon unto the Lord, even burnt offerings morning and
evening.
4 They
kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it
is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the
custom, as the duty of every day required;
5 And
afterward offered the continual burnt
offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and of every
one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the Lord.
6 From
the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the
Lord. But the foundation of the
temple of the Lord was not yet laid.
7 They gave
money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and
oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon
to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of
Persia.
8 ¶ Now
in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the
second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of
Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all
they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites,
from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.
9 Then
stood Jeshua with his sons and his
brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the
workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
10 And
when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their
apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to
praise the Lord, after the
ordinance of David king of Israel.
11 And
they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; because he is good, for his mercy
endureth for ever toward Israel. And
all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house
of the Lord was laid.
12 But
many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men,
that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid
before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
13 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 afar off.
 
CHAPTER 4
NOW when
the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity
builded the temple unto the Lord God
of Israel;
2 Then
they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let
us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king
of Assur, which brought us up hither.
3 But
Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel,
said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God;
but we ourselves together will build unto the Lord
God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
4 Then
the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled
them in building,
5 And
hired counsellers against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of
Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
6 And in
the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him
an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
7 ¶ And
in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of
their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter
was written in the Syrian tongue, and
interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
8 Rehum
the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to
Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
9 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai
the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites,
the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the
Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the
Elamites,
10 And
the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set
in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that
are on this side the river, and at
such a time.
11 ¶ This
is the copy of the letter that they
sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes
the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.
12 Be it
known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto
Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
13 Be it
known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of
the kings.
14 Now
because we have maintenance from the king's
palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have
we sent and certified the king;
15 That
search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou
find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and
that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was
this city destroyed.
16 We
certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have
no portion on this side the river.
17 ¶ Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum
the chancellor, and to Shimshai the
scribe, and to the rest of their companions
that dwell in Samaria, and unto the
rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
18 The
letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.
19 And I
commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old
time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
20 There
have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute,
and custom, was paid unto them.
21 Give
ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not
builded, until another commandment shall
be given from me.
22 Take
heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the
kings?
23 ¶ Now
when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was
read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up
in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
24 Then
ceased the work of the house of God which is
at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of
Persia.
 
CHAPTER 5
THEN the
prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto
the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem
in the name of the God of Israel, even
unto them.
2 Then
rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and
began to build the house of God which is
at Jerusalem: and with them were the
prophets of God helping them.
3 ¶ At
the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai,
and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build
this house, and to make up this wall?
4 Then
said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make
this building?
5 But
the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause
them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by
letter concerning this matter.
6 ¶ The
copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai,
and his companions the Apharsachites, which were
on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
7 They
sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all
peace.
8 Be it
known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of
the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the
walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
9 Then
asked we those elders, and said unto
them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
10 We
asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the
men that were the chief of them.
11 And
thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven
and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a
great king of Israel builded and set up.
12 But
after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them
into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who
destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
13 But
in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made
a decree to build this house of God.
14 And
the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar
took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem,
and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out
of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar,
whom he had made governor;
15 And
said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God
be builded in his place.
16 Then
came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid
the foundation of the house of God which is
in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.
17 Now
therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's
treasure house, which is there at Babylon,
whether it be so, that a decree was
made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king
send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
 
CHAPTER 6
THEN Darius
the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where
the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
2 And
there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
3 In the
first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at
Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices,
and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore
cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore
cubits;
4 With three rows of great stones, and a
row of new timber: and let the expences be given out of the king's house:
5 And
also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought
again unto the temple which is at
Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them
in the house of God.
6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the
river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from
thence:
7 Let
the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the
elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
8
Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the
building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expences be given
unto these men, that they be not hindered.
9 And
that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the
burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to
the appointment of the priests which are
at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:
10 That
they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for
the life of the king, and of his sons.
11 Also
I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be
pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and
let his house be made a dunghill for this.
12 And
the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people,
that shall put to their hand to alter and
to destroy this house of God which is
at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
13 ¶ Then
Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions,
according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
14 And
the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of
Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and
finished it, according to the
commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus,
and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
15 And
this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the
sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
16 ¶ And
the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the
children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
17 And
offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred
rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he
goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
18 And
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.
19 And
the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
20 For
the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for
all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for
themselves.
21 And
the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as
had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the
land, to seek the Lord God of
Israel, did eat,
22 And
kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the
heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work
of the house of God, the God of Israel.
 
CHAPTER 7
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,
2 The
son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3 The
son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4 The
son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5 The
son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the
chief priest:
6 This
Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was
a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord
God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to
the hand of the Lord his God upon
him.
7 And
there went up some of the children of
Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and
the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
8 And he
came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was
in the seventh year of the king.
9 For
upon the first day of the first month
began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good
hand of his God upon him.
10 For
Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it,
and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
11 ¶ Now
this is the copy of the letter that
the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel.
12
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God
of heaven, perfect peace, and at such
a time.
13 I
make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their
own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
14
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellers, to inquire
concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;
15 And
to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellers have freely
offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
16 And
all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon,
with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering
willingly for the house of their God which is
in Jerusalem:
17 That
thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat
offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house
of your God which is in Jerusalem.
18 And
whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of
the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.
19 The
vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
20 And
whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt
have occasion to bestow, bestow it out
of the king's treasure house.
21 And
I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do
make a decree to all the treasurers which are
beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the
God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
22 Unto
an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an
hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without
prescribing how much.
23
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the
house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of
the king and his sons?
24 Also
we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters,
Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose
toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
25 And
thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all
the people that are beyond the river,
all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
26 And
whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment
be executed speedily upon him, whether it
be unto death, or to banishment, or
to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
27 ¶ Blessed
be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to
beautify the house of the Lord
which is in Jerusalem:
28 And
hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellers, and before
all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go
up with me.
 
CHAPTER 8
THESE are now the chief of their fathers, and this is
the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of
Artaxerxes the king.
2 Of the
sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of
David; Hattush.
3 Of the
sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were
reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
4 Of the
sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred
males.
5 Of the
sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
6 Of the
sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
7 And of
the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
8 And of
the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore
males.
9 Of the
sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen
males.
10 And
of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and
threescore males.
11 And
of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight
males.
12 And
of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and
ten males.
13 And
of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are
these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
14 Of
the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
15 ¶ And
I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we
in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there
none of the sons of Levi.
16 Then
sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib,
and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief
men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
17 And I
sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I
told them what they should say unto Iddo, and
to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring
unto us ministers for the house of our God.
18 And
by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of
the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his
sons and his brethren, eighteen;
19 And
Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their
sons, twenty;
20 Also
of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of
the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by
name.
21 ¶ Then
I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict
ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little
ones, and for all our substance.
22 For I
was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us
against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The
hand of our God is upon all them for
good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
23 So we
fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
24 ¶ Then
I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten
of their brethren with them,
25 And weighed
unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellers,
and his lords, and all Israel there present,
had offered:
26 I
even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and
silver vessels an hundred talents, and
of gold an hundred talents;
27 Also
twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper,
precious as gold.
28 And I
said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord
God of your fathers.
29 Watch
ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and
the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers
of the house of the Lord.
30 So
took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and
the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem
unto the house of our God.
31 ¶ Then
we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God
was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay
in wait by the way.
32 And
we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
33 ¶ Now
on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the
house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with
him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas;
and with them was Jozabad the son of
Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
34 By
number and by weight of every one:
and all the weight was written at that time.
35 Also the children of those that had been
carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto
the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy
and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a
sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the Lord.
36 ¶ And
they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the
governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house
of God.
 
CHAPTER 9
NOW when
these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel,
and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people
of the lands, doing according to their
abominations, even of the Canaanites,
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the
Egyptians, and the Amorites.
2 For
they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that
the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been
chief in this trespass.
3 And
when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the
hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
4 Then
were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of
Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I
sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
5 ¶ And
at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my
garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God,
6 And
said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for
our iniquities are increased over our
head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
7 Since
the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day;
and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and
our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the
sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is
this day.
8 And
now for a little space grace hath been shewed
from the Lord our God, to leave us
a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may
lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
9 For we
were bondmen; yet our God hath not
forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the
kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to
repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in
Jerusalem.
10 And
now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy
commandments,
11 Which
thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye
go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the
lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another
with their uncleanness.
12 Now
therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters
unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be
strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
13 And
after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass,
seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
14
Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of
these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed
us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
15 O Lord God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet
escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are
before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
 
CHAPTER 10
NOW when
Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down
before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great
congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
2 And
Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of
the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God,
and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope
in Israel concerning this thing.
3 Now
therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and
such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those
that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the
law.
4 Arise;
for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will
be with thee: be of good courage, and
do it.
5 Then
arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear
that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
6 ¶ Then
Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan
the son of Eliashib: and when he came
thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the
transgression of them that had been carried away.
7 And
they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of
the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;
8 And
that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of
the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself
separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.
9 ¶ Then
all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem
within three days. It was the ninth month,
on the twentieth day of the month;
and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
10 And
Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have
taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.
11 Now
therefore make confession unto the Lord
God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people
of the land, and from the strange wives.
12 Then
all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so
must we do.
13 But
the people are many, and it is
a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this
a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
14 Let
now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken
strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders
of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for
this matter be turned from us.
15 ¶ Only
Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about
this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai
the Levite helped them.
16 And
the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their
fathers, and all of them by their names,
were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the
matter.
17 And
they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day
of the first month.
18 ¶ And
among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of
Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
19 And
they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the
flock for their trespass.
20 And
of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.
21 And
of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and
Uzziah.
22 And
of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and
Elasah.
23 Also
of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and
Eliezer.
24 Of
the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
25 Moreover
of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin,
and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
26 And
of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth,
and Eliah.
27 And
of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad,
and Aziza.
28 Of
the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
29 And
of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and
Ramoth.
30 And
of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah,
Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah,
Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
32
Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
33 Of
the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
34 Of
the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
35
Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
36
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
37
Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
38 And
Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
39 And
Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
40
Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
41
Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
42
Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
43 Of
the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.
44 All
these had taken strange wives: and some
of them had wives by whom they had children.


THE
BOOK OF NEHEMIAH.


CHAPTER 1
THE words
of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in
the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
2 That
Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain
men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were
left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3 And
they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the
province are in great affliction and reproach:
the wall of Jerusalem also is broken
down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
4 ¶ And
it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and
mourned certain days, and fasted, and
prayed before the God of heaven,
5 And
said, I beseech thee, O Lord God
of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them
that love him and observe his commandments:
6 Let
thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the
prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the
children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of
Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
7 We
have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor
the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
8
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses,
saying, If ye transgress, I will
scatter you abroad among the nations:
9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my
commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost
part of the heaven, yet will I gather
them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set
my name there.
10 Now
these are thy servants and thy
people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
11 O Lord,
I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant,
and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I
pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For
I was the king's cupbearer.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND it
came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
2
Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is
thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not
sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was
very sore afraid,
3 And
said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance
be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are
consumed with fire?
4 Then
the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God
of heaven.
5 And I
said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour
in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my
fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
6 And
the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy
journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I
set him a time.
7
Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me
to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come
into Judah;
8 And a
letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber
to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the
house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good
hand of my God upon me.
9 ¶ Then
I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now
the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
10 When
Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it,
it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of
the children of Israel.
11 So I
came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
12 ¶ And
I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart
to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
13 And I
went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and
to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down,
and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
14 Then
I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that
was under me to pass.
15 Then
went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and
entered by the gate of the valley, and so
returned.
16 And
the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor
to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
17 ¶ Then
said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth
waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up
the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
18 Then
I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's
words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they
strengthened their hands for this good
work.
19 But
when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem
the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us
to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is
this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
20 Then
answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us;
therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor
right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
 
CHAPTER 3
THEN Eliashib
the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the
sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower
of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
2 And
next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the
son of Imri.
3 But
the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the
locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
4 And
next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next
unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And
next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
5 And
next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to
the work of their Lord.
6 Moreover
the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of
Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the
locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
7 And
next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the
men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the
river.
8 Next
unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him
also repaired Hananiah the son of one
of the apothecaries, and they
fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
9 And
next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of
Jerusalem.
10 And
next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his
house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
11
Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired the
other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
12 And
next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part
of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
13 The
valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and
set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a
thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
14 But
the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem;
he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars
thereof.
15 But
the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of
part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the
locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the
king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
16 After
him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur,
unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that
was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
17 After
him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired
Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
18 After
him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half
part of Keilah.
19 And
next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece
over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.
20 After
him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the
turning of the wall unto the door of
the house of Eliashib the high priest.
21 After
him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the
door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
22 And
after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
23 After
him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired
Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.
24 After
him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah
unto the turning of the wall,
even unto the corner.
25 Palal
the son of Uzai, over against the turning of
the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house,
that was by the court of the prison.
After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
26
Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the
place over against the water gate
toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
27 After
them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that
lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
28 From
above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
29 After
them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired
also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
30 After
him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph,
another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against
his chamber.
31 After
him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and
of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the
corner.
32 And
between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths
and the merchants.
 
CHAPTER 4
BUT it
came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth,
and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
2 And he
spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these
feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make
an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish
which are burned?
3 Now
Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and
he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their
stone wall.
4 Hear,
O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head,
and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
5 And
cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before
thee: for they have provoked thee to anger
before the builders.
6 So
built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof:
for the people had a mind to work.
7 ¶ But
it came to pass, that when Sanballat,
and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that
the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and
that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
8 And
conspired all of them together to come and
to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
9
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day
and night, because of them.
10 And
Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
11 And
our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the
midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
12 And
it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us
ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon
you.
13 ¶ Therefore
set I in the lower places behind the wall, and
on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their
swords, their spears, and their bows.
14 And I
looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the
rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and
your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
15 And
it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had
brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every
one unto his work.
16 And
it came to pass from that time forth, that
the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held
both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
17 They
which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
18 For
the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the
trumpet was by me.
19 ¶ And
I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The
work is great and large, and we are separated
upon the wall, one far from another.
20 In
what place therefore ye hear the
sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
21 So we
laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the
morning till the stars appeared.
22 Likewise
at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge
within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on
the day.
23 So
neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which
followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put
them off for washing.
 
CHAPTER 5
AND there
was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the
Jews.
2 For
there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat,
and live.
3 Some also there were that said, We have
mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of
the dearth.
4 There
were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that
upon our lands and vineyards.
5 Yet
now our flesh is as the flesh of our
brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons
and our daughters to be servants, and some
of our daughters are brought unto bondage already:
neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
6 ¶ And
I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
7 Then I
consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto
them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against
them.
8 And I
said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which
were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they
be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
9 Also I
said, It is not good that ye do:
ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen
our enemies?
10 I
likewise, and my brethren, and my
servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this
usury.
11
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards,
their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye
exact of them.
12 Then
said they, We will restore them, and
will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the
priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this
promise.
13 Also
I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his
labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and
emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did according to
this promise.
14 ¶ Moreover
from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah,
from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the
king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the
governor.
15 But
the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the
people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver;
yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because
of the fear of God.
16 Yea,
also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all
my servants were gathered thither unto
the work.
17
Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers,
beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.
18 Now that which was prepared for me
daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in
ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread
of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
19 Think
upon me, my God, for good, according to
all that I have done for this people.
 
CHAPTER 6
NOW it
came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest
of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had
not set up the doors upon the gates;)
2 That
Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one
of the villages in the plain of Ono.
But they thought to do me mischief.
3 And I
sent messengers unto them, saying, I am
doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease,
whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
4 Yet
they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the
same manner.
5 Then
sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open
letter in his hand;
6
Wherein was written, It is reported
among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it,
that thou and the Jews think to
rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king,
according to these words.
7 And
thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king
according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
8 Then I
sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou
feignest them out of thine own heart.
9 For
they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work,
that it be not done. Now therefore, O
God, strengthen my hands.
10
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of
Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he
said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us
shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the
night will they come to slay thee.
11 And I
said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is
there, that, being as I am, would go
into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
12 And,
lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy
against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13
Therefore was he hired, that I should
be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that
they might have matter for an evil report,
that they might reproach me.
14 My God,
think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the
prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in
fear.
15 ¶ So
the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
16 And
it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in
their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
17 ¶ Moreover
in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters
of Tobiah came unto them.
18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan
had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
19 Also
they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in
fear.
 
CHAPTER 7
NOW it
came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the
porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
2 That I
gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over
Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man,
and feared God above many.
3 And I
said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot;
and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every
one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
4 Now
the city was large and great: but the
people were few therein, and the
houses were not builded.
5 ¶ And
my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and
the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of
the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
6 These are the children of the province, that
went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar
the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah,
every one unto his city;
7 Who
came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai,
Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the
people of Israel was this;
8 The
children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
9 The
children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
10 The
children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
11 The
children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and
eight hundred and eighteen.
12 The
children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
13 The
children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.
14 The
children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
15 The
children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.
16 The
children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.
17 The
children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.
18 The
children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.
19 The
children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.
20 The
children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.
21 The
children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
22 The
children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.
23 The
children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.
24 The
children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.
25 The
children of Gibeon, ninety and five.
26 The
men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
27 The
men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
28 The
men of Beth-azmaveth, forty and two.
29 The
men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
30 The
men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
31 The
men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.
32 The
men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
33 The
men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.
34 The
children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
35 The
children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
36 The
children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
37 The
children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.
38 The
children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
39 ¶ The
priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy
and three.
40 The
children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
41 The
children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
42 The
children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
43 ¶ The
Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.
44 ¶ The
singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
45 ¶ The
porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon,
the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an
hundred thirty and eight.
46 ¶ The
Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of
Tabbaoth,
47 The
children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
48 The
children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai,
49 The
children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
50 The
children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
51 The
children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah,
52 The
children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,
53 The
children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
54 The
children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
55 The
children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah,
56 The
children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
57 ¶ The
children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of
Sophereth, the children of Perida,
58 The
children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
59 The
children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of
Zebaim, the children of Amon.
60 All
the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
61 And
these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha,
Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor
their seed, whether they were of Israel.
62 The
children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six
hundred forty and two.
63 ¶ And
of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of
Barzillai, which took one of the daughters
of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
64 These
sought their register among those
that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as
polluted, put from the priesthood.
65 And
the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things,
till there stood up a priest with Urim
and Thummim.
66 ¶ The
whole congregation together was forty
and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
67
Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand
three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing
men and singing women.
68 Their
horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:
69 Their camels, four hundred thirty and
five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.
70 ¶ And
some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the
treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty
priests' garments.
71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to
the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two
hundred pound of silver.
72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and
two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments.
73 So
the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims,
and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the
children of Israel were in their
cities.
 
CHAPTER 8
AND all
the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake
unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.
2 And
Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women,
and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh
month.
3 And he
read therein before the street that was
before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the
women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive
unto the book of the law.
4 And
Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the
purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah,
and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah,
and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
5 And
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:
6 And
Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God.
And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed
their heads, and worshipped the Lord
with their faces to the ground.
7 Also
Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah,
Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to
understand the law: and the people stood
in their place.
8 So
they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and
caused them to understand the
reading.
9 ¶ And
Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and
Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all
the people, This day is holy unto the
Lord your God; mourn not, nor
weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
10 Then
he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send
portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our
Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord
is your strength.
11 So
the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
12 And
all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and
to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared
unto them.
13 ¶ And
on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the
people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand
the words of the law.
14 And
they found written in the law which the Lord
had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in
the feast of the seventh month:
15 And
that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem,
saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches,
and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make
booths, as it is written.
16 ¶ So
the people went forth, and brought them,
and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their
courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water
gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
17 And all
the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths,
and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that
day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.
18 Also
day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the
law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto
the manner.
 
CHAPTER 9
NOW in
the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled
with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
2 And
the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and
confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
3 And
they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day; and another
fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the Lord
their God.
4 ¶ Then
stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah,
Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani,
and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord
their God.
5 Then
the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah,
Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand
up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and
blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou
hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and
all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth
thee.
7 Thou art the Lord
the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the
Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
8 And
foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give
the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and
the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it,
I say,
to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
9 And didst
see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red
sea;
10 And
shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all
the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them.
So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.
11 And
thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of
the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as
a stone into the mighty waters.
12
Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a
pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
13 Thou
camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and
gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
14 And
madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts,
statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
15 And
gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for
them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go
in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
16 But
they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not
to thy commandments,
17 And
refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among
them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to
return to their bondage: but thou art
a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great
kindness, and forsookest them not.
18 Yea,
when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great
provocations;
19 Yet
thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar
of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither
the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they
should go.
20 Thou
gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna
from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
21 Yea,
forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked
nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
22
Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into
corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of
Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
23 Their
children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them
into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they
should go in to possess it.
24 So
the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the
inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with
their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they
would.
25 And
they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all
goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance:
so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in
thy great goodness.
26
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law
behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn
them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
27
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them:
and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy
manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of
their enemies.
28 But
after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou
them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet
when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according
to thy mercies;
29 And
testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet
they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against
thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the
shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
30 Yet
many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in
thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the
hand of the people of the lands.
31
Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them,
nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious
and merciful God.
32 Now
therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest
covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath
come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our
prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the
kings of Assyria unto this day.
33
Howbeit thou art just in all that is
brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
34
Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy
law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou
didst testify against them.
35 For
they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou
gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them,
neither turned they from their wicked works.
36
Behold, we are servants this day, and
for the land that thou gavest unto
our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:
37 And
it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of
our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at
their pleasure, and we are in great
distress.
38 And
because of all this we make a sure covenant,
and write it; and our princes, Levites,
and priests, seal unto it.
 
CHAPTER 10
NOW those
that sealed were, Nehemiah, the
Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
2
Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
3
Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
4
Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
5 Harim,
Meremoth, Obadiah,
6
Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7
Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
8
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were
the priests.
9 And
the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad,
Kadmiel;
10 And
their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
11
Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
12
Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
13
Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.
14 The
chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,
15
Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
16
Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
17 Ater,
Hizkijah, Azzur,
18
Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
19
Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
20
Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
21
Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,
22
Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
23
Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,
24
Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,
25
Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
26 And
Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
27
Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
28 ¶ And
the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the
Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the
lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every
one having knowledge, and having understanding;
29 They
clave to their brethren, 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 the Lord
our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
30 And
that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take
their daughters for our sons:
31 And if the people of the land bring ware or
any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that
we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year,
and the exaction of every debt.
32 Also
we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a
shekel for the service of the house of our God;
33 For
the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt
offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the
holy things, and for the sin
offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
34 And
we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood
offering, to bring it into the house of
our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to
burn upon the altar of the Lord
our God, as it is written in the law:
35 And
to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all
trees, year by year, unto the house of the Lord:
36 Also
the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law,
and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our
God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:
37 And that we should bring the firstfruits of
our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and
of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the
tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the
tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
38 And
the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take
tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house
of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.
39 For
the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the
corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and
the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not
forsake the house of our God.
 
CHAPTER 11
AND the
rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots,
to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell
in other cities.
2 And
the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at
Jerusalem.
3 ¶ Now
these are the chief of the province
that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession
in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites,
and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.
4 And at
Jerusalem dwelt certain of the
children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. 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 Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;
5 And
Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son
of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.
6 All
the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were
four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.
7 And
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 Jesaiah.
8 And
after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.
9 And
Joel the son of Zichri was their
overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was
second over the city.
10 Of
the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.
11
Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of
Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler
of the house of God.
12 And
their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the
son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the
son of Malchiah,
13 And
his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the
son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
14 And
their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their
overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of
the great men.
15 Also
of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of
Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
16 And
Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.
17 And
Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the
thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the
son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
18 All
the Levites in the holy city were two
hundred fourscore and four.
19
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.
20 ¶ And
the residue of Israel, of the priests, and
the Levites, were in all the cities
of Judah, every one in his inheritance.
21 But
the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.
22 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
Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were
over the business of the house of God.
23 For it was
the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for
the singers, due for every day.
24 And
Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning
the people.
25 And
for the villages, with their fields, some
of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,
26 And
at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth-phelet,
27 And
at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, and in
the villages thereof,
28 And
at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,
29 And
at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
30
Zanoah, Adullam, and in their
villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt
from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
31 The
children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt
at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in
their villages,
32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
33
Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
34
Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
35 Lod,
and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
36 And
of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
 
CHAPTER 12
NOW these
are the priests and the Levites that
went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah,
Ezra,
2
Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3
Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 Iddo, Ginnetho,
Abijah,
5
Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
6
Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 Sallu,
Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the
chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
8
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the
thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
9 Also
Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were
over against them in the watches.
10 ¶ And
Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
11 And
Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
12 And
in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah,
Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
13 Of
Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
14 Of
Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
15 Of
Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
16 Of
Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
17 Of
Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
18 Of
Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
19 And
of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
20 Of
Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
21 Of
Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
22 ¶ The
Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also
the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
23 The
sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were
written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son
of Eliashib.
24 And
the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel,
with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man
of God, ward over against ward.
25
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the
thresholds of the gates.
26 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, the scribe.
27 ¶ And
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 thanksgivings, and with singing, with
cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
28 And
the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain
country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
29 Also
from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the
singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
30 And
the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and
the gates, and the wall.
31 Then
I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave
thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
32 And
after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
33 And
Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
34
Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
35 And certain of the priests' sons with
trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son
of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah,
the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
36 And
his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and
Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra
the scribe before them.
37 And
at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs
of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David,
even unto the water gate eastward.
38 And
the other company of them
that gave thanks went over against them,
and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the
tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
39 And
from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish
gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep
gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
40 So
stood the two companies of them
that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers
with me:
41 And
the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
42 And
Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah,
and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
43 Also
that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them
rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the
joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
44 ¶ And
at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the
offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of
the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites:
for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
45 And
both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of
the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
46 For
in the days of David and Asaph of old there
were chief of the singers, and songs
of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
47 And
all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the
portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they
sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
 
CHAPTER 13
ON that
day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein
was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the
congregation of God for ever;
2
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but
hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned
the curse into a blessing.
3 Now it
came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all
the mixed multitude.
4 ¶ And
before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the
house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
5 And he
had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat
offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new
wine, and the oil, which was commanded to
be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the
offerings of the priests.
6 But in
all this time was not I at Jerusalem:
for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the
king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:
7 And I
came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in
preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
8 And it
grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out
of the chamber.
9 Then I
commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the
vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.
10 ¶ And
I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers,
that did the work, were fled every one to his field.
11 Then
contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I
gathered them together, and set them in their place.
12 Then
brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the
treasuries.
13 And 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 office was
to distribute unto their brethren.
14
Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I
have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
15 ¶ In
those days saw I in Judah some treading
wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also
wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner
of burdens, which they brought into
Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day
wherein they sold victuals.
16 There
dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and
sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
17 Then
I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath
day?
18 Did
not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and
upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
19 And
it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the
sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they
should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
20 So
the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or
twice.
21 Then
I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if
ye do so again, I will lay hands on
you. From that time forth came they no more
on the sabbath.
22 And I
commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the
sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning
this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
23 ¶ In
those days also saw I Jews that had
married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and
of Moab:
24 And
their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the
Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
25 And I
contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked
off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying,
Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto
your sons, or for yourselves.
26 Did
not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was
there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over
all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
27 Shall
we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God
in marrying strange wives?
28 And 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.
29
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the
covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
30 Thus
cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and
the Levites, every one in his business;
31 And
for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember
me, O my God, for good.


THE
BOOK OF ESTHER.


CHAPTER 1
NOW it
came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty
provinces:)
2 That in those days, when the king
Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
3 In the
third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants;
the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
4 When
he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent
majesty many days, even an hundred and
fourscore days.
5 And
when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that
were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in
the court of the garden of the king's palace;
6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings,
fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of
marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of
red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
7 And
they gave them drink in vessels of
gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in
abundance, according to the state of the king.
8 And
the drinking was according to the
law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his
house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
9 Also
Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in
the royal house which belonged to
king Ahasuerus.
10 ¶ On
the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded
Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven
chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
11 To
bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people
and the princes her beauty: for she was
fair to look on.
12 But
the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king
very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
13 ¶ Then
the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that
knew law and judgment:
14 And
the next unto him was Carshena,
Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and
Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
15 What
shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed
the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
16 And
Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not
done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people
that are in all the provinces of the
king Ahasuerus.
17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad
unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when
it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be
brought in before him, but she came not.
18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and
Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of
the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.
19 If it
please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be
written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered,
That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal
estate unto another that is better than she.
20 And
when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all
his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands
honour, both to great and small.
21 And
the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the
word of Memucan:
22 For
he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to
the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man
should bear rule in his own house, and that it
should be published according to the language of every people.
 
CHAPTER 2
AFTER these
things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti,
and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
2 Then
said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young
virgins sought for the king:
3 And
let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they
may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the
house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of
the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
4 And
let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the
thing pleased the king; and he did so.
5 ¶ Now in Shushan the palace there was a
certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai,
the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
6 Who
had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried
away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had
carried away.
7 And he
brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther,
his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai,
when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
8 ¶ So
it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when
many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of
Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai,
keeper of the women.
9 And
the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave
her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven
maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he
preferred her and her maids unto the best place
of the house of the women.
10
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her
that she should not shew it.
11 And
Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther
did, and what should become of her.
12 ¶ Now
when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had
been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days
of their purifications accomplished, to
wit, six months with oil of myrrh,
and six months with sweet odours, and with other
things for the purifying of the women;)
13 Then
thus came every maiden unto the king;
whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women
unto the king's house.
14 In
the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of
the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the
concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her,
and that she were called by name.
15 ¶ Now
when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had
taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required
nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women,
appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon
her.
16 So
Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month,
which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh
year of his reign.
17 And
the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in
his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her
head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
18 Then
the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a
release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
19 And
when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in
the king's gate.
20
Esther had not yet shewed her kindred
nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai,
like as when she was brought up with him.
21 ¶ In
those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's
chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and
sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
22 And
the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it
unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.
23 And
when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were
both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before
the king.
 
CHAPTER 3
AFTER these
things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and
advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
2 And
all the king's servants, that were in
the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning
him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him
reverence.
3 Then
the king's servants, which were in
the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?
4 Now it
came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them,
that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had
told them that he was a Jew.
5 And
when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman
full of wrath.
6 And he
thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the
people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of
Ahasuerus, even the people of
Mordecai.
7 ¶ In
the first month, that is, the month
Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to
day, and from month to month, to the
twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
8 ¶ And
Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and
dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither
keep they the king's laws: therefore it is
not for the king's profit to suffer them.
9 If it
please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay
ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of
the business, to bring it into the
king's treasuries.
10 And
the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of
Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
11 And
the king said unto Haman, The silver is
given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
12 Then
were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and
there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's
lieutenants, and to the governors that were
over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province
according to the writing thereof, and to
every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it
written, and sealed with the king's ring.
13 And
the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to
kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and
women, in one day, even upon the
thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which
is the month Adar, and to take
the spoil of them for a prey.
14 The
copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was
published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.
15 The
posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was
given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the
city Shushan was perplexed.
 
CHAPTER 4
WHEN Mordecai
perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth
with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and
a bitter cry;
2 And
came even before the king's gate: for none might
enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
3 And in
every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and
wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
4 ¶ So
Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment
to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
5 Then
called Esther for Hatach, one of the
king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a
commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was,
and why it was.
6 So
Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.
7 And
Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the
money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to
destroy them.
8 Also
he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to
destroy them, to shew it unto Esther,
and to declare it unto her, and to
charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him,
and to make request before him for her people.
9 And
Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
10 ¶ Again
Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
11 All
the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that
whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court,
who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the
king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been
called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
12 And
they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
13 Then
Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt
escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
14 For
if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from
another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who
knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
15 ¶ Then
Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
16 Go,
gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me,
and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will
fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
17 So
Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
 
CHAPTER 5
NOW it
came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and
stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house:
and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the
gate of the house.
2 And it
was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight:
and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the
sceptre.
3 Then
said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given
thee to the half of the kingdom.
4 And
Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king
and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
5 Then
the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said.
So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
6 ¶ And
the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the
kingdom it shall be performed.
7 Then
answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
8 If I
have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant
my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the
banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath
said.
9 ¶ Then
went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw
Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was
full of indignation against Mordecai.
10 Nevertheless
Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his
friends, and Zeresh his wife.
11 And
Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children,
and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced
him above the princes and servants of the king.
12 Haman
said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto
the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto
her also with the king.
13 Yet
all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the
king's gate.
14 ¶ Then
said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of
fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be
hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the
thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
 
CHAPTER 6
ON that
night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records
of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
2 And it
was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the
king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the
king Ahasuerus.
3 And
the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this?
Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done
for him.
4 ¶ And
the king said, Who is in the court?
Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto
the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
5 And
the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the
king said, Let him come in.
6 So
Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom
the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would
the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
7 And
Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
8 Let
the royal apparel be brought which the king useth
to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is
set upon his head:
9 And
let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most
noble princes, that they may array the man withal
whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the
street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man
whom the king delighteth to honour.
10 Then
the king said to Haman, Make haste, and
take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai
the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou
hast spoken.
11 Then
took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on
horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall
it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
12 ¶ And
Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning,
and having his head covered.
13 And
Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his
wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the
seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail
against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
14 And
while they were yet talking with him,
came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther
had prepared.
 
CHAPTER 7
SO the
king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
2 And
the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall
be granted thee: and what is thy
request? and it shall be performed, even
to the half of the kingdom.
3 Then
Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O
king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my
people at my request:
4 For we
are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if
we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the
enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
5 ¶ Then
the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and
where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
6 And
Esther said, The adversary and enemy is
this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
7 ¶ And
the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for
his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against
him by the king.
8 Then
the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of
wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in
the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
9 And
Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the
gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken
good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him
thereon.
10 So
they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was
the king's wrath pacified.
 
CHAPTER 8
ON that
day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther
the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
2 And
the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto
Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 ¶ And
Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought
him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device
that he had devised against the Jews.
4 Then
the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood
before the king,
5 And
said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the
thing seem right before the king, and
I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be
written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the
Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
6 For
how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I
endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
7 ¶ Then
the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold,
I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the
gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
8 Write
ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing
which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no
man reverse.
9 Then
were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth
day thereof; and it was written
according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants,
and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven
provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every
people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and
according to their language.
10 And
he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
11
Wherein the king granted the Jews which were
in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to
destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and
province that would assault them, both
little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
12 Upon
one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day
of the twelfth month, which is the
month Adar.
13 The
copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that
the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their
enemies.
14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and
pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the
palace.
15 ¶ And
Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and
white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and
purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
16 The
Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
17 And
in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and
his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And
many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon
them.
 
CHAPTER 9
NOW in
the twelfth month, that is, the month
Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree
drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped
to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews
had rule over them that hated them;)
2 The
Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces
of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man
could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
3 And
all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and
officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon
them.
4 For
Mordecai was great in the king's
house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man
Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
5 Thus
the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter,
and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
6 And in
Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
7 And
Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
8 And
Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9 And
Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
10 The
ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but
on the spoil laid they not their hand.
11 On
that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought
before the king.
12 ¶ And
the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five
hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they
done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
13 Then
said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according
unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
14 And
the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and
they hanged Haman's ten sons.
15 For
the Jews that were in Shushan
gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and
slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
16 But
the other Jews that were in the king's
provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest
from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they
laid not their hands on the prey,
17 On
the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same
rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
18 But
the Jews that were at Shushan
assembled together on the thirteenth day
thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it
a day of feasting and gladness.
19
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the
fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of
gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
20 ¶ And
Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus,
both nigh and far,
21 To
stablish this among them, that they
should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same,
yearly,
22 As
the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was
turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that
they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to
another, and gifts to the poor.
23 And
the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto
them;
24
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews,
had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy
them;
25 But
when Esther came before the king, he
commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews,
should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on
the gallows.
26
Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all
the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this
matter, and which had come unto them,
27 The
Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as
joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep
these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
28 And that these days should be remembered and
kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city;
and that these days of Purim should
not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
29 Then
Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all
authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
30 And
he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven
provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with
words of peace and truth,
31 To
confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed,
according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as
they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings
and their cry.
32 And
the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in
the book.
 
CHAPTER 10
AND the
king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
2 And
all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the
greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Media and Persia?
3 For
Mordecai the Jew was next unto king
Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren,
seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.


THE BOOK
OF JOB.


CHAPTER 1
THERE was
a man in the land of Uz, whose name was
Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed
evil.
2 And
there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
3 His
substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five
hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household;
so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
4 And
his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and
sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
5 And it
was so, when the days of their feasting
were gone about, 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 cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
6 ¶ Now
there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.
7 And
the Lord said unto Satan, Whence
comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord,
and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in
it.
8 And
the Lord said unto Satan, Hast
thou considered my servant Job, that there
is none like him in the earth, a perfect
and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
9 Then
Satan answered the Lord, and said,
Doth Job fear God for nought?
10 Hast
not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he
hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance
is increased in the land.
11 But
put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to
thy face.
12 And
the Lord said unto Satan, Behold,
all that he hath is in thy power;
only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the
presence of the Lord.
13 ¶ And
there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
14 And
there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses
feeding beside them:
15 And
the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have
slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to
tell thee.
16 While
he was yet speaking, there came also
another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the
sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell
thee.
17 While
he was yet speaking, there came also
another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels,
and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the
sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
18 While
he was yet speaking, there came also
another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
19 And,
behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners
of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am
escaped alone to tell thee.
20 Then
Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the
ground, and worshipped,
21 And
said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither:
the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name
of the Lord.
22 In
all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
 
CHAPTER 2
AGAIN there
was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present
himself before the Lord.
2 And
the Lord said unto Satan, From whence
comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord,
and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in
it.
3 And
the Lord said unto Satan, Hast
thou considered my servant Job, that there
is none like him in the earth, a perfect
and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he
holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy
him without cause.
4 And
Satan answered the Lord, and said,
Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
5 But
put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse
thee to thy face.
6 And
the Lord said unto Satan, Behold,
he is in thine hand; but save his
life.
7 ¶ So
went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord,
and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
8 And he
took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
9 ¶ Then
said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and
die.
10 But
he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What?
shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all
this did not Job sin with his lips.
11 ¶ Now
when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they
came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the
Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together
to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
12 And
when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their
voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon
their heads toward heaven.
13 So
they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none
spake a word unto him: for they saw that his
grief was very great.
 
CHAPTER 3
AFTER this
opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
2 And
Job spake, and said,
3 Let
the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said,
There is a man child conceived.
4 Let that
day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine
upon it.
5 Let
darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the
blackness of the day terrify it.
6 As for
that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of
the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
7 Lo,
let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
8 Let
them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
9 Let the
stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the
dawning of the day:
10
Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
11 Why
died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of
the belly?
12 Why
did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
13 For
now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I
been at rest,
14 With
kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
15 Or
with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
16 Or as
an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
17 There
the wicked cease from troubling; and
there the weary be at rest.
18 There the prisoners rest together; they
hear not the voice of the oppressor.
19 The
small and great are there; and the servant is
free from his master.
20
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
21 Which
long for death, but it cometh not;
and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
22 Which
rejoice exceedingly, and are glad,
when they can find the grave?
23 Why is
light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
24 For
my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
25 For
the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid
of is come unto me.
26 I was
not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
 
CHAPTER 4
THEN Eliphaz
the Temanite answered and said,
2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt
thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
3
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
4 Thy
words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble
knees.
5 But
now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art
troubled.
6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy
ways?
7
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished,
being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
8 Even
as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
9 By the
blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
10 The
roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the
young lions, are broken.
11 The
old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered
abroad.
12 Now a
thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
13 In
thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
14 Fear
came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
15 Then
a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
16 It
stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
17 Shall
mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
18
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
19 How
much less in them that dwell in
houses of clay, whose foundation is in
the dust, which are crushed before
the moth?
20 They
are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any
regarding it.
21 Doth
not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even
without wisdom.
 
CHAPTER 5
CALL now,
if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou
turn?
2 For
wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
3 I have
seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 His
children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there
any to deliver them.
5 Whose
harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the
robber swalloweth up their substance.
6
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring
out of the ground;
7 Yet
man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 I
would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
9 Which
doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
10 Who
giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
11 To
set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to
safety.
12 He
disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 He
taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is
carried headlong.
14 They
meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15 But
he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the
mighty.
16 So
the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17
Behold, happy is the man whom God
correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18 For
he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 He
shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch
thee.
20 In
famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
21 Thou
shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of
destruction when it cometh.
22 At
destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the
beasts of the earth.
23 For
thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the
field shall be at peace with thee.
24 And
thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall
be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy
habitation, and shalt not sin.
25 Thou
shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the
grass of the earth.
26 Thou
shalt come to thy grave in a full
age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
27 Lo
this, we have searched it, so it is;
hear it, and know thou it for thy
good.
 
CHAPTER 6
BUT Job
answered and said,
2 Oh
that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances
together!
3 For
now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are
swallowed up.
4 For
the arrows of the Almighty are within
me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves
in array against me.
5 Doth
the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6 Can
that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 The
things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
8 Oh
that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
9 Even
that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and
cut me off!
10 Then
should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not
spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and
what is mine end, that I should
prolong my life?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones?
or is my flesh of brass?
13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom
driven quite from me?
14 To
him that is afflicted pity should be shewed
from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
15 My
brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and
as the stream of brooks they pass away;
16 Which
are blackish by reason of the ice, and
wherein the snow is hid:
17 What
time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their
place.
18 The
paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
19 The
troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
20 They
were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
21 For
now ye are nothing; ye see my casting
down, and are afraid.
22 Did I
say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
23 Or,
Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
24 Teach
me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25 How
forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
26 Do ye
imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
27 Yea,
ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a
pit for your friend.
28 Now
therefore be content, look upon me; for it
is evident unto you if I lie.
29
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness
is in it.
30 Is
there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
 
CHAPTER 7
IS there
not an appointed time to man upon earth? are
not his days also like the days of an
hireling?
2 As a
servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward
of his work:
3 So am
I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4 When I
lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of
tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
5 My
flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become
loathsome.
6 My
days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 O
remember that my life is wind: mine
eye shall no more see good.
8 The
eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon
me, and I am not.
9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth
away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
10 He
shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
11
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my
spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou
settest a watch over me?
13 When
I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
14 Then
thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
15 So
that my soul chooseth strangling, and
death rather than my life.
16 I
loathe it; I would not live alway:
let me alone; for my days are vanity.
17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him?
and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
18 And that thou shouldest visit him every
morning, and try him every moment?
19 How
long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my
spittle?
20 I
have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou
set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
21 And
why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now
shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
 
CHAPTER 8
THEN answered
Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 How
long wilt thou speak these things?
and how long shall the words of
thy mouth be like a strong wind?
3 Doth God
pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4 If thy
children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their
transgression;
5 If
thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6 If
thou wert pure and upright; surely
now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7 Though
thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
8 For inquire,
I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their
fathers:
9 (For
we are but of yesterday, and
know nothing, because our days upon earth are
a shadow:)
10 Shall
not they teach thee, and tell thee,
and utter words out of their heart?
11 Can
the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
12
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before
any other herb.
13 So are the paths of all that forget God;
and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
14 Whose
hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall
be a spider's web.
15 He
shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but
it shall not endure.
16 He is green before the sun, and his branch
shooteth forth in his garden.
17 His
roots are wrapped about the heap, and
seeth the place of stones.
18 If he
destroy him from his place, then it shall
deny him, saying, I have not seen
thee.
19
Behold, this is the joy of his way,
and out of the earth shall others grow.
20
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man,
neither will he help the evil doers:
21 Till
he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
22 They
that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the
wicked shall come to nought.
 
CHAPTER 9
THEN Job
answered and said,
2 I know
it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
3 If he
will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
4 He is
wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
5 Which
removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
6 Which
shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
7 Which
commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
8 Which
alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9 Which
maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
10 Which
doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
11 Lo,
he goeth by me, and I see him not: he
passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
12
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest
thou?
13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the
proud helpers do stoop under him.
14 How
much less shall I answer him, and choose
out my words to reason with him?
15 Whom,
though I were righteous, yet would I
not answer, but I would make supplication
to my judge.
16 If I
had called, and he had answered me; yet
would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
17 For
he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18 He
will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19 If I speak
of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall
set me a time to plead?
20 If I
justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it
shall also prove me perverse.
21 Though I were perfect, yet would I
not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22 This is one thing, therefore I said it,
He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23 If
the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
24 The
earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges
thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
25 Now
my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
26 They
are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
27 If I
say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
28 I am
afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in
vain?
30 If I
wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31 Yet
shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
32 For he is
not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
33
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that
might lay his hand upon us both.
34 Let
him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
35 Then would I speak, and not fear him;
but it is not so with me.
 
CHAPTER 10
MY soul
is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the
bitterness of my soul.
2 I will
say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
3 Is it
good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the
work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
4 Hast
thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
6 That
thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
7 Thou
knowest that I am not wicked; and there
is none that can deliver out of thine
hand.
8 Thine
hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy
me.
9
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou
bring me into dust again?
10 Hast
thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
11 Thou
hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
12 Thou
hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
13 And
these things hast thou hid in thine
heart: I know that this is with thee.
14 If I
sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
15 If I
be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be
righteous, yet will I not lift up my
head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
16 For
it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself
marvellous upon me.
17 Thou
renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me;
changes and war are against me.
18
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given
up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
19 I
should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the
womb to the grave.
20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
21
Before I go whence I shall not
return, even to the land of darkness
and the shadow of death;
22 A
land of darkness, as darkness itself;
and of the shadow of death, without
any order, and where the light is as darkness.
 
CHAPTER 11
THEN answered
Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2 Should
not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be
justified?
3 Should
thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make
thee ashamed?
4 For
thou hast said, My doctrine is pure,
and I am clean in thine eyes.
5 But oh
that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6 And
that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that
which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
7 Canst
thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto
perfection?
8 It is
as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
9 The
measure thereof is longer than the
earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If he
cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
11 For
he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
12 For
vain man would be wise, though man be born like
a wild ass's colt.
13 If
thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14 If
iniquity be in thine hand, put it far
away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 For
then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and
shalt not fear:
16
Because thou shalt forget thy misery,
and remember it as waters that pass
away:
17 And thine age shall be clearer than the
noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18 And
thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take
thy rest in safety.
19 Also
thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee
afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
20 But
the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of
the ghost.
 
CHAPTER 12
AND Job
answered and said,
2 No
doubt but ye are the people, and
wisdom shall die with you.
3 But I
have understanding as well as you; I am
not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who
calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
5 He
that is ready to slip with his feet is as
a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6 The
tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into
whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
7 But
ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and
they shall tell thee:
8 Or
speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall
declare unto thee.
9 Who
knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord
hath wrought this?
10 In
whose hand is the soul of every
living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
11 Doth
not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
12 With
the ancient is wisdom; and in length
of days understanding.
13 With
him is wisdom and strength, he hath
counsel and understanding.
14
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man,
and there can be no opening.
15
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out,
and they overturn the earth.
16 With
him is strength and wisdom: the
deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 He
leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
18 He
looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19 He
leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
20 He
removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of
the aged.
21 He
poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
22 He
discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow
of death.
23 He
increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth
them again.
24 He
taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them
to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25 They
grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
 
CHAPTER 13
LO, mine
eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath
heard and understood it.
2 What
ye know, the same do I know also: I am
not inferior unto you.
3 Surely
I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4 But ye
are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
5 O that
ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
6 Hear
now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Will
ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
8 Will
ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
9 Is it
good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
10 He
will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
11 Shall
not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
12 Your
remembrances are like unto ashes,
your bodies to bodies of clay.
13 Hold
your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
14
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
15
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways
before him.
16 He
also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
17 Hear
diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
18
Behold now, I have ordered my cause;
I know that I shall be justified.
19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give
up the ghost.
20 Only
do not two things unto me: then will
I not hide myself from thee.
21
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
22 Then
call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
23 How
many are mine iniquities and sins?
make me to know my transgression and my sin.
24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
25 Wilt
thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
26 For
thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities
of my youth.
27 Thou
puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths;
thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
28 And
he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
 
CHAPTER 14
MAN that is
born of a woman is of few days, and
full of trouble.
2 He
cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and
continueth not.
3 And
dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with
thee?
4 Who
can bring a clean thing out of an
unclean? not one.
5 Seeing
his days are determined, the number
of his months are with thee, thou
hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6 Turn
from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
7 For
there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that
the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8 Though
the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
9 Yet through the scent of water it will
bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
10 But
man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the
flood decayeth and drieth up:
12 So
man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
13 O
that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret,
until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember
me!
14 If a
man die, shall he live again? all the
days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
15 Thou
shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of
thine hands.
16 For
now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
17 My
transgression is sealed up in a bag,
and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
18 And
surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of
his place.
19 The
waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou
destroyest the hope of man.
20 Thou
prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance,
and sendest him away.
21 His
sons come to honour, and he knoweth it
not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
22 But
his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
 
CHAPTER 15
THEN answered
Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 Should
a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
3 Should
he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
4 Yea,
thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
5 For
thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
6 Thine
own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before
the hills?
8 Hast
thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
9 What
knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest
thou, which is not in us?
10 With
us are both the grayheaded and very
aged men, much elder than thy father.
11 Are the consolations of God small with
thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
12 Why
doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
13 That
thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which
is born of a woman, that he should be
righteous?
15
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in
his sight.
16 How
much more abominable and filthy is man,
which drinketh iniquity like water?
17 I
will shew thee, hear me; and that which
I have seen I will declare;
18 Which
wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
19 Unto
whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
20 The
wicked man travaileth with pain all his
days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21 A
dreadful sound is in his ears: in
prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22 He
believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the
sword.
23 He
wandereth abroad for bread, saying,
Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a
king ready to the battle.
25 For
he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the
Almighty.
26 He
runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his
bucklers:
27
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
28 And
he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in
houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
29 He
shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he
prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
30 He
shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by
the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
31 Let
not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
32 It
shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
33 He
shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as
the olive.
34 For
the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the
tabernacles of bribery.
35 They
conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
 
CHAPTER 16
THEN Job
answered and said,
2 I have
heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
3 Shall
vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
4 I also
could speak as ye do: if your soul
were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head
at you.
5 But I would strengthen you with my
mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
6 Though
I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though
I forbear, what am I eased?
7 But
now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
8 And
thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which
is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me
beareth witness to my face.
9 He
teareth me in his wrath, who hateth
me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10 They
have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek
reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11 God
hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the
wicked.
12 I was
at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13 His
archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not
spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14 He
breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
15 I
have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16 My
face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17 Not
for any injustice in mine hands: also
my prayer is pure.
18 O
earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
19 Also
now, behold, my witness is in heaven,
and my record is on high.
20 My
friends scorn me: but mine eye
poureth out tears unto God.
21 O
that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
22 When
a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
 
CHAPTER 17
MY breath
is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are
ready for me.
2 Are there
not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
3 Lay
down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is
he that will strike hands with me?
4 For
thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
5 He
that speaketh flattery to his friends,
even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6 He
hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
7 Mine
eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
8
Upright men shall be astonied at
this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
9 The
righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be
stronger and stronger.
10 But
as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
11 My
days are past, my purposes are broken off, even
the thoughts of my heart.
12 They
change the night into day: the light is
short because of darkness.
13 If I
wait, the grave is mine house: I have
made my bed in the darkness.
14 I
have said to corruption, Thou art my
father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
15 And
where is now my hope? as for my hope,
who shall see it?
16 They
shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our
rest together is in the dust.
 
CHAPTER 18
THEN answered
Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 How
long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and
afterwards we will speak.
3
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and
reputed vile in your sight?
4 He
teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall
the rock be removed out of his place?
5 Yea,
the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not
shine.
6 The
light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with
him.
7 The
steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him
down.
8 For he
is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
9 The
gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against
him.
10 The
snare is laid for him in the ground,
and a trap for him in the way.
11
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
12 His
strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his
side.
13 It
shall devour the strength of his skin: even
the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
14 His
confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the
king of terrors.
15 It
shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it
is none of his: brimstone shall be
scattered upon his habitation.
16 His
roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
17 His
remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the
street.
18 He
shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
19 He
shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his
dwellings.
20 They
that come after him shall be astonied
at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
21
Surely such are the dwellings of the
wicked, and this is the place of him
that knoweth not God.
 
CHAPTER 19
THEN Job
answered and said,
2 How
long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
3 These
ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
4 And be
it indeed that I have erred, mine
error remaineth with myself.
5 If
indeed ye will magnify yourselves against
me, and plead against me my reproach:
6 Know
now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
7
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
8 He
hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
9 He
hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
10 He
hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed
like a tree.
11 He
hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of
his enemies.
12 His
troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about
my tabernacle.
13 He
hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged
from me.
14 My
kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15 They
that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien
in their sight.
16 I
called my servant, and he gave me no
answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
17 My
breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.
18 Yea,
young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
19 All
my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
20 My
bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my
teeth.
21 Have
pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath
touched me.
22 Why
do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 Oh
that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
24 That
they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
25 For I
know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
27 Whom
I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
28 But
ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in
me?
29 Be ye
afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth
the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
 
CHAPTER 20
THEN answered
Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
3 I have
heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me
to answer.
4
Knowest thou not this of old, since
man was placed upon earth,
5 That
the triumphing of the wicked is short,
and the joy of the hypocrite but for
a moment?
6 Though
his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his
own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
8 He
shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away
as a vision of the night.
9 The
eye also which saw him shall see him
no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
10 His
children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their
goods.
11 His
bones are full of the sin
of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
12
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though
he hide it under his tongue;
13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not;
but keep it still within his mouth:
14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is
the gall of asps within him.
15 He
hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast
them out of his belly.
16 He
shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
17 He
shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
18 That
which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be,
and he shall not rejoice therein.
19
Because he hath oppressed and hath
forsaken the poor; because he hath
violently taken away an house which he builded not;
20
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that
which he desired.
21 There
shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
22 In
the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked
shall come upon him.
23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath
upon him, and shall rain it upon him
while he is eating.
24 He
shall flee from the iron weapon, and the
bow of steel shall strike him through.
25 It is
drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his
gall: terrors are upon him.
26 All
darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it
shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
27 The
heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
28 The
increase of his house shall depart, and
his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
 
CHAPTER 21
BUT Job
answered and said,
2 Hear
diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
3 Suffer
me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
4 As for
me, is my complaint to man? and if it were
so, why should not my spirit be
troubled?
5 Mark
me, and be astonished, and lay your hand
upon your mouth.
6 Even
when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
7
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
8 Their
seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their
eyes.
9 Their
houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
10 Their
bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11 They
send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12 They
take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13 They
spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
14
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of
thy ways.
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve
him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
16 Lo,
their good is not in their hand: the
counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 How
oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their
destruction upon them! God distributeth
sorrows in his anger.
18 They
are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
19 God
layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
20 His
eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the
Almighty.
21 For
what pleasure hath he in his house
after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
22 Shall
any teach God knowledge? seeing he
judgeth those that are high.
23 One
dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
24 His
breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25 And
another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
26 They
shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
27
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28 For
ye say, Where is the house of the
prince? and where are the dwelling
places of the wicked?
29 Have ye
not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
30 That
the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth
to the day of wrath.
31 Who
shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
32 Yet
shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
33 The
clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after
him, as there are innumerable before him.
34 How
then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
 
CHAPTER 22
THEN Eliphaz
the Temanite answered and said,
2 Can a
man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
3 Is it
any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him,
that thou makest thy ways perfect?
4 Will
he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine
iniquities infinite?
6 For
thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of
their clothing.
7 Thou
hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from
the hungry.
8 But as for
the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
9 Thou
hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10
Therefore snares are round about
thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
11 Or
darkness, that thou canst not see;
and abundance of waters cover thee.
12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and
behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
13 And
thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
14 Thick
clouds are a covering to him, that he
seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
15 Hast
thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
16 Which
were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
17 Which
said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
18 Yet
he filled their houses with good things:
but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 The
righteous see it, and are glad: and
the innocent laugh them to scorn.
20
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire
consumeth.
21
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto
thee.
22
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine
heart.
23 If
thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away
iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
24 Then
shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold
of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
25 Yea,
the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
26 For
then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face
unto God.
27 Thou
shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy
vows.
28 Thou
shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light
shall shine upon thy ways.
29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
30 He
shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness
of thine hands.
 
CHAPTER 23
THEN Job
answered and said,
2 Even
to day is my complaint bitter: my
stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 Oh
that I knew where I might find him! that
I might come even to his seat!
4 I
would order my cause before him, and
fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I
would know the words which he would
answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6 Will
he plead against me with his great
power? No; but he would put strength in
me.
7 There
the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my
judge.
8
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot
perceive him:
9 On the
left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
10 But
he knoweth the way that I take: when he
hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 My
foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the
words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
13 But
he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what
his soul desireth, even that he
doeth.
14 For
he performeth the thing that is appointed for me:
and many such things are with him.
15
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 For God
maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
 
CHAPTER 24
WHY,
seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see
his days?
2 Some remove the landmarks; they
violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
3 They
drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
4 They
turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
5
Behold, as wild asses in the desert,
go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
6 They
reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the
wicked.
7 They
cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in
the cold.
8 They
are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a
shelter.
9 They
pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
10 They
cause him to go naked without
clothing, and they take away the sheaf from
the hungry;
11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12 Men
groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God
layeth not folly to them.
13 They
are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor
abide in the paths thereof.
14 The
murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is
as a thief.
15 The
eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see
me: and disguiseth his face.
16 In
the dark they dig through houses, which
they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
17 For
the morning is to them even as the
shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is
cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
19
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so
doth the grave those which have sinned.
20 The
womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more
remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
21 He
evil entreateth the barren that beareth
not: and doeth not good to the widow.
22 He
draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
23 Though it be given him to be
in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are
upon their ways.
24 They
are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken
out of the way as all other, and cut
off as the tops of the ears of corn.
25 And
if it be not so now, who will
make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
 
CHAPTER 25
THEN answered
Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2
Dominion and fear are with him, he
maketh peace in his high places.
3 Is
there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
4 How
then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
5 Behold
even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
6 How
much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
 
CHAPTER 26
BUT Job
answered and said,
2 How
hast thou helped him that is
without power? how savest thou the
arm that hath no strength?
3 How
hast thou counselled him that hath
no wisdom? and how hast thou
plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 To
whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
5 Dead things are formed from under the waters,
and the inhabitants thereof.
6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction
hath no covering.
7 He
stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8 He
bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under
them.
9 He
holdeth back the face of his throne, and
spreadeth his cloud upon it.
10 He
hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
11 The
pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
12 He
divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through
the proud.
13 By
his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked
serpent.
14 Lo,
these are parts of his ways: but how
little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
 
CHAPTER 27
MOREOVER
Job continued his parable, and said,
2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
3 All
the while my breath is in me, and the
spirit of God is in my nostrils;
4 My
lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
5 God
forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity
from me.
6 My
righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7 Let
mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the
unrighteous.
8 For
what is the hope of the hypocrite,
though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
9 Will God
hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10 Will
he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
11 I
will teach you by the hand of God: that
which is with the Almighty will I not
conceal.
12
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it;
why then are ye thus altogether vain?
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
and the heritage of oppressors, which
they shall receive of the Almighty.
14 If
his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring
shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 Those
that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
16
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
17 He
may prepare it, but the just shall
put it on, and the innocent shall
divide the silver.
18 He
buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
19 The
rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and
he is not.
20
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
21 The
east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out
of his place.
22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare:
he would fain flee out of his hand.
23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and
shall hiss him out of his place.
 
CHAPTER 28
SURELY there
is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
2 Iron
is taken out of the earth, and brass is
molten out of the stone.
3 He
setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of
darkness, and the shadow of death.
4 The
flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even
the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away
from men.
5 As for
the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
6 The
stones of it are the place of
sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath
not seen:
8 The
lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
9 He
putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the
roots.
10 He
cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11 He
bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the
thing that is hid bringeth he
forth to light.
12 But
where shall wisdom be found? and where is
the place of understanding?
13 Man
knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
14 The
depth saith, It is not in me: and the
sea saith, It is not with me.
15 It
cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
16 It
cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the
sapphire.
17 The
gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
18 No
mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 The
topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure
gold.
20
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is
the place of understanding?
21
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of
the air.
22
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
23 God
understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 For
he looketh to the ends of the earth, and
seeth under the whole heaven;
25 To
make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
26 When
he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
27 Then
did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
28 And
unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
 
CHAPTER 29
MOREOVER
Job continued his parable, and said,
2 Oh
that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
3 When
his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
4 As I
was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
5 When
the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
6 When I
washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
7 When I
went out to the gate through the city, when
I prepared my seat in the street!
8 The
young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
9 The
princes refrained talking, and laid their
hand on their mouth.
10 The
nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11 When
the ear heard me, then it blessed me;
and when the eye saw me, it gave
witness to me:
12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that
had none to help him.
13 The
blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's
heart to sing for joy.
14 I put
on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
15 I was
eyes to the blind, and feet was I to
the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
17 And I
brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18 Then
I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
19 My
root was spread out by the waters,
and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
20 My
glory was fresh in me, and my bow was
renewed in my hand.
21 Unto
me men gave ear, and waited, and kept
silence at my counsel.
22 After
my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23 And
they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance
they cast not down.
25 I
chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
 
CHAPTER 30
BUT now they that
are younger than I have me in
derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my
flock.
2 Yea,
whereto might the strength of their
hands profit me, in whom old age was
perished?
3 For
want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness
in former time desolate and waste.
4 Who
cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
5 They
were driven forth from among men,
(they cried after them as after a
thief;)
6 To
dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in
caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
7 Among
the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
8 They were
children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
9 And
now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
10 They
abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
11
Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the
bridle before me.
12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up
against me the ways of their destruction.
13 They
mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
14 They
came upon me as a wide breaking in of
waters: in the desolation they rolled
themselves upon me.
15
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare
passeth away as a cloud.
16 And
now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon
me.
17 My
bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
18 By
the great force of my disease
is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
19 He
hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
20 I cry
unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
21 Thou
art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
22 Thou
liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest
my substance.
23 For I
know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
24
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand
to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
25 Did
not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not
my soul grieved for the poor?
26 When
I looked for good, then evil came unto
me: and when I waited for light,
there came darkness.
27 My
bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
28 I
went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and
I cried in the congregation.
29 I am
a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
30 My
skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
31 My
harp also is turned to mourning, and
my organ into the voice of them that weep.
 
CHAPTER 31
I MADE a
covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
2 For
what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on
high?
3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a
strange punishment to the workers of
iniquity?
4 Doth
not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
5 If I
have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
6 Let me
be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
7 If my
step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if
any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
8 Then let me sow, and let another eat;
yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
9 If
mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and
let others bow down upon her.
11 For
this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
12 For
it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine
increase.
13 If I
did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they
contended with me;
14 What
then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer
him?
15 Did
not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the
womb?
16 If I
have withheld the poor from their desire,
or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17 Or
have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
18 (For
from my youth he was brought up with me, as with
a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
19 If I
have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
20 If
his loins have not blessed me, and if
he were not warmed with the fleece of
my sheep;
21 If I
have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder
blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
23 For
destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his
highness I could not endure.
24 If I
have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
25 If I
rejoiced because my wealth was great,
and because mine hand had gotten much;
26 If I
beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
27 And
my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
28 This
also were an iniquity to be
punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
29 If I
rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil
found him:
30
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
31 If
the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be
satisfied.
32 The
stranger did not lodge in the street: but
I opened my doors to the traveller.
33 If I
covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
34 Did I
fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept
silence, and went not out of the
door?
35 Oh
that one would hear me! behold, my desire is,
that the Almighty would answer me,
and that mine adversary had written a
book.
36
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and
bind it as a crown to me.
37 I
would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto
him.
38 If my
land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
39 If I
have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof
to lose their life:
40 Let
thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job
are ended.
 
CHAPTER 32
SO these
three men ceased to answer Job, because he was
righteous in his own eyes.
2 Then
was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred
of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather
than God.
3 Also
against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no
answer, and yet had condemned Job.
4 Now
Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
5 When
Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was
kindled.
6 And
Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very
old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.
7 I
said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them
understanding.
9 Great
men are not always wise: neither do
the aged understand judgment.
10
Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
11
Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched
out what to say.
12 Yea,
I attended unto you, and, behold, there
was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
13 Lest
ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
14 Now
he hath not directed his words
against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
15 They
were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
16 When
I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
17 I said,
I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
18 For I
am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
19
Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst
like new bottles.
20 I
will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
21 Let
me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering
titles unto man.
22 For I
know not to give flattering titles; in
so doing my maker would soon take me away.
 
CHAPTER 33
WHEREFORE,
Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
2
Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
3 My
words shall be of the uprightness of
my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
4 The
Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
5 If
thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
6
Behold, I am according to thy wish in
God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
7
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy
upon thee.
8 Surely
thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
9 I am
clean without transgression, I am innocent;
neither is there iniquity in me.
10
Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
11 He
putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
12
Behold, in this thou art not just: I
will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
13 Why
dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
14 For God
speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
15 In a
dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in
slumberings upon the bed;
16 Then
he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
17 That
he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
18 He
keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
19 He is
chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with
strong pain:
20 So
that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
21 His
flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
22 Yea,
his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
23 If
there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew
unto man his uprightness:
24 Then
he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I
have found a ransom.
25 His
flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his
youth:
26 He
shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his
face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
27 He
looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which
was right, and it profited me not;
28 He
will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the
light.
29 Lo,
all these things worketh God
oftentimes with man,
30 To
bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the
living.
31 Mark
well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
32 If thou
hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
33 If
not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
 
CHAPTER 34
FURTHERMORE
Elihu answered and said,
2 Hear
my words, O ye wise men; and give ear
unto me, ye that have knowledge.
3 For
the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
4 Let us
choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
5 For
Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
6 Should
I lie against my right? my wound is incurable
without transgression.
7 What
man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
8 Which
goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
9 For he
hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
10
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he
should do wickedness; and from the
Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
11 For
the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find
according to his ways.
12 Yea,
surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
13 Who
hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
14 If he
set his heart upon man, if he gather
unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15 All
flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
16 If
now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
17 Shall
even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
18 Is it
fit to say to a king, Thou art
wicked? and to princes, Ye are
ungodly?
19 How much
less to him that accepteth not
the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all
are the work of his hands.
20 In a
moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass
away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
21 For
his eyes are upon the ways of man,
and he seeth all his goings.
22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity
may hide themselves.
23 For
he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into
judgment with God.
24 He
shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
25
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26 He
striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
28 So
that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of
the afflicted.
29 When
he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him?
whether it be done against a nation,
or against a man only:
30 That
the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
31
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any
more:
32 That which
I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
33 Should it be according to thy
mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and
not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
34 Let
men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
35 Job
hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
36 My
desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
37 For
he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and
multiplieth his words against God.
 
CHAPTER 35
ELIHU spake
moreover, and said,
2
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou
saidst, My righteousness is more than
God's?
3 For
thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if
I be
cleansed from my sin?
4 I will
answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Look
unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
6 If
thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7 If
thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8 Thy
wickedness may hurt a man as thou art;
and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
9 By
reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry:
they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 But
none saith, Where is God my maker,
who giveth songs in the night;
11 Who
teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the
fowls of heaven?
12 There
they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before
him; therefore trust thou in him.
15 But
now, because it is not so, he hath
visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it
not in great extremity:
16
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without
knowledge.
 
CHAPTER 36
ELIHU also
proceeded, and said,
2 Suffer
me a little, and I will shew thee that I
have yet to speak on God's behalf.
3 I will
fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 For
truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in
knowledge is with thee.
5
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth
not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
6 He
preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
7 He
withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they
on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
8 And if
they be bound in fetters, and be
holden in cords of affliction;
9 Then
he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
10 He
openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from
iniquity.
11 If
they obey and serve him, they shall
spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12 But
if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without
knowledge.
13 But
the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
14 They
die in youth, and their life is among
the unclean.
15 He
delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
16 Even
so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there
is no straitness; and that which
should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
17 But
thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
18
Because there is wrath, beware lest he
take thee away with his stroke: then
a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
19 Will
he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor
all the forces of strength.
20
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
21 Take
heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
22
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
23 Who
hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
24
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
25 Every
man may see it; man may behold it afar
off.
26
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his
years be searched out.
27 For
he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour
thereof:
28 Which
the clouds do drop and distil upon
man abundantly.
29 Also
can any understand the spreadings of
the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
30
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
31 For
by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
32 With
clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh
betwixt.
33 The
noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
 
CHAPTER 37
AT this
also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
2 Hear
attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
3 He
directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the
earth.
4 After
it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will
not stay them when his voice is heard.
5 God
thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot
comprehend.
6 For he
saith to the snow, Be thou on the
earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
7 He
sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
8 Then
the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
9 Out of
the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
10 By
the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
11 Also
by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
12 And
it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he
commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
13 He
causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
14
Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
15 Dost
thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
16 Dost
thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is
perfect in knowledge?
17 How
thy garments are warm, when he
quieteth the earth by the south wind?
18 Hast
thou with him spread out the sky, which
is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
19 Teach
us what we shall say unto him; for we
cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
20 Shall
it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
21 And
now men see not the bright light
which is in the clouds: but the wind
passeth, and cleanseth them.
22 Fair
weather cometh out of the north: with God is
terrible majesty.
23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find
him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he
will not afflict.
24 Men
do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
 
CHAPTER 38
THEN the
Lord answered Job out of the
whirlwind, and said,
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words
without knowledge?
3 Gird
up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
4 Where
wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast
understanding.
5 Who
hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line
upon it?
6
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone
thereof;
7 When
the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it
brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
9 When I
made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
10 And
brake up for it my decreed place, and
set bars and doors,
11 And
said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves
be stayed?
12 Hast
thou commanded the morning since thy days; and
caused the dayspring to know his place;
13 That
it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken
out of it?
14 It is
turned as clay to the seal; and they
stand as a garment.
15 And
from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
16 Hast
thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of
the depth?
17 Have
the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the
shadow of death?
18 Hast
thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
19 Where
is the way where light dwelleth? and as
for darkness, where is the place thereof,
20 That
thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the
paths to the house thereof?
21
Knowest thou it, because thou wast
then born? or because the number of thy
days is great?
22 Hast
thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of
the hail,
23 Which
I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24 By
what way is the light parted, which scattereth
the east wind upon the earth?
25 Who
hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the
lightning of thunder;
26 To
cause it to rain on the earth, where no
man is; on the wilderness, wherein there
is no man;
27 To
satisfy the desolate and waste ground;
and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
28 Hath
the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
29 Out
of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered
it?
30 The
waters are hid as with a stone, and
the face of the deep is frozen.
31 Canst
thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
32 Canst
thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his
sons?
33
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in
the earth?
34 Canst
thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
35 Canst
thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
36 Who
hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the
heart?
37 Who
can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
38 When
the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
39 Wilt
thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
40 When
they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
41 Who
provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander
for lack of meat.
 
CHAPTER 39
KNOWEST thou
the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2 Canst
thou number the months that they
fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3 They
bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
4 Their
young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and
return not unto them.
5 Who
hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
6 Whose
house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
7 He
scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the
driver.
8 The
range of the mountains is his
pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
9 Will
the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
10 Canst
thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the
valleys after thee?
11 Wilt
thou trust him, because his strength is
great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
12 Wilt
thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into
thy barn?
13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto
the ostrich?
14 Which
leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
15 And
forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
16 She
is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her
labour is in vain without fear;
17
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her
understanding.
18 What
time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19 Hast
thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
20 Canst
thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
21 He
paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his
strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
22 He
mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
23 The
quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24 He
swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is
the sound of the trumpet.
25 He
saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the
thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
26 Doth
the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch
her wings toward the south?
27 Doth
the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
28 She
dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong
place.
29 From
thence she seeketh the prey, and her
eyes behold afar off.
30 Her
young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
 
CHAPTER 40
MOREOVER
the Lord answered Job, and said,
2 Shall
he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
3 ¶ Then
Job answered the Lord, and said,
4
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my
mouth.
5 Once
have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no
further.
6 ¶ Then
answered the Lord unto Job out of
the whirlwind, and said,
7 Gird
up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
8 Wilt
thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be
righteous?
9 Hast
thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 Deck
thyself now with majesty and
excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
11 Cast
abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase
him.
12 Look
on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
13 Hide
them in the dust together; and bind
their faces in secret.
14 Then
will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
15 ¶ Behold
now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
16 Lo
now, his strength is in his loins,
and his force is in the navel of his
belly.
17 He
moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18 His
bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that
made him can make his sword to approach unto
him.
20
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field
play.
21 He
lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22 The
shady trees cover him with their
shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth
not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
24 He
taketh it with his eyes: his nose
pierceth through snares.
 
CHAPTER 41
CANST thou
draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
2 Canst
thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3 Will
he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
4 Will
he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
5 Wilt
thou play with him as with a bird? or
wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6 Shall
the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
7 Canst
thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
8 Lay
thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
9
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10 None is so
fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
11 Who
hath prevented me, that I should repay him?
whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
12 I
will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
13 Who
can discover the face of his garment? or
who can come to him with his double bridle?
14 Who
can open the doors of his face? his teeth are
terrible round about.
15 His scales are his pride, shut up
together as with a close seal.
16 One
is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
17 They
are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18 By
his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19 Out
of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks
of fire leap out.
20 Out
of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of
a seething pot or caldron.
21 His
breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22 In
his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
23 The
flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they
cannot be moved.
24 His
heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
25 When
he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they
purify themselves.
26 The
sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the
habergeon.
27 He
esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as
rotten wood.
28 The
arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
29 Darts
are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
30 Sharp
stones are under him: he spreadeth
sharp pointed things upon the mire.
31 He
maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 He
maketh a path to shine after him; one
would think the deep to be hoary.
33 Upon
earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
34 He
beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of
pride.
 
CHAPTER 42
THEN Job
answered the Lord, and said,
2 I know
that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from
thee.
3 Who is he that hideth counsel without
knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful
for me, which I knew not.
4 Hear,
I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
5 I have
heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
6
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent
in dust and ashes.
7 ¶ And
it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the
Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite,
My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not
spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
8
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks 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 him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that
ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant
Job.
9 So
Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and
Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord commanded them: the Lord
also accepted Job.
10 And
the Lord turned the captivity of
Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord
gave Job twice as much as he had before.
11 Then
came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that
had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house:
and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also
gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
12 So
the Lord blessed the latter end of
Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six
thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
13 He
had also seven sons and three daughters.
14 And
he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and
the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
15 And
in all the land were no women found so
fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their
brethren.
16 After
this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons'
sons, even four generations.
17 So
Job died, being old and full of days.


THE
BOOK OF PSALMS.


PSALM 1
BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat
of the scornful.
2 But
his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day
and night.
3 And he
shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his
fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth
shall prosper.
4 The
ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind
driveth away.
5
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the
congregation of the righteous.
6 For
the Lord knoweth the way of the
righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
 
PSALM 2
WHY do
the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 The
kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord, and against his
anointed, saying,
3 Let us
break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4 He
that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then
shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6 Yet
have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7 I will
declare the decree: the Lord hath
said unto me, Thou art my Son; this
day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of
me, and I shall give thee the heathen
for thine inheritance, and the
uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 Thou
shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a
potter's vessel.
10 Be
wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve
the Lord with fear, and rejoice
with trembling.
12 Kiss
the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from
the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
 
PSALM 3
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
LORD,
how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
2 Many there be which say of my soul, There
is no help for him in God. Selah.
3 But
thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
4 I
cried unto the Lord with my voice,
and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
5 I laid
me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord
sustained me.
6 I will
not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
7 Arise,
O Lord; save me, O my God: for
thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon
the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
8
Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
 
PSALM 4
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.
HEAR me
when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I
was in distress; have mercy upon me,
and hear my prayer.
2 O ye
sons of men, how long will ye turn
my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
3 But
know that the Lord hath set apart
him that is godly for himself: the Lord
will hear when I call unto him.
4 Stand
in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
Selah.
5 Offer
the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.
6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift
thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7 Thou
hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
8 I will
both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
 
PSALM 5
To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.
GIVE ear
to my words, O Lord, consider my
meditation.
2
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I
pray.
3 My
voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord;
in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4 For
thou art not a God that hath pleasure
in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
5 The
foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
6 Thou
shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord
will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
7 But as
for me, I will come into thy house in
the multitude of thy mercy: and in
thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8 Lead
me, O Lord, in thy righteousness
because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with
their tongue.
10
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in
the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
11 But
let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for
joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in
thee.
12 For
thou, Lord, wilt bless the
righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
 
PSALM 6
To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.
O LORD,
rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 Have
mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
3 My
soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord,
how long?
4
Return, O Lord, deliver my soul:
oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
5 For in
death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
6 I am
weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch
with my tears.
7 Mine
eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
8 Depart
from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord
hath heard the voice of my weeping.
9 The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.
10 Let
all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
 
PSALM 7
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.
O LORD
my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and
deliver me:
2 Lest
he tear my soul like a lion, rending it
in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if
there be iniquity in my hands;
4 If I
have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered
him that without cause is mine enemy:)
5 Let
the enemy persecute my soul, and take it;
yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.
Selah.
6 Arise,
O Lord, in thine anger, lift up
thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
7 So
shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes
therefore return thou on high.
8 The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and
according to mine integrity that is in me.
9 Oh let
the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the
righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
10 My
defence is of God, which saveth the
upright in heart.
11 God
judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with
the wicked every day.
12 If he
turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13 He
hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows
against the persecutors.
14
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought
forth falsehood.
15 He
made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 His
mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come
down upon his own pate.
17 I
will praise the Lord according to
his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.
 
PSALM 8
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.
O LORD
our Lord, how excellent is thy name
in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2 Out of
the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine
enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I
consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which
thou hast ordained;
4 What
is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest
him?
5 For
thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with
glory and honour.
6 Thou
madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
7 All
sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8 The
fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and
whatsoever passeth through the paths
of the seas.
9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
 
PSALM 9
To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben, A Psalm of David.
I WILL
praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth
all thy marvellous works.
2 I will
be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
3 When
mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4 For
thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging
right.
5 Thou
hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out
their name for ever and ever.
6 O thou
enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed
cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7 But
the Lord shall endure for ever: he
hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And he
shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the
people in uprightness.
9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the
oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10 And
they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek
thee.
11 Sing
praises to the Lord, which
dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
12 When
he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry
of the humble.
13 Have
mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my
trouble which I suffer of them that
hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
14 That
I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will
rejoice in thy salvation.
15 The
heathen are sunk down in the pit that
they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16 The Lord is known by the judgment which he
executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17 The
wicked shall be turned into hell, and
all the nations that forget God.
18 For
the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19
Arise, O Lord; let not man
prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
20 Put
them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be
but men. Selah.
 
PSALM 10
WHY standest
thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2 The
wicked in his pride doth persecute
the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3 For
the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
4 The
wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all
his thoughts.
5 His
ways are always grievous; thy judgments are
far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6 He
hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
7 His
mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
8 He
sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he
murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
9 He
lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the
poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
10 He
croucheth, and humbleth himself, that
the poor may fall by his strong ones.
11 He
hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never
see it.
12
Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up
thine hand: forget not the humble.
13
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not
require it.
14 Thou
hast seen it; for thou beholdest
mischief and spite, to requite it with
thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the
fatherless.
15 Break
thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man:
seek out his wickedness till thou
find none.
16 The Lord is
King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the
humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18 To
judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more
oppress.
 
PSALM 11
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
IN the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my
soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
2 For,
lo, the wicked bend their bow, they
make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright
in heart.
3 If the
foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
4 The Lord is
in his holy temple, the Lord's
throne is in heaven: his eyes behold,
his eyelids try, the children of men.
5 The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked
and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
6 Upon
the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall
be the portion of their cup.
7 For
the righteous Lord loveth
righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
 
PSALM 12
To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.
HELP, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the
faithful fail from among the children of men.
2 They
speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with
flattering lips and with a double
heart do they speak.
3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud
things:
4 Who
have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord
over us?
5 For
the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise,
saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
6 The
words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou
shalt keep them, O Lord, thou
shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8 The
wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
 
PSALM 13
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
HOW long
wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for
ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2 How
long shall I take counsel in my soul, having
sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3
Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I
sleep the sleep of death;
4 Lest
mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5 But I
have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
6 I will
sing unto the Lord, because he
hath dealt bountifully with me.
 
PSALM 14
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
THE fool
hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have
done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
2 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the
children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
3 They
are all gone aside, they are all together
become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4 Have
all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the
Lord.
5 There
were they in great fear: for God is in
the generation of the righteous.
6 Ye
have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.
7 Oh
that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his
people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel
shall be glad.
 
PSALM 15
A Psalm of David.
LORD,
who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
2 He
that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in
his heart.
3 He that
backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up
a reproach against his neighbour.
4 In
whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He
that sweareth to his own hurt, and
changeth not.
5 He that
putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He
that doeth these things shall never
be moved.
 
PSALM 16
Michtam of David.
PRESERVE
me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
2 O my
soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth
not to thee;
3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
4 Their
sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten
after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up
their names into my lips.
5 The Lord is
the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
6 The
lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;
yea, I have a goodly heritage.
7 I will
bless the Lord, who hath given me
counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
8 I have
set the Lord always before me: because
he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in
hope.
10 For
thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to
see corruption.
11 Thou
wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
 
PSALM 17
A Prayer of David.
HEAR the
right, O Lord, attend unto my cry,
give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
2 Let my
sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that
are equal.
3 Thou
hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me
in the night; thou hast tried me, and
shalt find nothing; I am purposed that
my mouth shall not transgress.
4 Concerning
the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the
destroyer.
5 Hold
up my goings in thy paths, that my
footsteps slip not.
6 I have
called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear
my speech.
7 Shew
thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which
put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
8 Keep
me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
9 From
the wicked that oppress me, from my
deadly enemies, who compass me about.
10 They
are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
11 They
have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the
earth;
12 Like
as a lion that is greedy of his prey,
and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13
Arise, O Lord, disappoint him,
cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
14 From
men which are thy hand, O Lord,
from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest
with thy hid treasure: they are full
of children, and leave the rest of their substance
to their babes.
15 As
for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I
awake, with thy likeness.
 
PSALM 18
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from
the hand of Saul: And he said,
I WILL
love thee, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is
my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will
trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
3 I will
call upon the Lord, who is
worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved
from mine enemies.
4 The
sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
5 The
sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
6 In my
distress I called upon the Lord,
and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before
him, even into his ears.
7 Then
the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were
shaken, because he was wroth.
8 There
went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals
were kindled by it.
9 He
bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
10 And
he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
11 He
made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12 At
the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed,
hail stones and coals of fire.
13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and
the Highest gave his voice; hail stones
and coals of fire.
14 Yea,
he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and
discomfited them.
15 Then
the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were
discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord,
at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
16 He
sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
17 He
delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were
too strong for me.
18 They
prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
19 He
brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted
in me.
20 The Lord rewarded me according to my
righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21 For I
have kept the ways of the Lord,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For
all his judgments were before me, and
I did not put away his statutes from me.
23 I was
also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
24
Therefore hath the Lord
recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my
hands in his eyesight.
25 With
the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt
shew thyself upright;
26 With
the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew
thyself froward.
27 For
thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
28 For
thou wilt light my candle: the Lord
my God will enlighten my darkness.
29 For
by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
30 As for
God, his way is perfect: the word of
the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in
him.
31 For
who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?
32 It is
God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
33 He
maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and
setteth me upon my high places.
34 He
teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
35 Thou
hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden
me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
36 Thou
hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
37 I
have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till
they were consumed.
38 I
have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my
feet.
39 For
thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me
those that rose up against me.
40 Thou
hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that
hate me.
41 They
cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
42 Then
did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the
dirt in the streets.
43 Thou
hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
44 As
soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit
themselves unto me.
45 The
strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
46 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my
salvation be exalted.
47 It is
God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
48 He
delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise
up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
49
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord,
among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
50 Great
deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David,
and to his seed for evermore.
 
PSALM 19
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
THE heavens
declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
2 Day
unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language, where
their voice is not heard.
4 Their
line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the
world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his
chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong
man to run a race.
6 His
going forth is from the end of the
heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat
thereof.
7 The
law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony
of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
8 The statutes
of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is
pure, enlightening the eyes.
9 The
fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments
of the Lord are true and righteous
altogether.
10 More
to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine
gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and
in keeping of them there is great reward.
12 Who
can understand his errors? cleanse
thou me from secret faults.
13 Keep
back thy servant also from presumptuous sins;
let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be
innocent from the great transgression.
14 Let
the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy
sight, O Lord, my strength, and my
redeemer.
 
PSALM 20
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
THE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the
name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
2 Send
thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
3
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
4 Grant
thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
5 We
will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.
6 Now
know I that the Lord saveth his
anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his
right hand.
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses:
but we will remember the name of the Lord
our God.
8 They
are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
9 Save, Lord: let the king hear us when we call.
 
PSALM 21
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
THE king
shall joy in thy strength, O Lord;
and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2 Thou
hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his
lips. Selah.
3 For
thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of
pure gold on his head.
4 He
asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
5 His
glory is great in thy salvation:
honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
6 For
thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad
with thy countenance.
7 For
the king trusteth in the Lord, and
through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
8 Thine
hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that
hate thee.
9 Thou
shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath,
and the fire shall devour them.
10 Their
fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children
of men.
11 For
they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
12
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine
arrows upon thy strings against the
face of them.
13 Be
thou exalted, Lord, in thine own
strength: so will we sing and praise
thy power.
 
PSALM 22
To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.
MY God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why
art thou so far from helping
me, and from the words of my roaring?
2 O my God,
I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not
silent.
3 But
thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest
the praises of Israel.
4 Our
fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5 They
cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not
confounded.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of
men, and despised of the people.
7 All
they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the
head, saying,
8 He
trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver
him, seeing he delighted in him.
9 But
thou art he that took me out of the
womb: thou didst make me hope when I was
upon my mother's breasts.
10 I was
cast upon thee from the womb: thou art
my God from my mother's belly.
11 Be
not far from me; for trouble is near;
for there is none to help.
12 Many
bulls have compassed me: strong bulls
of Bashan have beset me round.
13 They
gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
14 I am
poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax;
it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15 My
strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and
thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16 For
dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they
pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I may
tell all my bones: they look and stare
upon me.
18 They
part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
19 But
be not thou far from me, O Lord: O
my strength, haste thee to help me.
20
Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
21 Save
me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the
unicorns.
22 I
will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I
praise thee.
23 Ye
that fear the Lord, praise him;
all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24 For
he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath
he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
25 My
praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before
them that fear him.
26 The
meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
27 All
the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship
before thee.
28 For
the kingdom is the Lord's: and he is the governor among the nations.
29 All they that
be fat upon earth shall eat and
worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can
keep alive his own soul.
30 A
seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
31 They
shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be
born, that he hath done this.
 
PSALM 23
A Psalm of David.
THE Lord is
my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He
maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He
restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's
sake.
4 Yea,
though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:
for thou art with me; thy rod and thy
staff they comfort me.
5 Thou
preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my
head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely
goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in
the house of the Lord for ever.
 
PSALM 24
A Psalm of David.
THE earth
is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that
dwell therein.
2 For he
hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
3 Who shall
ascend into the hill of the Lord?
or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He
that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto
vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He
shall receive the blessing from the Lord,
and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation of them that seek him,
that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
7 Lift
up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the
King of glory shall come in.
8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
9 Lift
up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them
up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
10 Who
is this King of glory? The Lord of
hosts, he is the King of glory.
Selah.
 
PSALM 25
A Psalm of David.
UNTO thee,
O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
2 O my God,
I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
3 Yea,
let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress
without cause.
4 Shew
me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy
paths.
5 Lead
me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art
the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
6
Remember, O Lord, thy tender
mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have
been ever of old.
7
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy
mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.
8 Good
and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in
the way.
9 The
meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
10 All
the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep
his covenant and his testimonies.
11 For
thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon
mine iniquity; for it is great.
12 What
man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
13 His
soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
14 The
secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will
shew them his covenant.
15 Mine
eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of
the net.
16 Turn
thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am
desolate and afflicted.
17 The
troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring
thou me out of my distresses.
18 Look
upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
19
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
20 O
keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in
thee.
21 Let
integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
22
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
 
PSALM 26
A Psalm of David.
JUDGE me,
O Lord; for I have walked in mine
integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord;
therefore I shall not slide.
2
Examine me, O Lord, and prove me;
try my reins and my heart.
3 For
thy lovingkindness is before mine
eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
4 I have
not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
5 I have
hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
6 I will
wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:
7 That I
may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy
house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
9 Gather
not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
10 In
whose hands is mischief, and their
right hand is full of bribes.
11 But
as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
12 My
foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the Lord.
 
PSALM 27
A Psalm of David.
THE Lord is
my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the
strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When
the wicked, even mine enemies and my
foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though
an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should
rise against me, in this will I be confident.
4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may
dwell in the house of the Lord all
the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.
5 For in
the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his
tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
6 And
now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore
will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing
praises unto the Lord.
7 Hear,
O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
8 When thou
saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart
said unto thee, Thy face, Lord,
will I seek.
9 Hide
not thy face far from me; put not thy
servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me,
O God of my salvation.
10 When
my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord
will take me up.
11 Teach
me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in
a plain path, because of mine enemies.
12
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are
risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
13 I had
fainted, unless I had believed to see
the goodness of the Lord in the
land of the living.
14 Wait
on the Lord: be of good courage,
and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
 
PSALM 28
A Psalm of David.
UNTO thee
will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not
silent to me: lest, if thou be silent
to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
2 Hear
the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands
toward thy holy oracle.
3 Draw
me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak
peace to their neighbours, but mischief is
in their hearts.
4 Give
them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their
endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their
desert.
5
Because they regard not the works of the Lord,
nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
6
Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my
supplications.
7 The Lord is
my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore
my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
8 The Lord is
their strength, and he is the saving strength
of his anointed.
9 Save
thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for
ever.
 
PSALM 29
A Psalm of David.
GIVE unto
the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto
the Lord glory and strength.
2 Give
unto the Lord the glory due unto
his name; worship the Lord in the
beauty of holiness.
3 The
voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory
thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.
4 The
voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is
full of majesty.
5 The
voice of the Lord breaketh the
cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the
cedars of Lebanon.
6 He
maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
7 The
voice of the Lord divideth the
flames of fire.
8 The
voice of the Lord shaketh the
wilderness; the Lord shaketh the
wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The
voice of the Lord maketh the hinds
to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of
his glory.
10 The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.
11 The Lord will give strength unto his people;
the Lord will bless his people
with peace.
 
PSALM 30
A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.
I WILL
extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast
lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou
hast healed me.
3 O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from
the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
4 Sing
unto the Lord, O ye saints of his,
and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
5 For
his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night,
but joy cometh in the morning.
6 And in
my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
7 Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my
mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
8 I
cried to thee, O Lord; and unto
the Lord I made supplication.
9 What
profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise
thee? shall it declare thy truth?
10 Hear,
O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.
11 Thou
hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth,
and girded me with gladness;
12 To
the end that my glory may sing praise
to thee, and not be silent. O Lord
my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
 
PSALM 31
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
IN thee,
O Lord, do I put my trust; let me
never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
2 Bow
down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house
of defence to save me.
3 For
thou art my rock and my fortress;
therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
4 Pull
me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
5 Into
thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
6 I have
hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.
7 I will
be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou
hast known my soul in adversities;
8 And
hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a
large room.
9 Have
mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in
trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea,
my soul and my belly.
10 For
my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth
because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11 I was
a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a
fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
12 I am
forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I
have heard the slander of many: fear was
on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to
take away my life.
14 But I
trusted in thee, O Lord: I said,
Thou art my God.
15 My
times are in thy hand: deliver me
from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
16 Make
thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
17 Let
me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I
have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
18 Let
the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously
against the righteous.
19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that
trust in thee before the sons of men!
20 Thou
shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt
keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21
Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous
kindness in a strong city.
22 For I
said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest
the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
23 O
love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord
preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
24 Be of
good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.
 
PSALM 32
A Psalm of David, Maschil.
BLESSED is he
whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2
Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose
spirit there is no guile.
3 When I
kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
4 For
day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the
drought of summer. Selah.
5 I
acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will
confess my transgressions unto the Lord;
and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
6 For
this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be
found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve
me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8 I will
instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee
with mine eye.
9 Be ye
not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth
must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
10 Many
sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.
11 Be
glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye
righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are
upright in heart.
 
PSALM 33
REJOICE in
the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
2 Praise
the Lord with harp: sing unto him
with the psaltery and an instrument
of ten strings.
3 Sing
unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
4 For
the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done
in truth.
5 He
loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
6 By the
word of the Lord were the heavens
made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
7 He
gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in
storehouses.
8 Let
all the earth fear the Lord: let
all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
9 For he
spake, and it was done; he commanded,
and it stood fast.
10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen
to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
11 The
counsel of the Lord standeth for
ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
12 Blessed
is the nation whose God is the Lord;
and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
13 The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth
all the sons of men.
14 From
the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
15 He
fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
16 There
is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by
much strength.
17 An
horse is a vain thing for safety:
neither shall he deliver any by his
great strength.
18
Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them
that hope in his mercy;
19 To
deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our
soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.
21 For
our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22 Let
thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us,
according as we hope in thee.
 
PSALM 34
A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who
drove him away, and he departed.
I WILL
bless the Lord at all times: his
praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My
soul shall make her boast in the Lord:
the humble shall hear thereof, and be
glad.
3 O
magnify the Lord with me, and let
us exalt his name together.
4 I
sought the Lord, and he heard me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
5 They
looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
6 This
poor man cried, and the Lord heard
him, and saved him out of all his
troubles.
7 The
angel of the Lord encampeth round
about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
8 O
taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth
in him.
9 O fear
the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
10 The
young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
11 Come,
ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 What
man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep
thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
14
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
15 The
eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open
unto their cry.
16 The
face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off
the remembrance of them from the earth.
17 The righteous
cry, and the Lord heareth, and
delivereth them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is
nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite
spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous:
but the Lord delivereth him out of
them all.
20 He
keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
21 Evil
shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
22 The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants:
and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
 
PSALM 35
A Psalm of David.
PLEAD my cause,
O Lord, with them that strive with
me: fight against them that fight against me.
2 Take
hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
3 Draw
out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say
unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
4 Let
them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned
back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
5 Let
them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
6 Let
their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
7 For
without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without
cause they have digged for my soul.
8 Let
destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch
himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
9 And my
soul shall be joyful in the Lord:
it shall rejoice in his salvation.
10 All
my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the
poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him
that spoileth him?
11 False
witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
12 They
rewarded me evil for good to the
spoiling of my soul.
13 But
as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was
sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own
bosom.
14 I
behaved myself as though he had been
my friend or brother: I bowed down
heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
15 But
in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together
against me, and I knew it not; they
did tear me, and ceased not:
16 With
hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17 Lord,
how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling
from the lions.
18 I
will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much
people.
19 Let
not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
20 For
they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that
are quiet in the land.
21 Yea,
they opened their mouth wide against me, and
said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
22 This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not
far from me.
23 Stir
up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even
unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
24 Judge
me, O Lord my God, according to
thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
25 Let
them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We
have swallowed him up.
26 Let
them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt:
let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
27 Let
them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them
say continually, Let the Lord be magnified,
which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
28 And
my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and
of thy praise all the day long.
 
PSALM 36
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.
THE transgression
of the wicked saith within my heart, that
there is no fear of God before his eyes.
2 For he
flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
3 The
words of his mouth are iniquity and
deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and
to do good.
4 He
deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is
not good; he abhorreth not evil.
5 Thy
mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth
unto the clouds.
6 Thy
righteousness is like the great
mountains; thy judgments are a great
deep: O Lord, thou preservest man
and beast.
7 How
excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God!
therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
8 They
shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt
make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
9 For
with thee is the fountain of life: in
thy light shall we see light.
10 O
continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to
the upright in heart.
11 Let
not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked
remove me.
12 There
are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able
to rise.
 
PSALM 37
A Psalm of David.
FRET not
thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
2 For
they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
3 Trust
in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and
verily thou shalt be fed.
4
Delight thyself also in the Lord;
and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
5 Commit
thy way unto the Lord; trust also
in him; and he shall bring it to
pass.
6 And he
shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the
noonday.
7 Rest
in the Lord, and wait patiently
for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the
man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
8 Cease
from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
9 For
evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.
10 For
yet a little while, and the wicked shall
not be: yea, thou shalt diligently
consider his place, and it shall not be.
11 But
the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance
of peace.
12 The
wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
13 The Lord
shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
14 The
wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor
and needy, and to slay such as be of
upright conversation.
15 Their
sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
16 A
little that a righteous man hath is better
than the riches of many wicked.
17 For
the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.
18 The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and
their inheritance shall be for ever.
19 They
shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be
satisfied.
20 But
the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall
consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
21 The
wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and
giveth.
22 For such as
be blessed of him shall inherit the
earth; and they that be cursed of him
shall be cut off.
23 The
steps of a good man are ordered by
the Lord: and he delighteth in his
way.
24
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
25 I
have been young, and now am old; yet
have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
26 He is
ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is
blessed.
27
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
28 For
the Lord loveth judgment, and
forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the
wicked shall be cut off.
29 The
righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
30 The
mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
31 The
law of his God is in his heart; none
of his steps shall slide.
32 The
wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
33 The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor
condemn him when he is judged.
34 Wait
on the Lord, and keep his way, and
he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt
see it.
35 I
have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay
tree.
36 Yet
he passed away, and, lo, he was not:
yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
37 Mark
the perfect man, and behold the
upright: for the end of that man is peace.
38 But
the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be
cut off.
39 But
the salvation of the righteous is of
the Lord: he is their strength in
the time of trouble.
40 And
the Lord shall help them, and
deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because
they trust in him.
 
PSALM 38
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
O LORD, rebuke
me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 For
thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there
any rest in my bones because of my
sin.
4 For
mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy
for me.
5 My
wounds stink and are corrupt because
of my foolishness.
6 I am
troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my
loins are filled with a loathsome disease:
and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am
feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my
heart.
9 Lord,
all my desire is before thee; and my
groaning is not hid from thee.
10 My
heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also
is gone from me.
11 My
lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 They
also that seek after my life lay snares for
me: and they that seek my hurt speak
mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
13 But
I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was
as a dumb man that openeth not his
mouth.
14 Thus
I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For
in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou
wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I
said, Hear me, lest otherwise they
should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
17 For I
am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I
will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But
mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate
me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 They
also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing
that good is.
21
Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God,
be not far from me.
22 Make
haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
 
PSALM 39
To the chief Musician, even to
Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.
I SAID,
I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my
mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
2 I was
dumb with silence, I held my peace, even
from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3 My
heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the
measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
5
Behold, thou hast made my days as an
handbreadth; and mine age is as
nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6 Surely
every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he
heapeth up riches, and knoweth not
who shall gather them.
7 And
now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is
in thee.
8 Deliver
me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9 I was
dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
10
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
11 When
thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to
consume away like a moth: surely every man is
vanity. Selah.
12 Hear
my prayer, O Lord, and give ear
unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and
a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13 O
spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
 
PSALM 40
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
I WAITED
patiently for the Lord; and he
inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2 He
brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my
feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
3 And he
hath put a new song in my mouth, even
praise unto our God: many shall see it,
and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
4
Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the
proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many,
O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them,
they are more than can be numbered.
6
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt
offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7 Then
said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8 I
delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
9 I have
preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my
lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
10 I
have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness
and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from
the great congregation.
11
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually
preserve me.
12 For
innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon
me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine
head: therefore my heart faileth me.
13 Be
pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.
14 Let
them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it;
let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
15 Let
them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
16 Let
all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy
salvation say continually, The Lord
be magnified.
17 But I
am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no
tarrying, O my God.
 
PSALM 41
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
BLESSED is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 The Lord will preserve him, and keep him
alive; and he shall be blessed upon
the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
3 The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of
languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
4 I
said, Lord, be merciful unto me:
heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5 Mine
enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
6 And if
he come to see me, he speaketh
vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
7 All
that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
8 An
evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no
more.
9 Yea,
mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath
lifted up his heel against me.
10 But
thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me,
and raise me up, that I may requite them.
11 By
this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over
me.
12 And
as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face
for ever.
13
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to
everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
 
PSALM 42
To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.
AS the
hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
2 My
soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before
God?
3 My
tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me,
Where is thy God?
4 When I
remember these things, I pour out my
soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of
God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
5 Why
art thou cast down, O my soul? and why
art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
6 O my God,
my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of
Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
7 Deep
calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy
billows are gone over me.
8 Yet the Lord
will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer
unto the God of my life.
9 I will
say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of
the oppression of the enemy?
10 As with a sword in my bones, mine
enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
11 Why
art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou
in God: for I shall yet praise him, who
is the health of my countenance, and
my God.
 
PSALM 43
JUDGE me,
O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the
deceitful and unjust man.
2 For
thou art the God of my strength: why
dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 O send
out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy
hill, and to thy tabernacles.
4 Then
will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp
will I praise thee, O God my God.
5 Why
art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God:
for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
 
PSALM 44
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.
WE have
heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
2 How thou didst drive out the heathen
with thy hand, and plantedst them; how
thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
3 For
they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own
arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy
countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
4 Thou
art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
5
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them
under that rise up against us.
6 For I
will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7 But
thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
8 In God
we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
9 But
thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
10 Thou
makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for
themselves.
11 Thou
hast given us like sheep appointed for
meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
12 Thou
sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their
price.
13 Thou
makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are
round about us.
14 Thou
makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15 My
confusion is continually before me,
and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16 For
the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and
avenger.
17 All
this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt
falsely in thy covenant.
18 Our
heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
19
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with
the shadow of death.
20 If we
have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange
god;
21 Shall
not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Yea,
for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the
slaughter.
23
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest
our affliction and our oppression?
25 For
our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Arise
for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
 
PSALM 45
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A
Song of loves.
MY heart
is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the
king: my tongue is the pen of a ready
writer.
2 Thou
art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God
hath blessed thee for ever.
3 Gird
thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy
majesty.
4 And in
thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand
shall teach thee terrible things.
5 Thine
arrows are sharp in the heart of the
king's enemies; whereby the people
fall under thee.
6 Thy
throne, O God, is for ever and ever:
the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right
sceptre.
7 Thou lovest
righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed
thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
8 All
thy garments smell of myrrh, and
aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory
palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
9 Kings'
daughters were among thy honourable
women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
10
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own
people, and thy father's house;
11 So
shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
12 And
the daughter of Tyre shall be there
with a gift; even the rich among the
people shall intreat thy favour.
13 The
king's daughter is all glorious
within: her clothing is of wrought
gold.
14 She
shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her
companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
15 With
gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's
palace.
16
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in
all the earth.
17 I
will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the
people praise thee for ever and ever.
 
PSALM 46
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.
GOD is our refuge and strength, a very
present help in trouble.
2
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the
mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God,
the holy place of the tabernacles of
the most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be
moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
6 The
heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is
our refuge. Selah.
8 Come,
behold the works of the Lord, what
desolations he hath made in the earth.
9 He
maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and
cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
10 Be
still, and know that I am God: I will
be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is
our refuge. Selah.
 
PSALM 47
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
O CLAP
your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
2 For
the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all
the earth.
3 He
shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
4 He
shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved.
Selah.
5 God is
gone up with a shout, the Lord
with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing
praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
7 For God
is the King of all the earth: sing ye
praises with understanding.
8 God
reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
9 The
princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth
belong unto God: he is greatly
exalted.
 
PSALM 48
A Song and Psalm for the sons
of Korah.
GREAT is the Lord,
and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the
sides of the north, the city of the great King.
3 God is
known in her palaces for a refuge.
4 For,
lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5 They saw
it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
6 Fear
took hold upon them there, and pain,
as of a woman in travail.
7 Thou
breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8 As we
have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord
of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
9 We
have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10
According to thy name, O God, so is thy
praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let
mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy
judgments.
12 Walk
about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
13 Mark
ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
14 For
this God is our God for ever and
ever: he will be our guide even unto
death.
 
PSALM 49
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
HEAR this,
all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
2 Both
low and high, rich and poor, together.
3 My
mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
4 I will
incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
6 They
that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their
riches;
7 None of them
can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
8 (For
the redemption of their soul is precious,
and it ceaseth for ever:)
9 That
he should still live for ever, and not
see corruption.
10 For
he seeth that wise men die, likewise
the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their
inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations;
they call their lands after their own
names.
12
Nevertheless man being in honour
abideth not: he is like the beasts that
perish.
13 This
their way is their folly: yet their
posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
14 Like
sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright
shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in
the grave from their dwelling.
15 But God
will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me.
Selah.
16 Be
not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is
increased;
17 For
when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after
him.
18
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
19 He
shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
20 Man that is
in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
 
PSALM 50
A Psalm of Asaph.
THE mighty
God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth
from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2 Out of
Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
3 Our God
shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it
shall be very tempestuous round about him.
4 He
shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his
people.
5 Gather
my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by
sacrifice.
6 And
the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
7 Hear,
O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
8 I will
not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have
been continually before me.
9 I will
take no bullock out of thy house, nor
he goats out of thy folds.
10 For
every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I
know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12 If I
were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13 Will
I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer
unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
15 And
call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify
me.
16 But
unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in
thy mouth?
17
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
18 When
thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker
with adulterers.
19 Thou
givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Thou
sittest and speakest against thy
brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
21 These
things hast thou done, and I kept
silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
22 Now
consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
23 Whoso
offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will
I shew the salvation of God.
 
PSALM 51
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came
unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.
HAVE mercy
upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude
of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash
me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I
acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is
ever before me.
4
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest,
and be clear when thou judgest.
5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge
me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make
me to hear joy and gladness; that the
bones which thou hast broken may
rejoice.
9 Hide
thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast
me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
12
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
13 Then will I teach transgressors thy
ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
14
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
15 O Lord,
open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
16 For
thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17 The
sacrifices of God are a broken
spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18 Do
good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then
shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering
and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
 
PSALM 52
To the chief Musician, Maschil, A
Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite
came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.
WHY boastest
thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
2 Thy
tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
3 Thou
lovest evil more than good; and lying
rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
4 Thou
lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful
tongue.
5 God
shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee
out of thy dwelling place, and root thee
out of the land of the living. Selah.
6 The
righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
7 Lo, this is
the man that made not God his
strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house
of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
9 I will
praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
 
PSALM 53
To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.
THE fool
hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have
done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
2 God
looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
3 Every
one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4 Have
the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
5 There
were they in great fear, where no
fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised
them.
6 Oh
that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back
the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
 
PSALM 54
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when
the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?
SAVE me,
O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
2 Hear
my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
3 For
strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have
not set God before them. Selah.
4
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
5 He
shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
6 I will
freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O Lord; for it is good.
7 For he
hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire
upon mine enemies.
 
PSALM 55
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David.
GIVE ear
to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
2 Attend
unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
3
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for
they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4 My
heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6 And I
said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for
then would I fly away, and be at
rest.
7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8 I
would hasten my escape from the windy storm and
tempest.
9
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their
tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day
and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11
Wickedness is in the midst thereof:
deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12 For it was
not an enemy that reproached me; then
I could have borne it: neither was it
he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have
hid myself from him:
13 But it was
thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
14 We
took sweet counsel together, and walked
unto the house of God in company.
15 Let
death seize upon them, and let them
go down quick into hell: for wickedness is
in their dwellings, and among them.
16 As
for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord
shall save me.
17
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall
hear my voice.
18 He
hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for
there were many with me.
19 God
shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they
have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
20 He
hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken
his covenant.
21 The words
of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
22 Cast
thy burden upon the Lord, and he
shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23 But
thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and
deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
 
PSALM 56
To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when
the Philistines took him in Gath.
BE merciful
unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
2 Mine
enemies would daily swallow me up:
for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
3 What
time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
4 In God
I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh
can do unto me.
5 Every
day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are
against me for evil.
6 They
gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they
wait for my soul.
7 Shall
they escape by iniquity? in thine anger
cast down the people, O God.
8 Thou
tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
9 When I
cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
10 In God
will I praise his word: in the Lord will I praise his word.
11 In God
have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12 Thy
vows are upon me, O God: I will
render praises unto thee.
13 For
thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt
not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the
light of the living?
 
PSALM 57
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from
Saul in the cave.
BE merciful
unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow
of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these
calamities be overpast.
2 I will
cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
3 He
shall send from heaven, and save me from
the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his
mercy and his truth.
4 My
soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are
set on fire, even the sons of men,
whose teeth are spears and arrows,
and their tongue a sharp sword.
5 Be
thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let
thy glory be above all the earth.
6 They
have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit
before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
7 My
heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
8 Awake
up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself
will awake early.
9 I will
praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.
10 For
thy mercy is great unto the heavens,
and thy truth unto the clouds.
11 Be
thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let
thy glory be above all the earth.
 
PSALM 58
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David.
DO ye
indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of
men?
2 Yea,
in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 The
wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born,
speaking lies.
4 Their
poison is like the poison of a
serpent: they are like the deaf adder that
stoppeth her ear;
5 Which
will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
6 Break
their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young
lions, O Lord.
7 Let
them melt away as waters which run
continually: when he bendeth his bow
to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
8 As a
snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
9 Before
your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind,
both living, and in his wrath.
10 The
righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in
the blood of the wicked.
11 So
that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he
is a God that judgeth in the earth.
 
PSALM 59
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent,
and they watched the house to kill him.
DELIVER me
from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
2
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
3 For,
lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.
4 They
run and prepare themselves without my
fault: awake to help me, and behold.
5 Thou
therefore, O Lord God of hosts,
the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any
wicked transgressors. Selah.
6 They
return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
7
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say
they, doth hear?
8 But
thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them;
thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
10 The God
of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine
enemies.
11 Slay
them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them
down, O Lord our shield.
12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them
even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
13
Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them
know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
14 And
at evening let them return; and let
them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
15 Let
them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
16 But I
will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for
thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
17 Unto
thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is
my defence, and the God of my mercy.
 
PSALM 60
To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach;
when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and
smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.
O GOD,
thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O
turn thyself to us again.
2 Thou
hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof;
for it shaketh.
3 Thou
hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of
astonishment.
4 Thou
hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of
the truth. Selah.
5 That
thy beloved may be delivered; save with
thy right hand, and hear me.
6 God
hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete
out the valley of Succoth.
7 Gilead
is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out
my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
9 Who
will bring me into the strong city?
who will lead me into Edom?
10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?
11 Give
us help from trouble: for vain is the
help of man.
12
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it
is that shall tread down our enemies.
 
PSALM 61
To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A
Psalm of David.
HEAR my
cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
2 From
the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead
me to the rock that is higher than I.
3 For
thou hast been a shelter for me, and a
strong tower from the enemy.
4 I will
abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings.
Selah.
5 For
thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
6 Thou
wilt prolong the king's life: and his
years as many generations.
7 He
shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
8 So
will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
 
PSALM 62
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.
TRULY my
soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh
my salvation.
2 He
only is my rock and my salvation; he is
my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
3 How long
will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a
bowing wall shall ye be,
and as a tottering fence.
4 They
only consult to cast him down from
his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse
inwardly. Selah.
5 My
soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
6 He
only is my rock and my salvation: he is
my defence; I shall not be moved.
7 In God
is my salvation and my glory: the
rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
8 Trust
in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
9 Surely
men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance,
they are altogether lighter than vanity.
10 Trust
not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not
your heart upon them.
11 God
hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
12 Also
unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy:
for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
 
PSALM 63
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
O GOD,
thou art my God; early will I seek
thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty
land, where no water is;
2 To see
thy power and thy glory, so as I have
seen thee in the sanctuary.
3
Because thy lovingkindness is better
than life, my lips shall praise thee.
4 Thus
will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
5 My
soul shall be satisfied as with marrow
and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee
with joyful lips:
6 When I
remember thee upon my bed, and meditate
on thee in the night watches.
7
Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I
rejoice.
8 My
soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
9 But
those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the
earth.
10 They
shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
11 But
the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but
the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
 
PSALM 64
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
HEAR my
voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2 Hide
me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers
of iniquity:
3 Who
whet their tongue like a sword, and bend
their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
4 That
they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and
fear not.
5 They
encourage themselves in an evil
matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
6 They
search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them,
and the heart, is deep.
7 But God
shall shoot at them with an arrow;
suddenly shall they be wounded.
8 So
they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them
shall flee away.
9 And
all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely
consider of his doing.
10 The
righteous shall be glad in the Lord,
and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
 
PSALM 65
To the chief Musician, A Psalm and
Song of David.
PRAISE waiteth
for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
2 O thou
that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
3
Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge
them away.
4
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach
unto thee, that he may dwell
in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt
thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who
art the confidence of all the ends of
the earth, and of them that are afar off upon
the sea:
6 Which
by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being
girded with power:
7 Which
stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the
people.
8 They
also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest
the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
9 Thou
visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river
of God, which is full of water: thou
preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
10 Thou
waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou
makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
11 Thou
crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
12 They
drop upon the pastures of the
wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
13 The
pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn;
they shout for joy, they also sing.
 
PSALM 66
To the chief Musician, A Song or
Psalm.
MAKE a
joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
2 Sing
forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
3 Say
unto God, How terrible art thou in
thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves
unto thee.
4 All
the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
5 Come
and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the
children of men.
6 He
turned the sea into dry land: they
went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
7 He
ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the
rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
8 O
bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
9 Which
holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
10 For
thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
11 Thou
broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
12 Thou
hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water:
but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
13 I
will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
14 Which
my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
15 I
will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I
will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I
will declare what he hath done for my soul.
17 I
cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
18 If I
regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my
prayer.
20
Blessed be God, which hath not turned
away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
 
PSALM 67
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song.
GOD be
merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause
his face to shine upon us; Selah.
2 That
thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
3 Let
the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
4 O let
the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people
righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
5 Let
the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
6 Then shall the earth yield her increase;
and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
7 God
shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
 
PSALM 68
To the chief Musician, A Psalm or
Song of David.
LET God
arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before
him.
2 As
smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the
fire, so let the wicked perish at the
presence of God.
3 But
let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them
exceedingly rejoice.
4 Sing
unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by
his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
5 A
father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
6 God
setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with
chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
7 O God,
when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the
wilderness; Selah:
8 The
earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence
of God, the God of Israel.
9 Thou,
O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine
inheritance, when it was weary.
10 Thy
congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for
the poor.
11 The Lord
gave the word: great was the company
of those that published it.
12 Kings
of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
13
Though ye have lien among the pots, yet
shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with
silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
14 When
the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white
as snow in Salmon.
15 The
hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
16 Why
leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.
17 The
chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
18 Thou
hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received
gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious
also, that the Lord God might
dwell among them.
19
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits,
even the God of our salvation. Selah.
20 He that
is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God
the Lord belong the issues from
death.
21 But God
shall wound the head of his enemies, and
the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
22 The Lord
said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the
depths of the sea:
23 That
thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine
enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs
in the same.
24 They
have seen thy goings, O God; even the
goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
25 The
singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them
were the damsels playing with timbrels.
26 Bless
ye God in the congregations, even the
Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
27 There
is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of
Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
28 Thy God
hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought
for us.
29
Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
30
Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of
the people, till every one submit himself
with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
31
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto
God.
32 Sing
unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
33 To
him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he
doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
34
Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
35 O God,
thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power
unto his people. Blessed be God.
 
PSALM 69
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.
SAVE me,
O God; for the waters are come in unto my
soul.
2 I sink
in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep
waters, where the floods overflow me.
3 I am
weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4 They
that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that
would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully,
are mighty: then I restored that which
I took not away.
5 O God,
thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
6 Let
not them that wait on thee, O Lord God
of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for
my sake, O God of Israel.
7
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
8 I am
become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
9 For
the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that
reproached thee are fallen upon me.
10 When
I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
11 I
made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
12 They
that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
13 But
as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in
an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth
of thy salvation.
14
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them
that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15 Let
not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not
the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16 Hear
me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness
is good: turn unto me according to
the multitude of thy tender mercies.
17 And
hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
18 Draw
nigh unto my soul, and redeem it:
deliver me because of mine enemies.
19 Thou
hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
20
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some
to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I
found none.
21 They
gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Let
their table become a snare before them: and that
which should have been for their welfare, let it become
a trap.
23 Let
their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to
shake.
24 Pour
out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
25 Let
their habitation be desolate; and let
none dwell in their tents.
26 For
they persecute him whom thou hast
smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
27 Add
iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
28 Let
them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the
righteous.
29 But I
am poor and sorrowful: let thy
salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30 I
will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with
thanksgiving.
31 This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
32 The
humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live
that seek God.
33 For
the Lord heareth the poor, and
despiseth not his prisoners.
34 Let
the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
35 For God
will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there,
and have it in possession.
36 The
seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall
dwell therein.
 
PSALM 70
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
MAKE haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.
2 Let
them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned
backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
3 Let
them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
4 Let
all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy
salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O
God: thou art my help and my
deliverer; O Lord, make no
tarrying.
 
PSALM 71
IN thee,
O Lord, do I put my trust: let me
never be put to confusion.
2
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto
me, and save me.
3 Be
thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given
commandment to save me; for thou art my
rock and my fortress.
4
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the
unrighteous and cruel man.
5 For
thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou
art my trust from my youth.
6 By
thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my
mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
7 I am
as a wonder unto many; but thou art my
strong refuge.
8 Let my
mouth be filled with thy praise and with
thy honour all the day.
9 Cast
me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
10 For
mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel
together,
11
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
12 O God,
be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
13 Let
them be confounded and consumed that
are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
14 But I
will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
15 My
mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and
thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
16 I
will go in the strength of the Lord God:
I will make mention of thy righteousness, even
of thine only.
17 O God,
thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous
works.
18 Now
also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed
thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
19 Thy
righteousness also, O God, is very
high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and
sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths
of the earth.
21 Thou
shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
22 I
will also praise thee with the psaltery, even
thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of
Israel.
23 My
lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast
redeemed.
24 My
tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are
confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
 
PSALM 72
A Psalm for Solomon.
GIVE the
king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
2 He
shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
3 The
mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by
righteousness.
4 He
shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy,
and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
5 They
shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
6 He
shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
7 In his
days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon
endureth.
8 He
shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of
the earth.
9 They
that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick
the dust.
10 The
kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and
Seba shall offer gifts.
11 Yea,
all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
12 For
he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
13 He
shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
14 He
shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their
blood be in his sight.
15 And
he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also
shall be made for him continually; and
daily shall he be praised.
16 There
shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the
fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they
of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
17 His
name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and
men shall be blessed in him: all
nations shall call him blessed.
18
Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth
wondrous things.
19 And
blessed be his glorious name for
ever: and let the whole earth be filled with
his glory; Amen, and Amen.
20 The
prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
 
PSALM 73
A Psalm of Asaph.
TRULY God
is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
2 But as
for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I
was envious at the foolish, when I
saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are
they plagued like other men.
6
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
7 Their
eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8 They
are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning
oppression: they speak loftily.
9 They
set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the
earth.
10
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And
they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12
Behold, these are the ungodly, who
prosper in the world; they increase in
riches.
13
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain,
and washed my hands in innocency.
14 For
all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say,
I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against
the generation of thy children.
16 When
I thought to know this, it was too
painful for me;
17 Until
I went into the sanctuary of God; then
understood I their end.
18
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into
destruction.
19 How
are they brought into desolation, as
in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a
dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou
shalt despise their image.
21 Thus
my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 So
foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
23
Nevertheless I am continually with
thee: thou hast holden me by my right
hand.
24 Thou
shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom
have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
26 My
flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my
portion for ever.
27 For,
lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that
go a whoring from thee.
28 But it is
good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.
 
PSALM 74
Maschil of Asaph.
O GOD,
why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the
sheep of thy pasture?
2
Remember thy congregation, which thou
hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
3 Lift
up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even
all that the enemy hath done wickedly
in the sanctuary.
4 Thine
enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
5 A man
was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
6 But
now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
7 They
have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to
the ground.
8 They
said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the
synagogues of God in the land.
9 We see
not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there
among us any that knoweth how long.
10 O God,
how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for
ever?
11 Why
withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
12 For God
is my King of old, working salvation
in the midst of the earth.
13 Thou
didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in
the waters.
14 Thou
brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and
gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Thou
didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
16 The
day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light
and the sun.
17 Thou
hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
18
Remember this, that the enemy hath
reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed
thy name.
19 O
deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of
thy poor for ever.
20 Have
respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the
habitations of cruelty.
21 O let
not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
22
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth
thee daily.
23
Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against
thee increaseth continually.
 
PSALM 75
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.
UNTO thee,
O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works
declare.
2 When I
shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
3 The
earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of
it. Selah.
4 I said
unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
5 Lift
not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
6 For
promotion cometh neither from the east,
nor from the west, nor from the south.
7 But God
is the judge: he putteth down one,
and setteth up another.
8 For in
the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he
poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth
shall wring them out, and drink them.
9 But I
will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 All
the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
 
PSALM 76
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.
IN Judah
is God known: his name is great in Israel.
2 In
Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
3 There
brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle.
Selah.
4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
5 The
stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of
might have found their hands.
6 At thy
rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art
angry?
8 Thou
didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
9 When God
arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
10
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou
restrain.
11 Vow,
and pay unto the Lord your God:
let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be
feared.
12 He
shall cut off the spirit of princes: he
is terrible to the kings of the
earth.
 
PSALM 77
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph.
I CRIED unto
God with my voice, even unto God with
my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
2 In the
day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not:
my soul refused to be comforted.
3 I
remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed.
Selah.
4 Thou
holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I have
considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
6 I call
to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my
spirit made diligent search.
7 Will
the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
8 Is his
mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise
fail for evermore?
9 Hath God
forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
10 And I
said, This is my infirmity: but I
will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
11 I
will remember the works of the Lord:
surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
12 I
will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
13 Thy
way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so
great a God as our God?
14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou
hast declared thy strength among the people.
15 Thou
hast with thine arm redeemed thy
people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
16 The
waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also
were troubled.
17 The
clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went
abroad.
18 The
voice of thy thunder was in the
heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
19 Thy
way is in the sea, and thy path in
the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
20 Thou
leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
 
PSALM 78
Maschil of Asaph.
GIVE ear,
O my people, to my law: incline your
ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will
open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
3 Which
we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4 We
will not hide them from their
children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful
works that he hath done.
5 For he
established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he
commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
6 That
the generation to come might know them,
even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
7 That
they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his
commandments:
8 And
might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a
generation that set not their heart aright,
and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
9 The
children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the
day of battle.
10 They
kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
11 And
forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
12
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 He
divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to
stand as an heap.
14 In
the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of
fire.
15 He
clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them
drink as out of the great depths.
16 He
brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like
rivers.
17 And
they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
18 And
they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
19 Yea,
they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
20
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams
overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
21
Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was
kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
22
Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
23
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
24 And
had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of
heaven.
25 Man
did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
26 He
caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the
south wind.
27 He
rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of
the sea:
28 And
he let it fall in the midst of their
camp, round about their habitations.
29 So
they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
30 They
were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
31 The
wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the
chosen men of Israel.
32 For
all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
33
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
34 When
he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.
35 And
they remembered that God was their
rock, and the high God their redeemer.
36
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with
their tongues.
37 For
their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
38 But
he, being full of compassion, forgave
their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his
anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
39 For
he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and
cometh not again.
40 How
oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and
grieve him in the desert!
41 Yea,
they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
42 They
remembered not his hand, nor the day
when he delivered them from the enemy.
43 How
he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
44 And
had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not
drink.
45 He
sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which
destroyed them.
46 He
gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the
locust.
47 He
destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
48 He
gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49 He
cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and
trouble, by sending evil angels among
them.
50 He
made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their
life over to the pestilence;
51 And
smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
52 But
made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness
like a flock.
53 And
he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their
enemies.
54 And
he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
55 He
cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line,
and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56 Yet
they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
57 But
turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside
like a deceitful bow.
58 For
they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy
with their graven images.
59 When God
heard this, he was wroth, and greatly
abhorred Israel:
60 So
that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
61 And
delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
62 He
gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
63 The
fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
64 Their
priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
65 Then
the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and
like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
66 And
he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
67
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of
Ephraim:
68 But
chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
69 And
he built his sanctuary like high palaces,
like the earth which he hath established for ever.
70 He
chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
71 From
following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people,
and Israel his inheritance.
72 So he
fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the
skilfulness of his hands.
 
PSALM 79
A Psalm of Asaph.
O GOD,
the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled;
they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
2 The
dead bodies of thy servants have they given to
be meat unto the fowls of the heaven,
the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
3 Their
blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
4 We are
become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are
round about us.
5 How
long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for
ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour
out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms
that have not called upon thy name.
7 For
they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
8 O remember
not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us:
for we are brought very low.
9 Help
us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and
purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
10
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is
their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
11 Let
the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy
power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
12 And
render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith
they have reproached thee, O Lord.
13 So we
thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will
shew forth thy praise to all generations.
 
PSALM 80
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.
GIVE ear,
O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest
between the cherubims, shine forth.
2 Before
Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
3 Turn
us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be
angry against the prayer of thy people?
5 Thou
feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great
measure.
6 Thou
makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 Turn
us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
8 Thou
hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted
it.
9 Thou
preparedst room before it, and didst
cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
10 The
hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like
the goodly cedars.
11 She
sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
12 Why
hast thou then broken down her
hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
13 The
boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour
it.
14
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and
visit this vine;
15 And
the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
16 It is
burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke
of thy countenance.
17 Let
thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
18 So
will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
19 Turn
us again, O Lord God of hosts,
cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
 
PSALM 81
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A
Psalm of Asaph.
SING aloud
unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2 Take a
psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
3 Blow
up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
4 For
this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
5 This
he ordained in Joseph for a
testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that
I understood not.
6 I
removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
7 Thou
calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place
of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
8 Hear,
O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto
me;
9 There
shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
10 I am the Lord
thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and
I will fill it.
11 But
my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
12 So I
gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and
they walked in their own counsels.
13 Oh
that my people had hearkened unto me, and
Israel had walked in my ways!
14 I
should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their
adversaries.
15 The
haters of the Lord should have
submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
16 He
should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of
the rock should I have satisfied thee.
 
PSALM 82
A Psalm of Asaph.
GOD standeth
in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
2 How
long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
3 Defend
the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
4
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out
of the hand of the wicked.
5 They
know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the
foundations of the earth are out of course.
6 I have
said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
7 But ye
shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
8 Arise,
O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
 
PSALM 83
A Song or Psalm of Asaph.
KEEP not
thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
2 For,
lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the
head.
3 They
have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden
ones.
4 They
have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For
they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against
thee:
6 The
tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal,
and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assur
also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
9 Do unto
them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
10 Which perished at En-dor: they became as dung for the earth.
11 Make
their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as
Zalmunna:
12 Who
said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
13 O my God,
make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
14 As
the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
15 So
persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
16 Fill
their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O Lord.
17 Let
them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and
perish:
18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone
is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
 
PSALM 84
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
HOW amiable
are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
2 My
soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
3 Yea,
the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she
may lay her young, even thine altars,
O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
4
Blessed are they that dwell in thy
house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
5
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
6 Who passing through the valley of Baca
make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
7 They
go from strength to strength, every one of
them in Zion appeareth before God.
8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give
ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
9
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
10 For a
day in thy courts is better than a
thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in
the tents of wickedness.
11 For
the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord
will give grace and glory: no good thing
will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
 
PSALM 85
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
LORD,
thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity
of Jacob.
2 Thou
hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin.
Selah.
3 Thou
hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.
4 Turn
us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
5 Wilt
thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all
generations?
6 Wilt
thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
7 Shew
us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us
thy salvation.
8 I will
hear what God the Lord will speak:
for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not
turn again to folly.
9 Surely
his salvation is nigh them that fear
him; that glory may dwell in our land.
10 Mercy
and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
11 Truth
shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
12 Yea,
the Lord shall give that which
is good; and our land shall yield her
increase.
13
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
 
PSALM 86
A Prayer of David.
BOW down
thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
2
Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O
thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
3 Be
merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
4
Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5 For
thou, Lord, art good, and ready to
forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
6 Give
ear, O Lord, unto my prayer; and
attend to the voice of my supplications.
7 In the
day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
8 Among
the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works
like unto thy works.
9 All
nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and
shall glorify thy name.
10 For
thou art great, and doest wondrous
things: thou art God alone.
11 Teach
me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in
thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
12 I
will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name
for evermore.
13 For
great is thy mercy toward me: and
thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
14 O God,
the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have
not set thee before them.
15 But
thou, O Lord, art a God full of
compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
16 O
turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and
save the son of thine handmaid.
17 Shew
me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord,
hast holpen me, and comforted me.
 
PSALM 87
A Psalm or Song for the sons
of Korah.
HIS foundation
is in the holy mountains.
2 The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than
all the dwellings of Jacob.
3 Glorious
things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
4 I will
make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and
Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born
there.
5 And of
Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest
himself shall establish her.
6 The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the
people, that this man was born there. Selah.
7 As
well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.
 
PSALM 88
A Song or Psalm for the sons
of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the
Ezrahite.
O LORD God
of my salvation, I have cried day and
night before thee:
2 Let my
prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
3 For my
soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
4 I am
counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
5 Free
among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no
more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
6 Thou
hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
7 Thy
wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
8 Thou
hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination
unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
9 Mine
eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord,
I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
10 Wilt
thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
11 Shall
thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
12 Shall
thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of
forgetfulness?
13 But
unto thee have I cried, O Lord;
and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
14 Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16 Thy
fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
17 They
came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
18 Lover
and friend hast thou put far from me, and
mine acquaintance into darkness.
 
PSALM 89
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
I WILL sing
of the mercies of the Lord for
ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I
have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou
establish in the very heavens.
3 I have
made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
4 Thy
seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations.
Selah.
5 And
the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord:
thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6 For
who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord?
who among the sons of the mighty can
be likened unto the Lord?
7 God is
greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence
of all them that are about him.
8 O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
9 Thou
rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10 Thou
hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine
enemies with thy strong arm.
11 The
heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the
fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
12 The
north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in
thy name.
13 Thou
hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and
high is thy right hand.
14
Justice and judgment are the
habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
15
Blessed is the people that know the
joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord,
in the light of thy countenance.
16 In
thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be
exalted.
17 For
thou art the glory of their strength:
and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18 For
the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
19 Then
thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that
is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
20 I
have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
21 With
whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The
enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 And I
will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
24 But
my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his
horn be exalted.
25 I
will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26 He
shall cry unto me, Thou art my
father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27 Also
I will make him my firstborn, higher
than the kings of the earth.
28 My
mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with
him.
29 His
seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the
days of heaven.
30 If
his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
31 If
they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
32 Then
will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my
faithfulness to fail.
34 My
covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35 Once
have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
36 His
seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37 It
shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
38 But
thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
39 Thou
hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting
it to the ground.
40 Thou
hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
41 All
that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
42 Thou
hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies
to rejoice.
43 Thou
hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the
battle.
44 Thou
hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
45 The
days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
46 How
long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself
for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
48 What
man is he that liveth, and shall
not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
49 Lord,
where are thy former
lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest
unto David in thy truth?
50
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the
reproach of all the mighty people;
51
Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord;
wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52
Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
 
PSALM 90
A Prayer of Moses the man of God.
LORD,
thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before
the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the
world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
3 Thou
turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
4 For a
thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
5 Thou
carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they
are like grass which groweth up.
6 In the
morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and
withereth.
7 For we
are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
8 Thou
hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
9 For
all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is
told.
10 The
days of our years are threescore
years and ten; and if by reason of strength they
be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for
it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who
knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is
thy wrath.
12 So
teach us to number our days, that we
may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
13
Return, O Lord, how long? and let
it repent thee concerning thy servants.
14 O
satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make
us glad according to the days wherein
thou hast afflicted us, and the years
wherein we have seen evil.
16 Let
thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
17 And
let the beauty of the Lord our God
be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our
hands establish thou it.
 
PSALM 91
HE that
dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of
the Almighty.
2 I will
say of the Lord, He is
my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely
he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He
shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his
truth shall be thy shield and
buckler.
5 Thou
shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth
by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A
thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only
with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9
Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the
most High, thy habitation;
10 There
shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For
he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They
shall bear thee up in their hands,
lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou
shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou
trample under feet.
14
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set
him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He
shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in
trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 With
long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
 
PSALM 92
A Psalm or Song for the
sabbath day.
IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord,
and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
2 To
shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
3 Upon
an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a
solemn sound.
4 For
thou, Lord, hast made me glad
through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
5 O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
6 A
brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
7 When
the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do
flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
8 But
thou, Lord, art most high for
evermore.
9 For,
lo, thine enemies, O Lord, for,
lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
10 But
my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of
an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
11 Mine
eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire
of the wicked that rise up against me.
12 The
righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those
that be planted in the house of the Lord
shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They
shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
15 To
shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
 
PSALM 93
THE Lord reigneth, he is clothed with
majesty; the Lord is clothed with
strength, wherewith he hath girded
himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
2 Thy
throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
3 The
floods have lifted up, O Lord, the
floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
4 The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty
waves of the sea.
5 Thy
testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever.
 
PSALM 94
O LORD God,
to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
2 Lift
up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
3 Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long
shall the wicked triumph?
4 How long
shall they utter and speak hard
things? and all the workers of
iniquity boast themselves?
5 They
break in pieces thy people, O Lord,
and afflict thine heritage.
6 They
slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
7 Yet
they say, The Lord shall not see,
neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
8
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
9 He
that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not
see?
10 He
that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man
knowledge, shall not he know?
11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that
they are vanity.
12
Blessed is the man whom thou
chastenest, O Lord, and teachest
him out of thy law;
13 That
thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged
for the wicked.
14 For
the Lord will not cast off his
people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 But
judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall
follow it.
16 Who
will rise up for me against the evildoers? or
who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17
Unless the Lord had been
my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
18 When
I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord,
held me up.
19 In
the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall
the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a
law?
21 They
gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the
innocent blood.
22 But
the Lord is my defence; and my God
is the rock of my refuge.
23 And
he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their
own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.
 
PSALM 95
O COME,
let us sing unto the Lord: let us
make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us
come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him
with psalms.
3 For
the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4 In his
hand are the deep places of the
earth: the strength of the hills is his
also.
5 The
sea is his, and he made it: and his
hands formed the dry land.
6 O
come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.
7 For he
is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the
sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden
not your heart, as in the provocation, and
as in the day of temptation in the
wilderness:
9 When
your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
10 Forty
years long was I grieved with this generation,
and said, It is a people that do err
in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
11 Unto
whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
 
PSALM 96
O SING
unto the Lord a new song: sing
unto the Lord, all the earth.
2 Sing
unto the Lord, bless his name;
shew forth his salvation from day to day.
3 Declare
his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
4 For
the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
5 For
all the gods of the nations are idols:
but the Lord made the heavens.
6 Honour
and majesty are before him: strength
and beauty are in his sanctuary.
7 Give
unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of
the people, give unto the Lord
glory and strength.
8 Give
unto the Lord the glory due unto
his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
9 O
worship the Lord in the beauty of
holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
10 Say
among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be
established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
11 Let
the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the
fulness thereof.
12 Let
the field be joyful, and all that is therein:
then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
13
Before the Lord: for he cometh,
for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness,
and the people with his truth.
 
PSALM 97
THE Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let
the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
2 Clouds
and darkness are round about him:
righteousness and judgment are the
habitation of his throne.
3 A fire
goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
4 His
lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
5 The
hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
6 The
heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
7
Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of
idols: worship him, all ye gods.
8 Zion
heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy
judgments, O Lord.
9 For
thou, Lord, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
10 Ye
that love the Lord, hate evil: he
preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
11 Light
is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
12
Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous;
and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
 
PSALM 98
A Psalm.
O SING unto
the Lord a new song; for he hath done
marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the
victory.
2 The Lord hath made known his salvation: his
righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
3 He
hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the
ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
4 Make a
joyful noise unto the Lord, all
the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
5 Sing
unto the Lord with the harp; with
the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
6 With
trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.
7 Let
the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
8 Let
the floods clap their hands: let the
hills be joyful together
9 Before
the Lord; for he cometh to judge
the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
 
PSALM 99
THE Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he
sitteth between the cherubims; let
the earth be moved.
2 The Lord is
great in Zion; and he is high above
all the people.
3 Let
them praise thy great and terrible name; for
it is holy.
4 The
king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou
executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt
ye the Lord our God, and worship
at his footstool; for he is holy.
6 Moses
and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name;
they called upon the Lord, and he answered
them.
7 He
spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the
ordinance that he gave them.
8 Thou
answeredst them, O Lord our God:
thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
9 Exalt
the Lord our God, and worship at
his holy hill; for the Lord our God
is holy.
 
PSALM 100
A Psalm of praise.
MAKE a
joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye
lands.
2 Serve
the Lord with gladness: come
before his presence with singing.
3 Know
ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter
into his gates with thanksgiving, and
into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For
the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting;
and his truth endureth to all
generations.
 
PSALM 101
A Psalm of David.
I WILL
sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord,
will I sing.
2 I will
behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will
walk within my house with a perfect heart.
3 I will
set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
4 A
froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
5 Whoso
privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high
look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
6 Mine
eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he
that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
7 He
that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall
not tarry in my sight.
8 I will
early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers
from the city of the Lord.
 
PSALM 102
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his
complaint before the Lord.
HEAR my
prayer, O Lord, and let my cry
come unto thee.
2 Hide
not thy face from me in the day when I
am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
3 For my
days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
4 My
heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
5 By
reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
6 I am
like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
7 I
watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
8 Mine
enemies reproach me all the day; and they
that are mad against me are sworn against me.
9 For I
have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
10
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and
cast me down.
11 My
days are like a shadow that
declineth; and I am withered like grass.
12 But
thou, O Lord, shalt endure for
ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
13 Thou
shalt arise, and have mercy upon
Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
14 For
thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
15 So
the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord,
and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
16 When
the Lord shall build up Zion, he
shall appear in his glory.
17 He
will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
18 This
shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be
created shall praise the Lord.
19 For
he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;
20 To
hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
21 To
declare the name of the Lord in
Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
22 When
the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
23 He
weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
24 I
said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
25 Of
old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
26 They
shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment;
as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
27 But
thou art the same, and thy years
shall have no end.
28 The
children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established
before thee.
 
PSALM 103
A Psalm of David.
BLESS the
Lord, O my soul: and all that is
within me, bless his holy name.
2 Bless
the Lord, O my soul, and forget
not all his benefits:
3 Who
forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who
redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and
tender mercies;
5 Who
satisfieth thy mouth with good things;
so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment
for all that are oppressed.
7 He
made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
8 The Lord is
merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
9 He
will not always chide: neither will he keep his
anger for ever.
10 He
hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our
iniquities.
11 For
as the heaven is high above the earth, so
great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 As
far as the east is from the west, so far
hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13 Like
as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord
pitieth them that fear him.
14 For
he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
15 As for
man, his days are as grass: as a
flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16 For
the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no
more.
17 But
the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon
them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
18 To
such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do
them.
19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the
heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
20 Bless
the Lord, ye his angels, that
excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
21 Bless
ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
22 Bless
the Lord, all his works in all
places of his dominion: bless the Lord,
O my soul.
 
PSALM 104
BLESS the
Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou
art clothed with honour and majesty.
2 Who
coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the
heavens like a curtain:
3 Who
layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his
chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
4 Who
maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
6 Thou
coveredst it with the deep as with a
garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
7 At thy
rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
8 They
go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou
hast founded for them.
9 Thou
hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover
the earth.
10 He
sendeth the springs into the valleys, which
run among the hills.
11 They
give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 By
them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
13 He
watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of
thy works.
14 He
causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that
he may bring forth food out of the earth;
15 And
wine that maketh glad the heart of
man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
16 The
trees of the Lord are full of sap;
the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
17 Where
the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
18 The
high hills are a refuge for the wild
goats; and the rocks for the conies.
19 He
appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
20 Thou
makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep
forth.
21 The
young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
22 The
sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
23 Man
goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in
wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
25 So is
this great and wide sea, wherein are things
creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26 There
go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
27 These
wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them
their meat in due season.
28 That thou givest them they gather: thou
openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
29 Thou
hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die,
and return to their dust.
30 Thou
sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the
earth.
31 The
glory of the Lord shall endure for
ever: the Lord shall rejoice in
his works.
32 He
looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
33 I
will sing unto the Lord as long as
I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 My
meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.
35 Let
the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless
thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise
ye the Lord.
 
PSALM 105
O GIVE
thanks unto the Lord; call upon
his name: make known his deeds among the people.
2 Sing
unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
3 Glory
ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
4 Seek
the Lord, and his strength: seek
his face evermore.
5
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments
of his mouth;
6 O ye
seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
7 He is the Lord
our God: his judgments are in all the
earth.
8 He
hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his
oath unto Isaac;
10 And
confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and
to Israel for an everlasting
covenant:
11
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
12 When
they were but a few men in number;
yea, very few, and strangers in it.
13 When
they went from one nation to another, from one
kingdom to another people;
14 He
suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do
my prophets no harm.
16
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of
bread.
17 He
sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
18 Whose
feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
19 Until
the time that his word came: the word of the Lord
tried him.
20 The
king sent and loosed him; even the
ruler of the people, and let him go free.
21 He
made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
22 To
bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
23
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And
he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
25 He
turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
26 He
sent Moses his servant; and Aaron
whom he had chosen.
27 They
shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He
sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
29 He
turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
30 Their
land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
31 He
spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
32 He
gave them hail for rain, and flaming
fire in their land.
33 He
smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their
coasts.
34 He
spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
35 And
did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 He
smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
37 He
brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
38 Egypt
was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
39 He
spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
40 The people
asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He
opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
42 For
he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham
his servant.
43 And
he brought forth his people with joy, and
his chosen with gladness:
44 And
gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the
people;
45 That
they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord.
 
PSALM 106
PRAISE ye
the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
2 Who
can utter the mighty acts of the Lord?
who can shew forth all his praise?
3
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all
times.
4
Remember me, O Lord, with the
favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy
salvation;
5 That I
may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy
nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
6 We
have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done
wickedly.
7 Our
fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude
of thy mercies; but provoked him at
the sea, even at the Red sea.
8
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty
power to be known.
9 He
rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the
depths, as through the wilderness.
10 And
he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 And
the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
12 Then
believed they his words; they sang his praise.
13 They
soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
14 But
lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
15 And
he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
16 They
envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron
the saint of the Lord.
17 The
earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
18 And a
fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
19 They
made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
20 Thus
they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21 They
forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
22
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and
terrible things by the Red sea.
23
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood
before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
24 Yea,
they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
25 But
murmured in their tents, and hearkened
not unto the voice of the Lord.
26
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the
wilderness:
27 To
overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
28 They
joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29 Thus
they provoked him to anger with their
inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
30 Then
stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
31 And
that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
32 They
angered him also at the waters of
strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
34 They
did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them:
35 But
were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
36 And
they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
37 Yea,
they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
38 And
shed innocent blood, even the blood
of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan:
and the land was polluted with blood.
39 Thus
were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own
inventions.
40
Therefore was the wrath of the Lord
kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
41 And
he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over
them.
42 Their
enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their
hand.
43 Many
times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
44
Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
45 And
he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of
his mercies.
46 He
made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
47 Save
us, O Lord our God, and gather us
from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
48
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting:
and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord.
 
PSALM 107
O GIVE
thanks unto the Lord, for he is
good: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
2 Let
the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand
of the enemy;
3 And
gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the
north, and from the south.
4 They
wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry
and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 Then
they cried unto the Lord in their
trouble, and he delivered them out of
their distresses.
7 And he
led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 Oh
that men would praise the Lord for
his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
9 For he
satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
10 Such
as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
11
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of
the most High:
12
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
13 Then
they cried unto the Lord in their
trouble, and he saved them out of
their distresses.
14 He
brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in
sunder.
15 Oh
that men would praise the Lord for
his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
16 For
he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
17 Fools
because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18 Their
soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
19 Then
they cry unto the Lord in their
trouble, and he saveth them out of
their distresses.
20 He
sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
21 Oh
that men would praise the Lord for
his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
22 And
let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with
rejoicing.
23 They
that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
24 These
see the works of the Lord, and his
wonders in the deep.
25 For
he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26 They
mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted
because of trouble.
27 They
reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
28 Then
they cry unto the Lord in their
trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29 He
maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30 Then
are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired
haven.
31 Oh
that men would praise the Lord for
his goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men!
32 Let
them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the
assembly of the elders.
33 He
turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
34 A
fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 He
turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
36 And
there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for
habitation;
37 And
sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
38 He
blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not
their cattle to decrease.
39
Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and
sorrow.
40 He
poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
41 Yet
setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
42 The
righteous shall see it, and rejoice:
and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43 Whoso
is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the
lovingkindness of the Lord.
 
PSALM 108
A Song or Psalm of David.
O GOD,
my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
2 Awake,
psaltery and harp: I myself will
awake early.
3 I will
praise thee, O Lord, among the
people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
4 For
thy mercy is great above the heavens:
and thy truth reacheth unto the
clouds.
5 Be
thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
6 That
thy beloved may be delivered: save with
thy right hand, and answer me.
7 God
hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete
out the valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead
is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out
my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
10 Who
will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast
cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
12 Give
us help from trouble: for vain is the
help of man.
13
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it
is that shall tread down our enemies.
 
PSALM 109
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
HOLD not
thy peace, O God of my praise;
2 For
the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me:
they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 They
compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a
cause.
4 For my
love they are my adversaries: but I give
myself unto prayer.
5 And
they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Set
thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
7 When
he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
8 Let
his days be few; and let another take
his office.
9 Let his
children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 Let
his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
11 Let
the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
12 Let
there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his
fatherless children.
13 Let
his posterity be cut off; and in the
generation following let their name be blotted out.
14 Let
the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 Let
them be before the Lord
continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy
man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
17 As he
loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let
it be far from him.
18 As he
clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his
bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
19 Let
it be unto him as the garment which covereth
him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
21 But
do thou for me, O God the Lord,
for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is
good, deliver thou me.
22 For I
am poor and needy, and my heart is
wounded within me.
23 I am
gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24 My
knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 I
became also a reproach unto them: when
they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
26 Help
me, O Lord my God: O save me
according to thy mercy:
27 That
they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Lord, hast done it.
28 Let
them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy
servant rejoice.
29 Let
mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with
their own confusion, as with a mantle.
30 I
will greatly praise the Lord with
my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
31 For
he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
 
PSALM 110
A Psalm of David.
THE Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my
right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength
out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
3 Thy
people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness
from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
4 The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent,
Thou art a priest for ever after the
order of Melchizedek.
5 The Lord
at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
6 He
shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead
bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
7 He
shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.
 
PSALM 111
PRAISE ye
the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
2 The
works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that
have pleasure therein.
3 His
work is honourable and glorious: and
his righteousness endureth for ever.
4 He
hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is gracious
and full of compassion.
5 He
hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his
covenant.
6 He
hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the
heritage of the heathen.
7 The works
of his hands are verity and judgment;
all his commandments are sure.
8 They
stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
9 He
sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy
and reverend is his name.
10 The
fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding
have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for
ever.
 
PSALM 112
PRAISE ye
the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord,
that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
2 His
seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be
blessed.
3 Wealth
and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
4 Unto
the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full
of compassion, and righteous.
5 A good
man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
6 Surely
he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting
remembrance.
7 He
shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.
8 His
heart is established, he shall not be
afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.
9 He
hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever;
his horn shall be exalted with honour.
10 The
wicked shall see it, and be grieved;
he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
 
PSALM 113
PRAISE ye
the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of
the Lord, praise the name of the Lord.
2
Blessed be the name of the Lord
from this time forth and for evermore.
3 From
the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised.
4 The Lord is
high above all nations, and his glory
above the heavens.
5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,
6 Who
humbleth himself to behold the things
that are in heaven, and in the earth!
7 He
raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and
lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
8 That
he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
9 He
maketh the barren woman to keep house, and
to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
 
PSALM 114
WHEN Israel
went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
2 Judah
was his sanctuary, and Israel his
dominion.
3 The
sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was
driven back.
4 The
mountains skipped like rams, and the
little hills like lambs.
5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou
fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast
driven back?
6 Ye
mountains, that ye skipped like rams;
and ye little hills, like lambs?
7
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of
Jacob;
8 Which
turned the rock into a standing
water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
 
PSALM 115
NOT unto
us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto
thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and
for thy truth's sake.
2
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is
now their God?
3 But
our God is in the heavens: he hath
done whatsoever he hath pleased.
4 Their
idols are silver and gold, the work
of men's hands.
5 They
have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
6 They
have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
7 They
have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither
speak they through their throat.
8 They
that make them are like unto them; so
is every one that trusteth in them.
9 O
Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he
is their help and their shield.
10 O
house of Aaron, trust in the Lord:
he is their help and their shield.
11 Ye
that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.
12 The Lord hath been mindful of us: he will
bless us; he will bless the house of
Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He
will bless them that fear the Lord,
both small and great.
14 The Lord shall increase you more and more,
you and your children.
15 Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.
16 The
heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's:
but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
17 The
dead praise not the Lord, neither
any that go down into silence.
18 But
we will bless the Lord from this
time forth and for evermore. Praise the Lord.
 
PSALM 116
I LOVE
the Lord, because he hath heard my
voice and my supplications.
2
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
3 The
sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found
trouble and sorrow.
4 Then
called I upon the name of the Lord;
O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my
soul.
5 Gracious
is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
6 The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought
low, and he helped me.
7 Return
unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord
hath dealt bountifully with thee.
8 For
thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9 I will
walk before the Lord in the land
of the living.
10 I
believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
11 I
said in my haste, All men are liars.
12 What
shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?
13 I
will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.
14 I
will pay my vows unto the Lord now
in the presence of all his people.
15
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
16 O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy
servant, and the son of thine
handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
17 I
will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name
of the Lord.
18 I
will pay my vows unto the Lord now
in the presence of all his people,
19 In
the courts of the Lord's house, in
the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.
 
PSALM 117
O PRAISE
the Lord, all ye nations: praise
him, all ye people.
2 For
his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth
for ever. Praise ye the Lord.
 
PSALM 118
O GIVE
thanks unto the Lord; for he is
good: because his mercy endureth for
ever.
2 Let
Israel now say, that his mercy endureth
for ever.
3 Let
the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth
for ever.
4 Let
them now that fear the Lord say,
that his mercy endureth for ever.
5 I
called upon the Lord in distress:
the Lord answered me, and set
me in a large place.
6 The Lord is
on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
7 The Lord taketh my part with them that help
me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
8 It is
better to trust in the Lord than
to put confidence in man.
9 It is
better to trust in the Lord than
to put confidence in princes.
10 All
nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.
11 They
compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
12 They
compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in
the name of the Lord I will
destroy them.
13 Thou
hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.
14 The Lord is
my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
15 The
voice of rejoicing and salvation is in
the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.
16 The
right hand of the Lord is exalted:
the right hand of the Lord doeth
valiantly.
17 I
shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
18 The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath
not given me over unto death.
19 Open
to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:
20 This
gate of the Lord, into which the
righteous shall enter.
21 I
will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
22 The
stone which the builders refused is
become the head stone of the corner.
23 This
is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
24 This is the day which the Lord hath
made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
25 Save
now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now
prosperity.
26 Blessed
be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the
house of the Lord.
27 God is the Lord,
which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art
my God, I will exalt thee.
29 O
give thanks unto the Lord; for he is
good: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
 
PSALM 119
ALEPH.
BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who walk
in the law of the Lord.
2
Blessed are they that keep his
testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
3 They
also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4 Thou
hast commanded us to keep thy
precepts diligently.
5 O that
my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6 Then
shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7 I will
praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous
judgments.
8 I will
keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
BETH.
9
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
10 With
my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11 Thy
word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12
Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes.
13 With
my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
14 I
have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
15 I
will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
16 I
will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
GIMEL.
17 Deal
bountifully with thy servant, that I
may live, and keep thy word.
18 Open
thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy
commandments from me.
20 My
soul breaketh for the longing that it hath
unto thy judgments at all times.
21 Thou
hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy
commandments.
22
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
23
Princes also did sit and speak
against me: but thy servant did
meditate in thy statutes.
24 Thy
testimonies also are my delight and my counsellers.
DALETH.
25 My
soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
26 I
have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
27 Make
me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous
works.
28 My
soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
29
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
30 I
have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
31 I
have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord,
put me not to shame.
32 I
will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
HE.
33 Teach
me, O Lord, the way of thy
statutes; and I shall keep it unto the
end.
34 Give
me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Make
me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
36
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Turn
away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and
quicken thou me in thy way.
38
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is
devoted to thy fear.
39 Turn
away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
40
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
VAU.
41 Let
thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord,
even thy salvation, according to thy
word.
42 So
shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy
word.
43 And
take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy
judgments.
44 So
shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
45 And I
will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
46 I
will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
47 And I
will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
48 My
hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will
meditate in thy statutes.
ZAIN.
49 Remember
the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy
word hath quickened me.
51 The
proud have had me greatly in derision: yet
have I not declined from thy law.
52 I
remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord;
and have comforted myself.
53
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
54 Thy
statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I
have remembered thy name, O Lord,
in the night, and have kept thy law.
56 This
I had, because I kept thy precepts.
CHETH.
57 Thou art
my portion, O Lord: I have said
that I would keep thy words.
58 I
intreated thy favour with my whole
heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
59 I
thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60 I
made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
61 The
bands of the wicked have robbed me: but
I have not forgotten thy law.
62 At
midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous
judgments.
63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep
thy precepts.
64 The
earth, O Lord, is full of thy
mercy: teach me thy statutes.
TETH.
65 Thou
hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord,
according unto thy word.
66 Teach
me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
67
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy
statutes.
69 The
proud have forged a lie against me: but
I will keep thy precepts with my whole
heart.
70 Their
heart is as fat as grease; but I delight
in thy law.
71 It is
good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
72 The
law of thy mouth is better unto me
than thousands of gold and silver.
JOD.
73 Thy
hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn
thy commandments.
74 They
that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
75 I
know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
76 Let,
I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word
unto thy servant.
77 Let
thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
78 Let
the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
79 Let
those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
80 Let
my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
CAPH.
81 My
soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I
hope in thy word.
82 Mine
eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83 For I
am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet
do I not forget thy statutes.
84 How
many are the days of thy servant?
when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85 The
proud have digged pits for me, which are
not after thy law.
86 All
thy commandments are faithful: they
persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
87 They
had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
88
Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy
mouth.
LAMED.
89 For
ever, O Lord, thy word is settled
in heaven.
90 Thy
faithfulness is unto all generations:
thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 They
continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
92
Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished
in mine affliction.
93 I
will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy
precepts.
95 The
wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but
I will consider thy testimonies.
96 I
have seen an end of all perfection: but
thy commandment is exceeding broad.
MEM.
97 O how
love I thy law! it is my meditation
all the day.
98 Thou
through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
99 I
have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
100 I
understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
101 I
have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
102 I
have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
103 How
sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
NUN.
105 Thy
word is a lamp unto my feet, and a
light unto my path.
106 I
have sworn, and I will perform it,
that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
107 I am
afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord,
according unto thy word.
108
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments.
109 My
soul is continually in my hand: yet
do I not forget thy law.
110 The
wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
111 Thy
testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I
have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
SAMECH.
113 I
hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I
love.
114 Thou
art my hiding place and my shield: I
hope in thy word.
115
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
116
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed
of my hope.
117 Hold
thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes
continually.
118 Thou
hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
119 Thou
puttest away all the wicked of the earth like
dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
120 My
flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
AIN.
121 I
have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
122 Be
surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
123 Mine
eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
124 Deal
with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
125 I am thy servant; give me understanding,
that I may know thy testimonies.
126 It is
time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law.
127
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
128
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
PE.
129 Thy
testimonies are wonderful: therefore
doth my soul keep them.
130 The
entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
131 I
opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
132 Look
thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love
thy name.
133
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
135 Make
thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
136
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
TZADDI.
137
Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.
138 Thy
testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
139 My
zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
140 Thy
word is very pure: therefore thy
servant loveth it.
141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
142 Thy
righteousness is an everlasting
righteousness, and thy law is the
truth.
143
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet
thy commandments are my delights.
144 The
righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting:
give me understanding, and I shall live.
KOPH.
145 I
cried with my whole heart; hear me, O
Lord: I will keep thy statutes.
146 I
cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
147 I
prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
148 Mine
eyes prevent the night watches, that
I might meditate in thy word.
149 Hear
my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O Lord,
quicken me according to thy judgment.
150 They
draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
151 Thou
art near, O Lord; and all thy commandments are truth.
152
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for
ever.
RESH.
153
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
154
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
155
Salvation is far from the wicked: for
they seek not thy statutes.
156 Great
are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy
judgments.
157 Many
are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy
testimonies.
158 I
beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
159
Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.
160 Thy
word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
SCHIN.
161
Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy
word.
162 I
rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
163 I
hate and abhor lying: but thy law do
I love.
164
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
165 Great
peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
166 Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, and
done thy commandments.
167 My
soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168 I
have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
TAU.
169 Let
my cry come near before thee, O Lord:
give me understanding according to thy word.
170 Let
my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
171 My
lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
172 My
tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
173 Let
thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174 I
have longed for thy salvation, O Lord;
and thy law is my delight.
175 Let
my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
176 I
have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy
commandments.
 
PSALM 120
A Song of degrees.
IN my
distress I cried unto the Lord,
and he heard me.
2
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from
lying lips, and from a deceitful
tongue.
3 What
shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
4 Sharp
arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
5 Woe is
me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I
dwell in the tents of Kedar!
6 My
soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
7 I am for
peace: but when I speak, they are for
war.
 
PSALM 121
A Song of degrees.
I WILL
lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My
help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
3 He
will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is
thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The
sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil:
he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy
coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
 
PSALM 122
A Song of degrees of David.
I WAS
glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
2 Our
feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
3
Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
4
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord,
unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.
5 For
there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray
for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
7 Peace
be within thy walls, and prosperity
within thy palaces.
8 For my
brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
9
Because of the house of the Lord
our God I will seek thy good.
 
PSALM 123
A Song of degrees.
UNTO thee
lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto
the hand of their masters, and as the
eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
3 Have
mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy
upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Our
soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
 
PSALM 124
A Song of degrees of David.
IF it had
not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;
2 If it had
not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
3 Then
they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
4 Then
the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
5 Then
the proud waters had gone over our soul.
6
Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 Our
soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken,
and we are escaped.
8 Our
help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
 
PSALM 125
A Song of degrees.
THEY that
trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot
be removed, but abideth for ever.
2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord
is round about his people from
henceforth even for ever.
3 For
the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the
righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
4 Do
good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to them that
are upright in their hearts.
5 As for
such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
 
PSALM 126
A Song of degrees.
WHEN the
Lord turned again the captivity of
Zion, we were like them that dream.
2 Then
was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they
among the heathen, The Lord hath done
great things for them.
3 The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
4 Turn
again our captivity, O Lord, as
the streams in the south.
5 They
that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
6 He
that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again
with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with
him.
 
PSALM 127
A Song of degrees for Solomon.
EXCEPT the
Lord build the house, they labour
in vain that build it: except the Lord
keep the city, the watchman waketh but
in vain.
2 It is
vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
3 Lo,
children are an heritage of the Lord: and
the fruit of the womb is his reward.
4 As
arrows are in the hand of a mighty
man; so are children of the youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of
them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the
gate.
 
PSALM 128
A Song of degrees.
BLESSED is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.
2 For
thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall
be well with thee.
3 Thy
wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children
like olive plants round about thy table.
4
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.
5 The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion: and
thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
6 Yea,
thou shalt see thy children's children, and
peace upon Israel.
 
PSALM 129
A Song of degrees.
MANY a
time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
2 Many a
time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against
me.
3 The
plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
4 The Lord is
righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 Let
them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
6 Let
them be as the grass upon the
housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
7
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his
bosom.
8
Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you:
we bless you in the name of the Lord.
 
PSALM 130
A Song of degrees.
OUT of
the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.
2 Lord,
hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
3 If
thou, Lord, shouldest mark
iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
5 I wait
for the Lord, my soul doth wait,
and in his word do I hope.
6 My
soul waiteth for the Lord more than
they that watch for the morning: I say, more
than they that watch for the morning.
7 Let
Israel hope in the Lord: for with
the Lord there is mercy, and with
him is plenteous redemption.
8 And he
shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
 
PSALM 131
A Song of degrees of David.
LORD, my
heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great
matters, or in things too high for me.
2 Surely
I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my
soul is even as a weaned child.
3 Let
Israel hope in the Lord from
henceforth and for ever.
 
PSALM 132
A Song of degrees.
LORD,
remember David, and all his afflictions:
2 How he
sware unto the Lord, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
3 Surely
I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
4 I will
not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber
to mine eyelids,
5 Until
I find out a place for the Lord,
an habitation for the mighty God of
Jacob.
6 Lo, we
heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
7 We
will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
8 Arise,
O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and
the ark of thy strength.
9 Let
thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
10 For
thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
11 The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy
body will I set upon thy throne.
12 If
thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them,
their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
13 For
the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath
desired it for his habitation.
14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell;
for I have desired it.
15 I
will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
16 I will
also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for
joy.
17 There
will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
18 His
enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
 
PSALM 133
A Song of degrees of David.
BEHOLD,
how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in
unity!
2 It is
like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the
skirts of his garments;
3 As the
dew of Hermon, and as the
dew that descended upon the mountains
of Zion: for there the Lord
commanded the blessing, even life for
evermore.
 
PSALM 134
A Song of degrees.
BEHOLD,
bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house
of the Lord.
2 Lift
up your hands in the sanctuary, and
bless the Lord.
3 The Lord that made heaven and earth bless
thee out of Zion.
 
PSALM 135
PRAISE ye
the Lord. Praise ye the name of
the Lord; praise him, O ye servants of the Lord.
2 Ye
that stand in the house of the Lord,
in the courts of the house of our God,
3 Praise
the Lord; for the Lord is
good: sing praises unto his name; for it
is pleasant.
4 For
the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto
himself, and Israel for his peculiar
treasure.
5 For I
know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above
all gods.
6
Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in
the seas, and all deep places.
7 He
causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings
for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
8 Who
smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the
midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
10 Who
smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
11 Sihon
king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:
12 And
gave their land for an heritage, an
heritage unto Israel his people.
13 Thy
name, O Lord, endureth for ever; and thy
memorial, O Lord, throughout all
generations.
14 For
the Lord will judge his people,
and he will repent himself concerning his servants.
15 The
idols of the heathen are silver and
gold, the work of men's hands.
16 They
have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
17 They
have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
18 They
that make them are like unto them: so
is every one that trusteth in them.
19 Bless
the Lord, O house of Israel: bless
the Lord, O house of Aaron:
20 Bless
the Lord, O house of Levi: ye that
fear the Lord, bless the Lord.
21
Blessed be the Lord out of Zion,
which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.
 
PSALM 136
O GIVE
thanks unto the Lord; for he is
good: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
2 O give
thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
3 O give
thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
4 To him
who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.
5 To him
that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
6 To him
that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
7 To him
that made great lights: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
8 The
sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
9 The
moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
10 To
him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
11 And
brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:
12 With
a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
13 To
him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
14 And
made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:
15 But
overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
16 To
him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.
17 To
him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
18 And
slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
19 Sihon
king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
20 And
Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
21 And
gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:
22 Even an heritage unto Israel his
servant: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
23 Who
remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
24 And
hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.
25 Who
giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
26 O
give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.
 
PSALM 137
BY the
rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2 We
hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
3 For
there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that
wasted us required of us
mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
4 How
shall we sing the Lord's song in a
strange land?
5 If I
forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6 If I
do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer
not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7
Remember, O Lord, the children of
Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8 O
daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast
served us.
9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and
dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
 
PSALM 138
A Psalm of David.
I WILL
praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
2 I will
worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and
for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
3 In the
day when I cried thou answeredst me, and
strengthenedst me with strength in my
soul.
4 All
the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord,
when they hear the words of thy mouth.
5 Yea,
they shall sing in the ways of the Lord:
for great is the glory of the Lord.
6 Though
the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he
knoweth afar off.
7 Though
I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth
thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
8 The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me:
thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works
of thine own hands.
 
PSALM 139
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
O LORD,
thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 Thou
knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar
off.
3 Thou
compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but,
lo, O Lord, thou knowest it
altogether.
5 Thou
hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I
ascend up into heaven, thou art there:
if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art
there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the
sea;
10 Even
there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 If I
say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about
me.
12 Yea,
the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the
darkness and the light are both alike
to thee.
13 For
thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
14 I
will praise thee; for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made: marvellous are thy
works; and that my soul knoweth right
well.
15 My
substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest
parts of the earth.
16 Thine
eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members
were written, which in continuance
were fashioned, when as yet there
was none of them.
17 How
precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are more in
number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody
men.
20 For
they speak against thee wickedly, and
thine enemies take thy name in vain.
21 Do
not I hate them, O Lord, that hate
thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22 I
hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 And
see if there be any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
 
PSALM 140
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
DELIVER me,
O Lord, from the evil man:
preserve me from the violent man;
2 Which
imagine mischiefs in their heart;
continually are they gathered together for
war.
3 They
have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
4 Keep
me, O Lord, from the hands of the
wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my
goings.
5 The
proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the
wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
6 I said
unto the Lord, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my
supplications, O Lord.
7 O God the Lord, the strength of my
salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Grant
not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked:
further not his wicked device; lest they
exalt themselves. Selah.
9 As for
the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips
cover them.
10 Let
burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that
they rise not up again.
11 Let
not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent
man to overthrow him.
12 I
know that the Lord will maintain
the cause of the afflicted, and the
right of the poor.
13
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell
in thy presence.
 
PSALM 141
A Psalm of David.
LORD, I
cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto
thee.
2 Let my
prayer be set forth before thee as incense;
and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a
watch, O Lord, before my mouth;
keep the door of my lips.
4
Incline not my heart to any evil
thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat
of their dainties.
5 Let
the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet
my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
6 When
their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they
are sweet.
7 Our
bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
8 But
mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave
not my soul destitute.
9 Keep
me from the snares which they have
laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let
the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
 
PSALM 142
Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.
I CRIED
unto the Lord with my voice; with
my voice unto the Lord did I make
my supplication.
2 I
poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
3 When
my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way
wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
4 I
looked on my right hand, and beheld,
but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my
soul.
5 I
cried unto thee, O Lord: I said,
Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the
living.
6 Attend
unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for
they are stronger than I.
7 Bring
my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass
me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
 
PSALM 143
A Psalm of David.
HEAR my
prayer, O Lord, give ear to my
supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
2 And
enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living
be justified.
3 For
the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground;
he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
4
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
5 I
remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of
thy hands.
6 I
stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth
after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
7 Hear
me speedily, O Lord: my spirit
faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into
the pit.
8 Cause
me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me
to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
9
Deliver me, O Lord, from mine
enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
10 Teach
me to do thy will; for thou art my God:
thy spirit is good; lead me into the
land of uprightness.
11
Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's
sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
12 And
of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul:
for I am thy servant.
 
PSALM 144
A Psalm of David.
BLESSED be the Lord
my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
2 My
goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people
under me.
3 Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
4 Man is
like to vanity: his days are as a
shadow that passeth away.
5 Bow
thy heavens, O Lord, and come
down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
6 Cast
forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
7 Send
thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the
hand of strange children;
8 Whose
mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is
a right hand of falsehood.
9 I will
sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
10 It is
he that giveth salvation unto kings:
who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
11 Rid me,
and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity,
and their right hand is a right hand
of falsehood:
12 That
our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
13 That our garners may be full, affording
all manner of store: that our sheep
may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there
be no breaking in, nor going out;
that there be no complaining in our streets.
15 Happy
is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
 
PSALM 145
David's Psalm of praise.
I WILL
extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
2 Every
day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
3 Great is the Lord,
and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
4 One
generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty
acts.
5 I will
speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
6 And men shall speak of the might of thy
terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
7 They
shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy
righteousness.
8 The Lord is
gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
9 The Lord is
good to all: and his tender mercies are
over all his works.
10 All
thy works shall praise thee, O Lord;
and thy saints shall bless thee.
11 They
shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
12 To
make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his
kingdom.
13 Thy
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and thy dominion endureth throughout
all generations.
14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth
up all those that be bowed down.
15 The
eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
16 Thou
openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
17 The Lord is
righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
18 The Lord is
nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
19 He
will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and
will save them.
20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him:
but all the wicked will he destroy.
21 My
mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord:
and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
 
PSALM 146
PRAISE ye
the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul.
2 While
I live will I praise the Lord: I
will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
3 Put
not your trust in princes, nor in the
son of man, in whom there is no help.
4 His
breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts
perish.
5 Happy is he
that hath the God of Jacob for his
help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
6 Which
made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
7 Which
executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
8 The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down:
the Lord loveth the righteous:
9 The Lord preserveth the strangers; he
relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside
down.
10 The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all
generations. Praise ye the Lord.
 
PSALM 147
PRAISE ye
the Lord: for it is good to sing
praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he
gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He
healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
4 He
telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his
understanding is infinite.
6 The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the
wicked down to the ground.
7 Sing
unto the Lord with thanksgiving;
sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
8 Who
covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh
grass to grow upon the mountains.
9 He
giveth to the beast his food, and to
the young ravens which cry.
10 He
delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs
of a man.
11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear
him, in those that hope in his mercy.
12
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem;
praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For
he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within
thee.
14 He
maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the
wheat.
15 He
sendeth forth his commandment upon earth:
his word runneth very swiftly.
16 He
giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He
casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
18 He
sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19 He
sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
20 He
hath not dealt so with any nation: and as
for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.
 
PSALM 148
PRAISE ye
the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the
heights.
2 Praise
ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
3 Praise
ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
4 Praise
him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
5 Let
them praise the name of the Lord:
for he commanded, and they were created.
6 He
hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall
not pass.
7 Praise
the Lord from the earth, ye
dragons, and all deeps:
8 Fire,
and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
9
Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
10
Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
11 Kings
of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:
12 Both
young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
13 Let
them praise the name of the Lord:
for his name alone is excellent; his glory is
above the earth and heaven.
14 He
also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people
near unto him. Praise ye the Lord.
 
PSALM 149
PRAISE ye
the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
2 Let
Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in
their King.
3 Let
them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the
timbrel and harp.
4 For
the Lord taketh pleasure in his
people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
5 Let
the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
6 Let the high praises of God be in
their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
7 To
execute vengeance upon the heathen, and
punishments upon the people;
8 To
bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
9 To
execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise
ye the Lord.
 
PSALM 150
PRAISE ye
the Lord. Praise God in his
sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
2 Praise
him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
3 Praise
him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
4 Praise
him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and
organs.
5 Praise
him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
6 Let
every thing that hath breath praise the Lord.
Praise ye the Lord.


THE
PROVERBS.


CHAPTER 1
THE proverbs
of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2 To
know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3 To
receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4 To
give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise
man will hear, and will increase
learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6 To
understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their
dark sayings.
7 ¶ The
fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and
instruction.
8 My
son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For
they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10 ¶ My
son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11 If
they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the
innocent without cause:
12 Let
us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into
the pit:
13 We
shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14 Cast
in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15 My
son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16 For
their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18 And
they lay wait for their own blood;
they lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy
of gain; which taketh away the life
of the owners thereof.
20 ¶ Wisdom
crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21 She
crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the
city she uttereth her words, saying,
22 How
long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in
their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Turn
you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make
known my words unto you.
24 ¶ Because
I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man
regarded;
25 But
ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I
also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27 When
your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind;
when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
28 Then
shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but
they shall not find me:
29 For
that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
30 They
would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with
their own devices.
32 For
the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools
shall destroy them.
33 But
whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of
evil.
 
CHAPTER 2
MY son,
if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
2 So
that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and
apply thine heart to understanding;
3 Yea,
if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest
up thy voice for understanding;
4 If
thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
5 Then
shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord,
and find the knowledge of God.
6 For
the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his
mouth cometh knowledge and
understanding.
7 He
layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he
is a buckler to them that walk
uprightly.
8 He
keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
9 Then
shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
10 ¶ When
wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
11
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
12 To
deliver thee from the way of the evil man,
from the man that speaketh froward things;
13 Who
leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14 Who
rejoice to do evil, and delight in
the frowardness of the wicked;
15 Whose
ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
16 To
deliver thee from the strange woman, even
from the stranger which flattereth
with her words;
17 Which
forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18 For
her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19 None
that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20 That
thou mayest walk in the way of good men,
and keep the paths of the righteous.
21 For
the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
22 But
the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be
rooted out of it.
 
CHAPTER 3
MY son,
forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2 For
length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3 Let
not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the
table of thine heart:
4 So
shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5 ¶ Trust
in the Lord with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all
thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7 ¶ Be
not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord,
and depart from evil.
8 It
shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
9 Honour
the Lord with thy substance, and
with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
10 So
shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new
wine.
11 ¶ My
son, despise not the chastening of the Lord;
neither be weary of his correction:
12 For
whom the Lord loveth he
correcteth; even as a father the son in
whom he delighteth.
13 ¶ Happy
is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
14 For
the merchandise of it is better than
the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies: and all
the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
16 Length
of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
17 Her
ways are ways of pleasantness, and
all her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold
upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by
understanding hath he established the heavens.
20 By
his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
21 ¶ My
son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
22 So
shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
23 Then
shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
24 When
thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy
sleep shall be sweet.
25 Be
not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it
cometh.
26 For
the Lord shall be thy confidence,
and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
27 ¶ Withhold
not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to
do it.
28 Say
not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when
thou hast it by thee.
29
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
30 ¶ Strive
not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
31 ¶ Envy
thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
32 For
the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
33 ¶ The
curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he
blesseth the habitation of the just.
34
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
35 The
wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
 
CHAPTER 4
HEAR, ye
children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2 For I
give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
3 For I
was my father's son, tender and only beloved
in the sight of my mother.
4 He
taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my
commandments, and live.
5 Get
wisdom, get understanding: forget it not;
neither decline from the words of my mouth.
6
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep
thee.
7 Wisdom
is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy
getting get understanding.
8 Exalt
her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost
embrace her.
9 She
shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she
deliver to thee.
10 Hear,
O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
11 I
have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
12 When
thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou
shalt not stumble.
13 Take
fast hold of instruction; let her not
go: keep her; for she is thy life.
14 ¶ Enter
not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
15 Avoid
it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
16 For
they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away,
unless they cause some to fall.
17 For
they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
18 But
the path of the just is as the
shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
19 The
way of the wicked is as darkness:
they know not at what they stumble.
20 ¶ My
son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let
them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For
they are life unto those that find
them, and health to all their flesh.
23 ¶ Keep
thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are
the issues of life.
24 Put
away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
25 Let
thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
27 Turn
not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
 
CHAPTER 5
MY son,
attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine
ear to my understanding:
2 That
thou mayest regard discretion, and that
thy lips may keep knowledge.
3 ¶ For
the lips of a strange woman drop as an
honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother
than oil:
4 But
her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
5 Her
feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
6 Lest
thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
7 Hear
me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove
thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
9 Lest
thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
10 Lest
strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
11 And
thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12 And
say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
13 And
have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that
instructed me!
14 I was
almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
15 ¶ Drink
waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
16 Let
thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and
rivers of waters in the streets.
17 Let
them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
18 Let
thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19 Let her
be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee
at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
20 And
why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom
of a stranger?
21 For
the ways of man are before the eyes
of the Lord, and he pondereth all
his goings.
22 ¶ His
own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the
cords of his sins.
23 He
shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go
astray.
 
CHAPTER 6
MY son,
if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou
hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2 Thou
art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy
mouth.
3 Do
this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy
friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
4 Give
not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of
the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 ¶ Go
to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7 Which
having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8
Provideth her meat in the summer, and
gathereth her food in the harvest.
9 How
long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a
little folding of the hands to sleep:
11 So
shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
12 ¶ A
naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
13 He
winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
14
Frowardness is in his heart, he
deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
15
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without
remedy.
16 ¶ These
six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A
proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An
heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to
mischief,
19 A
false witness that speaketh lies, and
he that soweth discord among brethren.
20 ¶ My
son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21 Bind
them continually upon thine heart, and
tie them about thy neck.
22 When
thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23 For
the commandment is a lamp; and the
law is light; and reproofs of
instruction are the way of life:
24 To
keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange
woman.
25 Lust
not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her
eyelids.
26 For
by means of a whorish woman a man is
brought to a piece of bread: and the
adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
27 Can a
man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28 Can
one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
29 So he
that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be
innocent.
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal
to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31 But if he be found, he shall restore
sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
32 But whoso committeth adultery with a
woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth
it destroyeth his own soul.
33 A
wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34 For
jealousy is the rage of a man:
therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35 He
will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest
many gifts.
 
CHAPTER 7
MY son,
keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2 Keep
my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
3 Bind
them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
4 Say
unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and
call understanding thy kinswoman:
5 That
they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
6 ¶ For
at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7 And
beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of
understanding,
8
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
9 In the
twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
10 And,
behold, there met him a woman with the
attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not
in her house:
12 Now is she
without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
13 So
she caught him, and kissed him, and with
an impudent face said unto him,
14 I have
peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
15
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have
found thee.
16 I
have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17 I
have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come,
let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with
loves.
19 For
the goodman is not at home, he is
gone a long journey:
20 He
hath taken a bag of money with him, and
will come home at the day appointed.
21 With
her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips
she forced him.
22 He
goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to
the correction of the stocks;
23 Till
a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth
not that it is for his life.
24 ¶ Hearken
unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 Let
not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26 For
she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
27 Her house
is the way to hell, going down to the
chambers of death.
 
CHAPTER 8
DOTH not
wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
2 She
standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
3 She
crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
4 Unto
you, O men, I call; and my voice is to
the sons of man.
5 O ye
simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
6 Hear;
for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
7 For my
mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is
an abomination to my lips.
8 All
the words of my mouth are in
righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
9 They are all plain to him that understandeth,
and right to them that find knowledge.
10
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
11 For
wisdom is better than rubies; and all
the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
12 I
wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
13 The
fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy,
and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
14
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
15 By me
kings reign, and princes decree justice.
16 By me
princes rule, and nobles, even all
the judges of the earth.
17 I
love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
18
Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
19 My
fruit is better than gold, yea, than
fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
20 I
lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
21 That
I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their
treasures.
22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his
way, before his works of old.
23 I was
set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains
abounding with water.
25 Before
the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
26 While
as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the
dust of the world.
27 When
he prepared the heavens, I was there:
when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
28 When
he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the
deep:
29 When
he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment:
when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
30 Then
I was by him, as one brought up with him:
and I was daily his delight,
rejoicing always before him;
31
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
32 Now
therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
33 Hear
instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34
Blessed is the man that heareth me,
watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For
whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.
36 But
he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love
death.
 
CHAPTER 9
WISDOM hath
builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
2 She
hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her
table.
3 She
hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for
him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
5 Come,
eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which
I have mingled.
6 Forsake
the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
7 He
that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a
wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a
just man, and he will increase in
learning.
10 The
fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge
of the holy is understanding.
11 For
by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be
increased.
12 If
thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
13 ¶ A
foolish woman is clamorous: she is
simple, and knoweth nothing.
14 For
she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15 To
call passengers who go right on their ways:
16 Whoso
is simple, let him turn in hither:
and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
17
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten
in secret is pleasant.
18 But
he knoweth not that the dead are there;
and that her guests are in
the depths of hell.
 
CHAPTER 10
THE proverbs
of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from
death.
3 The Lord will not suffer the soul of the
righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4 He
becometh poor that dealeth with a
slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5 He
that gathereth in summer is a wise
son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
6
Blessings are upon the head of the
just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
7 The
memory of the just is blessed: but
the name of the wicked shall rot.
8 The
wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
9 He
that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be
known.
10 He
that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
11 The
mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth
the mouth of the wicked.
12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
13 In
the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of
the foolish is near destruction.
15 The
rich man's wealth is his strong city:
the destruction of the poor is their
poverty.
16 The
labour of the righteous tendeth to
life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
17 He is in
the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
18 He
that hideth hatred with lying lips,
and he that uttereth a slander, is a
fool.
19 In
the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
20 The
tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the
wicked is little worth.
21 The
lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
22 The
blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich,
and he addeth no sorrow with it.
23 It is
as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
24 The
fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous
shall be granted.
25 As
the whirlwind passeth, so is the
wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
26 As
vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
27 The
fear of the Lord prolongeth days:
but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
28 The
hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the
wicked shall perish.
29 The
way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction
shall be to the workers of iniquity.
30 The
righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
31 The
mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut
out.
32 The
lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
 
CHAPTER 11
A FALSE
balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame:
but with the lowly is wisdom.
3 The
integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of
transgressors shall destroy them.
4 Riches
profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
5 The
righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by
his own wickedness.
6 The
righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be
taken in their own naughtiness.
7 When a
wicked man dieth, his expectation
shall perish: and the hope of unjust men
perisheth.
8 The
righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
9 An
hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth
his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
10 When
it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked
perish, there is shouting.
11 By
the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the
mouth of the wicked.
12 He
that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding
holdeth his peace.
13 A
talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth
the matter.
14 Where
no counsel is, the people fall: but
in the multitude of counsellers there
is safety.
15 He
that is surety for a stranger shall smart for
it: and he that hateth suretiship is
sure.
16 A
gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men
retain riches.
17 The
merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
18 The
wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
19 As
righteousness tendeth to life: so he
that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
20 They
that are of a froward heart are abomination
to the Lord: but such as
are upright in their way are his delight.
21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of
the righteous shall be delivered.
22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is
a fair woman which is without discretion.
23 The
desire of the righteous is only good:
but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
24 There
is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there
is that withholdeth more than is
meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
25 The
liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also
himself.
26 He
that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
27 He
that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it
shall come unto him.
28 He
that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a
branch.
29 He
that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
30 The
fruit of the righteous is a tree of
life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
31
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked
and the sinner.
 
CHAPTER 12
WHOSO loveth
instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
2 A good
man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he
condemn.
3 A man
shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not
be moved.
4 A
virtuous woman is a crown to her
husband: but she that maketh ashamed is
as rottenness in his bones.
5 The
thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
6 The
words of the wicked are to lie in
wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
7 The
wicked are overthrown, and are not:
but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8 A man
shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart
shall be despised.
9 He that
is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth
himself, and lacketh bread.
10 A
righteous man regardeth the life of
his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
11 He
that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain
persons is void of understanding.
12 The
wicked desireth the net of evil men:
but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
13 The
wicked is snared by the transgression of his
lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
14 A man
shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto
him.
15 The
way of a fool is right in his own
eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is
wise.
16 A
fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
17 He that
speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
18 There
is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
19 The
lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
20
Deceit is in the heart of them that
imagine evil: but to the counsellers of peace is joy.
21 There
shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
22 Lying
lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
23 A prudent
man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
24 The
hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
25
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
26 The righteous
is more excellent than his neighbour:
but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
27 The
slothful man roasteth not that which
he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
28 In
the way of righteousness is life; and
in the pathway thereof there is no death.
 
CHAPTER 13
A WISE
son heareth his father's instruction:
but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
2 A man
shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth:
but the soul of the transgressors shall
eat violence.
3 He
that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but
he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
4 The
soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath
nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
5 A
righteous man hateth lying: but a
wicked man is loathsome, and cometh
to shame.
6
Righteousness keepeth him that is
upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
7 There
is that maketh himself rich, yet hath
nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
8 The
ransom of a man's life are his riches:
but the poor heareth not rebuke.
9 The
light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
10 Only
by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
11
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be
diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
12 Hope
deferred maketh the heart sick: but when
the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
13 Whoso
despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment
shall be rewarded.
14 The
law of the wise is a fountain of
life, to depart from the snares of death.
15 Good
understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
16 Every
prudent man dealeth with knowledge:
but a fool layeth open his folly.
17 A
wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
18
Poverty and shame shall be to
him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
19 The
desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to
fools to depart from evil.
20 He
that walketh with wise men shall be
wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
21 Evil
pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
22 A
good man leaveth an inheritance to
his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
23 Much
food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for
want of judgment.
24 He
that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him
betimes.
25 The
righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked
shall want.
 
CHAPTER 14
EVERY wise
woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
2 He
that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord:
but he that is perverse in his
ways despiseth him.
3 In the
mouth of the foolish is a rod of
pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
4 Where
no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
5 A
faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
6 A
scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
7 Go
from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him
the lips of knowledge.
8 The
wisdom of the prudent is to
understand his way: but the folly of fools is
deceit.
9 Fools
make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there
is favour.
10 The
heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his
joy.
11 The
house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright
shall flourish.
12 There
is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
13 Even
in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
14 The
backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from
himself.
15 The
simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
16 A
wise man feareth, and departeth from
evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
17 He that
is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and
a man of wicked devices is hated.
18 The
simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19 The
evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20 The
poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
21 He
that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy
is he.
22 Do
they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that
devise good.
23 In
all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
24 The
crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
25 A
true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
26 In
the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall
have a place of refuge.
27 The
fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from
the snares of death.
28 In
the multitude of people is the king's
honour: but in the want of people is the
destruction of the prince.
29 He that
is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he
that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
30 A
sound heart is the life of the flesh:
but envy the rottenness of the bones.
31 He
that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath
mercy on the poor.
32 The
wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his
death.
33
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which
is in the midst of fools is made
known.
34
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is
a reproach to any people.
35 The
king's favour is toward a wise
servant: but his wrath is against him
that causeth shame.
 
CHAPTER 15
A SOFT
answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
2 The
tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out
foolishness.
3 The
eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil
and the good.
4 A
wholesome tongue is a tree of life:
but perverseness therein is a breach
in the spirit.
5 A fool
despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
6 In the
house of the righteous is much
treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
7 The
lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
8 The
sacrifice of the wicked is an
abomination to the Lord: but the
prayer of the upright is his delight.
9 The
way of the wicked is an abomination
unto the Lord: but he loveth him
that followeth after righteousness.
10
Correction is grievous unto him that
forsaketh the way: and he that hateth
reproof shall die.
11 Hell
and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of
the children of men?
12 A
scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
13 A
merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the
spirit is broken.
14 The
heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools
feedeth on foolishness.
15 All
the days of the afflicted are evil:
but he that is of a merry heart hath a
continual feast.
16
Better is little with the fear of the
Lord than great treasure and
trouble therewith.
17
Better is a dinner of herbs where
love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
18 A
wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he
that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
19 The
way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of
the righteous is made plain.
20 A
wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
21 Folly
is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of
understanding walketh uprightly.
22
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellers
they are established.
23 A man
hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is
it!
24 The
way of life is above to the wise,
that he may depart from hell beneath.
25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud:
but he will establish the border of the widow.
26 The
thoughts of the wicked are an
abomination to the Lord: but the words
of the pure are pleasant words.
27 He that
is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
28 The
heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth
out evil things.
29 The Lord is
far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
30 The
light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and
a good report maketh the bones fat.
31 The
ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
32 He
that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof
getteth understanding.
33 The
fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before
honour is humility.
 
CHAPTER 16
THE preparations
of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
2 All
the ways of a man are clean in his
own eyes; but the Lord weigheth
the spirits.
3 Commit
thy works unto the Lord, and thy
thoughts shall be established.
4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
5 Every
one that is proud in heart is an
abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
6 By
mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men
depart from evil.
7 When a
man's ways please the Lord, he
maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
8 Better
is a little with righteousness than
great revenues without right.
9 A man's
heart deviseth his way: but the Lord
directeth his steps.
10 A
divine sentence is in the lips of the
king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
11 A
just weight and balance are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
12 It is
an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by
righteousness.
13
Righteous lips are the delight of
kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
14 The
wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man
will pacify it.
15 In
the light of the king's countenance is
life; and his favour is as a cloud of
the latter rain.
16 How
much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be
chosen than silver!
17 The
highway of the upright is to depart
from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
18 Pride
goeth before destruction, and an
haughty spirit before a fall.
19
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than
to divide the spoil with the proud.
20 He
that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.
21 The
wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth
learning.
22
Understanding is a wellspring of life
unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
23 The
heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
24
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and
health to the bones.
25 There
is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26 He
that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
27 An
ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning
fire.
28 A
froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
29 A
violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is
not good.
30 He
shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to
pass.
31 The
hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of
righteousness.
32 He that
is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he
that taketh a city.
33 The
lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 17
BETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness
therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with
strife.
2 A wise
servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of
the inheritance among the brethren.
3 The
fining pot is for silver, and the
furnace for gold: but the Lord
trieth the hearts.
4 A
wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and
a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
5 Whoso
mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and
he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
6
Children's children are the crown of
old men; and the glory of children are
their fathers.
7
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
8 A gift
is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever
it turneth, it prospereth.
9 He that
covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter
separateth very friends.
10 A
reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
11 An
evil man seeketh only rebellion:
therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12 Let a
bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
13 Whoso
rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14 The
beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore
leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
15 He
that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
16
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath
no heart to it?
17 A
friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18 A man
void of understanding striketh hands, and
becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
19 He
loveth transgression that loveth strife: and
he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
20 He
that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue
falleth into mischief.
21 He
that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a
fool hath no joy.
22 A
merry heart doeth good like a
medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
23 A
wicked man taketh a gift out of the
bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
24
Wisdom is before him that hath
understanding; but the eyes of a fool are
in the ends of the earth.
25 A
foolish son is a grief to his father,
and bitterness to her that bare him.
26 Also
to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
27 He
that hath knowledge spareth his words: and
a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
28 Even
a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is
esteemed a man of understanding.
 
CHAPTER 18
THROUGH desire
a man, having separated himself, seeketh and
intermeddleth with all wisdom.
2 A fool
hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
3 When
the wicked cometh, then cometh also
contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
4 The
words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as
a flowing brook.
5 It is
not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in
judgment.
6 A fool's
lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
7 A fool's
mouth is his destruction, and his
lips are the snare of his soul.
8 The
words of a talebearer are as wounds,
and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
9 He
also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
10 The
name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth
into it, and is safe.
11 The
rich man's wealth is his strong city,
and as an high wall in his own conceit.
12
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
13 He
that answereth a matter before he heareth it,
it is folly and shame unto him.
14 The
spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
15 The
heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh
knowledge.
16 A man's
gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
17 He that
is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh
and searcheth him.
18 The
lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
19 A
brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
20 A man's
belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
21 Death
and life are in the power of the
tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
23 The
poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
24 A man
that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
 
CHAPTER 19
BETTER is the poor that walketh in his
integrity, than he that is
perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
3 The
foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.
4 Wealth
maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
5 A
false witness shall not be unpunished, and he
that speaketh lies shall not escape.
6 Many
will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
7 All
the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from
him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
8 He
that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall
find good.
9 A
false witness shall not be unpunished, and he
that speaketh lies shall perish.
10
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over
princes.
11 The
discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass
over a transgression.
12 The
king's wrath is as the roaring of a
lion; but his favour is as dew upon
the grass.
13 A
foolish son is the calamity of his
father: and the contentions of a wife are
a continual dropping.
14 House
and riches are the inheritance of
fathers: and a prudent wife is from
the Lord.
15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
16 He
that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
17 He
that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord;
and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
18
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
19 A man
of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
20 Hear
counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
22 The
desire of a man is his kindness: and
a poor man is better than a liar.
23 The
fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that
hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
24 A
slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring
it to his mouth again.
25 Smite
a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding,
and he will understand knowledge.
26 He
that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that
causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
27
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that
causeth to err from the words of
knowledge.
28 An
ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth
iniquity.
29
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
 
CHAPTER 20
WINE is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise.
2 The
fear of a king is as the roaring of a
lion: whoso provoketh him to anger
sinneth against his own soul.
3 It is
an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
4 The
sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of
understanding will draw it out.
6 Most
men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
7 The
just man walketh in his integrity:
his children are blessed after him.
8 A king
that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
9 Who
can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10
Divers weights, and divers measures,
both of them are alike abomination to
the Lord.
11 Even
a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
12 The
hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord
hath made even both of them.
13 Love
not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14 It is
naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he
boasteth.
15 There
is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16 Take
his garment that is surety for a
stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
17 Bread
of deceit is sweet to a man; but
afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18 Every purpose is established by counsel:
and with good advice make war.
19 He
that goeth about as a talebearer
revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
20 Whoso
curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure
darkness.
21 An
inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not
be blessed.
22 Say
not thou, I will recompense evil; but
wait on the Lord, and he shall
save thee.
23
Divers weights are an abomination
unto the Lord; and a false balance
is not good.
24 Man's
goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his
own way?
25 It is
a snare to the man who devoureth that which
is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
26 A
wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
27 The
spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of
the belly.
28 Mercy
and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
29 The
glory of young men is their strength:
and the beauty of old men is the gray
head.
30 The
blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do
stripes the inward parts of the belly.
 
CHAPTER 21
THE king's
heart is in the hand of the Lord, as
the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
2 Every
way of a man is right in his own
eyes: but the Lord pondereth the
hearts.
3 To do
justice and judgment is more
acceptable to the Lord than
sacrifice.
4 An
high look, and a proud heart, and the
plowing of the wicked, is sin.
5 The
thoughts of the diligent tend only to
plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
6 The
getting of treasures by a lying tongue is
a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
7 The
robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
8 The
way of man is froward and strange:
but as for the pure, his work is
right.
9 It is
better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a
wide house.
10 The
soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
11 When
the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is
instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
12 The
righteous man wisely considereth the
house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
13 Whoso
stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall
not be heard.
14 A
gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
15 It is
joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers
of iniquity.
16 The
man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the
congregation of the dead.
17 He
that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and
oil shall not be rich.
18 The
wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the
upright.
19 It is
better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but
a foolish man spendeth it up.
21 He
that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and
honour.
22 A
wise man scaleth the city of the mighty,
and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
23 Whoso
keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
24 Proud
and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
25 The
desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
26 He
coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
27 The
sacrifice of the wicked is abomination:
how much more, when he bringeth it
with a wicked mind?
28 A
false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
29 A
wicked man hardeneth his face: but as
for the upright, he directeth his
way.
30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
31 The
horse is prepared against the day of
battle: but safety is of the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 22
A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
2 The
rich and poor meet together: the Lord
is the maker of them all.
3 A
prudent man foreseeth the evil, and
hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
4 By
humility and the fear of the Lord are
riches, and honour, and life.
5 Thorns
and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be
far from them.
6 Train
up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from
it.
7 The
rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is
servant to the lender.
8 He
that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
9 He
that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the
poor.
10 Cast
out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall
cease.
11 He
that loveth pureness of heart, for the
grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
12 The
eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge,
and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
13 The
slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
14 The
mouth of strange women is a deep pit:
he that is abhorred of the Lord
shall fall therein.
15
Foolishness is bound in the heart of
a child; but the rod of correction
shall drive it far from him.
16 He
that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches,
and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
17 Bow
down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my
knowledge.
18 For it is
a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in
thy lips.
19 That
thy trust may be in the Lord, I
have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
20 Have
not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
21 That
I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest
answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
22 Rob
not the poor, because he is poor:
neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23 For
the Lord will plead their cause,
and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
24 Make
no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
25 Lest
thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
26 Be not
thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
27 If
thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
29 Seest
thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not
stand before mean men.
 
CHAPTER 23
WHEN thou
sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
2 And
put a knife to thy throat, if thou be
a man given to appetite.
3 Be not
desirous of his dainties: for they are
deceitful meat.
4 Labour
not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
5 Wilt
thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle
toward heaven.
6 Eat
thou not the bread of him that hath
an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
7 For as
he thinketh in his heart, so is he:
Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
8 The
morsel which thou hast eaten shalt
thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
9 Speak
not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11 For
their redeemer is mighty; he shall
plead their cause with thee.
12 Apply
thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13
Withhold not correction from the child: for if
thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14 Thou
shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
15 My
son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16 Yea,
my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
17 Let
not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
18 For
surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19 Hear
thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
20 Be
not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21 For
the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe
a man
with rags.
22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is
old.
23 Buy
the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and
understanding.
24 The
father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
25 Thy
father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
26 My
son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27 For a
whore is a deep ditch; and a strange
woman is a narrow pit.
28 She
also lieth in wait as for a prey, and
increaseth the transgressors among men.
29 Who
hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath
wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30 They
that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31 Look
not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32 At
the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33 Thine
eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34 Yea,
thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that
lieth upon the top of a mast.
35 They
have stricken me, shalt thou say,
and I was not sick; they have beaten
me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
 
CHAPTER 24
BE not
thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
2 For
their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
3
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
4 And by
knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
5 A wise
man is strong; yea, a man of
knowledge increaseth strength.
6 For by
wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers there is safety.
7 Wisdom
is too high for a fool: he openeth
not his mouth in the gate.
8 He
that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
9 The
thought of foolishness is sin: and
the scorner is an abomination to men.
10 If thou faint in the day of adversity,
thy strength is small.
11 If
thou forbear to deliver them that are
drawn unto death, and those that are
ready to be slain;
12 If
thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart
consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul,
doth not he know it? and shall not he
render to every man according to his
works?
13 My
son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy
expectation shall not be cut off.
15 Lay
not wait, O wicked man, against the
dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
16 For a
just man falleth seven times, and
riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
17
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he
stumbleth:
18 Lest
the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19 Fret
not thyself because of evil men, neither
be thou envious at the wicked;
20 For
there shall be no reward to the evil man;
the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
21 My
son, fear thou the Lord and the
king: and meddle not with them that
are given to change:
22 For
their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
23 These
things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons
in judgment.
24 He
that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous;
him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
25 But
to them that rebuke him shall be
delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
26 Every man shall kiss his lips
that giveth a right answer.
27
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and
afterwards build thine house.
28 Be
not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
29 Say
not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man
according to his work.
30 I
went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of
understanding;
31 And,
lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and
nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken
down.
32 Then
I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and
received instruction.
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a
little folding of the hands to sleep:
34 So
shall thy poverty come as one that
travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
 
CHAPTER 25
THESE are also proverbs of Solomon, which the
men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
2 It is
the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
3 The
heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
4 Take
away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the
finer.
5 Take
away the wicked from before the king,
and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
6 Put
not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of
great men:
7 For
better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou
shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
8 Go not
forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not
what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
9 Debate
thy cause with thy neighbour himself;
and discover not a secret to another:
10 Lest
he that heareth it put thee to shame,
and thine infamy turn not away.
11 A
word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of
silver.
12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament
of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
13 As
the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so
is a faithful messenger to them that
send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
14 Whoso
boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
15 By
long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
16 Hast
thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled
therewith, and vomit it.
17
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
18 A man
that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
19
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth,
and a foot out of joint.
20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold
weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is
he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
21 If
thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him
water to drink:
22 For
thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
23 The
north wind driveth away rain: so doth
an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
24 It is
better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and
in a wide house.
25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
26 A
righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled
fountain, and a corrupt spring.
27 It is
not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not
glory.
28 He
that hath no rule over his own spirit
is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
 
CHAPTER 26
AS snow
in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
2 As the
bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not
come.
3 A whip
for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
4 Answer
not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5 Answer
a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
6 He
that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
7 The
legs of the lame are not equal: so is
a parable in the mouth of fools.
8 As he
that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is
he that giveth honour to a fool.
9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a
drunkard, so is a parable in the
mouth of fools.
10 The
great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and
rewardeth transgressors.
11 As a
dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool
returneth to his folly.
12 Seest
thou a man wise in his own conceit? there
is more hope of a fool than of him.
13 The
slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is
in the streets.
14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
15 The
slothful hideth his hand in his bosom;
it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
16 The
sluggard is wiser in his own conceit
than seven men that can render a reason.
17 He
that passeth by, and meddleth with
strife belonging not to him, is like
one that taketh a dog by the ears.
18 As a
mad man who casteth firebrands,
arrows, and death,
19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
20 Where
no wood is, there the fire goeth out:
so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
22 The
words of a talebearer are as wounds,
and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
23
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
24 He
that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
25 When
he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there
are seven abominations in his heart.
26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his
wickedness shall be shewed before the whole
congregation.
27 Whoso
diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return
upon him.
28 A
lying tongue hateth those that are
afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
 
CHAPTER 27
BOAST not
thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2 Let
another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own
lips.
3 A
stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
but a fool's wrath is heavier than
them both.
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is
able to stand before envy?
5 Open
rebuke is better than secret love.
6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7 The
full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a
bird that wandereth from her nest, so is
a man that wandereth from his place.
9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth
the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
10 Thine
own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's
house in the day of thy calamity: for
better is a neighbour that is
near than a brother far off.
11 My
son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth
me.
12 A
prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and
are punished.
13 Take
his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a
strange woman.
14 He
that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it
shall be counted a curse to him.
15 A
continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
17 Iron
sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18 Whoso
keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his
master shall be honoured.
19 As in
water face answereth to face, so the
heart of man to man.
20 Hell
and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 As the fining pot for silver, and the
furnace for gold; so is a man to his
praise.
22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from
him.
23 Be
thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
24 For
riches are not for ever: and doth the
crown endure to every generation?
25 The
hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains
are gathered.
26 The
lambs are for thy clothing, and the
goats are the price of the field.
27 And thou shalt
have goats' milk enough for thy food,
for the food of thy household, and for
the maintenance for thy maidens.
 
CHAPTER 28
THE wicked
flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
2 For
the transgression of a land many are the
princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof
shall be prolonged.
3 A poor
man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no
food.
4 They
that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with
them.
5 Evil
men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things.
6 Better
is the poor that walketh in his
uprightness, than he that is
perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
7 Whoso
keepeth the law is a wise son: but he
that is a companion of riotous men shameth
his father.
8 He
that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for
him that will pity the poor.
9 He
that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
10 Whoso
causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into
his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
11 The
rich man is wise in his own conceit;
but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
12 When
righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
13 He
that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
14 Happy
is the man that feareth alway: but he
that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is
a wicked ruler over the poor people.
16 The
prince that wanteth understanding is also
a great oppressor: but he that hateth
covetousness shall prolong his days.
17 A man
that doeth violence to the blood of any
person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
18 Whoso
walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he
that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
19 He
that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after
vain persons shall have poverty enough.
20 A
faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich
shall not be innocent.
21 To
have respect of persons is not good:
for for a piece of bread that man
will transgress.
22 He
that hasteth to be rich hath an evil
eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
23 He
that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with
the tongue.
24 Whoso
robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression;
the same is the companion of a
destroyer.
25 He
that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in
the Lord shall be made fat.
26 He that
trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be
delivered.
27 He
that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall
have many a curse.
28 When
the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous
increase.
 
CHAPTER 29
HE, that
being often reproved hardeneth his neck,
shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
2 When
the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth
rule, the people mourn.
3 Whoso
loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots
spendeth his substance.
4 The
king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts
overthroweth it.
5 A man
that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
6 In the
transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing
and rejoice.
7 The
righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
8
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish
man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
10 The
bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
11 A
fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man
keepeth it in till afterwards.
12 If a
ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are
wicked.
13 The
poor and the deceitful man meet together: the Lord
lighteneth both their eyes.
14 The
king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for
ever.
15 The
rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his
mother to shame.
16 When
the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall
see their fall.
17
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto
thy soul.
18 Where
there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy
is he.
19 A
servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not
answer.
20 Seest
thou a man that is hasty in his words? there
is more hope of a fool than of him.
21 He
that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
22 An
angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
23 A man's
pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
24 Whoso
is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
25 The
fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.
26 Many
seek the ruler's favour; but every man's
judgment cometh from the Lord.
27 An
unjust man is an abomination to the
just: and he that is upright in the
way is abomination to the wicked.
 
CHAPTER 30
THE words
of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the
prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
2 Surely
I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding
of a man.
3 I
neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
4 Who
hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his
fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the
ends of the earth? what is his name,
and what is his son's name, if thou
canst tell?
5 Every
word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their
trust in him.
6 Add
thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
8 Remove
far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with
food convenient for me:
9 Lest I
be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord?
or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
10
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found
guilty.
11 There is a generation that curseth
their father, and doth not bless their mother.
12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are
lifted up.
14 There is a generation, whose teeth are
as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off
the earth, and the needy from among men.
15 The
horseleach hath two daughters, crying,
Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
16 The
grave; and the barren womb; the earth that
is not filled with water; and the fire that
saith not, It is enough.
17 The
eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley
shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
18 There
be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
19 The
way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship
in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she
eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
21 For
three things the earth is disquieted,
and for four which it cannot bear:
22 For a
servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
23 For
an odious woman when she is married;
and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
24 There
be four things which are little upon the
earth, but they are exceeding wise:
25 The
ants are a people not strong, yet
they prepare their meat in the summer;
26 The
conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
27 The
locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
28 The
spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
29 There
be three things which go well, yea,
four are comely in going:
30 A
lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
31 A
greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
32 If
thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
33
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose
bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
 
CHAPTER 31
THE words
of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
2 What,
my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
3 Give
not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
4 It is
not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for
princes strong drink:
5 Lest
they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the
afflicted.
6 Give
strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of
heavy hearts.
7 Let
him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
8 Open
thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to
destruction.
9 Open
thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
10 ¶ Who
can find a virtuous woman? for her price is
far above rubies.
11 The
heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of
spoil.
12 She
will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
13 She
seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
14 She
is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
15 She
riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a
portion to her maidens.
16 She
considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a
vineyard.
17 She
girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18 She
perceiveth that her merchandise is good:
her candle goeth not out by night.
19 She
layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20 She
stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the
needy.
21 She
is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She
maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
23 Her
husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
24 She
maketh fine linen, and selleth it;
and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25
Strength and honour are her clothing;
and she shall rejoice in time to come.
26 She
openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
27 She
looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of
idleness.
28 Her
children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
29 Many
daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
30
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth
the Lord, she shall be praised.
31 Give
her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.


ECCLESIASTES;
OR, THE PREACHER.


CHAPTER 1
THE words
of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity
of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3 What
profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth
abideth for ever.
5 The
sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he
arose.
6 The
wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth
about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
7 All
the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is
not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
8 All
things are full of labour; man cannot
utter it: the eye is not satisfied
with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 The
thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is
done is that which shall be done: and
there is no new thing under the
sun.
10 Is
there any thing whereof it may be
said, See, this is new? it hath been
already of old time, which was before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things;
neither shall there be any remembrance
of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
12 ¶ I
the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 And I
gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this
sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
14 I
have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
15 That which
is crooked cannot be made straight:
and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16 I
communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have
gotten more wisdom than all they that
have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom
and knowledge.
17 And I
gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that
this also is vexation of spirit.
18 For
in much wisdom is much grief: and he
that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
 
CHAPTER 2
I SAID
in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy
pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
2 I said
of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
3 I
sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with
wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the
heaven all the days of their life.
4 I made
me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
5 I made
me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of
fruits:
6 I made
me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
7 I got me servants and maidens, and had
servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small
cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
8 I
gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the
provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons
of men, as musical instruments, and
that of all sorts.
9 So I
was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also
my wisdom remained with me.
10 And
whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from
any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all
my labour.
11 Then
I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I
had laboured to do: and, behold, all was
vanity and vexation of spirit, and there
was no profit under the sun.
12 ¶ And
I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even
that which hath been already done.
13 Then
I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
14 The
wise man's eyes are in his head; but
the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth
to them all.
15 Then
said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me;
and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever;
seeing that which now is in the days
to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
17
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
18 ¶ Yea,
I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave
it unto the man that shall be after me.
19 And
who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man
or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured,
and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
20
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I
took under the sun.
21 For
there is a man whose labour is in
wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein
shall he leave it for his portion.
This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 For
what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he
hath laboured under the sun?
23 For
all his days are sorrows, and his
travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also
vanity.
24 ¶ There is nothing better for a man, than
that he should eat and drink, and that
he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
25 For
who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto,
more than I?
26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and
knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap
up, that he may give to him that is
good before God. This also is vanity
and vexation of spirit.
 
CHAPTER 3
TO every
thing there is a season, and a
time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time
to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which
is planted;
3 A time
to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 A time
to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 A time
to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace,
and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time
to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time
to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time
to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9 What
profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10 I
have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised
in it.
11 He
hath made every thing beautiful in
his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find
out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
12 I
know that there is no good in them, but for a
man to rejoice, and to do good in his
life.
13 And
also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour,
it is the gift of God.
14 I
know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to
it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear
before him.
15 That
which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God
requireth that which is past.
16 ¶ And
moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there;
and the place of righteousness, that iniquity
was there.
17 I
said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
18 I
said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might
manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
19 For
that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth
them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so
that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
20 All
go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21 Who
knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that
goeth downward to the earth?
22
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man
should rejoice in his own works; for that is
his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
 
CHAPTER 4
SO I
returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and
behold the tears of such as were
oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
2
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which
are yet alive.
3 Yea,
better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the
evil work that is done under the sun.
4 ¶ Again,
I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied
of his neighbour. This is also vanity
and vexation of spirit.
5 The
fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
6 Better
is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
7 ¶ Then
I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
8 There
is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there
no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
9 ¶ Two are better than one; because they have a
good reward for their labour.
10 For
if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is
alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
11
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
12 And
if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is
not quickly broken.
13 ¶ Better
is a poor and a wise child than an
old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
14 For
out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
15 I
considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that
shall stand up in his stead.
16 There is no end of all the people, even
of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice
in him. Surely this also is vanity
and vexation of spirit.
 
CHAPTER 5
KEEP thy
foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to
give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
2 Be not
rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth:
therefore let thy words be few.
3 For a
dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known
by multitude of words.
4 When
thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in
fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5 Better
is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and
not pay.
6 Suffer
not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel,
that it was an error: wherefore
should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
7 For in
the multitude of dreams and many words there
are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
8 ¶ If
thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and
justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and
there be higher than they.
9 ¶ Moreover
the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
10 He
that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth
abundance with increase: this is also
vanity.
11 When
goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there
to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of
them with their eyes?
12 The
sleep of a labouring man is sweet,
whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him
to sleep.
13 There
is a sore evil which I have seen
under the sun, namely, riches kept
for the owners thereof to their hurt.
14 But
those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
15 As he
came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and
shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
16 And
this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall
he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
17 All
his days also he eateth in darkness, and he
hath much sorrow and wrath with his
sickness.
18 ¶ Behold
that which I have seen: it is
good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy
the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his
life, which God giveth him: for it is
his portion.
19 Every
man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to
eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
20 For
he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
 
CHAPTER 6
THERE is
an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
2 A man
to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing
for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat
thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is
vanity, and it is an evil disease.
3 ¶ If a
man beget an hundred children, and
live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled
with good, and also that he have no
burial; I say, that an untimely birth
is better than he.
4 For he
cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered
with darkness.
5
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more
rest than the other.
6 ¶ Yea,
though he live a thousand years twice told,
yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
7 All
the labour of man is for his mouth,
and yet the appetite is not filled.
8 For
what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk
before the living?
9 ¶ Better
is the sight of the eyes than the
wandering of the desire: this is also
vanity and vexation of spirit.
10 That
which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
11 ¶ Seeing
there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
12 For
who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life
which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him
under the sun?
 
CHAPTER 7
A GOOD name
is better than precious ointment; and
the day of death than the day of one's birth.
2 ¶ 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 will lay it to his heart.
3 Sorrow
is better than laughter: for by the
sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
4 The
heart of the wise is in the house of
mourning; but the heart of fools is in
the house of mirth.
5 It is
better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of
fools.
6 For as
the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is
the laughter of the fool: this also is
vanity.
7 ¶ Surely
oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
8 Better
is the end of a thing than the
beginning thereof: and the patient in
spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 Be not
hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
10 Say
not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better
than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
11 ¶ Wisdom
is good with an inheritance: and by it
there is profit to them that see the sun.
12 For
wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth
life to them that have it.
13
Consider the work of God: for who can make that
straight, which he hath made crooked?
14 In
the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also
hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find
nothing after him.
15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity:
there is a just man that perisheth in
his righteousness, and there is a wicked man
that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
16 Be
not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou
destroy thyself?
17 Be
not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before
thy time?
18 It is
good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not
thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
19
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
21 Also
take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse
thee:
22 For
oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed
others.
23 ¶ All
this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
24 That
which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
25 I
applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the
reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
26 And I
find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her
hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God
shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
27
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
28 Which
yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but
a woman among all those have I not found.
29 Lo,
this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought
out many inventions.
 
CHAPTER 8
WHO is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom
maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
3 Be not
hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth
whatsoever pleaseth him.
4 Where
the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
5 Whoso
keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart
discerneth both time and judgment.
6 ¶ Because
to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
7 For he
knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit;
neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver
those that are given to it.
9 All
this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the
sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
10 And
so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy,
and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
11
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.
12 ¶ Though
a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days
be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God,
which fear before him:
13 But
it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow;
because he feareth not before God.
14 There
is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to
the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I
said that this also is vanity.
15 Then
I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to
eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour
the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
16 ¶ When
I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon
the earth: (for also there is that
neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
17 Then
I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done
under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it;
yea further; though a wise man think
to know it, yet shall he not be able
to find it.
 
CHAPTER 9
FOR all
this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and
the wise, and their works, are in the
hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to
the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that
sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the
sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that
there is one event unto all: yea, 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.
4 ¶ For
to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better
than a dead lion.
5 For
the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither
have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Also
their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have
they any more a portion for ever in any thing
that is done under the sun.
7 ¶ Go
thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God
now accepteth thy works.
8 Let
thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
9 Live
joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity,
which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it
with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge,
nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
11 ¶ 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 favour to
men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
12 For
man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and
as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth
suddenly upon them.
13 ¶ This
wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great
king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
15 Now
there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city;
yet no man remembered that same poor man.
16 Then
said I, Wisdom is better than
strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
17 The
words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of
him that ruleth among fools.
18
Wisdom is better than weapons of war:
but one sinner destroyeth much good.
 
CHAPTER 10
DEAD flies
cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth
a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
2 A wise
man's heart is at his right hand; but
a fool's heart at his left.
3 Yea
also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
4 If the
spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding
pacifieth great offences.
5 There
is an evil which I have seen under
the sun, as an error which proceedeth
from the ruler:
6 Folly
is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
7 I have
seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
8 He
that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent
shall bite him.
9 Whoso
removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and
he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
10 If
the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more
strength: but wisdom is profitable to
direct.
11
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
12 The
words of a wise man's mouth are gracious;
but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
13 The
beginning of the words of his mouth is
foolishness: and the end of his talk is
mischievous madness.
14 A
fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be
after him, who can tell him?
15 The
labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to
go to the city.
16 ¶ Woe
to thee, O land, when thy king is a
child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
17
Blessed art thou, O land, when thy
king is the son of nobles, and thy
princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
18 ¶ By
much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the
house droppeth through.
19 ¶ A
feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
20 ¶ Curse
not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber:
for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall
tell the matter.
 
CHAPTER 11
CAST thy
bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
2 Give a
portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be
upon the earth.
3 If the
clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves
upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in
the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
4 He
that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall
not reap.
5 As
thou knowest not what is the way of
the spirit, nor how the bones do grow
in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God
who maketh all.
6 In the
morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou
knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
7 ¶ Truly
the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to
behold the sun:
8 But if
a man live many years, and rejoice in
them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
All that cometh is vanity.
9 ¶ Rejoice,
O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy
youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but
know thou, that for all these things God
will bring thee into judgment.
10
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for
childhood and youth are vanity.
 
CHAPTER 12
REMEMBER
now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the
years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
2 While
the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the
clouds return after the rain:
3 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 that look
out of the windows be darkened,
4 And
the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low,
and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick
shall be brought low;
5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which
is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper
shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home,
and the mourners go about the streets:
6 Or
ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be
broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
7 Then
shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God
who gave it.
8 ¶ Vanity
of vanities, saith the preacher; all is
vanity.
9 And
moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge;
yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and
set in order many proverbs.
10 The
preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words
of truth.
11 The
words of the wise are as goads, and
as nails fastened by the masters of
assemblies, which are given from one
shepherd.
12 And
further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is
a weariness of the flesh.
13 ¶ Let
us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his
commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
14 For God
shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be
good, or whether it be evil.


THE
SONG OF SOLOMON.


CHAPTER 1
THE song
of songs, which is Solomon's.
2 Let
him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
3
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured
forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
4 Draw
me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will
be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the
upright love thee.
5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of
Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
6 Look
not upon me, because I am black,
because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me;
they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but
mine own vineyard have I not kept.
7 Tell
me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock
to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of
thy companions?
8 ¶ If
thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of
the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
9 I have
compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
10 Thy
cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
11 We
will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
12 ¶ While
the king sitteth at his table, my
spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
13 A
bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved
unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
14 My
beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards
of En-gedi.
15
Behold, thou art fair, my love;
behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
16
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved,
yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
17 The
beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
 
CHAPTER 2
I AM the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
2 As the
lily among thorns, so is my love
among the daughters.
3 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, and
his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4 He
brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
5 Stay
me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
6 His
left hand is under my head, and his
right hand doth embrace me.
7 I
charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the
field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my
love, till he please.
8 ¶ The
voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping
upon the hills.
9 My
beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he
looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
10 My
beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11 For,
lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and
gone;
12 The
flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the
voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
13 The
fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good
smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
14 ¶ O
my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy
voice; for sweet is thy voice, and
thy countenance is comely.
15 Take
us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
16 ¶ My
beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
17 Until
the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a
roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
 
CHAPTER 3
BY night
on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
2 I will
rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will
seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
3 The
watchmen that go about the city found me: to
whom I said, Saw ye him whom
my soul loveth?
4 It was
but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I
held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's
house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
5 I
charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the
field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my
love, till he please.
6 ¶ Who is this that cometh out of the
wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with
all powders of the merchant?
7 Behold
his bed, which is Solomon's;
threescore valiant men are about it,
of the valiant of Israel.
8 They
all hold swords, being expert in war:
every man hath his sword upon his
thigh because of fear in the night.
9 King
Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
10 He
made the pillars thereof of silver,
the bottom thereof of gold, the
covering of it of purple, the midst
thereof being paved with love, for
the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 Go
forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith
his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the
gladness of his heart.
 
CHAPTER 4
BEHOLD,
thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
2 Thy
teeth are like a flock of sheep
that are even shorn, which
came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
3 Thy
lips are like a thread of scarlet,
and thy speech is comely: thy temples
are like a piece of a pomegranate
within thy locks.
4 Thy
neck is like the tower of David
builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty
men.
5 Thy
two breasts are like two young roes
that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
6 Until
the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of
myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
8 ¶ Come
with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with
me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon,
from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
9 Thou
hast ravished my heart, my sister, my
spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of
thy neck.
10 How
fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse!
how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than
all spices!
11 Thy
lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of
thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
12 A
garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain
sealed.
13 Thy
plants are an orchard of
pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
14
Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense;
myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
15 A
fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
16 ¶ Awake,
O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his
garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
 
CHAPTER 5
I AM
come into my garden, my sister, my spouse:
I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my
honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink
abundantly, O beloved.
2 ¶ I
sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that
knocketh, saying, Open to me, my
sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the
night.
3 I have
put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I
defile them?
4 My
beloved put in his hand by the hole of
the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
5 I rose
up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with
sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
6 I
opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he
spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
7 The
watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the
keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
8 I
charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him,
that I am sick of love.
9 ¶ What
is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among
women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so
charge us?
10 My
beloved is white and ruddy, the
chiefest among ten thousand.
11 His
head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a
raven.
12 His
eyes are as the eyes of doves by the
rivers of waters, washed with milk, and
fitly set.
13 His
cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling
myrrh.
14 His
hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory
overlaid with sapphires.
15 His
legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his
countenance is as Lebanon, excellent
as the cedars.
16 His
mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
 
CHAPTER 6
WHITHER is
thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned
aside? that we may seek him with thee.
2 My
beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the
gardens, and to gather lilies.
3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
4 ¶ Thou
art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah,
comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
5 Turn
away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
6 Thy
teeth are as a flock of sheep which
go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
7 As a
piece of a pomegranate are thy
temples within thy locks.
8 There
are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
9 My
dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is
the choice one of her that bare her. The
daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea,
the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
10 ¶ Who
is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the
sun, and terrible as an army
with banners?
11 I
went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
12 Or
ever I was aware, my soul made me like
the chariots of Amminadib.
13
Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What
will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.
 
CHAPTER 7
HOW beautiful
are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands
of a cunning workman.
2 Thy
navel is like a round goblet, which
wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
3 Thy
two breasts are like two young roes that are
twins.
4 Thy
neck is as a tower of ivory; thine
eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon,
by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is
as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
5 Thine
head upon thee is like Carmel, and
the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
6 How
fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
7 This
thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
8 I
said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof:
now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy
nose like apples;
9 And
the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those
that are asleep to speak.
10 ¶ I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
11 Come,
my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
12 Let
us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there
will I give thee my loves.
13 The
mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are
all manner of pleasant fruits, new
and old, which I have laid up for
thee, O my beloved.
 
CHAPTER 8
O THAT
thou wert as my brother, that sucked
the breasts of my mother! when I
should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
2 I
would lead thee, and bring thee into
my mother's house, who would instruct
me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
3 His
left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
4 I
charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
5 Who is this that cometh up from the
wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree:
there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
6 ¶ Set
me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof
are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
7 Many
waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give
all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
8 ¶ We
have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister
in the day when she shall be spoken for?
9 If she
be a wall, we will build upon her a
palace of silver: and if she be a
door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers:
then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
11
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers;
every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
12 My
vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have
a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
13 Thou
that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to
hear it.
14 ¶ Make
haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the
mountains of spices.


THE BOOK
OF THE PROPHET
ISAIAH.


CHAPTER 1
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.
2 Hear,
O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord
hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled
against me.
3 The ox
knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
4 Ah
sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that
are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord,
they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away
backward.
5 ¶ Why
should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is
sick, and the whole heart faint.
6 From
the sole of the foot even unto the head there
is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores:
they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
7 Your
country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land,
strangers devour it in your presence, and it
is desolate, as overthrown by
strangers.
8 And
the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden
of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
9 Except
the Lord of hosts had left unto us
a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
10 ¶ Hear
the word of the Lord, ye rulers of
Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
11 To
what purpose is the multitude of your
sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord:
I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I
delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
12 When
ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my
courts?
13 Bring
no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and
sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the
solemn meeting.
14 Your
new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me;
I am weary to bear them.
15 And
when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye
make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
16 ¶ Wash
you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease
to do evil;
17 Learn
to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead
for the widow.
18 Come
now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord:
though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red
like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 If ye
be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
20 But
if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of
the Lord hath spoken it.
21 ¶ How
is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness
lodged in it; but now murderers.
22 Thy
silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
23 Thy
princes are rebellious, and
companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they
judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
24
Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord
of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and
avenge me of mine enemies:
25 ¶ And
I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away
all thy tin:
26 And I
will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the
beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the
faithful city.
27 Zion
shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
28 ¶ And
the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and
they that forsake the Lord shall
be consumed.
29 For
they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be
confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
30 For
ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
31 And
the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both
burn together, and none shall quench them.
 
CHAPTER 2
THE word
that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 And it
shall come to pass in the last days, that
the mountain of the Lord's house
shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above
the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
3 And
many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and
he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion
shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord
from Jerusalem.
4 And he
shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall
beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation
shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
5 O
house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
6 ¶ Therefore
thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished
from the east, and are soothsayers
like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
7 Their
land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land
is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:
8 Their
land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that
which their own fingers have made:
9 And
the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive
them not.
10 ¶ Enter
into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty.
11 The
lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed
down, and the Lord alone shall be
exalted in that day.
12 For
the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is
proud and lofty, and upon every one that is
lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
13 And
upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the
oaks of Bashan,
14 And
upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
15 And
upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
16 And
upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
17 And
the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be
made low: and the Lord alone shall
be exalted in that day.
18 And
the idols he shall utterly abolish.
19 And
they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for
fear of the Lord, and for the
glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
20 In
that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which
they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
21 To go
into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear
of the Lord, and for the glory of his
majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
22 Cease
ye from man, whose breath is in his
nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
 
CHAPTER 3
FOR,
behold, the Lord, the Lord of
hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the
whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
2 The
mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent,
and the ancient,
3 The
captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning
artificer, and the eloquent orator.
4 And I
will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule
over them.
5 And
the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his
neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the
base against the honourable.
6 When a
man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our
ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
7 In
that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me
not a ruler of the people.
8 For
Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings
are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
9 ¶ The
shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin
as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their
soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
10 Say
ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of
their doings.
11 Woe
unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall
be given him.
12 ¶ As for
my people, children are their
oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy
paths.
13 The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth
to judge the people.
14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the
ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard;
the spoil of the poor is in your
houses.
15 What
mean ye that ye beat my people to
pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.
16 ¶ Moreover
the Lord saith, Because the
daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton
eyes, walking and mincing as they go,
and making a tinkling with their feet:
17
Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the
daughters of Zion, and the Lord
will discover their secret parts.
18 In
that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about
their feet, and their cauls,
and their round tires like the moon,
19 The
chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
20 The
bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and
the earrings,
21 The
rings, and nose jewels,
22 The
changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping
pins,
23 The
glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
24 And
it shall come to pass, that instead
of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead
of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
25 Thy
men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
26 And her
gates shall lament and mourn; and she being
desolate shall sit upon the ground.
 
CHAPTER 4
AND in
that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own
bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away
our reproach.
2 In
that day shall the branch of the Lord
be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely
for them that are escaped of Israel.
3 And it
shall come to pass, that he that
is left in Zion, and he that
remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:
4 When
the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall
have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of
judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
5 And
the Lord will create upon every
dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by
day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
6 And
there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for
a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
 
CHAPTER 5
NOW will
I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My
wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
2 And he
fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the
choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress
therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth
wild grapes.
3 And
now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt
me and my vineyard.
4 What
could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it?
wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth
wild grapes?
5 And
now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the
hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and
break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
6 And I
will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up
briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon
it.
7 For
the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of
Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression;
for righteousness, but behold a cry.
8 ¶ Woe
unto them that join house to house, that
lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed
alone in the midst of the earth!
9 In
mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses
shall be desolate, even great and
fair, without inhabitant.
10 Yea,
ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall
yield an ephah.
11 ¶ Woe
unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
12 And
the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts:
but they regard not the work of the Lord,
neither consider the operation of his hands.
13 ¶ Therefore
my people are gone into captivity, because they
have no knowledge: and their
honourable men are famished, and
their multitude dried up with thirst.
14
Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and
their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall
descend into it.
15 And
the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and
the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
16 But
the Lord of hosts shall be exalted
in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
17 Then
shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones
shall strangers eat.
18 Woe
unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a
cart rope:
19 That
say, Let him make speed, and hasten
his work, that we may see it: and let
the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
20 ¶ Woe
unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and
light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe
unto them that are wise in their
own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
22 Woe
unto them that are mighty to drink
wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
23 Which
justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous
from him!
24
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff,
so their root shall be as rottenness,
and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of
the Lord of hosts, and despised
the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25
Therefore is the anger of the Lord
kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them,
and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets.
For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
26 ¶ And
he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from
the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
27 None
shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither
shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be
broken:
28 Whose
arrows are sharp, and all their bows
bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a
whirlwind:
29 Their
roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall
roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
30 And
in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in
the heavens thereof.
 
CHAPTER 6
IN the
year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and
lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above
it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face,
and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
3 And one
cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts:
the whole earth is full of his glory.
4 And
the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was
filled with smoke.
5 ¶ Then
said I, Woe is me! for I am undone;
because I am a man of unclean lips,
and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen
the King, the Lord of hosts.
6 Then
flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from
off the altar:
7 And he
laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo,
this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
8 Also I
heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?
Then said I, Here am I; send me.
9 ¶ And
he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see
ye indeed, but perceive not.
10 Make
the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with
their heart, and convert, and be healed.
11 Then
said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without
inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
12 And
the Lord have removed men far
away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
13 ¶ But
yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall
return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
 
CHAPTER 7
AND it
came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of
Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria,
and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war
against it, but could not prevail against it.
2 And it
was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his
heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are
moved with the wind.
3 Then
said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go
forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the
conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
4 And
say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for
the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with
Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
5
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel
against thee, saying,
6 Let us
go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and
set a king in the midst of it, even the
son of Tabeal:
7 Thus
saith the Lord God, It shall not
stand, neither shall it come to pass.
8 For
the head of Syria is Damascus, and
the head of Damascus is Rezin; and
within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a
people.
9 And
the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and
the head of Samaria is Remaliah's
son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
10 ¶ Moreover
the Lord spake again unto Ahaz,
saying,
11 Ask
thee a sign of the Lord thy God;
ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
12 But
Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.
13 And
he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is
it a small thing for you to weary
men, but will ye weary my God also?
14
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall
conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
15
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose
the good.
16 For
before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land
that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
17 ¶ The
Lord shall bring upon thee, and
upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the
day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even
the king of Assyria.
18 And
it shall come to pass in that day, that
the Lord shall hiss 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.
19 And
they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the
holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
20 In
the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the
king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume
the beard.
21 And
it shall come to pass in that day, that
a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
22 And
it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey
shall every one eat that is left in the land.
23 And
it shall come to pass in that day, that
every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings,
it shall even be for briers and
thorns.
24 With
arrows and with bows shall men come
thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
25 And on all hills that shall be digged with
the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it
shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
 
CHAPTER 8
MOREOVER
the Lord said unto me, Take thee a
great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
2 And I
took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the
son of Jeberechiah.
3 And I
went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
4 For
before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the
riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king
of Assyria.
5 ¶ The Lord spake also unto me again, saying,
6
Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and
rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
7 Now
therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river,
strong and many, even the king of Assyria,
and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all
his banks:
8 And he
shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out
of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
9 ¶ Associate
yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye
of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird
yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
10 Take
counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not
stand: for God is with us.
11 ¶ For
the Lord spake thus to me with a
strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this
people, saying,
12 Say
ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A
confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
13
Sanctify the Lord of hosts
himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
14 And
he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of
offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15 And
many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be
taken.
16 Bind
up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
17 And I
will wait upon the Lord, that
hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18
Behold, I and the children whom the Lord
hath given me are for signs and for
wonders in Israel from the Lord of
hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
19 ¶ And
when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and
unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God?
for the living to the dead?
20 To
the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is
because there is no light in them.
21 And
they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to
pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse
their king and their God, and look upward.
22 And
they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of
anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
 
CHAPTER 9
NEVERTHELESS
the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the
land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously
afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
2 The
people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the
land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
3 Thou
hast multiplied the nation, and not
increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
4 For
thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod
of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
5 For
every battle of the warrior is with
confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and
fuel of fire.
6 For
unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be
upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The
mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
7 Of the
increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the
throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with
judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
8 ¶ The Lord
sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
9 And
all the people shall know, even Ephraim
and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
10 The
bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are
cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
11
Therefore the Lord shall set up
the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
12 The
Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with
open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
13 ¶ For
the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.
14
Therefore the Lord will cut off
from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
15 The
ancient and honourable, he is the
head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
16 For
the leaders of this people cause them
to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
17
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have
mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly.
For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
18 ¶ For
wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and
shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
19
Through the wrath of the Lord of
hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no
man shall spare his brother.
20 And
he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left
hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of
his own arm:
21
Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and
they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger
is not turned away, but his hand is stretched
out still.
 
CHAPTER 10
WOE unto
them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
2 To
turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of
my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
3 And
what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will
ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
4
Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under
the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
5 ¶ O
Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine
indignation.
6 I will
send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath
will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread
them down like the mire of the streets.
7
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is
in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
8 For he
saith, Are not my princes altogether
kings?
9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
10 As my
hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel
them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
11 Shall
I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her
idols?
12
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that
when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I
will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory
of his high looks.
13 For
he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds
of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the
inhabitants like a valiant man:
14 And
my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth
eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that
moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
15 Shall
the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if
the rod should shake itself against
them that lift it up, or as if the
staff should lift up itself, as if
it were no wood.
16
Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness;
and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
17 And
the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it
shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
18 And
shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and
body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.
19 And
the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
20 ¶ And
it shall come to pass in that day, that
the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no
more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 The
remnant shall return, even the
remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
22 For
though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall
overflow with righteousness.
23 For
the Lord God of hosts shall make a
consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
24 ¶ Therefore
thus saith the Lord God of hosts,
O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite
thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of
Egypt.
25 For
yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in
their destruction.
26 And
the Lord of hosts shall stir up a
scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
27 And
it shall come to pass in that day, that
his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy
neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
28 He is
come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his
carriages:
29 They
are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is
afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
30 Lift
up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor
Anathoth.
31
Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
32 As
yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of
Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33
Behold, the Lord, the Lord of
hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
34 And
he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall
by a mighty one.
 
CHAPTER 11
AND there
shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of
his roots:
2 And
the spirit of the Lord shall rest
upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and
might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
3 And
shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the
sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
4 But
with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the
meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and
with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
5 And
righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of
his reins.
6 The
wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the
kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little
child shall lead them.
7 And
the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and
the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 And
the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall
put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
9 They
shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full
of the knowledge of the Lord, as the
waters cover the sea.
10 ¶ And
in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of
the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
11 And
it shall come to pass in that day, that
the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his
people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros,
and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the
islands of the sea.
12 And
he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of
Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the
earth.
13 The
envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut
off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
14 But
they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they
shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and
Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
15 And
the Lord shall utterly destroy the
tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over
the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
16 And
there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left,
from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the
land of Egypt.
 
CHAPTER 12
AND in
that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I
will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away,
and thou comfortedst me.
2
Behold, God is my salvation; I will
trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord
JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
3
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
4 And in
that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord,
call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his
name is exalted.
5 Sing
unto the Lord; for he hath done
excellent things: this is known in
all the earth.
6 Cry
out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
 
CHAPTER 13
THE burden
of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
2 Lift
ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the
hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
3 I have
commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger,
even them that rejoice in my highness.
4 The
noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous
noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
5 They
come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the
weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
6 ¶ Howl
ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a
destruction from the Almighty.
7
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:
8 And
they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be
in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their
faces shall be as flames.
9
Behold, the day of the Lord
cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and
he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For
the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light:
the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her
light to shine.
11 And I
will punish the world for their evil,
and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud
to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I
will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge
of Ophir.
13
Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her
place, in the wrath of the Lord of
hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
14 And
it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall
every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
15 Every
one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them
shall fall by the sword.
16 Their
children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall
be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
17
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver;
and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
18 Their bows also shall dash the young men
to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall
not spare children.
19 ¶ And
Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall
be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 It
shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to
generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the
shepherds make their fold there.
21 But
wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of
doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
22 And
the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons
in their pleasant palaces: and her
time is near to come, and her days
shall not be prolonged.
 
CHAPTER 14
FOR the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will
yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be
joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
2 And
the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of
Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord
for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they
were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
3 And it
shall come to pass in the day that the Lord
shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard
bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
4 ¶ That
thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath
the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked,
and the sceptre of the rulers.
6 He who
smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in
anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
7 The
whole earth is at rest, and is quiet:
they break forth into singing.
8 Yea,
the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the
cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou
art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
9 Hell
from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee
at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their
thrones all the kings of the nations.
10 All
they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou
become like unto us?
11 Thy
pomp is brought down to the grave, and
the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
12 How
art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground,
which didst weaken the nations!
13 For
thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my
throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the
congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I
will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet
thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They
that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying,
Is this the man that made the earth
to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and
destroyed the cities thereof; that opened
not the house of his prisoners?
18 All
the kings of the nations, even all of
them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19 But
thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of
those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones
of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
20 Thou
shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers
shall never be renowned.
21
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they
do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 For I
will rise up against them, saith the Lord
of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew,
saith the Lord.
23 I
will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will
sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
24 ¶ The
Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying,
Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
25 That
I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under
foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off
their shoulders.
26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the
whole earth: and this is the hand
that is stretched out upon all the nations.
27 For
the Lord of hosts hath purposed,
and who shall disannul it? and his
hand is stretched out, and who shall turn
it back?
28 In
the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
29 ¶ Rejoice
not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken:
for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
30 And
the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety:
and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
31 Howl,
O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art
dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
32 What
shall one then answer the messengers
of the nation? That the Lord hath
founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
 
CHAPTER 15
THE burden
of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid
waste, and brought to silence;
2 He is
gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over
Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall
be baldness, and every beard cut off.
3 In
their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their
houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
4 And
Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry
out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
5 My
heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall
flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three
years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up;
for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
6 For
the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass
faileth, there is no green thing.
7
Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up,
shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
8 For
the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto
Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.
9 For
the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon,
lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
 
CHAPTER 16
SEND ye
the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount
of the daughter of Zion.
2 For it
shall be, that, as a wandering bird
cast out of the nest, so the
daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
3 Take
counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the
noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
4 Let
mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of
the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors
are consumed out of the land.
5 And in
mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the
tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
6 ¶ We
have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
7
Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations
of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they
are stricken.
8 For
the fields of Heshbon languish, and the
vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants
thereof, they are come even unto
Jazer, they wandered through the
wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
9 ¶ Therefore
I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee
with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits
and for thy harvest is fallen.
10 And
gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the
vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the
treaders shall tread out no wine in their
presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
11
Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts
for Kir-haresh.
12 ¶ And
it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place,
that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
13 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab since
that time.
14 But now
the Lord hath spoken, saying,
Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be
contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
 
CHAPTER 17
THE burden
of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
2 The
cities of Aroer are forsaken: they
shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
3 The
fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the
remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith
the Lord of hosts.
4 And in
that day it shall come to pass, that the
glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
5 And it
shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with
his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
6 ¶ Yet
gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost
bough, four or five in the outmost
fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord
God of Israel.
7 At
that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the
Holy One of Israel.
8 And he
shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either
the groves, or the images.
9 ¶ In
that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost
branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be
desolation.
10
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful
of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and
shalt set it with strange slips:
11 In
the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make
thy seed to flourish: but the harvest
shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
12 ¶ Woe
to the multitude of many people, which
make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of
mighty waters!
13 The
nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be
chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing
before the whirlwind.
14 And
behold at eveningtide trouble; and before
the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us,
and the lot of them that rob us.
 
CHAPTER 18
WOE to
the land shadowing with wings, which is
beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
2 That
sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a
nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning
hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have
spoiled!
3 All ye
inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up
an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
4 For so
the Lord said unto me, I will take
my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs,
and like a cloud of dew in the heat
of harvest.
5 For
afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in
the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
6 They
shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of
the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the
earth shall winter upon them.
7 ¶ In
that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a
people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden
under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the
Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.
 
CHAPTER 19
THE burden
of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth
upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be
moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
2 And I
will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one
against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
3 And
the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the
counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to
them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
4 And
the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king
shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the Lord
of hosts.
5 And
the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
6 And
they shall turn the rivers far away; and
the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall
wither.
7 The
paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by
the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.
8 The
fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall
lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
9
Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be
confounded.
10 And
they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.
11 ¶ Surely
the princes of Zoan are fools, the
counsel of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh,
I am the son of the wise, the son of
ancient kings?
12 Where
are they? where are thy wise men? and let
them tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord
of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
13 The
princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have
also seduced Egypt, even they that
are the stay of the tribes thereof.
14 The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in
the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as
a drunken man staggereth in his
vomit.
15
Neither shall there be any work for
Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
16 In
that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because
of the shaking of the hand of the Lord
of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
17 And
the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention
thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath determined
against it.
18 ¶ In
that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan,
and swear to the Lord of hosts;
one shall be called, The city of destruction.
19 In
that day shall there be an altar to the Lord
in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord.
20 And
it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto
the Lord because of the
oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall
deliver them.
21 And
the Lord shall be known to Egypt,
and the Egyptians shall know the Lord
in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow
unto the Lord, and perform it.
22 And
the Lord shall smite Egypt: he
shall smite and heal it: and they
shall return even to the Lord, and he shall be intreated of them,
and shall heal them.
23 ¶ In
that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian
shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall
serve with the Assyrians.
24 In
that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the
land:
25 Whom
the Lord of hosts shall bless,
saying, Blessed be Egypt my people,
and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
 
CHAPTER 20
IN the
year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,)
and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
2 At the
same time spake the Lord by Isaiah
the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put
off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
3 And
the Lord said, Like as my servant
Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
4 So
shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians
captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
5 And
they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt
their glory.
6 And
the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for
help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
 
CHAPTER 21
THE burden
of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible
land.
2 A
grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth
treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all
the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
3
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the
pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it;
I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
4 My
heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he
turned into fear unto me.
5
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
6 For
thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he
seeth.
7 And he
saw a chariot with a couple of
horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a
chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
8 And he
cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime,
and I am set in my ward whole nights:
9 And,
behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with
a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen;
and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
10 O my
threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared
unto you.
11 ¶ The
burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night?
Watchman, what of the night?
12 The
watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire
ye: return, come.
13 ¶ The
burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling
companies of Dedanim.
14 The
inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they
prevented with their bread him that fled.
15 For
they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and
from the grievousness of war.
16 For
thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an
hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
17 And
the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar,
shall be diminished: for the Lord God
of Israel hath spoken it.
 
CHAPTER 22
THE burden
of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to
the housetops?
2 Thou
that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are
not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
3 All
thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found
in thee are bound together, which have
fled from far.
4
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to
comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
5 For it is
a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking
down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
6 And
Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and
horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
7 And it
shall come to pass, that thy choicest
valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in
array at the gate.
8 ¶ And
he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the
armour of the house of the forest.
9 Ye
have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye
gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10 And
ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to
fortify the wall.
11 Ye
made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye
have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that
fashioned it long ago.
12 And
in that day did the Lord God of
hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
13 And
behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and
drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
14 And
it was revealed in mine ears by the Lord
of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith
the Lord God of hosts.
15 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord God of hosts, Go,
get thee unto this treasurer, even unto
Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
16 What
hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre
here, as he that heweth him out a
sepulchre on high, and that graveth
an habitation for himself in a rock?
17
Behold, the Lord will carry thee
away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
18 He
will surely violently turn and toss thee like
a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of
thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.
19 And I
will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
20 ¶ And
it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son
of Hilkiah:
21 And I
will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will
commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
22 And
the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open,
and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
23 And I
will fasten him as a nail in a sure
place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.
24 And
they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and
the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all
the vessels of flagons.
25 In
that day, saith the Lord of hosts,
shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down,
and fall; and the burden that was upon
it shall be cut off: for the Lord
hath spoken it.
 
CHAPTER 23
THE burden
of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no
house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
2 Be
still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass
over the sea, have replenished.
3 And by
great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
4 Be
thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring
forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
5 As at
the report concerning Egypt, so shall
they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
6 Pass
ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of
ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
8 Who
hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are
princes, whose traffickers are the
honourable of the earth?
9 The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain
the pride of all glory, and to bring
into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
10 Pass
through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more
strength.
11 He
stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the
merchant city, to destroy the strong
holds thereof.
12 And
he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of
Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
13
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness:
they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
14 Howl,
ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
15 And
it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years,
according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre
sing as an harlot.
16 Take
an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet
melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
17 ¶ And
it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn
to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon
the face of the earth.
18 And
her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise
shall be for them that dwell before the Lord,
to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
 
CHAPTER 24
BEHOLD,
the Lord maketh the earth empty,
and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants
thereof.
2 And it
shall 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 lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of
usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
3 The
land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.
4 The
earth mourneth and fadeth away, the
world languisheth and fadeth away,
the haughty people of the earth do languish.
5 The
earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have
transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
6
Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are
desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
7 The
new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
8 The
mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the
harp ceaseth.
9 They
shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that
drink it.
10 The
city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come
in.
11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth
of the land is gone.
12 In
the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
13 ¶ When
thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking
of an olive tree, and as the gleaning
grapes when the vintage is done.
14 They
shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
15
Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in
the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the
sea.
16 ¶ From
the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness,
woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the
treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
17 Fear,
and the pit, and the snare, are upon
thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And
it shall come to pass, that he who
fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up
out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from
on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The
earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved
exceedingly.
20 The
earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a
cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall
fall, and not rise again.
21 And
it shall come to pass in that day, that
the Lord shall punish the host of
the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth
upon the earth.
22 And
they shall be gathered together, as prisoners
are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many
days shall they be visited.
23 Then
the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion,
and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
 
CHAPTER 25
O LORD,
thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I
will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of
old are faithfulness and truth.
2 For
thou hast made of a city an heap; of a
defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
3
Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible
nations shall fear thee.
4 For
thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress,
a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible
ones is as a storm against the wall.
5 Thou
shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a
cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
6 ¶ And
in this mountain shall the Lord of
hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees,
of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
7 And he
will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people,
and the vail that is spread over all nations.
8 He
will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God
will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he
take away from off all the earth: for the Lord
hath spoken it.
9 ¶ And
it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is
our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have
waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
10 For
in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord
rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down
for the dunghill.
11 And
he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth
spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down
their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
12 And
the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
 
CHAPTER 26
IN that
day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city;
salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
2 Open
ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
3 Thou
wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
4 Trust
ye in the Lord for ever: for in
the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
5 ¶ For
he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he
layeth it low, even to the ground; he
bringeth it even to the dust.
6 The
foot shall tread it down, even the
feet of the poor, and the steps of
the needy.
7 The
way of the just is uprightness: thou,
most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
8 Yea,
in the way of thy judgments, O Lord,
have we waited for thee; the desire of our
soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance
of thee.
9 With
my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I
seek thee early: for when thy judgments are
in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
10 Let
favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will
he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly,
and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
11 Lord, when
thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but
they shall see, and be ashamed for their
envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
12 ¶ Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for
thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
13 O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of
thy name.
14 They are
dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise:
therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
15 Thou
hast increased the nation, O Lord,
thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
16 Lord, in trouble have they visited thee,
they poured out a prayer when thy
chastening was upon them.
17 Like
as a woman with child, that draweth
near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and
crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.
18 We
have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth
wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the
inhabitants of the world fallen.
19 Thy
dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell
in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall
cast out the dead.
20 ¶ Come,
my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide
thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
21 For,
behold, the Lord cometh out of his
place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also
shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
 
CHAPTER 27
IN that
day the Lord with his sore and
great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan
that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
2 In
that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
3 I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every
moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep
it night and day.
4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would
go through them, I would burn them together.
5 Or let
him take hold of my strength, that he
may make peace with me; and he shall
make peace with me.
6 He
shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud,
and fill the face of the world with fruit.
7 ¶ Hath
he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by
him?
8 In
measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough
wind in the day of the east wind.
9 By
this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin;
when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in
sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
10 Yet
the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there
shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches
thereof.
11 When
the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding:
therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed
them will shew them no favour.
12 ¶ And
it shall come to pass in that day, that
the Lord shall beat off from the
channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by
one, O ye children of Israel.
13 And
it shall come to pass in that day, that
the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish
in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall
worship the Lord in the holy mount
at Jerusalem.
 
CHAPTER 28
WOE to
the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of
them that are overcome with wine!
2
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and
a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to
the earth with the hand.
3 The
crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
4 And
the glorious beauty, which is on the
head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while
it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
5 ¶ In
that day shall the Lord of hosts
be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
6 And
for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to
them that turn the battle to the gate.
7 ¶ But
they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way;
the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed
up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision,
they stumble in judgment.
8 For
all tables are full of vomit and filthiness,
so that there is no place clean.
9 ¶ Whom
shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that
are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
10 For
precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon
line; here a little, and there a little:
11 For
with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
12 To
whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to
rest; and this is the refreshing: yet
they would not hear.
13 But
the word of the Lord was unto them
precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here
a little, and there a little; that
they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
14 ¶ Wherefore
hear the word of the Lord, ye
scornful men, that rule this people which is
in Jerusalem.
15
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we
at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not
come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid
ourselves:
16 ¶ Therefore
thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I
lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that
believeth shall not make haste.
17
Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the
hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the
hiding place.
18 ¶ And
your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell
shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall
be trodden down by it.
19 From
the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it
pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
20 For
the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it:
and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
21 For
the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do
his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
22 Now
therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard
from the Lord God of hosts a consumption,
even determined upon the whole earth.
23 ¶ Give
ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
24 Doth
the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his
ground?
25 When
he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and
scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley
and the rie in their place?
26 For
his God doth instruct him to discretion, and
doth teach him.
27 For
the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart
wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a
staff, and the cummin with a rod.
28 Bread
corn is bruised; because he will not
ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise
it with his horsemen.
29 This
also cometh forth from the Lord of
hosts, which is wonderful in counsel,
and excellent in working.
 
CHAPTER 29
WOE to
Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David
dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
2 Yet I
will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be
unto me as Ariel.
3 And I
will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a
mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
4 And
thou shalt be brought down, and shalt
speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy
voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and
thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
5
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the
multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it
shall be at an instant suddenly.
6 Thou
shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts
with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and
the flame of devouring fire.
7 ¶ And
the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight
against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a
night vision.
8 It
shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth,
and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a
thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is
faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations
be, that fight against mount Zion.
9 ¶ Stay
yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with
wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
10 For
the Lord hath poured out upon you
the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your
rulers, the seers hath he covered.
11 And
the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed,
which men deliver to one that is learned,
saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
12 And
the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray
thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
13 ¶ Wherefore
the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have
removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the
precept of men:
14
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for
the wisdom of their wise men shall
perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
15 Woe
unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark,
and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
16
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's
clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the
thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon
shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed
as a forest?
18 ¶ And
in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the
blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
19 The
meek also shall increase their joy in
the Lord, and the poor among men
shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For
the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all
that watch for iniquity are cut off:
21 That
make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in
the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
22
Therefore thus saith the Lord, who
redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be
ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
23 But
when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they
shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God
of Israel.
24 They
also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured
shall learn doctrine.
 
CHAPTER 30
WOE to
the rebellious children, saith the Lord,
that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my
spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
2 That
walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen
themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
3
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the
shadow of Egypt your confusion.
4 For
his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
5 They
were all ashamed of a people that could
not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
6 The
burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from
whence come the young and old lion, the
viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders
of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
7 For
the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried
concerning this, Their strength is to
sit still.
8 ¶ Now
go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for
the time to come for ever and ever:
9 That
this is a rebellious people, lying
children, children that will not hear
the law of the Lord:
10 Which
say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right
things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
11 Get
you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to
cease from before us.
12
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and
trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
13
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out
in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
14 And
he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in
pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of
it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
15 For
thus saith the Lord God, the Holy
One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence
shall be your strength: and ye would not.
16 But
ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We
will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
17 One
thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee:
till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an
hill.
18 ¶ And
therefore will the Lord wait, that
he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have
mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
19 For
the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will
be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he
will answer thee.
20 And though the Lord give you the bread of
adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into
a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
21 And
thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when
ye turn to the left.
22 Ye
shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament
of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth;
thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
23 Then
shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and
bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that
day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
24 The
oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean
provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
25 And
there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the
great slaughter, when the towers fall.
26 Moreover
the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the
sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people,
and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 ¶ Behold,
the name of the Lord cometh from
far, burning with his anger, and the
burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a
devouring fire:
28 And
his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to
sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people,
causing them to err.
29 Ye
shall have a song, as in the night when
a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe
to come into the mountain of the Lord,
to the mighty One of Israel.
30 And
the Lord shall cause his glorious
voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation
of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and
hailstones.
31 For
through the voice of the Lord
shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which
smote with a rod.
32 And in every place where the grounded staff
shall pass, which the Lord shall
lay upon him, it shall be with
tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.
33 For
Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for
the king it is prepared; he hath made it
deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the
Lord, like a stream of brimstone,
doth kindle it.
 
CHAPTER 31
WOE to
them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots,
because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they
look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!
2 Yet he
also is wise, and will bring evil,
and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers,
and against the help of them that work iniquity.
3 Now
the Egyptians are men, and not God;
and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall
fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
4 For
thus hath the Lord spoken unto me,
Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds
is called forth against him, he will
not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall
the Lord of hosts come down to
fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
5 As
birds flying, so will the Lord of
hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he
will preserve it.
6 ¶ Turn
ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
7 For in
that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold,
which your own hands have made unto you for
a sin.
8 ¶ Then
shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not
of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his
young men shall be discomfited.
9 And he
shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of
the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire
is in Zion, and his furnace in
Jerusalem.
 
CHAPTER 32
BEHOLD,
a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
2 And a
man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest;
as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary
land.
3 And
the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear
shall hearken.
4 The
heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the
stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
5 The
vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be
bountiful.
6 For
the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to
practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause
the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7 The
instruments also of the churl are evil:
he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the
needy speaketh right.
8 But
the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
9 ¶ Rise
up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear
unto my speech.
10 Many
days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall
fail, the gathering shall not come.
11
Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you,
and make you bare, and gird sackcloth
upon your loins.
12 They
shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
13 Upon
the land of my people shall come up thorns and
briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in
the joyous city:
14
Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left;
the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture
of flocks;
15 Until
the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful
field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
16 Then
judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the
fruitful field.
17 And
the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness
quietness and assurance for ever.
18 And
my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in
quiet resting places;
19 When
it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low
place.
20
Blessed are ye that sow beside all
waters, that send forth thither the
feet of the ox and the ass.
 
CHAPTER 33
WOE to
thee that spoilest, and thou wast not
spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee!
when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall
deal treacherously with thee.
2 O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited
for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
3 At the
noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations
were scattered.
4 And
your spoil shall be gathered like the
gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run
upon them.
5 The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high:
he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
6 And
wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his
treasure.
7
Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall
weep bitterly.
8 The
highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he
hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
9 The
earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon
is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is
like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
10 Now
will I rise, saith the Lord; now
will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
11 Ye
shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
12 And
the people shall be as the burnings
of lime: as thorns cut up shall they
be burned in the fire.
13 ¶ Hear,
ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near,
acknowledge my might.
14 The
sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who
among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting
burnings?
15 He
that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of
oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his
ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
16 He
shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall
be the munitions of rocks: bread
shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
17 Thine
eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very
far off.
18 Thine
heart shall meditate terror. Where is
the scribe? where is the receiver?
where is he that counted the towers?
19 Thou
shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst
perceive; of a stammering tongue, that
thou canst not understand.
20 Look
upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet
habitation, a tabernacle that shall
not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither
shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
21 But
there the glorious Lord will be
unto us a place of broad rivers and streams;
wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
22 For
the Lord is our judge, the Lord
is our lawgiver, the Lord is
our king; he will save us.
23 Thy
tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not
spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the
prey.
24 And
the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
 
CHAPTER 34
COME near,
ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that
is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
2 For
the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath
utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
3 Their
slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their
carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
4 And
all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled
together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth
off from the vine, and as a falling fig
from the fig tree.
5 For my
sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and
upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
6 The
sword of the Lord is filled with
blood, it is made fat with fatness, and
with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the
Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah,
and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
7 And
the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and
their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
8 For it is
the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the
controversy of Zion.
9 And
the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into
brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
10 It
shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from
generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for
ever and ever.
11 ¶ But
the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven
shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and
the stones of emptiness.
12 They
shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all
her princes shall be nothing.
13 And
thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses
thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
14 The
wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island,
and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there,
and find for herself a place of rest.
15 There
shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her
shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
16 ¶ Seek
ye out of the book of the Lord,
and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it
hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
17 And
he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line:
they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell
therein.
 
CHAPTER 35
THE wilderness
and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice,
and blossom as the rose.
2 It
shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon
shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the
glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.
3 ¶ Strengthen
ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
4 Say to
them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will
come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
5 Then
the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be
unstopped.
6 Then
shall the lame man leap as an hart,
and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and
streams in the desert.
7 And
the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water:
in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds
and rushes.
8 And an
highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness;
the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall
be for those: the wayfaring men,
though fools, shall not err therein.
9 No
lion shall be there, nor any ravenous
beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk
there:
10 And
the ransomed of the Lord shall
return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall
obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
 
CHAPTER 36
NOW it
came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced
cities of Judah, and took them.
2 And
the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah
with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway
of the fuller's field.
3 Then
came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.
4 ¶ And
Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king,
the king of Assyria, What confidence is
this wherein thou trustest?
5 I say,
sayest thou, (but they are but
vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust,
that thou rebellest against me?
6 Lo,
thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man
lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
7 But if
thou say to me, We trust in the Lord
our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken
away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
8 Now
therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I
will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders
upon them.
9 How
then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's
servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
10 And
am I now come up without the Lord
against this land to destroy it? the Lord
said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
11 ¶ Then
said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy
servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the
people that are on the wall.
12 ¶ But
Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these
words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall,
that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
13 Then
Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said,
Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
14 Thus
saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to
deliver you.
15
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord,
saying, The Lord will surely
deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of
Assyria.
16
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement
with me by a present, and come out to
me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink
ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
17 Until
I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine,
a land of bread and vineyards.
18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you,
saying, The Lord will deliver us.
Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the
king of Assyria?
19 Where
are the gods of Hamath and Arphad?
where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and
have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
20 Who are they
among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my
hand, that the Lord should deliver
Jerusalem out of my hand?
21 But
they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment
was, saying, Answer him not.
22 ¶ Then
came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was
over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the
recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes
rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
 
CHAPTER 37
AND it
came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it,
that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the
house of the Lord.
2 And he
sent Eliakim, who was over the
household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth,
unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
3 And
they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children
are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
4 It may
be the Lord thy God will hear the
words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach
the living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
5 So the
servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6 ¶ And
Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words that thou
hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to
his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
8 ¶ So
Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for
he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
9 And he
heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war
with thee. And when he heard it, he sent
messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10 Thus
shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou
trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of
the king of Assyria.
11
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by
destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
12 Have
the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the
children of Eden which were in
Telassar?
13 Where
is the king of Hamath, and the king
of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
14 ¶ And
Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and
Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord,
and spread it before the Lord.
15 And
Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord,
saying,
16 O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that
dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made
heaven and earth.
17
Incline thine ear, O Lord, and
hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and
see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the
living God.
18 Of a
truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria
have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,
19 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.
20 Now
therefore, O Lord our God, save us
from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord,
even thou only.
21 ¶ Then
Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast
prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
22 This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The
virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken
her head at thee.
23 Whom
hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high?
even against the Holy One of Israel.
24 By
thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of
my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon;
and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height
of his border, and the forest of his
Carmel.
25 I
have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all
the rivers of the besieged places.
26 Hast
thou not heard long ago, how I have
done it; and of ancient times, that I
have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay
waste defenced cities into ruinous
heaps.
27
Therefore their inhabitants were of
small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as
the green herb, as the grass on the housetops,
and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
28 But I
know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
29
Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears,
therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will
turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
30 And
this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which
springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant
vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
31 And
the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root
downward, and bear fruit upward:
32 For
out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount
Zion: the zeal of the Lord of
hosts shall do this.
33
Therefore thus saith the Lord
concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an
arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
34 By
the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this
city, saith the Lord.
35 For I
will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's
sake.
36 Then
the angel of the Lord went forth,
and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand:
and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
37 ¶ So
Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at
Nineveh.
38 And
it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that
Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped
into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
 
CHAPTER 38
IN those
days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came
unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord,
Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
2 Then
Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord,
3 And
said, Remember now, O Lord, I
beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart,
and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
4 ¶ Then
came the word of the Lord to
Isaiah, saying,
5 Go,
and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord,
the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears:
behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
6 And I
will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I
will defend this city.
7 And
this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord,
that the Lord will do this thing
that he hath spoken;
8
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the
sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which
degrees it was gone down.
9 ¶ The
writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of
his sickness:
10 I
said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am
deprived of the residue of my years.
11 I
said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more
with the inhabitants of the world.
12 Mine
age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off
like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of
me.
13 I
reckoned till morning, that, as a
lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
14 Like
a crane or a swallow, so did I
chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
15 What
shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in
the bitterness of my soul.
16 O Lord,
by these things men live, and in all these things
is the life of my spirit: so wilt
thou recover me, and make me to live.
17
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins
behind thy back.
18 For
the grave cannot praise thee, death can not
celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
19 The
living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
20 The Lord was
ready to save me: therefore we will
sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house
of the Lord.
21 For
Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
22
Hezekiah also had said, What is the
sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?
 
CHAPTER 39
AT that
time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a
present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
2 And
Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things,
the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all
the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was
nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
3 ¶ Then
came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these
men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from
a far country unto me, even from
Babylon.
4 Then
said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there
is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
5 Then
said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord
of hosts:
6
Behold, the days come, that all that is
in thine house, and that which thy
fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon:
nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
7 And of
thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take
away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
8 Then
said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the
word of the Lord which thou hast
spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
 
CHAPTER 40
COMFORT ye,
comfort ye my people, saith your God.
2 Speak
ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is
accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.
3 ¶ The
voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a
highway for our God.
4 Every
valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the
crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
5 And
the glory of the Lord shall be
revealed, and all flesh shall see it together:
for the mouth of the Lord hath
spoken it.
6 The
voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
7 The
grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
8 The
grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
9 ¶ O
Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O
Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the
cities of Judah, Behold your God!
10
Behold, the Lord God will come
with strong hand, and his arm shall
rule for him: behold, his reward is with
him, and his work before him.
11 He
shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm,
and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are
with young.
12 ¶ Who
hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with
the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the
mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
13 Who
hath directed the Spirit of the Lord,
or being his counseller hath taught
him?
14 With
whom took he counsel, and who instructed
him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and
shewed to him the way of understanding?
15
Behold, the nations are as a drop of
a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh
up the isles as a very little thing.
16 And Lebanon
is not sufficient to burn, nor the
beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 All
nations before him are as nothing;
and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
18 ¶ To
whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19 The
workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold,
and casteth silver chains.
20 He
that is so impoverished that he hath
no oblation chooseth a tree that will
not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
21 Have
ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning?
have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is
he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out
the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
23 That
bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
24 Yea,
they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall
not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall
wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
25 To
whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
26 Lift
up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all
by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power;
not one faileth.
27 Why
sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from
my God?
28 ¶ Hast
thou not known? hast thou not heard, that
the everlasting God, the Lord, the
Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
29 He
giveth power to the faint; and to them
that have no might he increaseth strength.
30 Even
the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31 But
they that wait upon the Lord shall
renew their strength; they shall
mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
 
CHAPTER 41
KEEP silence
before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us
come near together to judgment.
2 Who
raised up the righteous man from the
east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
3 He
pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
4 Who
hath wrought and done it, calling the
generations from the beginning? I the Lord,
the first, and with the last; I am he.
5 The
isles saw it, and feared; the ends of
the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
6 They
helped every one his neighbour; and every
one said to his brother, Be of good
courage.
7 So the
carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and
he that smootheth with the hammer him
that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready
for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
8 But
thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob
whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of
the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou
art my servant; I have chosen thee,
and not cast thee away.
10 ¶ Fear
thou not; for I am with thee: be not
dismayed; for I am thy God: I will
strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right
hand of my righteousness.
11
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and
confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall
perish.
12 Thou
shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even
them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing,
and as a thing of nought.
13 For I
the Lord thy God will hold thy
right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
14 Fear
not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of
Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord,
and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou
shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them
small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
16 Thou
shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall
scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord,
and shalt glory in the Holy One of
Israel.
17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue
faileth for thirst, I the Lord
will hear them, I the God of Israel
will not forsake them.
18 I
will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I
will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
19 I
will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and
the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
20 That
they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of
the Lord hath done this, and the Holy
One of Israel hath created it.
21
Produce your cause, saith the Lord;
bring forth your strong reasons,
saith the King of Jacob.
22 Let
them bring them forth, and shew us
what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know
the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
23 Shew
the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that
we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
24
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your
work of nought: an abomination is he that
chooseth you.
25 I
have raised up one from the north, and
he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall
come upon princes as upon morter, and
as the potter treadeth clay.
26 Who
hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may
say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there
is none that heareth your words.
27 The
first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one
that bringeth good tidings.
28 For I
beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counseller, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29
Behold, they are all vanity; their
works are nothing: their molten
images are wind and confusion.
 
CHAPTER 42
BEHOLD my
servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in
whom my soul delighteth; I have put
my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
2 He
shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
3 A
bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he
shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
4 He
shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and
the isles shall wait for his law.
5 ¶ Thus
saith God the Lord, he that
created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth,
and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it,
and spirit to them that walk therein:
6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness,
and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the
people, for a light of the Gentiles;
7 To
open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the
prison house.
8 I am the Lord:
that is my name: and my glory will I
not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
9
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before
they spring forth I tell you of them.
10 Sing
unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the
earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the
inhabitants thereof.
11 Let
the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages
that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants
of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let
them give glory unto the Lord, and
declare his praise in the islands.
13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he
shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail
against his enemies.
14 I
have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now
will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
15 I
will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will
make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
16 And I
will bring the blind by a way that they
knew not; I will lead them in paths that
they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things
straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
17 ¶ They
shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven
images, that say to the molten images, Ye are
our gods.
18 Hear,
ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my
messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord's servant?
20
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth
not.
21 The Lord is well pleased for his
righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
22 But
this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are
all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a
prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
23 Who
among you will give ear to this? who will
hearken and hear for the time to come?
24 Who
gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the Lord, he against whom we have sinned? for
they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
25
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of
battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned
him, yet he laid it not to heart.
 
CHAPTER 43
BUT now
thus saith the Lord that created
thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed
thee, I have called thee by thy name;
thou art mine.
2 When
thou passest through the waters, I will
be with thee; and through the rivers,
they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt
not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
3 For I am the Lord
thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
4 Since
thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved
thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
5 Fear
not: for I am with thee: I will bring
thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
6 I will
say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from
far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
7 Even every one that is called by my
name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
8 ¶ Bring
forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
9 Let
all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who
among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth
their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is
truth.
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen:
that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be
after me.
11 I, even I, am the Lord; and
beside me there is no saviour.
12 I
have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.
13 Yea,
before the day was I am he; and there is none that can
deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
14 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord, your redeemer, the
Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down
all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
15 I am the Lord,
your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
16 Thus
saith the Lord, which maketh a way
in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
17 Which
bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie
down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
18 ¶ Remember
ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
19
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it?
I will even make a way in the wilderness, and
rivers in the desert.
20 The
beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give
waters in the wilderness, and rivers in
the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
21 This
people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
22 ¶ But
thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O
Israel.
23 Thou
hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou
honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an
offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
24 Thou
hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the
fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast
wearied me with thine iniquities.
25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and
will not remember thy sins.
26 Put
me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be
justified.
27 Thy
first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
28 Therefore
I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the
curse, and Israel to reproaches.
 
CHAPTER 44
YET now
hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
2 Thus
saith the Lord that made thee, and
formed thee from the womb, which will
help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have
chosen.
3 For I
will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I
will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
4 And
they shall spring up as among the
grass, as willows by the water courses.
5 One
shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and
another shall subscribe with his hand
unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
6 Thus
saith the Lord the King of Israel,
and his redeemer the Lord of
hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
7 And
who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since
I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come,
let them shew unto them.
8 Fear
ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have
declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
9 ¶ They
that make a graven image are all of
them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not,
nor know; that they may be ashamed.
10 Who
hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that
is profitable for nothing?
11
Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered
together, let them stand up; yet they
shall fear, and they shall be ashamed
together.
12 The
smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers,
and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his
strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
13 The
carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he
marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with
the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty
of a man; that it may remain in the house.
14 He
heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he
strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash,
and the rain doth nourish it.
15 Then
shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea,
he kindleth it, and baketh bread;
yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it;
he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
16 He
burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he
roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
17 And
the residue thereof he maketh a god, even
his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
18 They
have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot
see; and their hearts, that they cannot
understand.
19 And
none considereth in his heart, neither is
there knowledge nor understanding to
say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon
the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I
fall down to the stock of a tree?
20 He
feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot
deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
21 ¶ Remember
these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art
my servant: I have formed thee; thou art
my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
22 I
have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy
sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
23 Sing,
O ye heavens; for the Lord hath
done it: shout, ye lower parts of the
earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree
therein: for the Lord hath redeemed
Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
24 Thus
saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and
he that formed thee from the womb, I am
the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the
heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
25 That
frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise
men backward, and maketh their
knowledge foolish;
26 That
confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his
messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities
of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
27 That
saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
28 That
saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my
pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy
foundation shall be laid.
 
CHAPTER 45
THUS saith
the Lord to his anointed, to
Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will
loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the
gates shall not be shut;
2 I will
go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces
the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
3 And I
will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places,
that thou mayest know that I, the Lord,
which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
4 For
Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy
name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
5 ¶ I am the Lord,
and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee,
though thou hast not known me:
6 That
they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the
Lord, and there is none else.
7 I form
the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
8 Drop
down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let
the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness
spring up together; I the Lord
have created it.
9 Woe
unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let
the potsherd strive with the
potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What
makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
10 Woe
unto him that saith unto his father,
What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
11 Thus
saith the Lord, the Holy One of
Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning
the work of my hands command ye me.
12 I
have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have
I commanded.
13 I
have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall
build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith
the Lord of hosts.
14 Thus
saith the Lord, The labour of
Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall
come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in
chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall
make supplication unto thee, saying,
Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
15
Verily thou art a God that hidest
thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
16 They
shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion
together that are makers of idols.
17 But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye
shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
18 For
thus saith the Lord that created
the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established
it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord;
and there is none else.
19 I
have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the
seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord
speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
20 ¶ Assemble
yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that
are escaped of the nations: they have
no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
21 Tell
ye, and bring them near; yea, let
them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and
a Saviour; there is none beside me.
22 Look
unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
23 I
have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee
shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
24
Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
25 In
the Lord shall all the seed of
Israel be justified, and shall glory.
 
CHAPTER 46
BEL boweth
down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle:
your carriages were heavy loaden; they are
a burden to the weary beast.
2 They
stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but
themselves are gone into captivity.
3 ¶ Hearken
unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which
are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
4 And even to your old age I am he; and
even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even
I will carry, and will deliver you.
5 ¶ To
whom will ye liken me, and make me equal,
and compare me, that we may be like?
6 They
lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a
god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
7 They
bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he
standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of
his trouble.
8
Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
9
Remember the former things of old: for I am
God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
10
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things
that are not yet done, saying, My
counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
11
Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a
far country: yea, I have spoken it, I
will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it,
I will also do it.
12 ¶ Hearken
unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far
from righteousness:
13 I
bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall
not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
 
CHAPTER 47
COME down,
and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more
be called tender and delicate.
2 Take
the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover
the thigh, pass over the rivers.
3 Thy
nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take
vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
4 As for
our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
5 Sit
thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou
shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
6 ¶ I
was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into
thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very
heavily laid thy yoke.
7 ¶ And
thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so
that thou didst not lay these things to
thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
8
Therefore hear now this, thou that art
given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not
sit as a widow, neither shall I know
the loss of children:
9 But
these two things shall come to thee
in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon
thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine
enchantments.
10 ¶ For
thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom
and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I
am, and none else beside me.
11 ¶ Therefore
shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and
mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and
desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which
thou shalt not know.
12 Stand
now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein
thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so
be thou mayest prevail.
13 Thou
art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the
stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
14
Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not
deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
15 Thus
shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to
his quarter; none shall save thee.
 
CHAPTER 48
HEAR ye
this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come
forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of
Israel, but not in truth, nor in
righteousness.
2 For
they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of
Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name.
3 I have
declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my
mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly,
and they came to pass.
4
Because I knew that thou art obstinate,
and thy neck is an iron sinew, and
thy brow brass;
5 I have
even from the beginning declared it to
thee; before it came to pass I shewed it
thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image,
and my molten image, hath commanded them.
6 Thou
hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things,
and thou didst not know them.
7 They
are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou
heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
8 Yea,
thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I
knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor
from the womb.
9 ¶ For
my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for
thee, that I cut thee not off.
10
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the
furnace of affliction.
11 For
mine own sake, even for mine own
sake, will I do it: for how should my name
be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
12 ¶ Hearken
unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am
he; I am the first, I also am the last.
13 Mine
hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned
the heavens: when I call unto them,
they stand up together.
14 All
ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The Lord hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and
his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called
him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
16 ¶ Come
ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning;
from the time that it was, there am I:
and now the Lord God, and his
Spirit, hath sent me.
17 Thus
saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the
Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to
profit, which leadeth thee by the way that
thou shouldest go.
18 O
that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a
river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
19 Thy
seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel
thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
20 ¶ Go
ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing
declare ye, tell this, utter it even to
the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord
hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
21 And
they thirsted not when he led them
through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he
clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
22 There is no peace, saith the Lord,
unto the wicked.
 
CHAPTER 49
LISTEN,
O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from
the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
2 And he
hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid
me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
3 And
said unto me, Thou art my servant, O
Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
4 Then I
said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in
vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
5 ¶ And
now, saith the Lord that formed me
from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not
gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.
6 And he
said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the
tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee
for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of
the earth.
7 Thus
saith the Lord, the Redeemer of
Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom
man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings
shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall
choose thee.
8 Thus
saith the Lord, In an acceptable
time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I
will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish
the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
9 That
thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and
their pastures shall be in all high places.
10 They
shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he
that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he
guide them.
11 And I
will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
12 Behold,
these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and
these from the land of Sinim.
13 ¶ Sing,
O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains:
for the Lord hath comforted his people,
and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
14 But
Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken
me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
15 Can a
woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son
of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
16 Behold,
I have graven thee upon the palms of my
hands; thy walls are continually
before me.
17 Thy
children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall
go forth of thee.
18 ¶ Lift
up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord,
thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them
on thee, as a bride doeth.
19 For
thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even
now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up
shall be far away.
20 The
children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again
in thine ears, The place is too strait
for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
21 Then
shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost
my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath
brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
22 Thus
saith the Lord God, Behold, I will
lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and
they shall bring thy sons in their arms,
and thy daughters shall be carried upon their
shoulders.
23 And
kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they
shall bow down to thee with their face
toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord:
for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
24 ¶ Shall
the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
25 But
thus saith the Lord, Even the
captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall
be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will
save thy children.
26 And I
will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be
drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that
I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
 
CHAPTER 50
THUS saith
the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement,
whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold
you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your
transgressions is your mother put away.
2 Wherefore,
when I came, was there no man? when I called, was
there none to answer? Is my hand
shortened at all, that it cannot 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
stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
3 I
clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
4 The Lord
God hath given me the tongue of
the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that
is weary: he wakeneth morning by
morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
5 ¶ The Lord
God hath opened mine ear, and I
was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
6 I gave
my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid
not my face from shame and spitting.
7 ¶ For
the Lord God will help me;
therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint,
and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
8 He is
near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to
me.
9
Behold, the Lord God will help me;
who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the
moth shall eat them up.
10 ¶ Who
is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his
servant, that walketh in darkness,
and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
11
Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and
in the sparks that ye have kindled.
This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
 
CHAPTER 51
HEARKEN to
me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of
the pit whence ye are digged.
2 Look
unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that
bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
3 For
the Lord shall comfort Zion: he
will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden,
and her desert like the garden of the Lord;
joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
4 ¶ Hearken
unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed
from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
5 My
righteousness is near; my salvation
is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon
me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
6 Lift
up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens
shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and
they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for
ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
7 ¶ Hearken
unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of
men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
8 For
the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like
wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation
to generation.
9 ¶ Awake,
awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord;
awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
10 Art thou not it which hath dried the
sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way
for the ransomed to pass over?
11
Therefore the redeemed of the Lord
shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art
thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
13 And
forgettest the Lord thy maker,
that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth;
and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as
if he were ready to destroy? and where is
the fury of the oppressor?
14 The
captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in
the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
15 But I
am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.
16 And I
have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine
hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and
say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
17 ¶ Awake,
awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast
drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and
wrung them out.
18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all
the sons that she hath brought up.
19 These
two things are come unto thee; who
shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword:
by whom shall I comfort thee?
20 Thy
sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a
net: they are full of the fury of the Lord,
the rebuke of thy God.
21 ¶ Therefore
hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
22 Thus
saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God
that pleadeth the cause of his
people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou
shalt no more drink it again:
23 But I
will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy
soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground,
and as the street, to them that went over.
 
CHAPTER 52
AWAKE,
awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem,
the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the
uncircumcised and the unclean.
2 Shake
thyself from the dust; arise, and sit
down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter
of Zion.
3 For
thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold
yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
4 For
thus saith the Lord God, My people
went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed
them without cause.
5 Now
therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord,
that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to
howl, saith the Lord; and my name
continually every day is blasphemed.
6
Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is
I.
7 ¶ How
beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings,
that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth
salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
8 Thy
watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for
they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord
shall bring again Zion.
9 ¶ Break
forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed
Jerusalem.
10 The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the
eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation
of our God.
11 ¶ Depart
ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the
vessels of the Lord.
12 For
ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of
Israel will be your rereward.
13 ¶ Behold,
my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very
high.
14 As
many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his
form more than the sons of men:
15 So
shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall
they see; and that which they had not
heard shall they consider.
 
CHAPTER 53
WHO hath
believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
2 For he
shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground:
he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that
we should desire him.
3 He is
despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and
we hid as it were our faces from him;
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 ¶ Surely
he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him
stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he
was wounded for our transgressions, he was
bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we
like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us
all.
7 He was
oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as
a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.
8 He was
taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for
he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my
people was he stricken.
9 And he
made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had
done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 ¶ Yet
it pleased the Lord to bruise him;
he hath put him to grief: when thou
shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his
days, and the pleasure of the Lord
shall prosper in his hand.
11 He
shall see of the travail of his soul, and
shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many;
for he shall bear their iniquities.
12
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall
divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto
death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
 
CHAPTER 54
SING, O
barren, thou that didst not bear;
break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married
wife, saith the Lord.
2
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine
habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
3 For
thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall
inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
4 Fear
not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt
not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt
not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
5 For
thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the
whole earth shall he be called.
6 For
the Lord hath called thee as a
woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast
refused, saith thy God.
7 For a
small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
8 In a
little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting
kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord
thy Redeemer.
9 For
this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth;
so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
10 For
the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not
depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
11 ¶ O
thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and
not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy
foundations with sapphires.
12 And I
will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy
borders of pleasant stones.
13 And
all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy
children.
14 In
righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for
thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
15
Behold, they shall surely gather together, but
not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy
sake.
16
Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that
bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to
destroy.
17 ¶ No
weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment
thou shalt condemn. This is the
heritage of the servants of the Lord,
and their righteousness is of me,
saith the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 55
HO,
every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money;
come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without
price.
2
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth
not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that
which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
3
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will
make an everlasting covenant with you, even
the sure mercies of David.
4
Behold, I have given him for a
witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
5
Behold, thou shalt call a nation that
thou knowest not, and nations that knew
not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord
thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
6 ¶ Seek
ye the Lord while he may be found,
call ye upon him while he is near:
7 Let
the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him
return unto the Lord, and he will
have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 ¶ For
my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, saith
the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the
earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your
thoughts.
10 For
as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither,
but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give
seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11 So
shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me
void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the
thing whereto I sent it.
12 For
ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the
hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field
shall clap their hands.
13
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall
come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
 
CHAPTER 56
THUS saith
the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do
justice: for my salvation is near to
come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
2
Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the
sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
3 ¶ Neither
let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his
people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
4 For
thus saith the Lord unto the
eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the
things that please me, and take hold of
my covenant;
5 Even
unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name
better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name,
that shall not be cut off.
6 Also
the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that
keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
7 Even
them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of
prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon
mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
8 The Lord
God which gathereth the outcasts
of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others
to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
9 ¶ All
ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea,
all ye beasts in the forest.
10 His
watchmen are blind: they are all
ignorant, they are all dumb dogs,
they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yea, they are
greedy dogs which can never have
enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to
their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
12 Come
ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong
drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and
much more abundant.
 
CHAPTER 57
THE righteous
perisheth, and no man layeth it to
heart: and merciful men are taken
away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
2 He
shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
3 ¶ But
draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the
whore.
4
Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a
seed of falsehood,
5
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in
the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
6 Among
the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou
poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort
in these?
7 Upon a
lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to
offer sacrifice.
8 Behind
the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast
discovered thyself to another
than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant
with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
9 And
thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and
didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
10 Thou
art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet
saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand;
therefore thou wast not grieved.
11 And
of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not
remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart?
have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
12 I
will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
13 ¶ When
thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all
away; vanity shall take them: but he
that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy
mountain;
14 And
shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock
out of the way of my people.
15 For
thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is
of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to
revive the heart of the contrite ones.
16 For I
will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit
should fail before me, and the souls which
I have made.
17 For
the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was
wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
18 I
have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore
comforts unto him and to his mourners.
19 I
create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him.
20 But
the wicked are like the troubled sea,
when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
 
CHAPTER 58
CRY aloud,
spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their
transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Yet
they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did
righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the
ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
3 ¶ Wherefore
have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul,
and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure,
and exact all your labours.
4
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of
wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this
day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
5 Is it
such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it
to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen?
to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed
go free, and that ye break every yoke?
7 Is it
not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast
out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou
hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
8 ¶ Then
shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth
speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
9 Then
shalt thou call, and the Lord
shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting
forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry,
and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy
darkness be as the noonday:
11 And
the Lord shall guide thee
continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou
shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
12 And they that
shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up
the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of
the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
13 ¶ If
thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from
doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of
the Lord, honourable; and shalt
honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking
thine own words:
14 Then
shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord;
and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee
with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
 
CHAPTER 59
BEHOLD,
the Lord's hand is not shortened,
that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
2 But
your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid
his face from you, that he will not
hear.
3 For
your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips
have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
4 None
calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth
for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and
bring forth iniquity.
5 They
hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their
eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
6 Their
webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their
works: their works are works of iniquity,
and the act of violence is in their
hands.
7 Their
feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and
destruction are in their paths.
8 The
way of peace they know not; and there
is no judgment in their goings: they
have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
9 ¶ Therefore
is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light,
but behold obscurity; for brightness, but
we walk in darkness.
10 We
grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we
stumble at noonday as in the night; we
are in desolate places as dead men.
11 We
roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but
it is far off from us.
12 For
our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us:
for our transgressions are with us; and
as for our iniquities, we know them;
13 In
transgressing and lying against the Lord,
and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and
uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
14 And
judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is
fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
15 Yea,
truth faileth; and he that departeth
from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord
saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
16 ¶ And
he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him;
and his righteousness, it sustained him.
17 For
he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his
head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
18
According to their deeds, accordingly
he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands
he will repay recompence.
19 So
shall they fear the name of the Lord
from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall
come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord
shall lift up a standard against him.
20 ¶ And
the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in
Jacob, saith the Lord.
21 As
for me, this is my covenant with
them, saith the Lord; My spirit
that is upon thee, and my words which
I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the
mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
 
CHAPTER 60
ARISE,
shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
2 For,
behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but
the Lord shall arise upon thee,
and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
3 And
the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy
rising.
4 Lift
up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they
come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed
at thy side.
5 Then
thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged;
because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of
the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
6 The
multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all
they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall
shew forth the praises of the Lord.
7 All
the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth
shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and
I will glorify the house of my glory.
8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
9 Surely
the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons
from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of
Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
10 And
the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister
unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on
thee.
11
Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor
night; that men may bring unto thee
the forces of the Gentiles, and that their
kings may be brought.
12 For
the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
13 The
glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box
together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of
my feet glorious.
14 The
sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all
they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and
they shall call thee, The city of the Lord,
The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15
Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal
excellency, a joy of many generations.
16 Thou
shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings:
and thou shalt know that I the Lord
am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the
mighty One of Jacob.
17 For
brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass,
and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors
righteousness.
18
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy
borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
19 The
sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon
give light unto thee: but the Lord
shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
20 Thy
sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and
the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
21 Thy
people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the
land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be
glorified.
22 A
little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
 
CHAPTER 61
THE Spirit
of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good
tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that
are bound;
2 To
proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
3 To
appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the
oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
4 ¶ And
they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations,
and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
5 And
strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
6 But ye
shall be named the Priests of the Lord:
men shall call you the Ministers of
our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye
boast yourselves.
7 ¶ For
your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in
their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double:
everlasting joy shall be unto them.
8 For I
the Lord love judgment, I hate
robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make
an everlasting covenant with them.
9 And
their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the
people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath
blessed.
10 I
will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation,
he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride
adorneth herself with her jewels.
11 For
as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that
are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God
will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
 
CHAPTER 62
FOR Zion's
sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until
the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as
a lamp that burneth.
2 And
the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou
shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
3 Thou
shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
4 Thou
shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed
Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land
shall be married.
5 ¶ For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the
bride, so shall thy God rejoice over
thee.
6 I have
set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which
shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,
7 And
give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the
earth.
8 The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by
the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be
meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine,
for the which thou hast laboured:
9 But
they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it
together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
10 ¶ Go
through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast
up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
11
Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed
unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation
cometh; behold, his reward is with
him, and his work before him.
12 And
they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought
out, A city not forsaken.
 
CHAPTER 63
WHO is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed
garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in
the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
2
Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth
in the winefat?
3 I have
trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me:
for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their
blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
4 For
the day of vengeance is in mine
heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
5 And I
looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto
me; and my fury, it upheld me.
6 And I
will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I
will bring down their strength to the earth.
7 ¶ I
will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord,
and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great
goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according
to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
8 For he
said, Surely they are my people,
children that will not lie: so he was
their Saviour.
9 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; and he bare them, and carried them
all the days of old.
10 ¶ But
they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their
enemy, and he fought against them.
11 Then
he remembered the days of old, Moses, and
his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea
with the shepherd of his flock? where is
he that put his holy Spirit within him?
12 That
led them by the right hand of Moses
with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an
everlasting name?
13 That
led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
14 As a
beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to
make thyself a glorious name.
15 ¶ Look
down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy
glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength,
the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
16
Doubtless thou art our father, though
Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art
our father, our redeemer; thy name is
from everlasting.
17 ¶ O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from
thy ways, and hardened our heart from
thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
18 The
people of thy holiness have possessed it
but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
19 We
are thine: thou never barest rule
over them; they were not called by thy name.
 
CHAPTER 64
OH that
thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the
mountains might flow down at thy presence,
2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire
causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy
presence!
3 When
thou didst terrible things which we
looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
4 For
since the beginning of the world men have
not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside
thee, what he hath prepared for him
that waiteth for him.
5 Thou
meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee
in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is
continuance, and we shall be saved.
6 But we
are all as an unclean thing, and all
our righteousnesses are as filthy
rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken
us away.
7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to
take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us,
because of our iniquities.
8 But
now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
9 ¶ Be
not wroth very sore, O Lord,
neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
10 Thy
holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our
holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with
fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
12 Wilt
thou refrain thyself for these things,
O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace,
and afflict us very sore?
 
CHAPTER 65
I AM
sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not:
I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that
was not called by my name.
2 I have
spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a
way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
3 A
people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in
gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
4 Which
remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh,
and broth of abominable things is in
their vessels;
5 Which
say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth
all the day.
6
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense,
even recompense into their bosom,
7 Your
iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, which have burned incense upon the mountains,
and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work
into their bosom.
8 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord, As the new wine is
found in the cluster, and one saith,
Destroy it not; for a blessing is in
it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
9 And I
will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my
mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
10 And
Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds
to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
11 ¶ But
ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that
prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that
number.
12
Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the
slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not
hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
13
Therefore thus saith the Lord God,
Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants
shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye
shall be ashamed:
14
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of
heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
15 And
ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his
servants by another name:
16 That
he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth;
and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the
former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
17 ¶ For,
behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be
remembered, nor come into mind.
18 But
be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I
create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
19 And I
will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall
be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
20 There
shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled
his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be
accursed.
21 And
they shall build houses, and inhabit them;
and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
22 They
shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat:
for as the days of a tree are the days
of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They
shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.
24 And
it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are
yet speaking, I will hear.
25 The
wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the
bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not
hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 66
THUS saith
the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and
where is the place of my rest?
2 For
all those things hath mine hand made,
and all those things have been, saith
the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is
poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
3 He
that killeth an ox is as if
he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as
if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth
an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth
incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and
their soul delighteth in their abominations.
4 I also
will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when
I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil
before mine eyes, and chose that in
which I delighted not.
5 ¶ Hear
the word of the Lord, ye that
tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my
name's sake, said, Let the Lord be
glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
6 A
voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth recompence to his
enemies.
7 Before
she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a
man child.
8 Who
hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to
bring forth in one day? or shall a nation
be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
9 Shall
I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and
shut the womb? saith thy God.
10
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice
for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
11 That
ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may
milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
12 For
thus saith the Lord, Behold, I
will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a
flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her
knees.
13 As
one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be
comforted in Jerusalem.
14 And
when ye see this, your heart shall
rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants,
and his indignation toward his
enemies.
15 For,
behold, the Lord will come with
fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury,
and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For
by fire and by his sword will the Lord
plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord
shall be many.
17 They
that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh,
and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.
18 For I
know their works and their thoughts:
it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come,
and see my glory.
19 And I
will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the
nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud,
that draw the bow, to Tubal, and
Javan, to the isles afar off, that
have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my
glory among the Gentiles.
20 And
they shall bring all your brethren for
an offering unto the Lord out of
all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and
upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an
offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.
21 And I
will also take of them for priests and
for Levites, saith the Lord.
22 For
as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before
me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed
and your name remain.
23 And
it shall come to pass, that from one
new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to
worship before me, saith the Lord.
24 And
they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have
transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire
be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.


THE BOOK
OF THE PROPHET
JEREMIAH.


CHAPTER 1
THE words
of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
2 To whom
the word of the Lord came in the
days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his
reign.
3 It
came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the
end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the
carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
4 Then
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
5 Before
I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the
womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained
thee a prophet unto the nations.
6 Then
said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I
cannot speak: for I am a child.
7 ¶ But
the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all
that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
8 Be not
afraid of their faces: for I am with
thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
9 Then
the Lord put forth his hand, and
touched my mouth. And the Lord
said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
10 See,
I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out,
and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
11 ¶ Moreover
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
12 Then
said the Lord unto me, Thou hast
well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
13 And
the word of the Lord came unto me
the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and
the face thereof is toward the north.
14 Then
the Lord said unto me, Out of the
north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
15 For,
lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and they shall
set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against
all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
16 And I
will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have
forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works
of their own hands.
17 ¶ Thou
therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command
thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
18 For,
behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and
brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the
princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
19 And
they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.
 
CHAPTER 2
MOREOVER
the word of the Lord came to me,
saying,
2 Go and
cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of
thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was
not sown.
3 Israel
was holiness unto the Lord, and
the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come
upon them, saith the Lord.
4 Hear
ye the word of the Lord, O house
of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
5 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord, What iniquity have
your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after
vanity, and are become vain?
6
Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land
of Egypt, that 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 man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
7 And I
brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness
thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an
abomination.
8 The
priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me
not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by
Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
9 ¶ Wherefore
I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord,
and with your children's children will I plead.
10 For
pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider
diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
11 Hath
a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have
changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
12 Be
astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate,
saith the Lord.
13 For
my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of
living waters, and hewed them out cisterns,
broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
14 ¶ Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
15 The
young lions roared upon him, and yelled,
and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
16 Also
the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
17 Hast
thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the
way?
18 And
now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or
what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
19 Thine
own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee:
know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.
20 ¶ For
of old time I have broken thy yoke, and
burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high
hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
21 Yet I
had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned
into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
22 For
though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
23 How
canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in
the valley, know what thou hast done: thou
art a swift dromedary traversing her
ways;
24 A
wild ass used to the wilderness, that
snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all
they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
25
Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou
saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I
go.
26 As
the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they,
their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
27
Saying to a stock, Thou art my
father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their
trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
28 But
where are thy gods that thou hast
made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble:
for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
29
Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the
Lord.
30 In
vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword
hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
31 ¶ O
generation, see ye the word of the Lord.
Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people,
We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
32 Can a
maid forget her ornaments, or a bride
her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
33 Why
trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked
ones thy ways.
34 Also
in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not
found it by secret search, but upon all these.
35 Yet
thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me.
Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
36 Why
gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of
Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
37 Yea,
thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the Lord hath rejected thy confidences, and thou
shalt not prosper in them.
 
CHAPTER 3
THEY say,
If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's,
shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but
thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the
Lord.
2 Lift
up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with.
In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou
hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
3
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain;
and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
4 Wilt
thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
5 Will
he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it
to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
6 ¶ The Lord said also unto me in the days of
Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which
backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under
every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
7 And I
said after she had done all these things,
Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8 And I
saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I
had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister
Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
9 And it
came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land,
and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
10 And
yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her
whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.
11 And
the Lord said unto me, The
backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
12 ¶ Go
and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding
Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall
upon you: for I am merciful, saith
the Lord, and I will not keep anger
for ever.
13 Only
acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways
to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith
the Lord.
14 Turn,
O backsliding children, saith the Lord;
for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family,
and I will bring you to Zion:
15 And I
will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with
knowledge and understanding.
16 And
it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in
those days, saith the Lord, they shall
say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord:
neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall
they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
17 At
that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name
of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither
shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
18 In
those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they
shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given
for an inheritance unto your fathers.
19 But I
said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a
goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My
father; and shalt not turn away from me.
20 ¶ Surely
as a wife treacherously departeth
from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel,
saith the Lord.
21 A
voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted
their way, and they have forgotten
the Lord their God.
22
Return, ye backsliding children, and I
will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord
our God.
23 Truly
in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of
mountains: truly in the Lord our God
is the salvation of Israel.
24 For
shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and
their herds, their sons and their daughters.
25 We
lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned
against the Lord our God, we and
our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice
of the Lord our God.
 
CHAPTER 4
IF thou
wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord,
return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight,
then shalt thou not remove.
2 And
thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth,
in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves
in him, and in him shall they glory.
3 ¶ For
thus saith the Lord to the men of
Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
4
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem:
lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
5
Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in
the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go
into the defenced cities.
6 Set up
the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the
north, and a great destruction.
7 The
lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his
way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without
an inhabitant.
8 For
this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.
9 And it
shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord,
that the heart of the king shall
perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and
the prophets shall wonder.
10 Then
said I, Ah, Lord God! surely thou
hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace;
whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
11 At
that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the
high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor
to cleanse,
12 Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will
I give sentence against them.
13
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind:
his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
14 O
Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How
long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
15 For a
voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
16 Make
ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country,
and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
17 As
keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been
rebellious against me, saith the Lord.
18 Thy
way and thy doings have procured these things
unto thee; this is thy wickedness,
because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
19 ¶ My
bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me;
I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the
trumpet, the alarm of war.
20
Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly
are my tents spoiled, and my curtains
in a moment.
21 How
long shall I see the standard, and hear
the sound of the trumpet?
22 For
my people is foolish, they have not
known me; they are sottish children,
and they have none understanding: they are
wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
23 I
beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the
heavens, and they had no light.
24 I
beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
25 I
beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the
heavens were fled.
26 I
beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was
a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the
Lord, and by his fierce anger.
27 For
thus hath the Lord said, The whole
land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
28 For
this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have
spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I
turn back from it.
29 The
whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go
into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and
not a man dwell therein.
30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with
crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest
thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will
seek thy life.
31 For I
have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice
of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth
herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
 
CHAPTER 5
RUN ye
to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in
the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh
the truth; and I will pardon it.
2 And
though they say, The Lord liveth;
surely they swear falsely.
3 O Lord, are
not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not
grieved; thou hast consumed them, but
they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than
a rock; they have refused to return.
4
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor;
they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the
judgment of their God.
5 I will
get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the
way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these
have altogether broken the yoke, and burst
the bonds.
6
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over
their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because
their transgressions are many, and their
backslidings are increased.
7 ¶ How
shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that
are no gods: when I had fed them to
the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in
the harlots' houses.
8 They
were as fed horses in the morning:
every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
9 Shall
I not visit for these things? saith
the Lord: and shall not my soul be
avenged on such a nation as this?
10 ¶ Go
ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her
battlements; for they are not the Lord's.
11 For
the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously
against me, saith the Lord.
12 They
have belied the Lord, and said, It is
not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
13 And
the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
14
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God
of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth
fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15 Lo, I
will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is
an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither
understandest what they say.
16 Their
quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
17 And
they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks
and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall
impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
18
Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord,
I will not make a full end with you.
19 ¶ And
it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer
them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so
shall ye serve strangers in a land that
is not yours.
20
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21 Hear
now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see
not; which have ears, and hear not:
22 Fear
ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye
not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass
it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail;
though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
23 But
this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and
gone.
24
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the
latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25 ¶ Your
iniquities have turned away these things,
and your sins have withholden good things
from you.
26 For
among my people are found wicked men:
they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27 As a
cage is full of birds, so are their
houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28 They
are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they
judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the
right of the needy do they not judge.
29 Shall
I not visit for these things? saith
the Lord: shall not my soul be
avenged on such a nation as this?
30 ¶ A wonderful
and horrible thing is committed in the land;
31 The
prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my
people love to have it so: and what will
ye do in the end thereof?
 
CHAPTER 6
O YE
children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem,
and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for
evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
2 I have
likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
3 The shepherds
with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in
his place.
4
Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for
the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
5 Arise,
and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
6 ¶ For
thus hath the Lord of hosts said,
Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of
her.
7 As a
fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence
and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
8 Be
thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee
desolate, a land not inhabited.
9 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, They
shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as
a grapegatherer into the baskets.
10 To
whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken:
behold, the word of the Lord is
unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
11
Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord;
I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and
upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife
shall be taken, the aged with him that is
full of days.
12 And
their houses shall be turned unto others, with
their fields and wives together: for
I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.
13 For
from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the
prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
14 They
have healed also the hurt of the daughter
of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
15 Were
they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all
ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that
fall: at the time that I visit them
they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
16 Thus
saith the Lord, Stand ye in the
ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your
souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
17 Also
I set watchmen over you, saying,
Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
18 ¶ Therefore
hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
19 Hear,
O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened
unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
20 To
what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a
far country? your burnt offerings are
not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
21
Therefore thus saith the Lord,
Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons
together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
22 Thus
saith the Lord, Behold, a people
cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the
sides of the earth.
23 They
shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are
cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon
horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
24 We
have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of
us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
25 Go
not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
26 ¶ O
daughter of my people, gird thee with
sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for
an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon
us.
27 I
have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that
thou mayest know and try their way.
28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with
slanders: they are brass and iron; they are
all corrupters.
29 The
bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in
vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
30
Reprobate silver shall men call them,
because the Lord hath rejected
them.
 
CHAPTER 7
THE word
that came to Jeremiah from the Lord,
saying,
2 Stand
in the gate of the Lord's house,
and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all ye of Judah, that enter
in at these gates to worship the Lord.
3 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in
this place.
4 Trust
ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord,
The temple of the Lord, are these.
5 For if
ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment
between a man and his neighbour;
6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the
fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither
walk after other gods to your hurt:
7 Then
will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your
fathers, for ever and ever.
8 ¶ Behold,
ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
9 Will
ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto
Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
10 And
come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We
are delivered to do all these abominations?
11 Is
this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes?
Behold, even I have seen it, saith
the Lord.
12 But
go ye now unto my place which was in
Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness
of my people Israel.
13 And
now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but
ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
14
Therefore will I do unto this house,
which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave
to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
15 And I
will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
16
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for
them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
17 ¶ Seest
thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 The
children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of
heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke
me to anger.
19 Do
they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord:
do they not provoke themselves
to the confusion of their own faces?
20
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man,
and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the
ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
21 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
22 For I
spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them
out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
23 But
this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and
ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you,
that it may be well unto you.
24 But
they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil
heart, and went backward, and not forward.
25 Since
the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have
even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and
sending them:
26 Yet
they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck:
they did worse than their fathers.
27
Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken
to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
28 But
thou shalt say unto them, This is a
nation that obeyeth not the voice of the Lord
their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from
their mouth.
29 ¶ Cut
off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the
generation of his wrath.
30 For
the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the Lord: they have set their abominations in
the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
31 And
they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their
daughters in the fire; which I commanded them
not, neither came it into my heart.
32 ¶ Therefore,
behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom,
but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no
place.
33 And
the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for
the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
34 Then
will I 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 shall be desolate.
 
CHAPTER 8
AT that
time, saith the Lord, they shall
bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and
the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
2 And
they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of
heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they
have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they
shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of
the earth.
3 And
death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain
of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them,
saith the Lord of hosts.
4 ¶ Moreover
thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord;
Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden
back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
6 I
hearkened and heard, but they spake
not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done?
every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
7 Yea,
the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the
crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not
the judgment of the Lord.
8 How do
ye say, We are wise, and the law of
the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is
in vain.
9 The
wise men are ashamed, they are
dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?
10 Therefore
will I give their wives unto others, and
their fields to them that shall inherit them:
for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness,
from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
11 For
they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace,
peace; when there is no peace.
12 Were
they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all
ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that
fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
13 ¶ I
will surely consume them, saith the Lord:
there shall be no grapes on the
vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things
that I have given them shall pass
away from them.
14 Why
do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced
cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord
our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we
have sinned against the Lord.
15 We
looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold
trouble!
16 The
snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound
of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the
land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
17 For,
behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.
18 ¶ When I would comfort myself against
sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
19
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that
dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with
their graven images, and with strange
vanities?
20 The
harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
21 For
the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath
taken hold on me.
22 Is there
no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not
the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
 
CHAPTER 9
OH that
my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day
and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 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 be
all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3 And
they bend their tongues like their
bow for lies: but they are not
valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and
they know not me, saith the Lord.
4 Take
ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every
brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
5 And
they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they
have taught their tongue to speak lies, and
weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6 Thine
habitation is in the midst of deceit;
through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
7
Therefore thus saith the Lord of
hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the
daughter of my people?
8 Their
tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in
heart he layeth his wait.
9 ¶ Shall
I not visit them for these things?
saith the Lord: shall not my soul
be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 For
the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of
the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass
through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both
the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
11 And I
will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den
of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
12 ¶ Who
is the wise man, that may understand
this? and who is he to whom the mouth
of the Lord hath spoken, that he
may declare it, for what the land perisheth and
is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
13 And
the Lord saith, Because they have
forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither
walked therein;
14 But
have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which
their fathers taught them:
15
Therefore thus saith the Lord of
hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to
drink.
16 I
will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers
have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
17 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, Consider
ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
18 And
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.
19 For a
voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly
confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
20 Yet
hear the word of the Lord, O ye
women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters
wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
21 For
death is come up into our windows, and
is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
22
Speak, Thus saith the Lord, Even
the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful
after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
23 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the
mighty man glory in his might, let not
the rich man glory in his riches:
24 But
let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that
I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and
righteousness, in the earth: for in these things
I delight, saith the Lord.
25 ¶ Behold,
the days come, saith the Lord,
that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
26
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are
in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
 
CHAPTER 10
HEAR ye
the word which the Lord speaketh
unto you, O house of Israel:
2 Thus
saith the Lord, Learn not the way
of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are
dismayed at them.
3 For
the customs of the people are vain:
for one cutteth a tree out of the
forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
4 They
deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers,
that it move not.
5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak
not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them;
for they cannot do evil, neither also is
it in them to do good.
6
Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is
great in might.
7 Who
would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain:
forasmuch as among all the wise men of
the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there
is none like unto thee.
8 But
they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
9 Silver
spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of
the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
10 But
the Lord is the true God, he is the
living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and
the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
11 Thus
shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth,
and from under these heavens.
12 He
hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom,
and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
13 When
he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens,
and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh
lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
14 Every
man is brutish in his knowledge:
every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in
them.
15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall
perish.
16 The
portion of Jacob is not like them:
for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord
of hosts is his name.
17 ¶ Gather
up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
18 For
thus saith the Lord, Behold, I
will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress
them, that they may find it so.
19 ¶ Woe
is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
20 My
tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth
of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
21 For
the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the Lord: therefore they shall not prosper,
and all their flocks shall be scattered.
22
Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north
country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
23 ¶ O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that
walketh to direct his steps.
24 O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not
in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
25 Pour
out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that
call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and
consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
 
CHAPTER 11
THE word
that came to Jeremiah from the Lord,
saying,
2 Hear
ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem;
3 And
say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord
God of Israel; Cursed be the man that
obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
4 Which
I commanded your fathers in the day that
I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying,
Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye
be my people, and I will be your God:
5 That I
may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land
flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said,
So be it, O Lord.
6 Then
the Lord said unto me, Proclaim
all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem,
saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.
7 For I
earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and
protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
8 Yet
they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the
imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words
of this covenant, which I commanded them
to do; but they did them not.
9 And
the Lord said unto me, A
conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of
Jerusalem.
10 They
are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear
my words; and they went 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.
11 ¶ Therefore
thus saith the Lord, Behold, I
will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they
shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
12 Then
shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the
gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the
time of their trouble.
13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
14
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for
them: for I will not hear them in the
time that they cry unto me for their trouble.
15 What
hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing
she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee?
when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
16 The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree,
fair, and of goodly fruit: with the
noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it
are broken.
17 For
the Lord of hosts, that planted
thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel
and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke
me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.
18 ¶ And
the Lord hath given me knowledge of it,
and I know it: then thou shewedst me
their doings.
19 But I
was like a lamb or an ox that is brought
to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the
fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his
name may be no more remembered.
20 But,
O Lord of hosts, that judgest
righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them:
for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
21
Therefore thus saith the Lord of
the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of
the Lord, that thou die not by our
hand:
22
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts,
Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and
their daughters shall die by famine:
23 And
there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of
Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
 
CHAPTER 12
RIGHTEOUS
art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of
the wicked prosper? wherefore are all
they happy that deal very treacherously?
2 Thou
hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth
fruit: thou art near in their mouth,
and far from their reins.
3 But
thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou
hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for
the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
4 How
long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the
wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds;
because they said, He shall not see our last end.
5 ¶ If
thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou
contend with horses? and if in the land
of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied
thee, then how wilt thou do in the
swelling of Jordan?
6 For
even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt
treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe
them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.
7 ¶ I
have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly
beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
8 Mine
heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me:
therefore have I hated it.
9 Mine
heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round
about are against her; come ye,
assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
10 Many
pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot,
they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
11 They
have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the
whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
12 The
spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of
the Lord shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall
have peace.
13 They
have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed
of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
14 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord against all mine
evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people
Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out
the house of Judah from among them.
15 And
it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and
have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage,
and every man to his land.
16 And
it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to
swear by my name, The Lord liveth;
as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the
midst of my people.
17 But
if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith
the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 13
THUS saith
the Lord unto me, Go and get thee
a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
2 So I
got a girdle according to the word of the Lord,
and put it on my loins.
3 And
the word of the Lord came unto me
the second time, saying,
4 Take
the girdle that thou hast got, which is
upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the
rock.
5 So I
went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the Lord
commanded me.
6 And it
came to pass after many days, that the Lord
said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I
commanded thee to hide there.
7 Then I
went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had
hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
8 Then
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
9 Thus
saith the Lord, After this manner
will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
10 This
evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of
their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them,
shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
11 For
as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto
me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the Lord; that they might be unto me for a
people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not
hear.
12 ¶ Therefore
thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and
they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be
filled with wine?
13 Then
shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord,
Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit
upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
14 And I
will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together,
saith the Lord: I will not pity,
nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
15 ¶ Hear
ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the Lord
hath spoken.
16 Give
glory to the Lord your God, before
he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while
ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross
darkness.
17 But
if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep
sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord's
flock is carried away captive.
18 Say
unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your
principalities shall come down, even the
crown of your glory.
19 The
cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be
wholly carried away captive.
20 Lift
up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
21 What
wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be
captains, and as chief over thee: shall
not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
22 ¶ And
if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the
greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.
23 Can
the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
24
Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of
the wilderness.
25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures
from me, saith the Lord; because
thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
26
Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
27 I
have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in
the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
 
CHAPTER 14
THE word
of the Lord that came to Jeremiah
concerning the dearth.
2 Judah
mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and
the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
3 And
their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their
vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
4
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen
were ashamed, they covered their heads.
5 Yea,
the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
6 And
the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like
dragons; their eyes did fail, because there
was no grass.
7 ¶ O Lord, though our iniquities testify
against us, do thou it for thy name's
sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
8 O the
hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be
as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
9 Why
shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord,
art in the midst of us, and we are
called by thy name; leave us not.
10 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord unto this people,
Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore
the Lord doth not accept them; he
will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
11 Then
said the Lord unto me, Pray not
for this people for their good.
12 When
they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an
oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by
the famine, and by the pestilence.
13 ¶ Then
said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, the
prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have
famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
14 Then
the Lord said unto me, The
prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded
them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and
divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
15
Therefore thus saith the Lord
concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they
say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those
prophets be consumed.
16 And
the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem
because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them,
them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness
upon them.
17 ¶ Therefore
thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine 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 blow.
18 If I
go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter
into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the
prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
19 Hast
thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten
us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for
the time of healing, and behold trouble!
20 We
acknowledge, O Lord, our
wickedness, and the iniquity of our
fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
21 Do
not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do
not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
22 Are
there any among the vanities of the Gentiles
that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord
our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
 
CHAPTER 15
THEN said
the Lord unto me, Though Moses and
Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them
out of my sight, and let them go forth.
2 And it
shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou
shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord;
Such as are for death, to death; and
such as are for the sword, to the
sword; and such as are for the
famine, to the famine; and such as are
for the captivity, to the captivity.
3 And I
will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord:
the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the
beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
4 And I
will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of
Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
5 For
who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall
go aside to ask how thou doest?
6 Thou
hast forsaken me, saith the Lord,
thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and
destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
7 And I
will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my
people, since they return not from
their ways.
8 Their
widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them
against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and
terrors upon the city.
9 She
that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone
down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue
of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord.
10 ¶ Woe
is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of
contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent
to me on usury; yet every one of them
doth curse me.
11 The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with
thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
12 Shall
iron break the northern iron and the steel?
13 Thy
substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
14 And I
will make thee to pass with thine
enemies into a land which thou
knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
15 ¶ O Lord, thou knowest: remember me, and
visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering:
know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
16 Thy
words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and
rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.
17 I sat
not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy
hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
18 Why
is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar,
and as waters that fail?
19 ¶ Therefore
thus saith the Lord, If thou
return, then will I bring thee again, and
thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile,
thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
20 And I
will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight
against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver
thee, saith the Lord.
21 And I
will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of
the hand of the terrible.
 
CHAPTER 16
THE word
of the Lord came also unto me,
saying,
2 Thou
shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this
place.
3 For
thus saith the Lord concerning the
sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning
their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in
this land;
4 They
shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be
buried; but they shall be as dung
upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by
famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the
beasts of the earth.
5 For
thus saith the Lord, Enter not
into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken
away my peace from this people, saith the Lord,
even lovingkindness and mercies.
6 Both
the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried,
neither shall men lament for them,
nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
7
Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to
comfort them for the dead; neither shall men
give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
8 Thou
shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to
drink.
9 For
thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in 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.
10 ¶ And
it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and
they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord
pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is
our sin that we have committed against the Lord
our God?
11 Then
shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and
have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not
kept my law;
12 And
ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the
imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
13
Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall
ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
14 ¶ Therefore,
behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
that it shall no more be said, The Lord
liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
15 But,
The Lord liveth, that brought up
the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither
he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave
unto their fathers.
16 ¶ Behold,
I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord,
and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they
shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes
of the rocks.
17 For
mine eyes are upon all their ways:
they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
18 And
first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have
defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their
detestable and abominable things.
19 O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and
my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends
of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity,
and things wherein there is no profit.
20 Shall
a man make gods unto himself, and they are
no gods?
21
Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know
mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The Lord.
 
CHAPTER 17
THE sin
of Judah is written with a pen of
iron, and with the point of a
diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your
altars;
2 Whilst
their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon
the high hills.
3 O my
mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.
4 And
thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and
I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not:
for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which
shall burn for ever.
5 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and
maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
6 For he
shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but
shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
7
Blessed is the man that trusteth in
the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
8 For he
shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat
cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of
drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
9 ¶ The
heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can
know it?
10 I the
Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man
according to his ways, and according
to the fruit of his doings.
11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs,
and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by
right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a
fool.
12 ¶ A
glorious high throne from the beginning is
the place of our sanctuary.
13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that
forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they
that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken
the Lord, the fountain of living
waters.
14 Heal
me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art
my praise.
15 ¶ Behold,
they say unto me, Where is the word
of the Lord? let it come now.
16 As
for me, I have not hastened from being
a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest:
that which came out of my lips was right
before thee.
17 Be
not a terror unto me: thou art my
hope in the day of evil.
18 Let
them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be
dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and
destroy them with double destruction.
19 ¶ Thus
said the Lord unto me; Go and
stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah
come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
20 And
say unto them, Hear ye the word of the Lord,
ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that
enter in by these gates:
21 Thus
saith the Lord; Take heed to
yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
22
Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do
ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
23 But
they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that
they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
24 And
it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the
gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no
work therein;
25 Then
shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon
the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes,
the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain
for ever.
26 And
they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem,
and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and
from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings,
and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the Lord.
27 But
if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a
burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then
will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of
Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
 
CHAPTER 18
THE word
which came to Jeremiah from the Lord,
saying,
2 Arise,
and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my
words.
3 Then I
went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
4 And
the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he
made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
5 Then
the word of the Lord came to me,
saying,
6 O
house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
7 At what
instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck
up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
8 If
that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will
repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
9 And at what
instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build
and to plant it;
10 If it
do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good,
wherewith I said I would benefit them.
11 ¶ Now
therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord;
Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye
now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
12 And
they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we
will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
13
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ask
ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath
done a very horrible thing.
14 Will a man
leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come
from another place be forsaken?
15
Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and
they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
16 To
make their land desolate, and a
perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag
his head.
17 I
will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the
back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
18 ¶ Then
said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall
not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the
prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed
to any of his words.
19 Give
heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to
the voice of them that contend with me.
20 Shall
evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember
that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
21
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let
their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain
by the sword in battle.
22 Let a
cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon
them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
23 Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel
against me to slay me: forgive not
their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be
overthrown before thee; deal thus with
them in the time of thine anger.
 
CHAPTER 19
THUS saith
the Lord, Go and get a potter's
earthen bottle, and take of the
ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;
2 And go
forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that
I shall tell thee,
3 And
say, Hear ye the word of the Lord,
O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,
I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall
tingle.
4 Because
they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense
in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the
kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
5 They
have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded
not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:
6
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of
Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
7 And I
will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will
cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them
that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls
of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
8 And I
will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby
shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
9 And I
will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their
daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege
and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall
straiten them.
10 Then
shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
11 And
shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord
of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that
cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there
be no place to bury.
12 Thus
will I do unto this place, saith the Lord,
and to the inhabitants thereof, and even
make this city as Tophet:
13 And
the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled
as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have
burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings
unto other gods.
14 Then
came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the Lord
had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the Lord's house; and said to all the people,
15 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the
evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks,
that they might not hear my words.
 
CHAPTER 20
NOW Pashur
the son of Immer the priest, who was also
chief governor in the house of the Lord,
heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
2 Then
Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which
was by the house of the Lord.
3 And it
came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the
stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord
hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.
4 For
thus saith the Lord, Behold, I
will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall
by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon,
and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the
sword.
5
Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours
thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the
kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil
them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.
6 And
thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and
thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried
there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.
7 ¶ O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was
deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily,
every one mocketh me.
8 For
since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the
Lord was made a reproach unto me,
and a derision, daily.
9 Then I
said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word
was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with
forbearing, and I could not stay.
10 ¶ For
I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will
report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against
him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
11 But
the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall
stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they
shall not prosper: their everlasting
confusion shall never be forgotten.
12 But,
O Lord of hosts, that triest the
righteous, and seest the reins and
the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my
cause.
13 Sing
unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord: for he hath delivered the soul of
the poor from the hand of evildoers.
14 ¶ Cursed
be the day wherein I was born: let
not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
15
Cursed be the man who brought tidings
to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
16 And
let that man be as the cities which the Lord
overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the
shouting at noontide;
17
Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my
grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
18
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days
should be consumed with shame?
 
CHAPTER 21
THE word
which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord,
when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the
son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
2 Inquire,
I pray thee, of the Lord for us;
for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the Lord will deal with us according to all
his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
3 ¶ Then
said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
4 Thus
saith the Lord God of Israel;
Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon,
and against the Chaldeans, which besiege
you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
5 And I
myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm,
even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
6 And I
will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of
a great pestilence.
7 And
afterward, saith the Lord, I will
deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as
are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine,
into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their
enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite
them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity,
nor have mercy.
8 ¶ And
unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way
of death.
9 He
that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the
pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege
you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
10 For I
have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the Lord: it shall be given into the hand of the
king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
11 ¶ And
touching the house of the king of Judah, say,
Hear ye the word of the Lord;
12 O
house of David, thus saith the Lord;
Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the
oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
13
Behold, I am against thee, O
inhabitant of the valley, and rock of
the plain, saith the Lord; which
say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
14 But I
will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and I will kindle a fire in the
forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
 
CHAPTER 22
THUS saith
the Lord; Go down to the house of
the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
2 And
say, Hear the word of the Lord, O
king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants,
and thy people that enter in by these gates:
3 Thus
saith the Lord; Execute ye
judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the
oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor
the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
4 For if
ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house
kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he,
and his servants, and his people.
5 But if
ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a
desolation.
6 For thus
saith the Lord unto the king's
house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto
me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a
wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
7 And I
will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they
shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them
into the fire.
8 And
many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his
neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord
done thus unto this great city?
9 Then
they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other
gods, and served them.
10 ¶ Weep
ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but
weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his
native country.
11 For
thus saith the Lord touching
Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his
father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any
more:
12 But
he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this
land no more.
13 ¶ Woe
unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong;
that useth his neighbour's service without
wages, and giveth him not for his work;
14 That
saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out
windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
15 Shalt
thou reign, because thou closest thyself
in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
16 He
judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him:
was not this to know me? saith the Lord.
17 But
thine eyes and thine heart are not
but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression,
and for violence, to do it.
18 Therefore
thus saith the Lord concerning
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister!
they shall not lament for him, saying,
Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
19 He
shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the
gates of Jerusalem.
20 ¶ Go
up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the
passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
21 I
spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but
thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath
been thy manner from thy youth, that thou
obeyedst not my voice.
22 The
wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity:
surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
23 O
inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt
thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
24 As I live, saith the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim
king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee
thence;
25 And I
will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them
whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,
and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
26 And I
will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where
ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
27 But
to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.
28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken
idol? is he a vessel wherein is no
pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a
land which they know not?
29 O
earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.
30 Thus
saith the Lord, Write ye this man
childless, a man that shall not
prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the
throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
 
CHAPTER 23
WOE be
unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.
2
Therefore thus saith the Lord God
of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock,
and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you
the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.
3 And I
will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven
them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and
increase.
4 And I
will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no
more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.
5 ¶ Behold,
the days come, saith the Lord,
that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper,
and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
6 In his
days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called,
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
7
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
that they shall no more say, The Lord
liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
8 But,
The Lord liveth, which brought up
and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and
from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own
land.
9 ¶ Mine
heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am
like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his
holiness.
10 For
the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the
pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and
their force is not right.
11 For
both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their
wickedness, saith the Lord.
12
Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein:
for I will bring evil upon them, even
the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
13 And I
have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused
my people Israel to err.
14 I
have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit
adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that
none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom,
and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
15
Therefore thus saith the Lord of
hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make
them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness
gone forth into all the land.
16 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken
not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they
speak a vision of their own heart, and
not out of the mouth of the Lord.
17 They
say still unto them that despise me, The Lord
hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after
the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
18 For
who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord,
and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
19
Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is
gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon
the head of the wicked.
20 The
anger of the Lord shall not
return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his
heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
21 I
have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they
prophesied.
22 But
if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words,
then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of
their doings.
23 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?
24 Can
any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth?
saith the Lord.
25 I
have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I
have dreamed, I have dreamed.
26 How
long shall this be in the heart of
the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they
are prophets of the deceit of their own
heart;
27 Which
think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell
every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
28 The
prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let
him speak my word faithfully. What is
the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.
29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the
Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
30
Therefore, behold, I am against the
prophets, saith the Lord, that
steal my words every one from his neighbour.
31
Behold, I am against the prophets,
saith the Lord, that use their
tongues, and say, He saith.
32
Behold, I am against them that
prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord,
and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness;
yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this
people at all, saith the Lord.
33 ¶ And
when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say unto them, What
burden? I will even forsake you, saith the Lord.
34 And as for
the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even punish that man and his
house.
35 Thus
shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What
hath the Lord answered? and, What
hath the Lord spoken?
36 And
the burden of the Lord shall ye
mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have
perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord
of hosts our God.
37 Thus
shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the Lord
answered thee? and, What hath the Lord
spoken?
38 But
since ye say, The burden of the Lord;
therefore thus saith the Lord;
Because ye say this word, The burden of the Lord,
and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord;
39
Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you,
and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:
40 And I
will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall
not be forgotten.
 
CHAPTER 24
THE Lord shewed me, and, behold, two baskets
of figs were set before the temple of
the Lord, after that
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim
king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from
Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
2 One
basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and
the other basket had very naughty
figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
3 Then
said the Lord unto me, What seest
thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil,
that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
4 ¶ Again
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
5 Thus
saith the Lord, the God of Israel;
Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of
Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
6 For I
will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this
land: and I will build them, and not pull them
down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them
up.
7 And I
will give them an heart to know me, that I am
the Lord: and they shall be my
people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole
heart.
8 ¶ And
as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith
the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah
the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in
this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
9 And I
will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb,
a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
10 And I
will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be
consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
 
CHAPTER 25
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, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
2 The
which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,
3 From
the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this
day, that is the three and twentieth year,
the word of the Lord hath come
unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not
hearkened.
4 And
the Lord hath sent unto you all
his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
5 They
said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your
doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord
hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
6 And go
not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to
anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
7 Yet ye
have not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord;
that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own
hurt.
8 ¶ Therefore
thus saith the Lord of hosts;
Because ye have not heard my words,
9
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of
Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants
thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy
them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
10
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 candle.
11 And
this whole land shall be a desolation, and
an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy
years.
12 ¶ And
it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon,
and that nation, saith the Lord,
for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual
desolations.
13 And I
will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which
Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
14 For
many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will
recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their
own hands.
15 ¶ For
thus saith the Lord God of Israel
unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations,
to whom I send thee, to drink it.
16 And
they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will
send among them.
17 Then
took I the cup at the Lord's hand,
and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me:
18 To wit,
Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes
thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse;
as it is this day;
19
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
20 And
all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings
of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the
remnant of Ashdod,
21 Edom,
and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
22 And
all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles
which are beyond the sea,
23
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that
are in the utmost corners,
24 And
all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in
the desert,
25 And
all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the
Medes,
26 And
all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the
kingdoms of the world, which are upon
the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
27
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken,
and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send
among you.
28 And
it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt
thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord
of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
29 For,
lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye
be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword
upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.
30
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter
his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation;
he shall give a shout, as they that tread the
grapes, against all the inhabitants
of the earth.
31 A
noise shall come even to the ends of
the earth; for the Lord hath a
controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are
wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.
32 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, Behold,
evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be
raised up from the coasts of the earth.
33 And
the slain of the Lord shall be at
that day from one end of the earth
even unto the other end of the earth:
they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung
upon the ground.
34 ¶ Howl,
ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for
the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall
fall like a pleasant vessel.
35 And
the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to
escape.
36 A
voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the
flock, shall be heard: for the Lord hath spoiled their pasture.
37 And
the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
38 He
hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of
the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
 
CHAPTER 26
IN the
beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this
word from the Lord, saying,
2 Thus
saith the Lord; Stand in the court
of the Lord's house, and speak
unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the Lord's house, all the words that I
command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
3 If so
be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent
me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their
doings.
4 And
thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord;
If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
5 To
hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both
rising up early, and sending them,
but ye have not hearkened;
6 Then
will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the
nations of the earth.
7 So the
priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words
in the house of the Lord.
8 ¶ Now
it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets
and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
9 Why
hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord,
saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate
without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the
house of the Lord.
10 ¶ When
the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's
house unto the house of the Lord,
and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the Lord's house.
11 Then
spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people,
saying, This man is worthy to die;
for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
12 ¶ Then
spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The Lord sent me to prophesy against this
house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
13
Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he
hath pronounced against you.
14 As
for me, behold, I am in your hand: do
with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
15 But
know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent
blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof:
for of a truth the Lord hath sent
me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
16 ¶ Then
said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This
man is not worthy to die: for he hath
spoken to us in the name of the Lord
our God.
17 Then
rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the
people, saying,
18 Micah
the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to
all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of
the house as the high places of a forest.
19 Did
Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear
the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against
them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
20 And
there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim,
who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the
words of Jeremiah:
21 And
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 Urijah heard it, he
was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
22 And
Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely,
Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain
men with him into Egypt.
23 And
they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the
king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of
the common people.
24
Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they
should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
 
CHAPTER 27
IN the
beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this
word unto Jeremiah from the Lord,
saying,
2 Thus
saith the Lord to me; Make thee
bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
3 And
send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the
Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of
the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
4 And
command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your
masters;
5 I have
made the earth, the man and the beast that are
upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given
it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
6 And
now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of
Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve
him.
7 And
all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very
time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve
themselves of him.
8 And it
shall come to pass, that the nation
and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,
and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that
nation will I punish, saith the Lord,
with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have
consumed them by his hand.
9
Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your
dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you,
saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
10 For
they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I
should drive you out, and ye should perish.
11 But
the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and
serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the Lord; and they shall till it, and dwell
therein.
12 ¶ I
spake also 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.
13 Why
will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence, as the Lord hath
spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
14
Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you,
saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto
you.
15 For I
have not sent them, saith the Lord,
yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye
might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
16 Also
I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Hearken not to the words of your prophets
that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord's house shall now shortly be brought
again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
17
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should
this city be laid waste?
18 But
if they be prophets, and if the word
of the Lord be with them, let them
now make intercession to the Lord
of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to
Babylon.
19 ¶ For
thus saith the Lord of hosts
concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning
the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,
20 Which
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, 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;
21 Yea,
thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord,
and in the house of the king of Judah
and of Jerusalem;
22 They
shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit
them, saith the Lord; then will I bring
them up, and restore them to this place.
 
CHAPTER 28
AND it
came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of
Judah, in the fourth year, and in the
fifth month, that Hananiah the son of
Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon,
spake unto me in the house of the Lord,
in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
2 Thus
speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
3 Within
two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the Lord's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:
4 And I
will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah,
with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the Lord: for I will break the yoke of the
king of Babylon.
5 ¶ Then
the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests,
and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the Lord,
6 Even
the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the Lord
do so: the Lord perform thy words
which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the Lord's house, and all that is carried away
captive, from Babylon into this place.
7
Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the
ears of all the people;
8 The
prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both
against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of
pestilence.
9 The
prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to
pass, then shall the prophet be known,
that the Lord hath truly sent him.
10 ¶ Then
Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and
brake it.
11 And
Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full
years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
12 ¶ Then
the word of the Lord came unto
Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from
off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
13 Go
and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord;
Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
14 For
thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that
they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I
have given him the beasts of the field also.
15 ¶ Then
said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The Lord hath not sent thee; but thou makest
this people to trust in a lie.
16
Therefore thus saith the Lord;
Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt
die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the Lord.
17 So
Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
 
CHAPTER 29
NOW these
are the words of the letter that
Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which
were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all
the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to
Babylon;
2 (After
that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah
and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from
Jerusalem;)
3 By the
hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom
Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon)
saying,
4 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried
away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;
5 Build
ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the
fruit of them;
6 Take
ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give
your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may
be increased there, and not diminished.
7 And
seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away
captives, and pray unto the Lord
for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
8 ¶ For
thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams
which ye cause to be dreamed.
9 For
they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord.
10 ¶ For
thus saith the Lord, That after
seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word
toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
11 For I
know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected
end.
12 Then
shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken
unto you.
13 And
ye shall seek me, and find me, when
ye shall search for me with all your heart.
14 And I
will be found of you, saith the Lord:
and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations,
and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the
place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
15 ¶ Because
ye have said, The Lord hath raised
us up prophets in Babylon;
16 Know that thus saith the Lord of the king that sitteth upon the
throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone
forth with you into captivity;
17 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I
will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them
like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
18 And I
will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence,
and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a
curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations
whither I have driven them:
19
Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising
up early and sending them; but ye
would not hear, saith the Lord.
20 ¶ Hear
ye therefore the word of the Lord,
all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
21 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah,
which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the
hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your
eyes;
22 And
of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like
Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
23
Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with
their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have
not commanded them; even I know, and am
a witness, saith the Lord.
24 ¶ Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah
the Nehelamite, saying,
25 Thus
speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people
that are at Jerusalem, and to
Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
26 The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead
of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord, for every man that is mad, and maketh
himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
27 Now
therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself
a prophet to you?
28 For
therefore he sent unto us in Babylon,
saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them;
and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
29 And
Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
30 ¶ Then
came the word of the Lord unto
Jeremiah, saying,
31 Send
to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that
Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to
trust in a lie:
32
Therefore thus saith the Lord;
Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have
a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will
do for my people, saith the Lord;
because he hath taught rebellion against the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 30
THE word
that came to Jeremiah from the Lord,
saying,
2 Thus
speaketh the Lord God of Israel,
saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
3 For,
lo, the days come, saith the Lord,
that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to
the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
4 ¶ And
these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and
concerning Judah.
5 For
thus saith the Lord; We have heard
a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
6 Ask ye
now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every
man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are
turned into paleness?
7 Alas!
for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of
it.
8 For it
shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord
of hosts, that I will break his yoke
from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve
themselves of him:
9 But
they shall serve the Lord their God,
and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
10 ¶ Therefore
fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord;
neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy
seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in
rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him
afraid.
11 For I
am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full
end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full
end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee
altogether unpunished.
12 For
thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast
no healing medicines.
14 All
thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee
with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the
multitude of thine iniquity; because thy
sins were increased.
15 Why
criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have
done these things unto thee.
16
Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine
adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil
thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
17 For I
will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast,
saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
18 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord; Behold, I will
bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces;
and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain
after the manner thereof.
19 And
out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry:
and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them,
and they shall not be small.
20 Their
children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be
established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
21 And their
nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst
of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for
who is this that engaged his heart to
approach unto me? saith the Lord.
22 And
ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
23
Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord
goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the
head of the wicked.
24 The
fierce anger of the Lord shall not
return, until he have done it, and
until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall
consider it.
 
CHAPTER 31
AT the
same time, saith the Lord, will I
be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
2 Thus
saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to
rest.
3 The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an
everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
4 Again
I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt
again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them
that make merry.
5 Thou
shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant,
and shall eat them as common things.
6 For
there shall be a day, that the
watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto
the Lord our God.
7 For
thus saith the Lord; Sing with
gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye,
praise ye, and say, O Lord, save
thy people, the remnant of Israel.
8
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the
coasts of the earth, and with them
the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child
together: a great company shall return thither.
9 They
shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause
them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not
stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
10 ¶ Hear
the word of the Lord, O ye
nations, and declare it in the isles
afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a
shepherd doth his flock.
11 For
the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and
ransomed him from the hand of him that was
stronger than he.
12
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow
together to the goodness of the Lord,
for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the
herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow
any more at all.
13 Then
shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I
will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice
from their sorrow.
14 And I
will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be
satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.
15 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord; A voice was heard
in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter
weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her
children, because they were not.
16 Thus
saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice
from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the
Lord; and they shall come again
from the land of the enemy.
17 And
there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord,
that thy children shall come again to their own border.
18 ¶ I
have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus;
Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the
yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned;
for thou art the Lord my God.
19
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I
smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed,
yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he
a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him
still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon
him, saith the Lord.
21 Set
thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to
these thy cities.
22 ¶ How
long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing in the
earth, A woman shall compass a man.
23 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities
thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The Lord bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
24 And
there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together,
husbandmen, and they that go forth with
flocks.
25 For I
have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
26 Upon
this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
27 ¶ Behold,
the days come, saith the Lord,
that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of
man, and with the seed of beast.
28 And
it shall come to pass, that like as I
have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and
to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant,
saith the Lord.
29 In
those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the
children's teeth are set on edge.
30 But
every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape,
his teeth shall be set on edge.
31 ¶ Behold,
the days come, saith the Lord,
that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of
Judah:
32 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 my covenant they brake, although I was an
husband unto them, saith the Lord:
33 But
this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After
those days, saith the Lord, I will
put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be
their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And
they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother,
saying, Know the Lord: for they
shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity,
and I will remember their sin no more.
35 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord, which giveth the
sun for a light by day, and the
ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth
the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord
of hosts is his name:
36 If
those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed
of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
37 Thus
saith the Lord; If heaven above
can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will
also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord.
38 ¶ Behold,
the days come, saith the Lord,
that the city shall be built to the Lord
from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
39 And
the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and
shall compass about to Goath.
40 And
the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto
the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the Lord;
it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
 
CHAPTER 32
THE word
that came to Jeremiah from the Lord
in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
2 For
then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet
was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.
3 For
Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy,
and say, Thus saith the Lord, Behold,
I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take
it;
4 And
Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but
shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak
with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;
5 And he
shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith
the Lord: though ye fight with the
Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?
6 ¶ And
Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord
came unto me, saying,
7
Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying,
Buy thee my field that is in
Anathoth: for the right of redemption is
thine to buy it.
8 So
Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to
the word of the Lord, and said
unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is
in Anathoth, which is in the country
of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is
thine, and the redemption is thine;
buy it for thyself. Then I knew that
this was the word of the Lord.
9 And I
bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
10 And I
subscribed the evidence, and sealed it,
and took witnesses, and weighed him the
money in the balances.
11 So I
took the evidence of the purchase, both
that which was sealed according to
the law and custom, and that which was open:
12 And I
gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of
Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book
of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
13 ¶ And
I charged Baruch before them, saying,
14 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed,
and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they
may continue many days.
15 For
thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this
land.
16 ¶ Now
when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of
Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord,
saying,
17 Ah Lord
God! behold, thou hast made the
heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
18 Thou
shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the
fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God,
the Lord of hosts, is his name,
19 Great
in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according
to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
20 Which
hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;
21 And
hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and
with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with
great terror;
22 And
hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give
them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
23 And
they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked
in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do:
therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:
24
Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is
given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the
sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is
come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
25 And
thou hast said unto me, O Lord God,
Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into
the hand of the Chaldeans.
26 ¶ Then
came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah,
saying,
27
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any
thing too hard for me?
28
Therefore thus saith the Lord;
Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand
of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:
29 And
the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this
city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense
unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.
30 For
the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me
from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger
with the work of their hands, saith the Lord.
31 For
this city hath been to me as a
provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even
unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
32
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, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem.
33 And
they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them,
rising up early and teaching them,
yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
34 But
they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile
it.
35 And
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 the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into
my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
36 ¶ And
now therefore thus saith the Lord,
the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into
the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the
pestilence;
37
Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in
mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again
unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
38 And
they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
39 And I
will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the
good of them, and of their children after them:
40 And I
will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from
them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall
not depart from me.
41 Yea,
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.
42 For
thus saith the Lord; Like as I
have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them
all the good that I have promised them.
43 And
fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without
man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
44 Men
shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of
Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in
the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities
of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 33
MOREOVER
the word of the Lord came unto
Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
2 Thus
saith the Lord the maker thereof,
the Lord that formed it, to
establish it; the Lord is his name;
3 Call
unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which
thou knowest not.
4 For
thus saith the Lord, the God of
Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the
kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;
5 They
come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it
is to fill them with the dead bodies
of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose
wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
6
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal
unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
7 And I
will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and
will build them, as at the first.
8 And I
will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me;
and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby
they have transgressed against me.
9 ¶ And
it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations
of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall
fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure
unto it.
10 Thus
saith the Lord; Again there shall
be heard in this place, which ye say shall
be desolate without man and without beast,
even in the cities of Judah, and in
the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant,
and without beast,
11 The
voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the
voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is
good; for his mercy endureth for
ever: and of them that shall bring
the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord.
For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith
the Lord.
12 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; Again in
this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities
thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
13 In
the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of
the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and
in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that
telleth them, saith the Lord.
14
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of
Israel and to the house of Judah.
15 ¶ In
those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow
up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
16 In
those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the
name wherewith she shall be called,
The Lord our righteousness.
17 ¶ For
thus saith the Lord; David shall
never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
18
Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt
offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
19 ¶ And
the word of the Lord came unto
Jeremiah, saying,
20 Thus
saith the Lord; If ye can break my
covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be
day and night in their season;
21 Then may also my covenant be broken with
David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and
with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
22 As
the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so
will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister
unto me.
23
Moreover the word of the Lord came
to Jeremiah, saying,
24
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families
which the Lord hath chosen, he
hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be
no more a nation before them.
25 Thus
saith the Lord; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if
I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
26 Then
will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any
of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause
their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
 
CHAPTER 34
THE word
which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord,
when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of
the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and
against all the cities thereof, saying,
2 Thus
saith the Lord, the God of Israel;
Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will give this city into
the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
3 And
thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered
into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and
he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.
4 Yet
hear the word of the Lord, O
Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the Lord
of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
5 But thou shalt die in peace: and with
the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall
they burn odours for thee; and they
will lament thee, saying, Ah lord!
for I have pronounced the word, saith the Lord.
6 Then
Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in
Jerusalem,
7 When
the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities
of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these
defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.
8 ¶ This is
the word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord,
after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty
unto them;
9 That
every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go
free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
10 Now
when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant,
heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant,
go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed,
and let them go.
11 But
afterward 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.
12 ¶ Therefore
the word of the Lord came to
Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
13 Thus
saith the Lord, the God of Israel;
I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of
the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,
14 At
the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath
been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him
go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined
their ear.
15 And
ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty
every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house
which is called by my name:
16 But
ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man
his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and
brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
17
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ye
have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother,
and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the
Lord, to the sword, to the
pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the
kingdoms of the earth.
18 And I
will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed
the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf
in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,
19 The
princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests,
and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf;
20 I
will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them
that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of
the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
21 And
Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their
enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of
the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.
22
Behold, I will command, saith the Lord,
and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and
take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a
desolation without an inhabitant.
 
CHAPTER 35
THE word
which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord
in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
2 Go
unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the
house of the Lord, into one of the
chambers, and give them wine to drink.
3 Then I
took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren,
and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
4 And I
brought them into the house of the Lord,
into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which
was by the chamber of the princes,
which was above the chamber of
Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
5 And I
set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups,
and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
6 But
they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father
commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
7
Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in
tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.
8 Thus
have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he
hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor
our daughters;
9 Nor to
build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
10 But
we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab
our father commanded us.
11 But
it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land,
that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the
Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.
12 ¶ Then
came the word of the Lord unto
Jeremiah, saying,
13 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will
ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the Lord.
14 The
words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink
wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's
commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking;
but ye hearkened not unto me.
15 I
have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and
sending them, saying, Return ye now
every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods
to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to
your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
16
Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of
their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto
me:
17
Therefore thus saith the Lord God
of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants
of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have
spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but
they have not answered.
18 ¶ And
Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Because
ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts,
and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
19
Therefore thus saith the Lord of
hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to
stand before me for ever.
 
CHAPTER 36
AND it
came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from
the Lord, saying,
2 Take thee
a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee
against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I
spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
3 It may
be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto
them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive
their iniquity and their sin.
4 Then
Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of
Jeremiah all the words of the Lord,
which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
5 And
Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am
shut up; I cannot go into the house of the Lord:
6
Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth,
the words of the Lord in the ears
of the people in the Lord's house
upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah
that come out of their cities.
7 It may
be they will present their supplication before the Lord, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the Lord hath pronounced against this people.
8 And
Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet
commanded him, reading in the book the words of the Lord in the Lord's
house.
9 And it
came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in
the ninth month, that they proclaimed
a fast before the Lord to all the
people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto
Jerusalem.
10 Then
read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son
of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the
Lord's house, in the ears of all
the people.
11 ¶ When
Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all
the words of the Lord,
12 Then
he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the
princes sat there, even Elishama the
scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah
the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
13 Then
Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read
the book in the ears of the people.
14
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of
Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll
wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son
of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
15 And
they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
16 Now
it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one
and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these
words.
17 And
they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at
his mouth?
18 Then
Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and
I wrote them with ink in the book.
19 Then
said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man
know where ye be.
20 ¶ And
they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the
chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
21 So
the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the
scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears
of all the princes which stood beside the king.
22 Now
the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire
on the hearth burning before him.
23 And
it came to pass, that when Jehudi had
read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll
was consumed in the fire that was on
the hearth.
24 Yet
they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these
words.
25
Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the
king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
26 But
the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of
Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah
the prophet: but the Lord hid
them.
27 ¶ Then
the word of the Lord came to
Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch
wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
28 Take
thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the
first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
29 And
thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burned this roll, saying,
Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come
and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
30
Therefore thus saith the Lord of
Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David:
and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to
the frost.
31 And I
will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will
bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of
Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.
32 ¶ Then
took Jeremiah another roll, 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 there were added
besides unto them many like words.
 
CHAPTER 37
AND king
Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
2 But
neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the
words of the Lord, which he spake
by the prophet Jeremiah.
3 And
Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of
Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the Lord our God for us.
4 Now
Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into
prison.
5 Then
Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that
besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
6 ¶ Then
came the word of the Lord unto the
prophet Jeremiah, saying,
7 Thus
saith the Lord, the God of Israel;
Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me;
Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt
into their own land.
8 And
the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and
burn it with fire.
9 Thus
saith the Lord; Deceive not
yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall
not depart.
10 For
though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you,
and there remained but wounded men among
them, yet should they rise up every
man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
11 ¶ And
it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from
Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,
12 Then
Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to
separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
13 And
when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was
Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet,
saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
14 Then
said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans.
But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the
princes.
15
Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in
prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
16 ¶ When
Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had
remained there many days;
17 Then
Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in
his house, and said, Is there any word
from the Lord? And Jeremiah said,
There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of
Babylon.
18
Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee,
or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?
19 Where
are now your prophets which prophesied
unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against
this land?
20
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I
pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the
house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
21 Then
Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of
the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the
bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained
in the court of the prison.
 
CHAPTER 38
THEN Shephatiah
the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of
Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had
spoken unto all the people, saying,
2 Thus
saith the Lord, He that remaineth
in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but
he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for
a prey, and shall live.
3 Thus
saith the Lord, This city shall
surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take
it.
4
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put
to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this
city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for
this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
5 Then
Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is
in your hand: for the king is not he that
can do any thing against you.
6 Then
took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of
Hammelech, that was in the court of
the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
7 ¶ Now
when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's
house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting
in the gate of Benjamin;
8 Ebed-melech
went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,
9 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; and he is like to die for
hunger in the place where he is: for there
is no more bread in the city.
10 Then
the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty
men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he
die.
11 So Ebed-melech
took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and
took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords
into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
12 And Ebed-melech
the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these
old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah
did so.
13 So
they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and
Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
14 ¶ Then
Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third
entry that is in the house of the Lord: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I
will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
15 Then
Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it
unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel,
wilt thou not hearken unto me?
16 So
Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the Lord liveth,
that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee
into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
17 Then
said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the Lord,
the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the
king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be
burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:
18 But
if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this
city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire,
and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.
19 And
Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to
the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
20 But
Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee.
Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the Lord,
which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall
live.
21 But
if thou refuse to go forth, this is the
word that the Lord hath shewed me:
22 And,
behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee
on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.
23 So
they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou
shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king
of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
24 ¶ Then
said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not
die.
25 But
if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and
say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it
not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto
thee:
26 Then
thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he
would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.
27 Then
came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according
to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with
him; for the matter was not perceived.
28 So
Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was
taken: and he was there when
Jerusalem was taken.
 
CHAPTER 39
IN the
ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in
the fourth month, the ninth day of
the month, the city was broken up.
3 And
all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim,
Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the
king of Babylon.
4 ¶ And
it came to pass, that when Zedekiah
the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth
out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt
the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
5 But
the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of
Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon
him.
6 Then
the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also
the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
7
Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to
Babylon.
8 ¶ And
the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire,
and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
9 Then Nebuzar-adan
the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the
people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him,
with the rest of the people that remained.
10 But Nebuzar-adan
the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in
the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
11 ¶ Now
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan
the captain of the guard, saying,
12 Take
him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall
say unto thee.
13 So Nebuzar-adan
the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer,
Rab-mag, and all the king of Babylon's princes;
14 Even
they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him
unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him
home: so he dwelt among the people.
15 ¶ Now
the word of the Lord came unto
Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
16 Go
and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,
I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall
be accomplished in that day before
thee.
17 But I
will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord:
and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.
18 For I
will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life
shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the
Lord.
 
CHAPTER 40
THE word
that came to Jeremiah from the Lord,
after that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when
he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive
of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.
2 And
the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil
upon this place.
3 Now
the Lord hath brought it, and done according as he hath said:
because ye have sinned against the Lord,
and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.
4 And
now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me
into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto
thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and
convenient for thee to go, thither go.
5 Now
while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son
of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over
the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it
seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him
victuals and a reward, and let him go.
6 Then
went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him
among the people that were left in the land.
7 ¶ Now
when all the captains of the forces which 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 unto him men, and women, and children, and
of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
8 Then they
came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even 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 a Maachathite, they and their
men.
9 And Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying,
Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of
Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
10 As
for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come
unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your
cities that ye have taken.
11 Likewise
when all the Jews that were in Moab,
and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that 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;
12 Even
all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to
the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer
fruits very much.
13 ¶ Moreover
Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
14 And
said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites
hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam believed them not.
15 Then
Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me
go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall
know it: wherefore should he slay
thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and
the remnant in Judah perish?
16 But Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this
thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.
 
CHAPTER 41
NOW it
came to pass in the seventh month, that
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the
princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
2 Then
arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and
smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew
him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
3
Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there,
and the men of war.
4 And it
came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
5 That
there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards
shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and
incense in their hand, to bring them to
the house of the Lord.
6 And
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all
along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come
to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
7 And it
was so, when they came into the midst
of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and
the men that were with him.
8 But
ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have
treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So
he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
9 Now
the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had
slain because of Gedaliah, was it
which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled
it with them that were slain.
10 Then
Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in
Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive,
and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
11 ¶ But
when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil
that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,
12 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.
13 Now
it came to pass, that when all the
people which were with Ishmael saw
Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad.
14 So
all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and
returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
15 But
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to
the Ammonites.
16 Then
took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people
whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
even mighty men of war, and the
women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
17 And
they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem,
to go to enter into Egypt,
18
Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon
made governor in the land.
 
CHAPTER 42
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 unto the greatest, came
near,
2 And
said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be
accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the Lord
thy God, even for all this remnant;
(for we are left but a few of many,
as thine eyes do behold us:)
3 That
the Lord thy God may shew us the
way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
4 Then
Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the Lord
your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the Lord shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back
from you.
5 Then
they said to Jeremiah, The Lord be
a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all
things for the which the Lord thy God
shall send thee to us.
6
Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee; that
it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.
7 ¶ And
it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah.
8 Then
called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from
the least even to the greatest,
9 And
said unto them, Thus saith the Lord,
the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before
him;
10 If ye
will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck
you up: for I repent me of the evil
that I have done unto you.
11 Be
not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him,
saith the Lord: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver
you from his hand.
12 And I
will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to
return to your own land.
13 ¶ But
if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the Lord your God,
14
Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war,
nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we
dwell:
15 And
now therefore hear the word of the Lord,
ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the Lord
of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt,
and go to sojourn there;
16 Then
it shall come to pass, that the
sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine,
whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there
ye shall die.
17 So
shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn
there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and
none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
18 For
thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants
of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter
into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse,
and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
19 ¶ The
Lord hath said concerning you, O
ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have
admonished you this day.
20 For
ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us unto the Lord our God; and according unto all that
the Lord our God shall say, so
declare unto us, and we will do it.
21 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the
voice of the Lord your God, nor
any thing for the which he hath sent
me unto you.
22 Now
therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by
the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.
 
CHAPTER 43
AND it
came to pass, that when Jeremiah had
made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the Lord their God, for which the Lord their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
2 Then
spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the
proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the Lord our God hath not sent thee to say, Go
not into Egypt to sojourn there:
3 But
Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the
hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away
captives into Babylon.
4 So
Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the
people, obeyed not the voice of the Lord,
to dwell in the land of Judah.
5 But
Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the
remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been
driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;
6 Even men, and women, and children, and
the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan 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.
7 So
they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
8 ¶ Then
came the word of the Lord unto
Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
9 Take
great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes,
in the sight of the men of Judah;
10 And
say unto them, Thus saith the Lord
of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the
king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I
have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
11 And
when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are
for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such
as are for the sword to the sword.
12 And I
will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them,
and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of
Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence
in peace.
13 He
shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians
shall he burn with fire.
 
CHAPTER 44
THE word
that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt,
which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of
Pathros, saying,
2 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and
upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
3
Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger,
in that they went to burn incense, and
to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither
they, ye, nor your fathers.
4
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable
thing that I hate.
5 But
they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to
burn no incense unto other gods.
6
Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the
cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.
7
Therefore now thus saith the Lord,
the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and
woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;
8 In
that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense
unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye
might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all
the nations of the earth?
9 Have
ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of
Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the
wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and
in the streets of Jerusalem?
10 They
are not humbled even unto this day,
neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set
before you and before your fathers.
11 ¶ Therefore
thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all
Judah.
12 And I
will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land
of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and
by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the
sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
13 For I
will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem,
by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
14 So
that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to
sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of
Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall
return but such as shall escape.
15 ¶ Then
all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and
all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt
in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
16 As for
the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee.
17 But
we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn
incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto 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
had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
18 But
since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink
offerings unto her, we have wanted all things,
and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
19 And
when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings
unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings
unto her, without our men?
20 ¶ Then
Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the
people which had given him that answer,
saying,
21 The
incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem,
ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land,
did not the Lord remember them,
and came it not into his mind?
22 So
that the Lord could no longer
bear, because of the evil of your doings, and
because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a
desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this
day.
23
Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed the voice of
the Lord, nor walked in his law,
nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened
unto you, as at this day.
24
Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word
of the Lord, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:
25 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled
with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to
burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her:
ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
26
Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord,
all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name,
saith the Lord, that my name shall
no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt,
saying, The Lord God liveth.
27
Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of
Judah that are in the land of Egypt
shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of
them.
28 Yet a
small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into
the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of
Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.
29 ¶ And
this shall be a sign unto you, saith the Lord,
that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall
surely stand against you for evil:
30 Thus
saith the Lord; Behold, I will
give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the
hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand
of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
 
CHAPTER 45
THE word
that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had
written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
2 Thus saith
the Lord, the God of Israel, unto
thee, O Baruch;
3 Thou
didst say, Woe is me now! for the Lord
hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
4 ¶ Thus
shalt thou say unto him, The Lord
saith thus; Behold, that which I have
built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even
this whole land.
5 And
seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them
not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee
for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
 
CHAPTER 46
THE word
of the Lord which came to Jeremiah
the prophet against the Gentiles;
2
Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by
the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote
in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
3 Order
ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
4
Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
5
Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and
turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace,
and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord.
6 Let
not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and
fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
8 Egypt
riseth up like a flood, and his waters
are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the
inhabitants thereof.
9 Come
up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the
Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that
handle and bend the bow.
10 For
this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he
may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be
satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the
river Euphrates.
11 Go up
into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou
use many medicines; for thou shalt
not be cured.
12 The
nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the
mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.
13 ¶ The
word that the Lord spake to
Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.
14
Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in
Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour
round about thee.
15 Why
are thy valiant men swept away? they
stood not, because the Lord did
drive them.
16 He
made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us
go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the
oppressing sword.
17 They
did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is
but a noise; he hath passed the time
appointed.
18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the Lord
of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among
the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so
shall he come.
19 O
thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph
shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
20 Egypt
is like a very fair heifer, but
destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
21 Also
her hired men are in the midst of her
like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of
their calamity was come upon them, and
the time of their visitation.
22 The
voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and
come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
23 They
shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord,
though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
24 The
daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of
the people of the north.
25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saith;
Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their
gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all
them that trust in him:
26 And I
will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the
hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and
afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the Lord.
27 ¶ But
fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold,
I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity;
and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
28 Fear
thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord:
for I am with thee; for I will make a
full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a
full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly
unpunished.
 
CHAPTER 47
THE word
of the Lord that came to Jeremiah
the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2 Thus
saith the Lord; Behold, waters
rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow
the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then
the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
3 At the
noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of
his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
4
Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon
every helper that remaineth: for the Lord
will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
5
Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
6 O thou
sword of the Lord, how long will it
be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself
into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
7 How
can it be quiet, seeing the Lord
hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath
he appointed it.
 
CHAPTER 48
AGAINST Moab
thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and
dismayed.
2 There shall be no more praise
of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it
off from being a nation. Also thou
shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
3 A
voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great
destruction.
4 Moab
is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
5 For in
the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of
Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
6 Flee,
save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
7 ¶ For
because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be
taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
8 And
the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley
also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord hath spoken.
9 Give
wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be
desolate, without any to dwell therein.
10
Cursed be he that doeth the work of
the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from
blood.
11 ¶ Moab
hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not
been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity:
therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
12
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall
empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
13 And
Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el
their confidence.
14 ¶ How
say ye, We are mighty and strong men
for the war?
15 Moab
is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men
are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
16 The
calamity of Moab is near to come, and
his affliction hasteth fast.
17 All
ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is
the strong staff broken, and the beautiful
rod!
18 Thou
daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come
upon thee, and he shall destroy thy
strong holds.
19 O
inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her
that escapeth, and say, What is done?
20 Moab
is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that
Moab is spoiled,
21 And
judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon
Mephaath,
22 And
upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,
23 And
upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,
24 And
upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far
or near.
25 The
horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.
26 ¶ Make
ye him drunken: for he magnified himself
against the Lord: Moab also shall
wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
27 For
was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou
spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
28 O ye
that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the
dove that maketh her nest in the sides
of the hole's mouth.
29 We
have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his
arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
30 I
know his wrath, saith the Lord;
but it shall not be so; his lies
shall not so effect it.
31
Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart
shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres.
32 O vine
of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone
over the sea, they reach even to the
sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy
vintage.
33 And
joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab;
and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with
shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.
34 From
the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh,
and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim
shall be desolate.
35
Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the Lord, him that offereth in the high places, and him that
burneth incense to his gods.
36
Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall
sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
37 For
every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
38 There shall be lamentation
generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I
have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is
no pleasure, saith the Lord.
39 They
shall howl, saying, How is it broken down!
how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a
dismaying to all them about him.
40 For
thus saith the Lord; Behold, he
shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
41
Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's
hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
42 And
Moab shall be destroyed from being a
people, because he hath magnified himself
against the Lord.
43 Fear,
and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab,
saith the Lord.
44 He
that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out
of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation,
saith the Lord.
45 They
that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire
shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall
devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
46 Woe
be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken
captives, and thy daughters captives.
47 ¶ Yet
will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
 
CHAPTER 49
CONCERNING
the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord;
Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then
doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
2
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and
it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then
shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord.
3 Howl,
O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth;
lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into
captivity, and his priests and his
princes together.
4
Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding
daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying,
Who shall come unto me?
5
Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord God of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall
be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that
wandereth.
6 And
afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the Lord.
7 ¶ Concerning
Edom, thus saith the Lord of
hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is
counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
8 Flee
ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the
calamity of Esau upon him, the time that
I will visit him.
9 If
grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they
have enough.
10 But I
have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be
able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his
neighbours, and he is not.
11 Leave
thy fatherless children, I will preserve them
alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
12 For
thus saith the Lord; Behold, they
whose judgment was not to drink of
the cup have assuredly drunken; and art
thou he that shall altogether go
unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
13 For I
have sworn by myself, saith the Lord,
that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and
all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
14 I
have heard a rumour from the Lord,
and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying,
Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
15 For,
lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
16 Thy
terribleness hath deceived thee, and the
pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that
holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as
the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.
17 Also
Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and
shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
18 As in
the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord,
no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
19
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the
habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and
who is a chosen man, that I may appoint
over her? for who is like me? and who
will appoint me the time? and who is that
shepherd that will stand before me?
20
Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord,
that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed
against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them
out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
21 The
earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was
heard in the Red sea.
22
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over
Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the
heart of a woman in her pangs.
23 ¶ Concerning
Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings:
they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be
quiet.
24
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth
herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her:
anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 How
is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall
be cut off in that day, saith the Lord
of hosts.
27 And I
will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of
Ben-hadad.
28 ¶ Concerning
Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon shall smite, thus saith the Lord;
Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
29 Their
tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves
their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry
unto them, Fear is on every side.
30 ¶ Flee,
get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the Lord; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.
31
Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith
the Lord, which have neither gates
nor bars, which dwell alone.
32 And
their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I
will scatter into all winds them that
are in the utmost corners; and I will
bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the Lord.
33 And
Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and
a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
34 ¶ The
word of the Lord that came to
Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah
king of Judah, saying,
35 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I
will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
36 And
upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and
will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither
the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
37 For I
will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek
their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the Lord;
and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
38 And I
will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the
princes, saith the Lord.
39 ¶ But
it shall come to pass in the latter days, that
I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 50
THE word
that the Lord spake against
Babylon and against the land of the
Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
2
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel
is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her
images are broken in pieces.
3 For
out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her
land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart,
both man and beast.
4 ¶ In
those days, and in that time, saith the Lord,
the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together,
going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord
their God.
5 They
shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
6 My
people hath 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 restingplace.
7 All
that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not,
because they have sinned against the Lord,
the habitation of justice, even the Lord,
the hope of their fathers.
8 Remove
out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and
be as the he goats before the flocks.
9 ¶ For,
lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great
nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against
her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty
expert man; none shall return in vain.
10 And
Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord.
11
Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage,
because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
12 Your
mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold,
the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a
desert.
13
Because of the wrath of the Lord
it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth
by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
14 Put
yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow,
shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the Lord.
15 Shout
against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen,
her walls are thrown down: for it is the
vengeance of the Lord: take
vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
16 Cut
off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of
harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his
people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
17 ¶ Israel
is a scattered sheep; the lions have
driven him away: first the king of
Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath
broken his bones.
18
Therefore thus saith the Lord of
hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his
land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
19 And I
will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and
Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
20 In
those days, and in that time, saith the Lord,
the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they
shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
21 ¶ Go
up against the land of Merathaim, even
against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after
them, saith the Lord, and do
according to all that I have commanded thee.
22 A
sound of battle is in the land, and
of great destruction.
23 How
is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become
a desolation among the nations!
24 I
have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast
not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against
the Lord.
25 The Lord hath opened his armoury, and hath
brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord God
of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
26 Come
against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps,
and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
27 Slay
all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their
day is come, the time of their visitation.
28 The
voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in
Zion the vengeance of the Lord our
God, the vengeance of his temple.
29 Call
together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it
round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work;
according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against
the Lord, against the Holy One of
Israel.
30
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall
be cut off in that day, saith the Lord.
31 Behold,
I am against thee, O thou
most proud, saith the Lord God of
hosts: for thy day is come, the time that
I will visit thee.
32 And
the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will
kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
33 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; The
children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them
fast; they refused to let them go.
34 Their
Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give
rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
35 ¶ A
sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith
the Lord, and upon the inhabitants
of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
36 A
sword is upon the liars; and they
shall dote: a sword is upon her
mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
37 A
sword is upon their horses, and upon
their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be
robbed.
38 A
drought is upon her waters; and they
shall be dried up: for it is the land
of graven images, and they are mad upon their
idols.
39
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands
shall dwell there, and the owls shall
dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be
dwelt in from generation to generation.
40 As God
overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord;
so shall no man abide there, neither
shall any son of man dwell therein.
41
Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings
shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
42 They
shall hold the bow and the lance: they are
cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they
shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the
battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
43 The
king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble:
anguish took hold of him, and pangs
as of a woman in travail.
44
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the
habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and
who is a chosen man, that I may appoint
over her? for who is like me? and who
will appoint me the time? and who is that
shepherd that will stand before me?
45
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord,
that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against
the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out:
surely he shall make their habitation
desolate with them.
46 At
the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard
among the nations.
 
CHAPTER 51
THUS saith
the Lord; Behold, I will raise up
against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up
against me, a destroying wind;
2 And
will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land:
for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
3
Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that
lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy
ye utterly all her host.
4 Thus
the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
5 For
Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the Lord of hosts; though their land was
filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
6 Flee out
of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her
iniquity; for this is the time of the
Lord's vengeance; he will render
unto her a recompence.
7
Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's
hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine;
therefore the nations are mad.
8
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain,
if so be she may be healed.
9 We
would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go
every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is
lifted up even to the skies.
10 The Lord hath brought forth our
righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
11 Make
bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord
hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it;
because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.
12 Set
up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the
watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the Lord
hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of
Babylon.
13 O
thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
14 The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with
men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.
15 He
hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom,
and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
16 When
he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours
to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth
forth the wind out of his treasures.
17 Every
man is brutish by his knowledge;
every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in
them.
18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the
time of their visitation they shall perish.
19 The
portion of Jacob is not like them;
for he is the former of all things:
and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord
of hosts is his name.
20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the
nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
21 And
with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I
break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
22 With
thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in
pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and
the maid;
23 I
will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee
will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will
I break in pieces captains and rulers.
24 And I
will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil
that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the Lord.
25
Behold, I am against thee, O
destroying mountain, saith the Lord,
which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and
roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
26 And
they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations;
but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the Lord.
27 Set
ye 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 Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the
rough caterpillers.
28
Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains
thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
29 And
the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
30 The
mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed;
they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
31 One
post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the
king of Babylon that his city is taken at one
end,
32 And
that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and
the men of war are affrighted.
33 For
thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God
of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is
like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little
while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
34
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he
hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath
filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
35 The
violence done to me and to my flesh be
upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants
of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
36
Therefore thus saith the Lord;
Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up
her sea, and make her springs dry.
37 And
Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and
an hissing, without an inhabitant.
38 They
shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps.
39 In
their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they
may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord.
40 I
will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
41 How
is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is
Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
42 The
sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves
thereof.
43 Her
cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man
dwelleth, neither doth any son of man
pass thereby.
44 And I
will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which
he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto
him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
45 My
people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from
the fierce anger of the Lord.
46 And
lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the
land; a rumour shall both come one year,
and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
47
Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven
images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain
shall fall in the midst of her.
48 Then
the heaven and the earth, and all that is
therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the
north, saith the Lord.
49 As
Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the
slain of all the earth.
50 Ye
that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come
into your mind.
51 We
are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces:
for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord's house.
52
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the
wounded shall groan.
53
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the
height of her strength, yet from me
shall spoilers come unto her, saith the Lord.
54 A
sound of a cry cometh from Babylon,
and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
55
Because the Lord hath spoiled
Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like
great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
56
Because the spoiler is come upon her, even
upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken:
for the Lord God of recompences
shall surely requite.
57 And I
will make drunk her princes, and her wise men,
her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a
perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
58 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; The broad
walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with
fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they
shall be weary.
59 ¶ The
word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of
Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the
fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah
was a quiet prince.
60 So
Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written
against Babylon.
61 And
Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt
read all these words;
62 Then
shalt thou say, O Lord, thou hast
spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither
man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
63 And
it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and
cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
64 And
thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I
will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
 
CHAPTER 52
ZEDEKIAH
was one and twenty years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah
of Libnah.
2 And he
did that which was evil in the
eyes of the Lord, according to all
that Jehoiakim had done.
3 For
through the anger of the Lord it
came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence,
that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
4 ¶ And
it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the
tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built
forts against it round about.
5 So the
city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
6 And in
the fourth month, in the ninth day of
the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the
people of the land.
7 Then
the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth 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 by the city round
about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
8 ¶ But
the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the
plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
9 Then
they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in
the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.
10 And
the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all
the princes of Judah in Riblah.
11 Then
he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains,
and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
12 ¶ Now
in the fifth month, in the tenth day of
the month, which was the nineteenth
year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the
guard, which served the king of
Babylon, into Jerusalem,
13 And
burned the house of the Lord, and
the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great
men, burned he with fire:
14 And
all the army of the Chaldeans, that were
with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round
about.
15 Then Nebuzar-adan
the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people
that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of
Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
16 But Nebuzar-adan
the captain of the guard left certain
of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
17 Also
the pillars of brass that were in the
house of the Lord, and the bases,
and the brasen sea that was in the
house of the Lord, the Chaldeans
brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
18 The
caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the
spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
19 And
the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the
candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that
which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard
away.
20 The
two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of
the Lord: the brass of all these
vessels was without weight.
21 And concerning the pillars, the height of
one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a
fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
22 And a
chapiter of brass was upon it; and
the height of one chapiter was five
cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the
pomegranates were like unto these.
23 And
there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.
24 ¶ And
the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the
second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
25 He
took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war;
and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the
city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land;
and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of
the city.
26 So Nebuzar-adan
the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to
Riblah.
27 And
the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of
Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar
carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
29 In
the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem
eight hundred thirty and two persons:
30 In
the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the captain of the
guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons:
all the persons were four thousand
and six hundred.
31 ¶ And
it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin
king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of
Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,
32 And
spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
33 And
changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all
the days of his life.
34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet
given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his
death, all the days of his life.


THE
LAMENTATIONS
OF JEREMIAH.


CHAPTER 1
HOW doth
the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations,
and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
2 She
weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are
on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt
treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
3 Judah
is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude:
she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors
overtook her between the straits.
4 The
ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates
are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
5 Her
adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude
of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
6 And
from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become
like harts that find no pasture, and they
are gone without strength before the pursuer.
7
Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her
pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the
hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.
8
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured
her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and
turneth backward.
9 Her
filthiness is in her skirts; she
remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter.
O Lord, behold my affliction: for
the enemy hath magnified himself.
10 The
adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath
seen that the heathen entered into
her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that
they should not enter into thy congregation.
11 All
her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for
meat to relieve the soul: see, O Lord,
and consider; for I am become vile.
12 ¶ Is it
nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow
like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
13 From
above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath
spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
14 The
yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made
my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
15 The Lord
hath trodden under foot all my mighty men
in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young
men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
16 For
these things I weep; mine eye, mine
eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is
far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
17 Zion
spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord
hath commanded concerning Jacob, that
his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous
woman among them.
18 ¶ The
Lord is righteous; for I have
rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow:
my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
19 I
called for my lovers, but they
deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while
they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
20
Behold, O Lord; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled;
mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the
sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
21 They
have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies
have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be
like unto me.
22 Let
all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto
me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are
many, and my heart is faint.
 
CHAPTER 2
HOW hath
the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth
the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
2 The Lord
hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath
thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath
brought them down to the ground: he
hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
3 He
hath cut off in his fierce anger all
the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy,
and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
4 He
hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary,
and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the
tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
5 The Lord
was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her
palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter
of Judah mourning and lamentation.
6 And he
hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of
a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and
sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his
anger the king and the priest.
7 The Lord
hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into
the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the
house of the Lord, as in the day
of a solemn feast.
8 The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of
the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his
hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament;
they languished together.
9 Her
gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king
and her princes are among the Gentiles:
the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.
10 The
elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they
have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their
heads to the ground.
11 Mine
eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the
earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children
and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
12 They
say to their mothers, Where is corn
and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their
soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.
13 What
thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O
daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O
virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is
great like the sea: who can heal thee?
14 Thy
prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not
discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee
false burdens and causes of banishment.
15 All
that pass by clap their hands at
thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men
call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
16 All
thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the
teeth: they say, We have swallowed her
up: certainly this is the day that we
looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
17 The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had
commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he
hath caused thine enemy to rejoice
over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
18 Their
heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down
like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine
eye cease.
19
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine
heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for
the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every
street.
20 ¶ Behold,
O Lord, and consider to whom thou
hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be
slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 The
young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men
are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them
in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
22 Thou
hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of
the Lord's anger none escaped nor remained:
those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
 
CHAPTER 3
I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2 He
hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
3 Surely
against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4 My
flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
5 He
hath builded against me, and compassed me
with gall and travail.
6 He
hath set me in dark places, as they that be
dead of old.
7 He
hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8 Also
when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9 He
hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and
as a lion in secret places.
11 He
hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12 He
hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He
hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14 I was
a derision to all my people; and their
song all the day.
15 He
hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
16 He
hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
17 And
thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
18 And I
said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
19
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20 My
soul hath them still in remembrance,
and is humbled in me.
21 This
I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22 ¶ It is
of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his
compassions fail not.
23 They are
new every morning: great is thy
faithfulness.
24 The Lord is
my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 The Lord is
good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26 It is
good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is
good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 He
sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
29 He
putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
30 He
giveth his cheek to him that smiteth
him: he is filled full with reproach.
31 For
the Lord will not cast off for ever:
32 But
though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude
of his mercies.
33 For
he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
34 To
crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
35 To
turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
36 To
subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
37 ¶ Who
is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it
not?
38 Out
of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
39
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Let
us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
41 Let
us lift up our heart with our hands
unto God in the heavens.
42 We
have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
43 Thou
hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not
pitied.
44 Thou
hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our
prayer should not pass through.
45 Thou
hast made us as the offscouring and
refuse in the midst of the people.
46 All
our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
47 Fear
and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
48 Mine
eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my
people.
49 Mine
eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
50 Till
the Lord look down, and behold
from heaven.
51 Mine
eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
52 Mine
enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
53 They
have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
54
Waters flowed over mine head; then I
said, I am cut off.
55 ¶ I
called upon thy name, O Lord, out
of the low dungeon.
56 Thou
hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
57 Thou
drewest near in the day that I called
upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
58 O Lord,
thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
59 O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou
my cause.
60 Thou
hast seen all their vengeance and all
their imaginations against me.
61 Thou
hast heard their reproach, O Lord,
and all their imaginations against
me;
62 The
lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
63
Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
64 ¶ Render
unto them a recompence, O Lord,
according to the work of their hands.
65 Give
them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
66
Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 4
HOW is
the gold become dim! how is the most
fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of
every street.
2 The
precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as
earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
3 Even
the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the
daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the
wilderness.
4 The
tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the
young children ask bread, and no man breaketh
it unto them.
5 They
that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up
in scarlet embrace dunghills.
6 For
the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the
punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no
hands stayed on her.
7 Her
Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more
ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was
of sapphire:
8 Their
visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin
cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
9 They that
be slain with the sword are better
than they that be slain with
hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the
field.
10 The
hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat
in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 The Lord hath accomplished his fury; he hath
poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured
the foundations thereof.
12 The
kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have
believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of
Jerusalem.
13 ¶ For
the sins of her prophets, and the
iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of
her,
14 They
have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted
themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
15 They
cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not:
when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no
more sojourn there.
16 The
anger of the Lord hath divided
them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the
priests, they favoured not the elders.
17 As
for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have
watched for a nation that could not
save us.
18 They
hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are
fulfilled; for our end is come.
19 Our
persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the
mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
20 The
breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord,
was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among
the heathen.
21 ¶ Rejoice
and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also
shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself
naked.
22 ¶ The
punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no
more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter
of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
 
CHAPTER 5
REMEMBER,
O Lord, what is come upon us:
consider, and behold our reproach.
2 Our
inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
3 We are
orphans and fatherless, our mothers are
as widows.
4 We
have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
5 Our
necks are under persecution: we
labour, and have no rest.
6 We
have given the hand to the Egyptians,
and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our
fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their
iniquities.
8
Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
9 We gat
our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Our
skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
11 They
ravished the women in Zion, and the
maids in the cities of Judah.
12
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
13 They
took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
14 The
elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
15 The
joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
16 The
crown is fallen from our head: woe
unto us, that we have sinned!
17 For
this our heart is faint; for these things
our eyes are dim.
18
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
19 Thou,
O Lord, remainest for ever; thy
throne from generation to generation.
20
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and
forsake us so long time?
21 Turn
thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we
shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
22 But
thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.


THE BOOK
OF THE PROPHET
EZEKIEL.


CHAPTER 1
NOW it
came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of
the month, as I was among the captives
by the river of Chebar, that the
heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
2 In the
fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's
captivity,
3 The
word of the Lord came expressly
unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the
river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord
was there upon him.
4 ¶ And
I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a
fire infolding itself, and a brightness was
about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst
of the fire.
5 Also
out of the midst thereof came the
likeness of four living creatures. And this was
their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
6 And
every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7 And
their feet were straight feet; and
the sole of their feet was like the
sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
8 And they had
the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had
their faces and their wings.
9 Their
wings were joined one to another;
they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
10 As
for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face
of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left
side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
12 And
they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
13 As
for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and
like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures;
and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
14 And
the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 ¶ Now
as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living
creatures, with his four faces.
16 The
appearance of the wheels and their work was
like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance
and their work was as it were a wheel
in the middle of a wheel.
17 When
they went, they went upon their four sides: and
they turned not when they went.
18 As
for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
19 And
when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living
creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
20
Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go;
and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living
creature was in the wheels.
21 When
those went, these went; and when
those stood, these stood; and when
those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against
them: for the spirit of the living creature was
in the wheels.
22 And
the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible
crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
23 And
under the firmament were their wings
straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side,
and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
24 And
when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great
waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an
host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
25 And
there was a voice from the firmament that was
over their heads, when they stood, and
had let down their wings.
26 ¶ And
above the firmament that was over
their heads was the likeness of a
throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the
throne was the likeness as the
appearance of a man above upon it.
27 And I
saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it,
from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his
loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had
brightness round about.
28 As
the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness
round about. This was the appearance
of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.
And when I saw it, I fell upon my
face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND he
said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.
2 And
the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that
I heard him that spake unto me.
3 And he
said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious
nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed
against me, even unto this very day.
4 For they are
impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt
say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God.
5 And
they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that
there hath been a prophet among them.
6 ¶ And
thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words,
though briers and thorns be with
thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be
dismayed at their looks, though they be
a rebellious house.
7 And
thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they
will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
8 But
thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that
rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
9 ¶ And
when I looked, behold, an hand was sent
unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was
therein;
10 And
he spread it before me; and it was written
within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning,
and woe.
 
CHAPTER 3
MOREOVER
he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak
unto the house of Israel.
2 So I
opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
3 And he
said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this
roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it;
and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
4 ¶ And
he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak
with my words unto them.
5 For
thou art not sent to a people of a
strange speech and of an hard language, but
to the house of Israel;
6 Not to
many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst
not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto
thee.
7 But
the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto
me: for all the house of Israel are impudent
and hardhearted.
8
Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead
strong against their foreheads.
9 As an
adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be
dismayed at their looks, though they be
a rebellious house.
10
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee
receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
11 And
go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and
speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
12 Then
the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord
from his place.
13 I heard
also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another,
and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.
14 So
the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the
heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord
was strong upon me.
15 ¶ Then
I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar,
and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
16 And
it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
17 Son
of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear
the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
18 When
I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning,
nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same
wicked man shall die in his iniquity;
but his blood will I require at thine hand.
19 Yet
if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his
wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
20
Again, When a righteous man doth turn
from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before
him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his
sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his
blood will I require at thine hand.
21
Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man,
that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because
he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
22 ¶ And
the hand of the Lord was there
upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there
talk with thee.
23 Then
I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, as the glory which I
saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.
24 Then
the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and
said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.
25 But
thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee
with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
26 And I
will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb,
and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
27 But
when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord God; He that
heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
 
CHAPTER 4
THOU also,
son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the
city, even Jerusalem:
2 And
lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it;
set the camp also against it, and set battering
rams against it round about.
3
Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against
it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
4 Lie
thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon
it: according to the number of the days
that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
5 For I
have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the
days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the
house of Israel.
6 And
when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt
bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each
day for a year.
7
Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
8 And,
behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side
to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
9 ¶ Take
thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and
fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that
thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat
thereof.
10 And
thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from
time to time shalt thou eat it.
11 Thou
shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time
shalt thou drink.
12 And
thou shalt eat it as barley cakes,
and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
13 And
the Lord said, Even thus shall the
children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive
them.
14 Then
said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my
soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not
eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there
abominable flesh into my mouth.
15 Then
he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou
shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
16
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread
in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall
drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
17 That
they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume
away for their iniquity.
 
CHAPTER 5
AND thou,
son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's rasor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy
beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
2 Thou
shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of
the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt
scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
3 Thou
shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
4 Then
take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in
the fire; for thereof shall a fire come
forth into all the house of Israel.
5 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord God; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst
of the nations and countries that are round about her.
6 And
she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my
statutes more than the countries that are
round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have
not walked in them.
7
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have
not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done
according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;
8
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, I, even I, am against thee,
and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
9 And I
will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any
more the like, because of all thine abominations.
10
Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons
shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole
remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
11
Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God; Surely, because thou hast defiled my
sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations,
therefore will I also diminish thee;
neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
12 ¶ A
third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be
consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round
about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw
out a sword after them.
13 Thus
shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them,
and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
14
Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of
all that pass by.
15 So it
shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the
nations that are round about thee, when
I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes.
I the Lord have spoken it.
16 When
I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the
famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
17 So
will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and
pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon
thee. I the Lord have spoken it.
 
CHAPTER 6
AND the
word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
2 Son of
man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
3 And
say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God
to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold,
I, even I, will bring a sword upon
you, and I will destroy your high places.
4 And
your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast
down your slain men before your idols.
5 And I
will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I
will scatter your bones round about your altars.
6 In all
your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall
be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your
idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works
may be abolished.
7 And
the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
8 ¶ Yet
will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some
that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered
through the countries.
9 And
they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall
be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath
departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols:
and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all
their abominations.
10 And
they shall know that I am the Lord, and
that I have not said in vain that I
would do this evil unto them.
11 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord God; Smite with
thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil
abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine,
and by the pestilence.
12 He
that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by
the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus
will I accomplish my fury upon them.
13 Then
shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round
about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and
under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did
offer sweet savour to all their idols.
14 So
will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate
than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall
know that I am the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 7
MOREOVER
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
2 Also,
thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God
unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will
judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine
abominations.
4 And
mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense
thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and
ye shall know that I am the Lord.
5 Thus
saith the Lord God; An evil, an
only evil, behold, is come.
6 An end
is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.
7 The
morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come,
the day of trouble is near, and not the
sounding again of the mountains.
8 Now
will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee:
and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all
thine abominations.
9 And
mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee
according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord
that smiteth.
10
Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath
blossomed, pride hath budded.
11
Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for
them.
12 The
time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller
mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude
thereof.
13 For
the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet
alive: for the vision is touching the
whole multitude thereof, which shall
not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
14 They
have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle:
for my wrath is upon all the multitude
thereof.
15 The
sword is without, and the pestilence
and the famine within: he that is in
the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
16 ¶ But
they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves
of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
17 All
hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
18 They
shall also gird themselves with
sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and
baldness upon all their heads.
19 They
shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their
silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath
of the Lord: they shall not
satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the
stumblingblock of their iniquity.
20 ¶ As
for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images
of their abominations and of their detestable
things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
21 And I
will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of
the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
22 My face
will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into
it, and defile it.
23 ¶ Make
a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of
violence.
24
Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their
houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places
shall be defiled.
25
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
26
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall
they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest,
and counsel from the ancients.
27 The
king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the
hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after
their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall
know that I am the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 8
AND it
came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of
the month, as I sat in mine house,
and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me.
2 Then I
beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his
loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of
brightness, as the colour of amber.
3 And he
put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the
spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the
visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward
the north; where was the seat of the
image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
4 And,
behold, the glory of the God of Israel was
there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
5 ¶ Then
said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north.
So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the
gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
6 He
said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the
house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but
turn thee yet again, and thou shalt
see greater abominations.
7 ¶ And
he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the
wall.
8 Then
said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the
wall, behold a door.
9 And he
said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
10 So I
went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable
beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall
round about.
11 And
there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and
in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his
censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
12 Then
said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of
Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say,
The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.
13 ¶ He
said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and
thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.
14 Then
he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord's
house which was toward the north;
and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
15 ¶ Then
said he unto me, Hast thou seen this,
O son of man? turn thee yet again, and
thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
16 And
he brought me into the inner court of the Lord's
house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple
of the Lord, and their faces toward
the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
17 ¶ Then
he said unto me, Hast thou seen this,
O 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
returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
18
Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I
have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
 
CHAPTER 9
HE cried
also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over
the city to draw near, even every man with
his destroying weapon in his hand.
2 And,
behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the
north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's
inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
3 And
the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was,
to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen,
which had the writer's inkhorn by his
side;
4 And
the Lord said unto him, Go through
the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads
of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the
midst thereof.
5 ¶ And
to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and
smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
6 Slay
utterly old and young, both maids,
and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary.
Then they began at the ancient men which were
before the house.
7 And he
said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye
forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
8 ¶ And
it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon
my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord God!
wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon
Jerusalem?
9 Then
said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full
of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.
10 And
as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon
their head.
11 And,
behold, the man clothed with linen, which had
the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast
commanded me.
 
CHAPTER 10
THEN I
looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims
there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the
likeness of a throne.
2 And he
spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand
with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
3 Now
the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and
the cloud filled the inner court.
4 Then
the glory of the Lord went 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 the Lord's glory.
5 And
the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even
to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
6 And it
came to pass, that when he had
commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the
wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the
wheels.
7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from
between the cherubims unto the fire that was
between the cherubims, and took thereof,
and put it into the hands of him that
was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out.
8 ¶ And
there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under their wings.
9 And
when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one
cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.
10 And as for
their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the
midst of a wheel.
11 When
they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but
to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they
went.
12 And
their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the
wheels, were full of eyes round about,
even the wheels that they four had.
13 As
for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.
14 And
every one had four faces: the first face was
the face of a cherub, and the second face was
the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of
an eagle.
15 And
the cherubims were lifted up. This is
the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
16 And
when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted
up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from
beside them.
17 When
they stood, these stood; and when they
were lifted up, these lifted up
themselves also: for the spirit of
the living creature was in them.
18 Then
the glory of the Lord departed
from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
19 And
the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight:
when they went out, the wheels also were
beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate
of the Lord's house; and the glory
of the God of Israel was over them
above.
20 This is the living creature that I saw under
the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.
21 Every
one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the
hands of a man was under their wings.
22 And
the likeness of their faces was the
same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and
themselves: they went every one straight forward.
 
CHAPTER 11
MOREOVER
the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord's house, which looketh eastward: and
behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah
the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
2 Then
said he unto me, Son of man, these are
the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
3 Which
say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and
we be the flesh.
4 ¶ Therefore
prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
5 And
the Spirit of the Lord fell upon
me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the Lord;
Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your
mind, every one of them.
6 Ye
have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof
with the slain.
7
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city
is the caldron: but I will bring you
forth out of the midst of it.
8 Ye
have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God.
9 And I
will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of
strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
10 Ye
shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall
know that I am the Lord.
11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither
shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but
I will judge you in the border of Israel:
12 And
ye shall know that I am the Lord: for ye have not walked in my
statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the
heathen that are round about you.
13 ¶ And
it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then
fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou make a full end of the
remnant of Israel?
14 Again
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
15 Son
of man, thy brethren, even thy
brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of
Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the Lord:
unto us is this land given in possession.
16
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God;
Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered
them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the
countries where they shall come.
17 Therefore
say, Thus saith the Lord God; I
will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where
ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
18 And
they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things
thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
19 And I
will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will
take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
20 That
they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they
shall be my people, and I will be their God.
21 But as for
them whose heart walketh after the
heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense
their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God.
22 ¶ Then
did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the
glory of the God of Israel was over
them above.
23 And
the glory of the Lord went up from
the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
24 ¶ Afterwards
the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into
Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from
me.
25 Then
I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the Lord had shewed me.
 
CHAPTER 12
THE word
of the Lord also came unto me,
saying,
2 Son of
man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see,
and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
3
Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day
in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their
sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.
4 Then
shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing:
and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into
captivity.
5 Dig
thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
6 In
their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the
twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have
set thee for a sign unto the house of
Israel.
7 And I
did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for
captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in
their sight.
8 ¶ And
in the morning came the word of the Lord
unto me, saying,
9 Son of
man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What
doest thou?
10 Say
thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God;
This burden concerneth the prince in
Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are
among them.
11 Say,
I am your sign: like as I have done,
so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.
12 And
the prince that is among them shall
bear upon his shoulder in the
twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out
thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.
13 My
net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will
bring him to Babylon to the land of the
Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
14 And I
will scatter toward every wind all that are
about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after
them.
15 And
they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall scatter them among the
nations, and disperse them in the countries.
16 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 heathen
whither they come; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
17 ¶ Moreover
the word of the Lord came to me,
saying,
18 Son of
man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with
carefulness;
19 And
say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness,
and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all
that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
20 And
the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be
desolate; and ye shall know that I am
the Lord.
21 ¶ And
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
22 Son
of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel,
saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
23 Tell
them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God;
I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb
in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every
vision.
24 For
there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the
house of Israel.
25 For I
am the Lord: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall
come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious
house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord God.
26 ¶ Again
the word of the Lord came to me,
saying,
27 Son
of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision
that he seeth is for many days to come,
and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.
28
Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God;
There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have
spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God.
 
CHAPTER 13
AND the
word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
2 Son of
man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto
them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the Lord;
3 Thus
saith the Lord God; Woe unto the
foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
4 O
Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
5 Ye
have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of
Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord.
6 They
have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and the Lord
hath not sent them: and they have made others
to hope that they would confirm the word.
7 Have
ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas
ye say, The Lord saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
8
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God.
9 And
mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies:
they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written
in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land
of Israel; and ye shall know that I am
the Lord God.
10 ¶ Because,
even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it
with untempered morter:
11 Say
unto them which daub it with
untempered morter, that it shall
fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall
fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
12 Lo,
when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
13
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
I will even rend it with a stormy
wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and
great hailstones in my fury to
consume it.
14 So
will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground,
so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye
shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
15 Thus
will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it
with untempered morter, and will say unto
you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;
16 To wit,
the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions
of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord God.
17 ¶ Likewise,
thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which
prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,
18 And
say, Thus saith the Lord God; Woe
to the women that sew pillows to all
armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will
ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come
unto you?
19 And
will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of
bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that
should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
20
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, I am against your pillows,
wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them
fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
21 Your
kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they
shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
22
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not
made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return
from his wicked way, by promising him life:
23
Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will
deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 14
THEN came
certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
2 And the
word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
3 Son of
man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the
stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at
all by them?
4
Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Every man of the house of Israel
that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity
before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him that cometh according to the multitude
of his idols;
5 That I
may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged
from me through their idols.
6 ¶ Therefore
say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Repent, and turn yourselves
from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
7 For
every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel,
which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and
putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet
to inquire of him concerning me; I the Lord
will answer him by myself:
8 And I
will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and
I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
9 And if
the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I
will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people
Israel.
10 And
they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet
shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;
11 That
the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more
with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be
their God, saith the Lord God.
12 ¶ The
word of the Lord came again to me,
saying,
13 Son
of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I
stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof,
and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
14
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness,
saith the Lord God.
15 ¶ If
I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it
be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God,
they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered,
but the land shall be desolate.
17 ¶ Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and
say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
18
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor
daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
19 ¶ Or if I send a pestilence into that land,
and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
20
Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in
it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter;
they shall but deliver their own
souls by their righteousness.
21 For
thus saith the Lord God; How much
more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the
famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and
beast?
22 ¶ Yet,
behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they
shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye
shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought
upon it.
23 And
they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall
know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord
God.
 
CHAPTER 15
AND the
word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
2 Son of
man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is
among the trees of the forest?
3 Shall
wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
4
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of
it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
5
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be
meet yet for any work, when the fire hath
devoured it, and it is burned?
6 ¶ Therefore
thus saith the Lord God; As the
vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel,
so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
7 And I
will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire
shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am
the Lord, when I set my face
against them.
8 And I
will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord
God.
 
CHAPTER 16
AGAIN the
word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
2 Son of
man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
3 And
say, Thus saith the Lord God unto
Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is
of the land of Canaan; thy father was
an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
4 And as for
thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast
thou washed in water to supple thee;
thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
5 None
eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee;
but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the
day that thou wast born.
6 ¶ And
when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee
when thou wast in thy blood, Live;
yea, I said unto thee when thou wast
in thy blood, Live.
7 I have
caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and
waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.
8 Now
when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my
skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered
into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God,
and thou becamest mine.
9 Then
washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and
I anointed thee with oil.
10 I
clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I
girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
11 I
decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a
chain on thy neck.
12 And I
put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown
upon thine head.
13 Thus
wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and
silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and
thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
14 And
thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which
I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God.
15 ¶ But
thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy
renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it
was.
16 And
of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers
colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the
like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
17 Thou
hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given
thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,
18 And
tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil
and mine incense before them.
19 My
meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set
it before them for a sweet savour: and thus
it was, saith the Lord God.
20
Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto
me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this
of thy whoredoms a small matter,
21 That
thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire
for them?
22 And
in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days
of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.
23 And
it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord God;)
24 That thou hast also built unto thee an
eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.
25 Thou
hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to
be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and
multiplied thy whoredoms.
26 Thou
hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of
flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
27
Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished
thine ordinary food, and delivered
thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines,
which are ashamed of thy lewd way.
28 Thou
hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable;
yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.
29 Thou
hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea;
and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
30 How
weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God,
seeing thou doest all these things,
the work of an imperious whorish woman;
31 In
that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest
thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou
scornest hire;
32 But as
a wife that committeth adultery, which
taketh strangers instead of her husband!
33 They
give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and
hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.
34 And
the contrary is in thee from other women
in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that
thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art
contrary.
35 ¶ Wherefore,
O harlot, hear the word of the Lord:
36 Thus
saith the Lord God; Because thy
filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms
with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood
of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;
37
Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken
pleasure, and all them that thou hast
loved, with all them that thou hast
hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy
nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
38 And I
will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I
will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.
39 And I
will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent
place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy
clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.
40 They
shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with
stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.
41 And
they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the
sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot,
and thou also shalt give no hire any more.
42 So
will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from
thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
43
Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in
all these things; behold, therefore I
also will recompense thy way upon thine
head, saith the Lord God: and thou
shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.
44 ¶ Behold,
every one that useth proverbs shall use this
proverb against thee, saying, As is the
mother, so is her daughter.
45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth
her husband and her children; and thou art
the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your
mother was an Hittite, and your
father an Amorite.
46 And
thine elder sister is Samaria, she
and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth
at thy right hand, is Sodom and her
daughters.
47 Yet
hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but,
as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than
they in all thy ways.
48 As I live, saith the Lord God, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she
nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.
49
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and
abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she
strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
50 And
they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them
away as I saw good.
51
Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine
abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine
abominations which thou hast done.
52 Thou
also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that
thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than
thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified
thy sisters.
53 When
I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters,
and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:
54 That
thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou
hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
55 When
thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and
Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and
thy daughters shall return to your former estate.
56 For
thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,
57
Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are
round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round
about.
58 Thou
hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the Lord.
59 For
thus saith the Lord God; I will
even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking
the covenant.
60 ¶ Nevertheless
I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will
establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
61 Then
thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy
sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for
daughters, but not by thy covenant.
62 And I
will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord:
63 That
thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more
because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast
done, saith the Lord God.
 
CHAPTER 17
AND the
word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
2 Son of
man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
3 And
say, Thus saith the Lord God; A
great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers
colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
4 He
cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick;
he set it in a city of merchants.
5 He
took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he
placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.
6 And it
grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward
him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought
forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
7 There
was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold,
this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward
him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.
8 It was
planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and
that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
9 Say
thou, Thus saith the Lord God;
Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit
thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even
without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
10 Yea,
behold, being planted, shall it
prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither
in the furrows where it grew.
11 ¶ Moreover
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
12 Say
now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is
come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof,
and led them with him to Babylon;
13 And
hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an
oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
14 That
the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it
might stand.
15 But
he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might
give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth
such things? or shall he break the
covenant, and be delivered?
16 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose
covenant he brake, even with him in
the midst of Babylon he shall die.
17
Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty
army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building
forts, to cut off many persons:
18
Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given
his hand, and hath done all these things,
he shall not escape.
19
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
As I live, surely mine oath that he
hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense
upon his own head.
20 And I
will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will
bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he
hath trespassed against me.
21 And
all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that
remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.
22 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord God; I will also
take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one,
and will plant it upon an high
mountain and eminent:
23 In
the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth
boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all
fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
24 And
all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low
tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I
the Lord have spoken and have done
it.
 
CHAPTER 18
THE word
of the Lord came unto me again,
saying,
2 What
mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The
fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
3 As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in
Israel.
4
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the
son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
5 ¶ But
if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains,
neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath
defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
7 And
hath not oppressed any, but hath
restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his
bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
8 He that hath not given forth upon usury,
neither hath taken any increase, that
hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man
and man,
9 Hath
walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the
Lord God.
10 ¶ If
he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
11 And
that doeth not any of those duties,
but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
12 Hath
oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the
pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
13 Hath
given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall
not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood
shall be upon him.
14 ¶ Now,
lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all
his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains,
neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not
defiled his neighbour's wife,
16
Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled
by violence, but hath given his bread
to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
17 That hath taken off his hand from the
poor, that hath not received usury
nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall
not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
18 As for
his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and
did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his
iniquity.
19 ¶ Yet
say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son
hath done that which is lawful and right, and
hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The
soul that sinneth, it 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 upon him, and the wickedness of the
wicked shall be upon him.
21 But
if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all
my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he
shall not die.
22 All
his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto
him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
23 Have
I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and
not that he should return from his ways, and live?
24 ¶ But
when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth
iniquity, and doeth according to all
the abominations that the wicked man doeth,
shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned:
in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in
them shall he die.
25 ¶ Yet
ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not
my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
26 When
a righteous man turneth away from his
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity
that he hath done shall he die.
27
Again, when the wicked man turneth
away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful
and right, he shall save his soul alive.
28
Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he
hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
29 Yet
saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel,
are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
30
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,
saith the Lord God. Repent, and
turn yourselves from all your
transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
31 ¶ Cast
away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make
you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
32 For I
have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
 
CHAPTER 19
MOREOVER
take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2 And
say, What is thy mother? A lioness:
she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
3 And
she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to
catch the prey; it devoured men.
4 The
nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with
chains unto the land of Egypt.
5 Now
when she saw that she had waited, and
her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
6 And he
went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch
the prey, and devoured men.
7 And he
knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was
desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
8 Then
the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their
net over him: he was taken in their pit.
9 And
they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they
brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the
mountains of Israel.
10 ¶ Thy
mother is like a vine in thy blood,
planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
11 And
she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature
was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the
multitude of her branches.
12 But
she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind
dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed
them.
13 And
now she is planted in the wilderness,
in a dry and thirsty ground.
14 And
fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which
hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule.
This is a lamentation, and shall be
for a lamentation.
 
CHAPTER 20
AND it
came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of
the month, that certain of the elders
of Israel came to inquire of the Lord,
and sat before me.
2 Then
came the word of the Lord unto me,
saying,
3 Son of
man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye come to inquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.
4 Wilt
thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:
5 ¶ And
say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God;
In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house
of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted
up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the
Lord your God;
6 In the
day that I lifted up mine hand unto
them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for
them, flowing with milk and honey, which is
the glory of all lands:
7 Then
said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and
defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
8 But
they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man
cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of
Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against
them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
9 But I
wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen,
among whom they were, in whose sight
I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
10 ¶ Wherefore
I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the
wilderness.
11 And I
gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
12
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that
they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.
13 But
the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in
my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they
greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the
wilderness, to consume them.
14 But I
wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen,
in whose sight I brought them out.
15 Yet
also I lifted up my hand unto 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;
16
Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted
my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
17
Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an
end of them in the wilderness.
18 But I
said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your
fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their
idols:
19 I am the Lord
your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
20 And
hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may
know that I am the Lord your God.
21
Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my
statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths:
then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against
them in the wilderness.
22
Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it
should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought
them forth.
23 I
lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them
among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
24
Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and
had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.
25
Wherefore I gave them also statutes that
were not good, and judgments whereby
they should not live;
26 And I
polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire
all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that
they might know that I am the Lord.
27 ¶ Therefore,
son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord
God; Yet in this your fathers have
blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
28 For when I had brought them into the
land, for the which I lifted up mine
hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick
trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation
of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out
there their drink offerings.
29 Then
I said unto them, What is the high
place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
30
Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye polluted after the manner of
your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?
31 For
when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye
pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be inquired
of by you, O house of Israel? As I
live, saith the Lord God, I will
not be inquired of by you.
32 And
that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be
as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
33 ¶ As I live, saith the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand, and with
a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
34 And I
will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries
wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and
with fury poured out.
35 And I
will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with
you face to face.
36 Like
as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will
I plead with you, saith the Lord God.
37 And I
will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the
covenant:
38 And I
will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me:
I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall
not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
39 As
for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me:
but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
40 For
in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel,
all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I
require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your
holy things.
41 I
will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people,
and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will
be sanctified in you before the heathen.
42 And
ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall bring you into the
land of Israel, into the country for the
which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.
43 And
there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been
defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils
that ye have committed.
44 And
ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with you for my
name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt
doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
45 ¶ Moreover
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
46 Son
of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the
south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
47 And
say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in
thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces
from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
48 And
all flesh shall see that I the Lord
have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
49 Then
said I, Ah Lord God! they say of
me, Doth he not speak parables?
 
CHAPTER 21
AND the
word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
2 Son of
man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy
places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
3 And
say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord;
Behold, I am against thee, and will
draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous
and the wicked.
4 Seeing
then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore
shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to
the north:
5 That
all flesh may know that I the Lord
have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
6 Sigh
therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
7 And it
shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt
answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all
hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak
as water: behold, it cometh, and
shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.
8 ¶ Again
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
9 Son of
man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord;
Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
10 It is
sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should
we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
11 And
he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is
sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
12 Cry
and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the
princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people:
smite therefore upon thy thigh.
13
Because it is a trial, and what if the
sword contemn even the rod? it shall
be no more, saith the Lord God.
14 Thou
therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine
hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the
slain: it is the sword of the great men that
are slain, which entereth into their
privy chambers.
15 I
have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is
made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
16 Go
thee one way or other, either on the
right hand, or on the left,
whithersoever thy face is set.
17 I
will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the Lord have said it.
18 ¶ The
word of the Lord came unto me
again, saying,
19 Also,
thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon
may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place,
choose it at the head of the way to
the city.
20
Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to
Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
21 For
the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two
ways, to use divination: he made his arrows
bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
22 At
his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open
the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to
cast a mount, and to build a fort.
23 And
it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have
sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be
taken.
24 Therefore
thus saith the Lord God; Because
ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered,
so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come
to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
25 ¶ And
thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
26 Thus
saith the Lord God; Remove the
diadem, and take off the crown: this shall
not be the same: exalt him that
is low, and abase him that
is high.
27 I
will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
28 ¶ And
thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God concerning the Ammonites, and
concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is
furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
29
Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring
thee upon the necks of them that are
slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
30 Shall
I cause it to return into his sheath?
I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
31 And I
will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire
of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.
32 Thou
shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land;
thou shalt be no more remembered: for
I the Lord have spoken it.
 
CHAPTER 22
MOREOVER
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
2 Now,
thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou
shalt shew her all her abominations.
3 Then
say thou, Thus saith the Lord God,
The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols
against herself to defile herself.
4 Thou
art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in
thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near,
and art come even unto thy years:
therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all
countries.
5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall
mock thee, which art infamous and much
vexed.
6
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed
blood.
7 In
thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they
dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless
and the widow.
8 Thou
hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
9 In
thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the
mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
10 In
thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled
her that was set apart for pollution.
11 And
one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath
lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his
sister, his father's daughter.
12 In
thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase,
and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast
forgotten me, saith the Lord God.
13 ¶ Behold,
therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made,
and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
14 Can
thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal
with thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it.
15 And I
will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and
will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
16 And
thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and
thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
17 And
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
18 Son
of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead,
in the midst of the furnace; they are even
the dross of silver.
19
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst
of Jerusalem.
20 As they gather silver, and brass, and
iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it,
to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I
will leave you there, and melt you.
21 Yea,
I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be
melted in the midst thereof.
22 As
silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the
midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lord
have poured out my fury upon you.
23 ¶ And
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
24 Son
of man, say unto her, Thou art the
land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a
roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the
treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst
thereof.
26 Her
priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put
no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the
clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
27 Her
princes in the midst thereof are like
wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and
to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
28 And
her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus
saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken.
29 The
people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed
the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
30 And I
sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the
gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
31
Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them
with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads,
saith the Lord God.
 
CHAPTER 23
THE word
of the Lord came again unto me,
saying,
2 Son of
man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
3 And
they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth:
there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their
virginity.
4 And
the names of them were Aholah the
elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters.
Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.
5 And
Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the
Assyrians her neighbours,
6 Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable
young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
7 Thus
she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men
of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled
herself.
8
Neither left she her whoredoms brought
from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of
her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.
9
Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of
the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
10 These
discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her
with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed
judgment upon her.
11 And
when her sister Aholibah saw this,
she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more
than her sister in her whoredoms.
12 She
doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours,
captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all
of them desirable young men.
13 Then
I saw that she was defiled, that they
took both one way,
14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for
when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed
with vermilion,
15 Girded
with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all
of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the
land of their nativity:
16 And
as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers
unto them into Chaldea.
17 And
the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with
their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from
them.
18 So she
discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was
alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.
19 Yet
she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth,
wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
20 For
she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is
as the flesh of asses, and whose
issue is like the issue of horses.
21 Thus
thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats
by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.
22 ¶ Therefore,
O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated,
and I will bring them against thee on every side;
23 The
Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of
them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of
them riding upon horses.
24 And
they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an
assembly of people, which shall set against
thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before
them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.
25 And I
will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee:
they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the
sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured
by the fire.
26 They
shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.
27 Thus
will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that
thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
28 For
thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I
will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them
from whom thy mind is alienated:
29 And
they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and
shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered,
both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
30 I
will do these things unto thee,
because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.
31 Thou
hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine
hand.
32 Thus
saith the Lord God; Thou shalt
drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and
had in derision; it containeth much.
33 Thou
shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and
desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.
34 Thou
shalt even drink it and suck it out,
and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I
have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
35
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear
thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
36 ¶ The
Lord said moreover unto me; Son of
man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;
37 That
they have committed adultery, and blood is
in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have
also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire,
to devour them.
38
Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the
same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
39 For
when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day
into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of
mine house.
40 And
furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom
thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with
ornaments,
41 And
satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast
set mine incense and mine oil.
42 And a
voice of a multitude being at ease was
with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon
their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
43 Then
said I unto her that was old in
adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?
44 Yet
they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so
went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
45 ¶ And
the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and
after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is
in their hands.
46 For
thus saith the Lord God; I will bring
up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.
47 And
the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords;
they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with
fire.
48 Thus
will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught
not to do after your lewdness.
49 And
they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of
your idols: and ye shall know that I am
the Lord God.
 
CHAPTER 24
AGAIN in
the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord
came unto me, saying,
2 Son of
man, write thee the name of the day, even
of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same
day.
3 And utter
a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
4 Gather
the pieces thereof into it, even every
good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
5 Take
the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.
6 ¶ Wherefore
thus saith the Lord God; Woe to
the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is
therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let
no lot fall upon it.
7 For
her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured
it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
8 That
it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the
top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
9
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
10 Heap
on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the
bones be burned.
11 Then
set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may
burn, and that the filthiness of it may
be molten in it, that the scum of it
may be consumed.
12 She
hath wearied herself with lies, and
her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
13 In
thy filthiness is lewdness: because I
have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy
filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
14 I the
Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do
it; I will not go back, neither will
I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings,
shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God.
15 ¶ Also
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
16 Son
of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke:
yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
17
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon
thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
18 So I
spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in
the morning as I was commanded.
19 ¶ And
the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that
thou doest so?
20 Then
I answered them, The word of the Lord
came unto me, saying,
21 Speak
unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the
desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your
daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
22 And
ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
23 And
your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not
mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one
toward another.
24 Thus
Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and
when this cometh, ye shall know that I am
the Lord God.
25 Also,
thou son of man, shall it not 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 minds,
their sons and their daughters,
26 That he that escapeth in that day shall
come unto thee, to cause thee to hear
it with thine ears?
27 In
that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt
speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall
know that I am the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 25
THE word
of the Lord came again unto me,
saying,
2 Son of
man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
3 And
say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God;
Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and
against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of
Judah, when they went into captivity;
4
Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession,
and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee:
they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
5 And I
will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for
flocks: and ye shall know that I am the
Lord.
6 For
thus saith the Lord God; Because
thou hast clapped thine hands, and
stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the
land of Israel;
7
Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee
for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will
cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt
know that I am the Lord.
8 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord God; Because that
Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
9
Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his
cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon,
and Kiriathaim,
10 Unto
the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that
the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.
11 And I
will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
12 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord God; Because that
Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly
offended, and revenged himself upon them;
13
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast
from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall
by the sword.
14 And I
will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall
do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall
know my vengeance, saith the Lord God.
15 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord God; Because the
Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart,
to destroy it for the old hatred;
16
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off
the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.
17 And I
will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall
know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon
them.
 
CHAPTER 26
AND it
came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the
word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of
man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was
the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
3
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus,
and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his
waves to come up.
4 And
they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also
scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
5 It
shall be a place for the spreading
of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God:
and it shall become a spoil to the nations.
6 And
her daughters which are in the field
shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
7 ¶ For
thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I
will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the
north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and
much people.
8 He
shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort
against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against
thee.
9 And he
shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break
down thy towers.
10 By
reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls
shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the
chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein
is made a breach.
11 With
the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy
people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.
12 And
they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and
they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they
shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
13 And I
will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be
no more heard.
14 And I
will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets
upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the Lord
have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
15 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord God to Tyrus; Shall
not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter
is made in the midst of thee?
16 Then
all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away
their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves
with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
17 And
they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou
destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast
strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be
on all that haunt it!
18 Now
shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
19 For
thus saith the Lord God; When I
shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I
shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;
20 When
I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of
old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate
of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall
set glory in the land of the living;
21 I
will make thee a terror, and thou shalt
be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found
again, saith the Lord God.
 
CHAPTER 27
THE word
of the Lord came again unto me,
saying,
2 Now,
thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
3 And
say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord God; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
4 Thy
borders are in the midst of the seas,
thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
5 They
have made all thy ship boards of fir
trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made
thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
7 Fine
linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be
thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered
thee.
8 The
inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were
in thee, were thy pilots.
9 The
ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof
were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in
thee to occupy thy merchandise.
10 They
of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they
hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
11 The
men of Arvad with thine army were upon
thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their
shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
12
Tarshish was thy merchant by reason
of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and
lead, they traded in thy fairs.
13
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy
merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
14 They
of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and
mules.
15 The
men of Dedan were thy merchants; many
isles were the merchandise of thine
hand: they brought thee for a present
horns of ivory and ebony.
16 Syria
was thy merchant by reason of the
multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds,
purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
17
Judah, and the land of Israel, they were
thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey,
and oil, and balm.
18
Damascus was thy merchant in the
multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the
wine of Helbon, and white wool.
19 Dan
also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and
calamus, were in thy market.
20 Dedan
was thy merchant in precious clothes
for chariots.
21
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and
rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
22 The
merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were
thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with
all precious stones, and gold.
23
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.
24 These
were thy merchants in all sorts of things,
in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with
cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.
25 The
ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished,
and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
26 ¶ Thy
rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in
the midst of the seas.
27 Thy
riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy
calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company
which is in the midst of thee, shall
fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
28 The
suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
29 And
all that handle the oar, the mariners, and
all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand
upon the land;
30 And
shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and
shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
31 And
they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth,
and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
32 And
in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over
thee, saying, What city is
like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?
33 When
thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst
enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy
merchandise.
34 In
the time when thou shalt be broken by
the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the
midst of thee shall fall.
35 All
the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall
be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their
countenance.
36 The
merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never
shalt be any more.
 
CHAPTER 28
THE word
of the Lord came again unto me,
saying,
2 Son of
man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is
lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a
God, I sit in the seat of God, in the
midst of the seas; yet thou art a
man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
3
Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel;
there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
4 With
thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast
gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
5 By thy
great wisdom and by thy traffick hast
thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
6
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
7
Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the
nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and
they shall defile thy brightness.
8 They
shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that
are slain in the midst of the seas.
9 Wilt
thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him
that slayeth thee.
10 Thou
shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have
spoken it, saith the Lord God.
11 ¶ Moreover
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
12 Son
of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus
saith the Lord God; Thou sealest
up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13 Thou
hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl,
the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and
gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in
the day that thou wast created.
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth;
and I have set thee so: thou wast
upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the
stones of fire.
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day
that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
16 By
the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with
violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of
the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst
of the stones of fire.
17 Thine
heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by
reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee
before kings, that they may behold thee.
18 Thou
hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the
iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of
thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the
sight of all them that behold thee.
19 All
they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be
a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
20 ¶ Again
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
21 Son
of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
22 And
say, Thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon;
and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the Lord,
when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
23 For I
will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded
shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and
they shall know that I am the Lord.
24 ¶ And
there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are
round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord God.
25 Thus
saith the Lord God; When I shall
have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are
scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then
shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.
26 And
they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards;
yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all
those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the Lord
their God.
 
CHAPTER 29
IN the
tenth year, in the tenth month, in
the twelfth day of the month, the
word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
2 Son of
man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and
against all Egypt:
3 Speak,
and say, Thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh
king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which
hath said, My river is mine own, and
I have made it for myself.
4 But I
will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick
unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and
all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
5 And I
will leave thee thrown into the
wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields;
thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to
the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.
6 And
all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because
they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
7 When
they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their
shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their
loins to be at a stand.
8 ¶ Therefore
thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I
will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.
9 And
the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the Lord:
because he hath said, The river is mine,
and I have made it.
10
Behold, therefore I am against thee,
and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene
even unto the border of Ethiopia.
11 No
foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it,
neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
12 And I
will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are
desolate, and her cities among the cities that
are laid waste shall be desolate
forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse
them through the countries.
13 ¶ Yet
thus saith the Lord God; At the
end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they
were scattered:
14 And I
will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of
their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
15 It
shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more
above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over
the nations.
16 And
it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they
shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord God.
17 ¶ And
it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord
came unto me, saying,
18 Son
of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service
against Tyrus: every head was made bald,
and every shoulder was peeled: yet
had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served
against it:
19
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and
he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it
shall be the wages for his army.
20 I
have given him the land of Egypt for his
labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord
God.
21 ¶ In
that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give
thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 30
THE word
of the Lord came again unto me,
saying,
2 Son of
man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God;
Howl ye, Woe worth the day!
3 For
the day is near, even the day of the Lord is
near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
4 And
the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the
slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations
shall be broken down.
5
Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the
men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
6 Thus
saith the Lord; They also that
uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower
of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord God.
7 And
they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and
her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
8 And
they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have set a fire in Egypt,
and when all her helpers shall be
destroyed.
9 In
that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless
Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt:
for, lo, it cometh.
10 Thus
saith the Lord God; I will also
make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon.
11 He
and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to
destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the
land with the slain.
12 And I
will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I
will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I
the Lord have spoken it.
13 Thus
saith the Lord God; I will also
destroy the idols, and I will cause their
images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of
Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
14 And I
will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute
judgments in No.
15 And I
will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the
multitude of No.
16 And I
will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent
asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
17 The
young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.
18 At
Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes
of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud
shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
19 Thus
will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the Lord.
20 ¶ And
it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day
of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
21 Son
of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not
be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold
the sword.
22
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I
will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
23 And I
will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through
the countries.
24 And I
will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand:
but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the
groanings of a deadly wounded man.
25 But I
will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall
fall down; and they shall know that I am
the Lord, when I shall put my
sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon
the land of Egypt.
26 And I
will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the
countries; and they shall know that I am
the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 31
AND it
came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of
the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of
man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like
in thy greatness?
3 ¶ Behold,
the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon
with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and
his top was among the thick boughs.
4 The
waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running
round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of
the field.
5
Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his
boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude
of waters, when he shot forth.
6 All
the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did
all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt
all great nations.
7 Thus
was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was
by great waters.
8 The
cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his
boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the
garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
9 I have
made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden,
that were in the garden of God, envied
him.
10 ¶ Therefore
thus saith the Lord God; Because
thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the
thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
11 I
have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he
shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
12 And
strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him:
upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs
are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone
down from his shadow, and have left him.
13 Upon
his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the
field shall be upon his branches:
14 To
the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their
height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees
stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto
death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men,
with them that go down to the pit.
15 Thus
saith the Lord God; In the day
when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him,
and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I
caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for
him.
16 I
made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to
hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice
and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether
parts of the earth.
17 They
also went down into hell with him unto them
that be slain with the sword; and they
that were his arm, that dwelt
under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
18 ¶ To
whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet
shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the
earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that
be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the
Lord God.
 
CHAPTER 32
AND it
came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord
came unto me, saying,
2 Son of
man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou
art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers,
and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
3 Thus
saith the Lord God; I will
therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they
shall bring thee up in my net.
4 Then
will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field,
and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill
the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
5 And I
will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
6 I will
also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7 And
when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof
dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
8 All
the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon
thy land, saith the Lord God.
9 I will
also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among
the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
10 Yea,
I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly
afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall
tremble at every moment, every man
for his own life, in the day of thy fall.
11 ¶ For
thus saith the Lord God; The sword
of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
12 By
the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of
the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the
multitude thereof shall be destroyed.
13 I
will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither
shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble
them.
14 Then
will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith
the Lord God.
15 When
I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of
that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then
shall they know that I am the Lord.
16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall
lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament
for her, even for Egypt, and for all
her multitude, saith the Lord God.
17 ¶ It
came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the
word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
18 Son of
man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether
parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
19 Whom
dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
20 They
shall fall in the midst of them that are
slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.
21 The
strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them
that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
22
Asshur is there and all her company:
his graves are about him: all of them
slain, fallen by the sword:
23 Whose
graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her
grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land
of the living.
24 There
is Elam and all her multitude round
about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down
uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in
the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down
to the pit.
25 They
have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves
are round about him: all of them uncircumcised,
slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living,
yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in
the midst of them that be
slain.
26 There
is Meshech, Tubal, and all her
multitude: her graves are round about
him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their
terror in the land of the living.
27 And
they shall not lie with the mighty that
are fallen of the uncircumcised,
which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their
swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones,
though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
28 Yea,
thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that
are slain with the sword.
29 There
is Edom, her kings, and all her
princes, which with their might are laid by them
that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and
with them that go down to the pit.
30 There
be the princes of the north, all of
them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror
they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that
be slain by the sword, and bear their
shame with them that go down to the pit.
31
Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by
the sword, saith the Lord God.
32 For I
have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the
midst of the uncircumcised with them that are
slain with the sword, even Pharaoh
and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.
 
CHAPTER 33
AGAIN the
word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
2 Son of
man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the
sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and
set him for their watchman:
3 If
when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the
people;
4 Then
whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the
sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
5 He
heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon
him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
6 But if
the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be
not warned; if the sword come, and take any
person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I
require at the watchman's hand.
7 ¶ So
thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel;
therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
8 When I
say unto the wicked, O wicked man,
thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way,
that wicked man shall die in his iniquity;
but his blood will I require at thine hand.
9
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not
turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy
soul.
10
Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak,
saying, If our transgressions and our sins be
upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
11 Say
unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of
the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye
from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
12
Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The
righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his
transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby
in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able
to live for his righteousness in the
day that he sinneth.
13 When
I shall say to the righteous, that he
shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity,
all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he
hath committed, he shall die for it.
14
Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his
sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give
again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity;
he shall surely live, he shall not die.
16 None
of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done
that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
17 ¶ Yet
the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for
them, their way is not equal.
18 When
the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall
even die thereby.
19 But
if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right,
he shall live thereby.
20 ¶ Yet
ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge
you every one after his ways.
21 ¶ And
it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one
that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
22 Now
the hand of the Lord was upon me
in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until
he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
23 Then
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
24 Son
of man, they that inhabit those wastes of 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.
25
Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God;
Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood:
and shall ye possess the land?
26 Ye
stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his
neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?
27 Say
thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God;
As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword,
and him that is in the open field
will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
28 For I
will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and
the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.
29 Then
shall they know that I am the Lord, when I have laid the land most
desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.
30 ¶ Also,
thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by
the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one
to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh
forth from the Lord.
31 And
they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words,
but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
32 And,
lo, thou art unto them as a very
lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an
instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
33 And
when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a
prophet hath been among them.
 
CHAPTER 34
AND the
word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
2 Son of
man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds;
Woe be to the shepherds of Israel
that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
3 Ye eat
the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
4 The
diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick,
neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven
away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with
cruelty have ye ruled them.
5 And
they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to
all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
6 My
sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my
flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek
after them.
7 ¶ Therefore,
ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;
8 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock became a
prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but
the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
9
Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;
10 Thus
saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will
require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock;
neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my
flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
11 ¶ For
thus saith the Lord God; Behold,
I, even I, will both search my sheep,
and seek them out.
12 As a
shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are
scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places
where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
13 And I
will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and
will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel
by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
14 I
will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall
their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
15 I
will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God.
16 I
will seek that which was lost, and bring again 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 with judgment.
17 And as for
you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye
must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk
of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
19 And as for
my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink
that which ye have fouled with your feet.
20 ¶ Therefore
thus saith the Lord God unto them;
Behold, I, even I, will judge between
the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
21
Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased
with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
22
Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will
judge between cattle and cattle.
23 And I
will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed
them, and he shall be their shepherd.
24 And I
the Lord will be their God, and my
servant David a prince among them; I the Lord
have spoken it.
25 And I
will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to
cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep
in the woods.
26 And I
will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause
the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
27 And
the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her
increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord,
when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand
of those that served themselves of them.
28 And
they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the
land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
29 And I
will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed
with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
30 Thus
shall they know that I the Lord
their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are
my people, saith the Lord God.
31 And
ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are
men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.
 
CHAPTER 35
MOREOVER
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
2 Son of
man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
3 And
say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, O mount Seir, I am against
thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most
desolate.
4 I will
lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
5
Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force
of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:
6
Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will prepare thee unto blood, and
blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall
pursue thee.
7 Thus
will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out
and him that returneth.
8 And I
will fill his mountains with his slain men:
in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that
are slain with the sword.
9 I will
make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall
know that I am the Lord.
10
Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be
mine, and we will possess it; whereas the Lord
was there:
11
Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will even do according to thine
anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred
against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.
12 And
thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and
that I have heard all thy blasphemies
which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid
desolate, they are given us to consume.
13 Thus
with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words
against me: I have heard them.
14 Thus
saith the Lord God; When the whole
earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.
15 As
thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was
desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all
Idumea, even all of it: and they
shall know that I am the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 36
ALSO,
thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains
of Israel, hear the word of the Lord:
2 Thus
saith the Lord God; Because the
enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
3
Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be
a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips
of talkers, and are an infamy of the
people:
4
Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills,
to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities
that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the
heathen that are round about;
5
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the
heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession
with the joy of all their heart, with
despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
6
Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains,
and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy
and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
7
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
8 ¶ But
ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your
fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.
9 For,
behold, I am for you, and I will turn
unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
10 And I
will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes
shall be builded:
11 And I
will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit:
and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you
than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
12 Yea,
I will cause men to walk upon you, even
my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance,
and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.
13 Thus
saith the Lord God; Because they
say unto you, Thou land devourest up
men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
14
Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more,
saith the Lord God.
15 Neither
will I cause men to hear in thee the
shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the
people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith
the Lord God.
16 ¶ Moreover
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
17 Son
of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by
their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness
of a removed woman.
18
Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the
land, and for their idols wherewith they
had polluted it:
19 And I
scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the
countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
20 And
when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy
name, when they said to them, These are
the people of the Lord, and are
gone forth out of his land.
21 ¶ But
I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the
heathen, whither they went.
22
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's
sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
23 And I
will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye
have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord,
saith the Lord God, when I shall
be sanctified in you before their eyes.
24 For I
will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and
will bring you into your own land.
25 ¶ Then
will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your
filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26 A new
heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will
take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of
flesh.
27 And I
will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye
shall keep my judgments, and do them.
28 And
ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my
people, and I will be your God.
29 I
will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn,
and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
30 And I
will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye
shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
31 Then
shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for
your iniquities and for your abominations.
32 Not
for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord
God, be it known unto you: be
ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
33 Thus
saith the Lord God; In the day
that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the
wastes shall be builded.
34 And
the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all
that passed by.
35 And
they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden;
and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
36 Then
the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the Lord have spoken it,
and I will do it.
37 Thus
saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of
Israel, to do it for them; I will
increase them with men like a flock.
38 As
the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the
waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 37
THE hand
of the Lord was upon me, and
carried me out in the spirit of the Lord,
and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
2 And
caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in
the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
3 And he
said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
4 Again he
said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones,
hear the word of the Lord.
5 Thus
saith the Lord God unto these
bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
6 And I
will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with
skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
7 So I
prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and
behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
8 And
when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin
covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
9 Then
said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the
wind, Thus saith the Lord God;
Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may
live.
10 So I
prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived,
and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
11 ¶ Then
he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold,
they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our
parts.
12
Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open
your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into
the land of Israel.
13 And
ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O
my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And
shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your
own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord
have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.
15 ¶ The
word of the Lord came again unto
me, saying,
16
Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah,
and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and
write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
17 And
join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine
hand.
18 ¶ And
when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not
shew us what thou meanest by these?
19 Say
unto them, Thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows,
and will put them with him, even with
the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine
hand.
20 ¶ And
the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
21 And
say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they
be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own
land:
22 And I
will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one
king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither
shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
23
Neither shall they 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 dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them:
so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
24 And
David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall
have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my
statutes, and do them.
25 And
they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein
your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for
ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
26
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting
covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my
sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
27 My
tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be
my people.
28 And
the heathen shall know that I the Lord
do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
 
CHAPTER 38
AND the
word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
2 Son of
man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech
and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
3 And
say, Thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the
chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And I
will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth,
and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour,
even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling
swords:
5
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,
and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his
bands: and many people with thee.
7 Be
thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are
assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 ¶ After
many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the
land that is brought back from the sword, and
is gathered out of many people,
against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought
forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou
shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the
land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
10 Thus
saith the Lord God; It shall also
come to pass, that at the same time
shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And
thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to
them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls,
and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To
take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are
now inhabited, and upon the people that are
gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in
the midst of the land.
13
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions
thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered
thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle
and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 ¶ Therefore,
son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people of Israel
dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And
thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people
with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And
thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land;
it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the
heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their
eyes.
17 Thus
saith the Lord God; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old
time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against
them?
18 And
it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of
Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For
in my jealousy and in the fire of my
wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the
land of Israel;
20 So
that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the
field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall
shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep
places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I
will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man's sword shall be against
his brother.
22 And I
will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon
him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and
brimstone.
23 Thus
will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of
many nations, and they shall know that I am
the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 39
THEREFORE,
thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
2 And I
will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee
to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of
Israel:
3 And I
will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall
out of thy right hand.
4 Thou
shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the
people that is with thee: I will give
thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou
shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
6 And I will
send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and
they shall know that I am the Lord.
7 So
will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not
let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that
I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.
8 ¶ Behold,
it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord God;
this is the day whereof I have
spoken.
9 And
they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire
and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the
arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire
seven years:
10 So
that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall
burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and
rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God.
11 ¶ And
it shall come to pass in that day, that
I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers
on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his
multitude: and they shall call it The
valley of Hamon-gog.
12 And
seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may
cleanse the land.
13 Yea,
all the people of the land shall bury them;
and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord
God.
14 And
they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to
bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to
cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And
the passengers that pass through the
land, when any seeth a man's bone,
then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the
valley of Hamon-gog.
16 And
also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the
land.
17 ¶ And,
thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God;
Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves,
and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice
for you, even a great sacrifice upon
the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
18 Ye
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 bullocks, all of them fatlings of
Bashan.
19 And
ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my
sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 Thus
ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and
with all men of war, saith the Lord God.
21 And I
will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment
that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
22 So
the house of Israel shall know that I am
the Lord their God from that day
and forward.
23 ¶ And
the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their
iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from
them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the
sword.
24
According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I
done unto them, and hid my face from them.
25
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole
house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
26 After
that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have
trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
27 When
I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their
enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28 Then
shall they know that I am the Lord their God, which caused them to be
led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own
land, and have left none of them any more there.
29
Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit
upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
 
CHAPTER 40
IN the
five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the
tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth
year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me thither.
2 In the
visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very
high mountain, by which was as the
frame of a city on the south.
3 And he
brought me thither, and, behold, there
was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a
line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
4 And
the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine
ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that
I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all
that thou seest to the house of Israel.
5 And
behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a
measuring reed of six cubits long by the
cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one
reed; and the height, one reed.
6 ¶ Then
came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs
thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad;
and the other threshold of the gate,
which was one reed broad.
7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad;
and between the little chambers were five
cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.
8 He
measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
9 Then
measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two
cubits; and the porch of the gate was
inward.
10 And
the little chambers of the gate eastward were
three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and
on that side.
11 And
he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen
cubits.
12 The
space also before the little chambers was
one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the
little chambers were six cubits on
this side, and six cubits on that side.
13 He
measured then the gate from the roof of one
little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.
14 He
made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round
about the gate.
15 And
from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the
inner gate were fifty cubits.
16 And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts
within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
17 Then
brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and
a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
18 And
the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement.
19 Then
he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront
of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.
20 ¶ And
the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the
length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
21 And
the little chambers thereof were three
on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof
were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five
and twenty cubits.
22 And
their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east;
and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
23 And
the gate of the inner court was over
against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from
gate to gate an hundred cubits.
24 ¶ After
that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he
measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.
25 And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like
those windows: the length was fifty
cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees,
one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured
from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
28 And
he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south
gate according to these measures;
29 And
the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof,
according to these measures: and there
were windows in it and in the arches
thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and
twenty cubits broad.
30 And
the arches round about were five and
twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.
31 And
the arches thereof were toward the
utter court; and palm trees were upon
the posts thereof: and the going up to it had
eight steps.
32 ¶ And
he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate
according to these measures.
33 And
the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was
fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
34 And
the arches thereof were toward the
outward court; and palm trees were upon
the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
35 ¶ And
he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures;
36 The
little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the
windows to it round about: the length was
fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
37 And
the posts thereof were toward the
utter court; and palm trees were upon
the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
38 And the
chambers and the entries thereof were
by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
39 ¶ And
in the porch of the gate were two
tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering
and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
40 And
at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side,
which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables.
41 Four
tables were on this side, and four
tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew
their sacrifices.
42 And
the four tables were of hewn stone
for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad,
and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they
slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
43 And
within were hooks, an hand broad,
fastened round about: and upon the tables was
the flesh of the offering.
44 ¶ And
without the inner gate were the
chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of
the east gate having the prospect
toward the north.
45 And
he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for
the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
46 And
the chamber whose prospect is toward
the north is for the priests, the
keepers of the charge of the altar: these are
the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the Lord to minister unto him.
47 So he
measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad,
foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
48 ¶ And
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: and the breadth of the gate was
three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
49 The
length of the porch was twenty
cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he
brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that
side.
 
CHAPTER 41
AFTERWARD
he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the
one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of
the tabernacle.
2 And
the breadth of the door was ten
cubits; and the sides of the door were
five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured
the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.
3 Then
went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door,
six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.
4 So he
measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits,
before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.
5 After
he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round
about the house on every side.
6 And
the side chambers were three, one
over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers
round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of
the house.
7 And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side
chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the
house: therefore the breadth of the house was
still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.
8 I saw
also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
9 The
thickness of the wall, which was for
the side chamber without, was five
cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.
10 And
between the chambers was the wideness
of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
11 And
the doors of the side chambers were toward
the place that was left, one door toward the north, and
another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
12 Now
the building that was before the
separate place at the end toward the west was
seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety
cubits.
13 So he
measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the
building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;
14 Also
the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the
east, an hundred cubits.
15 And
he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof
on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner
temple, and the porches of the court;
16 The
door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their
three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from
the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
17 To
that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the
wall round about within and without, by measure.
18 And it was
made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;
19 So
that the face of a man was 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 through all the house round about.
20 From
the ground unto above the door were cherubims
and palm trees made, and on the wall
of the temple.
21 The
posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the
appearance of the one as the appearance
of the other.
22 The
altar of wood was three cubits high,
and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof,
and the walls thereof, were of wood:
and he said unto me, This is the
table that is before the Lord.
23 And
the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
24 And
the doors had two leaves apiece, two
turning leaves; two leaves for the
one door, and two leaves for the other door.
25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm
trees, like as were made upon the
walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.
26 And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other
side, on the sides of the porch, and upon
the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
 
CHAPTER 42
THEN he
brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought
me into the chamber that was over
against the separate place, and which was
before the building toward the north.
2 Before
the length of an hundred cubits was the
north door, and the breadth was fifty
cubits.
3 Over
against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over
against the pavement which was for
the utter court, was gallery against
gallery in three stories.
4 And
before the chambers was a walk of ten
cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.
5 Now
the upper chambers were shorter: for
the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of
the building.
6 For
they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the
pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the
lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
7 And
the wall that was without over
against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers,
the length thereof was fifty cubits.
8 For
the length of the chambers that were in
the utter court was fifty cubits:
and, lo, before the temple were an hundred
cubits.
9 And
from under these chambers was the
entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.
10 The
chambers were in the thickness of the
wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over
against the building.
11 And
the way before them was like the
appearance of the chambers which were
toward the north, as long as they, and
as broad as they: and all their goings out were
both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.
12 And
according to the doors of the chambers that were
toward the south was a door in the
head of the way, even the way
directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.
13 ¶ Then
said he unto me, The north chambers and
the south chambers, which are before
the separate place, they be holy chambers,
where the priests that approach unto the Lord
shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and
the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the
place is holy.
14 When
the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there
they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other
garments, and shall approach to those
things which are for the people.
15 Now
when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth
toward the gate whose prospect is toward
the east, and measured it round about.
16 He
measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the
measuring reed round about.
17 He
measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round
about.
18 He
measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
19 ¶ He
turned about to the west side, and measured
five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
20 He
measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make
a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
 
CHAPTER 43
AFTERWARD
he brought me to the gate, even the gate
that looketh toward the east:
2 And,
behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his
voice was like a noise of many waters:
and the earth shined with his glory.
3 And it was
according to 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 upon my face.
4 And
the glory of the Lord came into
the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
5 So the
spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory
of the Lord filled the house.
6 And I
heard him speaking unto me out of the
house; and the man stood by me.
7 ¶ And
he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles
of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever,
and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their
whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.
8 In
their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts,
and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their
abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine
anger.
9 Now
let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me,
and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
10 ¶ Thou
son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of
their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.
11 And
if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house,
and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in
thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the
forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and
all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
12 This is the law of the house; Upon the top of
the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy.
Behold, this is the law of the house.
13 ¶ And
these are the measures of the altar
after the cubits: The cubit is a
cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall
be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit,
and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this
shall be the higher place of the altar.
14 And
from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle
even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one
cubit.
15 So
the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
16 And
the altar shall be twelve cubits long,
twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
17 And
the settle shall be fourteen cubits long
and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about;
and his stairs shall look toward the east.
18 ¶ And
he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord God; These are the
ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt
offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
19 And
thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which
approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord God, a young bullock for a sin offering.
20 And
thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and
upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
21 Thou
shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the
appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.
22 And
on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin
offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.
23 When
thou hast made an end of cleansing it,
thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock
without blemish.
24 And
thou shalt offer them before the Lord,
and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the Lord.
25 Seven
days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for
a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the
flock, without blemish.
26 Seven
days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate
themselves.
27 And
when these days are expired, it shall be, that
upon the eighth day, and so forward,
the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace
offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord God.
 
CHAPTER 44
THEN he
brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh
toward the east; and it was shut.
2 Then
said the Lord unto me; This gate
shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because
the Lord, the God of Israel, hath
entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
3 It is
for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by the way of the porch
of that gate, and shall go out by the
way of the same.
4 ¶ Then
brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and,
behold, the glory of the Lord
filled the house of the Lord: and
I fell upon my face.
5 And
the Lord said unto me, Son of man,
mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto
thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in
of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
6 And
thou shalt say to the rebellious, even
to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God;
O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,
7 In
that ye have brought into my sanctuary
strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary,
to pollute it, even my house, when ye
offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because
of all your abominations.
8 And ye
have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my
charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
9 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord God; No stranger,
uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary,
of any stranger that is among the
children of Israel.
10 And
the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went
astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
11 Yet
they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having
charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay
the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand
before them to minister unto them.
12
Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel
to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith
the Lord God, and they shall bear
their iniquity.
13 And
they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to
come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations
which they have committed.
14 But I
will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof,
and for all that shall be done therein.
15 ¶ But
the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my
sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near
to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the
fat and the blood, saith the Lord God:
16 They
shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to
minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
17 ¶ And
it shall come to pass, that when they
enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments;
and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the
inner court, and within.
18 They
shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon
their loins; they shall not gird themselves
with any thing that causeth sweat.
19 And
when they go forth into the utter court, even
into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein
they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other
garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
20
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they
shall only poll their heads.
21
Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
22
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but
they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had
a priest before.
23 And
they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane,
and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
24 And
in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep
my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my
sabbaths.
25 And
they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for
mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had
no husband, they may defile themselves.
26 And
after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
27 And
in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister
in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord God.
28 And
it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am
their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
29 They
shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering;
and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
30 And
the first of all the firstfruits of all things,
and every oblation of all, of every sort
of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest
the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.
31 The
priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it
be fowl or beast.
 
CHAPTER 45
MOREOVER,
when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an
oblation unto the Lord, an holy portion
of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty
thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall
be holy in all the borders thereof
round about.
2 Of
this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five
hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the
suburbs thereof.
3 And of
this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the
breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.
4 The
holy portion of the land shall be for
the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto
the Lord: and it shall be a place
for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.
5 And
the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall
also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a
possession for twenty chambers.
6 ¶ And
ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and
twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house
of Israel.
7 ¶ And a portion
shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the
oblation of the holy portion, and of the
possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side
westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one
of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.
8 In the
land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my
people; and the rest of the land shall
they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
9 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord God; Let it suffice
you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice,
take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.
10 Ye
shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
11 The
ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth
part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof
shall be after the homer.
12 And
the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen
shekels, shall be your maneh.
13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the
sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part
of an ephah of an homer of barley:
14
Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of
the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:
15 And
one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of
Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings,
to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord God.
16 All
the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.
17 And
it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat
offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the
sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering,
and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make
reconciliation for the house of Israel.
18 Thus
saith the Lord God; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish,
and cleanse the sanctuary:
19 And
the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon
the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of
the inner court.
20 And
so thou shalt do the seventh day of
the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the
house.
21 In
the first month, in the fourteenth
day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened
bread shall be eaten.
22 And
upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of
the land a bullock for a sin
offering.
23 And
seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the Lord, seven bullocks and seven rams
without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.
24 And
he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a
ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.
25 In
the seventh month, in the fifteenth
day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days,
according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according
to the meat offering, and according to the oil.
 
CHAPTER 46
THUS saith
the Lord God; The gate of the
inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days;
but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall
be opened.
2 And
the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, 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 forth; but the gate
shall not be shut until the evening.
3 Likewise
the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the Lord in the sabbaths and in the new moons.
4 And
the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the Lord in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.
5 And
the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat
offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an
ephah.
6 And in
the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they
shall be without blemish.
7 And he
shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram,
and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to
an ephah.
8 And
when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the
way thereof.
9 ¶ But
when the people of the land shall come before the Lord in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of
the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he
that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the
north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but
shall go forth over against it.
10 And
the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go
forth, shall go forth.
11 And
in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a
bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an
hin of oil to an ephah.
12 Now
when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings
voluntarily unto the Lord, one shall then open him the gate that
looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace
offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his
going forth one shall shut the gate.
13 Thou
shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the Lord
of a lamb of the first year without
blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning.
14 And
thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an
ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a
meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the Lord.
15 Thus
shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.
16 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord God; If the prince
give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons';
it shall be their possession by inheritance.
17 But
if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be
his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his
inheritance shall be his sons' for them.
18
Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression,
to thrust them out of their possession; but
he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be
not scattered every man from his possession.
19 ¶ After
he brought me through the entry, which was
at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked
toward the north: and, behold, there was
a place on the two sides westward.
20 Then
said he unto me, This is the place
where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where
they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.
21 Then
he brought me forth into the utter 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.
22 In
the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four
corners were of one measure.
23 And there was a row of building round about in them, round
about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the
rows round about.
24 Then
said he unto me, These are the places
of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of
the people.
 
CHAPTER 47
AFTERWARD
he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out
from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right
side of the house, at the south side of
the altar.
2 Then
brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way
without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold,
there ran out waters on the right side.
3 And
when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a
thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ancles.
4 Again
he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand,
and brought me through; the waters were
to the loins.
5
Afterward he measured a thousand; and
it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen,
waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.
6 ¶ And
he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this?
Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.
7 Now
when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
8 Then
said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down
into the desert, and go into the sea: which
being brought forth into the sea, the
waters shall be healed.
9 And it
shall come to pass, that every thing
that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and
there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come
thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river
cometh.
10 And
it shall come to pass, that the
fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish
shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding
many.
11 But
the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they
shall be given to salt.
12 And
by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow
all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof
be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because
their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be
for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
13 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord God; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the
twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall
have two portions.
14 And
ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your
fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
15 And
this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great
sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
16
Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between
the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
17 And
the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the
north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.
18 And
the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead,
and from the land of Israel by Jordan,
from the border unto the east sea. And this
is the east side.
19 And
the south side southward, from Tamar even
to the waters of strife in Kadesh,
the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.
20 The
west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a
man come over against Hamath. This is
the west side.
21 So
shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
22 ¶ And
it shall come to pass, that ye shall
divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn
among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as
born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance
with you among the tribes of Israel.
23 And
it shall come to pass, that in what
tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord God.
 
CHAPTER 48
NOW these
are the names of the tribes. From the
north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan,
the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his
sides east and west; a portion for Dan.
2 And by
the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher.
3 And by
the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.
4 And by
the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.
5 And by
the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.
6 And by
the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.
7 And by
the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.
8 ¶ And
by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the
offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the
west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
9 The
oblation that ye shall offer unto the Lord
shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
10 And
for them, even for the priests, shall
be this holy oblation; toward the
north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand
in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five
and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the Lord shall be in the midst thereof.
11 It shall
be for the priests that are
sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not
astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
12 And this oblation of the land that is
offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.
13 And
over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and
twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
14 And
they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of
the land: for it is holy unto the Lord.
15 ¶ And
the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and
twenty thousand, shall be a profane place
for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst
thereof.
16 And
these shall be the measures thereof; 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.
17 And
the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and
toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and
fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
18 And
the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand
eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation
of the holy portion; and the increase
thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.
19 And
they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
20 All
the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and
twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the
possession of the city.
21 ¶ And
the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and
on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over
against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border,
and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border,
over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and
the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
22
Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the
city, being in the midst of that
which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin,
shall be for the prince.
23 As
for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.
24 And
by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.
25 And
by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
26 And
by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.
27 And
by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion.
28 And
by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even
from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot
unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord God.
30 ¶ And
these are the goings out of the city
on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.
31 And
the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of
Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate
of Levi.
32 And
at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate
of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
33 And
at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one
gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
34 At
the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one
gate of Naphtali.
35 It was
round about eighteen thousand measures:
and the name of the city from that day
shall be, The Lord is there.


THE BOOK
OF DANIEL.


CHAPTER 1
IN the
third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
2 And
the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels
of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of
his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
3 ¶ And
the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of
the king's seed, and of the princes;
4
Children in whom was no blemish, but
well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding
science, and such as had ability in
them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and
the tongue of the Chaldeans.
5 And
the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine
which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they
might stand before the king.
6 Now
among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and
Azariah:
7 Unto
whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name
of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and
to Azariah, of Abed-nego.
8 ¶ But
Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion
of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of
the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
9 Now God
had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
10 And
the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath
appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse
liking than the children which are of
your sort? then shall ye make me endanger
my head to the king.
11 Then
said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel,
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
12 Prove
thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and
water to drink.
13 Then
let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the
children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal
with thy servants.
14 So he
consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
15 And
at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh
than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.
16 Thus
Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should
drink; and gave them pulse.
17 ¶ As
for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and
wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
18 Now
at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the
prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
19 And
the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel,
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
20 And
in all matters of wisdom and understanding,
that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the
magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
21 And
Daniel continued even unto the first
year of king Cyrus.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND in
the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams,
wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
2 Then
the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the
sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and
stood before the king.
3 And
the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to
know the dream.
4 Then
spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy
servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
5 The
king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will
not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be
cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
6 But if
ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts
and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the
interpretation thereof.
7 They
answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will
shew the interpretation of it.
8 The
king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time,
because ye see the thing is gone from me.
9 But if
ye will not make known unto me the dream, there
is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words
to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and
I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
10 ¶ The
Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth
that can shew the king's matter: therefore there
is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician,
or astrologer, or Chaldean.
11 And it is
a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it
before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
12 For
this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all
the wise men of Babylon.
13 And
the decree went forth that the wise men
should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
14 ¶ Then
Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's
guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
15 He
answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty
from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
16 Then
Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that
he would shew the king the interpretation.
17 Then
Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and
Azariah, his companions:
18 That
they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that
Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
19 ¶ Then
was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God
of heaven.
20
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for
wisdom and might are his:
21 And
he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings:
he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
22 He
revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
23 I
thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom
and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou
hast now made known unto us the king's
matter.
24 ¶ Therefore
Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus
unto him; Destroy not the wise men of
Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
25 Then
Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I
have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king
the interpretation.
26 The
king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which
I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
27
Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the
king hath demanded cannot the wise men,
the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
28 But
there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king
Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of
thy head upon thy bed, are these;
29 As
for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into
thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth
secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
30 But
as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the
interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy
heart.
31 ¶ Thou,
O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the
form thereof was terrible.
32 This
image's head was of fine gold, his
breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
33 His
legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
34 Thou
sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon
his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35 Then
was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces
together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind
carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote
the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
36 ¶ This
is the dream; and we will tell the
interpretation thereof before the king.
37 Thou,
O king, art a king of kings: for the God
of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38 And
wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of
the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them
all. Thou art this head of gold.
39 And
after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third
kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40 And
the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in
pieces and subdueth all things: and
as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41 And
whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron,
the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the
iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong,
and partly broken.
43 And
whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves
with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is
not mixed with clay.
44 And
in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which
shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume
all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without
hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver,
and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass
hereafter: and the dream is certain,
and the interpretation thereof sure.
46 ¶ Then
the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and
commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
47 The
king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings,
and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
48 Then
the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him
ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all
the wise men of Babylon.
49 Then
Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over
the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
 
CHAPTER 3
NEBUCHADNEZZAR
the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and
the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the
province of Babylon.
2 Then
Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and
the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellers, the sheriffs, and
all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar
the king had set up.
3 Then
the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellers,
the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto
the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they
stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
4 Then
an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and
languages,
5 That at what time ye hear the sound of
the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick,
ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set
up:
6 And
whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the
midst of a burning fiery furnace.
7
Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet,
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the
nations, and the languages, fell down and
worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
8 ¶ Wherefore
at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
9 They
spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
10 Thou,
O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the
cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick,
shall fall down and worship the golden image:
11 And
whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that
he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
12 There
are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of
Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded
thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set
up.
13 ¶ Then
Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury
commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men
before the king.
14
Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is
it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego,
do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
15 Now
if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp,
sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and
worship the image which I have made; well:
but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a
burning fiery furnace; and who is that
God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
16
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O
Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to
answer thee in this matter.
17 If it
be so, our God whom we serve is able
to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
18 But
if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor
worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
19 ¶ Then
was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore
he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more
than it was wont to be heated.
20 And
he commanded the most mighty men that were
in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the
burning fiery furnace.
21 Then
these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst
of the burning fiery furnace.
22
Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding
hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
23 And
these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the
midst of the burning fiery furnace.
24 Then
Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellers,
Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and
said unto the king, True, O king.
25 He
answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire,
and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
26 ¶ Then
Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego,
came forth of the midst of the fire.
27 And
the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellers, being
gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor
was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the
smell of fire had passed on them.
28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said,
Blessed be the God of Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that
trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies,
that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
29
Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak
any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be
cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other
God that can deliver after this sort.
30 Then
the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.
 
CHAPTER 4
NEBUCHADNEZZAR
the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth;
Peace be multiplied unto you.
2 I
thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought
toward me.
3 How
great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his
dominion is from generation to
generation.
4 ¶ I
Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:
5 I saw
a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of
my head troubled me.
6
Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation
of the dream.
7 Then
came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and
I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the
interpretation thereof.
8 ¶ 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: and
before him I told the dream, saying,
9 O
Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the
holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth
thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation
thereof.
10 Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed;
I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.
11 The
tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the
sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
12 The
leaves thereof were fair, and the
fruit thereof much, and in it was meat
for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the
heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
13 I saw
in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one
came down from heaven;
14 He
cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake
off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it,
and the fowls from his branches:
15
Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of
iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the
dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the
earth:
16 Let
his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and
let seven times pass over him.
17 This
matter 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 ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to
whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
18 This
dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the
interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the
interpretation: but thou art able;
for the spirit of the holy gods is in
thee.
19 ¶ Then
Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar,
was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and
said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble
thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine
enemies.
20 The
tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto
the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
21 Whose
leaves were fair, and the fruit
thereof much, and in it was meat for
all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the
fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
22 It is thou, O king, that art grown and
become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion
to the end of the earth.
23 And
whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and
saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots
thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass
of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
24 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is
come upon my lord the king:
25 That
they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of
the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet
thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou
know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever
he will.
26 And
whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall
be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.
27
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy
sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it
may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
28 ¶ All
this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
29 At
the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
30 The
king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the
house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my
majesty?
31 While
the word was in the king's mouth,
there fell a voice from heaven, saying,
O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
32 And
they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts
of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall
pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of
men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
33 The
same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from
men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven,
till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers,
and his nails like birds' claws.
34 And
at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and
mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised
and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
35 And
all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed
as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and
none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
36 At
the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine
honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellers and my lords sought
unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added
unto me.
37 Now I
Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and
those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
 
CHAPTER 5
BELSHAZZAR
the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before
the thousand.
2
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver
vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his
princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
3 Then
they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house
of God which was at Jerusalem; and the
king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
4 They
drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of
wood, and of stone.
5 ¶ In
the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the
candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king
saw the part of the hand that wrote.
6 Then
the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the
joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
7 The
king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the
soothsayers. And the king spake, and
said to the wise men of Babylon,
Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof,
shall be clothed with scarlet, and have
a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
8 Then
came in all the king's wise men: but
they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
9 Then
was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him,
and his lords were astonied.
10 ¶ Now the queen, by reason of the words of
the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy
thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
11 There
is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the
spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding
and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar
thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the
magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and
soothsayers;
12
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding,
interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of
doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now
let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
13 Then
was Daniel brought in before the king. And
the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art
thou that Daniel, which art of the
children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of
Jewry?
14 I
have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light
and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
15 And
now the wise men, the astrologers,
have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known
unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation
of the thing:
16 And I
have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts:
now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation
thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler
in the kingdom.
17 ¶ Then
Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give
thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make
known to him the interpretation.
18 O
thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and
majesty, and glory, and honour:
19 And
for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled
and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive;
and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
20 But
when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed
from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
21 And
he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and
his dwelling was with the wild asses:
they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven;
till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he
will.
22 And
thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest
all this;
23 But
hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the
vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy
concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver,
and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know:
and the God in whose hand thy breath is,
and whose are all thy ways, hast thou
not glorified:
24 Then
was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25 ¶ And
this is the writing that was written,
MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26 This is the interpretation of the thing:
MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27 TEKEL;
Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29 Then
commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and
made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the
kingdom.
30 ¶ In
that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
31 And
Darius the Median took the kingdom, being
about threescore and two years old.
 
CHAPTER 6
IT pleased
Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be
over the whole kingdom;
2 And
over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was
first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have
no damage.
3 Then
this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an
excellent spirit was in him; and the
king thought to set him over the whole realm.
4 ¶ Then
the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning
the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any
error or fault found in him.
5 Then
said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we
find it against him concerning the
law of his God.
6 Then
these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto
him, King Darius, live for ever.
7 All
the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellers,
and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to
make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for
thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
8 Now, O
king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed,
according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
9
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
10 ¶ Now
when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his
windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees
three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
11 Then
these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before
his God.
12 Then
they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast
thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or
man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?
The king answered and said, The thing is
true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
13 Then
answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O
king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times
a day.
14 Then the
king, when he heard these words, was
sore displeased with himself, and set his
heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun
to deliver him.
15 Then
these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that
the law of the Medes and Persians is,
That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
16 Then
the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now
the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he
will deliver thee.
17 And a
stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it
with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might
not be changed concerning Daniel.
18 ¶ Then
the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were
instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
19 Then
the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of
lions.
20 And
when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O
Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually,
able to deliver thee from the lions?
21 Then
said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
22 My God
hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt
me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O
king, have I done no hurt.
23 Then
was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel
up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt
was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
24 ¶ And
the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and
they cast them into the den of lions,
them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them,
and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
25 ¶ Then
king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all
the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
26 I
make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before
the God of Daniel: for he is the living
God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that
which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
27 He
delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in
earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
28 So
this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the
Persian.
 
CHAPTER 7
IN the
first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his
head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and
told the sum of the matters.
2 Daniel
spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the
heaven strove upon the great sea.
3 And
four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
4 The
first was like a lion, and had eagle's
wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the
earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to
it.
5 And
behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one
side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they
said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
6 After
this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it
four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to
it.
7 After
this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and
terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and
brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
8 I
considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little
horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots:
and, behold, in this horn were eyes
like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
9 ¶ I
beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose
garment was white as snow, and the
hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame,
and his wheels as burning fire.
10 A fiery
stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered
unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment
was set, and the books were opened.
11 I
beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I
beheld even till the beast was slain,
and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
12 As
concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet
their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
13 I saw
in the night visions, and, behold, one
like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of
days, and they brought him near before him.
14 And
there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people,
nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his
kingdom that which shall not be
destroyed.
15 ¶ I
Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
16 I
came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this.
So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
17 These
great beasts, which are four, are four
kings, which shall arise out of the
earth.
18 But
the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for
ever, even for ever and ever.
19 Then
I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the
others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were
of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his
feet;
20 And
of the ten horns that were in his
head, and of the other which came up,
and before whom three fell; even of that
horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
21 I
beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
22 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.
23 Thus
he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall
be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread
it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And
the ten horns out of this kingdom are
ten kings that shall arise: and
another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he
shall subdue three kings.
25 And
he shall speak great words against
the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to
change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and
times and the dividing of time.
26 But
the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and
to destroy it unto the end.
27 And
the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole
heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
28
Hitherto is the end of the matter. As
for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in
me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
 
CHAPTER 8
IN the
third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto
me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.
2 And I
saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the
palace, which is in the province of
Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
3 Then I
lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram
which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher
than the other, and the higher came up last.
4 I saw
the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might
stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his
will, and became great.
5 And as
I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the
whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
6 And he
came to the ram that had two horns,
which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his
power.
7 And I
saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and
smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to
stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and
there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
8
Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn
was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of
heaven.
9 And
out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great,
toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
10 And
it waxed great, even to the host of
heaven; and it cast down some of the
host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
11 Yea,
he magnified himself even to the
prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice
was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
12 And
an host was given him against the
daily sacrifice by reason of
transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and
prospered.
13 ¶ Then
I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the
daily sacrifice, and the transgression
of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under
foot?
14 And
he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed.
15 ¶ And
it came to pass, when I, even I
Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there
stood before me as the appearance of a man.
16 And I
heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
17 So he
came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face:
but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
18 Now
as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground:
but he touched me, and set me upright.
19 And
he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the
indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
20 The
ram which thou sawest having two horns
are the kings of Media and Persia.
21 And
the rough goat is the king of Grecia:
and the great horn that is between
his eyes is the first king.
22 Now
that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up
out of the nation, but not in his power.
23 And
in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the
full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall
stand up.
24 And his
power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy
wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and
the holy people.
25 And
through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he
shall magnify himself in his heart,
and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of
princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
26 And
the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
27 And I
Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days;
afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the
vision, but none understood it.
 
CHAPTER 9
IN the
first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was
made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
2 In the
first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years,
whereof the word of the Lord came
to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the
desolations of Jerusalem.
3 ¶ And
I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with
fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
4 And I
prayed unto the Lord my God, and
made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant
and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
5 We
have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have
rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
6
Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy
name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the
land.
7 O Lord,
righteousness belongeth unto thee,
but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are
far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of
their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
8 O Lord,
to us belongeth confusion of face, to
our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against
thee.
9 To the
Lord our God belong mercies and
forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
10
Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord
our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
11 Yea,
all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not
obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the
servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
12 And
he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges
that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven
hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
13 As it is
written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our
prayer before the Lord our God,
that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
14
Therefore hath the Lord watched
upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord
our God is righteous in all his works
which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
15 And
now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of
Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have
sinned, we have done wickedly.
16 ¶ O Lord,
according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy
fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our
sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become
a reproach to all that are about us.
17 Now
therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications,
and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's
sake.
18 O my God,
incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and
the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications
before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
19 O Lord,
hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O
my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
20 ¶ And
whiles I was speaking, and praying,
and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication
before the Lord my God for the
holy mountain of my God;
21 Yea,
whiles I was speaking in prayer, even
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 oblation.
22 And
he informed me, and talked with me,
and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
23 At
the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to
shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore
understand the matter, and consider the vision.
24
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish
the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for
iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision
and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25 Know
therefore and understand, that from
the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah
the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be
built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26 And
after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself:
and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the
sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the
war desolations are determined.
27 And
he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the
week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the
overspreading of abominations he shall make it
desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon
the desolate.
 
CHAPTER 10
IN the
third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name
was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was
true, but the time appointed was long:
and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
2 In
those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
3 I ate
no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I
anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
4 And in
the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the
great river, which is Hiddekel;
5 Then I
lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen,
whose loins were girded with fine
gold of Uphaz:
6 His
body also was like the beryl, and his
face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms
and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like
the voice of a multitude.
7 And I
Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision;
but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.
8
Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no
strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I
retained no strength.
9 Yet
heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then
was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
10 ¶ And,
behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
11 And
he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I
speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he
had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
12 Then
said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set
thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words
were heard, and I am come for thy words.
13 But
the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo,
Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with
the kings of Persia.
14 Now I
am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter
days: for yet the vision is for many days.
15 And
when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I
became dumb.
16 And,
behold, one like the similitude of
the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto
him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon
me, and I have retained no strength.
17 For
how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway
there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.
18 Then
there came again and touched me one like
the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
19 And
said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken
unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast
strengthened me.
20 Then
said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to
fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia
shall come.
21 But I
will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your
prince.
 
CHAPTER 11
ALSO I
in the first year of Darius the Mede, even
I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
2 And
now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in
Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up
all against the realm of Grecia.
3 And a
mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do
according to his will.
4 And
when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided
toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his
dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others
beside those.
5 ¶ And
the king of the south shall be strong, and one
of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion
shall be a great dominion.
6 And in
the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter
of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she
shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but
she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he
that strengthened her in these times.
7 But
out of a branch of her roots shall one
stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the
fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall
prevail:
8 And
shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of
silver and of gold; and he shall continue more
years than the king of the north.
9 So the
king of the south shall come into his
kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
10 But
his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces:
and one shall certainly come, and overflow,
and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.
11 And
the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and
fight with him, even with the king of
the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be
given into his hand.
12 And when he hath taken away the
multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be
strengthened by it.
13 For
the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater
than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army
and with much riches.
14 And
in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also
the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but
they shall fall.
15 So
the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced
cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen
people, neither shall there be any strength to
withstand.
16 But
he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall
stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand
shall be consumed.
17 He
shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and
upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of
women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.
18 After
this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince
for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without
his own reproach he shall cause it to
turn upon him.
19 Then
he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble
and fall, and not be found.
20 Then
shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed,
neither in anger, nor in battle.
21 And
in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the
honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom
by flatteries.
22 And
with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be
broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
23 And
after the league made with him he
shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a
small people.
24 He
shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he
shall do that which his fathers have
not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and
spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall
forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
25 And
he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a
great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very
great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against
him.
26 Yea,
they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall
overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
27 And
both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak
lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
28 Then
shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.
29 At
the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not
be as the former, or as the latter.
30 ¶ For
the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and
return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he
shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy
covenant.
31 And
arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength,
and shall take away the daily sacrifice,
and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
32 And
such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but
the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
33 And
they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall
by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
34 Now
when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall
cleave to them with flatteries.
35 And some of them of understanding shall
fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time
of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
36 And
the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and
magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God
of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that
is determined shall be done.
37
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor
regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But
in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers
knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and
pleasant things.
39 Thus
shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall
acknowledge and increase with glory:
and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And
at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of
the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with
horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall
overflow and pass over.
41 He
shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his
hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the
chief of the children of Ammon.
42 He
shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt
shall not escape.
43 But
he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the
precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But
tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall
go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
45 And
he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious
holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
 
CHAPTER 12
AND at
that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the
children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was
since there was a nation even to that
same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall
be found written in the book.
2 And
many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to
everlasting life, and some to shame and
everlasting contempt.
3 And
they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that
turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
4 But
thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge
shall be increased.
5 ¶ Then
I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of
the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.
6 And one said to the man clothed in linen,
which was upon the waters of the
river, How long shall it be
to the end of these wonders?
7 And I
heard the man clothed in linen, which was
upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand
unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and
when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all
these things shall be finished.
8 And I
heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these
things?
9 And he
said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are
closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
10 Many
shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly:
and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
11 And
from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the
abomination that maketh desolate set up, there
shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
12
Blessed is he that waiteth, and
cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
13 But
go thou thy way till the end be: for
thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.


HOSEA.


CHAPTER 1
THE word
of the Lord that came unto 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.
2 The
beginning of the word of the Lord
by Hosea. And the Lord said to
Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for
the land hath committed great whoredom, departing
from the Lord.
3 So he
went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a
son.
4 And
the Lord said unto him, Call his
name Jezreel; for yet a little while,
and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause
to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
5 And it
shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the
valley of Jezreel.
6 ¶ And
she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more
have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
7 But I
will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by
bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
8 ¶ Now
when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
9 Then
said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for
ye are not my people, and I will not
be your God.
10 ¶ Yet
the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which
cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto
them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are
the sons of the living God.
11 Then
shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together,
and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for
great shall be the day of Jezreel.
 
CHAPTER 2
SAY ye
unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru-hamah.
2 Plead
with your mother, plead: for she is not
my wife, neither am I her husband:
let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries
from between her breasts;
3 Lest I
strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a
wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
4 And I
will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
5 For
their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done
shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my
flax, mine oil and my drink.
6 ¶ Therefore,
behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall
not find her paths.
7 And
she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she
shall seek them, but shall not find them:
then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it
better with me than now.
8 For
she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her
silver and gold, which they prepared
for Baal.
9
Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine
in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
10 And
now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall
deliver her out of mine hand.
11 I
will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her
sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
12 And I
will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given
me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
13 And I
will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and
she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her
lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord.
14 ¶ Therefore,
behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak
comfortably unto her.
15 And I
will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of
hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day
when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
16 And
it shall be at that day, saith the Lord,
that thou shalt call me Ishi; and
shalt call me no more Baali.
17 For I
will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be
remembered by their name.
18 And
in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and
with the fowls of heaven, and with the
creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the
battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
19 And I
will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in
righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
20 I
will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
21 And
it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they
shall hear the earth;
22 And
the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear
Jezreel.
23 And I
will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not
obtained mercy; and I will say to them
which were not my people, Thou art
my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
 
CHAPTER 3
THEN said
the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a
woman beloved of her friend, yet an
adulteress, according to the love of the Lord
toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of
wine.
2 So I
bought her to me for fifteen pieces of
silver, and for an homer of barley,
and an half homer of barley:
3 And I
said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the
harlot, and thou shalt not be for another
man: so will I also be for thee.
4 For
the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a
prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod,
and without teraphim:
5
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and
shall fear the Lord and his
goodness in the latter days.
 
CHAPTER 4
HEAR the
word of the Lord, ye children of
Israel: for the Lord hath a
controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor
mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By
swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they
break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall
languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the
fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
4 Yet
let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
5
Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee
in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
6 ¶ My
people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected
knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing
thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
7 As
they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
8 They
eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
9 And
there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their
ways, and reward them their doings.
10 For
they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not
increase: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.
11
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
12 ¶ My
people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for
the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them
to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
13 They
sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills,
under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall
commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
14 I
will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when
they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they
sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
15 ¶ Though
thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let
not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor
swear, The Lord liveth.
16 For
Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
17
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him
alone.
18 Their
drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
19 The
wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their
sacrifices.
 
CHAPTER 5
HEAR ye
this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of
the king; for judgment is toward you,
because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
2 And
the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of
them all.
3 I know
Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest
whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
4 They
will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms
is in the midst of them, and they
have not known the Lord.
5 And
the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and
Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
6 They
shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from
them.
7 They
have dealt treacherously against the Lord:
for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with
their portions.
8 Blow
ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the
trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven,
after thee, O Benjamin.
9
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have
I made known that which shall surely be.
10 The
princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
11
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he
willingly walked after the commandment.
12
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
13 When
Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw
his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could
he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
14 For I
will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of
Judah: I, even I, will tear and go
away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
15 ¶ I
will go and return to my place, till
they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will
seek me early.
 
CHAPTER 6
COME,
and let us return unto the Lord:
for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2 After
two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall
live in his sight.
3 Then
shall we know, if we follow on to
know the Lord: his going forth is
prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
4 ¶ O
Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for
your goodness is as a morning cloud,
and as the early dew it goeth away.
5
Therefore have I hewed them by the
prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as
the light that goeth forth.
6 For I
desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt
offerings.
7 But
they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt
treacherously against me.
8 Gilead
is a city of them that work iniquity,
and is polluted with blood.
9 And as
troops of robbers wait for a man, so the
company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
10 I
have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11 Also,
O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my
people.
 
CHAPTER 7
WHEN I
would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the
wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth
without.
2 And
they consider not in their hearts that
I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about;
they are before my face.
3 They
make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by
the baker, who ceaseth from raising
after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
5 In the
day of our king the princes have made him
sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
6 For
they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their
baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
7 They
are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are
fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
8
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth
not.
10 And
the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all
this.
11 ¶ Ephraim
also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
12 When
they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the
fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
13 Woe
unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have
transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies
against me.
14 And
they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds:
they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and
they rebel against me.
15 Though
I have bound and strengthened their
arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
16 They
return, but not to the most High:
they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the
rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
 
CHAPTER 8
SET the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of
the Lord, because they have
transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
2 Israel
shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
3 Israel
hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy
shall pursue him.
4 They
have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold
have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
5 ¶ Thy
calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off;
mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
6 For
from Israel was it also: the workman
made it; therefore it is not God: but
the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
7 For
they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk:
the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it
up.
8 Israel
is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
9 For they
are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
10 Yea,
though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they
shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
11
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
12 I
have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
13 They
sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of
mine offerings, and eat it; but the Lord
accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins:
they shall return to Egypt.
14 For
Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath
multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall
devour the palaces thereof.
 
CHAPTER 9
REJOICE not,
O Israel, for joy, as other people:
for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every
cornfloor.
2 The
floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in
her.
3 They
shall not dwell in the Lord's
land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
4 They
shall not offer wine offerings to the
Lord, neither shall they be
pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall
be unto them as the bread of
mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their
soul shall not come into the house of the Lord.
5 What
will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the Lord?
6 For,
lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis
shall bury them: the pleasant places for
their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their
tabernacles.
7 The
days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know
it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is
mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
8 The
watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
9 They
have deeply corrupted themselves, as
in the days of Gibeah: therefore he
will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
10 I
found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe
in the fig tree at her first time: but
they went to Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations
were according as they loved.
11 As for
Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the
womb, and from the conception.
12
Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there
shall not be a man left: yea, woe
also to them when I depart from them!
13
Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted
in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the
murderer.
14 Give
them, O Lord: what wilt thou give?
give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
15 All
their wickedness is in Gilgal: for
there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of
mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
16
Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea,
though they bring forth, yet will I slay even
the beloved fruit of their womb.
17 My God
will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be
wanderers among the nations.
 
CHAPTER 10
ISRAEL is an empty vine, he bringeth forth
fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased
the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
2 Their
heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their
altars, he shall spoil their images.
3 For
now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord; what then should a king do to us?
4 They
have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment
springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
5 The
inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the
people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory
thereof, because it is departed from it.
6 It
shall be also carried unto Assyria for
a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be
ashamed of his own counsel.
7 As for
Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
8 The
high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and
the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains,
Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
9 O
Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle
in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
10 It is
in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered
against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.
11 And
Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the
corn; but I passed over upon her fair
neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
12 Sow
to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for
it is time to seek the Lord,
till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
13 Ye
have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of
lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
14
Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall
be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was
dashed in pieces upon her children.
15 So
shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall
the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
 
CHAPTER 11
WHEN Israel
was a child, then I loved him, and
called my son out of Egypt.
2 As they called them, so they went from
them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
3 I
taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I
healed them.
4 I drew
them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that
take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
5 ¶ He
shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king,
because they refused to return.
6 And
the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour
them, because of their own counsels.
7 And my
people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most
High, none at all would exalt him.
8 How
shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall
I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my
repentings are kindled together.
9 I will
not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim:
for I am God, and not man; the Holy
One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
10 They
shall walk after the Lord: he
shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble
from the west.
11 They
shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria:
and I will place them in their houses, saith the Lord.
12
Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but
Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
 
CHAPTER 12
EPHRAIM feedeth
on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and
desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried
into Egypt.
2 The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah,
and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he
recompense him.
3 ¶ He
took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with
God:
4 Yea,
he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto
him: he found him in Beth-el, and
there he spake with us;
5 Even
the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is
his memorial.
6
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God
continually.
7 ¶ He is
a merchant, the balances of deceit are
in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
8 And
Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none
iniquity in me that were sin.
9 And I that am
the Lord thy God from the land of
Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn
feast.
10 I
have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used
similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
11 Is there
iniquity in Gilead? surely they are
vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the
fields.
12 And
Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a
wife he kept sheep.
13 And
by a prophet the Lord brought
Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
14
Ephraim provoked him to anger most
bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall
his Lord return unto him.
 
CHAPTER 13
WHEN Ephraim
spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he
died.
2 And
now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own
understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the
men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
3
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth
away, as the chaff that is driven
with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
4 Yet I am the Lord
thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
5 ¶ I
did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their
heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
7
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe
them:
8 I will
meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their
heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear
them.
9 ¶ O
Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
10 I
will be thy king: where is any other
that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give
me a king and princes?
11 I
gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him
away in my wrath.
12 The
iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his
sin is hid.
13 The
sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place
of the breaking forth of children.
14 I
will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O
death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance
shall be hid from mine eyes.
15 ¶ Though
he be fruitful among his brethren, an
east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord
shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his
fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant
vessels.
16
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they
shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their
women with child shall be ripped up.
 
CHAPTER 14
O ISRAEL,
return unto the Lord thy God; for
thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
2 Take
with you words, and turn to the Lord:
say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
3 Asshur
shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more
to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless
findeth mercy.
4 ¶ I
will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned
away from him.
5 I will
be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots
as Lebanon.
6 His
branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell
as Lebanon.
7 They
that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the
scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
8
Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy
fruit found.
9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them?
for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in
them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.


JOEL.


CHAPTER 1
THE word
of the Lord that came to Joel the
son of Pethuel.
2 Hear
this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been
in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
3 Tell
ye your children of it, and let your
children tell their children, and
their children another generation.
4 That
which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust
hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left
hath the caterpiller eaten.
5 Awake,
ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new
wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
6 For a
nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the
cheek teeth of a great lion.
7 He
hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare,
and cast it away; the branches
thereof are made white.
8 ¶ Lament
like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
9 The
meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord's ministers, mourn.
10 The
field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is
dried up, the oil languisheth.
11 Be ye
ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the
barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
12 The
vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm
tree also, and the apple tree, even all
the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the
sons of men.
13 Gird
yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie
all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the
drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
14 ¶ Sanctify
ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord
your God, and cry unto the Lord,
15 Alas
for the day! for the day of the Lord
is at hand, and as a destruction from
the Almighty shall it come.
16 Is
not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea,
joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17 The
seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are
broken down; for the corn is withered.
18 How
do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no
pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
19 O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire
hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the
trees of the field.
20 The
beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up,
and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
 
CHAPTER 2
BLOW ye
the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the
inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it
is nigh at hand;
2 A day
of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the
morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not
been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
3 A fire
devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them,
and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
4 The
appearance of them is as the appearance
of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
5 Like
the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise
of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle
array.
6 Before
their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
7 They
shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they
shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
8
Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they
shall not be wounded.
9 They
shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall
climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
10 The
earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon
shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
11 And
the Lord shall utter his voice
before his army: for his camp is very
great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Lord is
great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
12 ¶ Therefore
also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with
fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
13 And
rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger,
and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
14 Who
knoweth if he will return and repent,
and leave a blessing behind him; even
a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord
your God?
15 ¶ Blow
the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
16 Gather
the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the
children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his
chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
17 Let
the priests, the ministers of the Lord,
weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to
reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say
among the people, Where is their God?
18 ¶ Then
will the Lord be jealous for his
land, and pity his people.
19 Yea,
the Lord will answer and say unto
his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be
satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:
20 But I
will remove far off from you the northern army,
and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the
east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come
up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
21 ¶ Fear
not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord
will do great things.
22 Be
not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do
spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield
their strength.
23 Be
glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain
moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain,
and the latter rain in the first month.
24 And
the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and
oil.
25 And I
will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the
caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
26 And
ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously
with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
27 And
ye shall know that I am in the midst
of Israel, and that I am the Lord
your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
28 ¶ And
it shall come to pass afterward, that
I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters
shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see
visions:
29 And
also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my
spirit.
30 And I
will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars
of smoke.
31 The
sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great
and the terrible day of the Lord
come.
32 And
it shall come to pass, that whosoever
shall call on the name of the Lord
shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as
the Lord hath said, and in the
remnant whom the Lord shall call.
 
CHAPTER 3
FOR,
behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity
of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 I will
also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of
Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have
scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
3 And
they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold
a girl for wine, that they might drink.
4 Yea,
and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of
Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence
upon your own head;
5
Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples
my goodly pleasant things:
6 The
children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians,
that ye might remove them far from their border.
7
Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will
return your recompence upon your own head:
8 And I
will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah,
and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the Lord hath spoken it.
9 ¶ Proclaim
ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the
men of war draw near; let them come up:
10 Beat
your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak
say, I am strong.
11
Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together
round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord.
12 Let
the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there
will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
13 Put
ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is
full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
14
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is
near in the valley of decision.
15 The
sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
16 The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and
utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but
the Lord will be the hope of his
people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
17 So
shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy
mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through
her any more.
18 ¶ And
it shall come to pass in that day, that
the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and
all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth
of the house of the Lord, and
shall water the valley of Shittim.
19 Egypt
shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the
violence against the children of
Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 But
Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 For I
will cleanse their blood that I have
not cleansed: for the Lord
dwelleth in Zion.


AMOS.


CHAPTER 1
THE words
of Amos, who was among the herdmen 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.
2 And he
said, The Lord will roar from
Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds
shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
3 Thus
saith the Lord; For three
transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment
thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
4 But I
will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
5 I will
break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of
Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people
of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord.
6 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord; For three
transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;
because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
7 But I
will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
8 And I
will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from
Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the
Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.
9 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord; For three
transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment
thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered
not the brotherly covenant:
10 But I
will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
11 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord; For three
transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;
because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity,
and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
12 But I
will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
13 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord; For three
transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment
thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they
might enlarge their border:
14 But I
will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces
thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the
whirlwind:
15 And
their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 2
THUS saith
the Lord; For three transgressions
of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because he burned
the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
2 But I
will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and
Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and
with the sound of the trumpet:
3 And I
will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes
thereof with him, saith the Lord.
4 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord; For three
transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment
thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies
caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
5 But I
will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
6 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord; For three
transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment
thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of
shoes;
7 That
pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the
way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
8 And
they lay themselves down upon clothes
laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
9 ¶ Yet
destroyed I 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.
10 Also
I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the
wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
11 And I
raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it
not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.
12 But
ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying,
Prophesy not.
13
Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
14
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not
strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
15
Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth
the horse deliver himself.
16 And he that
is courageous among the mighty shall
flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 3
HEAR this
word that the Lord hath spoken
against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up
from the land of Egypt, saying,
2 You
only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you
for all your iniquities.
3 Can
two walk together, except they be agreed?
4 Will a
lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his
den, if he have taken nothing?
5 Can a
bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take
up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
6 Shall
a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be
evil in a city, and the Lord hath
not done it?
7 Surely
the Lord God will do nothing, but
he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
8 The
lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God
hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
9 ¶ Publish
in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say,
Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults
in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
10 For
they know not to do right, saith the Lord,
who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
11
Therefore thus saith the Lord God;
An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength
from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
12 Thus
saith the Lord; As the shepherd
taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall
the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a
bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
13 Hear
ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hosts,
14 That
in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also
visit the altars of Beth-el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and
fall to the ground.
15 And I
will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory
shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 4
HEAR this
word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in
the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which
say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
2 The Lord
God hath sworn by his holiness,
that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks,
and your posterity with fishhooks.
3 And ye
shall go out at the breaches, every cow
at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the Lord.
4 ¶ Come
to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your
sacrifices every morning, and your
tithes after three years:
5 And
offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this
liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord God.
6 ¶ And
I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread
in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
7 And
also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three
months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not
to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon
it rained not withered.
8 So two
or three cities wandered unto one
city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith the Lord.
9 I have
smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and
your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me,
saith the Lord.
10 I
have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men
have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made
the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned
unto me, saith the Lord.
11 I
have overthrown some of you, as God
overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the
burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
12
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O
Israel.
13 For,
lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto
man what is his thought, that maketh
the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of hosts, is his name.
 
CHAPTER 5
HEAR ye
this word which I take up against you, even
a lamentation, O house of Israel.
2 The
virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her
land; there is none to raise her up.
3 For
thus saith the Lord God; The city
that went out by a thousand shall
leave an hundred, and that which went forth by
an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
4 ¶ For
thus saith the Lord unto the house
of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
5 But
seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal
shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.
6 Seek
the Lord, and ye shall live; lest
he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
7 Ye who
turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
8 Seek him
that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the
morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the
sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is
his name:
9 That
strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come
against the fortress.
10 They
hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
11
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is
upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of
hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards,
but ye shall not drink wine of them.
12 For I
know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just,
they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their
right.
13
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
14 Seek
good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
15 Hate
the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that
the Lord God of hosts will be
gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
16
Therefore the Lord, the God of
hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall
be in all streets; and they shall say
in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to
mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
17 And
in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through
thee, saith the Lord.
18 Woe
unto you that desire the day of the Lord!
to what end is it for you? the day of
the Lord is darkness, and not light.
19 As if
a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and
leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20 Shall not the day of the Lord be
darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
21 ¶ I
hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn
assemblies.
22
Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace
offerings of your fat beasts.
23 Take
thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy
viols.
24 But
let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
25 Have
ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O
house of Israel?
26 But
ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of
your god, which ye made to yourselves.
27
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.
 
CHAPTER 6
WOE to
them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
2 Pass
ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go
down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or
their border greater than your border?
3 Ye
that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
4 That
lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the
lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
5 That
chant to the sound of the viol, and invent
to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
6 That
drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they
are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 ¶ Therefore
now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of
them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
8 The Lord
God hath sworn by himself, saith
the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor
the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the
city with all that is therein.
9 And it
shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
10 And a
man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones
out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is
there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy
tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord.
11 For,
behold, the Lord commandeth, and
he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
12 ¶ Shall
horses run upon the rock? will one plow
there with oxen? for ye have turned
judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
13 Ye
which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by
our own strength?
14 But,
behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall
afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
 
CHAPTER 7
THUS hath
the Lord God shewed unto me; and,
behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the
latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's
mowings.
2 And it
came to pass, that when they had made
an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom
shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
3 The Lord repented for this: It shall not be,
saith the Lord.
4 ¶ Thus
hath the Lord God shewed unto me:
and, behold, the Lord God called
to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
5 Then
said I, O Lord God, cease, I
beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
6 The Lord repented for this: This also shall
not be, saith the Lord God.
7 ¶ Thus
he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
8 And
the Lord said unto me, Amos, what
seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a
plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any
more:
9 And
the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall
be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
10 ¶ Then
Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos
hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is
not able to bear all his words.
11 For
thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be
led away captive out of their own land.
12 Also
Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah,
and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
13 But
prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king's chapel, and it is
the king's court.
14 ¶ Then
answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was
no prophet, neither was I a prophet's
son; but I was an herdman, and a
gatherer of sycomore fruit:
15 And
the Lord took me as I followed the
flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go,
prophesy unto my people Israel.
16 ¶ Now
therefore hear thou the word of the Lord:
Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the
house of Isaac.
17
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Thy
wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall
by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a
polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
 
CHAPTER 8
THUS hath
the Lord God shewed unto me: and
behold a basket of summer fruit.
2 And he
said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said
the Lord unto me, The end is come
upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
3 And
the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there
shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
4 ¶ Hear
this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to
fail,
5
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath,
that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and
falsifying the balances by deceit?
6 That
we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
7 The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of
Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
8 Shall
not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and
it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
9 And it
shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God,
that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in
the clear day:
10 And I
will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I
will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I
will make it as the mourning of an only son,
and the end thereof as a bitter day.
11 ¶ Behold,
the days come, saith the Lord God,
that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for
water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:
12 And
they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they
shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord,
and shall not find it.
13 In
that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
14 They
that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The
manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
 
CHAPTER 9
I SAW
the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door,
that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will
slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee
away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
2 Though
they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to
heaven, thence will I bring them down:
3 And
though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them
out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea,
thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
4 And
though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the
sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and
not for good.
5 And
the Lord God of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it
shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly
like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by
the flood of Egypt.
6 It is
he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the
earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the
face of the earth: The Lord is his name.
7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians
unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord.
Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from
Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
8
Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will
destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly
destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.
9 For,
lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like
as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet
shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
10 All
the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not
overtake nor prevent us.
11 ¶ In
that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up
the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in
the days of old:
12 That
they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called
by my name, saith the Lord that
doeth this.
13
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that
soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall
melt.
14 And I
will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the
waste cities, and inhabit them; and
they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make
gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
15 And I
will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of
their land which I have given them, saith the Lord
thy God.


OBADIAH.


CHAPTER 1
THE vision
of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God
concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye,
and let us rise up against her in battle.
2
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
3 ¶ The
pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of
the rock, whose habitation is high;
that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
4 Though
thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and
though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith
the Lord.
5 If
thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they
not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would
they not leave some grapes?
6 How
are the things of Esau searched out! how
are his hidden things sought up!
7 All
the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have
deceived thee, and prevailed against
thee; they that eat thy bread have
laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.
8 Shall
I not in that day, saith the Lord,
even destroy the wise men out of
Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
9 And
thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be
dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by
slaughter.
10 ¶ For
thy violence against thy brother
Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
11 In
the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried
away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots
upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one
of them.
12 But
thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he
became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of
Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken
proudly in the day of distress.
13 Thou
shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their
calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of
their calamity, nor have laid hands on
their substance in the day of their calamity;
14
Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that
did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did
remain in the day of distress.
15 For
the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou
hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own
head.
16 For
as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so
shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall
swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
17 ¶ But
upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the
house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
18 And
the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the
house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and
there shall not be any remaining of
the house of Esau; for the Lord hath
spoken it.
19 And they of
the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the
Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of
Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20 And
the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the
Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and
the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in
Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
21 And
saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom
shall be the Lord's.


JONAH.


CHAPTER 1
NOW the
word of the Lord came unto Jonah
the son of Amittai, saying,
2 Arise,
go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is
come up before me.
3 But
Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he
found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into
it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.
4 ¶ But
the Lord sent out a great wind into
the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like
to be broken.
5 Then
the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the
wares that were in the ship into the
sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah
was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
6 So the
shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise,
call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
7 And
they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know
for whose cause this evil is upon us.
So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
8 Then
said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?
9 And he
said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I
fear the Lord, the God of heaven,
which hath made the sea and the dry land.
10 Then
were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this?
For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.
11 ¶ Then
said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto
us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
12 And
he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea
be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
13
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it
to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous
against them.
14
Wherefore they cried unto the Lord,
and said, We beseech thee, O Lord,
we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us
innocent blood: for thou, O Lord,
hast done as it pleased thee.
15 So
they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from
her raging.
16 Then
the men feared the Lord
exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord,
and made vows.
17 ¶ Now
the Lord had prepared a great fish
to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and
three nights.
 
CHAPTER 2
THEN Jonah
prayed unto the Lord his God out
of the fish's belly,
2 And
said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
3 For
thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods
compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
4 Then I
said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
5 The
waters compassed me about, even to
the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my
head.
6 I went
down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou
brought up my life from corruption, O Lord
my God.
7 When
my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord:
and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
8 They
that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 But I
will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.
10 ¶ And
the Lord spake unto the fish, and
it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
 
CHAPTER 3
AND the
word of the Lord came unto Jonah
the second time, saying,
2 Arise,
go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid
thee.
3 So
Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great
city of three days' journey.
4 And
Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet
forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
5 ¶ So
the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on
sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
6 For
word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid
his robe from him, and covered him with
sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7 And he
caused it to be proclaimed and
published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let
neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor
drink water:
8 But
let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea,
let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
9 Who
can tell if God will turn and repent,
and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
10 ¶ And
God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of
the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
 
CHAPTER 4
BUT it
displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
2 And he
prayed unto the Lord, and said, I
pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet
in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow
to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
3
Therefore now, O Lord, take, I
beseech thee, my life from me; for it
is better for me to die than to live.
4 ¶ Then
said the Lord, Doest thou well to
be angry?
5 So
Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there
made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would
become of the city.
6 And
the Lord God prepared a gourd, and
made it to come up over Jonah, that
it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was
exceeding glad of the gourd.
7 But God
prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that
it withered.
8 And it
came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind;
and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself
to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
9 And God
said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do
well to be angry, even unto death.
10 Then
said the Lord, Thou hast had pity
on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow;
which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
11 And
should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore
thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left
hand; and also much cattle?


MICAH.


CHAPTER 1
THE word
of the Lord that came to Micah the
Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and
Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
2 Hear,
all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from
his holy temple.
3 For,
behold, the Lord cometh forth out
of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
4 And
the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax
before the fire, and as the waters that are
poured down a steep place.
5 For
the transgression of Jacob is all
this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is
it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they
not Jerusalem?
6
Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones
thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
7 And
all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires
thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay
desolate: for she gathered it of the
hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
8
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a
wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
9 For
her wound is incurable; for it is
come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
10 ¶ Declare
ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at
all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
11 Pass
ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of
Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his
standing.
12 For
the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the
Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.
13 O
thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the
daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
14
Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
15 Yet
will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto
Adullam the glory of Israel.
16 Make
thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the
eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
 
CHAPTER 2
WOE to
them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is
light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
2 And
they covet fields, and take them by
violence; and houses, and take them away:
so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
3
Therefore thus saith the Lord;
Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove
your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.
4 ¶ In
that day shall one take up a parable
against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my
people: how hath he removed it from
me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
5
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the
congregation of the Lord.
6
Prophesy ye not, say they to
them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
7 ¶ O thou that
art named the house of Jacob, is the
spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do
good to him that walketh uprightly?
8 Even
of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the
garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.
9 The
women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their
children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
10 Arise
ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it
shall destroy you, even with a sore
destruction.
11 If a
man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he
shall even be the prophet of this people.
12 ¶ I
will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of
Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the
midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude
of men.
13 The
breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through
the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and
the Lord on the head of them.
 
CHAPTER 3
AND I
said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of
Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
2 Who
hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and
their flesh from off their bones;
3 Who
also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they
break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within
the caldron.
4 Then
shall they cry unto the Lord, but
he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as
they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
5 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord concerning the
prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace;
and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
6
Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a
vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun
shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
7 Then
shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all
cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
8 ¶ But
truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord,
and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to
Israel his sin.
9 Hear
this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of
Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
10 They
build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 The
heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the
prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among
us? none evil can come upon us.
12
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of
the house as the high places of the forest.
 
CHAPTER 4
BUT in
the last days it shall come to pass, that
the mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above
the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
2 And
many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the
Lord, and to the house of the God
of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for
the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3 ¶ And
he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they
shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks:
nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war
any more.
4 But
they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall
make them afraid: for the mouth of
the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
5 For
all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the
name of the Lord our God for ever
and ever.
6 In
that day, saith the Lord, will I
assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her
that I have afflicted;
7 And I
will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong
nation: and the Lord shall reign
over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
8 ¶ And
thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee
shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter
of Jerusalem.
9 Now
why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counseller
perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
10 Be in
pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail:
for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field,
and thou shalt go even to Babylon;
there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord
shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
11 ¶ Now
also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and
let our eye look upon Zion.
12 But
they know not the thoughts of the Lord,
neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves
into the floor.
13 Arise
and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will
make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will
consecrate their gain unto the Lord,
and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
 
CHAPTER 5
NOW gather
thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they
shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
2 But
thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou
be little among the thousands of Judah, yet
out of thee shall he come forth unto me that
is to be ruler in Israel; whose
goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
3
Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of
his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
4 ¶ And
he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord
his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the
earth.
5 And
this man shall be the peace, when the
Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then
shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
6 And
they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in
the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he
treadeth within our borders.
7 And
the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that
tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
8 ¶ And
the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as
a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of
sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and
none can deliver.
9 Thine
hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be
cut off.
10 And
it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord,
that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy
chariots:
11 And I
will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
12 And I
will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
13 Thy
graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of
thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
14 And I
will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy
cities.
15 And I
will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have
not heard.
 
CHAPTER 6
HEAR ye
now what the Lord saith; Arise,
contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
2 Hear
ye, O mountains, the Lord's
controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people,
and he will plead with Israel.
3 O my
people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify
against me.
4 For I
brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of
servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
5 O my
people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son
of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the
righteousness of the Lord.
6 ¶ Wherewith
shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God?
shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
7 Will
the Lord be pleased with thousands
of rams, or with ten thousands of
rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for
my transgression, the fruit of my body for
the sin of my soul?
8 He
hath shewed thee, O man, what is good;
and what doth the Lord require of
thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
9 The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the man
of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye
the rod, and who hath appointed it.
10 ¶ Are
there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant
measure that is abominable?
11 Shall
I count them pure with the wicked
balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
12 For
the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have
spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful
in their mouth.
13
Therefore also will I make thee sick
in smiting thee, in making thee desolate
because of thy sins.
14 Thou
shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of
thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
15 Thou
shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt
not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
16 ¶ For
the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye
walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the
inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my
people.
 
CHAPTER 7
WOE is
me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the
grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired
the firstripe fruit.
2 The
good man is perished out of the
earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt
every man his brother with a net.
3 ¶ That
they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire:
so they wrap it up.
4 The
best of them is as a brier: the most
upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be
their perplexity.
5 ¶ Trust
ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy
mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
6 For
the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the
daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
7
Therefore I will look unto the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
8 ¶ Rejoice
not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in
darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
9 I will
bear the indignation of the Lord,
because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute
judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
10 Then she that
is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said
unto me, Where is the Lord thy God?
mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the
streets.
11 In the day that thy walls are to be
built, in that day shall the decree
be far removed.
12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the
fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
13
Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein,
for the fruit of their doings.
14 ¶ Feed
thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let
them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in
the days of old.
15
According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto
him marvellous things.
16 ¶ The
nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
17 They
shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like
worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.
18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth
iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he
retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
19 He
will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our
iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20 Thou
wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the
mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.


NAHUM.


CHAPTER 1
THE burden
of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord
will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
3 The Lord is
slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked:
the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 He
rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan
languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
5 The
mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his
presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
6 Who
can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger?
his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
7 The Lord is
good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in
him.
8 But
with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and
darkness shall pursue his enemies.
9 What
do ye imagine against the Lord? he
will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
10 For
while they be folden together as thorns,
and while they are drunken as drunkards,
they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
11 There
is one come out of thee, that
imagineth evil against the Lord, a
wicked counseller.
12 Thus
saith the Lord; Though they be
quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass
through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
13 For
now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
14 And
the Lord hath given a commandment
concerning thee, that no more of thy
name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and
the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
15
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that
publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the
wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
 
CHAPTER 2
HE that
dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way,
make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
2 For
the Lord hath turned away the
excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied
them out, and marred their vine branches.
3 The
shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall
be with flaming torches in the day of
his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
4 The
chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in
the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the
lightnings.
5 He
shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make
haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
6 The
gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
7 And
Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall
lead her as with the voice of doves,
tabering upon their breasts.
8 But
Nineveh is of old like a pool of
water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
9 Take
ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the
store and glory out of all the
pleasant furniture.
10 She
is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite
together, and much pain is in all
loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
11 Where
is the dwelling of the lions, and the
feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and
the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
12 The
lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses,
and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
13
Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn her
chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will
cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more
be heard.
 
CHAPTER 3
WOE to
the bloody city! it is all full of
lies and robbery; the prey departeth
not;
2 The
noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the
pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
3 The
horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses;
they stumble upon their corpses:
4
Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the
mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and
families through her witchcrafts.
5
Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will discover thy
skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the
kingdoms thy shame.
6 And I
will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as
a gazingstock.
7 And it
shall come to pass, that all they
that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who
will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
8 Art
thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had
the waters round about it, whose rampart was
the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
9
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength,
and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
10 Yet was she carried away, she went into
captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the
streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were
bound in chains.
11 Thou
also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because
of the enemy.
12 All
thy strong holds shall be like
fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into
the mouth of the eater.
13
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are
women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the
fire shall devour thy bars.
14 Draw
thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread
the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
15 There
shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up
like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as
the locusts.
16 Thou
hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm
spoileth, and flieth away.
17 Thy
crowned are as the locusts, and thy
captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away,
and their place is not known where they are.
18 Thy
shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the
dust: thy people is scattered upon
the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear
the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy
wickedness passed continually?


HABAKKUK.


CHAPTER 1
THE burden
which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
2 O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt
not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
3 Why
dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me
to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that
raise up strife and contention.
4
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked
doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
5 ¶ Behold
ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be
told you.
6 For,
lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter
and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess
the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
7 They are terrible and dreadful: their
judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
8 Their
horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening
wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall
come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that
hasteth to eat.
9 They
shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
10 And
they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they
shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
11 Then
shall his mind change, and he shall
pass over, and offend, imputing this
his power unto his god.
12 ¶ Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not
die. O Lord, thou hast ordained
them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for
correction.
13 Thou art
of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore
lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man
that is more righteous than he?
14 And
makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have
no ruler over them?
15 They
take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather
them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
16
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag;
because by them their portion is fat,
and their meat plenteous.
17 Shall
they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
 
CHAPTER 2
I WILL stand
upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will
say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
2 And
the Lord answered me, and said,
Write the vision, and make it plain
upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
3 For
the vision is yet for an appointed
time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it;
because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
4
Behold, his soul which is lifted up
is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
5 ¶ Yea
also, because he transgresseth by wine, he
is a proud man, neither keepeth at
home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is
as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and
heapeth unto him all people:
6 Shall
not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against
him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that
which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick
clay!
7 Shall
they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee,
and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
8
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall
spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for
the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
9 ¶ Woe
to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his
nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
10 Thou
hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
11 For
the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall
answer it.
12 ¶ Woe
to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
13
Behold, is it not of the Lord of
hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary
themselves for very vanity?
14 For
the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
15 ¶ Woe
unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
16 Thou
art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be
uncovered: the cup of the Lord's
right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
17 For
the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's
blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell
therein.
18 ¶ What
profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten
image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to
make dumb idols?
19 Woe
unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall
teach! Behold, it is laid over with
gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
20 But
the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
 
CHAPTER 3
A PRAYER
of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
2 O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the
years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
3 God
came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered
the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
4 And his brightness was as the light; he had
horns coming out of his hand: and
there was the hiding of his power.
5 Before
him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
6 He
stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and
the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways
are everlasting.
7 I saw
the tents of Cushan in affliction: and
the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
8 Was
the Lord displeased against the
rivers? was thine anger against the
rivers? was thy wrath against the
sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and
thy chariots of salvation?
9 Thy
bow was made quite naked, according to
the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the
earth with rivers.
10 The
mountains saw thee, and they
trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
11 The
sun and moon stood still in their
habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
12 Thou
didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in
anger.
13 Thou
wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out
of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
14 Thou
didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as
a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was
as to devour the poor secretly.
15 Thou
didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
16 When
I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered
into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of
trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his
troops.
17 ¶ Although
the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall
fruit be in the vines; the labour of
the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be
cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
18 Yet I
will rejoice in the Lord, I will
joy in the God of my salvation.
19 The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon
mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.


ZEPHANIAH.


CHAPTER 1
THE word
of the Lord which came unto
Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of
Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
2 I will
utterly consume all things from off
the land, saith the Lord.
3 I will
consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes
of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man
from off the land, saith the Lord.
4 I will
also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of
Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the
priests;
5 And
them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham;
6 And
them that are turned back from the Lord;
and those that have not sought the Lord, nor inquired for him.
7 Hold
thy peace at the presence of the Lord God:
for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath
bid his guests.
8 And it
shall come to pass in the day of the Lord's
sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all
such as are clothed with strange apparel.
9 In the
same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill
their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
10 And
it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord,
that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish
gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
11 Howl,
ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they
that bear silver are cut off.
12 And
it shall come to pass at that time, that
I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on
their lees: that say in their heart, The Lord
will not do good, neither will he do evil.
13
Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they
shall also build houses, but not inhabit them;
and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
14 The
great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth
greatly, even the voice of the day of
the Lord: the mighty man shall cry
there bitterly.
15 That
day is a day of wrath, a day of
trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and
gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 A day
of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high
towers.
17 And I
will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they
have sinned against the Lord: and
their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
18
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of
the Lord's wrath; but the whole
land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a
speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
 
CHAPTER 2
GATHER yourselves
together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
2 Before
the decree bring forth, before the
day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you.
3 Seek
ye the Lord, all ye meek of the
earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it
may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's
anger.
4 ¶ For Gaza
shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at
the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
5 Woe
unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word
of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even
destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
6 And
the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages
for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
7 And
the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed
thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for
the Lord their God shall visit
them, and turn away their captivity.
8 ¶ I
have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon,
whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
9
Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely
Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and
saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil
them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
10 This
shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will
be terrible unto them: for he will
famish all the gods of the earth; and men
shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
12 ¶ Ye
Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
13 And
he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will
make Nineveh a desolation, and dry
like a wilderness.
14 And
flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both
the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows;
desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt
carelessly, that said in her heart, I am,
and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for
beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
 
CHAPTER 3
WOE to
her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
2 She
obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God.
3 Her
princes within her are roaring lions;
her judges are evening wolves; they
gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
4 Her
prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests
have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
5 The
just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning
doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no
shame.
6 I have
cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste,
that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that
there is none inhabitant.
7 I
said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their
dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early,
and corrupted all their doings.
8 ¶ Therefore
wait ye upon me, saith the Lord,
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 upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with
the fire of my jealousy.
9 For
then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the
name of the Lord, to serve him
with one consent.
10 From
beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
11 In
that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast
transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee
them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my
holy mountain.
12 I
will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they
shall trust in the name of the Lord.
13 The
remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a
deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and
none shall make them afraid.
14 ¶ Sing,
O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O
daughter of Jerusalem.
15 The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he
hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not
see evil any more.
16 In
that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not
thine hands be slack.
17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice
over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with
singing.
18 I
will gather them that are sorrowful for
the solemn assembly, who are of thee,
to whom the reproach of it was
a burden.
19
Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her
that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise
and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
20 At
that time will I bring you again,
even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise
among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your
eyes, saith the Lord.


HAGGAI.


CHAPTER 1
IN the
second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the
month, came the word of the Lord
by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,
and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
2 Thus
speaketh the Lord of hosts,
saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built.
3 Then
came the word of the Lord by
Haggai the prophet, saying,
4 Is it
time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
5 Now
therefore thus saith the Lord of
hosts; Consider your ways.
6 Ye
have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink,
but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he
that earneth wages earneth wages to put it
into a bag with holes.
7 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; Consider
your ways.
8 Go up
to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure
in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.
9 Ye
looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith
the Lord of hosts. Because of mine
house that is waste, and ye run every
man unto his own house.
10
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
11 And I
called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn,
and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon
cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
12 ¶ Then
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high
priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai
the prophet, as the Lord their God
had sent him, and the people did fear before the Lord.
13 Then
spake Haggai the Lord's messenger
in the Lord's message unto the
people, saying, I am with you, saith
the Lord.
14 And
the Lord stirred up the spirit of
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua
the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the
people; and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,
15 In
the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the
king.
 
CHAPTER 2
IN the
seventh month, in the one and
twentieth day of the month, came the
word of the Lord by the prophet
Haggai, saying,
2 Speak
now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the
son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,
3 Who is left among you that saw this house in
her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is
it not in your eyes in comparison of
it as nothing?
4 Yet
now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord;
and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all
ye people of the land, saith the Lord,
and work: for I am with you, saith
the Lord of hosts:
5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt,
so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
6 For
thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet
once, it is a little while, and I
will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
7 And I
will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will
fill this house with glory, saith the Lord
of hosts.
8 The
silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.
9 The
glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I
give peace, saith the Lord of
hosts.
10 ¶ In
the four and twentieth day of the
ninth month, in the second year of
Darius, came the word of the Lord
by Haggai the prophet, saying,
11 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; Ask now
the priests concerning the law,
saying,
12 If
one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch
bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the
priests answered and said, No.
13 Then
said Haggai, If one that is
unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests
answered and said, It shall be unclean.
14 Then
answered Haggai, and said, So is this
people, and so is this nation before
me, saith the Lord; and so is every work of their hands; and that
which they offer there is unclean.
15 And
now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was
laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord:
16 Since
those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
17 I
smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of
your hands; yet ye turned not to me,
saith the Lord.
18
Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the
ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, consider it.
19 Is
the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the
pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I
bless you.
20 ¶ And
again the word of the Lord came
unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day
of the month, saying,
21 Speak
to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the
earth;
22 And I
will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the
kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride
in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the
sword of his brother.
23 In
that day, saith the Lord of hosts,
will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet: for
I have chosen thee, saith the Lord
of hosts.


ZECHARIAH.


CHAPTER 1
IN the
eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of
Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
2 The Lord hath been sore displeased with your
fathers.
3
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord
of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord
of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord
of hosts.
4 Be ye
not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye
now from your evil ways, and from your
evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.
5 Your
fathers, where are they? and the
prophets, do they live for ever?
6 But my
words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not
take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us,
according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
7 ¶ Upon
the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of
the Lord unto Zechariah, the son
of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
8 I saw
by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the
myrtle trees that were in the bottom;
and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.
9 Then
said I, O my lord, what are these?
And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.
10 And
the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they
whom the Lord hath sent to walk to
and fro through the earth.
11 And
they answered the angel of the Lord
that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through
the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
12 ¶ Then
the angel of the Lord answered and
said, O Lord of hosts, how long
wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which
thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
13 And
the Lord answered the angel that
talked with me with good words and comfortable words.
14 So
the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem
and for Zion with a great jealousy.
15 And I
am very sore displeased with the heathen that
are at ease: for I was but a little
displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
16
Therefore thus saith the Lord; I
am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the
Lord of hosts, and a line shall be
stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
17 Cry
yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord
of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall
yet choose Jerusalem.
18 ¶ Then
lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
19 And I
said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
20 And
the Lord shewed me four
carpenters.
21 Then
said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift
up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles,
which lifted up their horn over the
land of Judah to scatter it.
 
CHAPTER 2
I LIFTED
up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his
hand.
2 Then
said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see
what is the breadth thereof, and what
is the length thereof.
3 And,
behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to
meet him,
4 And
said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be
inhabited as towns without walls for
the multitude of men and cattle therein:
5 For I,
saith the Lord, will be unto her a
wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
6 ¶ Ho,
ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the
four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord.
7
Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with
the daughter of Babylon.
8 For
thus saith the Lord of hosts;
After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that
toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
9 For,
behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their
servants: and ye shall know that the Lord
of hosts hath sent me.
10 ¶ Sing
and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst
of thee, saith the Lord.
11 And
many nations shall be joined to the Lord
in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and
thou shalt know that the Lord of
hosts hath sent me unto thee.
12 And
the Lord shall inherit Judah his
portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
13 Be
silent, O all flesh, before the Lord:
for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
 
CHAPTER 3
AND he
shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right
hand to resist him.
2 And
the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke
thee: is not this a brand plucked out
of the fire?
3 Now
Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
4 And he
answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the
filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine
iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
5 And I
said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon
his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord stood by.
6 And
the angel of the Lord protested
unto Joshua, saying,
7 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; If thou
wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also
judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to
walk among these that stand by.
8 Hear
now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for
they are men wondered at: for,
behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
9 For
behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith
the Lord of hosts, and I will
remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
10 In
that day, saith the Lord of hosts,
shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
 
CHAPTER 4
AND the
angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened
out of his sleep,
2 And
said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a
candlestick all of gold, with a bowl
upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven
lamps, which are upon the top
thereof:
3 And
two olive trees by it, one upon the right side
of the bowl, and the other upon the left side
thereof.
4 So I
answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
5 Then
the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what
these be? And I said, No, my lord.
6 Then
he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is
the word of the Lord unto
Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel
thou shalt become a plain: and
he shall bring forth the headstone thereof
with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
8
Moreover the word of the Lord came
unto me, saying,
9 The
hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall
also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord
of hosts hath sent me unto you.
10 For
who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall
see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with
those seven; they are the eyes of the
Lord, which run to and fro through
the whole earth.
11 ¶ Then
answered I, and said unto him, What are
these two olive trees upon the right side
of the candlestick and upon the left side
thereof?
12 And I
answered again, and said unto him, What be
these two olive branches which
through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
13 And
he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
14 Then
said he, These are the two anointed
ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
 
CHAPTER 5
THEN I
turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
2 And he
said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length
thereof is twenty cubits, and the
breadth thereof ten cubits.
3 Then
said he unto me, This is the curse
that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth
shall be cut off as on this side
according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
4 I will
bring it forth, saith the Lord of
hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of
him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his
house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
5 ¶ Then
the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine
eyes, and see what is this that goeth
forth.
6 And I
said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said
moreover, This is their resemblance
through all the earth.
7 And,
behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
8 And he
said, This is wickedness. And he cast
it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth
thereof.
9 Then
lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and
the wind was in their wings; for they
had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the
earth and the heaven.
10 Then
said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
11 And
he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be
established, and set there upon her own base.
 
CHAPTER 6
AND I
turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four
chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
2 In the
first chariot were red horses; and in
the second chariot black horses;
3 And in
the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay
horses.
4 Then I
answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
5 And
the angel answered and said unto me, These are
the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord
of all the earth.
6 The
black horses which are therein go
forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the
grisled go forth toward the south country.
7 And
the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through
the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So
they walked to and fro through the earth.
8 Then
cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the
north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.
9 ¶ And
the word of the Lord came unto me,
saying,
10 Take
of them of the captivity, even of
Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou
the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;
11 Then
take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
12 And
speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord
of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is
The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the
temple of the Lord:
13 Even
he shall build the temple of the Lord;
and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he
shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between
them both.
14 And
the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the
son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the Lord.
15 And
they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the Lord, and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will
diligently obey the voice of the Lord
your God.
 
CHAPTER 7
AND it
came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the Lord
came unto Zechariah in the fourth day
of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;
2 When
they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men,
to pray before the Lord,
3 And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets,
saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done
these so many years?
4 ¶ Then
came the word of the Lord of hosts
unto me, saying,
5 Speak
unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and
mourned in the fifth and seventh month,
even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
6 And
when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink
for yourselves?
7 Should ye not hear the words
which the Lord hath cried by the
former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities
thereof round about her, when men inhabited
the south and the plain?
8 ¶ And
the word of the Lord came unto
Zechariah, saying,
9 Thus
speaketh the Lord of hosts,
saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his
brother:
10 And
oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let
none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
11 But
they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears,
that they should not hear.
12 Yea,
they made their hearts as an adamant
stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by
the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.
13
Therefore it is come to pass, that as
he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith
the Lord of hosts:
14 But I
scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus
the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for
they laid the pleasant land desolate.
 
CHAPTER 8
AGAIN the
word of the Lord of hosts came to me,
saying,
2 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; I was
jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great
fury.
3 Thus
saith the Lord; I am returned unto
Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a
city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord
of hosts the holy mountain.
4 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; There
shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every
man with his staff in his hand for very age.
5 And
the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets
thereof.
6 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; If it be
marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it
also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the Lord
of hosts.
7 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I
will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
8 And I
will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall
be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
9 ¶ Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; Let your
hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the
prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple
might be built.
10 For
before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there
any peace to him that went out or
came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his
neighbour.
11 But
now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the
Lord of hosts.
12 For
the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall
give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the
remnant of this people to possess all these things.
13 And
it shall come to pass, that as ye
were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will
I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
14 For
thus saith the Lord of hosts; As I
thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and I repented not:
15 So
again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house
of Judah: fear ye not.
16 ¶ These
are the things that ye shall do;
Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth
and peace in your gates:
17 And
let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no
false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.
18 ¶ And
the word of the Lord of hosts came
unto me, saying,
19 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; The fast
of the fourth month, and the fast of
the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to
the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the
truth and peace.
20 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; It shall
yet come to pass, that there shall
come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
21 And
the inhabitants of one city shall go
to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also.
22 Yea,
many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord.
23 Thus
saith the Lord of hosts; In those
days it shall come to pass,
that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall
take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for
we have heard that God is with you.
 
CHAPTER 9
THE burden
of the word of the Lord in the
land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of
man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall
be toward the Lord.
2 And
Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
3 And
Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and
fine gold as the mire of the streets.
4
Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and
she shall be devoured with fire.
5
Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza
also shall see it, and be very
sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall
perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
6 And a
bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
7 And I
will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between
his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall
be for our God, and he shall be as a
governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
8 And I
will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth
by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them
any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
9 ¶ Rejoice
greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King
cometh unto thee: he is just, and
having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an
ass.
10 And I
will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the
battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his
dominion shall be from sea even to sea,
and from the river even to the ends
of the earth.
11 As
for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out
of the pit wherein is no water.
12 ¶ Turn
you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
13 When
I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons,
O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
14 And
the Lord shall be seen over them,
and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go
with whirlwinds of the south.
15 The Lord of hosts shall defend them; and they
shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and
they shall be filled like bowls, and as
the corners of the altar.
16 And
the Lord their God shall save them
in that day as the flock of his people: for they
shall be as the stones of a
crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
17 For
how great is his goodness, and how
great is his beauty! corn shall make
the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
 
CHAPTER 10
ASK ye
of the Lord rain in the time of
the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give
them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
2 For
the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told
false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock,
they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
3 Mine
anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the
house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
4 Out of
him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out
of him every oppressor together.
5 ¶ And
they shall be as mighty men, which
tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall
fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses
shall be confounded.
6 And I
will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I
will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall
be as though I had not cast them off: for I am
the Lord their God, and will hear
them.
7 And they of
Ephraim shall be like a mighty man,
and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall
rejoice in the Lord.
8 I will
hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall
increase as they have increased.
9 And I
will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries;
and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
10 I
will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of
Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.
11 And
he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the
sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall
be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
12 And I
will strengthen them in the Lord;
and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 11
OPEN thy
doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
2 Howl,
fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye
oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
3 ¶ There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is
spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is
spoiled.
4 Thus
saith the Lord my God; Feed the
flock of the slaughter;
5 Whose
possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them
say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their own
shepherds pity them not.
6 For I
will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver the men
every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they
shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
7 And I
will feed the flock of slaughter, even
you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called
Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
8 Three
shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul
also abhorred me.
9 Then
said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to
be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of
another.
10 ¶ And
I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut
it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the
people.
11 And
it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me
knew that it was the word of the Lord.
12 And I
said unto them, If ye think good, give me
my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
13 And
the Lord said unto me, Cast it
unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the
thirty pieces of silver, and cast
them to the potter in the house of the Lord.
14 Then
I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands,
that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15 ¶ And
the Lord said unto me, Take unto
thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
16 For,
lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which
shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor
heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat
the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
17 Woe
to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm,
and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye
shall be utterly darkened.
 
CHAPTER 12
THE burden
of the word of the Lord for
Israel, saith the Lord, which
stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and
formeth the spirit of man within him.
2
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round
about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 ¶ And
in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that
burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the
earth be gathered together against it.
4 In
that day, saith the Lord, I will
smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will
open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the
people with blindness.
5 And
the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the Lord
of hosts their God.
6 ¶ In
that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the
wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people
round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be
inhabited again in her own place, even
in Jerusalem.
7 The Lord also shall save the tents of Judah
first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of
Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against
Judah.
8 In
that day shall the Lord defend the
inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be
as David; and the house of David shall
be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.
9 ¶ And
it shall come to pass in that day, that
I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 And I
will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the
spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they
have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in
bitterness for his firstborn.
11 In
that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of
Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
12 And
the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David
apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and
their wives apart;
13 The
family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei
apart, and their wives apart;
14 All
the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
 
CHAPTER 13
IN that
day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
2 ¶ And
it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord
of hosts, that I will cut off the
names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and
also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
3 And it
shall come to pass, that when any
shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say
unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that
begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
4 And it
shall come to pass in that day, that the
prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied;
neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
5 But he
shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to
keep cattle from my youth.
6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he
shall answer, Those with which I was
wounded in the house of my friends.
7 ¶ Awake,
O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith
the Lord of hosts: smite the
shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the
little ones.
8 And it
shall come to pass, that in all the
land, saith the Lord, two parts
therein shall be cut off and die; but
the third shall be left therein.
9 And I
will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is
refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I
will hear them: I will say, It is my
people: and they shall say, The Lord
is my God.
 
CHAPTER 14
BEHOLD,
the day of the Lord cometh, and
thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I
will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be
taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city
shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut
off from the city.
3 Then
shall the Lord go forth, and fight
against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 ¶ And
his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the
mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward
the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the
mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
5 And ye
shall flee to the valley of the
mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall
flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of
Judah: and the Lord my God shall
come, and all the saints with thee.
6 And it
shall come to pass in that day, that the
light shall not be clear, nor dark:
7 But it
shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord,
not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
8 And it
shall be in that day, that living
waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and
half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And
the Lord shall be king over all
the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord,
and his name one.
10 All
the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and
it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto
the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.
11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall
be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
12 ¶ And
this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord
will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall
consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume
away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And
it shall come to pass in that day, that
a great tumult from the Lord shall
be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour,
and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
14 And
Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round
about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great
abundance.
15 And
so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass,
and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
16 ¶ And
it shall come to pass, that every one
that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up
from year to year to worship the King, the Lord
of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
17 And
it shall be, that whoso will not come
up of all the families of the earth
unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord
of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
18 And
if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall
be the plague, wherewith the Lord
will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
19 This
shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come
not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
20 ¶ In
that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD;
and the pots in the Lord's house
shall be like the bowls before the altar.
21 Yea,
every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts: and all they that
sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day
there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts.


MALACHI.


CHAPTER 1
THE burden
of the word of the Lord to Israel
by Malachi.
2 I have
loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye
say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not
Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord:
yet I loved Jacob,
3 And I
hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of
the wilderness.
4
Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the
desolate places; thus saith the Lord
of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them,
The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever.
5 And
your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord
will be magnified from the border of Israel.
6 ¶ A
son honoureth his father, and a
servant his master: if then I be a
father, where is mine honour? and if
I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that
despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
7 Ye
offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted
thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord
is contemptible.
8 And if
ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame
and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased
with thee, or accept thy person? saith the Lord
of hosts.
9 And
now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been
by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the Lord of hosts.
10 Who is there
even among you that would shut the doors for
nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no
pleasure in you, saith the Lord of
hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
11 For
from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
12 ¶ But
ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted;
and the fruit thereof, even his meat,
is contemptible.
13 Ye
said also, Behold, what a weariness is
it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith
the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that which
was torn, and the lame, and the sick;
thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord.
14 But
cursed be the deceiver, which hath in
his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing:
for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND now,
O ye priests, this commandment is for
you.
2 If ye
will not hear, and if ye will not lay it
to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will
curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
3
Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and
one shall take you away with it.
4 And ye
shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might
be with Levi, saith the Lord of
hosts.
5 My
covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and
was afraid before my name.
6 The
law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he
walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
7 For
the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his
mouth: for he is the messenger of the
Lord of hosts.
8 But ye
are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have
corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord
of hosts.
9
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people,
according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
10 Have
we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal
treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our
fathers?
11 ¶ Judah
hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in
Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a
strange god.
12 The Lord will cut off the man that doeth
this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that
offereth an offering unto the Lord
of hosts.
13 And
this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch
that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
14 ¶ Yet
ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord
hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou
hast dealt treacherously: yet is she
thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
15 And
did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one?
That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let
none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 For
the Lord, the God of Israel, saith
that he hateth putting away: for one covereth
violence with his garment, saith the Lord
of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
17 ¶ Ye
have wearied the Lord with your
words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him?
When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is
good in the sight of the Lord, and
he delighteth in them; or, Where is the
God of judgment?
 
CHAPTER 3
BEHOLD,
I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord,
whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the
covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
2 But
who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for
he is like a refiner's fire, and like
fullers' soap:
3 And he
shall sit as a refiner and purifier
of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and
silver, that they may offer unto the Lord
an offering in righteousness.
4 Then
shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in
former years.
5 And I
will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the
sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against
those that oppress the hireling in his
wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his
right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
6 For I am the Lord,
I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
7 ¶ Even
from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have
not kept them. Return unto me, and I
will return unto you, saith the Lord
of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
8 ¶ Will
a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee?
In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have
robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring
ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house,
and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord
of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a
blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive
it.
11 And I
will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of
your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the
field, saith the Lord of hosts.
12 And
all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith
the Lord of hosts.
13 ¶ Your
words have been stout against me, saith the Lord.
Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
14 Ye
have said, It is vain to serve God:
and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and
that we have walked mournfully before the Lord
of hosts?
15 And
now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that
tempt God are even delivered.
16 ¶ Then
they that feared the Lord spake
often one to another: and the Lord
hearkened, and heard it, and a book
of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
17 And
they shall be mine, saith the Lord
of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man
spareth his own son that serveth him.
18 Then
shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him
that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
 
CHAPTER 4
FOR,
behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and
all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them
up, saith the Lord of hosts, that
it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
2 ¶ But
unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in
his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
3 And ye
shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your
feet in the day that I shall do this,
saith the Lord of hosts.
4 ¶ Remember
ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all
Israel, with the statutes and
judgments.
5 ¶ Behold,
I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful
day of the Lord:
6 And he
shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the
children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.


 
THE END OF THE PROPHETS.


THE
 
NEW TESTAMENT
 
OF
 
OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR
 
JESUS CHRIST
 
TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK: AND WITH
THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED
AND REVISED, BY HIS MAJESTY'S SPECIAL COMMAND
 
APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES


THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO
ST. MATTHEW.


CHAPTER 1
THE book
of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
3 And
Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat
Aram;
4 And
Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
5 And
Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
6 And
Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had
been the wife of Urias;
7 And
Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
8 And
Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
9 And
Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
10 And
Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
11 And
Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away
to Babylon:
12 And
after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel
begat Zorobabel;
13 And
Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
14 And
Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
15 And
Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
16 And
Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called
Christ.
17 So
all the generations from Abraham to David are
fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the
carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are
fourteen generations.
18 ¶ Now
the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was
espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the
Holy Ghost.
19 Then
Joseph her husband, being a just man,
and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away
privily.
20 But
while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto
him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee
Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
21 And
she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save
his people from their sins.
22 Now
all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by
the prophet, saying,
23
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they
shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
24 Then
Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and
took unto him his wife:
25 And
knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his
name JESUS.
 
CHAPTER 2
NOW when
Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herod the king, behold,
there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
2
Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in
the east, and are come to worship him.
3 When Herod
the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all
Jerusalem with him.
4 And
when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together,
he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
5 And
they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written by the
prophet,
6 And
thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda,
art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor,
that shall rule my people Israel.
7 Then
Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently
what time the star appeared.
8 And he
sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child;
and when ye have found him, bring me
word again, that I may come and worship him also.
9 When
they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in
the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child
was.
10 When
they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
11 ¶ And
when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his
mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their
treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
12 And
being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they
departed into their own country another way.
13 And
when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a
dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into
Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young
child to destroy him.
14 When
he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into
Egypt:
15 And
was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
16 ¶ Then
Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and
sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the
coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he
had diligently inquired of the wise men.
17 Then
was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
18 In
Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children, and
would not be comforted, because they are not.
19 ¶ But
when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to
Joseph in Egypt,
20
Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of
Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
21 And
he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of
Israel.
22 But
when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judæa in the room of his father
Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a
dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
23 And
he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which
was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
 
CHAPTER 3
IN those
days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judæa,
2 And
saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
3 For
this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one
crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths
straight.
4 And
the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his
loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
5 Then
went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judæa, and all the region round about
Jordan,
6 And
were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
7 ¶ But
when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said
unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath
to come?
8 Bring
forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
9 And
think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to
raise up children unto Abraham.
10 And
now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which
bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
11 I
indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is
mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with
the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
12 Whose
fan is in his hand, and he will
throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will
burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
13 ¶ Then
cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
14 But
John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to
me?
15 And
Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it
to be so now: for thus it
becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
16 And
Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the
heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a
dove, and lighting upon him:
17 And
lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased.
 
CHAPTER 4
THEN was
Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2 And
when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3 And
when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that
these stones be made bread.
4 But he
answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by
every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5 Then
the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of
the temple,
6 And
saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is
written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up,
lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus
said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
8 Again,
the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all
the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 And
saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and
worship me.
10 Then
saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
11 Then
the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
12 ¶ Now
when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
13 And
leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast,
in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
14 That
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
15 The
land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
16 The
people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the
region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
17 ¶ From
that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven
is at hand.
18 ¶ And
Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and
Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
19 And
he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And
they straightway left their nets, and
followed him.
21 And
going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and
John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and
he called them.
22 And
they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
23 ¶ And
Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the
gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of
disease among the people.
24 And
his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people
that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were
possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the
palsy; and he healed them.
25 And
there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judæa,
and from beyond Jordan.
 
CHAPTER 5
AND seeing
the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples
came unto him:
2 And he
opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
3
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven.
4
Blessed are they that mourn: for they
shall be comforted.
5
Blessed are the meek: for they shall
inherit the earth.
6
Blessed are they which do hunger and
thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
7
Blessed are the merciful: for they
shall obtain mercy.
8
Blessed are the pure in heart: for
they shall see God.
9
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they
shall be called the children of God.
10
Blessed are they which are persecuted
for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile
you, and persecute you, and shall say
all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is
your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before
you.
13 ¶ Ye
are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith
shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and
to be trodden under foot of men.
14 Ye
are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick;
and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16 Let
your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify
your Father which is in heaven.
17 ¶ Think
not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to
destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For
verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall
in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall
teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but
whosoever shall do and teach them,
the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I
say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the
scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
21 ¶ Ye
have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and
whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
22 But I
say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be
in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall
be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in
danger of hell fire.
23
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy
brother hath ought against thee;
24 Leave
there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy
brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
25 Agree
with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any
time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the
officer, and thou be cast into prison.
26
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast
paid the uttermost farthing.
27 ¶ Ye
have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit
adultery:
28 But I
say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath
committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29 And
if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members
should perish, and not that thy whole
body should be cast into hell.
30 And
if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members
should perish, and not that thy whole
body should be cast into hell.
31 It
hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing
of divorcement:
32 But I
say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of
fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that
is divorced committeth adultery.
33 ¶ Again,
ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not
forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
34 But I
say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
35 Nor
by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city
of the great King.
36
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair
white or black.
37 But
let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than
these cometh of evil.
38 ¶ Ye
have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 But I
say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy
right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And
if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
41 And
whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
42 Give
to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou
away.
43 ¶ Ye
have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate
thine enemy.
44 But I
say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them
that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That
ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun
to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the
unjust.
46 For
if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans
the same?
47 And
if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even
the publicans so?
48 Be ye
therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
 
CHAPTER 6
TAKE heed
that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no
reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2
Therefore when thou doest thine alms,
do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and
in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They
have their reward.
3 But
when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 That
thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall
reward thee openly.
5 ¶ And
when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the
corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you,
They have their reward.
6 But
thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy
door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in
secret shall reward thee openly.
7 But
when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much
speaking.
8 Be not
ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need
of, before ye ask him.
9 After
this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy
name.
10 Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it
is in heaven.
11 Give
us this day our daily bread.
12 And
forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
14 For
if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15 But
if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your
trespasses.
16 ¶ Moreover
when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they
disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto
you, They have their reward.
17 But
thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
18 That
thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and
thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
19 ¶ Lay
not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt,
and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For
where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The
light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body
shall be full of light.
23 But
if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore
the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 ¶ No
man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other;
or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and
mammon.
25
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or
what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the
life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather
into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than
they?
27 Which
of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And
why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they
grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And
yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one
of these.
30
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to
morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink?
or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For
after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth
that ye have need of all these things.
33 But
seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things
shall be added unto you.
34 Take
therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the
things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is
the evil thereof.
 
CHAPTER 7
JUDGE not,
that ye be not judged.
2 For
with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete,
it shall be measured to you again.
3 And
why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not
the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how
wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and,
behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou
hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou
see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
6 ¶ Give
not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine,
lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
7 ¶ Ask,
and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you:
8 For
every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or
what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if
he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If ye
then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more
shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
12
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even
so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
13 ¶ Enter
ye in at the strait gate: for wide is
the gate, and broad is the way, that
leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14
Because strait is the gate, and
narrow is the way, which leadeth unto
life, and few there be that find it.
15 ¶ Beware
of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are
ravening wolves.
16 Ye
shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of
thistles?
17 Even
so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth
evil fruit.
18 A
good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every
tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21 ¶ Not
every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many
will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and
in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And
then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work
iniquity.
24 ¶ Therefore
whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto
a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And
the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that
house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And
every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be
likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And
the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that
house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
28 And
it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished
at his doctrine:
29 For
he taught them as one having
authority, and not as the scribes.
 
CHAPTER 8
WHEN he
was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
2 And,
behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou
canst make me clean.
3 And
Jesus put forth his hand, and touched
him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
4 And
Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the
priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
5 ¶ And
when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion,
beseeching him,
6 And
saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
7 And
Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
8 The
centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come
under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
9 For I
am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another,
Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
10 When
Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and
said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great
faith, no, not in Israel.
11 And I
say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down
with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
12 But
the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall
be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
13 And
Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant
was healed in the selfsame hour.
14 ¶ And
when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick
of a fever.
15 And
he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto
them.
16 ¶ When
the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils:
and he cast out the spirits with his word,
and healed all that were sick:
17 That
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself
took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
18 ¶ Now
when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto
the other side.
19 And a
certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee
whithersoever thou goest.
20 And
Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not
where to lay his head.
21 And
another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my
father.
22 But
Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
23 ¶ And
when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
24 And,
behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was
covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
25 And
his disciples came to him, and awoke
him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
26 And
he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose,
and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
27 But
the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and
the sea obey him!
28 ¶ And
when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there
met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce,
so that no man might pass by that way.
29 And,
behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son
of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
30 And
there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
31 So
the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into
the herd of swine.
32 And
he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of
swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place
into the sea, and perished in the waters.
33 And
they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every
thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
34 And,
behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they
besought him that he would depart out
of their coasts.
 
CHAPTER 9
AND he
entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
2 And,
behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus
seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy
sins be forgiven thee.
3 And,
behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
4 And
Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
5 For
whether is easier, to say, Thy sins
be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
6 But
that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then
saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine
house.
7 And he
arose, and departed to his house.
8 But
when the multitudes saw it, they
marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
9 ¶ And
as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the
receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed
him.
10 ¶ And
it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and
sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
11 And
when the Pharisees saw it, they said
unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
12 But
when Jesus heard that, he said unto
them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
13 But
go ye and learn what that meaneth, I
will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous,
but sinners to repentance.
14 ¶ Then
came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast
oft, but thy disciples fast not?
15 And
Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as
the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall
be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
16 No
man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in
to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
17
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the
wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new
bottles, and both are preserved.
18 ¶ While
he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and
worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand
upon her, and she shall live.
19 And
Jesus arose, and followed him, and so
did his disciples.
20 ¶ And,
behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came
behind him, and touched the hem of
his garment:
21 For
she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
22 But
Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good
comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that
hour.
23 And
when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people
making a noise,
24 He
said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they
laughed him to scorn.
25 But
when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the
maid arose.
26 And
the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
27 ¶ And
when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
28 And
when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith
unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
29 Then
touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.
30 And
their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
31 But
they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.
32 ¶ As
they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
33 And
when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled,
saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
34 But
the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.
35 And
Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and
preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every
disease among the people.
36 ¶ But
when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they
fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
37 Then
saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are
few;
38 Pray
ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into
his harvest.
 
CHAPTER 10
AND when
he had called unto him his twelve
disciples, he gave them power against
unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all
manner of disease.
2 Now
the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called
Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the
son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
3
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son
of Alphæus, and Lebbæus, whose surname was Thaddæus;
4 Simon
the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
5 These
twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the
Gentiles, and into any city of the
Samaritans enter ye not:
6 But go
rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 And as
ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
8 Heal
the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have
received, freely give.
9
Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
10 Nor
scrip for your journey, neither two
coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
11 And
into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and
there abide till ye go thence.
12 And
when ye come into an house, salute it.
13 And
if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy,
let your peace return to you.
14 And
whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of
that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
15
Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha
in the day of judgment, than for that city.
16 ¶ Behold,
I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as
serpents, and harmless as doves.
17 But
beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will
scourge you in their synagogues;
18 And
ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony
against them and the Gentiles.
19 But
when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it
shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
20 For
it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
21 And
the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child:
and the children shall rise up against their
parents, and cause them to be put to death.
22 And ye
shall be hated of all men for my name's
sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
23 But
when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say
unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man
be come.
24 The
disciple is not above his master, nor
the servant above his lord.
25 It is
enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord.
If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his
household?
26 Fear
them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed;
and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What
I tell you in darkness, that speak ye
in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that
preach ye upon the housetops.
28 And
fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but
rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 Are
not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the
ground without your Father.
30 But
the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Fear
ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
32
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before
my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever
shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in
heaven.
34 Think
not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a
sword.
35 For I
am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against
her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36 And a
man's foes shall be they of his own household.
37 He
that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that
loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38 And
he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
39 He
that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake
shall find it.
40 ¶ He
that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that
sent me.
41 He
that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's
reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man
shall receive a righteous man's reward.
42 And
whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple,
verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
 
CHAPTER 11
AND it
came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he
departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
2 Now
when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his
disciples,
3 And
said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
4 Jesus
answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do
hear and see:
5 The
blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the
deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to
them.
6 And
blessed is he, whosoever shall not be
offended in me.
7 ¶ And
as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What
went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
8 But
what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that
wear soft clothing are in kings'
houses.
9 But
what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a
prophet.
10 For
this is he, of whom it is written,
Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before
thee.
11
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a
greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom
of heaven is greater than he.
12 And
from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth
violence, and the violent take it by force.
13 For
all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14 And
if ye will receive it, this is Elias,
which was for to come.
15 He
that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
16 ¶ But
whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in
the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
17 And
saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto
you, and ye have not lamented.
18 For
John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
19 The
Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and
a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her
children.
20 ¶ Then
began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done,
because they repented not:
21 Woe
unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which
were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented
long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22 But I
say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of
judgment, than for you.
23 And
thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell:
for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom,
it would have remained until this day.
24 But I
say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day
of judgment, than for thee.
25 ¶ At
that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and
earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast
revealed them unto babes.
26 Even
so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
27 All
things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the
Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
28 ¶ Come
unto me, all ye that labour and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take
my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye
shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For
my yoke is easy, and my burden is
light.
 
CHAPTER 12
AT that
time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an
hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
2 But
when the Pharisees saw it, they said
unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the
sabbath day.
3 But he
said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and
they that were with him;
4 How he
entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful
for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
5 Or
have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the
temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
6 But I
say unto you, That in this place is one
greater than the temple.
7 But if
ye had known what this meaneth, I
will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
8 For
the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
9 And
when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
10 ¶ And,
behold, there was a man which had his
hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath
days? that they might accuse him.
11 And
he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one
sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on
it, and lift it out?
12 How
much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on
the sabbath days.
13 Then
saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole,
like as the other.
14 ¶ Then
the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy
him.
15 But
when Jesus knew it, he withdrew
himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
16 And
charged them that they should not make him known:
17 That
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
18
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well
pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
19 He
shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
20 A
bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he
send forth judgment unto victory.
21 And
in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
22 ¶ Then
was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed
him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
23 And
all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
24 But
when the Pharisees heard it, they
said, This fellow doth not cast out
devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
25 And
Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against
itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself
shall not stand:
26 And
if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his
kingdom stand?
27 And
if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your
judges.
28 But
if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto
you.
29 Or
else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except
he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
30 He
that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth
abroad.
31 ¶ Wherefore
I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but
the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto
men.
32 And
whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but
whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him,
neither in this world, neither in the world
to come.
33
Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt,
and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
34 O
generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the
abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35 A
good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and
an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
36 But I
say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give
account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For
by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
38 ¶ Then
certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would
see a sign from thee.
39 But
he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after
a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet
Jonas:
40 For
as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son
of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41 The
men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn
it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater
than Jonas is here.
42 The
queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and
shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear
the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
43 When
the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking
rest, and findeth none.
44 Then
he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is
come, he findeth it empty, swept, and
garnished.
45 Then
goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself,
and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also
unto this wicked generation.
46 ¶ While
he yet talked to the people, behold, his
mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
47 Then
one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring
to speak with thee.
48 But
he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my
brethren?
49 And
he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother
and my brethren!
50 For
whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my
brother, and sister, and mother.
 
CHAPTER 13
THE same
day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
2 And
great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship,
and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3 And he
spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to
sow;
4 And
when he sowed, some seeds fell by the
way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
5 Some
fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they
sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
6 And
when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they
withered away.
7 And
some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
8 But
other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some
sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
9 Who
hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And
the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
11 He
answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries
of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12 For
whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but
whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
13
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing
they hear not, neither do they understand.
14 And
in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall
hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
15 For
this people's heart is waxed gross, and their
ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time
they should see with their eyes, and
hear with their ears, and should
understand with their heart, and
should be converted, and I should heal them.
16 But
blessed are your eyes, for they see:
and your ears, for they hear.
17 For
verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those
things which ye see, and have not
seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
18 ¶ Hear
ye therefore the parable of the sower.
19 When
any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one,
and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received
seed by the way side.
20 But
he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the
word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
21 Yet
hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution
ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
22 He
also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the
care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he
becometh unfruitful.
23 But
he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and
understandeth it; which also beareth
fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
24 ¶ Another
parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a
man which sowed good seed in his field:
25 But
while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his
way.
26 But
when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares
also.
27 So
the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow
good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He
said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou
then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he
said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with
them.
30 Let
both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to
the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to
burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
31 ¶ Another
parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a
grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
32 Which
indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest
among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge
in the branches thereof.
33 ¶ Another
parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a
woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
34 All
these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable
spake he not unto them:
35 That
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my
mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the
foundation of the world.
36 Then
Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came
unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
37 He
answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
38 The
field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the
tares are the children of the wicked one;
39 The
enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and
the reapers are the angels.
40 As
therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the
end of this world.
41 The
Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his
kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
42 And
shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of
teeth.
43 Then
shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who
hath ears to hear, let him hear.
44 ¶ Again,
the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a
man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he
hath, and buyeth that field.
45 ¶ Again,
the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
46 Who,
when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and
bought it.
47 ¶ Again,
the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and
gathered of every kind:
48
Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the
good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
49 So
shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the
wicked from among the just,
50 And
shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing
of teeth.
51 Jesus
saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
52 Then
said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which
is instructed unto the kingdom of
heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth
out of his treasure things new and
old.
53 ¶ And
it came to pass, that when Jesus had
finished these parables, he departed thence.
54 And
when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue,
insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
55 Is
not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren,
James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
56 And
his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?
57 And
they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without
honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
58 And
he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
 
CHAPTER 14
AT that
time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
2 And
said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead;
and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
3 ¶ For
Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
4 For
John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
5 And
when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they
counted him as a prophet.
6 But
when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them,
and pleased Herod.
7
Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
8 And
she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's
head in a charger.
9 And
the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with
him at meat, he commanded it to be
given her.
10 And
he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
11 And
his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
12 And
his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told
Jesus.
13 ¶ When
Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when
the people had heard thereof, they
followed him on foot out of the cities.
14 And
Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion
toward them, and he healed their sick.
15 ¶ And
when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place,
and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the
villages, and buy themselves victuals.
16 But
Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
17 And
they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
18 He
said, Bring them hither to me.
19 And
he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves,
and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave
the loaves to his disciples, and the
disciples to the multitude.
20 And
they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that
remained twelve baskets full.
21 And
they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
22 ¶ And
straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go
before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
23 And
when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray:
and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
24 But the
ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was
contrary.
25 And
in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
26 And
when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It
is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
27 But
straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not
afraid.
28 And
Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the
water.
29 And
he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the
water, to go to Jesus.
30 But
when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he
cried, saying, Lord, save me.
31 And
immediately Jesus stretched forth his
hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore
didst thou doubt?
32 And
when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
33 Then
they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art
the Son of God.
34 ¶ And
when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.
35 And
when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that
country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
36 And
besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as
touched were made perfectly whole.
 
CHAPTER 15
THEN came
to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
2 Why do
thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their
hands when they eat bread.
3 But he
answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God
by your tradition?
4 For God
commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or
mother, let him die the death.
5 But ye
say, Whosoever shall say to his father
or his mother, It is a gift, by
whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
6 And
honour not his father or his mother, he
shall be free. Thus have ye
made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy
of you, saying,
8 This
people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from
me.
9 But in
vain they do worship me, teaching for
doctrines the commandments of men.
10 ¶ And
he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
11 Not
that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of
the mouth, this defileth a man.
12 Then
came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were
offended, after they heard this saying?
13 But
he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted,
shall be rooted up.
14 Let
them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the
blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
15 Then
answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
16 And
Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
17 Do
not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the
belly, and is cast out into the draught?
18 But
those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they
defile the man.
19 For
out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications,
thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These
are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth
not a man.
21 ¶ Then
Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And,
behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him,
saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou
Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
23 But
he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying,
Send her away; for she crieth after us.
24 But
he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of
Israel.
25 Then
came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
26 But
he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
27 And
she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their
masters' table.
28 Then
Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter
was made whole from that very hour.
29 And
Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up
into a mountain, and sat down there.
30 And
great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many
others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:
31
Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the
maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified
the God of Israel.
32 ¶ Then
Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the
multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to
eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
33 And
his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the
wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
34 And
Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few
little fishes.
35 And
he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
36 And
he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the
disciples to the multitude.
37 And
they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
38 And
they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
39 And
he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
 
CHAPTER 16
THE Pharisees
also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them
a sign from heaven.
2 He
answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
3 And in
the morning, It will be foul weather to
day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye
hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
4 A
wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign
be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and
departed.
5 And
when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take
bread.
6 ¶ Then
Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and
of the Sadducees.
7 And
they reasoned among themselves, saying, It
is because we have taken no bread.
8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto
them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have
brought no bread?
9 Do ye
not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and
how many baskets ye took up?
10
Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
11 How
is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven
of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
12 Then
understood they how that he bade them
not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of
the Sadducees.
13 ¶ When
Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying,
Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14 And
they said, Some say that thou
art John the Baptist: some, Elias;
and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15 He
saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And
Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And
Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh
and blood hath not revealed it unto
thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18 And I
say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my
church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
19 And I
will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou
shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose
on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
20 Then
charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the
Christ.
21 ¶ From
that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go
unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and
scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
22 Then
Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord:
this shall not be unto thee.
23 But
he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence
unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of
men.
24 ¶ Then
said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man
will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
25 For
whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life
for my sake shall find it.
26 For
what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own
soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
27 For
the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then
he shall reward every man according to his works.
28
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of
death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
 
CHAPTER 17
AND after
six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up
into an high mountain apart,
2 And
was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his
raiment was white as the light.
3 And,
behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
4 Then
answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if
thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses,
and one for Elias.
5 While
he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out
of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased;
hear ye him.
6 And
when the disciples heard it, they
fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
7 And
Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
8 And
when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
9 And as
they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision
to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
10 And
his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first
come?
11 And Jesus
answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all
things.
12 But I
say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done
unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of
them.
13 Then
the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
14 ¶ And
when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
15 Lord,
have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he
falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
16 And I
brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
17 Then
Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I
be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
18 And
Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured
from that very hour.
19 Then
came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
20 And
Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If
ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain,
Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be
impossible unto you.
21
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
22 ¶ And
while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be
betrayed into the hands of men:
23 And
they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were
exceeding sorry.
24 ¶ And
when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not
your master pay tribute?
25 He
saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying,
What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or
tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
26 Peter
saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.
27
Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an
hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his
mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me
and thee.
 
CHAPTER 18
AT the
same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom
of heaven?
2 And
Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
3 And
said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little
children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
4
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is
greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 And
whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
6 But
whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better
for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
7 ¶ Woe
unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come;
but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
8
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to
enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be
cast into everlasting fire.
9 And if
thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one
eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
10 Take
heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in
heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
11 For
the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
12 How
think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth
he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh
that which is gone astray?
13 And
if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which
went not astray.
14 Even
so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these
little ones should perish.
15 ¶ Moreover
if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between
thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
16 But
if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more,
that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
17 And
if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it
unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as
an heathen man and a publican.
18
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
19 Again
I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing
that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
20 For
where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of
them.
21 ¶ Then
came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and
I forgive him? till seven times?
22 Jesus
saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy
times seven.
23 ¶ Therefore
is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account
of his servants.
24 And
when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten
thousand talents.
25 But
forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his
wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
26 The
servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience
with me, and I will pay thee all.
27 Then
the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave
him the debt.
28 But
the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him
an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
29 And
his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have
patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
30 And
he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
31 So
when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and
told unto their lord all that was done.
32 Then
his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I
forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
33
Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had
pity on thee?
34 And
his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all
that was due unto him.
35 So
likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts
forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
 
CHAPTER 19
AND it
came to pass, that when Jesus had
finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of
Judæa beyond Jordan;
2 And
great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
3 ¶ The
Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful
for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
4 And he
answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and
female,
5 And
said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to
his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined
together, let not man put asunder.
7 They
say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and
to put her away?
8 He
saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to
put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
9 And I
say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication,
and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is
put away doth commit adultery.
10 ¶ His
disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
11 But
he said unto them, All men cannot
receive this saying, save they to
whom it is given.
12 For
there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made
eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for
the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
13 ¶ Then
were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the
disciples rebuked them.
14 But
Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for
of such is the kingdom of heaven.
15 And
he laid his hands on them, and
departed thence.
16 ¶ And,
behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do,
that I may have eternal life?
17 And
he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there
is none good but one, that is,
God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
18 He
saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not
commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19
Honour thy father and thy mother:
and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
20 The
young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what
lack I yet?
21 Jesus
said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and
sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in
heaven: and come and follow me.
22 But
when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great
possessions.
23 ¶ Then
said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall
hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24 And again
I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle,
than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
25 When
his disciples heard it, they were
exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
26 But
Jesus beheld them, and said unto
them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
27 ¶ Then
answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed
thee; what shall we have therefore?
28 And
Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in
the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye
also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
29 And
every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or
mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an
hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
30 But
many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
 
CHAPTER 20
FOR the
kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that
is an householder, which went out
early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
2 And
when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his
vineyard.
3 And he
went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
4 And
said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will
give you. And they went their way.
5 Again
he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
6 And
about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith
unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
7 They
say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into
the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that
shall ye receive.
8 So
when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the
labourers, and give them their hire,
beginning from the last unto the first.
9 And
when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they
received every man a penny.
10 But
when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and
they likewise received every man a penny.
11 And
when they had received it, they
murmured against the goodman of the house,
12
Saying, These last have wrought but one
hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and
heat of the day.
13 But
he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou
agree with me for a penny?
14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
15 Is it
not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I
am good?
16 So
the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few
chosen.
17 ¶ And
Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and
said unto them,
18
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the
chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
19 And
shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise
again.
20 ¶ Then
came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of
him.
21 And
he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two
sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy
kingdom.
22 But
Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the
cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am
baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
23 And
he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the
baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left,
is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them
for whom it is prepared of my Father.
24 And
when the ten heard it, they were
moved with indignation against the two brethren.
25 But
Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes
of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise
authority upon them.
26 But
it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be
your minister;
27 And
whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
28 Even
as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give
his life a ransom for many.
29 And
as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
30 ¶ And,
behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus
passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
31 And
the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they
cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
32 And
Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto
you?
33 They
say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
34 So
Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and
immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
 
CHAPTER 21
AND when
they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of
Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
2 Saying
unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find
an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them,
and bring them unto me.
3 And if
any man say ought unto you, ye shall
say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
4 All
this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,
saying,
5 Tell
ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting
upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
6 And
the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
7 And
brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
8 And a
very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches
from the trees, and strawed them in
the way.
9 And
the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to
the Son of David: Blessed is he that
cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
10 And
when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
11 And
the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
12 ¶ And
Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought
in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of
them that sold doves,
13 And
said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer;
but ye have made it a den of thieves.
14 And
the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
15 And
when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and
the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David;
they were sore displeased,
16 And
said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea;
have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected
praise?
17 ¶ And
he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
18 Now
in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
19 And
when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon,
but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for
ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
20 And
when the disciples saw it, they
marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
21 Jesus
answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt
not, ye shall not only do this which is done
to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed,
and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
22 And
all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
23 ¶ And
when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the
people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou
these things? and who gave thee this authority?
24 And
Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell
me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
25 The
baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with
themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did
ye not then believe him?
26 But
if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
27 And
they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither
tell I you by what authority I do these things.
28 ¶ But
what think ye? A certain man had two
sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
29 He
answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
30 And
he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
31
Whether of them twain did the will of his
father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto
you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
32 For
John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but
the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye
might believe him.
33 ¶ Hear
another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and
hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let
it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
34 And
when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen,
that they might receive the fruits of it.
35 And
the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned
another.
36
Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them
likewise.
37 But
last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
38 But
when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir;
come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
39 And
they caught him, and cast him out of
the vineyard, and slew him.
40 When
the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those
husbandmen?
41 They
say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen,
which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
42 Jesus
saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the
builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's
doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
43
Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given
to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
44 And
whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall
fall, it will grind him to powder.
45 And
when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived
that he spake of them.
46 But
when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they
took him for a prophet.
 
CHAPTER 22
AND Jesus
answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
2 The
kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his
son,
3 And
sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they
would not come.
4 Again,
he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I
have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my
fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
5 But
they made light of it, and went their
ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
6 And
the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
7 But
when the king heard thereof, he was
wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned
up their city.
8 Then
saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were
not worthy.
9 Go ye
therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
10 So
those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as
they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
11 ¶ And
when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a
wedding garment:
12 And
he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding
garment? And he was speechless.
13 Then
said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and
cast him into outer darkness; there
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For
many are called, but few are chosen.
15 ¶ Then
went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
16 And
they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we
know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest
thou for any man: for thou regardest
not the person of men.
17 Tell
us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or
not?
18 But
Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
19 Shew
me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
20 And
he saith unto them, Whose is this
image and superscription?
21 They
say unto him, Cæsar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the
things which are Cæsar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
22 When
they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and
went their way.
23 ¶ The
same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection,
and asked him,
24
Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall
marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
25 Now
there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife,
deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
26 Likewise
the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
27 And
last of all the woman died also.
28
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they
all had her.
29 Jesus
answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the
power of God.
30 For
in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as
the angels of God in heaven.
31 But
as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was
spoken unto you by God, saying,
32 I am
the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God
of the dead, but of the living.
33 And
when the multitude heard this, they
were astonished at his doctrine.
34 ¶ But
when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they
were gathered together.
35 Then
one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
36
Master, which is the great
commandment in the law?
37 Jesus
said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This
is the first and great commandment.
39 And
the second is like unto it, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On
these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
41 ¶ While
the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
42
Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son
of David.
43 He
saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
44 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my
right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
45 If
David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
46 And
no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
 
CHAPTER 23
THEN spake
Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
2
Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
3 All
therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that
observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
4 For
they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
5 But
all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their
phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
6 And
love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
7 And
greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
8 But be
not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
9 And
call no man your father upon the
earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
10
Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
11 But
he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
12 And
whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself
shall be exalted.
13 ¶ But
woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of
heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves,
neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
14 Woe
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and
for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater
damnation.
15 Woe
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to
make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of
hell than yourselves.
16 Woe
unto you, ye blind guides, which say,
Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear
by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is
greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
18 And,
Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by
the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that
sanctifieth the gift?
20 Whoso
therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
21 And
whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth
therein.
22 And
he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that
sitteth thereon.
23 Woe
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise
and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters
of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to
leave the other undone.
24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat,
and swallow a camel.
25 Woe
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of
the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be
clean also.
27 Woe
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited
sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's
bones, and of all uncleanness.
28 Even
so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of
hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 Woe
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the
prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30 And
say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been
partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them
which killed the prophets.
32 Fill
ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
34 ¶ Wherefore,
behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify;
and some of them shall ye scourge in
your synagogues, and persecute them from
city to city:
35 That
upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood
of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew
between the temple and the altar.
36
Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
37 O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that
killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often
would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and ye
would not!
38
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
39 For I
say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 24
AND Jesus
went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the
temple.
2 And
Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There
shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 ¶ And
as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately,
saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy
coming, and of the end of the world?
4 And
Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For
many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6 And ye
shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For
nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall
be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All
these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 Then
shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated
of all nations for my name's sake.
10 And
then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one
another.
11 And
many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12 And
because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But
he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14 And
this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness
unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
15 When
ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the
prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
16 Then
let them which be in Judæa flee into the mountains:
17 Let
him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
18
Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
19 And
woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
20 But
pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
21 For
then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the
world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And
except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for
the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then
if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is
Christ, or there; believe it not.
24 For
there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs
and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the
very elect.
25
Behold, I have told you before.
26
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not
forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
27 For
as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so
shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28 For
wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29 ¶ Immediately
after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon
shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers
of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And
then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the
tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the
clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And
he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather
together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32 Now
learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth
forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33 So
likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be
fulfilled.
35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36 ¶ But
of that day and hour knoweth no man,
no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37 But
as the days of Noe were, so shall
also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For
as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And
knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming
of the Son of man be.
40 Then
shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the
mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 ¶ Watch
therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But
know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief
would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be
broken up.
44
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man
cometh.
45 Who
then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his
household, to give them meat in due season?
46
Blessed is that servant, whom his
lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47
Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and
if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And
shall begin to smite his fellowservants,
and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The
lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware
of,
51 And
shall cut him asunder, and appoint him
his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
 
CHAPTER 25
THEN shall
the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and
went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 And
five of them were wise, and five were
foolish.
3 They
that were foolish took their lamps,
and took no oil with them:
4 But
the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 While
the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6 And at
midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet
him.
7 Then
all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And
the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone
out.
9 But
the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and
you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 And
while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in
with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But
he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
13 Watch
therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man
cometh.
14 ¶ For
the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
15 And
unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man
according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
16 Then
he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
17 And
likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
18 But
he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's
money.
19 After
a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
20 And
so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents,
saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained
beside them five talents more.
21 His
lord said unto him, Well done, thou good
and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make
thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
22 He also
that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two
talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
23 His
lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been
faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou
into the joy of thy lord.
24 Then
he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou
art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou
hast not strawed:
25 And I
was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
26 His
lord answered and said unto him, Thou
wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and
gather where I have not strawed:
27 Thou
oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received
mine own with usury.
28 Take
therefore the talent from him, and give it
unto him which hath ten talents.
29 For
unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from
him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
30 And
cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.
31 ¶ When
the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then
shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And
before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from
another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep
from the goats:
33 And
he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then
shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I
was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was
a stranger, and ye took me in:
36
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and
ye came unto me.
37 Then
shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and
fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When
saw we thee a stranger, and took thee
in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or
when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And
the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye
have done it unto one of the least of
these my brethren, ye have done it unto
me.
41 Then
shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into
everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I
was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was
a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in
prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then
shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or
athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister
unto thee?
45 Then
shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye
did it not to me.
46 And
these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life
eternal.
 
CHAPTER 26
AND it
came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his
disciples,
2 Ye
know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
3 Then
assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the
people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
4 And
consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
5 But
they said, Not on the feast day, lest
there be an uproar among the people.
6 ¶ Now
when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7 There
came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and
poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
8 But
when his disciples saw it, they had
indignation, saying, To what purpose is
this waste?
9 For
this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
10 When
Jesus understood it, he said unto
them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
11 For
ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
12 For
in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
13
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole
world, there shall also this, that
this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
14 ¶ Then
one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
15 And
said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And
they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
16 And
from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
17 ¶ Now
the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him,
Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
18 And
he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My
time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
19 And
the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the
passover.
20 Now
when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.
21 And
as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray
me.
22 And
they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord,
is it I?
23 And
he answered and said, He that dippeth his
hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
24 The
Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son
of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
25 Then
Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto
him, Thou hast said.
26 ¶ And
as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and
gave it to the disciples, and said,
Take, eat; this is my body.
27 And
he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it
to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
28 For
this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission
of sins.
29 But I
say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that
day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
30 And
when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
31 Then
saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for
it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be
scattered abroad.
32 But
after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
33 Peter
answered and said unto him, Though all men
shall be offended because of thee, yet
will I never be offended.
34 Jesus
said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow,
thou shalt deny me thrice.
35 Peter
said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise
also said all the disciples.
36 ¶ Then
cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the
disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
37 And
he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful
and very heavy.
38 Then
saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye
here, and watch with me.
39 And
he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my
Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I
will, but as thou wilt.
40 And
he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter,
What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
41 Watch
and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
42 He
went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup
may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
43 And
he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
44 And
he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same
words.
45 Then
cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand,
and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
46 Rise,
let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.
47 ¶ And
while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great
multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the
people.
48 Now
he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that
same is he: hold him fast.
49 And
forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.
50 And
Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid
hands on Jesus, and took him.
51 And,
behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high
priest's, and smote off his ear.
52 Then
said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that
take the sword shall perish with the sword.
53
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give
me more than twelve legions of angels?
54 But
how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
55 In
that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief
with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the
temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
56 But
all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then
all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
57 ¶ And
they that had laid hold on Jesus led him
away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were
assembled.
58 But
Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat
with the servants, to see the end.
59 Now
the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness
against Jesus, to put him to death;
60 But
found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
61 And
said, This fellow said, I am able to
destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
62 And
the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it
which these witness against thee?
63 But
Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure
thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son
of God.
64 Jesus
saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye
see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds
of heaven.
65 Then
the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what
further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
66 What
think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
67 Then
did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
68
Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
69 ¶ Now
Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also
wast with Jesus of Galilee.
70 But
he denied before them all, saying, I
know not what thou sayest.
71 And
when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.
72 And
again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
73 And
after a while came unto him they that
stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.
74 Then
began he to curse and to swear, saying,
I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
75 And
Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow,
thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
 
CHAPTER 27
WHEN the
morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel
against Jesus to put him to death:
2 And
when they had bound him, they led him
away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
3 ¶ Then
Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented
himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and
elders,
4
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they
said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
5 And he
cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged
himself.
6 And
the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put
them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
7 And
they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers
in.
8
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
9 Then
was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they
took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they
of the children of Israel did value;
10 And
gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
11 And
Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou
the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
12 And
when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
13 Then
said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against
thee?
14 And
he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
15 Now
at that feast the governor was wont
to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
16 And
they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
17
Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye
that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
18 For
he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
19 ¶ When
he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou
nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a
dream because of him.
20 But
the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask
Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
21 The
governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I
release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
22
Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ?
They all say unto him, Let him be
crucified.
23 And
the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more,
saying, Let him be crucified.
24 ¶ When
Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying,
I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
25 Then
answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
26 ¶ Then
released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
27 Then
the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto
him the whole band of soldiers.
28 And
they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
29 ¶ And
when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the
knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
30 And
they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
31 And
after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his
own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.
32 And
as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled
to bear his cross.
33 And
when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a
skull,
34 ¶ They
gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
35 And
they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them,
and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
36 And
sitting down they watched him there;
37 And
set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE
JEWS.
38 Then
were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another
on the left.
39 ¶ And
they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
40 And
saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come
down from the cross.
41 Likewise
also the chief priests mocking him,
with the scribes and elders, said,
42 He
saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now
come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
43 He
trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am
the Son of God.
44 The
thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
45 Now
from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
46 And
about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama
sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
47 Some
of them that stood there, when they heard that,
said, This man calleth for Elias.
48 And
straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it
on a reed, and gave him to drink.
49 The
rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
50 ¶ Jesus,
when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51 And,
behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom;
and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
52 And
the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And
came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and
appeared unto many.
54 Now
when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the
earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly
this was the Son of God.
55 And
many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee,
ministering unto him:
56 Among
which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the
mother of Zebedee's children.
57 When
the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also
himself was Jesus' disciple:
58 He
went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to
be delivered.
59 And
when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
60 And
laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a
great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
61 And
there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the
sepulchre.
62 ¶ Now
the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and
Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
63
Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After
three days I will rise again.
64
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his
disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is
risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
65
Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
66 So
they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
 
CHAPTER 28
IN the
end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the
sepulchre.
2 And,
behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from
heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
3 His
countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
4 And
for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
5 And
the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye
seek Jesus, which was crucified.
6 He is
not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
7 And go
quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he
goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
8 And
they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run
to bring his disciples word.
9 ¶ And
as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail.
And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
10 Then
said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee,
and there shall they see me.
11 ¶ Now
when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed
unto the chief priests all the things that were done.
12 And
when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave
large money unto the soldiers,
13
Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
14 And
if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
15 So
they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly
reported among the Jews until this day.
16 ¶ Then
the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had
appointed them.
17 And
when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
18 And
Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven
and in earth.
19 ¶ Go
ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I
am with you alway, even unto the end
of the world. Amen.


THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO
ST. MARK.


CHAPTER 1
THE beginning
of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
2 As it
is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which
shall prepare thy way before thee.
3 The
voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his
paths straight.
4 John
did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the
remission of sins.
5 And
there went out unto him all the land of Judæa, and they of Jerusalem, and were
all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
6 And
John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his
loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
7 And
preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of
whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
8 I
indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
9 And it
came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was
baptized of John in Jordan.
10 And
straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the
Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
11 And
there came a voice from heaven, saying,
Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
12 And
immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.
13 And
he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the
wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
14 Now
after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the
gospel of the kingdom of God,
15 And
saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye,
and believe the gospel.
16 Now
as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting
a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
17 And
Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers
of men.
18 And
straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
19 And
when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship
mending their nets.
20 And
straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with
the hired servants, and went after him.
21 And
they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into
the synagogue, and taught.
22 And
they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had
authority, and not as the scribes.
23 And
there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
24
Saying, Let us alone; what have we to
do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee
who thou art, the Holy One of God.
25 And
Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
26 And
when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out
of him.
27 And
they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying,
What thing is this? what new doctrine is
this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do
obey him.
28 And
immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.
29 And
forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the
house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
30 But
Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.
31 And
he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever
left her, and she ministered unto them.
32 And
at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased,
and them that were possessed with devils.
33 And
all the city was gathered together at the door.
34 And
he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and
suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.
35 And
in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed
into a solitary place, and there prayed.
36 And
Simon and they that were with him followed after him.
37 And
when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.
38 And
he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also:
for therefore came I forth.
39 And
he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.
40 And
there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying
unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
41 And
Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his
hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
42 And
as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was
cleansed.
43 And
he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;
44 And
saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself
to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded,
for a testimony unto them.
45 But
he went out, and began to publish it much,
and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter
into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from
every quarter.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND again
he entered into Capernaum, after some
days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
2 And
straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to
receive them, no, not so much as
about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
3 And
they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
4 And
when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof
where he was: and when they had broken it
up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
5 When
Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be
forgiven thee.
6 But
there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
7 Why
doth this man thus speak blasphemies?
who can forgive sins but God only?
8 And
immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within
themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
9
Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed,
and walk?
10 But
that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he
saith to the sick of the palsy,)
11 I say
unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
12 And
immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch
that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this
fashion.
13 And
he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him,
and he taught them.
14 And
as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of
Alphæus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he
arose and followed him.
15 And
it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and
sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many,
and they followed him.
16 And
when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they
said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans
and sinners?
17 When
Jesus heard it, he saith unto them,
They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I
came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
18 And
the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say
unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy
disciples fast not?
19 And
Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the
bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they
cannot fast.
20 But
the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then
shall they fast in those days.
21 No
man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that
filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
22 And
no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the
bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine
must be put into new bottles.
23 And
it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and
his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
24 And
the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which
is not lawful?
25 And
he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was
an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
26 How
he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did
eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave
also to them which were with him?
27 And
he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28
Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
 
CHAPTER 3
AND he
entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a
withered hand.
2 And
they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might
accuse him.
3 And he
saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
4 And he
saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to
save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
5 And
when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the
hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And
he stretched it out: and his hand was
restored whole as the other.
6 And
the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians
against him, how they might destroy him.
7 But
Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude
from Galilee followed him, and from Judæa,
8 And
from Jerusalem, and from Idumæa, and from
beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had
heard what great things he did, came unto him.
9 And he
spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the
multitude, lest they should throng him.
10 For
he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as
many as had plagues.
11 And
unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying,
Thou art the Son of God.
12 And
he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
13 And
he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto
him whom he would: and they came unto
him.
14 And
he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them
forth to preach,
15 And
to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
16 And
Simon he surnamed Peter;
17 And
James the son of Zebedee, and John
the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of
thunder:
18 And
Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddæus, and Simon
the Canaanite,
19 And
Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.
20 And
the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat
bread.
21 And
when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him:
for they said, He is beside himself.
22 ¶ And
the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the
prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
23 And
he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How
can Satan cast out Satan?
24 And
if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 And
if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26 And
if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an
end.
27 No
man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will
first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
28
Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and
blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
29 But
he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is
in danger of eternal damnation:
30
Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31 ¶ There
came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him,
calling him.
32 And
the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy
brethren without seek for thee.
33 And
he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
34 And
he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother
and my brethren!
35 For
whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and
mother.
 
CHAPTER 4
AND he
began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great
multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole
multitude was by the sea on the land.
2 And he
taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
3
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4 And it
came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air
came and devoured it up.
5 And
some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it
sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6 But
when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered
away.
7 And
some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded
no fruit.
8 And
other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased;
and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
9 And he
said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And
when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the
parable.
11 And
he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God:
but unto them that are without, all these
things are done in parables:
12 That
seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not
understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
13 And
he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
14 ¶ The
sower soweth the word.
15 And
these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have
heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in
their hearts.
16 And
these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have
heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
17 And
have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when
affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are
offended.
18 And
these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
19 And
the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of
other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
20 And
these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and
receive it, and bring forth fruit,
some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
21 ¶ And
he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a
bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
22 For
there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept
secret, but that it should come abroad.
23 If
any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
24 And
he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall
be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
25 For
he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be
taken even that which he hath.
26 ¶ And
he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the
ground;
27 And
should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up,
he knoweth not how.
28 For
the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after
that the full corn in the ear.
29 But
when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because
the harvest is come.
30 ¶ And
he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison
shall we compare it?
31 It is
like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than
all the seeds that be in the earth:
32 But
when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and
shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the
shadow of it.
33 And
with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
34 But
without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he
expounded all things to his disciples.
35 And
the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto
the other side.
36 And
when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the
ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
37 And
there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it
was now full.
38 And
he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him,
and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
39 And
he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the
wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 And
he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
41 And
they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this,
that even the wind and the sea obey him?
 
CHAPTER 5
AND they
came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
2 And
when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a
man with an unclean spirit,
3 Who
had his dwelling among the tombs; and
no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
4
Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains
had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither
could any man tame him.
5 And
always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and
cutting himself with stones.
6 But
when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
7 And
cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure
thee by God, that thou torment me not.
8 For he
said unto him, Come out of the man, thou
unclean spirit.
9 And he
asked him, What is thy name? And he
answered, saying, My name is Legion:
for we are many.
10 And
he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
11 Now
there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
12 And
all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter
into them.
13 And
forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered
into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea,
(they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
14 And
they that fed the swine fled, and told it
in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was
done.
15 And
they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the
legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
16 And
they that saw it told them how it
befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
17 And
they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
18 And
when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil
prayed him that he might be with him.
19 Howbeit
Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell
them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on
thee.
20 And
he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done
for him: and all men did marvel.
21 And
when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people
gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
22 And,
behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and
when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
23 And
besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray
thee, come and lay thy hands on her,
that she may be healed; and she shall live.
24 And Jesus went with him; and much people
followed him, and thronged him.
25 And a
certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
26 And
had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had,
and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
27 When
she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
28 For
she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
29 And
straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that
plague.
30 And
Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned
him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
31 And
his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and
sayest thou, Who touched me?
32 And
he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
33 But
the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell
down before him, and told him all the truth.
34 And
he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be
whole of thy plague.
35 While
he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said,
Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
36 As
soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the
synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
37 And
he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother
of James.
38 And
he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and
them that wept and wailed greatly.
39 And
when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the
damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
40 And
they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the
father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth
in where the damsel was lying.
41 And
he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is,
being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
42 And
straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were
astonished with a great astonishment.
43 And
he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that
something should be given her to eat.
 
CHAPTER 6
AND he
went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow
him.
2 And
when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many
hearing him were astonished, saying,
From whence hath this man these
things? and what wisdom is this which
is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
3 Is not
this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of
Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended
at him.
4 But
Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country,
and among his own kin, and in his own house.
5 And he
could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick
folk, and healed them.
6 And he
marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages,
teaching.
7 ¶ And
he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and
gave them power over unclean spirits;
8 And
commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two
coats.
10 And
he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide
till ye depart from that place.
11 And
whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off
the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you,
It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than
for that city.
12 And
they went out, and preached that men should repent.
13 And
they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and
healed them.
14 And
king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:)
and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty
works do shew forth themselves in him.
15
Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one
of the prophets.
16 But
when Herod heard thereof, he said, It
is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
17 For
Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison
for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
18 For
John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
19
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but
she could not:
20 For
Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed
him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
21 And
when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his
lords, high captains, and chief estates
of Galilee;
22 And
when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod
and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever
thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
23 And
he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
24 And
she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The
head of John the Baptist.
25 And
she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will
that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
26 And
the king was exceeding sorry; yet for
his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject
her.
27 And
immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought:
and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
28 And
brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave
it to her mother.
29 And
when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse,
and laid it in a tomb.
30 And
the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things,
both what they had done, and what they had taught.
31 And
he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a
while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as
to eat.
32 And
they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
33 And
the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of
all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
34 And
Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward
them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach
them many things.
35 And
when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is
a desert place, and now the time is far
passed:
36 Send
them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages,
and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
37 He
answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall
we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
38 He
saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they
say, Five, and two fishes.
39 And
he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
40 And
they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
41 And
when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven,
and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them
to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them
all.
42 And
they did all eat, and were filled.
43 And
they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
44 And
they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
45 And
straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the
other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
46 And
when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
47 And
when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the
land.
48 And
he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about
the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and
would have passed by them.
49 But
when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and
cried out:
50 For
they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and
saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.
51 And
he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore
amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
52 For
they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart
was hardened.
53 And
when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to
the shore.
54 And
when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him,
55 And
ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds
those that were sick, where they heard he was.
56 And
whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the
sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the
border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
 
CHAPTER 7
THEN came
together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from
Jerusalem.
2 And
when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say,
with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
3 For
the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
4 And when they
come from the market, except they
wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to
hold, as the washing of cups, and
pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
5 Then
the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to
the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
6 He
answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as
it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7
Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
8 For laying
aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and
many other such like things ye do.
9 And he
said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep
your own tradition.
10 For
Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or
mother, let him die the death:
11 But
ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to
say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall
be free.
12 And
ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
13
Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have
delivered: and many such like things do ye.
14 ¶ And
when he had called all the people unto
him, he said unto them, Hearken unto
me every one of you, and understand:
15 There
is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the
things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
16 If
any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17 And
when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him
concerning the parable.
18 And
he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive,
that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
19
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into
the draught, purging all meats?
20 And
he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21 For
from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries,
fornications, murders,
22
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye,
blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23 All
these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
24 ¶ And
from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered
into an house, and would have no man know it:
but he could not be hid.
25 For a
certain woman, whose young daughter
had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
26 The
woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he
would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
27 But
Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to
take the children's bread, and to cast it
unto the dogs.
28 And
she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of
the children's crumbs.
29 And
he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy
daughter.
30 And
when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter
laid upon the bed.
31 ¶ And
again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee,
through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
32 And
they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and
they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
33 And
he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he
spit, and touched his tongue;
34 And
looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be
opened.
35 And
straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and
he spake plain.
36 And
he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so
much the more a great deal they published it;
37 And
were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh
both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
 
CHAPTER 8
IN those
days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called
his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,
2 I have
compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and
have nothing to eat:
3 And if
I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for
divers of them came from far.
4 And
his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
5 And he
asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
6 And he
commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves,
and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.
7 And
they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also
before them.
8 So
they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.
9 And
they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
10 ¶ And
straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts
of Dalmanutha.
11 And
the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign
from heaven, tempting him.
12 And
he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after
a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this
generation.
13 And
he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.
14 ¶ Now
the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship
with them more than one loaf.
15 And
he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
16 And
they reasoned among themselves, saying, It
is because we have no bread.
17 And
when Jesus knew it, he saith unto
them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither
understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
18
Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
19 When
I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments
took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
20 And
when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye
up? And they said, Seven.
21 And
he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
22 ¶ And
he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him
to touch him.
23 And
he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had
spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
24 And
he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
25 After
that he put his hands again upon his
eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
26 And
he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
27 ¶ And
Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Cæsarea Philippi: and by
the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
28 And
they answered, John the Baptist: but some say,
Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
29 And
he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith
unto him, Thou art the Christ.
30 And
he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
31 And
he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be
rejected of the elders, and of the
chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
32 And
he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
33 But
when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying,
Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God,
but the things that be of men.
34 ¶ And
when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said
unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his
cross, and follow me.
35 For
whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life
for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
36 For
what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own
soul?
37 Or
what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
38
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous
and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he
cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
 
CHAPTER 9
AND he
said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand
here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God
come with power.
2 ¶ And
after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth
them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured
before them.
3 And
his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth
can white them.
4 And
there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
5 And
Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let
us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
6 For he
wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
7 And
there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud,
saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
8 And
suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save
Jesus only with themselves.
9 And as
they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man
what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
10 And
they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the
rising from the dead should mean.
11 ¶ And
they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
12 And
he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things;
and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and
be set at nought.
13 But I
say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever
they listed, as it is written of him.
14 ¶ And
when he came to his disciples, he saw
a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
15 And
straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and
running to him saluted him.
16 And
he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?
17 And
one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my
son, which hath a dumb spirit;
18 And
wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with
his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast
him out; and they could not.
19 He
answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you?
how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
20 And
they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare
him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
21 And
he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said,
Of a child.
22 And
ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him:
but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
23 Jesus
said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
24 And
straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I
believe; help thou mine unbelief.
25 When
Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit,
saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf
spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
26 And the spirit
cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch
that many said, He is dead.
27 But
Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
28 And
when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could
not we cast him out?
29 And
he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and
fasting.
30 ¶ And
they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man
should know it.
31 For
he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into
the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he
shall rise the third day.
32 But
they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
33 ¶ And
he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye
disputed among yourselves by the way?
34 But
they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
35 And
he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to
be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
36 And
he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in
his arms, he said unto them,
37
Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and
whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
38 ¶ And
John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name,
and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.
39 But
Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my
name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
40 For
he that is not against us is on our part.
41 For
whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong
to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
42 And
whosoever shall offend one of these little
ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged
about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
43 And
if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life
maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall
be quenched:
44 Where
their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
45 And
if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into
life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall
be quenched:
46 Where
their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
47 And
if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the
kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
48 Where
their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
49 For
every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with
salt.
50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his
saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace
one with another.
 
CHAPTER 10
AND he
arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judæa by the farther side of
Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught
them again.
2 ¶ And
the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
3 And he
answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
4 And
they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
5 And
Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you
this precept.
6 But
from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
7 For
this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
8 And
they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
9 What
therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
10 And
in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.
11 And
he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another,
committeth adultery against her.
12 And
if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she
committeth adultery.
13 ¶ And
they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought
them.
14 But
when Jesus saw it, he was much
displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and
forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
15
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a
little child, he shall not enter therein.
16 And
he took them up in his arms, put his hands
upon them, and blessed them.
17 ¶ And
when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to
him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal
life?
18 And
Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but
one, that is, God.
19 Thou
knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do
not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
20 And
he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
21 Then
Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go
thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have
treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
22 And
he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
23 ¶ And
Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they
that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
24 And
the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and
saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to
enter into the kingdom of God!
25 It is
easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to
enter into the kingdom of God.
26 And
they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be
saved?
27 And
Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it
is impossible, but not with God: for
with God all things are possible.
28 ¶ Then
Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
29 And
Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left
house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or
lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
30 But
he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and
sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the
world to come eternal life.
31 But
many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
32 ¶ And
they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and
they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the
twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,
33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem;
and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the
scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
34 And
they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall
kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
35 ¶ And
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would
that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.
36 And
he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
37 They
said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the
other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
38 But
Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I
drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
39 And
they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of
the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall
ye be baptized:
40 But
to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall
be given to them for whom it is prepared.
41 And
when the ten heard it, they began to
be much displeased with James and John.
42 But
Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that
they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them;
and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
43 But
so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be
your minister:
44 And
whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
45 For
even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to
give his life a ransom for many.
46 ¶ And
they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a
great number of people, blind Bartimæus, the son of Timæus, sat by the highway
side begging.
47 And
when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say,
Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy
on me.
48 And
many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great
deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy
on me.
49 And
Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man,
saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
50 And
he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
51 And
Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?
The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
52 And
Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And
immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
 
CHAPTER 11
AND when
they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of
Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
2 And
saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as
ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose
him, and bring him.
3 And if
any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him;
and straightway he will send him hither.
4 And
they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place
where two ways met; and they loose him.
5 And
certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
6 And
they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.
7 And
they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon
him.
8 And
many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees,
and strawed them in the way.
9 And
they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
10
Blessed be the kingdom of our father
David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
11 And
Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round
about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany
with the twelve.
12 ¶ And
on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
13 And
seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any
thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the
time of figs was not yet.
14 And
Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.
And his disciples heard it.
15 ¶ And
they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out
them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the
moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
16 And
would not suffer that any man should carry any
vessel through the temple.
17 And
he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all
nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
18 And
the scribes and chief priests heard it,
and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the
people was astonished at his doctrine.
19 And
when even was come, he went out of the city.
20 ¶ And
in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the
roots.
21 And
Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which
thou cursedst is withered away.
22 And
Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
23 For
verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou
removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but
shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall
have whatsoever he saith.
24
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
that ye receive them, and ye shall
have them.
25 And
when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father
also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
26 But
if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your
trespasses.
27 ¶ And
they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come
to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
28 And
say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this
authority to do these things?
29 And
Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and
answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
30 The
baptism of John, was it from heaven,
or of men? answer me.
31 And
they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will
say, Why then did ye not believe him?
32 But
if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
33 And
they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith
unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
 
CHAPTER 12
AND he
began to speak unto them by parables. A certain
man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen,
and went into a far country.
2 And at
the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the
husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 And
they caught him, and beat him, and
sent him away empty.
4 And
again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and
wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
5 And
again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and
killing some.
6 Having
yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them,
saying, They will reverence my son.
7 But
those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill
him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
8 And
they took him, and killed him, and
cast him out of the vineyard.
9 What
shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the
husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
10 And
have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is
become the head of the corner:
11 This
was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
12 And
they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he
had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
13 ¶ And
they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him
in his words.
14 And
when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and
carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the
way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not?
15 Shall
we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them,
Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
16 And
they brought it. And he saith unto
them, Whose is this image and
superscription? And they said unto him, Cæsar's.
17 And
Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's,
and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.
18 ¶ Then
come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked
him, saying,
19
Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no
children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his
brother.
20 Now
there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
21 And
the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third
likewise.
22 And
the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
23 In
the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of
them? for the seven had her to wife.
24 And
Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not
the scriptures, neither the power of God?
25 For
when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in
marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
26 And
as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses,
how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
27 He is
not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly
err.
28 ¶ And
one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and
perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first
commandment of all?
29 And
Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
30 And
thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
31 And
the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
32 And
the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is
one God; and there is none other but he:
33 And
to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all
the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings
and sacrifices.
34 And
when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far
from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
35 ¶ And
Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes
that Christ is the Son of David?
36 For
David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord
said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy
footstool.
37 David
therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
38 ¶ And
he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in
long clothing, and love salutations
in the marketplaces,
39 And
the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
40 Which
devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall
receive greater damnation.
41 ¶ And
Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into
the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
42 And
there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a
farthing.
43 And
he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That
this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the
treasury:
44 For
all they did cast in of their
abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
 
CHAPTER 13
AND as
he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see
what manner of stones and what buildings are
here!
2 And
Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall
not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as
he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and
John and Andrew asked him privately,
4 Tell
us, when shall these things be? and what shall
be the sign when all these things
shall be fulfilled?
5 And
Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
6 For
many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ;
and shall deceive many.
7 And
when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things
must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
8 For
nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall
be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these
are the beginnings of sorrows.
9 ¶ But
take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the
synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings
for my sake, for a testimony against them.
10 And
the gospel must first be published among all nations.
11 But
when they shall lead you, and deliver
you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye
premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for
it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
12 Now
the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and
children shall rise up against their parents,
and shall cause them to be put to death.
13 And
ye shall be hated of all men for my
name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14 ¶ But
when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the
prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then
let them that be in Judæa flee to the mountains:
15 And
let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his
house:
16 And
let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
17 But
woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
18 And
pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
19 For in those days shall be affliction, such
as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time,
neither shall be.
20 And
except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but
for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
21 And
then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is
Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
22 For
false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders,
to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But
take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
24 ¶ But
in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon
shall not give her light,
25 And
the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be
shaken.
26 And
then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and
glory.
27 And
then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the
four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of
heaven.
28 Now
learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth
forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
29 So ye
in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is
nigh, even at the doors.
30
Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these
things be done.
31
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
32 ¶ But
of that day and that hour knoweth no
man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33 Take
ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34 For the
Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who
left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work,
and commanded the porter to watch.
35 Watch
ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or
at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest
coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And
what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
 
CHAPTER 14
AFTER two
days was the feast of the passover,
and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they
might take him by craft, and put him to
death.
2 But
they said, Not on the feast day, lest
there be an uproar of the people.
3 ¶ And
being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came
a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she
brake the box, and poured it on his
head.
4 And
there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this
waste of the ointment made?
5 For it
might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to
the poor. And they murmured against her.
6 And
Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on
me.
7 For ye
have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but
me ye have not always.
8 She
hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the
burying.
9 Verily
I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole
world, this also that she hath done
shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
10 ¶ And
Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him
unto them.
11 And
when they heard it, they were glad,
and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray
him.
12 ¶ And
the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples
said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the
passover?
13 And
he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the
city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.
14 And
wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master
saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my
disciples?
15 And
he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
16 And
his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto
them: and they made ready the passover.
17 And
in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
18 And
as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which
eateth with me shall betray me.
19 And
they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?
20 And
he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with
me in the dish.
21 The
Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom
the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been
born.
22 ¶ And
as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
23 And
he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
24 And
he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for
many.
25
Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until
that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
26 ¶ And
when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
27 And
Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for
it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
28 But
after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
29 But
Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.
30 And
Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow
twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.
31 But
he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee
in any wise. Likewise also said they all.
32 And
they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples,
Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
33 And
he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and
to be very heavy;
34 And
saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and
watch.
35 And
he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were
possible, the hour might pass from him.
36 And
he said, Abba, Father, all things are
possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will,
but what thou wilt.
37 And
he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest
thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
38 Watch
ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
39 And
again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.
40 And
when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,)
neither wist they what to answer him.
41 And
he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is
come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
42 Rise
up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.
43 ¶ And
immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him
a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the
scribes and the elders.
44 And
he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss,
that same is he; take him, and lead him
away safely.
45 And
as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master;
and kissed him.
46 ¶ And
they laid their hands on him, and took him.
47 And
one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest,
and cut off his ear.
48 And
Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with
swords and with staves to take me?
49 I was
daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures
must be fulfilled.
50 And
they all forsook him, and fled.
51 And
there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
52 And
he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
53 ¶ And
they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the
chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
54 And
Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he
sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.
55 And
the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put
him to death; and found none.
56 For
many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
57 And
there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
58 We
heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within
three days I will build another made without hands.
59 But
neither so did their witness agree together.
60 And
the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou
nothing? what is it which these witness
against thee?
61 But
he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and
said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
62 And
Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of
power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
63 Then
the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further
witnesses?
64 Ye
have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be
guilty of death.
65 And
some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say
unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their
hands.
66 ¶ And
as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high
priest:
67 And
when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou
also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.
68 But
he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he
went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
69 And a
maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.
70 And
he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter,
Surely thou art one of them: for thou
art a Galilæan, and thy speech agreeth thereto.
71 But
he began to curse and to swear, saying,
I know not this man of whom ye speak.
72 And
the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus
said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when
he thought thereon, he wept.
 
CHAPTER 15
AND straightway
in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and
scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
2 And
Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto
him, Thou sayest it.
3 And
the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.
4 And
Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things
they witness against thee.
5 But
Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.
6 Now at
that feast he released unto them one
prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
7 And
there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had
committed murder in the insurrection.
8 And
the multitude crying aloud began to desire him
to do as he had ever done unto them.
9 But
Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the
Jews?
10 For
he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
11 But
the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto
them.
12 And
Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him
whom ye call the King of the Jews?
13 And
they cried out again, Crucify him.
14 Then
Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more
exceedingly, Crucify him.
15 ¶ And
so Pilate, willing to content the
people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
16 And
the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Prætorium; and they call
together the whole band.
17 And
they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about
his head,
18 And
began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
19 And
they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
20 And
when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own
clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
21 And
they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the
father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
22 And
they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place
of a skull.
23 And
they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
24 And
when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them,
what every man should take.
25 And
it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
26 And
the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27 And
with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on
his left.
28 And
the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
29 And
they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou
that destroyest the temple, and buildest it
in three days,
30 Save
thyself, and come down from the cross.
31 Likewise
also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved
others; himself he cannot save.
32 Let
Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and
believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
33 And
when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the
ninth hour.
34 And
at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama
sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me?
35 And
some of them that stood by, when they heard it,
said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
36 And
one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see
whether Elias will come to take him down.
37 And
Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
38 And
the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
39 ¶ And
when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and
gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
40 There
were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary
the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
41 (Who
also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many
other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.
42 ¶ And
now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day
before the sabbath,
43
Joseph of Arimathæa, an honourable counseller, which also waited for the
kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of
Jesus.
44 And
Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion,
he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
45 And
when he knew it of the centurion, he
gave the body to Joseph.
46 And
he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid
him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the
door of the sepulchre.
47 And
Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was
laid.
 
CHAPTER 16
AND when
the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they
might come and anoint him.
2 And
very early in the morning the first day
of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
3 And
they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of
the sepulchre?
4 And
when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very
great.
5 And
entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side,
clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
6 And he
saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was
crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
7 But go
your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee:
there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
8 And
they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were
amazed: neither said they any thing to any man;
for they were afraid.
9 ¶ Now
when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to
Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
10 And she went and told them that had been
with him, as they mourned and wept.
11 And
they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed
not.
12 ¶ After
that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went
into the country.
13 And
they went and told it unto the
residue: neither believed they them.
14 ¶ Afterward
he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their
unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen
him after he was risen.
15 And
he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every
creature.
16 He
that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall
be damned.
17 And
these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out
devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They
shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt
them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
19 ¶ So
then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and
sat on the right hand of God.
20 And they
went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs
following. Amen.


THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO
ST. LUKE.


CHAPTER 1
FORASMUCH
as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things
which are most surely believed among us,
2 Even
as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and
ministers of the word;
3 It
seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the
very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
4 That
thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been
instructed.
5 ¶ THERE
was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias,
of the course of Abia: and his wife was
of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was
Elisabeth.
6 And
they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and
ordinances of the Lord blameless.
7 And
they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
8 And it
came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the
order of his course,
9
According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense
when he went into the temple of the Lord.
10 And
the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
11 And
there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the
altar of incense.
12 And
when Zacharias saw him, he was
troubled, and fear fell upon him.
13 But
the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy
wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
14 And
thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
15 For
he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor
strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's
womb.
16 And
many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
17 And
he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of
the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to
make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
18 And
Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man,
and my wife well stricken in years.
19 And
the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God;
and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
20 And,
behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these
things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be
fulfilled in their season.
21 And
the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the
temple.
22 And
when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had
seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained
speechless.
23 And
it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were
accomplished, he departed to his own house.
24 And
after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months,
saying,
25 Thus
hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
26 And
in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee,
named Nazareth,
27 To a
virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the
virgin's name was Mary.
28 And
the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou
that art highly favoured, the Lord is
with thee: blessed art thou among
women.
29 And
when she saw him, she was troubled at
his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
30 And
the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
31 And,
behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call
his name JESUS.
32 He
shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God
shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
33 And
he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall
be no end.
34 Then
said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
35 And
the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and
the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing
which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
36 And,
behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and
this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
37 For
with God nothing shall be impossible.
38 And
Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy
word. And the angel departed from her.
39 And
Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a
city of Juda;
40 And
entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
41 And
it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe
leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
42 And
she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
43 And
whence is this to me, that the mother
of my Lord should come to me?
44 For,
lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe
leaped in my womb for joy.
45 And
blessed is she that believed: for
there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
46 And
Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47 And
my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48 For
he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth
all generations shall call me blessed.
49 For
he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
50 And
his mercy is on them that fear him
from generation to generation.
51 He
hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the
imagination of their hearts.
52 He
hath put down the mighty from their seats,
and exalted them of low degree.
53 He
hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
54 He
hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
55 As he
spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
56 And
Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.
57 Now
Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth
a son.
58 And
her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon
her; and they rejoiced with her.
59 And
it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and
they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
60 And
his mother answered and said, Not so;
but he shall be called John.
61 And
they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
62 And
they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
63 And
he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they
marvelled all.
64 And
his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
65 And fear
came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised
abroad throughout all the hill country of Judæa.
66 And
all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What
manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
67 And
his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
68
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel;
for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
69 And
hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
70 As he
spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
71 That
we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
72 To
perform the mercy promised to our
fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
73 The
oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
74 That
he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies
might serve him without fear,
75 In
holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
76 And
thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go
before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
77 To
give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
78
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath
visited us,
79 To
give light to them that sit in darkness and in
the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
80 And
the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day
of his shewing unto Israel.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND it
came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus,
that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when
Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And
all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
4 And
Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto
the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and
lineage of David:)
5 To be
taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
6 And so
it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should
be delivered.
7 And
she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and
laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
8 And
there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch
over their flock by night.
9 And,
lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round
about them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And
the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of
great joy, which shall be to all people.
11 For
unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And
this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling
clothes, lying in a manger.
13 And
suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God,
and saying,
14 Glory
to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
15 And
it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the
shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this
thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
16 And
they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a
manger.
17 And
when they had seen it, they made
known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
18 And
all they that heard it wondered at
those things which were told them by the shepherds.
19 But
Mary kept all these things, and pondered them
in her heart.
20 And
the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that
they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
21 And
when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name
was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in
the womb.
22 And
when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were
accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
23 (As
it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be
called holy to the Lord;)
24 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.
25 And,
behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was
just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was
upon him.
26 And
it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before
he had seen the Lord's Christ.
27 And
he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the
child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
28 Then
took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
29 Lord,
now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
30 For
mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
31 Which
thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
32 A
light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
33 And
Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.
34 And
Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising
again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
35 (Yea,
a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many
hearts may be revealed.
36 And
there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of
Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from
her virginity;
37 And
she was a widow of about fourscore
and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and
day.
38 And
she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him
to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
39 And
when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they
returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
40 And
the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of
God was upon him.
41 Now
his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
42 And
when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the
feast.
43 And
when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried
behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
44 But
they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they
sought him among their kinsfolk and
acquaintance.
45 And
when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.
46 And
it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in
the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
47 And
all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
48 And
when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why
hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee
sorrowing.
49 And
he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be
about my Father's business?
50 And
they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
51 And
he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but
his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
52 And
Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
 
CHAPTER 3
NOW in
the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being
governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip
tetrarch of Ituræa and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch
of Abilene,
2 Annas
and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of
Zacharias in the wilderness.
3 And he
came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for
the remission of sins;
4 As it
is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of
one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths
straight.
5 Every
valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and
the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
6 And
all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
7 Then
said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of
vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Bring
forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within
yourselves, We have Abraham to our father:
for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto
Abraham.
9 And
now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which
bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
10 And
the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
11 He
answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him
that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
12 Then
came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we
do?
13 And
he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
14 And
the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he
said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
15 And
as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John,
whether he were the Christ, or not;
16 John
answered, saying unto them all, I
indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of
whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost
and with fire:
17 Whose
fan is in his hand, and he will
throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the
chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
18 And
many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
19 But
Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's
wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
20 Added
yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
21 Now
when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being
baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
22 And
the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice
came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well
pleased.
23 And
Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed)
the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
24 Which
was the son of Matthat, which was the
son of Levi, which was the son
of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son
of Joseph,
25 Which
was the son of Mattathias, which was the
son of Amos, which was the son
of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son
of Nagge,
26 Which
was the son of Maath, which was the
son of Mattathias, which was the son
of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son
of Juda,
27 Which
was the son of Joanna, which was the
son of Rhesa, which was the son
of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son
of Neri,
28 Which
was the son of Melchi, which was the
son of Addi, which was the son
of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son
of Er,
29 Which
was the son of Jose, which was the
son of Eliezer, which was the son
of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son
of Levi,
30 Which
was the son of Simeon, which was the
son of Juda, which was the son
of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son
of Eliakim,
31 Which
was the son of Melea, which was the
son of Menan, which was the son
of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son
of David,
32 Which
was the son of Jesse, which was the
son of Obed, which was the son
of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son
of Naasson,
33 Which
was the son of Aminadab, which was the
son of Aram, which was the son
of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son
of Juda,
34 Which
was the son of Jacob, which was the
son of Isaac, which was the son
of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son
of Nachor,
35 Which
was the son of Saruch, which was the
son of Ragau, which was the son
of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son
of Sala,
36 Which
was the son of Cainan, which was the
son of Arphaxad, which was the son
of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son
of Lamech,
37 Which
was the son of Mathusala, which was the
son of Enoch, which was the son
of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son
of Cainan,
38 Which
was the son of Enos, which was the
son of Seth, which was the son
of Adam, which was the son of God.
 
CHAPTER 4
AND Jesus
being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit
into the wilderness,
2 Being
forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when
they were ended, he afterward hungered.
3 And
the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it
be made bread.
4 And
Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word of God.
5 And
the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the
kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And
the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of
them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If
thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
8 And
Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written,
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
9 And he
brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said
unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
10 For
it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
11 And
in their hands they shall bear thee
up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
12 And
Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
13 And
when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
14 ¶ And
Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a
fame of him through all the region round about.
15 And
he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
16 ¶ And
he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he
went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
17 And
there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had
opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18 The
Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me
to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To
preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20 And
he closed the book, and he gave it again
to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the
synagogue were fastened on him.
21 And
he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
22 And
all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of
his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
23 And
he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal
thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy
country.
24 And
he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
25 But I
tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the
heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout
all the land;
26 But
unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a
woman that was a widow.
27 And
many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them
was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
28 And
all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with
wrath,
29 And
rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill
whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
30 But
he passing through the midst of them went his way,
31 And
came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
32 And
they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
33 ¶ And
in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and
cried out with a loud voice,
34
Saying, Let us alone; what have we to
do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth?
art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
35 And
Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the
devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.
36 And
they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he
commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
37 And
the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
38 ¶ And
he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's
mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
39 And
he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she
arose and ministered unto them.
40 ¶ Now
when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases
brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed
them.
41 And
devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son
of God. And he rebuking them suffered
them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.
42 And
when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people
sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from
them.
43 And
he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for
therefore am I sent.
44 And
he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
 
CHAPTER 5
AND it
came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he
stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
2 And
saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them,
and were washing their nets.
3 And he
entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would
thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out
of the ship.
4 Now
when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and
let down your nets for a draught.
5 And
Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have
taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
6 And
when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their
net brake.
7 And
they beckoned unto their partners,
which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they
came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
8 When
Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at
Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
9 For he
was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which
they had taken:
10 And
so was also James, and John, the sons
of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear
not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
11 And
when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
12 ¶ And
it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy:
who seeing Jesus fell on his face,
and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
13 And
he put forth his hand, and touched
him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from
him.
14 And
he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer
for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
15 But
so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came
together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
16 ¶ And
he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
17 And
it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees
and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee,
and Judæa, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
18 ¶ And,
behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they
sought means to bring him in, and to
lay him before him.
19 And
when they could not find by what way they
might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and
let him down through the tiling with his
couch into the midst before Jesus.
20 And
when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
21 And
the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which
speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
22 But
when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason
ye in your hearts?
23
Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and
walk?
24 But
that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he
said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy
couch, and go into thine house.
25 And
immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and
departed to his own house, glorifying God.
26 And
they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear,
saying, We have seen strange things to day.
27 ¶ And
after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at
the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
28 And
he left all, rose up, and followed him.
29 And Levi
made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of
publicans and of others that sat down with them.
30 But
their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye
eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
31 And
Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but
they that are sick.
32 I
came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
33 ¶ And
they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers,
and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
34 And
he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the
bridegroom is with them?
35 But
the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then
shall they fast in those days.
36 ¶ And
he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon
an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with
the old.
37 And
no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the
bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
38 But
new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
39 No
man also having drunk old wine straightway
desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
 
CHAPTER 6
AND it
came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the
corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
2 And
certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to
do on the sabbath days?
3 And
Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did,
when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
4 How he
went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also
to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests
alone?
5 And he
said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
6 And it
came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and
taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.
7 And
the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath
day; that they might find an accusation against him.
8 But he
knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up,
and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
9 Then
said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath
days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
10 And
looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand.
And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
11 And
they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do
to Jesus.
12 And
it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and
continued all night in prayer to God.
13 ¶ And
when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose
twelve, whom also he named apostles;
14
Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John,
Philip and Bartholomew,
15
Matthew and Thomas, James the son of
Alphæus, and Simon called Zelotes,
16 And
Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
17 ¶ And
he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his
disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judæa and Jerusalem, and
from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed
of their diseases;
18 And
they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
19 And
the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and
healed them all.
20 ¶ And
he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is
the kingdom of God.
21
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye
that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
22
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their
company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for
the Son of man's sake.
23
Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like
manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
24 But
woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
25 Woe
unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for
ye shall mourn and weep.
26 Woe
unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the
false prophets.
27 ¶ But
I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
28 Bless
them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
29 And
unto him that smiteth thee on the one
cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take
thy coat also.
30 Give
to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
31 And
as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
32 For
if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those
that love them.
33 And
if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners
also do even the same.
34 And
if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners
also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
35 But
love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your
reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is
kind unto the unthankful and to the
evil.
36 Be ye
therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
37 Judge
not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned:
forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
38 Give,
and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken
together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same
measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
39 And
he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both
fall into the ditch?
40 The
disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his
master.
41 And
why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not
the beam that is in thine own eye?
42
Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote
that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine
own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then
shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
43 For a
good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring
forth good fruit.
44 For
every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor
of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
45 A
good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is
good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that
which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
46 ¶ And
why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
47
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you
to whom he is like:
48 He is
like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a
rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and
could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
49 But
he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built
an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and
immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
 
CHAPTER 7
NOW when
he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into
Capernaum.
2 And a
certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.
3 And
when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him
that he would come and heal his servant.
4 And
when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was
worthy for whom he should do this:
5 For he
loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.
6 Then
Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion
sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not
worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:
7
Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word,
and my servant shall be healed.
8 For I
also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto
one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant,
Do this, and he doeth it.
9 When
Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said
unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great
faith, no, not in Israel.
10 And
they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had
been sick.
11 ¶ And
it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many
of his disciples went with him, and much people.
12 Now
when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried
out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the
city was with her.
13 And
when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
14 And
he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
15 And
he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his
mother.
16 And
there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet
is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.
17 And
this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judæa, and throughout all the
region round about.
18 And
the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.
19 ¶ And
John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that
should come? or look we for another?
20 When
the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee,
saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
21 And
in that same hour he cured many of their
infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were
blind he gave sight.
22 Then
Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have
seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed,
the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
23 And
blessed is he, whosoever shall not be
offended in me.
24 ¶ And
when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people
concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken
with the wind?
25 But
what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which
are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
26 But
what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than
a prophet.
27 This
is he, of whom it is written, Behold,
I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
28 For I
say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet
than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater
than he.
29 And
all the people that heard him, and
the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
30 But
the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being
not baptized of him.
31 ¶ And
the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to
what are they like?
32 They
are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another,
and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to
you, and ye have not wept.
33 For
John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He
hath a devil.
34 The
Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man,
and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
35 But
wisdom is justified of all her children.
36 ¶ And
one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into
the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
37 And,
behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's
house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
38 And
stood at his feet behind him weeping,
and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
39 Now
when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it,
he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have
known who and what manner of woman this
is that toucheth him: for she is a
sinner.
40 And
Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he
saith, Master, say on.
41 There
was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence,
and the other fifty.
42 And
when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore,
which of them will love him most?
43 Simon
answered and said, I suppose that he,
to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
44 And
he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered
into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my
feet with tears, and wiped them with
the hairs of her head.
45 Thou
gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to
kiss my feet.
46 My
head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with
ointment.
47
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she
loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the
same loveth little.
48 And
he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
49 And
they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that
forgiveth sins also?
50 And
he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
 
CHAPTER 8
AND it
came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village,
preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,
2 And
certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary
called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
3 And
Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which
ministered unto him of their substance.
4 ¶ And
when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every
city, he spake by a parable:
5 A
sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and
it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
6 And
some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away,
because it lacked moisture.
7 And
some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
8 And
other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And
when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him
hear.
9 And
his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
10 And
he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but
to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might
not understand.
11 Now
the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
12 Those
by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the
word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
13 They
on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have
no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
14 And
that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth,
and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
15 But
that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having
heard the word, keep it, and bring
forth fruit with patience.
16 ¶ No
man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which
enter in may see the light.
17 For
nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing
hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
18 Take
heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and
whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
19 ¶ Then
came to him his mother and his
brethren, and could not come at him for the press.
20 And
it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy
brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
21 And
he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear
the word of God, and do it.
22 ¶ Now
it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples:
and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they
launched forth.
23 But
as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake;
and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.
24 And
they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he
arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and
there was a calm.
25 And
he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying
one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds
and water, and they obey him.
26 ¶ And
they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
27 And
when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which
had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
28 When
he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice
said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou
Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
29 (For
he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it
had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake
the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
30 And
Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many
devils were entered into him.
31 And
they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
32 And
there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they
besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered
them.
33 Then
went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran
violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
34 When
they that fed them saw what was done,
they fled, and went and told it in
the city and in the country.
35 Then
they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out
of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in
his right mind: and they were afraid.
36 They
also which saw it told them by what
means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
37 ¶ Then
the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to
depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the
ship, and returned back again.
38 Now
the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with
him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
39
Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee.
And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things
Jesus had done unto him.
40 And
it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.
41 ¶ And,
behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and
he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his
house:
42 For
he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But
as he went the people thronged him.
43 ¶ And
a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living
upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
44 Came
behind him, and touched the border of
his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
45 And
Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him
said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
46 And
Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of
me.
47 And
when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down
before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had
touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
48 And
he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole;
go in peace.
49 ¶ While
he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is
dead; trouble not the Master.
50 But
when Jesus heard it, he answered him,
saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
51 And
when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and
James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.
52 And
all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but
sleepeth.
53 And
they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
54 And
he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.
55 And
her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her
meat.
56 And
her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man
what was done.
 
CHAPTER 9
THEN he
called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over
all devils, and to cure diseases.
2 And he
sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
3 And he
said unto them, Take nothing for your
journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have
two coats apiece.
4 And
whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
5 And
whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very
dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
6 And
they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing
every where.
7 ¶ Now
Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed,
because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead;
8 And of
some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was
risen again.
9 And
Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things?
And he desired to see him.
10 ¶ And
the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he
took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city
called Bethsaida.
11 And
the people, when they knew it,
followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God,
and healed them that had need of healing.
12 And
when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send
the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about,
and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
13 But
he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five
loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
14 For
they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit
down by fifties in a company.
15 And
they did so, and made them all sit down.
16 Then
he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he
blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
17 And
they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that
remained to them twelve baskets.
18 ¶ And
it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he
asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?
19 They
answering said, John the Baptist; but some say,
Elias; and others say, that one of
the old prophets is risen again.
20 He
said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
21 And
he straitly charged them, and commanded them
to tell no man that thing;
22
Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders
and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
23 ¶ And
he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
24 For
whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life
for my sake, the same shall save it.
25 For
what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be
cast away?
26 For
whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man
be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of
the holy angels.
27 But I
tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of
death, till they see the kingdom of God.
28 ¶ And
it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John
and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
29 And
as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
30 And,
behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
31 Who
appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at
Jerusalem.
32 But
Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were
awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
33 And
it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it
is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and
one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.
34 While
he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as
they entered into the cloud.
35 And
there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
36 And
when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days
any of those things which they had seen.
37 ¶ And
it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the hill,
much people met him.
38 And,
behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look
upon my son: for he is mine only child.
39 And,
lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he
foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.
40 And I
besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.
41 And
Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be
with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
42 And
as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child,
and delivered him again to his father.
43 ¶ And
they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every
one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,
44 Let
these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered
into the hands of men.
45 But
they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived
it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
46 ¶ Then
there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.
47 And
Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,
48 And
said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and
whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least
among you all, the same shall be great.
49 ¶ And
John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and
we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.
50 And
Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not:
for he that is not against us is for us.
51 ¶ And
it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he
stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
52 And
sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of
the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
53 And
they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to
Jerusalem.
54 And
when his disciples James and John saw this,
they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and
consume them, even as Elias did?
55 But
he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are
of.
56 For
the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
57 ¶ And
it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou
goest.
58 And
Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not
where to lay his head.
59 And
he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and
bury my father.
60 Jesus
said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom
of God.
61 And
another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them
farewell, which are at home at my house.
62 And
Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking
back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
 
CHAPTER 10
AFTER these
things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before
his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
2
Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are
few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth
labourers into his harvest.
3 Go
your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
4 Carry
neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
5 And
into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
6 And if
the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn
to you again.
7 And in
the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the
labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
8 And
into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set
before you:
9 And
heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come
nigh unto you.
10 But
into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into
the streets of the same, and say,
11 Even
the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you:
notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto
you.
12 But I
say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for
that city.
13 Woe
unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been
done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago
repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 But
it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
15 And
thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
16 He
that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he
that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
17 ¶ And
the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject
unto us through thy name.
18 And
he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all
the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but
rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
21 ¶ In
that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of
heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent,
and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in
thy sight.
22 All
things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but
the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
23 ¶ And
he turned him unto his disciples, and
said privately, Blessed are the eyes
which see the things that ye see:
24 For I
tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which
ye see, and have not seen them; and
to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
25 ¶ And,
behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall
I do to inherit eternal life?
26 He
said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
27 And
he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy
neighbour as thyself.
28 And
he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
29 But
he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
30 And
Jesus answering said, A certain man went
down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of
his raiment, and wounded him, and
departed, leaving him half dead.
31 And
by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he
passed by on the other side.
32 And
likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him,
and passed by on the other side.
33 But a
certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he
had compassion on him,
34 And
went to him, and bound up his wounds,
pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an
inn, and took care of him.
35 And
on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him,
Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will
repay thee.
36 Which
now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the
thieves?
37 And
he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou
likewise.
38 ¶ Now
it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a
certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
39 And
she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
40 But
Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost
thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore
that she help me.
41 And
Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled
about many things:
42 But
one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be
taken away from her.
 
CHAPTER 11
AND it
came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one
of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his
disciples.
2 And he
said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be
thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
3 Give
us day by day our daily bread.
4 And
forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And
lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
5 And he
said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at
midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 For a
friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before
him?
7 And he
from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my
children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
8 I say
unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet
because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
9 And I
say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For
every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened.
11 If a
son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?
or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 Or if
he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
13 If ye
then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more
shall your heavenly Father give the
Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
14 ¶ And
he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the
devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.
15 But
some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the
devils.
16 And
others, tempting him, sought of him a
sign from heaven.
17 But
he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against
itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.
18 If
Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye
say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
19 And
if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your
judges.
20 But
if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is
come upon you.
21 When
a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
22 But
when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from
him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
23 He
that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me
scattereth.
24 When
the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking
rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came
out.
25 And
when he cometh, he findeth it swept
and garnished.
26 Then
goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than
himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
27 ¶ And
it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company
lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
28 But
he said, Yea rather, blessed are they
that hear the word of God, and keep it.
29 ¶ And
when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil
generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign
of Jonas the prophet.
30 For
as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this
generation.
31 The
queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this
generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth
to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
32 The
men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall
condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater
than Jonas is here.
33 No
man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it
in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they
which come in may see the light.
34 The
light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole
body also is full of light; but when thine
eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
35 Take
heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
36 If
thy whole body therefore be full of
light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the
bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
37 ¶ And
as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in,
and sat down to meat.
38 And
when the Pharisee saw it, he
marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
39 And
the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup
and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
40 Ye fools, did not he that made that
which is without make that which is within also?
41 But
rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean
unto you.
42 But
woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and
pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to
leave the other undone.
43 Woe
unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and
greetings in the markets.
44 Woe
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear
not, and the men that walk over them are
not aware of them.
45 ¶ Then
answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou
reproachest us also.
46 And
he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers!
for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not
the burdens with one of your fingers.
47 Woe
unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed
them.
48 Truly
ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed
them, and ye build their sepulchres.
49
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles,
and some of them they shall slay and
persecute:
50 That
the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world,
may be required of this generation;
51 From
the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar
and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
52 Woe
unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not
in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
53 And
as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to
speak of many things:
54 Laying
wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might
accuse him.
 
CHAPTER 12
IN the
mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of
people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his
disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is
hypocrisy.
2 For
there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall
not be known.
3
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light;
and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon
the housetops.
4 And I
say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after
that have no more that they can do.
5 But I
will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath
power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
6 Are
not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten
before God?
7 But
even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are
of more value than many sparrows.
8 Also I
say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man
also confess before the angels of God:
9 But he
that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
10 And
whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him:
but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
11 And
when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing
ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
12 For
the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
13 ¶ And
one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide
the inheritance with me.
14 And
he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
15 And
he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life
consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
16 And
he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought
forth plentifully:
17 And
he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room
where to bestow my fruits?
18 And
he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and
there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19 And I
will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take
thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 But God
said unto him, Thou fool, this night
thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which
thou hast provided?
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for
himself, and is not rich toward God.
22 ¶ And
he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your
life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
23 The
life is more than meat, and the body is
more than raiment.
24
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have
storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the
fowls?
25 And
which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
26 If ye
then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the
rest?
27
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say
unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
28 If
then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is
cast into the oven; how much more will
he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
29 And
seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of
doubtful mind.
30 For
all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father
knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31 ¶ But
rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto
you.
32 Fear
not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the
kingdom.
33 Sell
that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a
treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither
moth corrupteth.
34 For
where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 Let
your loins be girded about, and your lights
burning;
36 And
ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from
the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him
immediately.
37
Blessed are those servants, whom the
lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall
gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve
them.
38 And
if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39 And
this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would
come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken
through.
40 Be ye
therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
41 ¶ Then
Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
42 And
the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his
household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
43
Blessed is that servant, whom his
lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
44 Of a
truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
45 But
and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall
begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be
drunken;
46 The
lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not
aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the
unbelievers.
47 And
that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with
many stripes.
48 But
he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with
few stripes. For unto whomsoever much
is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much,
of him they will ask the more.
49 ¶ I
am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
50 But I
have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be
accomplished!
51
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather
division:
52 For
from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two,
and two against three.
53 The
father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the
mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in
law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in
law.
54 ¶ And
he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west,
straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
55 And
when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh
to pass.
56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face
of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
57 Yea,
and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
58 ¶ When
thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou
mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge
deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
59 I
tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last
mite.
 
CHAPTER 13
THERE were
present at that season some that told him of the Galilæans, whose blood Pilate
had mingled with their sacrifices.
2 And
Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilæans were sinners
above all the Galilæans, because they suffered such things?
3 I tell
you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
4 Or
those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye
that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
5 I tell
you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
6 ¶ He
spake also this parable; A certain man
had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon,
and found none.
7 Then
said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come
seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it
the ground?
8 And he
answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig
about it, and dung it:
9 And if
it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
10 And
he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
11 ¶ And,
behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and
was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
12 And
when Jesus saw her, he called her to him,
and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
13 And
he laid his hands on her: and
immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
14 And
the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had
healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in
which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the
sabbath day.
15 The Lord
then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite,
doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
16 And
ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo,
these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
17 And
when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the
people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
18 ¶ Then
said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble
it?
19 It is
like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and
it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the
branches of it.
20 And
again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
21 It is
like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the
whole was leavened.
22 And
he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward
Jerusalem.
23 Then
said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,
24 ¶ Strive
to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter
in, and shall not be able.
25 When
once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye
begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto
us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
26 Then
shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast
taught in our streets.
27 But
he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
28 There
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac,
and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
29 And
they shall come from the east, and from
the west, and from the north, and from
the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
30 And,
behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be
last.
31 ¶ The
same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out,
and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.
32 And
he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I
do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
33
Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of
Jerusalem.
34 O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are
sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen
doth gather her brood under her
wings, and ye would not!
35
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye
shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 14
AND it
came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat
bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
2 And,
behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
3 And
Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to
heal on the sabbath day?
4 And
they held their peace. And he took him,
and healed him, and let him go;
5 And
answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a
pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
6 And
they could not answer him again to these things.
7 ¶ And
he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they
chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
8 When
thou art bidden of any man to a
wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou
be bidden of him;
9 And he
that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou
begin with shame to take the lowest room.
10 But
when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that
bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou
have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
11 For
whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall
be exalted.
12 ¶ Then
said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call
not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid
thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
13 But
when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
14 And
thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be
recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
15 ¶ And
when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto
him, Blessed is he that shall eat
bread in the kingdom of God.
16 Then
said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
17 And
sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all
things are now ready.
18 And
they all with one consent began to
make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I
must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
19 And
another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray
thee have me excused.
20 And
another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
21 So
that servant came, and shewed 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 hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt,
and the blind.
22 And
the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is
room.
23 And
the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel
them to come in, that my house may be
filled.
24 For I
say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my
supper.
25 ¶ And
there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
26 If
any man come to me, and hate not his
father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and
his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
27 And
whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
28 For
which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth
the cost, whether he have sufficient to
finish it?
29 Lest
haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
30
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31 Or
what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and
consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against
him with twenty thousand?
32 Or
else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and
desireth conditions of peace.
33 So
likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot
be my disciple.
34 ¶ Salt
is good: but if the salt have lost
his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
35 It is
neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
 
CHAPTER 15
THEN drew
near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
2 And
the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and
eateth with them.
3 ¶ And
he spake this parable unto them, saying,
4 What
man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the
ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he
find it?
5 And
when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 And
when he cometh home, he calleth together his
friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my
sheep which was lost.
7 I say
unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth,
more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
8 ¶ Either
what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a
candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
9 And
when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found
the piece which I had lost.
10 Likewise,
I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one
sinner that repenteth.
11 ¶ And
he said, A certain man had two sons:
12 And
the younger of them said to his father,
Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided
unto them his living.
13 And
not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey
into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
14 And
when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began
to be in want.
15 And
he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into
his fields to feed swine.
16 And
he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and
no man gave unto him.
17 And
when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have
bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
18 I
will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and before thee,
19 And
am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
20 And
he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his
father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed
him.
21 And
the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight,
and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22 But
the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand,
and shoes on his feet:
23 And
bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it;
and let us eat, and be merry:
24 For
this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they
began to be merry.
25 Now
his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he
heard musick and dancing.
26 And
he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
27 And
he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted
calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
28 And
he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated
him.
29 And
he answering said to his father, Lo,
these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment:
and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
30 But
as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots,
thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
31 And
he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
32 It
was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead,
and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
 
CHAPTER 16
AND he
said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a
steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
2 And he
called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an
account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
3 Then
the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from
me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
4 I am
resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may
receive me into their houses.
5 So he
called every one of his lord's debtors unto
him, and said unto the first, How
much owest thou unto my lord?
6 And he
said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit
down quickly, and write fifty.
7 Then
said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures
of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
8 And
the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the
children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of
light.
9 And I
say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness;
that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
10 He
that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that
is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
11 If
therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit
to your trust the true riches?
12 And
if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you
that which is your own?
13 ¶ No
servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the
other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God
and mammon.
14 And
the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided
him.
15 And
he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God
knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination
in the sight of God.
16 The
law and the prophets were until John:
since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
17 And
it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
18
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and
whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
19 ¶ There
was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared
sumptuously every day:
20 And
there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of
sores,
21 And
desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table:
moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And
it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into
Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And
in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and
Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And
he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he
may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented
in this flame.
25 But
Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good
things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art
tormented.
26 And
beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they
which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27 Then
he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my
father's house:
28 For I
have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into
this place of torment.
29
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 And
he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they
will repent.
31 And
he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be
persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
 
CHAPTER 17
THEN said
he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him,
through whom they come!
2 It
were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast
into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
3 ¶ Take
heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he
repent, forgive him.
4 And if
he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn
again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
5 And
the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
6 And
the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto
this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the
sea; and it should obey you.
7 But
which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by
and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?
8 And
will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself,
and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and
drink?
9 Doth
he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow
not.
10 So
likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you,
say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
11 ¶ And
it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of
Samaria and Galilee.
12 And
as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers,
which stood afar off:
13 And
they lifted up their voices, and
said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
14 And
when he saw them, he said unto them, Go
shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they
were cleansed.
15 And
one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice
glorified God,
16 And
fell down on his face at his feet,
giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
17 And
Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
18 There
are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
19 And
he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
20 ¶ And
when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he
answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
21
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God
is within you.
22 And
he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one
of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
23 And
they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
24 For
as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
25 But
first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
26 And
as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of
man.
27 They
did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the
day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise
also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they
sold, they planted, they builded;
29 But
the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from
heaven, and destroyed them all.
30 Even
thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
31 In
that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let
him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him
likewise not return back.
32
Remember Lot's wife.
33
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose
his life shall preserve it.
34 I
tell you, in that night there shall be two men
in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the
one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall
be taken, and the other left.
37 And
they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever
the body is, thither will the eagles
be gathered together.
 
CHAPTER 18
AND he
spake a parable unto them to this end,
that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
2
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded
man:
3 And
there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of
mine adversary.
4 And he
would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God,
nor regard man;
5 Yet
because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual
coming she weary me.
6 And
the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
7 And
shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he
bear long with them?
8 I tell
you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh,
shall he find faith on the earth?
9 And he
spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were
righteous, and despised others:
10 Two
men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a
publican.
11 The
Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not
as other men are, extortioners,
unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
12 I
fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
13 And
the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his
breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
14 I
tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be
abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
15 And
they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
16 But
Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to
come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
17
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a
little child shall in no wise enter therein.
18 And a
certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit
eternal life?
19 And
Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
20 Thou
knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do
not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
21 And
he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
22 Now
when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing:
sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have
treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
23 And
when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
24 And
when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that
have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
25 For
it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to
enter into the kingdom of God.
26 And
they that heard it said, Who then can
be saved?
27 And
he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
28 Then
Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
29 And
he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house,
or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,
30 Who
shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come
life everlasting.
31 ¶ Then
he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem,
and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall
be accomplished.
32 For
he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully
entreated, and spitted on:
33 And
they shall scourge him, and put him
to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
34 And
they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them,
neither knew they the things which were spoken.
35 ¶ And
it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat
by the way side begging:
36 And
hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
37 And
they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
38 And
he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of
David, have mercy on me.
39 And
they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried
so much the more, Thou Son of David,
have mercy on me.
40 And
Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come
near, he asked him,
41
Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may
receive my sight.
42 And
Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.
43 And
immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all
the people, when they saw it, gave
praise unto God.
 
CHAPTER 19
AND Jesus entered and passed through
Jericho.
2 And,
behold, there was a man named Zacchæus, which was the chief among the publicans,
and he was rich.
3 And he
sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was
little of stature.
4 And he
ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass
that way.
5 And
when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him,
Zacchæus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
6 And he
made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
7 And
when they saw it, they all murmured,
saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
8 And
Zacchæus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I
give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false
accusation, I restore him fourfold.
9 And
Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he
also is a son of Abraham.
10 For
the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
11 And
as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh
to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should
immediately appear.
12 He
said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for
himself a kingdom, and to return.
13 And
he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them,
Occupy till I come.
14 But
his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have
this man to reign over us.
15 And
it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then
he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the
money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
16 Then
came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
17 And
he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a
very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
18 And
the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
19 And
he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
20 And
another came, saying, Lord, behold, here
is thy pound, which I have kept laid
up in a napkin:
21 For I
feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst
not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
22 And
he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I
was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not
sow:
23
Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I
might have required mine own with usury?
24 And
he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
25 (And
they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
26 For I
say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that
hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
27 But
those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring
hither, and slay them before me.
28 ¶ And
when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.
29 And
it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount
called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
30
Saying, Go ye into the village over against you;
in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man
sat: loose him, and bring him hither.
31 And
if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him?
thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
32 And
they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.
33 And
as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye
the colt?
34 And
they said, The Lord hath need of him.
35 And
they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they
set Jesus thereon.
36 And
as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.
37 And
when he was come nigh, even now 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 that they had seen;
38
Saying, Blessed be the King that
cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
39 And
some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke
thy disciples.
40 And
he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their
peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
41 ¶ And
when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
42
Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
43 For
the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about
thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
44 And
shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they
shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the
time of thy visitation.
45 And
he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them
that bought;
46
Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have
made it a den of thieves.
47 And
he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the
chief of the people sought to destroy him,
48 And
could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to
hear him.
 
CHAPTER 20
AND it
came to pass, that on one of those
days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief
priests and the scribes came upon him
with the elders,
2 And
spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or
who is he that gave thee this authority?
3 And he
answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:
4 The
baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
5 And
they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will
say, Why then believed ye him not?
6 But
and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that
John was a prophet.
7 And
they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
8 And
Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
9 Then
began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard,
and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
10 And
at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of
the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.
11 And
again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
12 And
again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.
13 Then
said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it
may be they will reverence him when
they see him.
14 But
when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is
the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
15 So
they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
16 He
shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others.
And when they heard it, they said, God
forbid.
17 And
he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which
the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
18
Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it
shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
19 ¶ And
the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and
they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable
against them.
20 And
they watched him, and sent forth
spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his
words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the
governor.
21 And
they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly,
neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
22 Is it
lawful for us to give tribute unto Cæsar, or no?
23 But
he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
24 Shew
me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cæsar's.
25 And
he said unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which be Cæsar's, and
unto God the things which be God's.
26 And
they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at
his answer, and held their peace.
27 ¶ Then
came to him certain of the Sadducees,
which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
28
Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife,
and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise
up seed unto his brother.
29 There
were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without
children.
30 And
the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
31 And
the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no
children, and died.
32 Last
of all the woman died also.
33
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to
wife.
34 And
Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given
in marriage:
35 But
they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection
from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
36
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the
children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
37 Now
that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord
the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
38 For
he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
39 ¶ Then
certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.
40 And
after that they durst not ask him any question
at all.
41 And
he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?
42 And
David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord
said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
43 Till
I make thine enemies thy footstool.
44 David
therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?
45 ¶ Then
in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,
46
Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings
in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at
feasts;
47 Which
devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive
greater damnation.
 
CHAPTER 21
AND he
looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
2 And he
saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
3 And he
said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than
they all:
4 For
all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of
her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
5 ¶ And
as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts,
he said,
6 As for
these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not
be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
7 And
they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there
be when these things shall come to
pass?
8 And he
said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name,
saying, I am Christ; and the time
draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
9 But
when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things
must first come to pass; but the end is
not by and by.
10 Then
said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom:
11 And
great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and
fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
12 But
before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before
kings and rulers for my name's sake.
13 And
it shall turn to you for a testimony.
14
Settle it therefore in your hearts,
not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
15 For I
will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able
to gainsay nor resist.
16 And
ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends;
and some of you shall they cause to
be put to death.
17 And
ye shall be hated of all men for my
name's sake.
18 But
there shall not an hair of your head perish.
19 In
your patience possess ye your souls.
20 And
when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the
desolation thereof is nigh.
21 Then
let them which are in Judæa flee to the mountains; and let them which are in
the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter
thereinto.
22 For
these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be
fulfilled.
23 But
woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days!
for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
24 And
they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into
all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the
times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
25 ¶ And
there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon
the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men's
hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are
coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
27 And
then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great
glory.
28 And
when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads;
for your redemption draweth nigh.
29 And
he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
30 When
they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now
nigh at hand.
31 So
likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of
God is nigh at hand.
32
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be
fulfilled.
33
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
34 ¶ And
take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with
surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
35 For
as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36 Watch
ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all
these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
37 And
in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and
abode in the mount that is called the
mount of Olives.
38 And
all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.
 
CHAPTER 22
NOW the
feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
2 And
the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared
the people.
3 ¶ Then
entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
4 And he
went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might
betray him unto them.
5 And
they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
6 And he
promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the
multitude.
7 ¶ Then
came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.
8 And he
sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.
9 And
they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?
10 And
he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man
meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he
entereth in.
11 And
ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where
is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
12 And
he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
13 And
they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the
passover.
14 And
when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.
15 And
he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you
before I suffer:
16 For I
say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the
kingdom of God.
17 And
he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
18 For I
say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God
shall come.
19 ¶ And
he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it,
and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in
remembrance of me.
20 Likewise
also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is
the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
21 ¶ But,
behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is
with me on the table.
22 And
truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom
he is betrayed!
23 And
they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do
this thing.
24 ¶ And
there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the
greatest.
25 And
he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and
they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
26 But
ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the
younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
27 For
whether is greater, he that sitteth
at meat, or he that serveth? is not
he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
28 Ye
are they which have continued with me in my temptations.
29 And I
appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
30 That
ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the
twelve tribes of Israel.
31 ¶ And
the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may
sift you as wheat:
32 But I
have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted,
strengthen thy brethren.
33 And
he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to
death.
34 And
he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou
shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
35 And
he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked
ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
36 Then
said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and
buy one.
37 For I
say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he
was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
38 And
they said, Lord, behold, here are two
swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.
39 ¶ And
he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his
disciples also followed him.
40 And
when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into
temptation.
41 And
he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
42
Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not
my will, but thine, be done.
43 And
there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
44 And
being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great
drops of blood falling down to the ground.
45 And
when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them
sleeping for sorrow,
46 And
said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
47 ¶ And
while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of
the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
48 But
Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?
49 When
they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord,
shall we smite with the sword?
50 ¶ And
one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
51 And
Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed
him.
52 Then
Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders,
which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and
staves?
53 When
I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but
this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
54 ¶ Then
took they him, and led him, and
brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.
55 And
when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down
together, Peter sat down among them.
56 But a
certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him,
and said, This man was also with him.
57 And
he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.
58 And
after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And
Peter said, Man, I am not.
59 And
about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a
truth this fellow also was with him:
for he is a Galilæan.
60 And
Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet
spake, the cock crew.
61 And
the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord,
how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
62 And
Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
63 ¶ And
the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
64 And
when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him,
saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
65 And
many other things blasphemously spake they against him.
66 ¶ And
as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the
scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
67 Art
thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not
believe:
68 And
if I also ask you, ye will not answer
me, nor let me go.
69
Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.
70 Then
said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that
I am.
71 And
they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his
own mouth.
 
CHAPTER 23
AND the
whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.
2 And
they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar,
saying that he himself is Christ a King.
3 And
Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him
and said, Thou sayest it.
4 Then
said Pilate to the chief priests and to
the people, I find no fault in this man.
5 And
they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching
throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
6 When
Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilæan.
7 And as
soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to
Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.
8 ¶ And
when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of
a long season, because he had heard
many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.
9 Then
he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.
10 And
the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.
11 And
Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to
Pilate.
12 ¶ And
the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were
at enmity between themselves.
13 ¶ And
Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the
people,
14 Said
unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people:
and, behold, I, having examined him before
you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse
him:
15 No,
nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done
unto him.
16 I
will therefore chastise him, and release him.
17 (For
of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
18 And
they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
19 (Who
for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
20
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
21 But
they cried, saying, Crucify him,
crucify him.
22 And
he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no
cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
23 And
they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And
the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
24 And
Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
25 And
he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison,
whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
26 And
as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of
the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
27 ¶ And
there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed
and lamented him.
28 But
Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep
for yourselves, and for your children.
29 For,
behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never
bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
30 Then
shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover
us.
31 For
if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
32 And
there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
33 And
when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified
him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
34 ¶ Then
said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they
parted his raiment, and cast lots.
35 And
the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him
save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
36 And
the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
37 And
saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
38 And a
superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and
Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39 ¶ And
one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be
Christ, save thyself and us.
40 But
the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou
art in the same condemnation?
41 And
we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath
done nothing amiss.
42 And
he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
43 And
Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in
paradise.
44 And
it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until
the ninth hour.
45 And
the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
46 ¶ And
when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I
commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
47 Now
when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this
was a righteous man.
48 And
all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which
were done, smote their breasts, and returned.
49 And
all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar
off, beholding these things.
50 ¶ And,
behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counseller; and he was a good man, and a just:
51 (The
same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathæa, a
city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the
body of Jesus.
53 And
he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was
hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
54 And
that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
55 And
the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld
the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
56 And
they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day
according to the commandment.
 
CHAPTER 24
NOW upon
the first day of the week, very early
in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they
had prepared, and certain others with
them.
2 And
they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
3 And
they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 And it
came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by
them in shining garments:
5 And as
they were afraid, and bowed down their
faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
6 He is
not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
7
Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be
crucified, and the third day rise again.
8 And
they remembered his words,
9 And
returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to
all the rest.
10 It
was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the
mother of James, and other women that were with them,
which told these things unto the apostles.
11 And
their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
12 Then
arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen
clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which
was come to pass.
13 ¶ And,
behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was
from Jerusalem about threescore
furlongs.
14 And
they talked together of all these things which had happened.
15 And
it came to pass, that, while they communed together
and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
16 But
their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
17 And
he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
18 And
the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only
a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass
there in these days?
19 And
he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of
Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the
people:
20 And
how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death,
and have crucified him.
21 But
we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside
all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
22 Yea,
and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at
the sepulchre;
23 And
when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a
vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
24 And
certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but
him they saw not.
25 Then
he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets
have spoken:
26 Ought
not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
27 And
beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the
scriptures the things concerning himself.
28 And
they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he
would have gone further.
29 But
they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the
day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
30 And
it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
31 And
their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
32 And
they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked
with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
33 And
they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven
gathered together, and them that were with them,
34
Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
35 And
they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of
them in breaking of bread.
36 ¶ And
as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto
them, Peace be unto you.
37 But
they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
38 And
he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your
hearts?
39
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a
spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
40 And
when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his
hands and his feet.
41 And
while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye
here any meat?
42 And
they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
43 And
he took it, and did eat before them.
44 And
he said unto them, These are the words
which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be
fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the
psalms, concerning me.
45 Then
opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
46 And
said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and
to rise from the dead the third day:
47 And
that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all
nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
48 And
ye are witnesses of these things.
49 ¶ And,
behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of
Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
50 ¶ And
he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed
them.
51 And
it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up
into heaven.
52 And
they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
53 And
were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.


THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO
ST. JOHN.


CHAPTER 1
IN the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The
same was in the beginning with God.
3 All
things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him
was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And
the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 ¶ There
was a man sent from God, whose name was
John.
7 The
same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8 He was
not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth
every man that cometh into the world.
10 He
was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He
came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But
as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which
were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man,
but of God.
14 And
the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the
glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
15 ¶ John
bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that
cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
16 And
of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
17 For
the law was given by Moses, but grace
and truth came by Jesus Christ.
18 No
man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of
the Father, he hath declared him.
19 ¶ And
this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from
Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
20 And
he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
21 And
they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou
that prophet? And he answered, No.
22 Then
said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent
us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23 He
said, I am the voice of one crying in
the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
24 And
they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
25 And
they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that
Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
26 John
answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you,
whom ye know not;
27 He it
is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not
worthy to unloose.
28 These
things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 ¶ The
next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sin of the world.
30 This
is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for
he was before me.
31 And I
knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I
come baptizing with water.
32 And
John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove,
and it abode upon him.
33 And I
knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me,
Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same
is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
34 And I
saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
35 ¶ Again
the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
36 And
looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
37 And
the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
38 Then
Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They
said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where
dwellest thou?
39 He
saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with
him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
40 One
of the two which heard John speak,
and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
41 He
first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the
Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
42 And
he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the
son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
43 ¶ The
day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith
unto him, Follow me.
44 Now
Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45
Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses
in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
46 And
Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip
saith unto him, Come and see.
47 Jesus
saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in
whom is no guile!
48
Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto
him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw
thee.
49
Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art
the King of Israel.
50 Jesus
answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig
tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.
51 And
he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see
heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of
man.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND the
third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was
there:
2 And
both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
3 And
when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
4 Jesus
saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
5 His
mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
6 And
there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying
of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
7 Jesus
saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the
brim.
8 And he
saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And
they bare it.
9 When
the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not
whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of
the feast called the bridegroom,
10 And
saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when
men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
11 This
beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his
glory; and his disciples believed on him.
12 ¶ After
this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his
disciples: and they continued there not many days.
13 ¶ And
the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
14 And
found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers
of money sitting:
15 And
when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple,
and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew
the tables;
16 And
said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's
house an house of merchandise.
17 And
his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath
eaten me up.
18 ¶ Then
answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing
that thou doest these things?
19 Jesus
answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will
raise it up.
20 Then
said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou
rear it up in three days?
21 But he
spake of the temple of his body.
22 When
therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said
this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had
said.
23 ¶ Now
when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he
did.
24 But
Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
25 And
needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
 
CHAPTER 3
THERE was
a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The
same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a
teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except
God be with him.
3 Jesus
answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be
born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter
the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus
answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the
kingdom of God.
6 That
which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is
spirit.
7 Marvel
not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The
wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst
not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born
of the Spirit.
9
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus
answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these
things?
11
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we
have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I
have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I
tell you of heavenly things?
13 And
no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
14 ¶ And
as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man
be lifted up:
15 That
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 ¶ For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God
sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world
through him might be saved.
18 ¶ He
that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And
this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved
darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For
every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest
his deeds should be reproved.
21 But
he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest,
that they are wrought in God.
22 ¶ After
these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and there he
tarried with them, and baptized.
23 ¶ And
John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water
there: and they came, and were baptized.
24 For
John was not yet cast into prison.
25 ¶ Then
there arose a question between some of
John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
26 And
they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond
Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
27 John
answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from
heaven.
28 Ye
yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am
sent before him.
29 He
that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which
standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice:
this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
30 He
must increase, but I must decrease.
31 He
that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and
speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
32 And
what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his
testimony.
33 He
that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
34 For
he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit
by measure unto him.
35 The
Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
36 He
that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the
Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
 
CHAPTER 4
WHEN therefore
the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more
disciples than John,
2
(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
3 He
left Judæa, and departed again into Galilee.
4 And he
must needs go through Samaria.
5 Then
cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of
ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Now
Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
7 There
cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to
drink.
8 (For
his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
9 Then
saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest
drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with
the Samaritans.
10 Jesus
answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that
saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would
have given thee living water.
11 The
woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is
deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
12 Art
thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof
himself, and his children, and his cattle?
13 Jesus
answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst
again:
14 But
whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but
the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up
into everlasting life.
15 The
woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come
hither to draw.
16 Jesus
saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
17 The
woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well
said, I have no husband:
18 For
thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in
that saidst thou truly.
19 The
woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
20 Our
fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place
where men ought to worship.
21 Jesus
saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in
this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
22 Ye
worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the
Jews.
23 But
the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father
in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him
must worship him in spirit and in
truth.
25 The
woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when
he is come, he will tell us all things.
26 Jesus
saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
27 ¶ And
upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet
no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
28 The
woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the
men,
29 Come,
see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
30 Then
they went out of the city, and came unto him.
31 ¶ In
the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
32 But
he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
33
Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
34 Jesus
saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish
his work.
35 Say
not ye, There are yet four months, and then
cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the
fields; for they are white already to harvest.
36 And
he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that
both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
37 And
herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
38 I
sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye
are entered into their labours.
39 ¶ And
many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the
woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
40 So
when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry
with them: and he abode there two days.
41 And
many more believed because of his own word;
42 And
said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have
heard him ourselves, and know that
this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
43 ¶ Now
after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.
44 For
Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
45 Then
when he was come into Galilee, the Galilæans received him, having seen all the
things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the
feast.
46 So
Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there
was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
47 When
he heard that Jesus was come out of Judæa into Galilee, he went unto him, and
besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point
of death.
48 Then
said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
49 The
nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
50 Jesus
saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that
Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
51 And
as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
52 Then inquired
he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at
the seventh hour the fever left him.
53 So
the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus
said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.
54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of
Judæa into Galilee.
 
CHAPTER 5
AFTER this
there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now
there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market
a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In
these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting
for the moving of the water.
4 For an
angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water:
whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole
of whatsoever disease he had.
5 And a
certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
6 When
Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that
case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be
made whole?
7 The
impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to
put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
8 Jesus
saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
9 And
immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the
same day was the sabbath.
10 ¶ The
Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not
lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
11 He
answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed,
and walk.
12 Then
asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and
walk?
13 And
he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a
multitude being in that place.
14
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art
made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
15 The
man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
16 And
therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had
done these things on the sabbath day.
17 ¶ But
Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
18
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken
the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
19 Then
answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can
do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever
he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
20 For
the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and
he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
21 For
as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
22 For
the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
23 That
all men should honour the Son, even
as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the
Father which hath sent him.
24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him
that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but
is passed from death unto life.
25
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead
shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
26 For
as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in
himself;
27 And
hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of
man.
28
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the
graves shall hear his voice,
29 And
shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and
they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
30 I can
of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just;
because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent
me.
31 If I
bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
32 ¶ There
is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he
witnesseth of me is true.
33 Ye
sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
34 But I
receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
35 He
was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice
in his light.
36 ¶ But
I have greater witness than that of
John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works
that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
37 And
the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have
neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
38 And
ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
39 ¶ Search
the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they
which testify of me.
40 And
ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
41 I
receive not honour from men.
42 But I
know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
43 I am
come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his
own name, him ye will receive.
44 How
can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour
that cometh from God only?
45 Do
not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even
Moses, in whom ye trust.
46 For
had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
47 But
if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
 
CHAPTER 6
AFTER these
things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
2 And a
great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on
them that were diseased.
3 And
Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
4 And
the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
5 ¶ When
Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and
saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy
bread, that these may eat?
6 And
this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
7 Philip
answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that
every one of them may take a little.
8 One of
his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
9 There
is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what
are they among so many?
10 And
Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So
the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 And
Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the
disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the
fishes as much as they would.
12 When
they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that
remain, that nothing be lost.
13
Therefore they gathered them together,
and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which
remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
14 Then
those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a
truth that prophet that should come into the world.
15 ¶ When
Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make
him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
16 And
when even was now come, his disciples
went down unto the sea,
17 And
entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now
dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
18 And
the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.
19 So
when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus
walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
20 But
he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
21 Then
they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the
land whither they went.
22 ¶ The
day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw
that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples
were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
23
(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they
did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
24 When
the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they
also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
25 And
when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him,
Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
26 Jesus
answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because
ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
27 Labour
not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto
everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God
the Father sealed.
28 Then
said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
29 Jesus
answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him
whom he hath sent.
30 They
said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and
believe thee? what dost thou work?
31 Our
fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from
heaven to eat.
32 Then
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that
bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
33 For
the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the
world.
34 Then
said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
35 And
Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never
hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
36 But I
said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
37 All
that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in
no wise cast out.
38 For I
came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent
me.
39 And
this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given
me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
40 And
this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and
believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the
last day.
41 The
Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from
heaven.
42 And
they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we
know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
43 Jesus
therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
44 No
man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will
raise him up at the last day.
45 It is
written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man
therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
46 Not
that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
47
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
48 I am
that bread of life.
49 Your
fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This
is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not
die.
51 I am
the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he
shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will
give for the life of the world.
52 The
Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
53 Then
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh
of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
54 Whoso
eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him
up at the last day.
55 For
my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56 He
that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
57 As
the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me,
even he shall live by me.
58 This
is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna,
and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
59 These
things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
60 Many
therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
61 When
Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them,
Doth this offend you?
62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man
ascend up where he was before?
63 It is
the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak
unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
64 But
there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who
they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
65 And
he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it
were given unto him of my Father.
66 ¶ From
that time many of his disciples went
back, and walked no more with him.
67 Then
said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
68 Then
Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of
eternal life.
69 And
we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
70 Jesus
answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
71 He
spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should
betray him, being one of the twelve.
 
CHAPTER 7
AFTER these
things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the
Jews sought to kill him.
2 Now
the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
3 His
brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judæa, that thy
disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
4 For there is no man that doeth any
thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these
things, shew thyself to the world.
5 For
neither did his brethren believe in him.
6 Then
Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
7 The
world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the
works thereof are evil.
8 Go ye
up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet
full come.
9 When
he had said these words unto them, he abode still
in Galilee.
10 ¶ But
when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not
openly, but as it were in secret.
11 Then
the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
12 And
there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is
a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
13
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
14 ¶ Now
about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
15 And
the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
16 Jesus
answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
17 If
any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God,
or whether I speak of myself.
18 He
that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory
that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
19 Did
not Moses give you the law, and yet none
of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
20 The
people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
21 Jesus
answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
22 Moses
therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the
fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
23 If a
man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not
be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on
the sabbath day?
24 Judge
not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
25 Then
said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
26 But,
lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know
indeed that this is the very Christ?
27
Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth
whence he is.
28 Then
cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know
whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye
know not.
29 But I
know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
30 Then
they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not
yet come.
31 And
many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do
more miracles than these which this man
hath done?
32 ¶ The
Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the
Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
33 Then
said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
34 Ye
shall seek me, and shall not find me:
and where I am, thither ye cannot
come.
35 Then
said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him?
will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
36 What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not
find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
37 In
the last day, that great day of the
feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me,
and drink.
38 He
that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow
rivers of living water.
39 (But
this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for
the Holy Ghost was not yet given;
because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
40 ¶ Many
of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is
the Prophet.
41
Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
42 Hath
not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the
town of Bethlehem, where David was?
43 So
there was a division among the people because of him.
44 And
some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
45 ¶ Then
came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them,
Why have ye not brought him?
46 The
officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
47 Then
answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
48 Have
any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
49 But
this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
50
Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
51 Doth
our law judge any man, before it hear
him, and know what he doeth?
52 They
answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out
of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
53 And
every man went unto his own house.
 
CHAPTER 8
JESUS went
unto the mount of Olives.
2 And
early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came
unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
3 And
the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when
they had set her in the midst,
4 They
say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
5 Now
Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest
thou?
6 This
they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped
down, and with his finger wrote on
the ground, as though he heard them not.
7 So
when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He
that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
8 And
again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
9 And
they which heard it, being convicted
by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left
alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
10 When
Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her,
Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
11 She
said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and
sin no more.
12 ¶ Then
spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that
followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
13 The
Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record
is not true.
14 Jesus
answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence
I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
15 Ye
judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
16 And
yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father
that sent me.
17 It is
also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
18 I am
one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of
me.
19 Then
said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me,
nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
20 These
words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid
hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
21 Then
said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in
your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
22 Then
said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot
come.
23 And
he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world;
I am not of this world.
24 I
said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not
that I am he, ye shall die in your
sins.
25 Then
said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same
that I said unto you from the beginning.
26 I
have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I
speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
27 They
understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
28 Then
said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know
that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my
Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
29 And
he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always
those things that please him.
30 As he
spake these words, many believed on him.
31 Then
said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And
ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
33 ¶ They
answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how
sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
34 Jesus
answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the
servant of sin.
35 And
the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
36 If
the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
37 I
know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath
no place in you.
38 I
speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen
with your father.
39 They
answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye
were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
40 But
now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard
of God: this did not Abraham.
41 Ye do
the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication;
we have one Father, even God.
42 Jesus
said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded
forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why
do ye not understand my speech? even because
ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye
are of your father the devil, and the
lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and
abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a
lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45 And
because I tell you the truth, ye
believe me not.
46 Which
of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
47 He
that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
48 Then
answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a
Samaritan, and hast a devil?
49 Jesus
answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
50 And I
seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
51
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see
death.
52 Then
said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead,
and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never
taste of death.
53 Art
thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead:
whom makest thou thyself?
54 Jesus
answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that
honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
55 Yet
ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I
shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
56 Your
father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
57 Then
said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen
Abraham?
58 Jesus
said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
59 Then
took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the
temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
 
CHAPTER 9
AND as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was
blind from his birth.
2 And
his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents,
that he was born blind?
3 Jesus
answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God
should be made manifest in him.
4 I must
work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no
man can work.
5 As
long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6 When
he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he
anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
7 And
said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation,
Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
8 ¶ The
neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind,
said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
9 Some
said, This is he: others said, He is
like him: but he said, I am he.
10
Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
11 He
answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine
eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and
washed, and I received sight.
12 Then
said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
13 ¶ They
brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.
14 And
it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
15 Then
again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto
them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
16
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he
keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do
such miracles? And there was a division among them.
17 They
say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened
thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
18 But
the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received
his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
19 And
they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then
doth he now see?
20 His
parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was
born blind:
21 But
by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know
not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
22 These
words spake his parents, because they
feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess
that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
23
Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
24 Then
again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the
praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
25 He
answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or
no, I know not: one thing I know,
that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
26 Then
said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
27 He
answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye
hear it again? will ye also be his
disciples?
28 Then
they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
29 We
know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.
30 The
man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know
not from whence he is, and yet he
hath opened mine eyes.
31 Now
we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God,
and doeth his will, him he heareth.
32 Since
the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was
born blind.
33 If
this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
34 They
answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou
teach us? And they cast him out.
35 Jesus
heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him,
Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
36 He
answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
37 And
Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with
thee.
38 And
he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
39 ¶ And
Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might
see; and that they which see might be made blind.
40 And some of the Pharisees which were with
him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
41 Jesus
said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We
see; therefore your sin remaineth.
 
CHAPTER 10
VERILY,
verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold,
but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he
that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him
the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep
by name, and leadeth them out.
4 And
when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow
him: for they know his voice.
5 And a
stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the
voice of strangers.
6 This
parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were
which he spake unto them.
7 Then
said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of
the sheep.
8 All
that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear
them.
9 I am
the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and
out, and find pasture.
10 The
thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that
they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11 I am
the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12 But
he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not,
seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth
them, and scattereth the sheep.
13 The
hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
14 I am
the good shepherd, and know my sheep,
and am known of mine.
15 As
the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for
the sheep.
16 And
other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and
they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
17
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take
it again.
18 No
man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it
down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my
Father.
19 ¶ There
was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
20 And
many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
21
Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open
the eyes of the blind?
22 ¶ And
it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
23 And
Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
24 Then
came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to
doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
25 Jesus
answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my
Father's name, they bear witness of me.
26 But
ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
27 My
sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I
give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My
Father, which gave them me, is
greater than all; and no man is able
to pluck them out of my Father's
hand.
30 I and
my Father are one.
31 Then
the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32 Jesus
answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of
those works do ye stone me?
33 The
Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for
blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
34 Jesus
answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
35 If he
called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be
broken;
36 Say
ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou
blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
37 If I
do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38 But
if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and
believe, that the Father is in me,
and I in him.
39
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
40 And
went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and
there he abode.
41 And
many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John
spake of this man were true.
42 And
many believed on him there.
 
CHAPTER 11
NOW a
certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of
Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (It
was that Mary which anointed the Lord
with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was
sick.)
3
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest
is sick.
4 When
Jesus heard that, he said, This
sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might
be glorified thereby.
5 Now
Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 When
he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same
place where he was.
7 Then
after that saith he to his disciples,
Let us go into Judæa again.
8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the
Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
9 Jesus
answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he
stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
10 But
if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
11 These
things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth;
but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
12 Then
said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
13
Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking
of rest in sleep.
14 Then
said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
15 And I
am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe;
nevertheless let us go unto him.
16 Then
said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go,
that we may die with him.
17 Then
when Jesus came, he found that he had lain
in the grave four days already.
18 Now
Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
19 And
many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their
brother.
20 Then
Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary
sat still in the house.
21 Then
said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
22 But I
know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
23 Jesus
saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
24
Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at
the last day.
25 Jesus
said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live:
26 And
whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
27 She
saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God,
which should come into the world.
28 And
when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly,
saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
29 As
soon as she heard that, she arose
quickly, and came unto him.
30 Now
Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met
him.
31 The
Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw
Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth
unto the grave to weep there.
32 Then
when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet,
saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
33 When
Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her,
he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
34 And
said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
35 Jesus
wept.
36 Then
said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
37 And
some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have
caused that even this man should not have died?
38 Jesus
therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a
stone lay upon it.
39 Jesus
said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith
unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
40 Jesus
saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou
shouldest see the glory of God?
41 Then
they took away the stone from the place
where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
42 And I
knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I
said it, that they may believe that
thou hast sent me.
43 And
when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
44 And
he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his
face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let
him go.
45 Then
many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did,
believed on him.
46 But
some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus
had done.
47 ¶ Then
gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we?
for this man doeth many miracles.
48 If we
let him thus alone, all men will believe
on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
49 And
one of them, named Caiaphas, being
the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
50 Nor
consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people,
and that the whole nation perish not.
51 And
this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied
that Jesus should die for that nation;
52 And
not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the
children of God that were scattered abroad.
53 Then
from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
54 Jesus
therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country
near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with
his disciples.
55 ¶ And
the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to
Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
56 Then
sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple,
What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?
57 Now
both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any
man knew where he were, he should shew it,
that they might take him.
 
CHAPTER 12
THEN Jesus
six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been
dead, whom he raised from the dead.
2 There
they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat
at the table with him.
3 Then
took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet
of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the
odour of the ointment.
4 Then
saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,
5 Why
was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
6 This
he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had
the bag, and bare what was put therein.
7 Then
said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
8 For
the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
9 Much
people of the Jews therefore knew 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.
10 ¶ But
the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
11
Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on
Jesus.
12 ¶ On
the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that
Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13 Took
branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed
is the King of Israel that cometh in
the name of the Lord.
14 And
Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,
15 Fear
not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
16 These
things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified,
then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto
him.
17 The
people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and
raised him from the dead, bare record.
18 For
this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this
miracle.
19 The
Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing?
behold, the world is gone after him.
20 ¶ And
there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
21 The
same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired
him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
22
Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
23 ¶ And
Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be
glorified.
24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and
die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
25 He
that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world
shall keep it unto life eternal.
26 If
any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my
servant be: if any man serve me, him will my
Father honour.
27 Now
is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but
for this cause came I unto this hour.
28 Father,
glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it,
and will glorify it again.
29 The
people therefore, that stood by, and heard it,
said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
30 Jesus
answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
31 Now
is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
32 And
I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
33 This
he said, signifying what death he should die.
34 The
people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever:
and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
35 Then
Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye
have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness
knoweth not whither he goeth.
36 While
ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.
These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
37 ¶ But
though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
38 That
the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who
hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
39
Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
40 He
hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see
with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I
should heal them.
41 These
things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
42 ¶ Nevertheless
among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees
they did not confess him, lest they
should be put out of the synagogue:
43 For
they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
44 ¶ Jesus
cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that
sent me.
45 And
he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
46 I am
come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in
darkness.
47 And
if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to
judge the world, but to save the world.
48 He
that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the
word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
49 For I
have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a
commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
50 And I
know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore,
even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
 
CHAPTER 13
NOW before
the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he
should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which
were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
2 And
supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot,
Simon's son, to betray him;
3 Jesus
knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was
come from God, and went to God;
4 He
riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded
himself.
5 After
that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and
to wipe them with the towel wherewith
he was girded.
6 Then
cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my
feet?
7 Jesus
answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know
hereafter.
8 Peter
saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash
thee not, thou hast no part with me.
9 Simon
Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
10 Jesus
saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
11 For
he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
12 So
after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down
again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
13 Ye
call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
14 If I
then, your Lord and Master, have
washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
15 For I
have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
16
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord;
neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
17 If ye
know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
18 ¶ I
speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be
fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
19 Now I
tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I
am he.
20
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth
me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
21 When
Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
22 Then
the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.
23 Now
there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
24 Simon
Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he
spake.
25 He
then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?
26 Jesus
answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he
gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son
of Simon.
27 And
after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou
doest, do quickly.
28 Now
no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
29 For
some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto
him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should
give something to the poor.
30 He
then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.
31 ¶ Therefore,
when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is
glorified in him.
32 If God
be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway
glorify him.
33 Little
children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said
unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
34 A new
commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that
ye also love one another.
35 By
this shall all men know that ye are
my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
36 ¶ Simon
Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I
go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
37 Peter
said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for
thy sake.
38 Jesus
answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say
unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.
 
CHAPTER 14
LET not
your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my
Father's house are many mansions: if it
were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if
I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto
myself; that where I am, there ye may
be also.
4 And
whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5 Thomas
saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the
way?
6 Jesus
saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me.
7 If ye
had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know
him, and have seen him.
8 Philip
saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
9 Jesus
saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known
me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
10
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words
that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in
me, he doeth the works.
11
Believe me that I am in the Father,
and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
12
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do
shall he do also; and greater works than
these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And
whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be
glorified in the Son.
14 If ye
shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
15 ¶ If
ye love me, keep my commandments.
16 And I
will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may
abide with you for ever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world
cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him;
for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
18 I
will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
19 Yet a
little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye
shall live also.
20 At
that day ye shall know that I am in
my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
21 He
that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he
that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest
myself to him.
22 Judas
saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself
unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus
answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my
Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
24 He
that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not
mine, but the Father's which sent me.
25 These
things have I spoken unto you, being yet
present with you.
26 But
the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will
send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
27 Peace
I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I
unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
28 Ye
have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I
go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
29 And now
I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might
believe.
30
Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh,
and hath nothing in me.
31 But
that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me
commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
 
CHAPTER 15
I AM the
true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every
branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth
it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3 Now ye
are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide
in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide
in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am
the vine, ye are the branches: He
that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for
without me ye can do nothing.
6 If a
man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men
gather them, and cast them into the
fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye
abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall
be done unto you.
8 Herein
is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 As the
Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10 If ye
keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's
commandments, and abide in his love.
11 These
things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This
is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater
love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye
are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord
doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my
Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye
have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go
and bring forth fruit, and that your
fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he
may give it you.
17 These
things I command you, that ye love one another.
18 If
the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye
were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the
world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his
lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have
kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21 But
all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know
not him that sent me.
22 If I
had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no
cloke for their sin.
23 He
that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24 If I
had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had
sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 But this cometh
to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their
law, They hated me without a cause.
26 But
when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which
proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27 And
ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
 
CHAPTER 16
THESE things
have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
2 They
shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever
killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
3 And
these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor
me.
4 But
these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember
that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning,
because I was with you.
5 But
now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest
thou?
6 But
because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
7
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for
if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will
send him unto you.
8 And
when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of
judgment:
9 Of
sin, because they believe not on me;
10 Of
righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11 Of
judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
12 I
have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all
truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew
you things to come.
14 He
shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
15 All
things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of
mine, and shall shew it unto you.
16 A
little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall
see me, because I go to the Father.
17 Then
said some of his disciples among
themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall
not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go
to the Father?
18 They
said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what
he saith.
19 Now
Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire
among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and
again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
20
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world
shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into
joy.
21 A
woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon
as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy
that a man is born into the world.
22 And
ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall
rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
23 And
in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever
ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
24
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your
joy may be full.
25 These
things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no
more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
26 At
that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the
Father for you:
27 For
the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that
I came out from God.
28 I
came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the
world, and go to the Father.
29 His
disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no
proverb.
30 Now
are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should
ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
31 Jesus
answered them, Do ye now believe?
32 Behold,
the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his
own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is
with me.
33 These
things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye
shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
 
CHAPTER 17
THESE words
spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is
come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
2 As
thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to
as many as thou hast given him.
3 And
this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus
Christ, whom thou hast sent.
4 I have
glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to
do.
5 And
now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had
with thee before the world was.
6 I have
manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine
they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
7 Now
they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
8 For I
have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came
out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
9 I pray
for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for
they are thine.
10 And
all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
11 And now
I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy
Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they
may be one, as we are.
12 While
I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest
me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the
scripture might be fulfilled.
13 And
now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have
my joy fulfilled in themselves.
14 I
have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not
of the world, even as I am not of the world.
15 I
pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou
shouldest keep them from the evil.
16 They
are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
18 As
thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
19 And
for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through
the truth.
20
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me
through their word;
21 That
they all may be one; as thou, Father, art
in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may
believe that thou hast sent me.
22 And
the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as
we are one:
23 I in
them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world
may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
24
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am;
that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me
before the foundation of the world.
25 O
righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and
these have known that thou hast sent me.
26 And I
have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and
I in them.
 
CHAPTER 18
WHEN Jesus
had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron,
where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
2 And
Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted
thither with his disciples.
3 Judas
then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests
and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
4 Jesus
therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said
unto them, Whom seek ye?
5 They
answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him,
stood with them.
6 As
soon then as he had said unto them, I am he,
they went backward, and fell to the ground.
7 Then
asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
8 Jesus
answered, I have told you that I am he:
if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
9 That
the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me
have I lost none.
10 Then
Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and
cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
11 Then
said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my
Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
12 Then
the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
13 And
led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was
the high priest that same year.
14 Now
Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one
man should die for the people.
15 ¶ And
Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was
known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high
priest.
16 But
Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was
known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought
in Peter.
17 Then
saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I
am not.
18 And
the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was
cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed
himself.
19 ¶ The
high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
20 Jesus
answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and
in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said
nothing.
21 Why
askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold,
they know what I said.
22 And
when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with
the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
23 Jesus
answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why
smitest thou me?
24 Now
Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
25 And
Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not
thou also one of his disciples? He
denied it, and said, I am not.
26 One
of the servants of the high priest, being his
kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with
him?
27 Peter
then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
28 ¶ Then
led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and
they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled;
but that they might eat the passover.
29
Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this
man?
30 They
answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have
delivered him up unto thee.
31 Then
said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The
Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
32 That
the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death
he should die.
33 Then
Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto
him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
34 Jesus
answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of
me?
35
Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have
delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
36 Jesus
answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world,
then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but
now is my kingdom not from hence.
37
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou
sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into
the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the
truth heareth my voice.
38
Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out
again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
39 But
ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye
therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
40 Then
cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a
robber.
 
CHAPTER 19
THEN Pilate
therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2 And
the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
3 And
said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
4 Pilate
therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to
you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
5 Then
came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
6 When
the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying,
Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye
him, and crucify him: for I find no
fault in him.
7 The
Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he
made himself the Son of God.
8 ¶ When
Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
9 And
went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But
Jesus gave him no answer.
10 Then
saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power
to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
11 Jesus
answered, Thou couldest have no power at
all against me, except it were given
thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
12 And
from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying,
If thou let this man go, thou art not Cæsar's friend: whosoever maketh himself
a king speaketh against Cæsar.
13 ¶ When
Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the
judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14 And
it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith
unto the Jews, Behold your King!
15 But
they cried out, Away with him, away
with him, crucify him. Pilate saith
unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no
king but Cæsar.
16 Then
delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and
led him away.
17 And
he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull,
which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
18 Where
they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in
the midst.
19 ¶ And
Pilate wrote a title, and put it on
the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20 This
title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was
nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
21 Then
said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews;
but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
22
Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
23 ¶ Then
the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four
parts, to every soldier a part; and also his
coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24 They
said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it,
whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They
parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These
things therefore the soldiers did.
25 ¶ Now
there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the
wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When
Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he
saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27 Then
saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple
took her unto his own home.
28 ¶ After
this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture
might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29 Now
there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar,
and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30 When
Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed
his head, and gave up the ghost.
31 The
Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not
remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high
day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32 Then
came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was
crucified with him.
33 But
when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his
legs:
34 But
one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out
blood and water.
35 And
he that saw it bare record, and his
record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
36 For
these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him
shall not be broken.
37 And
again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
38 ¶ And
after this Joseph of Arimathæa, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for
fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus:
and Pilate gave him leave. He came
therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39 And
there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and
brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
40 Then
took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as
the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41 Now
in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new
sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
42 There
laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
 
CHAPTER 20
THE first
day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene
early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away
from the sepulchre.
2 Then
she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus
loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre,
and we know not where they have laid him.
3 Peter
therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.
4 So
they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first
to the sepulchre.
5 And he
stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
6 Then
cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the
linen clothes lie,
7 And
the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but
wrapped together in a place by itself.
8 Then
went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he
saw, and believed.
9 For as
yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
10 Then
the disciples went away again unto their own home.
11 ¶ But
Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down,
and looked into the sepulchre,
12 And
seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the
feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
13 And
they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they
have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.
14 And
when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and
knew not that it was Jesus.
15 Jesus
saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him
to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me
where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
16 Jesus
saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is
to say, Master.
17 Jesus
saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to
my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
18 Mary
Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto
her.
19 ¶ Then
the same day at evening, being the first day
of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for
fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace
be unto you.
20 And
when he had so said, he shewed unto them his
hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
21 Then
said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto
you: as my Father hath sent me, even so
send I you.
22 And
when he had said this, he breathed on them,
and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
23 Whose
soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye
retain, they are retained.
24 ¶ But
Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
25 The
other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said
unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my
finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will
not believe.
26 ¶ And
after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut,
and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be
unto you.
27 Then
saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach
hither thy hand, and thrust it into
my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
28 And
Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
29 Jesus
saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
30 ¶ And
many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are
not written in this book:
31 But
these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God;
and that believing ye might have life through his name.
 
CHAPTER 21
AFTER these
things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and
on this wise shewed he himself.
2 There
were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee,
and the sons of Zebedee, and two
other of his disciples.
3 Simon
Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee.
They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they
caught nothing.
4 But
when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew
not that it was Jesus.
5 Then
Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.
6 And he
said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find.
They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of
fishes.
7
Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now
when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast
himself into the sea.
8 And
the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land,
but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
9 As
soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish
laid thereon, and bread.
10 Jesus
saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.
11 Simon
Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and
fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
12 Jesus
saith unto them, Come and dine. And
none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
13 Jesus
then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
14 This
is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he
was risen from the dead.
15 ¶ So
when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him,
Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
16 He
saith to him again the second time, Simon, son
of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I
love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
17 He
saith unto him the third time, Simon, son
of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third
time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou
knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
18
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself,
and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt
stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
19 This
spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had
spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.
20 Then
Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also
leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth
thee?
21 Peter
seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall
this man do?
22 Jesus
saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow
thou me.
23 Then
went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die:
yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry
till I come, what is that to thee?
24 This
is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and
we know that his testimony is true.
25 And
there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be
written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the
books that should be written. Amen.


THE
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.


CHAPTER 1
THE former
treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and
teach,
2 Until
the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had
given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
3 To
whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs,
being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the
kingdom of God:
4 And,
being assembled together with them,
commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the
promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
5 For
John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost
not many days hence.
6 When
they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou
at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7 And he
said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the
Father hath put in his own power.
8 But ye
shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall
be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and
unto the uttermost part of the earth.
9 And
when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a
cloud received him out of their sight.
10 And
while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood
by them in white apparel;
11 Which
also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same
Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as
ye have seen him go into heaven.
12 Then
returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from
Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
13 And
when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both
Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and
Matthew, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon Zelotes, and
Judas the brother of James.
14 These
all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and
Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
15 ¶ And
in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the
number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs
have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before
concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
17 For
he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
18 Now
this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong,
he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
19 And
it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is
called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
20 For
it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no
man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
21
Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord
Jesus went in and out among us,
22
Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up
from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
23 And
they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and
Matthias.
24 And
they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast
chosen,
25 That
he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by
transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
26 And
they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered
with the eleven apostles.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND when
the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one
place.
2 And
suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it
filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And
there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each
of them.
4 And
they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And
there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under
heaven.
6 Now
when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded,
because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
7 And
they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all
these which speak Galilæans?
8 And
how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
9
Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judæa,
and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10
Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and
strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11
Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works
of God.
12 And
they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth
this?
13
Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
14 ¶ But
Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye
men of Judæa, and all ye that dwell
at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
15 For
these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
16 But
this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17 And
it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit
upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young
men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And
on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my
Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19 And I
will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and
fire, and vapour of smoke:
20 The
sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great
and notable day of the Lord come:
21 And
it shall come to pass, that whosoever
shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
22 Ye
men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among
you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of
you, as ye yourselves also know:
23 Him,
being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have
taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
24 Whom God
hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible
that he should be holden of it.
25 For
David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he
is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
26
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh
shall rest in hope:
27
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine
Holy One to see corruption.
28 Thou
hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy
countenance.
29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto
you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre
is with us unto this day.
30
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him,
that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up
Christ to sit on his throne;
31 He
seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not
left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
32 This
Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
33
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the
Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see
and hear.
34 For
David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my
right hand,
35 Until
I make thy foes thy footstool.
36
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that
same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
37 ¶ Now
when they heard this, they were
pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles,
Men and brethren, what shall we do?
38 Then
Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of
Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the
Holy Ghost.
39 For
the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall
call.
40 And
with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from
this untoward generation.
41 ¶ Then
they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were
added unto them about three thousand souls.
42 And
they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in
breaking of bread, and in prayers.
43 And
fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the
apostles.
44 And
all that believed were together, and had all things common;
45 And
sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
46 And
they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from
house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
47
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the
church daily such as should be saved.
 
CHAPTER 3
NOW Peter
and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
2 And a
certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at
the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that
entered into the temple;
3 Who
seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
4 And
Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
5 And he
gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
6 Then
Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the
name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
7 And he
took him by the right hand, and lifted him
up: and immediately his feet and ancle bones received strength.
8 And he
leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking,
and leaping, and praising God.
9 And
all the people saw him walking and praising God:
10 And
they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the
temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had
happened unto him.
11 And
as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran
together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
12 ¶ And
when Peter saw it, he answered unto
the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so
earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to
walk?
13 The God
of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified
his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate,
when he was determined to let him go.
14 But
ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto
you;
15 And
killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are
witnesses.
16 And
his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and
know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in
the presence of you all.
17 And
now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your
rulers.
18 But
those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets,
that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
19 ¶ Repent
ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the
times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
20 And
he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
21 Whom
the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God
hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
22 For
Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up
unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things
whatsoever he shall say unto you.
23 And
it shall come to pass, that every
soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the
people.
24 Yea,
and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have
spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
25 Ye
are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our
fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the
earth be blessed.
26 Unto
you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in
turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
 
CHAPTER 4
AND as
they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the
Sadducees, came upon them,
2 Being
grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the
resurrection from the dead.
3 And
they laid hands on them, and put them
in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
4
Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men
was about five thousand.
5 ¶ And
it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
6 And
Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as
were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
7 And
when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what
name, have ye done this?
8 Then
Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and
elders of Israel,
9 If we this
day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is
made whole;
10 Be it
known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here
before you whole.
11 This
is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head
of the corner.
12
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under
heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
13 ¶ Now
when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were
unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them,
that they had been with Jesus.
14 And
beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing
against it.
15 But
when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred
among themselves,
16
Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath
been done by them is manifest to all
them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
17 But
that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that
they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
18 And
they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name
of Jesus.
19 But
Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of
God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
20 For
we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
21 So
when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how
they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
22 For
the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.
23 ¶ And
being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief
priests and elders had said unto them.
24 And
when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and
said, Lord, thou art God, which hast
made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
25 Who
by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the
people imagine vain things?
26 The
kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord,
and against his Christ.
27 For
of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod,
and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered
together,
28 For
to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
29 And
now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with
all boldness they may speak thy word,
30 By
stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by
the name of thy holy child Jesus.
31 ¶ And
when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together;
and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God
with boldness.
32 And
the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither
said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but
they had all things common.
33 And
with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord
Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
34
Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of
lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
35 And
laid them down at the apostles' feet:
and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
36 And
Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted,
The son of consolation,) a Levite, and
of the country of Cyprus,
37
Having land, sold it, and brought the
money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
 
CHAPTER 5
BUT a
certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
2 And
kept back part of the price, his wife
also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid
it at the apostles' feet.
3 But
Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost,
and to keep back part of the price of
the land?
4 Whiles
it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine
own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not
lied unto men, but unto God.
5 And
Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear
came on all them that heard these things.
6 And
the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.
7 And it
was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was
done, came in.
8 And
Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she
said, Yea, for so much.
9 Then
Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit
of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee
out.
10 Then
fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young
men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by
her husband.
11 And
great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
12 ¶ And
by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the
people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.
13 And
of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
14 And
believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
15
Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the
least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
16 There
came also a multitude out of the
cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were
vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
17 ¶ Then
the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of
the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
18 And
laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
19 But
the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth,
and said,
20 Go,
stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
21 And
when they heard that, they entered
into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and
they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of
the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
22 But
when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and
told,
23
Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers
standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man
within.
24 Now
when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard
these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
25 Then
came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are
standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
26 Then
went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they
feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
27 And
when they had brought them, they set them
before the council: and the high priest asked them,
28
Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name?
and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring
this man's blood upon us.
29 ¶ Then
Peter and the other apostles answered
and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
30 The God
of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
31 Him
hath God exalted with his right hand to
be a Prince and a Saviour, for to
give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
32 And
we are his witnesses of these things; and so
is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath
given to them that obey him.
33 ¶ When
they heard that, they were cut to the
heart, and took counsel to slay them.
34 Then
stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the
law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles
forth a little space;
35 And
said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do
as touching these men.
36 For
before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a
number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all,
as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.
37 After
this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much
people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
38 And
now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this
counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
39 But
if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight
against God.
40 And
to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should
not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
41 ¶ And
they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were
counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
42 And
daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach
Jesus Christ.
 
CHAPTER 6
AND in
those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a
murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were
neglected in the daily ministration.
2 Then
the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It
is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
3
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of
the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
4 But we
will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
5 ¶ And
the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of
faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon,
and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
6 Whom
they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
7 And
the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in
Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the
faith.
8 And
Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the
people.
9 ¶ Then
there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines,
and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing
with Stephen.
10 And
they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
11 Then
they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words
against Moses, and against God.
12 And
they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
13 And
set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous
words against this holy place, and the law:
14 For
we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place,
and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
15 And
all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had
been the face of an angel.
 
CHAPTER 7
THEN said
the high priest, Are these things so?
2 And he
said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our
father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
3 And
said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into
the land which I shall shew thee.
4 Then
came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from
thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now
dwell.
5 And he
gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so
much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him
for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
6 And God
spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that
they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
7 And
the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after
that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
8 And he
gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
9 And
the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10 And
delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the
sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his
house.
11 Now
there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great
affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12 But
when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
13 And
at the second time Joseph was made
known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
14 Then
sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him,
and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
15 So
Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
16 And
were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought
for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the
father of Sychem.
17 But
when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the
people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 Till
another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
19 The
same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that
they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
20 In
which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his
father's house three months:
21 And
when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her
own son.
22 And
Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words
and in deeds.
23 And
when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren
the children of Israel.
24 And
seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him,
and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
25 For
he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would
deliver them: but they understood not.
26 And
the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set
them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to
another?
27 But
he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler
and a judge over us?
28 Wilt
thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
29 Then
fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he
begat two sons.
30 And
when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount
Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 When
Moses saw it, he wondered at the
sight: and as he drew near to behold it,
the voice of the Lord came unto him,
32 Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
33 Then
said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou
standest is holy ground.
34 I
have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I
have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I
will send thee into Egypt.
35 This
Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same
did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared
to him in the bush.
36 He
brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of
Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37 ¶ This
is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord
your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
38 This
is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to
him in the mount Sina, and with our
fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
39 To
whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him
from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40
Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which
brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
41 And
they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and
rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 Then God
turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the
book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts
and sacrifices by the space
of forty years in the wilderness?
43 Yea,
ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures
which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44 Our
fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed,
speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he
had seen.
45 Which
also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of
the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days
of David;
46 Who
found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47 But
Solomon built him an house.
48
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the
prophet,
49
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye
build me? saith the Lord: or what is the
place of my rest?
50 Hath
not my hand made all these things?
51 ¶ Ye
stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost:
as your fathers did, so do ye.
52 Which
of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them
which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the
betrayers and murderers:
53 Who
have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
54 ¶ When
they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him
with their teeth.
55 But
he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the
glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 And
said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the
right hand of God.
57 Then
they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with
one accord,
58 And
cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their
clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
59 And
they stoned Stephen, calling upon God,
and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 And
he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their
charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
 
CHAPTER 8
AND Saul
was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution
against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad
throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles.
2 And
devout men carried Stephen to his burial,
and made great lamentation over him.
3 As for
Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men
and women committed them to prison.
4
Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
5 Then
Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
6 And
the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake,
hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
7 For
unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them:
and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
8 And
there was great joy in that city.
9 But
there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used
sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some
great one:
10 To
whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is
the great power of God.
11 And
to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with
sorceries.
12 But
when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God,
and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
13 Then
Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with
Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
14 Now
when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the
word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
15 Who,
when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16 (For
as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of
the Lord Jesus.)
17 Then
laid they their hands on them, and
they received the Holy Ghost.
18 And
when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was
given, he offered them money,
19
Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive
the Holy Ghost.
20 But
Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that
the gift of God may be purchased with money.
21 Thou
hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the
sight of God.
22
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought
of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
23 For I
perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
24 Then
answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things
which ye have spoken come upon me.
25 And
they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to
Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
26 And
the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south
unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
27 And
he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority
under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure,
and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
28 Was
returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
29 Then
the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
30 And
Philip ran thither to him, and heard
him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31 And
he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that
he would come up and sit with him.
32 The
place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the
slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
33 In
his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his
generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
34 And
the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet
this? of himself, or of some other man?
35 Then
Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him
Jesus.
36 And
as they went on their way, they came
unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth
hinder me to be baptized?
37 And
Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he
answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
38 And
he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the
water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
39 And
when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away
Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
40 But
Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities,
till he came to Cæsarea.
 
CHAPTER 9
AND Saul,
yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord,
went unto the high priest,
2 And
desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of
this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto
Jerusalem.
3 And as
he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him
a light from heaven:
4 And he
fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou me?
5 And he
said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is
hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
6 And he
trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord
said unto him, Arise, and go into the
city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
7 And
the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing
no man.
8 And
Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but
they led him by the hand, and brought him
into Damascus.
9 And he
was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
10 ¶ And
there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord
in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.
11 And
the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go
into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for
one called Saul, of Tarsus: for,
behold, he prayeth,
12 And
hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive
his sight.
13 Then
Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath
done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
14 And
here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy
name.
15 But
the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear
my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
16 For I
will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
17 And
Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him
said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus,
that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou
mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
18 And
immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received
sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
19 And
when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with
the disciples which were at Damascus.
20 And
straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
21 But
all that heard him were amazed, and
said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in
Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto
the chief priests?
22 But
Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at
Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
23 ¶ And
after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
24 But
their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night
to kill him.
25 Then
the disciples took him by night, and let him
down by the wall in a basket.
26 And
when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples:
but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
27 But
Barnabas took him, and brought him to
the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and
that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the
name of Jesus.
28 And
he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
29 And
he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians:
but they went about to slay him.
30 Which when the brethren knew, they
brought him down to Cæsarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
31 Then
had the churches rest throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria, and were
edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost,
were multiplied.
32 ¶ And
it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.
33 And
there he found a certain man named Æneas, which had kept his bed eight years,
and was sick of the palsy.
34 And
Peter said unto him, Æneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy
bed. And he arose immediately.
35 And
all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
36 ¶ Now
there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is
called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
37 And
it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had
washed, they laid her in an upper
chamber.
38 And
forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter
was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.
39 Then
Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the
upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats
and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
40 But
Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise.
And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
41 And
he gave her his hand, and lifted her
up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
42 And
it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
43 And
it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.
 
CHAPTER 10
THERE was
a certain man in Cæsarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the
Italian band,
2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much
alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
3 He saw
in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in
to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
4 And when
he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto
him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
5 And
now send men to Joppa, and call for one
Simon, whose surname is Peter:
6 He
lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell
thee what thou oughtest to do.
7 And
when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his
household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him
continually;
8 And
when he had declared all these things
unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
9 ¶ On
the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter
went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
10 And
he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell
into a trance,
11 And
saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a
great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
12
Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and
creeping things, and fowls of the air.
13 And
there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
14 But
Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or
unclean.
15 And
the voice spake unto him again the
second time, What God hath cleansed, that
call not thou common.
16 This
was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
17 Now
while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean,
behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's
house, and stood before the gate,
18 And
called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
19 ¶ While
Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek
thee.
20 Arise
therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have
sent them.
21 Then
Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said,
Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is
the cause wherefore ye are come?
22 And
they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and
of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy
angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
23 Then
called he them in, and lodged them.
And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa
accompanied him.
24 And
the morrow after they entered into Cæsarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and
had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
25 And
as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and
worshipped him.
26 But
Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
27 And
as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.
28 And
he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a
Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me
that I should not call any man common or unclean.
29
Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was
sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
30 And
Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth
hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
31 And
said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in
the sight of God.
32 Send
therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged
in the house of one Simon a tanner by
the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.
33
Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art
come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that
are commanded thee of God.
34 ¶ Then
Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of
a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
35 But
in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted
with him.
36 The
word which God sent unto the children
of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
37 That
word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judæa, and began
from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
38 How God
anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about
doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with
him.
39 And
we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and
in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
40 Him God
raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
41 Not
to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with
him after he rose from the dead.
42 And
he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which
was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
43 To
him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in
him shall receive remission of sins.
44 ¶ While
Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the
word.
45 And they
of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter,
because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
46 For
they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
47 Can
any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received
the Holy Ghost as well as we?
48 And
he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him
to tarry certain days.
 
CHAPTER 11
AND the
apostles and brethren that were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles had also
received the word of God.
2 And
when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision
contended with him,
3
Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
4 But
Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded
it by order unto them, saying,
5 I was
in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel
descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners;
and it came even to me:
6 Upon
the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted
beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the
air.
7 And I
heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
8 But I
said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into
my mouth.
9 But
the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
10 And
this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
11 And,
behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I
was, sent from Cæsarea unto me.
12 And
the spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren
accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:
13 And
he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto
him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;
14 Who
shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
15 And
as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
16 Then
remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with
water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
17
Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who
believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
18 When
they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then
hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
19 ¶ Now
they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen
travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to
none but unto the Jews only.
20 And
some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to
Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
21 And
the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned
unto the Lord.
22 ¶ Then
tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in
Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.
23 Who,
when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all,
that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
24 For
he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was
added unto the Lord.
25 Then
departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
26 And
when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a
whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people.
And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
27 ¶ And
in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
28 And
there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirit that there
should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days
of Claudius Cæsar.
29 Then
the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief
unto the brethren which dwelt in Judæa:
30 Which
also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
 
CHAPTER 12
NOW about
that time Herod the king stretched forth his
hands to vex certain of the church.
2 And he
killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3 And
because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also.
(Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
4 And
when he had apprehended him, he put him
in prison, and delivered him to four
quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth
to the people.
5 Peter
therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church
unto God for him.
6 And
when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping
between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door
kept the prison.
7 And,
behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him,
and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised
him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
8 And
the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did.
And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
9 And he
went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the
angel; but thought he saw a vision.
10 When
they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that
leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went
out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from
him.
11 And
when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord
hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people
of the Jews.
12 And
when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the
mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together
praying.
13 And
as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named
Rhoda.
14 And
when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and
told how Peter stood before the gate.
15 And
they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even
so. Then said they, It is his angel.
16 But
Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him,
they were astonished.
17 But
he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them
how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these
things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another
place.
18 Now
as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was
become of Peter.
19 And
when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and
commanded that they should be put to
death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and there abode.
20 ¶ And
Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one
accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend,
desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.
21 And
upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made
an oration unto them.
22 And
the people gave a shout, saying, It is
the voice of a god, and not of a man.
23 And
immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory:
and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
24 ¶ But
the word of God grew and multiplied.
25 And
Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John,
whose surname was Mark.
 
CHAPTER 13
NOW there
were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as
Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen,
which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2 As
they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me
Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
3 And
when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their
hands on them, they sent them away.
4 ¶ So
they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from
thence they sailed to Cyprus.
5 And
when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of
the Jews: and they had also John to their
minister.
6 And
when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer,
a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was
Bar-jesus:
7 Which
was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called
for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
8 But
Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them,
seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
9 Then
Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost,
set his eyes on him,
10 And
said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou
enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of
the Lord?
11 And
now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon
thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately
there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead
him by the hand.
12 Then
the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the
doctrine of the Lord.
13 Now
when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia:
and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
14 ¶ But
when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into
the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
15 And
after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent
unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of
exhortation for the people, say on.
16 Then
Paul stood up, and beckoning with his
hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
17 The God
of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they
dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them
out of it.
18 And
about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
19 And
when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their
land to them by lot.
20 And
after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four
hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
21 And
afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a
man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
22 And
when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom
also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my
will.
23 Of
this man's seed hath God according to his
promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
24 When
John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the
people of Israel.
25 And
as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after
me, whose shoes of his feet I am not
worthy to loose.
26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of
Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this
salvation sent.
27 For
they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor
yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have
fulfilled them in condemning him.
28 And
though they found no cause of death in
him, yet desired they Pilate that he
should be slain.
29 And
when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
30 But God
raised him from the dead:
31 And
he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem,
who are his witnesses unto the people.
32 And
we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the
fathers,
33 God
hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus
again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day
have I begotten thee.
34 And
as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will
give you the sure mercies of David.
35
Wherefore he saith also in another psalm,
Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
36 For
David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on
sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
37 But
he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
38 ¶ Be
it known unto you therefore, men and brethren,
that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
39 And
by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not
be justified by the law of Moses.
40
Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
41
Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a
work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
42 And
when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these
words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
43 Now
when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes
followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue
in the grace of God.
44 ¶ And
the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
45 But
when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against
those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
46 Then
Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God
should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge
yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
47 For
so hath the Lord commanded us, saying,
I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for
salvation unto the ends of the earth.
48 And
when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord:
and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
49 And
the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.
50 But
the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the
city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out
of their coasts.
51 But
they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
52 And
the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
 
CHAPTER 14
AND it
came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the
Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks
believed.
2 But
the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil
affected against the brethren.
3 Long
time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony
unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their
hands.
4 But the
multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with
the apostles.
5 And
when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with
their rulers, to use them despitefully,
and to stone them,
6 They
were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra
and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
7 And
there they preached the gospel.
8 ¶ And
there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from
his mother's womb, who never had walked:
9 The
same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had
faith to be healed,
10 Said
with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
11 And
when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in
the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
12 And
they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief
speaker.
13 Then
the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands
unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and
Paul, heard of, they rent their
clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
15 And
saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with
you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the
living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are
therein:
16 Who
in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
17
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave
us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and
gladness.
18 And
with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done
sacrifice unto them.
19 ¶ And
there came thither certain Jews from
Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had
been dead.
20
Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the
city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
21 And
when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they
returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium,
and Antioch,
22
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and
exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much
tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
23 And
when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with
fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
24 And
after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
25 And
when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia:
26 And
thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of
God for the work which they fulfilled.
27 And
when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all
that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
28 And
there they abode long time with the disciples.
 
CHAPTER 15
AND certain
men which came down from Judæa taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be
circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
2 When
therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they
determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to
Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
3 And
being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and
Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy
unto all the brethren.
4 And
when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they
declared all things that God had done with them.
5 But
there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That
it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
6 ¶ And
the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
7 And
when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good
while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear
the word of the gospel, and believe.
8 And God,
which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even
as he did unto us;
9 And
put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
10 Now
therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which
neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
11 But
we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved,
even as they.
12 ¶ Then
all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul,
declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
13 ¶ And
after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
14
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out
of them a people for his name.
15 And
to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
16 After
this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is
fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
17 That
the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom
my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
18 Known
unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
19
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles
are turned to God:
20 But
that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
21 For
Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the
synagogues every sabbath day.
22 Then
pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men
of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the
brethren:
23 And
they wrote letters by them after this
manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in
Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
24
Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled
you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised,
and keep the law: to whom we gave no such
commandment:
25 It
seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto
you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
26 Men
that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27 We
have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
28 For
it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden
than these necessary things;
29 That
ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things
strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do
well. Fare ye well.
30 So
when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the
multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced
for the consolation.
32 And
Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with
many words, and confirmed them.
33 And
after they had tarried there a space,
they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
34
Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
35 Paul
also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord,
with many others also.
36 ¶ And
some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren
in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
37 And
Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
38 But
Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from
Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
39 And
the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from
the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
40 And
Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the
grace of God.
41 And
he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
 
CHAPTER 16
THEN came
he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named
Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but
his father was a Greek:
2 Which
was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
3 Him
would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of
the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
4 And as
they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that
were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
5 And so
were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
6 Now
when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were
forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
7 After
they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit
suffered them not.
8 And
they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
9 And a
vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and
prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
10 And
after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia,
assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto
them.
11
Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia,
and the next day to Neapolis;
12 And
from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city
abiding certain days.
13 And
on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont
to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
14 ¶ And
a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which
worshipped God, heard us: whose heart
the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
15 And
when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come
into my house, and abide there. And
she constrained us.
16 ¶ And
it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit
of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
17 The
same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the
most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
18 And
this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit,
I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out
the same hour.
19 ¶ And
when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul
and Silas, and drew them into the
marketplace unto the rulers,
20 And
brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly
trouble our city,
21 And
teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe,
being Romans.
22 And
the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their
clothes, and commanded to beat them.
23 And
when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
24 Who,
having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made
their feet fast in the stocks.
25 ¶ And
at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners
heard them.
26 And
suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison
were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands
were loosed.
27 And
the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors
open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the
prisoners had been fled.
28 But
Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
29 Then
he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before
Paul and Silas,
30 And
brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31 And
they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy
house.
32 And
they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
33 And he
took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
34 And
when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced,
believing in God with all his house.
35 And
when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
36 And
the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to
let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
37 But
Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and
have cast us into prison; and now do
they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch
us out.
38 And
the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they
heard that they were Romans.
39 And
they came and besought them, and brought them
out, and desired them to depart out
of the city.
40 And
they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the
brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
 
CHAPTER 17
NOW when
they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica,
where was a synagogue of the Jews:
2 And
Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned
with them out of the scriptures,
3
Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again
from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
4 And
some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks
a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
5 ¶ But
the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd
fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an
uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the
people.
6 And
when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers
of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come
hither also;
7 Whom
Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying
that there is another king, one Jesus.
8 And
they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these
things.
9 And
when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
10 ¶ And
the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who
coming thither went into the
synagogue of the Jews.
11 These
were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with
all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things
were so.
12
Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks,
and of men, not a few.
13 But
when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached
of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
14 And
then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but
Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
15 And
they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment
unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
16 ¶ Now
while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he
saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
17
Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout
persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
18 Then
certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him.
And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a
setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the
resurrection.
19 And
they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this
new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
20 For
thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what
these things mean.
21 (For
all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing
else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
22 ¶ Then
Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too
superstitious.
23 For
as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this
inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him
declare I unto you.
24 God
that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven
and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25
Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing
he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 And
hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the
earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their
habitation;
27 That
they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him,
though he be not far from every one of us:
28 For
in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets
have said, For we are also his offspring.
29
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead
is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
30 And
the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every
where to repent:
31
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in
righteousness by that man whom he
hath ordained; whereof he hath given
assurance unto all men, in that he
hath raised him from the dead.
32 ¶ And
when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said,
We will hear thee again of this matter.
33 So
Paul departed from among them.
34
Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a
woman named Damaris, and others with them.
 
CHAPTER 18
AFTER these
things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
2 And
found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with
his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart
from Rome:) and came unto them.
3 And
because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their
occupation they were tentmakers.
4 And he
reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
5 And
when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the
spirit, and testified to the Jews that
Jesus was Christ.
6 And
when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am
clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
7 ¶ And
he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named
Justus, one that worshipped God,
whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
8 And
Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his
house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
9 Then
spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and
hold not thy peace:
10 For I
am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people
in this city.
11 And
he continued there a year and six
months, teaching the word of God among them.
12 ¶ And
when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one
accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
13
Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to
worship God contrary to the law.
14 And
when Paul was now about to open his mouth,
Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear
with you:
15 But
if it be a question of words and names, and of
your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
16 And
he drave them from the judgment seat.
17 Then
all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio
cared for none of those things.
18 ¶ And
Paul after this tarried there yet a
good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into
Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
19 And
he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the
synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
20 When
they desired him to tarry longer time
with them, he consented not;
21 But
bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in
Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from
Ephesus.
22 And
when he had landed at Cæsarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went
down to Antioch.
23 And
after he had spent some time there,
he departed, and went over all the
country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
24 ¶ And
a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to
Ephesus.
25 This
man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he
spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of
John.
26 And
he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had
heard, they took him unto them, and
expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
27 And
when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the
disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had
believed through grace:
28 For
he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the
scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
 
CHAPTER 19
AND it
came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through
the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
2 He
said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they
said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
3 And he
said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's
baptism.
4 Then
said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the
people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is,
on Christ Jesus.
5 When
they heard this, they were baptized
in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 And
when Paul had laid his hands upon
them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
7 And
all the men were about twelve.
8 And he
went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months,
disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
9 But
when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before
the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing
daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10 And
this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia
heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
11 And God
wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
12 So
that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the
diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
13 ¶ Then
certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which
had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus
whom Paul preacheth.
14 And
there were seven sons of one Sceva, a
Jew, and chief of the priests, which
did so.
15 And
the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are
ye?
16 And
the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and
prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 And
this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear
fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 And
many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
19 Many
of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned
them before all men: and they counted
the price of them, and found it fifty
thousand pieces of silver.
20 So
mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
21 ¶ After
these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed
through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been
there, I must also see Rome.
22 So he
sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and
Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
23 And
the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
24 For a
certain man named Demetrius, a
silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto
the craftsmen;
25 Whom
he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know
that by this craft we have our wealth.
26
Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all
Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be
no gods, which are made with hands:
27 So
that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that
the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence
should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
28 And
when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and
cried out, saying, Great is Diana of
the Ephesians.
29 And
the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and
Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with
one accord into the theatre.
30 And
when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him
not.
31 And
certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself
into the theatre.
32 Some
therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and
the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
33 And
they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And
Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the
people.
34 But
when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two
hours cried out, Great is Diana of
the Ephesians.
35 And
when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the
city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
36
Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet,
and to do nothing rashly.
37 For
ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor
yet blasphemers of your goddess.
38
Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter
against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one
another.
39 But
if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a
lawful assembly.
40 For
we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no
cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
41 And
when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
 
CHAPTER 20
AND after
the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him
the disciples, and embraced them, and
departed for to go into Macedonia.
2 And
when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came
into Greece,
3 And there abode three months. And when the
Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to
return through Macedonia.
4 And
there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians,
Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia,
Tychicus and Trophimus.
5 These
going before tarried for us at Troas.
6 And we
sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto
them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.
7 And
upon the first day of the week, when
the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to
depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
8 And
there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.
9 And
there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a
deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell
down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
10 And
Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
11 When
he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a
long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
12 And
they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
13 ¶ And
we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul:
for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.
14 And
when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.
15 And
we sailed thence, and came the next day
over against Chios; and the next day we
arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.
16 For
Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in
Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of
Pentecost.
17 ¶ And
from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
18 And
when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that
I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,
19
Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and
temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
20 And how I kept back nothing that was
profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from
house to house,
21
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and
faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
22 And
now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things
that shall befall me there:
23 Save
that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions
abide me.
24 But
none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that
I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of
the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
25 And
now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom
of God, shall see my face no more.
26
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
27 For I
have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
28 ¶ Take
heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost
hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased
with his own blood.
29 For I
know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you,
not sparing the flock.
30 Also
of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away
disciples after them.
31
Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to
warn every one night and day with tears.
32 And
now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is
able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are
sanctified.
33 I
have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
34 Yea,
ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and
to them that were with me.
35 I
have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak,
and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to
give than to receive.
36 ¶ And
when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
37 And
they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
38
Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his
face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.
 
CHAPTER 21
AND it
came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came
with a straight course unto Coos, and the day
following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:
2 And
finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.
3 Now
when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into
Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
4 And
finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the
Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
5 And
when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all
brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city:
and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
6 And
when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned
home again.
7 And
when we had finished our course from
Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one
day.
8 And
the next day we that were of Paul's
company departed, and came unto Cæsarea: and we entered into the house of
Philip the evangelist, which was one of
the seven; and abode with him.
9 And
the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
10 And
as we tarried there many days, there
came down from Judæa a certain prophet, named Agabus.
11 And
when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and
feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind
the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
12 And
when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not
to go up to Jerusalem.
13 Then
Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not
to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
14 And
when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be
done.
15 And
after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
16 There
went with us also certain of the
disciples of Cæsarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old
disciple, with whom we should lodge.
17 And
when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
18 And
the day following Paul went in with
us unto James; and all the elders were present.
19 And
when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought
among the Gentiles by his ministry.
20 And
when they heard it, they glorified
the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews
there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
21 And
they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles
to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
22 What
is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear
that thou art come.
23 Do
therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
24 Them
take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may
shave their heads: and all may know
that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but
that thou thyself also walkest
orderly, and keepest the law.
25 As
touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they
keep themselves from things offered
to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
26 Then
Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into
the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until
that an offering should be offered for every one of them.
27 And
when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they
saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
28
Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and
the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and
hath polluted this holy place.
29 (For
they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they
supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
30 And
all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and
drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
31 And
as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the
band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
32 Who
immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they
saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
33 Then
the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what
he had done.
34 And
some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not
know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the
castle.
35 And
when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for
the violence of the people.
36 For
the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
37 And
as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I
speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
38 Art
not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest
out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
39 But
Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a
citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the
people.
40 And
when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the
hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
 
CHAPTER 22
MEN,
brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which
I make
now unto you.
2 (And
when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more
silence: and he saith,)
3 I am
verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city
in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect
manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are
this day.
4 And I
persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both
men and women.
5 As
also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders:
from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to
bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
6 And it
came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about
noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
7 And I
fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou me?
8 And I
answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom
thou persecutest.
9 And
they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard
not the voice of him that spake to me.
10 And I
said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into
Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for
thee to do.
11 And
when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them
that were with me, I came into Damascus.
12 And
one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the
Jews which dwelt there,
13 Came
unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the
same hour I looked up upon him.
14 And
he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his
will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
15 For
thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
16 And
now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling
on the name of the Lord.
17 And
it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed
in the temple, I was in a trance;
18 And
saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for
they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
19 And I
said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that
believed on thee:
20 And
when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and
consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
21 And
he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
22 And
they gave him audience unto this word, and then
lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
23 And
as they cried out, and cast off their
clothes, and threw dust into the air,
24 The
chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he
should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so
against him.
25 And
as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is
it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
26 When
the centurion heard that, he went and
told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a
Roman.
27 Then
the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said,
Yea.
28 And
the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul
said, But I was free born.
29 Then
straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the
chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because
he had bound him.
30 On
the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused
of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands,
and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought
Paul down, and set him before them.
 
CHAPTER 23
AND Paul,
earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and
brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
2 And
the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the
mouth.
3 Then
said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou
whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to
be smitten contrary to the law?
4 And
they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?
5 Then
said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is
written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
6 But
when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees,
he cried out in the council, Men and brethren,
I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the
dead I am called in question.
7 And
when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the
Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
8 For
the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but
the Pharisees confess both.
9 And
there arose a great cry: and the scribes that
were of the Pharisees' part arose,
and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel
hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
10 And
when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul
should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down,
and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
11 And
the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul:
for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also
at Rome.
12 And
when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves
under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had
killed Paul.
13 And
they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.
14 And
they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves
under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
15 Now
therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him
down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire something more perfectly
concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
16 And
when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into
the castle, and told Paul.
17 Then
Paul called one of the centurions unto him,
and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain
thing to tell him.
18 So he
took him, and brought him to the
chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath
something to say unto thee.
19 Then
the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately,
and asked him, What is that thou hast
to tell me?
20 And
he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul
to morrow into the council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him more
perfectly.
21 But
do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than
forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat
nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a
promise from thee.
22 So
the chief captain then let the young
man depart, and charged him, See thou
tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.
23 And
he called unto him two centurions,
saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea, and horsemen
threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
24 And
provide them beasts, that they may
set Paul on, and bring him safe unto
Felix the governor.
25 And
he wrote a letter after this manner:
26
Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.
27 This
man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I
with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
28 And
when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him
forth into their council:
29 Whom
I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid
to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
30 And
when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway
to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had
against him. Farewell.
31 Then
the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
32 On
the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
33 Who,
when they came to Cæsarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented
Paul also before him.
34 And
when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he
was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;
35 I
will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded
him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.
 
CHAPTER 24
AND after
five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the
governor against Paul.
2 And
when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that
very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
3 We
accept it always, and in all places,
most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
4
Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou
wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.
5 For we
have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among
all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the
Nazarenes:
6 Who
also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged
according to our law.
7 But
the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
8
Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest
take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
9 And
the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
10 Then
Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered,
Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation,
I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
11
Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I
went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
12 And
they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up
the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
13
Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
14 But
this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship
I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and
in the prophets:
15 And
have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a
resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
16 And
herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward
God, and toward men.
17 Now
after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
18
Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with
multitude, nor with tumult.
19 Who
ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.
20 Or
else let these same here say, if they
have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
21
Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the
resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
22 And
when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said,
When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of
your matter.
23 And
he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his
acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
24 And
after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess,
he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
25 And
as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix
trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient
season, I will call for thee.
26 He
hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose
him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
27 But
after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to
shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
 
CHAPTER 25
NOW when
Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cæsarea to
Jerusalem.
2 Then
the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and
besought him,
3 And
desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying
wait in the way to kill him.
4 But
Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cæsarea, and that he himself would
depart shortly thither.
5 Let
them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any
wickedness in him.
6 And
when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Cæsarea;
and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
7 And
when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about,
and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
8 While
he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against
the temple, nor yet against Cæsar, have I offended any thing at all.
9 But
Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou
go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
10 Then
said Paul, I stand at Cæsar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the
Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
11 For
if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not
to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man
may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cæsar.
12 Then
Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed
unto Cæsar? unto Cæsar shalt thou go.
13 And
after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cæsarea to salute Festus.
14 And
when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king,
saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:
15 About
whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews
informed me, desiring to have
judgment against him.
16 To
whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die,
before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have
licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
17
Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on
the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.
18
Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such
things as I supposed:
19 But
had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus,
which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
20 And
because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these
matters.
21 But
when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded
him to be kept till I might send him to Cæsar.
22 Then
Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he,
thou shalt hear him.
23 And
on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was
entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men
of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
24 And
Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see
this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at
Jerusalem, and also here, crying that
he ought not to live any longer.
25 But
when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself
hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
26 Of
whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought
him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after
examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
27 For
it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the
crimes laid against him.
 
CHAPTER 26
THEN Agrippa
said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched
forth the hand, and answered for himself:
2 I
think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day
before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
3
Especially because I know
thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews:
wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
4 My
manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at
Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
5 Which
knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most
straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6 And
now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our
fathers:
7 Unto
which promise our twelve tribes,
instantly serving God day and night,
hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
8 Why
should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the
dead?
9 I
verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name
of Jesus of Nazareth.
10 Which
thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison,
having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to
death, I gave my voice against them.
11 And I
punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I
persecuted them even unto strange
cities.
12
Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief
priests,
13 At
midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of
the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
14 And
when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and
saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is
hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
15 And I
said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
16 But
rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose,
to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast
seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
17
Delivering thee from the people, and from
the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18 To
open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that
they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are
sanctified by faith that is in me.
19
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
20 But
shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the
coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles,
that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
21 For
these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
22
Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing
both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets
and Moses did say should come:
23 That
Christ should suffer, and that he
should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto
the people, and to the Gentiles.
24 And
as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art
beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
25 But
he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth
and soberness.
26 For
the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded
that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a
corner.
27 King
Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
28 Then
Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
29 And
Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this
day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
30 And
when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and
they that sat with them:
31 And
when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man
doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
32 Then
said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had
not appealed unto Cæsar.
 
CHAPTER 27
AND when
it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and
certain other prisoners unto one named
Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.
2 And
entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts
of Asia; one Aristarchus, a
Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
3 And
the next day we touched at Sidon. And
Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him
liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.
4 And
when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds
were contrary.
5 And
when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city
of Lycia.
6 And
there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put
us therein.
7 And
when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus,
the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;
8 And,
hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh
whereunto was the city of Lasea.
9 Now when
much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was
now already past, Paul admonished them,
10 And
said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much
damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.
11
Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more
than those things which were spoken by Paul.
12 And
because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to
depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there
to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north
west.
13 And
when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
14 But
not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
15 And
when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
16 And
running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come
by the boat:
17 Which
when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing
lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
18 And
we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
19 And
the third day we cast out with our
own hands the tackling of the ship.
20 And
when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was
then taken away.
21 But
after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye
should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have
gained this harm and loss.
22 And
now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.
23 For
there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
24
Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cæsar: and, lo, God hath
given thee all them that sail with thee.
25
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as
it was told me.
26
Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
27 But
when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria,
about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
28 And
sounded, and found it twenty fathoms:
and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
29 Then
fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of
the stern, and wished for the day.
30 And
as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the
boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of
the foreship,
31 Paul
said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye
cannot be saved.
32 Then
the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
33 And
while the day was coming on, Paul besought them
all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried
and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
34
Wherefore I pray you to take some meat:
for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of
any of you.
35 And
when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of
them all: and when he had broken it,
he began to eat.
36 Then
were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
37 And
we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
38 And
when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat
into the sea.
39 And
when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek
with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust
in the ship.
40 And
when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up
the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
41 And
falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the
forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken
with the violence of the waves.
42 And
the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim
out, and escape.
43 But
the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast
themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
44 And
the rest, some on boards, and some on broken
pieces of the ship. And so it came to
pass, that they escaped all safe to land.
 
CHAPTER 28
AND when
they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
2 And
the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and
received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
3 And
when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened
on his hand.
4 And
when the barbarians saw the venomous beast
hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer,
whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
5 And he
shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
6
Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly:
but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they
changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
7 In the
same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was
Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.
8 And it
came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody
flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and
healed him.
9 So
when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and
were healed:
10 Who
also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary.
11 And
after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in
the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
12 And
landing at Syracuse, we tarried there
three days.
13 And
from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the
south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:
14 Where
we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we
went toward Rome.
15 And
from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as
Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and
took courage.
16 And
when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of
the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept
him.
17 And
it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews
together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed
nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered
prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
18 Who,
when they had examined me, would have let me
go, because there was no cause of death in me.
19 But
when the Jews spake against it, I was
constrained to appeal unto Cæsar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
20 For
this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you:
because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
21 And
they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judæa concerning thee,
neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.
22 But
we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we
know that every where it is spoken against.
23 And
when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and
testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the
law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till
evening.
24 And
some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
25 And
when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had
spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our
fathers,
26
Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not
understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
27 For
the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing,
and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their
ears, and understand with their heart,
and should be converted, and I should heal them.
28 Be it
known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles,
and that they will hear it.
29 And
when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among
themselves.
30 And
Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came
in unto him,
31
Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord
Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.


THE
EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE
ROMANS.


CHAPTER 1
PAUL, a
servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel
of God,
2 (Which
he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
3
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David
according to the flesh;
4 And
declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness,
by the resurrection from the dead:
5 By
whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among
all nations, for his name:
6 Among
whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
7 To all
that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to
be saints: Grace to you and peace
from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8 First,
I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of
throughout the whole world.
9 For God
is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that
without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
10
Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey
by the will of God to come unto you.
11 For I
long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye
may be established;
12 That
is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you
and me.
13 Now I
would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto
you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even
as among other Gentiles.
14 I am
debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the
unwise.
15 So,
as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome
also.
16 For I
am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto
salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17 For
therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written,
The just shall live by faith.
18 For
the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and
unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19
Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed
it unto them.
20 For
the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen,
being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without
excuse:
21
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their
imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And
changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to
corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own
hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who
changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature
more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For
this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did
change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And
likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their
lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and
receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And
even as they did not like to retain God in their
knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are
not convenient;
29 Being
filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness,
maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil
things, disobedient to parents,
31
Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable,
unmerciful:
32 Who
knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of
death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
 
CHAPTER 2
THEREFORE
thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou
judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same
things.
2 But we
are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which
commit such things.
3 And
thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest
the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
4 Or
despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering;
not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
5 But
after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against
the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
6 Who
will render to every man according to his deeds:
7 To
them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and
immortality, eternal life:
8 But
unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
9
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew
first, and also of the Gentile;
10 But
glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and
also to the Gentile:
11 For
there is no respect of persons with God.
12 For
as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many
as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
13 (For
not the hearers of the law are just
before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
14 For
when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in
the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 Which
shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing
witness, and their thoughts the mean
while accusing or else excusing one another;)
16 In
the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my
gospel.
17 Behold,
thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
18 And
knowest his will, and approvest the
things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
19 And
art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which
are in darkness,
20 An
instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge
and of the truth in the law.
21 Thou
therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that
preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
22 Thou
that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou
that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
23 Thou
that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
24 For
the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
25 For
circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker
of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
26
Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not
his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
27 And
shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee,
who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
28 For
he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision,
which is outward in the flesh:
29 But
he is a Jew, which is one inwardly;
and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
 
CHAPTER 3
WHAT advantage
then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
2 Much
every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
3 For
what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God
without effect?
4 God
forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou
mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art
judged.
5 But if
our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance?
(I speak as a man)
6 God
forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
7 For if
the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I
also judged as a sinner?
8 And
not rather, (as we be slanderously
reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come?
whose damnation is just.
9 What
then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before
proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
10 As it
is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11 There
is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They
are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is
none that doeth good, no, not one.
13 Their
throat is an open sepulchre; with
their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
14 Whose
mouth is full of cursing and
bitterness:
15 Their
feet are swift to shed blood:
16
Destruction and misery are in their
ways:
17 And
the way of peace have they not known:
18 There
is no fear of God before their eyes.
19 Now
we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under
the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty
before God.
20
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his
sight: for by the law is the
knowledge of sin.
21 But
now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by
the law and the prophets;
22 Even
the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and
upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
23 For
all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24 Being
justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25 Whom God
hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his
blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past,
through the forbearance of God;
26 To
declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the
justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
27 Where
is boasting then? It is excluded. By
what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
28
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the
law.
29 Is he
the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the
Gentiles also:
30
Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and
uncircumcision through faith.
31 Do we
then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
 
CHAPTER 4
WHAT shall
we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
2 For if
Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof
to glory; but not before God.
3 For
what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for
righteousness.
4 Now to
him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
5 But to
him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his
faith is counted for righteousness.
6 Even
as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth
righteousness without works,
7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord
will not impute sin.
9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the
circumcision only, or upon the
uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for
righteousness.
10 How
was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in
circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 And
he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith
which he had yet being
uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though
they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
12 And
the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but
who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had
being yet uncircumcised.
13 For
the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through
the righteousness of faith.
14 For
if they which are of the law be heirs,
faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
15
Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no
transgression.
16
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed;
not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of
Abraham; who is the father of us all,
17 (As
it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he
believed, even God, who quickeneth
the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
18 Who
against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations;
according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
19 And
being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was
about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:
20 He
staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith,
giving glory to God;
21 And
being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
22 And
therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
23 Now
it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
24 But
for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up
Jesus our Lord from the dead;
25 Who
was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
 
CHAPTER 5
THEREFORE
being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
2 By
whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice
in hope of the glory of God.
3 And
not only so, but we glory in
tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
4 And
patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5 And
hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts
by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
6 For
when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
7 For
scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some
would even dare to die.
8 But God
commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died
for us.
9 Much
more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath
through him.
10 For
if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son,
much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
11 And
not only so, but we also joy in God
through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
12
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so
death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
13 (For
until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no
law.
14
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not
sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him
that was to come.
15 But
not as the offence, so also is the
free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace
of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath
abounded unto many.
16 And
not as it was by one that sinned, so
is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free
gift is of many offences unto
justification.
17 For
if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive
abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one,
Jesus Christ.)
18
Therefore as by the offence of one judgment
came upon all men to condemnation;
even so by the righteousness of one the
free gift came upon all men
unto justification of life.
19 For
as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one
shall many be made righteous.
20
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin
abounded, grace did much more abound:
21 That
as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness
unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
 
CHAPTER 6
WHAT shall
we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 God
forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
3 Know
ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized
into his death?
4
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was
raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk
in newness of life.
5 For if
we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the
likeness of his resurrection:
6
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we
should not serve sin.
7 For he
that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Now if
we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
9
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no
more dominion over him.
10 For
in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11 Likewise
reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12 Let
not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the
lusts thereof.
13 Neither
yield ye your members as instruments
of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are
alive from the dead, and your members as
instruments of righteousness unto God.
14 For
sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under
grace.
15 What
then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God
forbid.
16 Know
ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are
to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
17 But God
be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart
that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18 Being
then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
19 I speak
after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have
yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity;
even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
20 For
when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
21 What
fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of
those things is death.
22 But
now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit
unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
23 For
the wages of sin is death; but the
gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
 
CHAPTER 7
KNOW ye
not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath
dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
2 For
the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she
is loosed from the law of her husband.
3 So
then if, while her husband liveth,
she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her
husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress,
though she be married to another man.
4
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of
Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth
fruit unto God.
5 For
when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work
in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
6 But
now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that
we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
7 What
shall we say then? Is the law sin? God
forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust,
except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
8 But
sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of
concupiscence. For without the law sin was
dead.
9 For I
was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and
I died.
10 And
the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be
unto death.
11 For
sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
12
Wherefore the law is holy, and the
commandment holy, and just, and good.
13 Was
then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might
appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the
commandment might become exceeding sinful.
14 For
we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
15 For
that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate,
that do I.
16 If
then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is
good.
17 Now
then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18 For I
know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is
present with me; but how to perform
that which is good I find not.
19 For
the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20 Now
if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in
me.
21 I
find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I
delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23 But I
see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing
me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24 O
wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25 I
thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve
the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
 
CHAPTER 8
THERE is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For
the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of
sin and death.
3 For
what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending
his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the
flesh:
4 That
the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 For
they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that
are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6 For to
be carnally minded is death; but to
be spiritually minded is life and
peace.
7
Because the carnal mind is enmity
against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So
then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But ye
are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell
in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
10 And
if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But
if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that
raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his
Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For
if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do
mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14 For
as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15 For
ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received
the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The
Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And
if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be
that we suffer with him, that we may
be also glorified together.
18 For I
reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared
with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
19 For
the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons
of God.
20 For
the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him
who hath subjected the same in hope,
21
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of
corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
22 For
we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until
now.
23 And
not only they, but ourselves also,
which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within
ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to
wit, the redemption of our body.
24 For
we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth,
why doth he yet hope for?
25 But
if we hope for that we see not, then do
we with patience wait for it.
26 Likewise
the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for
as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings
which cannot be uttered.
27 And
he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is
the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according
to the will of God.
28 And
we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them
who are the called according to his purpose.
29 For
whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the
image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called,
them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31 What
shall we then say to these things? If God be
for us, who can be against us?
32 He
that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not
with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who
shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that
justifieth.
34 Who is he that condemneth? It is
Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right
hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
35 Who
shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or
sword?
36 As it
is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as
sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay,
in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I
am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor
powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor
height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from
the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
 
CHAPTER 9
I SAY
the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the
Holy Ghost,
2 That I
have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3 For I
could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen
according to the flesh:
4 Who
are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the
adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the
service of God, and the promises;
5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as
concerning the flesh Christ came, who
is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6 Not as
though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7
Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children:
but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 That
is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are
counted for the seed.
9 For
this is the word of promise, At this
time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
10 And
not only this; but when Rebecca also
had conceived by one, even by our
father Isaac;
11 (For the children
being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God
according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
12 It
was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 As it
is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What
shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God
forbid.
15 For
he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have
compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16 So
then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God
that sheweth mercy.
17 For
the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee
up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared
throughout all the earth.
18
Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have
mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Thou
wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his
will?
20 Nay
but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say
to him that formed it, Why hast thou
made me thus?
21 Hath
not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto
honour, and another unto dishonour?
22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known,
endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
23 And
that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which
he had afore prepared unto glory,
24 Even
us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
25 As he
saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and
her beloved, which was not beloved.
26 And
it shall come to pass, that in the
place where it was said unto them, Ye are
not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
27
Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of
Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28 For
he will finish the work, and cut it short
in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
29 And
as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had
been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
30 What
shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness,
have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
31 But
Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the
law of righteousness.
32
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they
stumbled at that stumblingstone;
33 As it
is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and
whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
 
CHAPTER 10
BRETHREN,
my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
2 For I
bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
3 For
they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their
own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
4 For
Christ is the end of the law for
righteousness to every one that believeth.
5 For
Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which
doeth those things shall live by them.
6 But
the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine
heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
7 Or,
Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the
dead.)
8 But
what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even
in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That
if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine
heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For
with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation.
11 For
the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For
there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over
all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For
whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14 How
then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they
believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a
preacher?
15 And
how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are
the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of
good things!
16 But
they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed
our report?
17 So
then faith cometh by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God.
18 But I
say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and
their words unto the ends of the world.
19 But I
say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that
are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
20 But
Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was
made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
21 But
to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a
disobedient and gainsaying people.
 
CHAPTER 11
I SAY
then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of
the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of
Benjamin.
2 God
hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture
saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
3 Lord,
they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left
alone, and they seek my life.
4 But
what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand
men, who have not bowed the knee to the
image of Baal.
5 Even
so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election
of grace.
6 And if
by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is
no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace:
otherwise work is no more work.
7 What
then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath
obtained it, and the rest were blinded
8
(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes
that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
9 And
David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock,
and a recompence unto them:
10 Let
their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
11 I say
then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come
unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Now
if the fall of them be the riches of
the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much
more their fulness?
13 For I
speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify
mine office:
14 If by
any means I may provoke to emulation them
which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
15 For
if the casting away of them be the
reconciling of the world, what shall the
receiving of them be, but life from
the dead?
16 For
if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy,
so are the branches.
17 And
if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert
graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the
olive tree;
18 Boast
not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the
root thee.
19 Thou
wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
20 Well;
because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not
highminded, but fear:
21 For
if God spared not the natural branches, take
heed lest he also spare not thee.
22
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell,
severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
23 And
they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is
able to graff them in again.
24 For
if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert
graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which
be the natural branches, be graffed
into their own olive tree?
25 For I
would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should
be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel,
until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
26 And
so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion
the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
27 For
this is my covenant unto them, when I
shall take away their sins.
28 As
concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as
touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
29 For
the gifts and calling of God are without
repentance.
30 For
as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through
their unbelief:
31 Even
so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may
obtain mercy.
32 For God
hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
33 O the
depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past
finding out!
34 For
who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counseller?
35 Or
who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
36 For
of him, and through him, and to him, are
all things: to whom be glory for
ever. Amen.
 
CHAPTER 12
I
BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable
service.
2 And be
not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your
mind, that ye may prove what is that
good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
3 For I
say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to
think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly,
according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
4 For as
we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
5 So we,
being many, are one body in Christ,
and every one members one of another.
6 Having
then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether
prophecy, let us prophesy according to
the proportion of faith;
7 Or
ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on
teaching;
8 Or he
that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it
with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with
cheerfulness.
9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor
that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
10 Be kindly affectioned one to another
with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
11 Not
slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
12
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
13 Distributing
to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
14 Bless
them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
15
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
16 Be of the same mind one toward another.
Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your
own conceits.
17
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all
men.
18 If it
be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
19
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather
give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
20
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in
so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
21 Be
not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
 
CHAPTER 13
LET every
soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the
powers that be are ordained of God.
2
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and
they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 For
rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be
afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the
same:
4 For he
is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be
afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a
revenger to execute wrath upon him
that doeth evil.
5
Wherefore ye must needs be subject,
not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
6 For
for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending
continually upon this very thing.
7 Render
therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom
custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
8 Owe no
man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath
fulfilled the law.
9 For
this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not
steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this
saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Love
worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
11 And
that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for
now is our salvation nearer than when
we believed.
12 The
night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of
darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
13 Let
us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in
chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14 But
put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
 
CHAPTER 14
HIM that
is weak in the faith receive ye, but not
to doubtful disputations.
2 For
one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
3 Let
not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth
not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
4 Who
art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or
falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
5 One
man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded
in his own mind.
6 He
that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto
the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord,
for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not,
and giveth God thanks.
7 For
none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
8 For
whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord:
whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
9 For to
this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of
the dead and living.
10 But
why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother?
for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
11 For
it is written, As I live, saith the Lord,
every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12 So
then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
13 Let
us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man
put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
14 I
know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean
of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is
unclean.
15 But
if thy brother be grieved with thy meat,
now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ
died.
16 Let
not then your good be evil spoken of:
17 For
the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy
in the Holy Ghost.
18 For
he that in these things serveth Christ is
acceptable to God, and approved of men.
19 Let
us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith
one may edify another.
20 For
meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with
offence.
21 It is
good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy
brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
22 Hast
thou faith? have it to thyself before
God. Happy is he that condemneth not
himself in that thing which he alloweth.
23 And
he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith:
for whatsoever is not of faith is
sin.
 
CHAPTER 15
WE then
that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please
ourselves.
2 Let
every one of us please his neighbour
for his good to edification.
3 For
even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them
that reproached thee fell on me.
4 For
whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we
through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
5 Now
the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward
another according to Christ Jesus:
6 That
ye may with one mind and one mouth
glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7
Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.
8 Now I
say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God,
to confirm the promises made unto the
fathers:
9 And
that the Gentiles might glorify God for his
mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles,
and sing unto thy name.
10 And
again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
11 And
again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
12 And
again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to
reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
13 Now
the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may
abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
14 And I
myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of
goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
15
Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort,
as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,
16 That
I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel
of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being
sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
17 I
have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which
pertain to God.
18 For I
will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by
me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
19
Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that
from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the
gospel of Christ.
20 Yea,
so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I
should build upon another man's foundation:
21 But
as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that
have not heard shall understand.
22 For
which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.
23 But
now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many
years to come unto you;
24
Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see
you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I
be somewhat filled with your company.
25 But
now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.
26 For
it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for
the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
27 It
hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have
been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister
unto them in carnal things.
28 When
therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will
come by you into Spain.
29 And I
am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing
of the gospel of Christ.
30 Now I
beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of
the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
31 That
I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judæa; and that my service
which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
32 That
I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.
33 Now
the God of peace be with you all.
Amen.
 
CHAPTER 16
I
COMMEND unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at
Cenchrea:
2 That
ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in
whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of
many, and of myself also.
3 Greet
Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
4 Who
have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks,
but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
5 Likewise
greet the church that is in their
house. Salute my wellbeloved Epænetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto
Christ.
6 Greet
Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.
7 Salute
Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among
the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
8 Greet
Amplias my beloved in the Lord.
9 Salute
Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.
10 Salute
Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household.
11
Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.
12
Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved
Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.
13
Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
14
Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which
are with them.
15
Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the
saints which are with them.
16
Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.
17 Now I
beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to
the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
18 For
they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by
good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
19 For
your obedience is come abroad unto all men.
I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that
which is good, and simple concerning evil.
20 And
the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
21
Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen,
salute you.
22 I
Tertius, who wrote this epistle,
salute you in the Lord.
23 Gaius
mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of
the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.
24 The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you all. Amen.
25 Now
to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the
preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which
was kept secret since the world began,
26 But
now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the
commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience
of faith:
27 To God
only wise, be glory through Jesus
Christ for ever. Amen.
¶    Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and sent by Phebe servant
of the church at Cenchrea.


THE
FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE
APOSTLE
TO THE
CORINTHIANS.


CHAPTER 1
PAUL,
called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and
Sosthenes our brother,
2 Unto
the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ
Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus
Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our
Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I
thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by
Jesus Christ;
5 That
in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
6 Even
as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
7 So
that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ:
8 Who
shall also confirm you unto the end, that
ye may be blameless in the
day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto
the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 Now I
beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak
the same thing, and that there be no
divisions among you; but that ye be
perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
11 For
it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the
house of Chloe, that there are
contentions among you.
12 Now
this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I
of Cephas; and I of Christ.
13 Is
Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of
Paul?
14 I
thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
15 Lest
any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
16 And I
baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I
baptized any other.
17 For
Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of
words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
18 For
the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us
which are saved it is the power of God.
19 For
it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing
the understanding of the prudent.
20 Where
is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God
made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21 For
after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God
by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
22 For
the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
23 But
we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks
foolishness;
24 But
unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and
the wisdom of God.
25
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is
stronger than men.
26 For
ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not
many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27 But God
hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath
chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28 And
base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring
to nought things that are:
29 That
no flesh should glory in his presence.
30 But
of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and
righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
31 That,
according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND I,
brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom,
declaring unto you the testimony of God.
2 For I
determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him
crucified.
3 And I
was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
4 And my
speech and my preaching was not with
enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of
power:
5 That
your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
6 Howbeit
we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world,
nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
7 But we
speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even
the hidden wisdom, which God ordained
before the world unto our glory:
8 Which
none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 But as
it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the
heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10 But God
hath revealed them unto us by his
Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11 For
what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him?
even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 Now
we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God;
that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which
things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which
the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But
the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are
foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But
he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16 For
who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the
mind of Christ.
 
CHAPTER 3
AND I,
brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
2 I have
fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear
it, neither yet now are ye able.
3 For ye
are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and
divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
4 For
while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
5 Who
then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but
ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
6 I have
planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7 So
then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God
that giveth the increase.
8 Now he
that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own
reward according to his own labour.
9 For we
are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
10
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder,
I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man
take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
11 For
other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Now
if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay,
stubble;
13 Every
man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it
shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort
it is.
14 If
any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If
any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be
saved; yet so as by fire.
16 Know
ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that
the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17 If
any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God
is holy, which temple ye are.
18 Let
no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world,
let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
19 For
the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the
wise in their own craftiness.
20 And
again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
21
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
22
Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things
present, or things to come; all are yours;
23 And
ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
 
CHAPTER 4
LET a
man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the
mysteries of God.
2
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
3 But
with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's
judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
4 For I
know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me
is the Lord.
5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will
bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the
counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
6 And
these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might
learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no
one of you be puffed up for one against another.
7 For
who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou
didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
8 Now ye
are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God
ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
9 For I
think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to
death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable,
but we are despised.
11 Even
unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are
buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
12 And
labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted,
we suffer it:
13 Being
defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are
the offscouring of all things unto this day.
14 I
write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
15 For
though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers:
for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
16
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
17 For
this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful
in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in
Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
18 Now
some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
19 But I
will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of
them which are puffed up, but the power.
20 For
the kingdom of God is not in word,
but in power.
21 What
will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
 
CHAPTER 5
IT is
reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as
named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
2 And ye
are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed
might be taken away from among you.
3 For I
verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as
though I were present, concerning him
that hath so done this deed,
4 In the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit,
with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5 To
deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the
spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
6 Your
glorying is not good. Know ye not
that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
7 Purge
out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened.
For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
8
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven
of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
9 I
wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
10 Yet
not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or
extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
11 But
now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a
brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a
drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
12 For
what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that
are within?
13 But
them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves
that wicked person.
 
CHAPTER 6
DARE any
of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not
before the saints?
2 Do ye
not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be
judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3 Know
ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this
life?
4 If
then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who
are least esteemed in the church.
5 I
speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not
one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
6 But
brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
7 Now
therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with
another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be
defrauded?
8 Nay,
ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your
brethren.
9 Know
ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not
deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate,
nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor
thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall
inherit the kingdom of God.
11 And
such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
12 All
things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are
lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
13 Meats
for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them.
Now the body is not for fornication,
but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
14 And God
hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
15 Know
ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the
members of Christ, and make them the
members of an harlot? God forbid.
16 What?
know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith
he, shall be one flesh.
17 But
he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
18 Flee
fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth
fornication sinneth against his own body.
19 What?
know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye
have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For
ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your
spirit, which are God's.
 
CHAPTER 7
NOW concerning
the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It
is good for a man not to touch a
woman.
2
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every
woman have her own husband.
3 Let
the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife
unto the husband.
4 The
wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the
husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
5
Defraud ye not one the other, except it
be with consent for a time, that ye
may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan
tempt you not for your incontinency.
6 But I
speak this by permission, and not of
commandment.
7 For I
would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of
God, one after this manner, and another after that.
8 I say
therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even
as I.
9 But if
they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
10 And
unto the married I command, yet not
I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
11 But
and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put
away his wife.
12 But
to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth
not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
13 And
the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to
dwell with her, let her not leave him.
14 For
the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is
sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they
holy.
15 But
if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under
bondage in such cases: but God hath
called us to peace.
16 For
what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
17 But
as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let
him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
18 Is
any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any
called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
19
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the
commandments of God.
20 Let
every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
21 Art
thou called being a servant? care not
for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
22 For
he that is called in the Lord, being a
servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
23 Ye
are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
24
Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
25 Now
concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment,
as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
26 I
suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say,
that it is good for a man so to be.
27 Art
thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife?
seek not a wife.
28 But
and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not
sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
29 But
this I say, brethren, the time is short:
it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
30 And
they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they
rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
31 And
they that use this world, as not abusing it:
for the fashion of this world passeth away.
32 But I
would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things
that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
33 But
he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may
please his wife.
34 There
is difference also between a wife and
a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may
be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the
things of the world, how she may please her
husband.
35 And
this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for
that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
36 But
if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she
pass the flower of her age, and need
so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
37
Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but
hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will
keep his virgin, doeth well.
38 So
then he that giveth her in marriage
doeth well; but he that giveth her not
in marriage doeth better.
39 The
wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be
dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
40 But
she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have
the Spirit of God.
 
CHAPTER 8
NOW as
touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge.
Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
2 And if
any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to
know.
3 But if
any man love God, the same is known of him.
4 As
concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice
unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing
in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
5 For
though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there
be gods many, and lords many,)
6 But to
us there is but one God, the
Father, of whom are all things, and
we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
7
Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the
idol unto this hour eat it as a thing
offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
8 But
meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better;
neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
9 But
take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to
them that are weak.
10 For
if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple,
shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things
which are offered to idols;
11 And
through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
12 But
when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin
against Christ.
13
Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the
world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
 
CHAPTER 9
AM I not
an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my
work in the Lord?
2 If I
be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine
apostleship are ye in the Lord.
3 Mine
answer to them that do examine me is this,
4 Have
we not power to eat and to drink?
5 Have
we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Or I
only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
7 Who
goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and
eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the
milk of the flock?
8 Say I
these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
9 For it
is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that
treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
10 Or
saith he it altogether for our sakes?
For our sakes, no doubt, this is
written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth
in hope should be partaker of his hope.
11 If we
have sown unto you spiritual things, is
it a great thing if we shall reap your
carnal things?
12 If
others be partakers of this power
over you, are not we rather?
Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should
hinder the gospel of Christ.
13 Do ye
not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which
wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
14 Even
so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the
gospel.
15 But I
have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it
should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any
man should make my glorying void.
16 For
though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid
upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
17 For
if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a
dispensation of the gospel is committed
unto me.
18 What
is my reward then? Verily that, when
I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I
abuse not my power in the gospel.
19 For
though I be free from all men, yet
have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
20 And
unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are
under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
21 To
them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but
under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
22 To
the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to
all men, that I might by all means
save some.
23 And
this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
24 Know
ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So
run, that ye may obtain.
25 And
every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it
to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
26 I
therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the
air:
27 But I
keep under my body, and bring it into
subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself
should be a castaway.
 
CHAPTER 10
MOREOVER,
brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were
under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 And
were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 And
did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4 And
did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock
that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
5 But
with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the
wilderness.
6 Now
these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil
things, as they also lusted.
7
Neither be ye idolaters, as were some
of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to
play.
8
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one
day three and twenty thousand.
9
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed
of serpents.
10
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the
destroyer.
11 Now
all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our
admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13 There
hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to
be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way
to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
14
Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
15 I
speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
16 The
cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ?
The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
17 For
we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers
of that one bread.
18
Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices
partakers of the altar?
19 What
say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice
to idols is any thing?
20 But I say,
that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not
to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
21 Ye
cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers
of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
22 Do we
provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
23 All
things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are
lawful for me, but all things edify not.
24 Let
no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
25
Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that
eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
26 For
the earth is the Lord's, and the
fulness thereof.
27 If
any of them that believe not bid you to
a feast,
and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question
for conscience sake.
28 But
if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for
his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:
29
Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty
judged of another man's conscience?
30 For
if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give
thanks?
31
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of
God.
32 Give
none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
33 Even
as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but
the profit of many, that they may be
saved.
 
CHAPTER 11
BE ye
followers of me, even as I also am of
Christ.
2 Now I
praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the
ordinances, as I delivered them to
you.
3 But I
would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the
woman is the man; and the head of
Christ is God.
4 Every
man praying or prophesying, having his
head covered, dishonoureth his head.
5 But
every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one
as if she were shaven.
6 For if
the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman
to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
7 For a
man indeed ought not to cover his head,
forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of
the man.
8 For
the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
9
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
10 For
this cause ought the woman to have power on her
head because of the angels.
11
Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without
the man, in the Lord.
12 For
as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all
things of God.
13 Judge
in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
14 Doth
not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame
unto him?
15 But
if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
16 But
if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches
of God.
17 Now
in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the
worse.
18 For
first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be
divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
19 For
there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made
manifest among you.
20 When
ye come together therefore into one place, this
is not to eat the Lord's supper.
21 For
in eating every one taketh before other
his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
22 What?
have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and
shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this?
I praise you not.
23 For I
have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord
Jesus the same night in which he was
betrayed took bread:
24 And
when he had given thanks, he brake it,
and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in
remembrance of me.
25 After
the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying,
This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
26 For
as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death
till he come.
27
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and
blood of the Lord.
28 But
let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that
cup.
29 For
he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to
himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
30 For
this cause many are weak and sickly
among you, and many sleep.
31 For
if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
32 But
when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned
with the world.
33
Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.
34 And
if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto
condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
 
CHAPTER 12
NOW concerning
spiritual gifts, brethren, I would
not have you ignorant.
2 Ye
know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were
led.
3
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God
calleth Jesus accursed: and that no
man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
4 Now
there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 And
there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And
there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all
in all.
7 But
the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8 For to
one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge
by the same Spirit;
9 To
another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same
Spirit;
10 To
another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of
spirits; to another divers kinds of
tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But
all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man
severally as he will.
12 For
as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one
body, being many, are one body: so also is
Christ.
13 For
by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles,
whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
14 For
the body is not one member, but many.
15 If
the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it
therefore not of the body?
16 And
if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it
therefore not of the body?
17 If
the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
18 But
now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased
him.
19 And
if they were all one member, where were
the body?
20 But
now are they many members, yet but one body.
21 And
the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to
the feet, I have no need of you.
22 Nay,
much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are
necessary:
23 And
those members of the body, which we
think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our
uncomely parts have more abundant
comeliness.
24 For
our comely parts have no need: but God
hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
25 That
there should be no schism in the body; but that
the members should have the same care one for another.
26 And
whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be
honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now
ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
28 And God
hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly
teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments,
diversities of tongues.
29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all
teachers? are all workers of
miracles?
30 Have
all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
31 But
covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
 
CHAPTER 13
THOUGH I
speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2 And
though I have the gift of
prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have
all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am
nothing.
3 And
though I bestow all my goods to feed the
poor, and though I give my body to be
burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4
Charity suffereth long, and is kind;
charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth
not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked,
thinketh no evil;
6
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all
things.
8
Charity never faileth: but whether there
be prophecies, they shall fail;
whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it
shall vanish away.
9 For we
know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But
when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done
away.
11 When
I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a
child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12 For
now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part;
but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13 And
now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
 
CHAPTER 14
FOLLOW after
charity, and desire spiritual gifts,
but rather that ye may prophesy.
2 For he
that speaketh in an unknown tongue
speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh
mysteries.
3 But he
that prophesieth speaketh unto men to
edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
4 He
that speaketh in an unknown tongue
edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
5 I
would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for
greater is he that prophesieth than
he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive
edifying.
6 Now, brethren,
if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I
shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or
by doctrine?
7 And
even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a
distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
8 For if
the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
9 So
likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how
shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
10 There
are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
11
Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that
speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall
be a barbarian unto me.
12 Even
so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
13
Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown
tongue pray that he may interpret.
14 For
if I pray in an unknown tongue, my
spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
15 What
is it then? 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.
16 Else
when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of
the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not
what thou sayest?
17 For
thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
18 I
thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
19 Yet
in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my
voice I might teach others also, than
ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
20
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children,
but in understanding be men.
21 In
the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I
speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
22
Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that
believe not: but prophesying serveth not
for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
23 If
therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with
tongues, and there come in those that are
unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
24 But
if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all,
he is judged of all:
25 And
thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report
that God is in you of a truth.
26 How
is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm,
hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let
all things be done unto edifying.
27 If
any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it
be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
28 But
if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him
speak to himself, and to God.
29 Let
the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
30 If any thing
be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
31 For
ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
32 And
the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
33 For God
is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the
saints.
34 Let
your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to
speak; but they are commanded to be under
obedience, as also saith the law.
35 And
if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a
shame for women to speak in the church.
36 What?
came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
37 If
any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that
the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
38 But
if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
39
Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
40 Let
all things be done decently and in order.
 
CHAPTER 15
MOREOVER,
brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also
ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By
which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless
ye have believed in vain.
3 For I
delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ
died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And
that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the
scriptures:
5 And
that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
6 After
that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater
part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
7 After
that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
8 And
last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
9 For I
am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because
I persecuted the church of God.
10 But
by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was
not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the
grace of God which was with me.
11
Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye
believed.
12 Now
if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that
there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 But
if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
14 And
if Christ be not risen, then is our
preaching vain, and your faith is also
vain.
15 Yea,
and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that
he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
16 For
if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
17 And
if Christ be not raised, your faith is
vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18 Then
they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
19 If in
this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20 But
now is Christ risen from the dead, and
become the firstfruits of them that slept.
21 For
since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For
as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But
every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are
Christ's at his coming.
24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have
delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down
all rule and all authority and power.
25 For
he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
26 The
last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
27 For
he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put
under him, it is manifest that he is
excepted, which did put all things under him.
28 And
when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be
subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
29 Else
what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at
all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
30 And
why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
31 I
protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32 If
after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth
it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
33 Be
not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34 Awake
to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
35 But
some man will say, How are the dead
raised up? and with what body do they come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not
quickened, except it die:
37 And
that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare
grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 But God
giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
39 All
flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of
beasts, another of fishes, and another
of birds.
40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of
the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another
glory of the stars: for one star
differeth from another star in glory.
42 So
also is the resurrection of the dead.
It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43 It is
sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised
in power:
44 It is
sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body,
and there is a spiritual body.
45 And
so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made
a quickening spirit.
46
Howbeit that was not first which is
spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The
first man is of the earth, earthy:
the second man is the Lord from
heaven.
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are
they also that are heavenly.
49 And
as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the
heavenly.
50 Now
this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God;
neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed,
52 In a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall
sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For
this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So
when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall
have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is
written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O
death, where is thy sting? O grave,
where is thy victory?
56 The
sting of death is sin; and the
strength of sin is the law.
57 But
thanks be to God, which giveth us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in
the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in
the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 16
NOW concerning
the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia,
even so do ye.
2 Upon the
first day of the week let every one
of you lay by him in store, as God hath
prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
3 And
when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your
letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
4 And if
it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.
5 Now I
will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through
Macedonia.
6 And it
may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my
journey whithersoever I go.
7 For I
will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord
permit.
8 But I
will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
9 For a
great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many
adversaries.
10 Now
if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the
work of the Lord, as I also do.
11 Let
no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come
unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.
12 As
touching our brother Apollos, I
greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at
all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.
13 Watch
ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
14 Let
all your things be done with charity.
15 I
beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the
firstfruits of Achaia, and that they
have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
16 That
ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.
17 I am
glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was
lacking on your part they have supplied.
18 For
they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are
such.
19 The
churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord,
with the church that is in their house.
20 All
the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.
21 The
salutation of me Paul with mine own
hand.
22 If
any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha.
23 The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you.
24 My
love be with you all in Christ Jesus.
Amen.
¶    The first epistle to
the Corinthians was written from Philippi by Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and
Achaicus, and Timotheus.


THE
SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE
APOSTLE
TO THE
CORINTHIANS.


CHAPTER 1
PAUL, an
apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all
the saints which are in all Achaia:
2 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father,
and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3
Blessed be God, even the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
4 Who
comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which
are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
5 For as
the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by
Christ.
6 And
whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation,
which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer:
or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
7 And
our hope of you is stedfast, knowing,
that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
8 For we
would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia,
that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired
even of life:
9 But we
had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves,
but in God which raiseth the dead:
10 Who
delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he
will yet deliver us;
11 Ye
also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given
by many on our behalf.
12 For
our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and
godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had
our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
13 For
we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I
trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;
14 As
also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye
also are ours in the day of the Lord
Jesus.
15 And
in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a
second benefit;
16 And
to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and
of you to be brought on my way toward Judæa.
17 When
I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose,
do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and
nay nay?
18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
19 For
the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus,
was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
20 For
all the promises of God in him are yea,
and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
21 Now
he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
22 Who
hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
23
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as
yet unto Corinth.
24 Not
for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by
faith ye stand.
 
CHAPTER 2
BUT I
determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
2 For if
I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is
made sorry by me?
3 And I
wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of
whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy
of you all.
4 For
out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears;
not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have
more abundantly unto you.
5 But if
any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not
overcharge you all.
6
Sufficient to such a man is this
punishment, which was inflicted of many.
7 So
that contrariwise ye ought rather to
forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be
swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
8
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
9 For to
this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be
obedient in all things.
10 To
whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also:
for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave
I it
in the person of Christ;
11 Lest
Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
12
Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach
Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
13 I had
no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave
of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
14 Now
thanks be unto God, which always
causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his
knowledge by us in every place.
15 For
we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them
that perish:
16 To
the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of
life unto life. And who is sufficient
for these things?
17 For
we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as
of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
 
CHAPTER 3
DO we
begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
2 Ye are
our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the
epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit
of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
4 And
such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
5 Not
that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our
sufficiency is of God;
6 Who
also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but
of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
7 But if
the ministration of death, written and
engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly
behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
8 How
shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
9 For if
the ministration of condemnation be glory,
much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
10 For
even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of
the glory that excelleth.
11 For
if that which is done away was glorious,
much more that which remaineth is glorious.
12
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
13 And
not as Moses, which put a vail over
his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of
that which is abolished:
14 But
their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken
away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
15 But
even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
16
Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
17 Now
the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 But
we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are
changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
 
CHAPTER 4
THEREFORE
seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
2 But
have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor
handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth
commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
3 But if
our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4 In
whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God,
should shine unto them.
5 For we
preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants
for Jesus' sake.
6 For God,
who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to
give the light of the knowledge of
the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we
have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be
of God, and not of us.
8 We are
troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we
are perplexed, but not in despair;
9
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
10
Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life
also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
11 For
we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life
also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
12 So
then death worketh in us, but life in you.
13 We
having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and
therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
14
Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus,
and shall present us with you.
15 For
all things are for your sakes, that
the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory
of God.
16 For
which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
17 For
our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more
exceeding and eternal weight of
glory;
18 While
we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen:
for the things which are seen are temporal;
but the things which are not seen are
eternal.
 
CHAPTER 5
FOR we
know that if our earthly house of this
tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 For in
this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is
from heaven:
3 If so
be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
4 For we
that are in this tabernacle do groan,
being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that
mortality might be swallowed up of life.
5 Now he
that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is
God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
6 Therefore
we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the
body, we are absent from the Lord:
7 (For
we walk by faith, not by sight:)
8 We are
confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be
present with the Lord.
9
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of
him.
10 For
we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may
receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath
done, whether it be good or bad.
11
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made
manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
12 For
we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our
behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer
them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
13 For
whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is
for your cause.
14 For
the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for
all, then were all dead:
15 And that he died for all, that they which
live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for
them, and rose again.
16
Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known
Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is
a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
18 And
all things are of God, who hath
reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of
reconciliation;
19 To
wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing
their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of
reconciliation.
20 Now
then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
21 For
he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we
might be made the righteousness of God in him.
 
CHAPTER 6
WE then,
as workers together with him,
beseech you also that ye receive not
the grace of God in vain.
2 (For
he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation
have I succoured thee: behold, now is
the accepted time; behold, now is the
day of salvation.)
3 Giving
no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
4 But in
all things approving ourselves as the
ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in
distresses,
5 In
stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
6 By
pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by
love unfeigned,
7 By the
word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right
hand and on the left,
8 By honour
and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
9 As
unknown, and yet well known; as
dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
10 As
sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing,
and yet possessing all things.
11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto
you, our heart is enlarged.
12 Ye
are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
13 Now
for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
14 Be ye
not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath
righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with
darkness?
15 And
what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with
an infidel?
16 And
what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the
living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they
shall be my people.
17
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and
touch not the unclean thing; and I
will receive you,
18 And
will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord
Almighty.
 
CHAPTER 7
HAVING therefore
these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of
the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
2
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded
no man.
3 I
speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are
in our hearts to die and live with you.
4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you,
great is my glorying of you: I am
filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
5 For,
when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled
on every side; without were fightings,
within were fears.
6
Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the
coming of Titus;
7 And
not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in
you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind
toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
8 For
though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent:
for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were
but for a season.
9 Now I
rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for
ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in
nothing.
10 For
godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the
sorrow of the world worketh death.
11 For
behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what
carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what
clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation,
yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things
ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
12
Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I
did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause
that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear
unto you.
13
Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more
joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
14 For
if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake
all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is
found a truth.
15 And
his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the
obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
16 I
rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.
 
CHAPTER 8
MOREOVER,
brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of
Macedonia;
2 How
that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep
poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
3 For to
their power, I bear record, yea, and
beyond their power they were
willing of themselves;
4
Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon
us the fellowship of the ministering
to the saints.
5 And this they
did, not as we hoped, but first gave
their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
6
Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish
in you the same grace also.
7
Therefore, as ye abound in every thing,
in faith, and utterance, and
knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
8 I
speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to
prove the sincerity of your love.
9 For ye
know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your
sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
10 And
herein I give my advice: for this is
expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be
forward a year ago.
11 Now
therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to
will, so there may be a performance also
out of that which ye have.
12 For
if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man
hath, and not according to that he
hath not.
13 For I mean
not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
14 But
by an equality, that now at this time
your abundance may be a
supply for their want, that their
abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be
equality:
15 As it
is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he
that had gathered little had no lack.
16 But
thanks be to God, which put the same
earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
17 For
indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord
he went unto you.
18 And
we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;
19 And
not that only, but who was also
chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered
by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration
of your ready mind:
20
Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is
administered by us:
21
Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the
sight of men.
22 And
we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in
many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have
in you.
23
Whether any do inquire of Titus, he is
my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be inquired
of, they are the messengers
of the churches, and the glory of
Christ.
24
Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and
of our boasting on your behalf.
 
CHAPTER 9
FOR as
touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to
you:
2 For I
know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of
Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very
many.
3 Yet
have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this
behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
4 Lest
haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we
say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
5
Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go
before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice
before, that the same might be ready, as a
matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
6 But
this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he
which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
7 Every
man according as he purposeth in his heart, so
let him give; not grudgingly,
or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
8 And God
is able to make all grace abound
toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
9 (As it
is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his
righteousness remaineth for ever.
10 Now
he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown,
and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
11 Being
enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us
thanksgiving to God.
12 For
the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints,
but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
13 Whiles
by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed
subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
14 And
by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in
you.
15
Thanks be unto God for his
unspeakable gift.
 
CHAPTER 10
NOW I
Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in
presence am base among you, but being
absent am bold toward you:
2 But I
beseech you, that I may not be bold
when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against
some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
3 For
though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 (For
the weapons of our warfare are not
carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against
the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the
obedience of Christ;
6 And
having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is
fulfilled.
7 Do ye
look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that
he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
8 For
though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given
us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
9 That I
may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech
contemptible.
11 Let
such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are
absent, such will we be
also in deed when we are present.
12 For
we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that
commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing
themselves among themselves, are not wise.
13 But
we will not boast of things without our
measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to
us, a measure to reach even unto you.
14 For
we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto
you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:
15 Not
boasting of things without our measure,
that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is
increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
16 To
preach the gospel in the regions beyond
you, and not to boast in another man's
line of things made ready to our hand.
17 But
he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
18 For
not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
 
CHAPTER 11
WOULD to
God ye could bear with me a little in my
folly: and indeed bear with me.
2 For I
am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one
husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
3 But I
fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so
your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
4 For if
he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye
have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well
bear with him.
5 For I
suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
6 But
though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly
made manifest among you in all things.
7 Have I
committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have
preached to you the gospel of God freely?
8 I
robbed other churches, taking wages of
them, to do you service.
9 And
when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that
which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in
all things I have kept myself from
being burdensome unto you, and so will
I keep myself.
10 As
the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the
regions of Achaia.
11
Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
12 But
what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire
occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
13 For
such are false apostles, deceitful
workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14 And
no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the
ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
16 I say
again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that
I may boast myself a little.
17 That
which I speak, I speak it not after
the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
18
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
19 For
ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves
are wise.
20 For
ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt
himself, if a man smite you on the face.
21 I
speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever
any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
22 Are
they Hebrews? so am I. Are they
Israelites? so am I. Are they the
seed of Abraham? so am I.
23 Are
they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in
prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
24 Of
the Jews five times received I forty stripes
save one.
25
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck,
a night and a day I have been in the deep;
26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
27 In
weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in
fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
28
Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care
of all the churches.
29 Who
is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
30 If I
must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
31 The God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth
that I lie not.
32 In
Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes
with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
33 And
through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
 
CHAPTER 12
IT is not
expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of
the Lord.
2 I knew
a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell;
or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up
to the third heaven.
3 And I
knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God
knoweth;)
4 How
that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is
not lawful for a man to utter.
5 Of
such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine
infirmities.
6 For
though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the
truth: but now I forbear, lest any
man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
7 And
lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the
revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan
to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
8 For
this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
9 And he
said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect
in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that
the power of Christ may rest upon me.
10
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in
persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I
strong.
11 I am
become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been
commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though
I be nothing.
12 Truly
the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and
wonders, and mighty deeds.
13 For
what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be
that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
14
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome
to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for
the parents, but the parents for the children.
15 And I
will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love
you, the less I be loved.
16 But
be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with
guile.
17 Did I
make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
18 I
desired Titus, and with him I sent a
brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
19
Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in
Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
20 For I
fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as
ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes,
backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
21 And lest, when I come again, my God will
humble me among you, and that I shall
bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness
and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
 
CHAPTER 13
THIS is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses
shall every word be established.
2 I told
you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being
absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other,
that, if I come again, I will not spare:
3 Since
ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is
mighty in you.
4 For
though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God.
For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God
toward you.
5
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye
not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
6 But I
trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
7 Now I
pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye
should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.
8 For we
can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
9 For we
are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
10
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use
sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification,
and not to destruction.
11
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind,
live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
12 Greet
one another with an holy kiss.
13 All
the saints salute you.
14 The
grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the
Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
¶    The second epistle to
the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a
city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.


THE
EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE
GALATIANS.


CHAPTER 1
PAUL, an
apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father,
who raised him from the dead;)
2 And
all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:
3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father,
and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
4 Who
gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil
world, according to the will of God and our Father:
5 To
whom be glory for ever and ever.
Amen.
6 I
marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of
Christ unto another gospel:
7 Which
is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the
gospel of Christ.
8 But
though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that
which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9 As we
said before, so say I now again, If any man
preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be
accursed.
10 For
do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased
men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
11 But I
certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after
man.
12 For I
neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
13 For
ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that
beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
14 And
profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being
more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
15 But
when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
16 To
reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I
conferred not with flesh and blood:
17
Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I
went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
18 Then
after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him
fifteen days.
19 But
other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.
20 Now
the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
21
Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
22 And
was unknown by face unto the churches of Judæa which were in Christ:
23 But
they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth
the faith which once he destroyed.
24 And
they glorified God in me.
 
CHAPTER 2
THEN fourteen
years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
2 And I
went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach
among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any
means I should run, or had run, in vain.
3 But
neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
4 And
that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy
out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into
bondage:
5 To
whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the
gospel might continue with you.
6 But of
these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to
me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to
me:
7 But
contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed
unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was
unto Peter;
8 (For
he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision,
the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
9 And
when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace
that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of
fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the
circumcision.
10 Only they would
that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
11 But
when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to
be blamed.
12 For
before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when
they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of
the circumcision.
13 And
the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was
carried away with their dissimulation.
14 But when
I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I
said unto Peter before them all, If
thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews,
why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
15 We who are
Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
16
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith
of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be
justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the
works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
17 But
if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found
sinners, is therefore Christ the
minister of sin? God forbid.
18 For
if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
19 For I
through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
20 I am
crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:
and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,
who loved me, and gave himself for me.
21 I do
not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
 
CHAPTER 3
O
FOOLISH Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth,
before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among
you?
2 This
only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or
by the hearing of faith?
3 Are ye
so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
4 Have
ye suffered so many things in vain? if it
be yet in vain.
5 He
therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the
law, or by the hearing of faith?
6 Even
as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
7 Know
ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of
Abraham.
8 And
the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith,
preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying,
In thee shall all nations be blessed.
9 So
then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
10 For
as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written,
Cursed is every one that continueth
not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
11 But
that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The
just shall live by faith.
12 And
the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
13
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us:
for it is written, Cursed is every
one that hangeth on a tree:
14 That
the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that
we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
15
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's
covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man
disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
16 Now
to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as
of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
17 And
this I say, that the covenant, that
was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and
thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none
effect.
18 For
if the inheritance be of the law, it is
no more of promise: but God gave it to
Abraham by promise.
19
Wherefore then serveth the law? It
was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the
promise was made; and it was
ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
20 Now a
mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
21 Is the law then against the promises of God?
God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life,
verily righteousness should have been by the law.
22 But
the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus
Christ might be given to them that believe.
23 But
before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which
should afterwards be revealed.
24
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to
bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25 But
after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
26 For
ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For
as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
28 There
is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male
nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And
if ye be Christ's, then are ye
Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
 
CHAPTER 4
NOW I
say, That the heir, as long as he is
a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
2 But is
under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
3 Even
so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
4 But
when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman,
made under the law,
5 To
redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of
sons.
6 And
because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your
hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God
through Christ.
8 Howbeit
then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no
gods.
9 But
now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye
again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in
bondage?
10 Ye observe
days, and months, and times, and years.
11 I am
afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
12
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am;
for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
13 Ye
know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the
first.
14 And
my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received
me as an angel of God, even as Christ
Jesus.
15 Where
is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had
been possible, ye would have plucked
out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
16 Am I
therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
17 They
zealously affect you, but not well;
yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
18 But it is
good to be zealously affected always in a
good thing, and not only when I am
present with you.
19 My
little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in
you,
20 I
desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt
of you.
21 Tell
me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
22 For
it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a
freewoman.
23 But
he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the
freewoman was by promise.
24 Which
things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount
Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
25 For
this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is,
and is in bondage with her children.
26 But
Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
27 For
it is written, Rejoice, thou barren
that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the
desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
28 Now
we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29 But
as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is
now.
30
Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for
the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
31 So
then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
 
CHAPTER 5
STAND fast
therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not
entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
2
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you
nothing.
3 For I
testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the
whole law.
4 Christ
is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye
are fallen from grace.
5 For we
through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
6 For in
Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but
faith which worketh by love.
7 Ye did
run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
8 This
persuasion cometh not of him that
calleth you.
9 A
little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
10 I
have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded:
but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
11 And
I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution?
then is the offence of the cross ceased.
12 I would
they were even cut off which trouble you.
13 For,
brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one
another.
14 For
all the law is fulfilled in one word, even
in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
15 But
if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of
another.
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and
ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
17 For
the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and
these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that
ye would.
18 But
if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19 Now
the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,
heresies,
21
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell
you before, as I have also told you in
time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith,
23
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24 And
they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we
live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let
us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
 
CHAPTER 6
BRETHREN,
if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one
in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
2 Bear
ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
3 For if
a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
4 But
let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself
alone, and not in another.
5 For
every man shall bear his own burden.
6 Let
him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good
things.
7 Be not
deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also
reap.
8 For he
that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth
to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
9 And
let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint
not.
10 As we
have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
11 Ye
see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.
12 As
many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be
circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
13 For
neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have
you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
14 But God
forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom
the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
15 For
in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision,
but a new creature.
16 And
as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
17 From
henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord
Jesus.
18
Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
¶    Unto the Galatians written from Rome.


THE
EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE
EPHESIANS.


CHAPTER 1
PAUL, an
apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus,
and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our
Father, and from the Lord Jesus
Christ.
3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that
we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5 Having
predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself,
according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the
praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the
beloved.
7 In
whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according
to the riches of his grace;
8
Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
9 Having
made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure
which he hath purposed in himself:
10 That
in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all
things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
11 In
whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the
purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
12 That
we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
13 In
whom ye also trusted, after that ye
heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that
ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14 Which
is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased
possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15
Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto
all the saints,
16 Cease
not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17 That
the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the
spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The
eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope
of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the
saints,
19 And
what is the exceeding greatness of
his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20 Which
he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the
heavenly places,
21 Far
above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that
is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
22 And
hath put all things under his feet,
and gave him to be the head over all things
to the church,
23 Which
is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
 
CHAPTER 2
AND you hath he
quickened, who were dead in
trespasses and sins;
2
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according
to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the
children of disobedience:
3 Among
whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh,
fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the
children of wrath, even as others.
4 But God,
who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even
when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye
are saved;)
6 And
hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That
in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ
Jesus.
8 For by
grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God:
9 Not of
works, lest any man should boast.
10 For
we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath
before ordained that we should walk in them.
11
Wherefore remember, that ye being in
time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is
called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12 That
at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of
Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and
without God in the world:
13 But
now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of
Christ.
14 For
he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall
of partition between us;
15
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even
the law of commandments contained in
ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16 And
that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain
the enmity thereby:
17 And
came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18 For
through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
19 Now
therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the
saints, and of the household of God;
20 And
are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ
himself being the chief corner stone;
21 In
whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22 In
whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
 
CHAPTER 3
FOR this
cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
2 If ye
have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to
you-ward:
3 How
that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few
words,
4
Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5 Which
in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed
unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
6 That
the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his
promise in Christ by the gospel:
7
Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given
unto me by the effectual working of his power.
8 Unto
me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I
should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
9 And to
make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which
from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by
Jesus Christ:
10 To
the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the
manifold wisdom of God,
11
According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
12 In
whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
13
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your
glory.
14 For
this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 Of
whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 That
he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened
with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17 That
Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in
love,
18 May
be able to comprehend with all saints what is
the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19 And
to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled
with all the fulness of God.
20 Now
unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or
think, according to the power that worketh in us,
21 Unto
him be glory in the church by Christ
Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
 
CHAPTER 4
I THEREFORE,
the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation
wherewith ye are called,
2 With
all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
3
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of
your calling;
5 One Lord,
one faith, one baptism,
6 One God
and Father of all, who is above all,
and through all, and in you all.
7 But
unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of
Christ.
8
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and
gave gifts unto men.
9 (Now
that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower
parts of the earth?
10 He
that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he
might fill all things.)
11 And
he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some,
pastors and teachers;
12 For
the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of
the body of Christ:
13 Till
we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
14 That
we henceforth be no more children,
tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the
sleight of men, and cunning
craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15 But
speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the
head, even Christ:
16 From
whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every
joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every
part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
17 This
I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles
walk, in the vanity of their mind,
18
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through
the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
19 Who
being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all
uncleanness with greediness.
20 But
ye have not so learned Christ;
21 If so
be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
22 That
ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt
according to the deceitful lusts;
23 And
be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 And
that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true
holiness.
25
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we
are members one of another.
26 Be ye
angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
27
Neither give place to the devil.
28 Let
him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that
he may have to give to him that needeth.
29 Let
no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to
the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
30 And
grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of
redemption.
31 Let
all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put
away from you, with all malice:
32 And
be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God
for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
 
CHAPTER 5
BE ye
therefore followers of God, as dear children;
2 And
walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an
offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
3 But
fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named
among you, as becometh saints;
4
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient:
but rather giving of thanks.
5 For
this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is
an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Let no
man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath
of God upon the children of disobedience.
7 Be not
ye therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye
were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children
of light:
9 (For
the fruit of the Spirit is in all
goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10
Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11 And
have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
12 For
it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
13 But
all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever
doth make manifest is light.
14
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and
Christ shall give thee light.
15 See
then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
18 And
be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
19
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and
making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20 Giving
thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ;
21
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
22
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 For
the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church:
and he is the saviour of the body.
24
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their
own husbands in every thing.
25
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave
himself for it;
26 That
he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That
he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle,
or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 So
ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife
loveth himself.
29 For
no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as
the Lord the church:
30 For
we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For
this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto
his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This
is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as
himself; and the wife see that she
reverence her husband.
 
CHAPTER 6
CHILDREN,
obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour
thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
3 That
it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And,
ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the
nurture and admonition of the Lord.
5
Servants, be obedient to them that are your
masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your
heart, as unto Christ;
6 Not
with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will
of God from the heart;
7 With
good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
8
Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of
the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
9 And,
ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that
your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
10
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put
on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of
the devil.
12 For
we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places.
13
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand
therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the
breastplate of righteousness;
15 And
your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above
all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the
fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And
take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of
God:
18
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching
thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
19 And
for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly,
to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20 For
which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought
to speak.
21 But
that ye also may know my affairs, and
how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall
make known to you all things:
22 Whom
I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.
23 Peace
be to the brethren, and love with
faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Grace
be with all them that love our Lord
Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
¶    Written from Rome unto the Ephesians by Tychicus.


THE
EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE
PHILIPPIANS.


CHAPTER 1
PAUL and
Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus
which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our
Father, and from the Lord Jesus
Christ.
3 I
thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
4 Always
in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
5 For
your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
6 Being
confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will
perform it until the day of Jesus
Christ:
7 Even
as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart;
inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the
gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
8 For God
is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
9 And
this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
10 That
ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without
offence till the day of Christ;
11 Being
filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the
glory and praise of God.
12 But I
would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me
have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
13 So
that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
14 And
many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more
bold to speak the word without fear.
15 Some
indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
16 The
one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to
my bonds:
17 But
the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
18 What
then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is
preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
19 For I
know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply
of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
20
According to my earnest expectation and my
hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be
by life, or by death.
21 For
to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
22 But
if I live in the flesh, this is the
fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
23 For I
am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ;
which is far better:
24
Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is
more needful for you.
25 And
having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for
your furtherance and joy of faith;
26 That
your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you
again.
27 Only
let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I
come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand
fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the
gospel;
28 And
in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of
perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
29 For
unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but
also to suffer for his sake;
30
Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
 
CHAPTER 2
IF there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if
any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
2 Fulfil
ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
3 Let nothing be done through strife or
vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than
themselves.
4 Look
not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5 Let
this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who,
being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But
made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was
made in the likeness of men:
8 And
being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto
death, even the death of the cross.
9
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above
every name:
10 That
at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of
God the Father.
12
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only,
but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and
trembling.
13 For
it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
14 Do all
things without murmurings and disputings:
15 That
ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst
of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16
Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I
have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
17 Yea,
and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and
rejoice with you all.
18 For
the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
19 But I
trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be
of good comfort, when I know your state.
20 For I
have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
21 For
all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.
22 But
ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with
me in the gospel.
23 Him
therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with
me.
24 But I
trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
25 Yet I
supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in
labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my
wants.
26 For
he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard
that he had been sick.
27 For
indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him
only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 I
sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may
rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
29
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in
reputation:
30
Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life,
to supply your lack of service toward me.
 
CHAPTER 3
FINALLY,
my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed
is not grievous, but for you it is
safe.
2 Beware
of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
3 For we
are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ
Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
4 Though
I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he
hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
5
Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the
law, a Pharisee;
6
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in
the law, blameless.
7 But
what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
8 Yea
doubtless, and I count all things but
loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I
have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
9 And be
found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that
which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by
faith:
10 That
I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his
sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11 If by
any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12 Not
as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow
after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ
Jesus.
13
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are
behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I
press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Let
us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be
otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
16
Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule,
let us mind the same thing.
17
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have
us for an ensample.
18 (For
many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they
are the enemies of the cross of
Christ:
19 Whose
end is destruction, whose God is their
belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly
things.)
20 For
our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord
Jesus Christ:
21 Who
shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious
body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things
unto himself.
 
CHAPTER 4
THEREFORE,
my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in
the Lord, my dearly beloved.
2 I
beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
3 And I
intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in
the gospel, with Clement also, and with
other my fellowlabourers, whose names are
in the book of life.
4
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again
I say, Rejoice.
5 Let
your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
6 Be
careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And
the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus.
8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there
be any praise, think on these things.
9 Those
things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me,
do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
10 But I
rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath
flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
11 Not
that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
12 I
know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all
things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to
suffer need.
13 I can
do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
14
Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.
15 Now
ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed
from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and
receiving, but ye only.
16 For
even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.
17 Not
because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
18 But I
have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an
odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
19 But
my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ
Jesus.
20 Now
unto God and our Father be glory for
ever and ever. Amen.
21 Salute
every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you.
22 All
the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Cæsar's household.
23 The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you all. Amen.
¶    It was written to the Philippians from Rome by Epaphroditus.


THE
EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE
COLOSSIANS.


CHAPTER 1
PAUL, an
apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
2 To the
saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 We
give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for
you,
4 Since
we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
5 For
the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the
word of the truth of the gospel;
6 Which
is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth
fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace
of God in truth:
7 As ye
also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful
minister of Christ;
8 Who
also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
9 For
this cause we also, since the day we heard it,
do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the
knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10 That
ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every
good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience
and longsuffering with joyfulness;
12 Giving
thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the
inheritance of the saints in light:
13 Who
hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14 In
whom we have redemption through his blood, even
the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who
is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For
by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth,
visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or
principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17 And
he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18 And
he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn
from the dead; that in all things he
might have the preeminence.
19 For
it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
20 And,
having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all
things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth,
or things in heaven.
21 And
you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22 In
the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and
unreproveable in his sight:
23 If ye
continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard,
and which was preached to every
creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
24 Who
now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the
afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
25
Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is
given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
26 Even the mystery which hath been hid
from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27 To
whom God would make known what is the
riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you,
the hope of glory:
28 Whom
we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may
present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
29
Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me
mightily.
 
CHAPTER 2
FOR I
would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for
as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
2 That
their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all
riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the
mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
3 In
whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4 And
this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
5 For
though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and
beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 As ye
have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
7 Rooted
and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught,
abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8 Beware
lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition
of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
9 For in
him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
10 And
ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
11 In
whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in
putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12
Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him
from the dead.
13 And
you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he
quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
14
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was
contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
15 And having spoiled principalities and
powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16 Let
no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday,
or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17 Which
are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
18 Let
no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of
angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by
his fleshly mind,
19 And
not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having
nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
20
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as
though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
21
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22 Which
all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
23 Which
things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and
neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
 
CHAPTER 3
IF ye
then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ
sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set
your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For ye
are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4 When
Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in
glory.
5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication,
uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which
is idolatry:
6 For
which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
7 In the
which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
8 But
now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication
out of your mouth.
9 Lie
not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
10 And
have put on the new man, which is
renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
11 Where
there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian,
Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
12 Put
on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies,
kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
13
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel
against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
14 And
above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of
perfectness.
15 And
let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in
one body; and be ye thankful.
16 Let
the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing
one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your
hearts to the Lord.
17 And
whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all
in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
18
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
19
Husbands, love your wives, and be not
bitter against them.
20
Children, obey your parents in all
things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
21
Fathers, provoke not your children to
anger, lest they be discouraged.
22
Servants, obey in all things your masters
according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness
of heart, fearing God:
23 And
whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as
to the Lord, and not unto men;
24
Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye
serve the Lord Christ.
25 But
he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there
is no respect of persons.
 
CHAPTER 4
MASTERS,
give unto your servants that which is
just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
2
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
3 Withal
praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak
the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
4 That I
may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
5 Walk
in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
6 Let
your speech be alway with grace,
seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
7 All my
state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who
is a beloved brother, and a faithful
minister and fellowservant in the Lord:
8 Whom I
have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and
comfort your hearts;
9 With
Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done
here.
10
Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to
Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive
him;)
11 And
Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my
fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.
12
Epaphras, who is one of you, a
servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers,
that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
13 For I
bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are
in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
14 Luke,
the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
15
Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is
in his house.
16 And
when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church
of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
17 And
say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord,
that thou fulfil it.
18 The
salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
¶    Written from Rome to the Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.


THE
FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE
APOSTLE
TO THE
THESSALONIANS.


CHAPTER 1
PAUL,
and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in
the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto
you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 We
give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
3
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and
patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
4
Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
5 For
our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost,
and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your
sake.
6 And ye
became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much
affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
7 So
that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
8 For
from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but
also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need
not to speak any thing.
9 For
they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how
ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
10 And
to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the
wrath to come.
 
CHAPTER 2
FOR yourselves,
brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
2 But
even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye
know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God
with much contention.
3 For
our exhortation was not of deceit,
nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
4 But as
we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak;
not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
5 For
neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of
covetousness; God is witness:
6 Nor of
men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet
of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
7 But we
were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
8 So
being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto
you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear
unto us.
9 For ye
remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day,
because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the
gospel of God.
10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and
unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
11 As ye
know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
12 That
ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
13 For
this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the
word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of
men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in
you that believe.
14 For
ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judæa are in
Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen,
even as they have of the Jews:
15 Who
both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and
they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
16
Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up
their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
17 But
we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart,
endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
18
Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan
hindered us.
19 For
what is our hope, or joy, or crown of
rejoicing? Are not even ye in the
presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
20 For
ye are our glory and joy.
 
CHAPTER 3
WHEREFORE
when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
2 And
sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the
gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
3 That
no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are
appointed thereunto.
4 For
verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer
tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
5 For
this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by
some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
6 But
now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your
faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring
greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
7
Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and
distress by your faith:
8 For
now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
9 For what
thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for
your sakes before our God;
10 Night
and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that
which is lacking in your faith?
11 Now God
himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
12 And
the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward
all men, even as we do toward you:
13 To
the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even
our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
 
CHAPTER 4
FURTHERMORE
then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you
by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to
please God, so ye would abound more
and more.
2 For ye
know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
3 For
this is the will of God, even your
sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
4 That
every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and
honour;
5 Not in
the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
6 That
no man go beyond and defraud his
brother in any matter: because that
the Lord is the avenger of all such,
as we also have forewarned you and testified.
7 For God
hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
8 He
therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto
us his holy Spirit.
9 But as
touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves
are taught of God to love one another.
10 And
indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we
beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
11 And
that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your
own hands, as we commanded you;
12 That
ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
13 But I
would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep,
that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14 For
if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in
Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For
this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord
shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For
the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then
we which are alive and remain shall
be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and
so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
 
CHAPTER 5
BUT of
the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
2 For yourselves
know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3 For
when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon
them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But
ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a
thief.
5 Ye are
all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the
night, nor of darkness.
6
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others;
but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they
that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the
night.
8 But
let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and
love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God
hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus
Christ,
10 Who
died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
11
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye
do.
12 And
we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you
in the Lord, and admonish you;
13 And
to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
14 Now
we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded,
support the weak, be patient toward all men.
15 See
that none render evil for evil unto any man;
but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
16
Rejoice evermore.
17 Pray
without ceasing.
18 In
every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning
you.
19
Quench not the Spirit.
20
Despise not prophesyings.
21 Prove
all things; hold fast that which is good.
22
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
23 And
the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body
be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24
Faithful is he that calleth you, who
also will do it.
25
Brethren, pray for us.
26 Greet
all the brethren with an holy kiss.
27 I charge
you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.
28 The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you. Amen.
¶    The first epistle unto
the Thessalonians was written from Athens.


THE
SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE
APOSTLE
TO THE
THESSALONIANS.


CHAPTER 1
PAUL,
and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
2 Grace
unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 We are
bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your
faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each
other aboundeth;
4 So
that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and
faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may
be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
6 Seeing
it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them
that trouble you;
7 And to
you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from
heaven with his mighty angels,
8 In
flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9 Who
shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord,
and from the glory of his power;
10 When
he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that
believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
11
Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good
pleasure of his goodness, and the
work of faith with power:
12 That
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him,
according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
 
CHAPTER 2
NOW we
beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That
ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word,
nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no
man deceive you by any means: for that
day shall not come, except there come a falling away
first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who
opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is
worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself
that he is God.
5
Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And
now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For
the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let,
until he be taken out of the way.
8 And
then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit
of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him,
whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying
wonders,
10 And
with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they
received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And
for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a
lie:
12 That
they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in
unrighteousness.
13 But
we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord,
because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through
sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
14
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
15
Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been
taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
16 Now
our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us,
and hath given us everlasting
consolation and good hope through grace,
17
Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
 
CHAPTER 3
FINALLY,
brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
2 And
that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
3 But
the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
4 And we
have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the
things which we command you.
5 And
the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting
for Christ.
6 Now we
command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw
yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the
tradition which he received of us.
7 For
yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves
disorderly among you;
8
Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and
travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
9 Not
because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow
us.
10 For
even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work,
neither should he eat.
11 For
we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at
all, but are busybodies.
12 Now
them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with
quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
13 But
ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
14 And
if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no
company with him, that he may be ashamed.
15 Yet
count him not as an enemy, but
admonish him as a brother.
16 Now
the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
17 The
salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so
I write.
18 The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you all. Amen.
¶    The second epistle to
the Thessalonians was written from Athens.


THE FIRST
EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO
TIMOTHY.


CHAPTER 1
PAUL, an
apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus
Christ, which is our hope;
2 Unto
Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace,
mercy, and peace, from God our Father
and Jesus Christ our Lord.
3 As I
besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou
mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
4
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions,
rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
5 Now
the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
6 From
which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
7
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor
whereof they affirm.
8 But we
know that the law is good, if a man
use it lawfully;
9
Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless
and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for
murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
10 For
whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers,
for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is
contrary to sound doctrine;
11
According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my
trust.
12 And I
thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me
faithful, putting me into the ministry;
13 Who
was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy,
because I did it ignorantly in
unbelief.
14 And
the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in
Christ Jesus.
15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all
acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I
am chief.
16
Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might
shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter
believe on him to life everlasting.
17 Now
unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever.
Amen.
18 This
charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went
before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
19
Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning
faith have made shipwreck:
20 Of
whom is Hymenæus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may
learn not to blaspheme.
 
CHAPTER 2
I EXHORT
therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all
men;
2 For
kings, and for all that are in
authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and
honesty.
3 For
this is good and acceptable in the
sight of God our Saviour;
4 Who
will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ
Jesus;
6 Who
gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
7
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in
Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of
the Gentiles in faith and verity.
8 I will
therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and
doubting.
9 In
like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with
shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or
costly array;
10 But
(which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
11 Let
the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12 But I
suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in
silence.
13 For
Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14 And
Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
15
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith
and charity and holiness with sobriety.
 
CHAPTER 3
THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the
office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 A
bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of
good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not
given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a
brawler, not covetous;
4 One
that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all
gravity;
5 (For
if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the
church of God?)
6 Not a
novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the
devil.
7
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall
into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Likewise
must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of
filthy lucre;
9 Holding
the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And
let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being
found blameless.
11 Even
so must their wives be grave, not
slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Let
the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own
houses well.
13 For
they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good
degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 These
things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15 But
if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in
the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground
of the truth.
16 And
without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the
flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles,
believed on in the world, received up into glory.
 
CHAPTER 4
NOW the
Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
3
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God
hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know
the truth.
4 For
every creature of God is good, and
nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5 For it
is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
6 If
thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good
minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good
doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
7 But
refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
8 For bodily
exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having
promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all
acceptation.
10 For
therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God,
who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
11 These
things command and teach.
12 Let
no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in
conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
13 Till
I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
14
Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with
the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
15
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may
appear to all.
16 Take
heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this
thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
 
CHAPTER 5
REBUKE not
an elder, but intreat him as a
father; and the younger men as
brethren;
2 The
elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
3 Honour
widows that are widows indeed.
4 But if
any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home,
and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
5 Now
she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in
supplications and prayers night and day.
6 But
she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
7 And these
things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
8 But if
any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath
denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
9 Let
not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been
the wife of one man,
10 Well
reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged
strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the
afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
11 But
the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against
Christ, they will marry;
12
Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
13 And
withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to
house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things
which they ought not.
14 I
will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house,
give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
15 For
some are already turned aside after Satan.
16 If
any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not
the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
17 Let
the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they
who labour in the word and doctrine.
18 For
the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn.
And, The labourer is worthy of his
reward.
19
Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
20 Them
that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
21 I
charge thee before God, and the Lord
Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without
preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
22 Lay
hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself
pure.
23 Drink
no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often
infirmities.
24 Some
men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
25 Likewise
also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they
that are otherwise cannot be hid.
 
CHAPTER 6
LET as
many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all
honour, that the name of God and his doctrine
be not blasphemed.
2 And
they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of
the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
3 If any
man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which
is according to godliness;
4 He is
proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words,
whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
5
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth,
supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
6 But
godliness with contentment is great gain.
7 For we
brought nothing into this world, and it
is certain we can carry nothing out.
8 And
having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
9 But
they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts,
which drown men in destruction and perdition.
10 For
the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they
have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
11 But
thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness,
godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
12 Fight
the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also
called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
13 I
give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius
Pilate witnessed a good confession;
14 That
thou keep this commandment without
spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
15 Which
in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the
King of kings, and Lord of lords;
16 Who
only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto;
whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be
honour and power everlasting. Amen.
17
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust
in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to
enjoy;
18 That
they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to
communicate;
19 Laying
up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that
they may lay hold on eternal life.
20 O
Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of
science falsely so called:
21 Which
some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
¶    The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the
chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.


THE SECOND
EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO
TIMOTHY.


CHAPTER 1
PAUL, an
apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life
which is in Christ Jesus,
2 To
Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace,
mercy, and peace, from God the Father
and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 I
thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers
with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my
prayers night and day;
4 Greatly
desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with
joy;
5 When I
call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in
thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee
also.
6
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is
in thee by the putting on of my hands.
7 For God
hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound
mind.
8 Be not
thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner:
but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of
God;
9 Who
hath saved us, and called us with an
holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and
grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
10 But
is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath
abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the
gospel:
11
Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
12 For
the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for
I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that
which I have committed unto him against that day.
13 Hold
fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love
which is in Christ Jesus.
14 That
good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth
in us.
15 This
thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom
are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
16 The Lord
give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not
ashamed of my chain:
17 But,
when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.
18 The Lord
grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many
things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
 
CHAPTER 2
THOU therefore,
my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2 And
the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit
thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
3 Thou
therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No man
that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a
soldier.
5 And if
a man also strive for masteries, yet is
he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
6 The
husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
7
Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
8
Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead
according to my gospel:
9
Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even
unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
10
Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain
the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
11 It is
a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him,
we shall also live with him:
12 If we
suffer, we shall also reign with him:
if we deny him, he also will deny us:
13 If we
believe not, yet he abideth faithful:
he cannot deny himself.
14 Of
these things put them in remembrance,
charging them before the Lord that
they strive not about words to no profit, but
to the subverting of the hearers.
15 Study
to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth.
16 But
shun profane and vain babblings: for
they will increase unto more ungodliness.
17 And
their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus;
18 Who
concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already;
and overthrow the faith of some.
19
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord
knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ
depart from iniquity.
20 But
in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of
wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
21 If a
man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour,
sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and
prepared unto every good work.
22 Flee
also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them
that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23 But
foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
24 And
the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25 In
meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will
give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26 And that they may recover themselves out of
the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
 
CHAPTER 3
THIS know
also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For
men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce,
despisers of those that are good,
4
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having
a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of
this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden
with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever
learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8 Now as
Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of
corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
9 But
they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
10 But
thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith,
longsuffering, charity, patience,
11
Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra;
what persecutions I endured: but out of them
all the Lord delivered me.
12 Yea,
and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
13 But
evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
14 But
continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of,
knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
15 And
that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make
thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 All
scripture is given by inspiration of God,
and is profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That
the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
 
CHAPTER 4
I CHARGE
thee therefore before God, and the Lord
Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his
kingdom;
2 Preach
the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all
longsuffering and doctrine.
3 For
the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their
own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And
they shall turn away their ears from
the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
5 But
watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist,
make full proof of thy ministry.
6 For I
am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
7 I have
fought a good fight, I have finished my
course, I have kept the faith:
8
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord,
the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all
them also that love his appearing.
9 Do thy
diligence to come shortly unto me:
10 For
Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto
Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
11 Only Luke
is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for
the ministry.
12 And
Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.
13 The
cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee,
and the books, but especially the
parchments.
14
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to
his works:
15 Of
whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.
16 At my
first answer no man stood with me, but all men
forsook me: I pray God that it may not
be laid to their charge.
17
Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the
preaching might be fully known, and that
all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
18 And
the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
19
Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
20
Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
21 Do
thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus,
and Claudia, and all the brethren.
22 The Lord
Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace
be with you. Amen.
¶    The second epistle unto
Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was
written from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second time.


THE
EPISTLE OF PAUL TO
TITUS.


CHAPTER 1
PAUL, a
servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's
elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
2 In
hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world
began;
3 But
hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed
unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
4 To
Titus, mine own son after the common
faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God
the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
5 For
this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things
that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
6 If any
be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of
riot or unruly.
7 For a
bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon
angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
8 But a
lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
9
Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by
sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
10 For
there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the
circumcision:
11 Whose
mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they
ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
12 One
of themselves, even a prophet of their
own, said, The Cretians are alway
liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
13 This
witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the
faith;
14 Not
giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the
truth.
15 Unto
the pure all things are pure: but
unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is
nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
16 They
profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work
reprobate.
 
CHAPTER 2
BUT speak
thou the things which become sound doctrine:
2 That
the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in
patience.
3 The
aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness,
not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
4 That
they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love
their children,
5 To be
discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the
word of God be not blasphemed.
6 Young
men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
7 In all
things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity,
sincerity,
8 Sound
speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be
ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto
their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
10 Not
purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God
our Saviour in all things.
11 For
the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
12
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live
soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
13 Looking
for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ;
14 Who
gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto
himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
15 These
things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise
thee.
 
CHAPTER 3
PUT them
in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be
ready to every good work,
2 To
speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but
gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
3 For we
ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers
lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
4 But
after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
5 Not by
works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved
us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
6 Which
he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
7 That
being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of
eternal life.
8 This is
a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that
they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These
things are good and profitable unto men.
9 But
avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about
the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
10 A man
that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
11 Knowing
that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
12 When
I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to
Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.
13 Bring
Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be
wanting unto them.
14 And
let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not
unfruitful.
15 All
that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.
¶    It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church
of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.


THE
EPISTLE OF PAUL TO
PHILEMON.


CHAPTER 1
PAUL, a
prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our
brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
2 And to
our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our
fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
3 Grace
to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I
thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
5
Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and
toward all saints;
6 That
the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of
every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
7 For we
have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints
are refreshed by thee, brother.
8
Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is
convenient,
9 Yet
for love's sake I rather beseech thee,
being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
10 I
beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
11 Which
in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
12 Whom
I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
13 Whom
I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto
me in the bonds of the gospel:
14 But
without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were
of necessity, but willingly.
15 For
perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for
ever;
16 Not
now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but
how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
17 If thou
count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
18 If he
hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought,
put that on mine account;
19 I
Paul have written it with mine own
hand, I will repay it: albeit I do
not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
20 Yea,
brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
21
Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt
also do more than I say.
22 But
withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall
be given unto you.
23 There
salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;
24
Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
25 The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
your spirit. Amen.
¶    Written from Rome to Philemon, by Onesimus a servant.


THE
EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE
HEBREWS.


CHAPTER 1
GOD, who
at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by
the prophets,
2 Hath
in these last days spoken unto us by his
Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the
worlds;
3 Who
being the brightness of his glory,
and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of
his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand
of the Majesty on high;
4 Being
made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more
excellent name than they.
5 For
unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I
begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a
Son?
6 And
again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let
all the angels of God worship him.
7 And of
the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame
of fire.
8 But
unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is
for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
9 Thou
hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with
the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
10 And,
Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the
heavens are the works of thine hands:
11 They
shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
12 And
as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art
the same, and thy years shall not fail.
13 But
to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make
thine enemies thy footstool?
14 Are
they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be
heirs of salvation?
 
CHAPTER 2
THEREFORE
we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest
at any time we should let them slip.
2 For if
the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and
disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
3 How
shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to
be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
4 God
also bearing them witness, both with
signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost,
according to his own will?
5 For
unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we
speak.
6 But
one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of
him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
7 Thou
madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and
honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
8 Thou
hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in
subjection under him, he left nothing that
is not put under him. But now we see
not yet all things put under him.
9 But we
see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of
death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste
death for every man.
10 For
it became him, for whom are all
things, and by whom are all things,
in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation
perfect through sufferings.
11 For
both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them
brethren,
12
Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church
will I sing praise unto thee.
13 And
again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God
hath given me.
14
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also
himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him
that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
15 And
deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to
bondage.
16 For
verily he took not on him the nature
of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
17
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a
merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining
to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
18 For
in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that
are tempted.
 
CHAPTER 3
WHEREFORE,
holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High
Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
2 Who
was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his
house.
3 For
this man was counted worthy of more
glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour
than the house.
4 For
every house is builded by some man;
but he that built all things is God.
5 And
Moses verily was faithful in all his
house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken
after;
6 But
Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the
confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
7
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden
not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the
wilderness:
9 When
your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
10 Wherefore
I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my
ways.
11 So I
sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
12 Take
heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in
departing from the living God.
13 But
exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be
hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
14 For
we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence
stedfast unto the end;
15 While
it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the
provocation.
16 For
some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt
by Moses.
17 But
with whom was he grieved forty years? was
it not with them that had sinned,
whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
18 And
to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that
believed not?
19 So we
see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
 
CHAPTER 4
LET us
therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us
of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 For
unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached
did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
3 For we
which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my
wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from
the foundation of the world.
4 For he
spake in a certain place of the seventh day
on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
5 And in
this place again, If they shall enter
into my rest.
6 Seeing
therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was
first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
7 Again,
he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it
is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
8 For if
Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another
day.
9 There
remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
10 For
he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God
did from his.
11 Let
us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same
example of unbelief.
12 For
the word of God is quick, and
powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing
asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and
intents of the heart.
13
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things
are naked and opened unto the eyes of
him with whom we have to do.
14
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens,
Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our
profession.
15 For
we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our
infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let
us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy,
and find grace to help in time of need.
 
CHAPTER 5
FOR every
high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer
both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
2 Who
can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for
that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
3 And by
reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for
sins.
4 And no
man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
5 So
also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said
unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
6 As he
saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of
Melchisedec.
7 Who in
the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with
strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was
heard in that he feared;
8 Though
he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
9 And
being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them
that obey him;
10
Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
11 Of
whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of
hearing.
12 For
when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you
again which be the first principles
of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of
strong meat.
13 For
every one that useth milk is unskilful
in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14 But
strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to
discern both good and evil.
 
CHAPTER 6
THEREFORE
leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection;
not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith
toward God,
2 Of the
doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the
dead, and of eternal judgment.
3 And
this will we do, if God permit.
4 For it is
impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly
gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And
have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
6 If
they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify
to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
7 For
the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth
forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
8 But
that which beareth thorns and briers is
rejected, and is nigh unto cursing;
whose end is to be burned.
9 But,
beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany
salvation, though we thus speak.
10 For God
is not unrighteous to forget your
work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have
ministered to the saints, and do minister.
11 And
we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance
of hope unto the end:
12 That
ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience
inherit the promises.
13 For
when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he
sware by himself,
14
Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply
thee.
15 And
so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
16 For
men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
17
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the
immutability of his counsel, confirmed it
by an oath:
18 That
by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might
have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope
set before us:
19 Which
hope we have as an anchor of the
soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
20
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even
Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
 
CHAPTER 7
FOR this
Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham
returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
2 To
whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King
of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
3
Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of
days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest
continually.
4 Now
consider how great this man was, unto
whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
5 And
verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the
priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the
law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
6 But he
whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed
him that had the promises.
7 And
without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
8 And
here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom
it is witnessed that he liveth.
9 And as
I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
10 For
he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
11 If therefore
perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received
the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise
after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
12 For
the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the
law.
13 For
he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man
gave attendance at the altar.
14 For it is
evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing
concerning priesthood.
15 And
it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there
ariseth another priest,
16 Who
is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an
endless life.
17 For
he testifieth, Thou art a priest for
ever after the order of Melchisedec.
18 For
there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness
and unprofitableness thereof.
19 For
the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
20 And
inasmuch as not without an oath he was made
priest:
21 (For
those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said
unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
22 By so
much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
23 And
they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by
reason of death:
24 But
this man, because he continueth ever,
hath an unchangeable priesthood.
25
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by
him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
26 For
such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate
from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
27 Who
needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his
own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up
himself.
28 For
the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath,
which was since the law, maketh the
Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
 
CHAPTER 8
NOW of
the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest,
who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
2 A
minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched,
and not man.
3 For
every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is
of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
4 For if
he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that
offer gifts according to the law:
5 Who
serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished
of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to
the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
6 But
now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the
mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
7 For if
that first covenant had been
faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
8 For
finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when
I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of
Judah:
9 Not
according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took
them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued
not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
10 For
this is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws
into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God,
and they shall be to me a people:
11 And
they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother,
saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
12 For I
will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities
will I remember no more.
13 In that
he saith, A new covenant, he hath
made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
 
CHAPTER 9
THEN verily
the first covenant had also
ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
2 For
there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is
called the sanctuary.
3 And
after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
4 Which
had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with
gold, wherein was the golden pot that
had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
5 And
over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now
speak particularly.
6 Now
when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first
tabernacle, accomplishing the service of
God.
7 But
into the second went the high priest
alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
8 The
Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet
made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
9 Which was a figure for the time then present,
in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that
did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal
ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
11 But
Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more
perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
12
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in
once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
13 For
if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the
unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14 How
much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered
himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the
living God?
15 And
for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death,
for the redemption of the transgressions that
were under the first testament, they
which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
16 For
where a testament is, there must also
of necessity be the death of the testator.
17 For a
testament is of force after men are
dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
18 Whereupon
neither the first testament was
dedicated without blood.
19 For
when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he
took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and
hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
20
Saying, This is the blood of the
testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
21
Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of
the ministry.
22 And
almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of
blood is no remission.
23 It was
therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be
purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices
than these.
24 For
Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear
in the presence of God for us:
25 Nor
yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the
holy place every year with blood of others;
26 For
then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now
once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice
of himself.
27 And
as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
28 So
Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for
him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
 
CHAPTER 10
FOR the
law having a shadow of good things to come, and
not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they
offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
2 For
then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers
once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
3 But in
those sacrifices there is a remembrance
again made of sins every year.
4 For it is
not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
5
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou
wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6 In
burnt offerings and sacrifices for
sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7 Then
said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy
will, O God.
8 Above
when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not,
neither hadst pleasure therein; which
are offered by the law;
9 Then
said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he
may establish the second.
10 By
the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus
Christ once for all.
11 And
every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same
sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12 But
this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the
right hand of God;
13 From
henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
14 For
by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness
to us: for after that he had said before,
16 This is the covenant that I will make with
them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts,
and in their minds will I write them;
17 And
their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
18 Now
where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
19
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of
Jesus,
20 By a
new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is
to say, his flesh;
21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
22 Let
us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts
sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let
us hold fast the profession of our faith
without wavering; (for he is faithful
that promised;)
24 And
let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not
forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much
the more, as ye see the day approaching.
26 For
if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth,
there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a
certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall
devour the adversaries.
28 He
that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of
how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath
trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant,
wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the
Spirit of grace?
30 For
we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth
unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his
people.
31 It is
a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But
call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye
endured a great fight of afflictions;
33
Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions;
and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
34 For
ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your
goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring
substance.
35 Cast
not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
36 For
ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might
receive the promise.
37 For
yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
38 Now
the just shall live by faith: but if any
man draw back, my soul shall have no
pleasure in him.
39 But
we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to
the saving of the soul.
 
CHAPTER 11
NOW faith
is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by
it the elders obtained a good report.
3
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so
that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
4 By
faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he
obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it
he being dead yet speaketh.
5 By
faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found,
because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this
testimony, that he pleased God.
6 But
without faith it is impossible to please him:
for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
7 By
faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear,
prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the
world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
8 By
faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after
receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he
went.
9 By
faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob,
the heirs with him of the same promise:
10 For
he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
11
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was
delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who
had promised.
12
Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many
as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore
innumerable.
13 These
all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar
off, and were persuaded of them, and
embraced them, and confessed that
they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
14 For
they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
15 And
truly, if they had been mindful of that country
from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
16 But
now they desire a better country,
that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for
he hath prepared for them a city.
17 By
faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received
the promises offered up his only begotten son,
18 Of
whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
19
Accounting that God was able to raise
him up, even from the dead; from whence
also he received him in a figure.
20 By
faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21 By
faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and
worshipped, leaning upon the top of
his staff.
22 By
faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of
Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
23 By
faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because
they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's
commandment.
24 By
faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's
daughter;
25
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the
pleasures of sin for a season;
26
Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt:
for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
27 By
faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as
seeing him who is invisible.
28
Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that
destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 By
faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
30 By
faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven
days.
31 By
faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had
received the spies with peace.
32 And
what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae;
of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
33 Who
through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises,
stopped the mouths of lions,
34
Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness
were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the
aliens.
35 Women
received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not
accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
36 And
others had trial of cruel mockings
and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
37 They
were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword:
they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted,
tormented;
38 (Of
whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
39 And
these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the
promise:
40 God
having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be
made perfect.
 
CHAPTER 12
WHEREFORE
seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us
lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the
race that is set before us,
2 Looking
unto Jesus the author and finisher of our
faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the
shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 For
consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest
ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
4 Ye
have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
5 And ye
have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My
son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art
rebuked of him:
6 For
whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 If ye
endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom
the father chasteneth not?
8 But if
ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards,
and not sons.
9
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the
Father of spirits, and live?
10 For
they verily for a few days chastened us
after their own pleasure; but he for our
profit, that we might be partakers of
his holiness.
11 Now
no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless
afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are
exercised thereby.
12
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13 And
make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the
way; but let it rather be healed.
14
Follow peace with all men, and
holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
15 Looking
diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness
springing up trouble you, and thereby
many be defiled;
16 Lest
there be any fornicator, or profane
person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
17 For
ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was
rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully
with tears.
18 For
ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with
fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
19 And
the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken
to them any more:
20 (For
they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch
the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
21 And
so terrible was the sight, that Moses
said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
22 But
ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 To
the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven,
and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And
to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that
speaketh better things than that of Abel.
25 See
that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him
that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
26 Whose
voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I
shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
27 And
this word, Yet once more, signifieth
the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that
those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace,
whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
29 For
our God is a consuming fire.
 
CHAPTER 13
LET brotherly
love continue.
2 Be not
forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels
unawares.
3
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the
body.
4
Marriage is honourable in all, and
the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
5 Let your
conversation be without covetousness;
and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will
never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6 So
that we may boldly say, The Lord is my
helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
7
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word
of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
8 Jesus
Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
9 Be not
carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that
the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited
them that have been occupied therein.
10 We
have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
11 For
the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the
high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
12
Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood,
suffered without the gate.
13 Let
us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
14 For
here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
15 By
him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is,
the fruit of our lips giving thanks
to his name.
16 But
to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well
pleased.
17 Obey
them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for
your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and
not with grief: for that is unprofitable
for you.
18 Pray
for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live
honestly.
19 But I
beseech you the rather to do this,
that I may be restored to you the sooner.
20 Now
the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great
shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
21 Make
you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is
wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
22 And I
beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a
letter unto you in few words.
23 Know
ye that our brother Timothy is set at
liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
24
Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy
salute you.
25 Grace
be with you all. Amen.
¶    Written to the Hebrews from Italy by Timothy.


THE
GENERAL EPISTLE OF
JAMES.


CHAPTER 1
JAMES, a
servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are
scattered abroad, greeting.
2 My
brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
3
Knowing this, that the trying of your
faith worketh patience.
4 But
let patience have her perfect work,
that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
5 If any
of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6 But
let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of
the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7 For let
not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 A
double minded man is unstable in all
his ways.
9 Let
the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
10 But
the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall
pass away.
11 For
the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and
the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so
also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
12
Blessed is the man that endureth
temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the
Lord hath promised to them that love him.
13 Let
no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted
with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14 But
every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15 Then
when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished,
bringeth forth death.
16 Do
not err, my beloved brethren.
17 Every
good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father
of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
18 Of
his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of
firstfruits of his creatures.
19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak,
slow to wrath:
20 For
the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive
with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But
be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23 For
if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding
his natural face in a glass:
24 For
he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner
of man he was.
25 But
whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful
hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
26 If
any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but
deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
27 Pure
religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the
fatherless and widows in their affliction, and
to keep himself unspotted from the world.
 
CHAPTER 2
MY brethren,
have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with
respect of persons.
2 For if
there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and
there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
3 And ye
have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou
here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under
my footstool:
4 Are ye
not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
5
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich
in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love
him?
6 But ye
have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the
judgment seats?
7 Do not
they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
8 If ye
fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as thyself, ye do well:
9 But if
ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as
transgressors.
10 For
whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
11 For
he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou
commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the
law.
12 So
speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
13 For
he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy
rejoiceth against judgment.
14 What doth it
profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can
faith save him?
15 If a
brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16 And
one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things
which are needful to the body; what doth
it profit?
17 Even
so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
18 Yea,
a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy
works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
19 Thou
believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and
tremble.
20 But
wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
21 Was
not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son
upon the altar?
22 Seest
thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
23 And
the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was
imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
24 Ye
see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
25 Likewise
also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the
messengers, and had sent them out
another way?
26 For
as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
 
CHAPTER 3
MY brethren,
be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
2 For in
many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
3
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn
about their whole body.
4 Behold
also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very
small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
5 Even
so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great
a matter a little fire kindleth!
6 And
the tongue is a fire, a world of
iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body,
and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
7 For
every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea,
is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
8 But the
tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly
poison.
9
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are
made after the similitude of God.
10 Out
of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things
ought not so to be.
11 Doth
a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
12 Can
the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water
and fresh.
13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge
among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of
wisdom.
14 But
if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not
against the truth.
15 This
wisdom descendeth not from above, but is
earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 For
where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
17 But
the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy
and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18 And
the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
 
CHAPTER 4
FROM whence
come wars and fightings among you? come they
not hence, even of your lusts that
war in your members?
2 Ye
lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight
and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
3 Ye
ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
4 Ye
adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is
enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy
of God.
5 Do ye
think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth
to envy?
6 But he
giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth
grace unto the humble.
7 Submit
yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw
nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners;
and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be
afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
11 Speak
not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother,
speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou
art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12 There
is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest
another?
13 Go to
now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue
there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
14
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that
appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
15 For
that ye ought to say, If the Lord
will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
16 But
now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
17
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
 
CHAPTER 5
GO to
now, ye rich men, weep and howl for
your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your
riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your
gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against
you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together
for the last days.
4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of
you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are
entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5 Ye
have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your
hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6 Ye
have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
7 Be
patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the
husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience
for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8 Be ye
also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
9 Grudge
not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge
standeth before the door.
10 Take,
my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an
example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job,
and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender
mercy.
12 But
above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the
earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into
condemnation.
13 Is
any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Is
any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray
over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15 And
the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and
if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16
Confess your faults one to another,
and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer
of a righteous man availeth much.
17 Elias
was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it
might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and
six months.
18 And
he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her
fruit.
19
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
20 Let
him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall
save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.


THE FIRST
EPISTLE GENERAL OF
PETER.


CHAPTER 1
PETER,
an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia,
Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2 Elect
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the
Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto
you, and peace, be multiplied.
3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto
a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an
inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in
heaven for you,
5 Who
are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed
in the last time.
6
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in
heaviness through manifold temptations:
7 That
the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth,
though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory
at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
8 Whom
having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of
glory:
9
Receiving the end of your faith, even
the salvation of your souls.
10 Of
which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who
prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
11
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them
did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the
glory that should follow.
12 Unto
whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister
the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the
gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the
angels desire to look into.
13
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the
grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
14 As
obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in
your ignorance:
15 But
as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of
conversation;
16
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
17 And
if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to
every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
18
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain
conversation received by tradition
from your fathers;
19 But
with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without
spot:
20 Who
verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in
these last times for you,
21 Who
by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory;
that your faith and hope might be in God.
22
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto
unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye
love one another with a pure heart fervently:
23 Being
born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God,
which liveth and abideth for ever.
24 For
all flesh is as grass, and all the
glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower
thereof falleth away:
25 But
the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the
gospel is preached unto you.
 
CHAPTER 2
WHEREFORE
laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all
evil speakings,
2 As
newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
3 If so
be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
4 To
whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5 Ye
also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to
offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner
stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
7 Unto
you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be
disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head
of the corner,
8 And a
stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even
to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also
they were appointed.
9 But ye
are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the
praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
10 Which
in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not
obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers
and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak
against you as evildoers, they may by your
good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
13
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be
to the king, as supreme;
14 Or
unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of
evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
15 For
so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance
of foolish men:
16 As
free, and not using your liberty for
a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
17
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood.
Fear God. Honour the king.
18
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to
the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
19 For
this is thankworthy, if a man for
conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
20 For
what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it
patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it
patiently, this is acceptable with God.
21 For
even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us
an example, that ye should follow his steps:
22 Who
did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
23 Who,
when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not;
but committed himself to him that
judgeth righteously:
24 Who
his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to
sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
25 For
ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and
Bishop of your souls.
 
CHAPTER 3
LIKEWISE,
ye wives, be in subjection to your
own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be
won by the conversation of the wives;
2 While
they behold your chaste conversation coupled
with fear.
3 Whose
adorning let it not be that outward adorning
of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
4 But let it
be the hidden man of the heart, in
that which is not corruptible, even the ornament
of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
5 For
after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God,
adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
6 Even
as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye
do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
7 Likewise,
ye husbands, dwell with them according
to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as
being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
8
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as
brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
9 Not
rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing;
knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
10 For
he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from
evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
11 Let
him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
12 For
the eyes of the Lord are over the
righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of
the Lord is against them that do
evil.
13 And
who is he that will harm you, if ye
be followers of that which is good?
14 But
and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid
of their terror, neither be troubled;
15 But
sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be
ready always to give an answer to
every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and
fear:
16
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of
evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in
Christ.
17 For it is
better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil
doing.
18 For
Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might
bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
19 By
which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
20 Which
sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the
days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls
were saved by water.
21 The
like figure whereunto even baptism
doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the
answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
22 Who
is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities
and powers being made subject unto him.
 
CHAPTER 4
FORASMUCH
then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with
the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
2 That
he no longer should live the rest of his
time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
3 For
the time past of our life may suffice
us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness,
lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
4
Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
5 Who
shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
6 For
for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they
might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the
spirit.
7 But
the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
8 And
above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover
the multitude of sins.
9 Use
hospitality one to another without grudging.
10 As
every man hath received the gift, even
so minister the same one to another,
as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
11 If
any man speak, let him speak
as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let
him do it as of the ability
which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ,
to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
12
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you,
as though some strange thing happened unto you:
13 But
rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his
glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
14 If ye
be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are
ye; for the spirit of glory and of God
resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is
glorified.
15 But
let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as
a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a
busybody in other men's matters.
16 Yet
if any man suffer as a
Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
17 For
the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be
of them that obey not the gospel of God?
18 And
if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19
Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping
of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful
Creator.
 
CHAPTER 5
THE elders
which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the
sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
2 Feed
the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre,
but of a ready mind;
3
Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the
flock.
4 And
when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that
fadeth not away.
5 Likewise,
ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to
another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth
grace to the humble.
6 Humble
yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due
time:
7
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
8 Be
sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom
resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are
accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10 But
the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ
Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish,
strengthen, settle you.
11 To
him be glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen.
12 By
Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly,
exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
13 The church that is at Babylon,
elected together with you, saluteth
you; and so doth Marcus my son.
14 Greet
ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.


THE SECOND
EPISTLE GENERAL OF
PETER.


CHAPTER 1
SIMON Peter,
a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like
precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus
Christ:
2 Grace
and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our
Lord,
3
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through
the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
4
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these
ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that
is in the world through lust.
5 And
beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue
knowledge;
6 And to
knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to
godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8 For if
these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall
neither be barren nor unfruitful in
the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But he
that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten
that he was purged from his old sins.
10
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and
election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
11 For
so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting
kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
12 Wherefore
I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things,
though ye know them, and be
established in the present truth.
13 Yea,
I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
14 Knowing
that shortly I must put off this my
tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
15
Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these
things always in remembrance.
16 For
we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the
power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his
majesty.
17 For
he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice
to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased.
18 And
this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy
mount.
19 We
have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed,
as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day
star arise in your hearts:
20
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private
interpretation.
21 For
the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake
as they were moved by the
Holy Ghost.
 
CHAPTER 2
BUT there
were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false
teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying
the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And
many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth
shall be evil spoken of.
3 And
through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you:
whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth
not.
4 For if
God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
5 And
spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the
world of the ungodly;
6 And
turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after
should live ungodly;
7 And
delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
8 (For
that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
9 The Lord
knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust
unto the day of judgment to be punished:
10 But
chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise
government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to
speak evil of dignities.
11
Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing
accusation against them before the Lord.
12 But
these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of
the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own
corruption;
13 And
shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are
and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast
with you;
14
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling
unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed
children:
15 Which
have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son
of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
16 But
was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the
madness of the prophet.
17 These
are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the
mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
18 For
when they speak great swelling words of
vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness,
those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
19 While
they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for
of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
20 For
if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of
the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and
overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
21 For
it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than,
after they have known it, to turn
from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
22 But
it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and
the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
 
CHAPTER 3
THIS second
epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both
which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2 That
ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets,
and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
3
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking
after their own lusts,
4 And
saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep,
all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 For
this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were
of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But
the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store,
reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8 But,
beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one
day.
9 The Lord
is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is
longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all
should come to repentance.
10 But
the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens
shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent
heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons
ought ye to be in all holy
conversation and godliness,
12 Looking
for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on
fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
13
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new
earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
14
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye
may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
15 And
account that the longsuffering of our
Lord is salvation; even as our
beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written
unto you;
16 As
also in all his epistles, speaking in
them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which
they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other
scriptures, unto their own destruction.
17 Ye
therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these
things before, beware lest ye also,
being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
18 But
grow in grace, and in the knowledge
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.


THE FIRST
EPISTLE GENERAL OF
JOHN.


CHAPTER 1
THAT which
was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,
which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
2 (For
the life was manifested, and we have seen it,
and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the
Father, and was manifested unto us;)
3 That
which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have
fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
4 And
these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
5 This
then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God
is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we
say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not
the truth:
7 But if
we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we
say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we
say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
 
CHAPTER 2
MY little
children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin,
we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 And he
is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins
of the whole world.
3 And
hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He
that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the
truth is not in him.
5 But
whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know
we that we are in him.
6 He
that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
7
Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye
had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard
from the beginning.
8 Again,
a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you:
because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
9 He
that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even
until now.
10 He
that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of
stumbling in him.
11 But
he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth
not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12 I
write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his
name's sake.
13 I
write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the
beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked
one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14 I
have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the
beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the
word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
15 Love
not the world, neither the things that
are in the world. If any man love the
world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For
all that is in the world, the lust of
the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the
Father, but is of the world.
17 And
the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God
abideth for ever.
18 Little
children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come,
even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
19 They
went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they
would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest
that they were not all of us.
20 But
ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
21 I
have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know
it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22 Who
is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that
denieth the Father and the Son.
23
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth
the Son hath the Father
also.
24 Let
that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that
which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall
continue in the Son, and in the Father.
25 And
this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
26 These
things have I written unto you
concerning them that seduce you.
27 But
the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not
that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things,
and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in
him.
28 And
now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have
confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
29 If ye
know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is
born of him.
 
CHAPTER 3
BEHOLD,
what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called
the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall
be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall
see him as he is.
3 And
every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
4
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the
transgression of the law.
5 And ye
know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him,
neither known him.
7 Little
children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous,
even as he is righteous.
8 He
that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning.
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works
of the devil.
9
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him:
and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 In
this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever
doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
11 For
this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one
another.
12 Not
as Cain, who was of that wicked one,
and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were
evil, and his brother's righteous.
13
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14 We
know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He
that loveth not his brother abideth
in death.
15
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath
eternal life abiding in him.
16
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for
us: and we ought to lay down our lives
for the brethren.
17 But
whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up
his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
18 My
little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in
truth.
19 And
hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before
him.
20 For
if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then
have we confidence toward God.
22 And
whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do
those things that are pleasing in his sight.
23 And
this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus
Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
24 And
he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we
know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
 
CHAPTER 4
BELOVED,
believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because
many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby
know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is
come in the flesh is of God:
3 And
every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not
of God: and this is that spirit of
antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is
it in the world.
4 Ye are
of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is
in you, than he that is in the world.
5 They
are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth
them.
6 We are
of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us.
Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth
is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He
that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9 In
this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only
begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be
the propitiation for our sins.
11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12 No
man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and
his love is perfected in us.
13
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of
his Spirit.
14 And
we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the
world.
15
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and
he in God.
16 And
we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he
that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of
judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18 There
is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath
torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19 We
love him, because he first loved us.
20 If a
man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth
not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21 And
this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother
also.
 
CHAPTER 5
WHOSOEVER
believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth
him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
2 By
this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his
commandments.
3 For
this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments
are not grievous.
4 For
whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that
overcometh the world, even our faith.
5 Who is
he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
6 This
is he that came by water and blood, even
Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit
that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
7 For
there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:
and these three are one.
8 And
there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the
blood: and these three agree in one.
9 If we
receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the
witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
10 He
that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth
not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave
of his Son.
11 And
this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in
his Son.
12 He
that hath the Son hath life; and he
that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
13 These
things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that
ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of
the Son of God.
14 And
this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according
to his will, he heareth us:
15 And
if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the
petitions that we desired of him.
16 If
any man see his brother sin a sin which
is not unto death, he shall ask, and
he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto
death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
17 All
unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
18 We
know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God
keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
19 And we know that we are of God, and the
whole world lieth in wickedness.
20 And
we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that
we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is
the true God, and eternal life.
21 Little
children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.


THE SECOND
EPISTLE OF
JOHN.


CHAPTER 1
THE elder
unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only,
but also all they that have known the truth;
2 For the
truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
3 Grace
be with you, mercy, and peace, from God
the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and
love.
4 I
rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have
received a commandment from the Father.
5 And
now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee,
but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
6 And
this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment,
That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
7 For
many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is
come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
8 Look
to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we
receive a full reward.
9
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God.
He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
10 If
there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
11 For
he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
12
Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak
face to face, that our joy may be full.
13 The
children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.


THE THIRD
EPISTLE OF
JOHN.


CHAPTER 1
THE elder
unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
2
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul prospereth.
3 For I
rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in
thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
4 I have
no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
5
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to
strangers;
6 Which
have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward
on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
7
Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
8 We
therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
9 I
wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among
them, receiveth us not.
10
Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against
us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself
receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
11
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth
good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
12
Demetrius hath good report of all men,
and of the truth itself: yea, and we also
bear record; and ye know that our record is true.
13 I had
many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
14 But I
trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.


THE
GENERAL EPISTLE OF
JUDE.


CHAPTER 1
JUDE,
the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified
by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
2 Mercy
unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
3
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation,
it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once
delivered unto the saints.
4 For
there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to
this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into
lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
5 I will
therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord,
having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that
believed not.
6 And
the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he
hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the
great day.
7 Even
as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving
themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth
for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
8 Likewise
also these filthy dreamers defile the
flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
9 Yet
Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the
body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord
rebuke thee.
10 But
these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know
naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe
unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the
error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These
are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding
themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of
winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by
the roots;
13
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom
is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
14 And
Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord
cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To
execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of
all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their
hard speeches which ungodly sinners
have spoken against him.
16 These
are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth
speaketh great swelling words, having
men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
17 But,
beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord
Jesus Christ;
18 How
that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk
after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These
be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
20 But
ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the
Holy Ghost,
21 Keep
yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ
unto eternal life.
22 And
of some have compassion, making a difference:
23 And
others save with fear, pulling them out
of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
24 Now
unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his
glory with exceeding joy,
25 To
the only wise God our Saviour, be glory
and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.


THE
REVELATION
OF
ST. JOHN THE DIVINE.


CHAPTER 1
THE Revelation
of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things
which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
2 Who
bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of
all things that he saw.
3
Blessed is he that readeth, and they
that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written
therein: for the time is at hand.
4 JOHN to
the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be
unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come;
and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
5 And from
Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and
the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us
from our sins in his own blood,
6 And
hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.
Amen.
7
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds
of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
8 I am
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and
which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
9 I
John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the
kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos,
for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
10 I was
in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a
trumpet,
11
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest,
write in a book, and send it unto the
seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto
Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
12 And I
turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden
candlesticks;
13 And
in the midst of the seven candlesticks one
like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt
about the paps with a golden girdle.
14 His
head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow;
and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
15 And
his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as
the sound of many waters.
16 And
he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp
twoedged sword: and his countenance was
as the sun shineth in his strength.
17 And
when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me,
saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
18 I am
he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and
have the keys of hell and of death.
19 Write
the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which
shall be hereafter;
20 The
mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven
golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and
the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
 
CHAPTER 2
UNTO the
angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the
seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden
candlesticks;
2 I know
thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them
which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are
not, and hast found them liars:
3 And
hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast
not fainted.
4
Nevertheless I have somewhat against
thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
5
Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first
works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick
out of his place, except thou repent.
6 But
this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also
hate.
7 He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him
that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst
of the paradise of God.
8 And
unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and
the last, which was dead, and is alive;
9 I know
thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know
the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
10 Fear
none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be
tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and
I will give thee a crown of life.
11 He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that
overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
12 And
to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath
the sharp sword with two edges;
13 I
know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even
where Satan's seat is: and thou
holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein
Antipas was my faithful martyr, who
was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
14 But I
have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the
doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the
children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit
fornication.
15 So
hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I
hate.
16
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with
the sword of my mouth.
17 He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him
that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a
white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving
he that receiveth it.
18 And
unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God,
who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
19 I
know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy
works; and the last to be more than the first.
20
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that
woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my
servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
21 And I
gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
22
Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into
great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
23 And I
will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he
which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you
according to your works.
24 But
unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this
doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will
put upon you none other burden.
25 But
that which ye have already hold fast
till I come.
26 And
he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power
over the nations:
27 And
he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be
broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
28 And I
will give him the morning star.
29 He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
 
CHAPTER 3
AND unto
the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the
seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a
name that thou livest, and art dead.
2 Be
watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I
have not found thy works perfect before God.
3
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent.
If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou
shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
4 Thou
hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they
shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
5 He
that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not
blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before
my Father, and before his angels.
6 He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
7 And to
the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is
holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no
man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
8 I know
thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it:
for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my
name.
9
Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews,
and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before
thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
10
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the
hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell
upon the earth.
11
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy
crown.
12 Him
that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go
no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the
city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out
of heaven from my God: and I will write
upon him my new name.
13 He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
14 And
unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the
Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I
know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or
hot.
16 So
then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out
of my mouth.
17
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of
nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and
blind, and naked:
18 I
counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and
white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine
eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As
many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the
door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To
him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame,
and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22 He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
 
CHAPTER 4
AFTER this
I looked, and, behold, a door was opened
in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up
hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
2 And
immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
3 And he
that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an
emerald.
4 And
round about the throne were four and
twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed
in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
5 And
out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the
seven Spirits of God.
6 And
before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal:
and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and
behind.
7 And
the first beast was like a lion, and
the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the
fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
8 And
the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest
not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and
is, and is to come.
9 And
when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the
throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
10 The
four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship
him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne,
saying,
11 Thou
art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast
created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
 
CHAPTER 5
AND I
saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and
on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
2 And I
saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the
book, and to loose the seals thereof?
3 And no
man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book,
neither to look thereon.
4 And I
wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book,
neither to look thereon.
5 And
one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of
Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the
seven seals thereof.
6 And I
beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the
midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and
seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
7 And he
came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
8 And
when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of
them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
9 And
they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the
seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood
out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
10 And
hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
11 And I
beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the
beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten
thousand, and thousands of thousands;
12
Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power,
and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
13 And
every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and
such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and
honour, and glory, and power, be unto
him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
14 And
the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and
twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
 
CHAPTER 6
AND I
saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of
thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I
saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown
was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
3 And
when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
4 And
there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the
earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a
great sword.
5 And
when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see.
And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of
balances in his hand.
6 And I
heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a
penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
7 And
when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say,
Come and see.
8 And I
looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and
Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of
the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the
beasts of the earth.
9 And
when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that
were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And
they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost
thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And
white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that
they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and
their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
12 And I
beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake;
and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13 And
the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her
untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And
the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain
and island were moved out of their places.
15 And
the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief
captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid
themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And
said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him
that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For
the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
 
CHAPTER 7
AND after
these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the
earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I
saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God:
and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt
the earth and the sea,
3
Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed
the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4 And I
heard the number of them which were sealed: and
there were sealed an hundred and
forty and four thousand of all the
tribes of the children of Israel.
5 Of the
tribe of Juda were sealed twelve
thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were
sealed twelve thousand.
6 Of the
tribe of Aser were sealed twelve
thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
7 Of the
tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve
thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed
twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were
sealed twelve thousand.
8 Of the
tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve
thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
9 After
this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all
nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and
before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
10 And
cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the
throne, and unto the Lamb.
11 And
all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on
their faces, and worshipped God,
12
Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour,
and power, and might, be unto our God
for ever and ever. Amen.
13 And
one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in
white robes? and whence came they?
14 And I
said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came
out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in
the blood of the Lamb.
15
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his
temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
16 They
shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on
them, nor any heat.
17 For
the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead
them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes.
 
CHAPTER 8
AND when
he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of
half an hour.
2 And I
saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven
trumpets.
3 And
another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there
was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was
before the throne.
4 And
the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints,
ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
5 And
the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were
voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
6 And
the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
7 The
first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and
they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and
all green grass was burnt up.
8 And
the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was
cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And
the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and
the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 And
the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it
were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the
fountains of waters;
11 And
the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters
became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made
bitter.
12 And
the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the
third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part
of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the
night likewise.
13 And I
beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a
loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the
other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
 
CHAPTER 9
AND the
fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to
him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2 And he
opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke
of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the
smoke of the pit.
3 And
there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given
power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it
was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither
any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal
of God in their foreheads.
5 And to
them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be
tormented five months: and their torment was
as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6 And in
those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to
die, and death shall flee from them.
7 And
the shapes of the locusts were like
unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
8 And
they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth
of lions.
9 And
they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their
wings was as the sound of chariots of
many horses running to battle.
10 And
they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and
their power was to hurt men five
months.
11 And
they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit,
whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon,
but in the Greek tongue hath his name
Apollyon.
12 One
woe is past; and, behold, there come
two woes more hereafter.
13 And
the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden
altar which is before God,
14 Saying
to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound
in the great river Euphrates.
15 And
the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a
month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
16 And
the number of the army of the horsemen were
two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
17 And
thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having
breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the
horses were as the heads of lions;
and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 By
these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke,
and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
19 For
their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads,
and with them they do hurt.
20 And
the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of
the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of
gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor
hear, nor walk:
21
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their
fornication, nor of their thefts.
 
CHAPTER 10
AND I
saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a
rainbow was upon his head, and his
face was as it were the sun, and his
feet as pillars of fire:
2 And he
had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and
his left foot on the earth,
3 And
cried with a loud voice, as when a
lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4 And
when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I
heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven
thunders uttered, and write them not.
5 And
the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand
to heaven,
6 And
sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things
that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea,
and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
7 But in
the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the
mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the
prophets.
8 And
the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open
in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
9 And I
went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said
unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and
it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
10 And I
took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my
mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
11 And
he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and
tongues, and kings.
 
CHAPTER 11
AND there
was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and
measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But
the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is
given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
3 And I
will give power unto my two
witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These
are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of
the earth.
5 And if
any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their
enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6 These
have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and
have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all
plagues, as often as they will.
7 And
when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of
the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and
kill them.
8 And
their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city,
which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
9 And
they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead
bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put
in graves.
10 And
they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and
shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that
dwelt on the earth.
11 And
after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and
they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 And
they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they
ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
13 And
the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city
fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant
were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The
second woe is past; and, behold, the
third woe cometh quickly.
15 And
the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The
kingdoms of this world are become the
kingdoms of our Lord, and of his
Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
16 And
the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon
their faces, and worshipped God,
17
Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art
to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
18 And
the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that
they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants
the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great;
and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
19 And
the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the
ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings,
and an earthquake, and great hail.
 
CHAPTER 12
AND there
appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon
under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she
being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3 And
there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having
seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And
his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the
earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered,
for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5 And
she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron:
and her child was caught up unto God, and to
his throne.
6 And
the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God,
that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
7 And
there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and
the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And
prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And
the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan,
which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels
were cast out with him.
10 And I
heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and
the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our
brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And
they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony;
and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye
that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the
devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he
hath but a short time.
13 And
when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman
which brought forth the man child.
14 And
to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the
wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and
half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15 And
the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he
might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
16 And
the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up
the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 And
the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of
her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus
Christ.
 
CHAPTER 13
AND I
stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having
seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads
the name of blasphemy.
2 And
the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet
of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his
power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I
saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was
healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
4 And
they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped
the beast, saying, Who is like unto
the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5 And
there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and
power was given unto him to continue forty and
two months.
6 And he
opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his
tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7 And it
was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power
was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all
that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the
book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any
man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He
that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the
sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the
saints.
11 And I
beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a
lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And
he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the
earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly
wound was healed.
13 And
he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the
earth in the sight of men,
14 And
deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the
means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the
beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image
to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And
he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the
beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image
of the beast should be killed.
16 And
he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive
a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And
that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the
beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here
is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for
it is the number of a man; and his number is
Six hundred threescore and six.
 
CHAPTER 14
AND I
looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's
name written in their foreheads.
2 And I
heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a
great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
3 And
they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts,
and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These
are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are
they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from
among men, being the firstfruits unto
God and to the Lamb.
5 And in
their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of
God.
6 And I
saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to
preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and
tongue, and people,
7 Saying
with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his
judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and
the fountains of waters.
8 And
there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great
city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication.
9 And
the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the
beast and his image, and receive his mark
in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 The
same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without
mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire
and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 And
the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no
rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever
receiveth the mark of his name.
12 Here
is the patience of the saints: here are
they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13 And I
heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the
Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
14 And I
looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden
crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
15 And
another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat
on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to
reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
16 And
he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was
reaped.
17 And
another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp
sickle.
18 And
another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried
with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp
sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are
fully ripe.
19 And
the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the
earth, and cast it into the great
winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And
the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the
winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
 
CHAPTER 15
AND I
saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven
last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
2 And I
saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the
victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand
on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
3 And
they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb,
saying, Great and marvellous are thy
works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are
thy ways, thou King of saints.
4 Who
shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for
all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made
manifest.
5 And
after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony
in heaven was opened:
6 And
the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in
pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
7 And
one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of
the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
8 And
the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and
no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven
angels were fulfilled.
 
CHAPTER 16
AND I
heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways,
and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
2 And
the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome
and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
3 And
the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood
of a dead man: and every living soul
died in the sea.
4 And the
third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and
they became blood.
5 And I
heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and
wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For
they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood
to drink; for they are worthy.
7 And I
heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and
righteous are thy judgments.
8 And
the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him
to scorch men with fire.
9 And
men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath
power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
10 And
the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom
was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
11 And
blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and
repented not of their deeds.
12 And
the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the
water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be
prepared.
13 And I
saw three unclean spirits like frogs come
out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the
mouth of the false prophet.
14 For
they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world,
to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is
he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see
his shame.
16 And
he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17 And
the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great
voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
18 And
there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great
earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an
earthquake, and so great.
19 And
the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations
fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the
cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And
every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
21 And
there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the
weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail;
for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
 
CHAPTER 17
AND there
came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me,
saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great
whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With
whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of
the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he
carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a
scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten
horns.
4 And
the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and
precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of
abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And
upon her forehead was a name written,
MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE
EARTH.
6 And I
saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the
martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And
the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the
mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven
heads and ten horns.
8 The
beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless
pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder,
whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the
world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And
here is the mind which hath wisdom.
The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And
there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue
a short space.
11 And
the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and
goeth into perdition.
12 And
the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom
as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These
have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These
shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord
of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 And
he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are
peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 And
the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and
shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with
fire.
17 For God
hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their
kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And
the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings
of the earth.
 
CHAPTER 18
AND after
these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and
the earth was lightened with his glory.
2 And he
cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is
fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul
spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
3 For
all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the
kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of
the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4 And I
heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be
not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For
her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
6 Reward
her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her
works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
7 How
much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and
sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow,
and shall see no sorrow.
8
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine;
and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
9 And
the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously
with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke
of her burning,
10
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great
city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11 And
the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth
their merchandise any more:
12 The
merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine
linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner
vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass,
and iron, and marble,
13 And
cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and
fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and
slaves, and souls of men.
14 And
the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things
which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them
no more at all.
15 The
merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off
for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 And
saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple,
and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 For
in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all
the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And
cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this
great city!
19 And
they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas,
alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by
reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God
hath avenged you on her.
21 And a
mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with
violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no
more at all.
22 And
the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be
heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be,
shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no
more at all in thee;
23 And
the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the
bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy
merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all
nations deceived.
24 And
in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were
slain upon the earth.
 
CHAPTER 19
AND after
these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia;
Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
2 For
true and righteous are his judgments:
for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her
fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
3 And
again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
4 And
the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God
that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
5 And a
voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and
ye that fear him, both small and great.
6 And I
heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many
waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God
omnipotent reigneth.
7 Let us
be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is
come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
8 And to
her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for
the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
9 And he
saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they
which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me,
These are the true sayings of God.
10 And I
fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of
thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony
of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
11 And I
saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in
righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His
eyes were as a flame of fire, and on
his head were many crowns; and he had
a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And
he was clothed with a vesture dipped
in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And
the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine
linen, white and clean.
15 And
out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations:
and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And
he hath on his vesture and on his
thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17 And I
saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all
the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together
unto the supper of the great God;
18 That
ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of
mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the
flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and
great.
19 And I
saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together
to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20 And
the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles
before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the
beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a
lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And
the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and
all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
 
CHAPTER 20
AND I
saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a
great chain in his hand.
2 And he
laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and
bound him a thousand years,
3 And
cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him,
that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be
fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4 And I
saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw
the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word
of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had
received his mark upon their
foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand
years.
5 But
the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.
This is the first resurrection.
6
Blessed and holy is he that hath part
in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they
shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand
years.
7 And
when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And
shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the
earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And
they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints
about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and
devoured them.
10 And
the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone,
where the beast and the false prophet are,
and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
11 And I
saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and
the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I
saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and
another book was opened, which is the
book of life: and the dead were
judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their
works.
13 And
the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the
dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their
works.
14 And
death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And
whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of
fire.
 
CHAPTER 21
AND I
saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were
passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 And I
John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I
heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with
them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be
their God.
4 And God
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the
former things are passed away.
5 And he
that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto
me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he
said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I
will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He
that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall
be my son.
8 But
the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers,
and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake
which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
9 And
there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of
the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew
thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
10 And
he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me
that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
11 Having
the glory of God: and her light was like
unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12 And
had a wall great and high, and had
twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which
are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13 On
the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and
on the west three gates.
14 And
the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the
twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And
he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates
thereof, and the wall thereof.
16 And
the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he
measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the
breadth and the height of it are equal.
17 And
he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and
forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18 And
the building of the wall of it was of
jasper: and the city was pure gold,
like unto clear glass.
19 And
the foundations of the wall of the city were
garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the
third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth,
sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the
ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the
twelfth, an amethyst.
21 And
the twelve gates were twelve pearls;
every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent
glass.
22 And I
saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of
it.
23 And
the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the
glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is
the light thereof.
24 And
the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the
kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
25 And
the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night
there.
26 And
they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
27 And
there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written
in the Lamb's book of life.
 
CHAPTER 22
AND he
shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of
the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the
midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there
the tree of life, which bare twelve manner
of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3 And
there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in
it; and his servants shall serve him:
4 And
they shall see his face; and his name shall
be in their foreheads.
5 And
there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the
sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and
ever.
6 And he
said unto me, These sayings are faithful
and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his
servants the things which must shortly be done.
7
Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he
that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
8 And I
John saw these things, and heard them.
And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the
angel which shewed me these things.
9 Then
saith he unto me, See thou do it
not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them
which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
10 And
he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the
time is at hand.
11 He
that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be
filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that
is holy, let him be holy still.
12 And,
behold, I come quickly; and my reward is
with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
13 I am
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
14
Blessed are they that do his
commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in
through the gates into the city.
15 For
without are dogs, and sorcerers, and
whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a
lie.
16 I
Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I
am the root and the offspring of David, and
the bright and morning star.
17 And
the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let
him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life
freely.
18 For I
testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If
any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that
are written in this book:
19 And
if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God
shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and
from the things which are written in
this book.
20 He
which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so,
come, Lord Jesus.
21 The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you all. Amen.


 
THE END.