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Genesis 1:1 1 Genesis 2:3
Genesis
1:1In the beginning Goda created the heavens
and the earth. 1:2Now the earth was formless
and empty. Darkness was on the surface of
the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the
surface of the waters.
1:3God said, "Let there be light," and there
was light. 1:4God saw the light, and saw that
it was good. God divided the light fromt he
darkness. 1:5God called the light Day, and the
darkness he called Night. There was evening
and there was morning, one day.
1:6God said, "Let there be an expanse in
the middle of the waters, and let it divide the
waters fromthe waters." 1:7God made the
expanse, and divided the waters which were
under the expanse fromthe waters which were
above the expanse; and it was so. 1:8God called
the expanse sky. There was evening and there
was morning, a second day.
1:9God said, "Let the waters under the sky
be gathered together to one place, and let the
dry land appear;" and it was so. 1:10God called
the dry land Earth, and the gathering together
of the waters he called Seas. God saw that
it was good. 1:11God said, "Let the earth put
forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees
bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in
it, on the earth;" and it was so. 1:12The earth
brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after
their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed
in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was
good. 1:13There was evening and there was
morning, a third day.
1:14God said, "Let there be lights in the
expanse of sky to divide the day fromthe night;
and let thembe for signs, and for seasons, and
for days and years; 1:15and let thembe for lights
in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;"
and it was so. 1:16God made the two great
lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the
lesser light to rule the night. He also made the
stars. 1:17God set themi n the expanse of sky to
give light to the earth, 1:18and to rule over the
day and over the night, and to divide the light
fromthe darkness. God saw that it was good.
1:19There was evening and there was morning,
a fourth day.
1:20God said, "Let the waters swarmwi th
swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly
above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
1:21God created the large sea creatures, and
every living creature that moves, with which
the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every
winged bird after its kind. God saw that it
was good. 1:22God blessed them, saying, "Be
fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in
the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
1:23There was evening and there was morning,
a fifth day.
1:24God said, "Let the earth bring forth living
creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping
things, and animals of the earth after their
kind;" and it was so. 1:25God made the animals
of the earth after their kind, and the livestock
after their kind, and everything that creeps on
the ground after its kind. God saw that it was
good.
1:26God 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 birds of the sky, and over the livestock,
and over all the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creeps on the earth." 1:27God created
man in his own image. In God's image he
created him; male and female he created them.
1:28God blessed them. God said to them, "Be
fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it.
Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the
birds of the sky, and over every living thing that
moves on the earth." 1:29God said, "Behold, I
have given you every herb yielding seed,which
is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree,
which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your
food. 1:30To every animal of the earth, and to
every bird of the sky, and to everything that
creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have
given every green herb for food;" and it was so.
1:31God saw everything that he had made,
and, behold, it was very good. There was
evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
2:1The heavens and the earth were finished,
and all their vast array. 2:2On the seventh day
God finished his workwhich he had made; and
he rested on the seventh day froma ll his work
which he had made. 2:3God blessed the seventh
day, and made it holy, because he rested in it
a1:1 After "God," the Hebrew has the two letters "Aleph Tav" (the first and last letters of the Hebrew
alphabet) as a grammatical marker.
Genesis 2:4 2 Genesis 3:13
fromal l his work which he had created and
made.
2:4This is the history of the generations of
the heavens and of the earth when they were
created, in the day that Yahweh God made the
earth and the heavens. 2:5No plant of the field
was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field
had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not
caused it to rain on the earth. There was not
a man to till the ground, 2:6but a m istwent up
fromthe earth, and watered the whole surface
of the ground. 2:7Yahweh God formed man
fromthe dust of the ground, and breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life; and man became
a living soul. 2:8Yahweh God planted a garden
eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man
whomhe had formed. 2:9Out of the ground
Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is
pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree
of life also in the middle of the garden, and the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 2:10A
river went out of Eden to water the garden;
and fromthe re it was parted, and became four
heads. 2:11The nam e of the first is Pishon: this
is the one which flows through the whole land
of Havilah, where there is gold; 2:12and the
gold of that land is good. There is aromatic
resin and the onyx stone. 2:13The nam e of the
second river is Gihon: the same river that flows
through the whole land of Cush. 2:14The name
of the third river is Hiddekel: this is the one
which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth
river is the Euphrates. 2:15Yahweh God took
the man, and put him into the garden of Eden
to dress it and to keep it. 2:16Yahweh God
commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of
the garden you may freely eat; 2:17but of the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you
shall not eat of it; for in the day that you eat
of it you will surely die."
2:18Yahweh God said, "It is not good that
the man should be alone; I will make him a
helper suitable for him." 2:19Out of the ground
Yahweh God formed every animal of the field,
and every bird of the sky, and brought them
to the man to see what he would call them.
Whatever the man called every living creature,
that was its name. 2:20The man gave names to
all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to
every animal of the field; but for man there was
not found a helper suitable for him. 2:21Yahweh
God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and
he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed
up the flesh in its place. 2:22He made the rib,
which Yahweh God had taken fromthe man,
into a woman, and brought her to the man.
2:23The man said, "This is now bone of my
bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called
Woman, because she was taken out of Man."
2:24Therefore a man will leave his father and
his mother, and will join with hiswife, and they
will be one flesh. 2:25They were both naked, the
man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
3:1Now the serpent was more subtle than
any animal of the field which Yahweh God
had made. He said to the woman, "Has God
really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the
garden?'"
3:2The woman said to the serpent, "Of the
fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,
3:3but of the fruit of the tree which is in the
middle of the garden, God has said, 'You shall
not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you
die.'"
3:4The serpent said to the woman, "You
won't surely die, 3:5for God knows that in the
day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and
you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
3:6When the woman saw that the tree was
good for food, and that it was a delight to
the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired
to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and
ate; and she gave some to her husband with
her, and he ate. 3:7The eyes of both of them
were opened, and they knew that they were
naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and
made themselves aprons. 3:8They heard the
voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in
the cool of the day, and the man and his wife
hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh
God among the trees of the garden.
3:9Yahweh God called to the man, and said
to him, "Where are you?"
3:10The man said, "I heard your voice in the
garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked;
and I hid myself."
3:11God said, "Who told you that you were
naked? Have you eaten fromthe tree that I
commanded you not to eat from?"
3:12The man said, "The woman whom you
gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree,
and I ate."
3:13Yahweh God said to the woman, "What
is this you have done?"
Genesis 3:14 3 Genesis 4:23
The woman said, "The serpent deceived me,
and I ate."
3:14Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because
you have done this, cursed are you above
all livestock, and above every animal of the
field. On your belly you shall go, and you
shall eat dust all the days of your life. 3:15I will
put enmity between you and the woman, and
between your offspring and her offspring. He
will bruise your head, and you will bruise his
heel."
3:16To the woman he said, "I will greatly
multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you
will bring forth children. Your desire will be
for your husband, and he will rule over you."
3:17To Adamhe said, "Because you have
listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of
the tree, of which I commanded you, saying,
'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for
your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days
of your life. 3:18Thorns also and thistles will it
bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of
the field. 3:19By the sweat of your face will you
eat bread until you return to the ground, for out
of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to
dust you shall return."
3:20The man called his wife Eve, because she
was the mother of all living. 3:21Yahweh God
made coats of skins for Adam and for his wife,
and clothed them.
3:22Yahweh God said, "Behold, the man has
become like one of us, knowing good and evil.
Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take
of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."
3:23Therefore Yahweh God sent himfort h from
the garden of Eden, to till the ground from
which he was taken. 3:24So he drove out the
man; and he placed Cherubs at the east of the
garden of Eden, and the flame of a swordwhich
turned every way, to guard the way to the tree
of life.
4:1The m an knew Eve his wife. She conceived,
and gave birth to Cain, and said, "I have
gotten a man with Yahweh's help." 4:2Again
she gave birth, to Cain's brother Abel. Abel
was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller
of the ground. 4:3As time passed, it happened
that Cain brought an offering to Yahweh from
the fruit of the ground. 4:4Abel also brought
some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat.
Yahweh respected Abel and his offering, 4:5but
he didn't respect Cain and his offering. Cain
was very angry, and the expression on his face
fell. 4:6Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you
angry? Why has the expression of your face
fallen? 4:7If you do well, will it not be lifted
up? If you don't do well, sin crouches at the
door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule
over it." 4:8Cain said to Abel, his brother, "Let's
go into the field." It happened when they were
in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel, his
brother, and killed him.
4:9Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel,
your brother?"
He said, "I don't know. AmI my brother's
keeper?"
4:10Yahweh said, "What have you done? The
voice of your brother's blood cries to m e from
the ground. 4:11Now you are cursed because
of the ground, which has opened its mouth to
receive your brother's blood fromyour hand.
4:12Fromn ow on, when you till the ground, it
won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a
fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."
4:13Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is
greater than I can bear. 4:14Behold, you have
driven me out this day from the surface of the
ground. I will be hidden fromy our face, and I
will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.
It will happen that whoever finds me will kill
me."
4:15Yahweh said to him, "Thereforewhoever
slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him
sevenfold." Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain,
lest any finding himsh ould strike him.
4:16Cain went out fromY ahweh's presence,
and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
4:17Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and
gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and
called the name of the city, after the name of
his son, Enoch. 4:18To Enoch was born Irad.
Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael
became the father of Methushael. Methushael
became the father of Lamech. 4:19Lamech took
two wives: the name of the one was Adah,
and the name of the other Zillah. 4:20Adah
gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those
who dwell in tents and have livestock. 4:21His
brother's name was Jubal, who was the father
of all who handle the harp and pipe. 4:22Zillah
also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of
every cutting instrument of brass and iron.
Tubal Cain's sister was Naamah. 4:23Lamech
said to his wives,
Genesis 4:24 4 Genesis 6:4
"Adah and Zillah, hear my voice.
You wives of Lamech, listen to my
speech,
for I have slain a man for wounding me,
a young man for bruising me.
4:24If Cain will be avenged seven times,
truly Lamech seventy-seven times."
4:25Adamkn ew his wife again. She gave
birth to a son, and named him Seth, "for
God has appointed me another child instead of
Abel, for Cain killed him." 4:26There was also
born a son to Seth, and he named him Enosh.
Then men began to call on Yahweh's name.
5:1This is the book of the generations of
Adam. In the day that God created man, he
made him in God's likeness. 5:2He created
them male and female, and blessed them, and
called their name Adam,b in the day when
they were created. 5:3Adamliv ed one hundred
thirty years, and became the father of a son in
his own likeness, after his image, and named
himSe th. 5:4The days of Adamaf ter he
became the father of Seth were eight hundred
years, and he became the father of sons and
daughters. 5:5All the days that Adaml ived
were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.
5:6Seth lived one hundred five years, and
became the father of Enosh. 5:7Seth lived after
he became the father of Enosh eight hundred
seven years, and became the father of sons and
daughters. 5:8All the days of Seth were nine
hundred twelve years, then he died.
5:9Enosh lived ninety years, and became
the father of Kenan. 5:10Enosh lived after he
became the father of Kenan, eight hundred
fifteen years, and became the father of sons and
daughters. 5:11All the days of Enosh were nine
hundred five years, then he died.
5:12Kenan lived seventy years, and became
the father of Mahalalel. 5:13Kenan lived after he
became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred
forty years, and became the father of sons and
daughters 5:14and all the days of Kenan were
nine hundred ten years, then he died.
5:15Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became
the father of Jared. 5:16Mahalalel lived after
he became the father of Jared eight hundred
thirty years, and became the father of sons and
daughters. 5:17All the days of Mahalalel were
eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died.
5:18Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years,
and became the father of Enoch. 5:19Jared
lived after he became the father of Enoch eight
hundred years, and became the father of sons
and daughters. 5:20All the days of Jared were
nine hundred sixty-two years, then he died.
5:21Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became
the father of Methuselah. 5:22Enoch
walked with God after he became the father of
Methuselah three hundred years, and became
the father of sons and daughters. 5:23All the
days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five
years. 5:24Enoch walked with God, and hewas
not, for God took him.
5:25Methuselah lived one hundred eightyseven
years, and became the father of Lamech.
5:26Methuselah lived after he became the father
of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years,
and became the father of sons and daughters.
5:27All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred
sixty-nine years, then he died.
5:28Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two
years, and became the father of a son, 5:29and
he named him Noah, saying, "This same will
comfort us in our work and in the toil of our
hands, because of the ground which Yahweh
has cursed." 5:30Lamech lived after he became
the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five
years, and became the father of sons and
daughters. 5:31All the days of Lamech were
seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he
died.
5:32Noah was five hundred years old, and
Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and
Japheth.
6:1It happened, when men began to multiply
on the surface of the ground, and daughters
were born to them, 6:2that God's sons saw that
men's daughters were beautiful, and they took
for themselves wives of all that they chose.
6:3Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with
man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will
his days be one hundred twenty years." 6:4The
Nephilimw ere in the earth in those days, and
also after that, when God's sons came in to
men's daughters. They bore children to them.
Those were the mighty men who were of old,
men of renown.
b5:2 "Adam" and "Man" are spelled with the exact same consonants in Hebrew, so this can be correctly
translated either way.
Genesis 6:5 5 Genesis 7:21
6:5Yahweh 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. 6:6Yahweh was sorry that he
had made man on the earth, and it grieved him
in his heart. 6:7Yahweh said, "I will destroy
man whom I have created from the surface of
the ground; man, along with animals, creeping
things, and birds of the sky; for I ams orry that
I have made them." 6:8But Noah found favor in
Yahweh's eyes.
6:9This is the history of the generations of
Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless
among the people of his time. Noah walked
with God. 6:10Noah became the father of three
sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 6:11The earth
was corrupt before God, and the earth was
filled with violence. 6:12God saw the earth,
and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had
corrupted their way on the earth.
6:13God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh
has come before me, for the earth is filled with
violence through them. Behold, I will destroy
themwi th the earth. 6:14Make a ship of gopher
wood. You shall make rooms in the ship,
and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.
6:15This is how you shall make it. The length
of the ship will be three hundred cubits, its
breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
6:16You shall make a roof in the ship, and you
shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set
the door of the ship in its side. You shall make
it with lower, second, and third levels. 6:17I,
even I, do bring the flood of waters on this
earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of
life fromun der the sky. Everything that is in
the earth will die. 6:18But I will establish my
covenant with you. You shall come into the
ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons'
wives with you. 6:19Of every living thing of all
flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the
ship, to keep thema live with you. They shall
be male and female. 6:20Of the birds after their
kind, of the livestock after their kind, of every
creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two
of every sort shall come to you, to keep them
alive. 6:21Take with you of all food that is eaten,
and gather it to yourself; and it will be for food
for you, and for them." 6:22Thus Noah did.
According to all that God commanded him, so
he did.
7:1Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of
your household into the ship, for I have seen
your righteousness before me in this generation.
7:2You shall take seven pairs of every
clean animal with you, the male and his female.
Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the
male and his female. 7:3Also of the birds of the
sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep
seed alive on the surface of all the earth. 7:4In
seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth
for forty days and forty nights. Every living
thing that I have made, I will destroy from the
surface of the ground."
7:5Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded
him.
7:6Noah was six hundred years oldwhen the
flood of waters came on the earth. 7:7Noah
went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and
his sons' wives, because of the waters of the
flood. 7:8Clean animals, animals that are not
clean, birds, and everything that creeps on the
ground 7:9went by pairs to Noah into the ship,
male and female, as God commanded Noah.
7:10It happened after the seven days, that the
waters of the flood came on the earth. 7:11In the
six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second
month, on the seventeenth day of the month,
on the same day all the fountains of the great
deep were burst open, and the sky's windows
were opened. 7:12The rain was on the earth
forty days and forty nights.
7:13In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham,
and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's
wife, and the three wives of his sons with
them, entered into the ship; 7:14they, and every
animal after its kind, all the livestock after their
kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the
earth after its kind, and every bird after its
kind, every bird of every sort. 7:15They went
to Noah into the ship, by pairs of all flesh with
the breath of life in them. 7:16Those who went
in, went in male and female of all flesh, as
God commanded him; and Yahweh shut him
in. 7:17The flood was forty days on the earth.
The waters increased, and lifted up the ship,
and it was lifted up above the earth. 7:18The
waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the
earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the
waters. 7:19The waters prevailed exceedingly
on the earth. All the high mountains that were
under the whole sky were covered. 7:20The
waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the
mountains were covered. 7:21All flesh died that
Genesis 7:22 6 Genesis 9:11
moved on the earth, including birds, livestock,
animals, every creeping thing that creeps on
the earth, and every man. 7:22All in whose
nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of
all that was on the dry land, died. 7:23Every
living thing was destroyed that was on the
surface of the ground, including man, livestock,
creeping things, and birds of the sky. They
were destroyed fromthe earth. Only Noah
was left, and those who were with himin the
ship. 7:24The waters prevailed on the earth one
hundred fifty days.
8:1God remembered Noah, all the animals,
and all the livestock that were with himi n the
ship; and God made a wind to pass over the
earth. The waters subsided. 8:2The deep's
fountains and the sky's windows were also
stopped, and the rain fromthe sky was restrained.
8:3The waters receded fromthe earth
continually. After the end of one hundred fifty
days the waters decreased. 8:4The ship rested
in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of
the month, on Ararat's mountains. 8:5The waters
receded continually until the tenth month.
In the tenth month, on the first day of the
month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
8:6It happened at the end of forty days, that
Noah opened the window of the ship which he
had made, 8:7and he sent forth a raven. It went
back and forth, until the waters were dried up
fromthe earth. 8:8He sent forth a dove from
him, to see if the waters were abated from the
surface of the ground, 8:9but the dove found
no place to rest her foot, and she returned to
himi nto the ship; for the waters were on the
surface of the whole earth. He put forth his
hand, and took her, and brought her to himi nto
the ship. 8:10He stayed yet another seven days;
and again he sent forth the dove out of the ship.
8:11The dove came back to him at evening, and,
behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked
off. So Noah knew that the waters were abated
fromthe earth. 8:12He stayed yet another seven
days, and sent forth the dove; and she didn't
return to himany more.
8:13It happened in the six hundred first year,
in the first month, the first day of the month,
the waters were dried up fromthe earth. Noah
removed the covering of the ship, and looked.
He saw that the surface of the ground was
dried. 8:14In the second month, on the twentyseventh
day of the month, the earth was dry.
8:15God spoke to Noah, saying, 8:16"Go out
of the ship, you, and your wife, and your sons,
and your sons' wives with you. 8:17Bring forth
with you every living thing that is with you of
all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every
creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that
they may breed abundantly in the earth, and
be fruitful, and multiply on the earth."
8:18Noah went forth, with his sons, his wife,
and his sons'wiveswith him. 8:19Every animal,
every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever
moves on the earth, after their families, went
out of the ship.
8:20Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and took
of every clean animal, and of every clean
bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
8:21Yahweh smelled the pleasant aroma.
Yahweh said in his heart, "I will not again
curse the ground any more for man's sake,
because the imagination of man's heart is evil
fromh is youth; neither will I ever again strike
everything living, as I have done. 8:22While the
earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold
and heat, and summer and winter, and day and
night shall not cease."
9:1God blessed Noah and his sons, and
said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and
replenish the earth. 9:2The fear of you and the
dread of you will be on every animal of the
earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything
that the ground teems with, and all the fish of
the sea are delivered into your hand. 9:3Every
moving thing that lives will be food for you.
As the green herb, I have given everything to
you. 9:4But flesh with its life, its blood, you
shall not eat. 9:5I will surely require your blood
of your lives. At the hand of every animal I will
require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand
of every man's brother, I will require the life of
man. 9:6Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood
will be shed by man, for God made man in his
own image. 9:7Be fruitful and multiply. Bring
forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply in
it."
9:8God spoke to Noah and to his sons with
him, saying, 9:9"As for me, behold, I establish
my covenant with you, and with your offspring
after you, 9:10and with every living creature
that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and
every animal of the earth with you, of all that
go out of the ship, even every animal of the
earth. 9:11I will establish my covenant with
Genesis 9:12 7 Genesis 10:30
you: all flesh will not be cut off any more by the
waters of the flood, neither will there ever again
be a flood to destroy the earth." 9:12God 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: 9:13I
set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be for
a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
9:14It will happen, when I bring a cloud over
the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the
cloud, 9:15and I will remember my covenant,
which is between me and you and every living
creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more
become a flood to destroy all flesh. 9:16The
rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it,
that I may remember the everlasting covenant
between God and every living creature of all
flesh that is on the earth." 9:17God said toNoah,
"This is the token of the covenant which I have
established between me and all flesh that is on
the earth."
9:18The sons of Noah who went forth from
the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is
the father of Canaan. 9:19These three were the
sons of Noah, and fromthe se, the whole earth
was populated.
9:20Noah began to be a farmer, and planted
a vineyard. 9:21He drank of the wine and
got drunk. He was uncovered within his
tent. 9:22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw
the nakedness of his father, and told his two
brothers outside. 9:23Shemand Japheth took
a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders,
went in backwards, and covered the nakedness
of their father. Their faces were backwards,
and they didn't see their father's nakedness.
9:24Noah awoke fromhi s wine, and knew what
his youngest son had done to him. 9:25He said,
"Canaan is cursed.
He will be servant of servants to his brothers."
9:26He said,
"Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem.
Let Canaan be his servant.
9:27May God enlarge Japheth.
Let himd well in the tents of Shem.
Let Canaan be his servant."
9:28Noah lived three hundred fifty years
after the flood. 9:29All the days of Noah were
nine hundred fifty years, then he died.
10:1Now this is the history of the generations
of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and
Japheth. Sons were born to themaf ter the flood.
10:2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog,
Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
10:3The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath,
and Togarmah. 10:4The sons of Javan: Elishah,
Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 10:5Of these
were the islands of the nations divided in their
lands, everyone after his language, after their
families, in their nations.
10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put,
and Canaan. 10:7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah,
Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of
Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. 10:8Cush became
the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty
one in the earth. 10:9He was a mighty hunter
before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, "Like
Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."
10:10The beginning of his kingdomwas Babel,
Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
10:11Out of that land he went forth into Assyria,
and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 10:12and
Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same
is the great city). 10:13Mizraimbe came the
father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
10:14Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the
Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.
10:15Canaan became the father of Sidon (his
firstborn), Heth, 10:16the Jebusite, the Amorite,
the Girgashite, 10:17the Hivite, the Arkite, the
Sinite, 10:18the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and
the Hamathite. Afterward the families of
the Canaanites were spread abroad. 10:19The
border of the Canaanites was fromSi don, as
you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward
Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to
Lasha. 10:20These are the sons of Ham, after
their families, after their languages, in their
lands, in their nations.
10:21To Shem, the father of all the children
of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him
also were children born. 10:22The sons of
Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and
Aram. 10:23The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul,
Gether, and Mash. 10:24Arpachshad became
the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father
of Eber. 10:25To Eber were born two sons.
The name of the one was Peleg, for in his
days the earth was divided. His brother's
name was Joktan. 10:26Joktan became the father
of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
10:27Hadoram , Uzal, Diklah, 10:28Obal, Abimael,
Sheba, 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab.
All these were the sons of Joktan. 10:30Their
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dwelling was fromMesh a, as you go toward
Sephar, the mountain of the east. 10:31These are
the sons of Shem, after their families, after their
languages, in their lands, after their nations.
10:32These are the families of the sons of
Noah, after their generations, in their nations.
Of these were the nations divided in the earth
after the flood.
11:1The whole earth was of one language
and of one speech. 11:2It happened, as they
traveled east, that they found a plain in the
land of Shinar, and they lived there. 11:3They
said one to another, "Come, let's make bricks,
and burn themt horoughly." They had brick for
stone, and they used tar for mortar. 11:4They
said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a
tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's
make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered
abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
11:5Yahweh came down to see the city and
the tower, which the children of men built.
11:6Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people,
and they have all one language, and this is
what they begin to do. Now nothing will be
withheld fromthe m, which they intend to do.
11:7Come, let's go down, and there confuse
their language, that they may not understand
one another's speech." 11:8So Yahweh scattered
themabro ad from there on the surface
of all the earth. They stopped building the
city. 11:9Therefore its name was called Babel,
because there Yahweh confused the language
of all the earth. Fromthe re, Yahweh scattered
themabro ad on the surface of all the earth.
11:10This is the history of the generations of
Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and
became the father of Arpachshad two years
after the flood. 11:11Shemliv ed five hundred
years after he became the father of Arpachshad,
and became the father of sons and daughters.
11:12Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and
became the father of Shelah. 11:13Arpachshad
lived four hundred three years after he became
the father of Shelah, and became the father of
sons and daughters.
11:14Shelah lived thirty years, and became
the father of Eber: 11:15and Shelah lived four
hundred three years after he became the father
of Eber, and became the father of sons and
daughters.
11:16Eber lived thirty-four years, and became
the father of Peleg. 11:17Eber lived four hundred
thirty years after he became the father
of Peleg, and became the father of sons and
daughters.
11:18Peleg lived thirty years, and became the
father of Reu. 11:19Peleg lived two hundred
nine years after he became the father of Reu,
and became the father of sons and daughters.
11:20Reu lived thirty-two years, and became
the father of Serug. 11:21Reu lived two hundred
seven years after he became the father of Serug,
and became the father of sons and daughters.
11:22Serug lived thirty years, and became the
father of Nahor. 11:23Serug lived two hundred
years after he became the father of Nahor, and
became the father of sons and daughters.
11:24Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became
the father of Terah. 11:25Nahor lived one
hundred nineteen years after he became the
father of Terah, and became the father of sons
and daughters.
11:26Terah lived seventy years, and became
the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
11:27Now this is the history of the generations
of Terah. Terah became the father of
Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became
the father of Lot. 11:28Haran died before his
father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur
of the Chaldees. 11:29Abramand Nahor took
wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai,
and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the
daughter of Haran who was also the father of
Iscah. 11:30Sarai was barren. She had no child.
11:31Terah took Abramh is son, Lot the son of
Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughterin-
law, his son Abram's wife. They went forth
fromUr of the Chaldees, to go into the land of
Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
11:32The days of Terah were two hundred five
years. Terah died in Haran.
12:1Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Get out
of your country, and fromy our relatives, and
fromy our father's house, to the land that I will
show you. 12:2I will make of you a great nation.
I will bless you and make your name great. You
will be a blessing. 12:3I will bless those who
bless you, and I will curse himw ho curses you.
In you will all of the families of the earth be
blessed."
12:4So Abramwe nt, as Yahweh had spoken
to him. Lot went with him. Abram was
seventy-five years old when he departed out of
Haran. 12:5Abramt ook Sarai his wife, Lot his
Genesis 12:6 9 Genesis 14:1
brother's son, all their substance that they had
gathered, and the souls whomthe y had gotten
in Haran, and they went forth to go into the
land of Canaan. Into the land of Canaan they
came. 12:6Abramp assed through the land to
the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. The
Canaanite was then in the land.
12:7Yahweh appeared to Abramand said, "I
will give this land to your seedc."
He built an altar there to Yahweh, who
appeared to him. 12:8He left fromt here to the
mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched
his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on
the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh
and called on the name of Yahweh. 12:9Abram
traveled, going on still toward the South.
12:10There was a famine in the land. Abram
went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner
there, for the famine was severe in the land.
12:11It happened, when he had come near to
enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "See
now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to
look at. 12:12It will happen, when the Egyptians
will see you, that theywill say, 'This is hiswife.'
They will kill me, but they will save you alive.
12:13Please say that you are my sister, that it
may be well with me for your sake, and that
my soul may live because of you."
12:14It happened that when Abramhad
come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the
woman was very beautiful. 12:15The princes of
Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh;
and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's
house. 12:16He dealt well with Abramf or her
sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male
servants, female servants, female donkeys, and
camels. 12:17Yahweh plagued Pharaoh and
his house with great plagues because of Sarai,
Abram's wife. 12:18Pharaoh called Abramand
said, "What is this that you have done to me?
Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?
12:19Why did you say, 'She is m ysister,' so that
I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see
your wife, take her, and go your way."
12:20Pharaoh commanded men concerning
him, and they brought him on the way with his
wife and all that he had.
13:1Abramwe nt up out of Egypt: he, his
wife, all that he had, and Lot with him, into the
South. 13:2Abramw as very rich in livestock,
in silver, and in gold. 13:3He went on his
journeys fromthe South even to Bethel, to the
place where his tent had been at the beginning,
between Bethel and Ai, 13:4to the place of the
altar, which he had made there at the first.
There Abramcal led on the name of Yahweh.
13:5Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks,
and herds, and tents. 13:6The land was not able
to bear them, that they might live together: for
their substance was great, so that they could
not live together. 13:7Therewas a strife between
the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the
herdsmen of Lot's livestock: and the Canaanite
and the Perizzite lived in the land at that time.
13:8Abrams aid to Lot, "Please, let there be
no strife between me and you, and between
my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are
relatives. 13:9Isn't the whole land before you?
Please separate yourself fromm e. If you go to
the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if
you go to the right hand, then I will go to the
left."
13:10Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the
plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered
everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom
and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like
the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar. 13:11So Lot
chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot
traveled east, and they separated themselves
the one fromthe other. 13:12Abramliv ed in the
land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of
the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
13:13Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly
wicked and sinners against Yahweh.
13:14Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was
separated fromh im, "Now, lift up your eyes,
and look fromt he place where you are, northward
and southward and eastward and westward,
13:15for all the land which you see, I
will give to you, and to your offspring forever.
13:16I will make your offspring as the dust of
the earth, so that if a man can number the
dust of the earth, then your seed may also be
numbered. 13:17Arise, walk through the land in
its length and in its breadth; for I will give it to
you."
13:18Abram moved his tent, and came and
lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in
Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.
14:1It happened in the days of Amraphel,
king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chec12:
7 or, offspring
Genesis 14:2 10 Genesis 15:10
dorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of
Goiim, 14:2that they 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 (the same
is Zoar). 14:3All these joined together in the
valley of Siddim(t he same is the Salt Sea).
14:4Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer,
and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled. 14:5In
the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and
the kings who were with him, and struck the
Rephaimi n Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim
in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
14:6and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to
Elparan, which is by the wilderness. 14:7They
returned, and came to En Mishpat (the same
is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the
Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived
in Hazazon Tamar. 14:8The 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) went out; and they
set the battle in array against themi n the valley
of Siddim; 14:9against Chedorlaomer king of
Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel
king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four
kings against the five. 14:10Now the valley
of Siddimwas full of tar pits; and the kings
of Sodoma nd Gomorrah fled, and they fell
there, and those who remained fled to the hills.
14:11They took all the goods of Sodoma nd
Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their
way. 14:12They took Lot, Abram's brother's
son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and
departed.
14:13One who had escaped came and told
Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the
oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol,
and brother of Aner; and these were allies of
Abram. 14:14When Abramhe ard that his relative
was taken captive, he led forth his trained
men, born in his house, three hundred and
eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. 14:15He
divided himself against them by night, he and
his servants, and struck them, and pursued
themto Hobah, which is on the left hand of
Damascus. 14:16He brought back all the goods,
and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his
goods, and the women also, and the people.
14:17The king of Sodomw ent out to meet
him, after his return from the slaughter of
Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with
him, at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the
King's Valley). 14:18Melchizedek king of Salem
brought out bread and wine: and he was priest
of God Most High. 14:19He blessed him, and
said, "Blessed be Abramof God Most High,
possessor of heaven and earth: 14:20and blessed
be God Most High, who has delivered your
enemies into your hand."
Abramg ave hima tenth of all.
14:21The king of Sodomsa id to Abram,
"Give me the people, and take the goods to
yourself."
14:22Abrams aid to the king of Sodom, "I
have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most
High, possessor of heaven and earth, 14:23that
I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor
anything that is yours, lest you should say,
'I have made Abram rich.' 14:24I will accept
nothing fromy ou except that which the young
men have eaten, and the portion of the men
who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre.
Let themtak e their portion."
15:1After these things the word of Yahweh
came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don't
be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your
exceedingly great reward."
15:2Abramsa id, "Lord Yahweh, what will
you give me, seeing I go childless, and he who
will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"
15:3Abramsa id, "Behold, tome you have given
no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is
m y heir."
15:4Behold, the word of Yahweh came to
him, saying, "This man will not be your heir,
but he who will come forth out of your own
body will be your heir." 15:5Yahweh brought
himo utside, and said, "Look now toward the
sky, and count the stars, if you are able to
count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your
seed be." 15:6He believed in Yahweh; and he
reckoned it to himf or righteousness. 15:7He
said to him, "I am Yahweh who brought you
out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land
to inherit it."
15:8He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know
that I will inherit it?"
15:9He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three
years old, a female goat three years old, a
ramt hree years old, a turtledove, and a young
pigeon." 15:10He brought himal l of these, and
divided themi n the middle, and laid each half
opposite the other; but he didn't divide the
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birds. 15:11The birds of prey came down on the
carcasses, and Abramd rove themaway.
15:12When the sun was going down, a deep
sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great
darkness fell on him. 15:13He said to Abram,
"Know for sure that your seed will live as
foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will
serve them. Theywill afflict themfour hundred
years. 15:14I will also judge that nation, whom
they will serve. Afterward they will come out
with great wealth, 15:15but you will go to your
fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good
old age. 15:16In the fourth generation they
will come here again, for the iniquity of the
Amorite is not yet full." 15:17It came to pass
that, when the sun went down, and it was dark,
behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch
passed between these pieces. 15:18In that day
Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying,
"To your seed I have given this land, from
the river of Egypt to the great river, the river
Euphrates: 15:19the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the
Kadmonites, 15:20theHittites, the Perizzites, the
Rephaim, 15:21the Amorites, the Canaanites,
the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
16:1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no
children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian,
whose nam e was Hagar. 16:2Sarai said to
Abram , "See now, Yahweh has restrained m e
from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid.
It may be that I will obtain children by her."
Abraml istened to the voice of Sarai. 16:3Sarai,
Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her
handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in
the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram
her husband to be his wife. 16:4He went in to
Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that
she had conceived, her mistress was despised
in her eyes. 16:5Sarai said to Abram, "This
wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into
your bosom, and when she saw that she had
conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Yahweh
judge between me and you."
16:6But Abrams aid to Sarai, "Behold, your
maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is
good in your eyes." Sarai dealt harshly with
her, and she fled fromhe r face.
16:7The angel of Yahweh found her by a
fountain of water in the wilderness, by the
fountain in the way to Shur. 16:8He said,
"Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come
from? Where are you going?"
She said, "I amfle eing from the face of my
mistress Sarai."
16:9The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Return
to your mistress, and submit yourself under her
hands." 16:10The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I
will greatly multiply your seed, that they will
not be numbered for multitude." 16:11The angel
of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with
child, and will bear a son. You shall call his
name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your
affliction. 16:12He will be like a wild donkey
among men. His hand will be against every
man, and every man's hand against him. He
will live opposite all of his brothers."
16:13She called the name of Yahweh who
spoke to her, "You are a God who sees," for
she said, "Have I even stayed alive after seeing
him?" 16:14Therefore the well was called Beer
Lahai Roi.d Behold, it is between Kadesh and
Bered.
16:15Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram
called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore,
Ishmael. 16:16Abramw as eighty-six years old
when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
17:1When Abramw as ninety-nine years old,
Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him,
"I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and
be blameless. 17:2I will make my covenant
between me and you, and will multiply you
exceedingly."
17:3Abramf ell on his face. God talked
with him, saying, 17:4"As for me, behold, my
covenant is with you. You will be the father of
a multitude of nations. 17:5Neither will your
name any more be called Abram, but your
name will be Abraham; for I have made you
the father of a multitude of nations. 17:6I will
make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make
nations of you. Kings will come out of you.
17:7I will establish my covenant between me
and you and your seed after you throughout
their generations for an everlasting covenant,
to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
17:8I will give to you, and to your seed after
you, the land where you are traveling, all the
land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I
will be their God."
17:9God said to Abraham, "As for you, you
will keep my covenant, you and your seed after
d16:14 Beer Lahai Roi means "well of the one who lives and sees me."
Genesis 17:10 12 Genesis 18:14
you throughout their generations. 17:10This is
my covenant, which you shall keep, between
me and you and your seed after you. Every
male among you shall be circumcised. 17:11You
shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin.
It will be a token of the covenant between
m e and you. 17:12He who is eight days old
will be circumcised among you, every male
throughout your generations, he who is born
in the house, or bought with money from any
foreigner who is not of your seed. 17:13He who
is born in your house, and he who is bought
with your money, must be circumcised. My
covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting
covenant. 17:14The uncircumcised male who is
not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that
soul shall be cut off fromh is people. He has
broken my covenant."
17:15God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai
your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but
her name will be Sarah. 17:16Iwill bless her, and
moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, Iwill
bless her, and she will be a mother of nations.
Kings of peoples will come from her."
17:17Then Abrahamfell on his face, and
laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child
be born to himwho is one hundred years old?
Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"
17:18Abrahams aid to God, "Oh that Ishmael
might live before you!"
17:19God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife,
will bear you a son. You shall call his name
Isaac.e I will establish my covenant with him
for an everlasting covenant for his seed after
him. 17:20As for Ishmael, I have heard you.
Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him
fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He
will become the father of twelve princes, and
I will make him a great nation. 17:21But my
covenant I establish with Isaac, whomSar ah
will bear to you at this set time next year."
17:22When he finished talking with him,
God went up fromAbr aham. 17:23Abraham
took Ishmael his son, all who were born in
his house, and all who were bought with
his money; every male among the men of
Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh
of their foreskin in the same day, as God had
said to him. 17:24Abrahamwas ninety-nine
years old, when he was circumcised in the
flesh of his foreskin. 17:25Ishmael, his son, was
thirteen years old when he was circumcised
in the flesh of his foreskin. 17:26In the same
day both Abrahamand Ishmael, his son, were
circumcised. 17:27All the men of his house,
those born in the house, and those bought with
money of a foreigner, were circumcised with
him.
18:1Yahweh appeared to himby the oaks of
Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of
the day. 18:2He lifted up his eyes and looked,
and saw that three men stood opposite him.
When he saw them, he ran to meet them from
the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
18:3and said, "My lord, if now I have found
favor in your sight, please don't go away from
your servant. 18:4Now let a little water be
fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves
under the tree. 18:5I will get a morsel of bread
so you can refresh your heart. After that you
may go your way, now that you have come to
your servant."
They said, "Very well, do as you have said."
18:6Abrahamhur ried into the tent to Sarah,
and said, "Quickly make ready three measures
of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes."
18:7Abrahamr an to the herd, and fetched a
tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant.
He hurried to dress it. 18:8He took butter, milk,
and the calf which he had dressed, and set it
before them. He stood by them under the tree,
and they ate.
18:9They said to him, "Where is Sarah, your
wife?
He said, "See, in the tent."
18:10He said, "I will certainly return to you
when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah
your wife will have a son."
Sarah heard in the tent door, which was
behind him. 18:11Now Abrahamand Sarah
were old, well advanced in age. It had ceased
to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
18:12Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After
I have grown old will I have pleasure, my
lord being old also?"
18:13Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did
Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child,
yet I amold? ' 18:14Is anything too hard for
Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you,
when the season comes round, and Sarah will
have a son."
e17:19 Isaac means "he laughs."
Genesis 18:15 13 Genesis 19:12
18:15Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't
laugh," for she was afraid.
He said, "No, but you did laugh."
18:16The men rose up from there, and looked
toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to
see themo n their way. 18:17Yahweh said, "Will
I hide fromAbrahamwhat I do, 18:18seeing that
Abraham has surely become a great and mighty
nation, and all the nations of the earth will be
blessed in him? 18:19For I have known him, to
the end that he may command his children and
his household after him, that they may keep
the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and
justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on
Abrahamthat which he has spoken of him."
18:20Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom
and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is
very grievous, 18:21I will go down now, and see
whether their deeds are as bad as the reports
which have come to me. If not, I will know."
18:22The men turned from there, and went
toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before
Yahweh. 18:23Abrahamd rew near, and said,
"Will you consume the righteous with the
wicked? 18:24What if there are fifty righteous
within the city? Will you consume and not
spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in
it? 18:25Be it far fromyou to do things like that,
to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the
righteous should be like the wicked. May that
be far fromy ou. Shouldn't the Judge of all the
earth do right?"
18:26Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodomfif ty
righteous within the city, then I will spare
all the place for their sake." 18:27Abraham
answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself
to speak to the Lord, who ambu t dust and
ashes. 18:28What if there will lack five of the
fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for
lack of five?"
He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-
five there."
18:29He spoke to himyet again, and said,
"What if there are forty found there?"
He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."
18:30He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry,
and I will speak. What if there are thirty found
there?"
He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty
there."
18:31He said, "See now, I have taken it on
myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are
twenty found there?"
He said, "I will not destroy it for the
twenty's sake."
18:32He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry,
and I will speak just once more. What if ten are
found there?"
He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's
sake."
18:33Yahweh went his way, as soon as he
had finished communing with Abraham, and
Abrahamr eturned to his place.
19:1The two angels cam e t o Sodom at
evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw
them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed
himself with his face to the earth, 19:2and he
said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into
your servant's house, stay all night, wash your
feet, and you will rise up early, and go on your
way."
They said, "No, but we will stay in the street
all night."
19:3He urged themg reatly, and they came in
with him, and entered into his house. He made
thema feast, and baked unleavened bread, and
they ate. 19:4But before they lay down, the men
of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the
house, both young and old, all the people from
every quarter. 19:5They called to Lot, and said
to him, "Where are the men who came in to you
this night? Bring themo ut to us, that we may
have sex with them."
19:6Lot went out to themto the door, and
shut the door after him. 19:7He said, "Please,
my brothers, don't act so wickedly. 19:8See
now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let
me bring them out to you, and you may do to
themwhat seems good to you. Only don't do
anything to these men, because they have come
under the shadow of my roof."
19:9They said, "Stand back!" They said,
"This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner,
and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we
deal worse with you, than with them!" They
pressed hard on the man Lot, and drew near
to break the door. 19:10But the m en put forth
their hand, and brought Lot into the house to
them, and shut the door. 19:11They struck the
men who were at the door of the house with
blindness, both small and great, so that they
wearied themselves to find the door.
19:12The men said to Lot, "Do you have
anybody else here? Sons-in-law, your sons,
Genesis 19:13 14 Genesis 20:6
your daughters, and whoever you have in
the city, bring themout of the place: 19:13for
we will destroy this place, because the outcry
against themhas grown great before Yahweh
that Yahweh has sent us to destroy it."
19:14Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-inlaw,
who were pledged to marry his daughters,
and said, "Get up! Get out of this place, for
Yahweh will destroy the city."
But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be
joking. 19:15When the morning came, then the
angels hurried Lot, saying, "Get up! Take your
wife, and your two daughters who are here, lest
you be consumed in the iniquity of the city."
19:16But he lingered; and the men grabbed his
hand, his wife's hand, and his two daughters'
hands, Yahweh being merciful to him; and they
took himo ut, and set himo utside of the city.
19:17It came to pass, when they had taken them
out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't
look behind you, and don't stay anywhere in
the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be
consumed!"
19:18Lot said to them , "Oh, not so, m ylord.
19:19See now, your servant has found favor
in your sight, and you have magnified your
loving kindness, which you have shown to
me in saving my life. I can't escape to the
mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.
19:20See now, this city is near to flee to, and it
is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn't it a
little one?), and my soul will live."
19:21He said to him, "Behold, I have granted
your request concerning this thing also, that I
will not overthrow the city of which you have
spoken. 19:22Hurry, escape there, for I can't do
anything until you get there." Therefore the
name of the city was called Zoar.f
19:23The sun had risen on the earth when
Lot came to Zoar. 19:24Then Yahweh rained
on Sodoma nd on Gomorrah sulfur and fire
fromYahweh out of the sky. 19:25He overthrew
those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of
the cities, and that which grew on the ground.
19:26But his wife looked back frombe hind him,
and she became a pillar of salt.
19:27Abrahamg ot up early in themorning to
the place where he had stood before Yahweh.
19:28He looked toward Sodoma nd Gomorrah,
and toward all the land of the plain, and
looked, and saw that the smoke of the land
went up as the smoke of a furnace.
19:29It happened, when God destroyed the
cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham,
and sent Lot out of the middle of the
overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in
which Lot lived.
19:30Lotwent up out of Zoar, and lived in the
mountain, and his two daughters with him; for
he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a cave
with his two daughters. 19:31The firstborn said
to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is
not a man in the earth to come in to us after the
manner of all the earth. 19:32Come, let's make
our father drink wine, and we will lie with
him, that we may preserve our father's seed."
19:33They made their father drink wine that
night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with
her father. He didn't know when she lay down,
nor when she arose. 19:34It came to pass on the
next day, that the firstborn said to the younger,
"Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let
us make him drink wine again, tonight. You
go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve
our father's seed." 19:35They made their father
drink wine that night also. The younger went
and lay with him. He didn't knowwhen she lay
down, nor when she got up. 19:36Thus both of
Lot's daughters were with child by their father.
19:37The firstborn bore a son, and named him
Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this
day. 19:38The younger also bore a son, and
called his name Ben Ammi. He is the father of
the children of Ammon to this day.
20:1Abrahamtr aveled fromthere toward the
land of the South, and lived between Kadesh
and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.
20:2Abrahams aid about Sarah his wife, "She is
my sister." Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and
took Sarah. 20:3But God came to Abimelech in
a dreamo f the night, and said to him, "Behold,
you are a dead man, because of the woman
whomy ou have taken. For she is aman's wife."
20:4Now Abimelech had not come near her.
He said, "Lord, will you kill even a righteous
nation? 20:5Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?'
She, even she herself, said, 'He is my brother.'
In the integrity of my heart and the innocence
of my hands have I done this."
20:6God said to himi n the dream, "Yes, I
know that in the integrity of your heart you
f19:22 Zoar means "little."
Genesis 20:7 15 Genesis 21:22
have done this, and I also withheld you from
sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow
you to touch her. 20:7Now therefore, restore the
man's wife. For he is a prophet, and he will
pray for you, and you will live. If you don't
restore her, know for sure that you will die,
you, and all who are yours."
20:8Abimelech rose early in the morning,
and called all his servants, and told all these
things in their ear. The men were very scared.
20:9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said
to him, "What have you done to us? How have
I sinned against you, that you have brought on
me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have
done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"
20:10Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did
you see, that you have done this thing?"
20:11Abrahams aid, "Because I thought,
'Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They
will kill me for my wife's sake.' 20:12Besides,
she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my
father, but not the daughter of my mother; and
she became my wife. 20:13It happened, when
God caused me to wander from my father's
house, that I said to her, 'This is your kindness
which you shall show to me. Everywhere that
we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"
20:14Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male
servants and female servants, and gave them to
Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him.
20:15Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before
you. Dwellwhere it pleases you." 20:16To Sarah
he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a
thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a
covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In
front of all you are vindicated."
20:17Abrahamp rayed to God. God healed
Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants,
and they bore children. 20:18For Yahweh
had closed up tight all the wombs of the house
of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's
wife.
21:1Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said,
and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken.
21:2Sarah conceived, and bore Abrahama son
in his old age, at the set time of which God
had spoken to him. 21:3Abrahamc alled his
son who was born to him ,whom Sarah bore
to him, Isaac.g 21:4Abrahamci rcumcised his
son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God
had commanded him. 21:5Abrahamwas one
hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was
born to him. 21:6Sarah said, "God has made
me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with
me." 21:7She said, "Who would have said to
Abraham, that Sarah would nurse children?
For I have borne hima son in his old age."
21:8The child grew, and was weaned. Abrahamm
ade a great feast on the day that Isaac
was weaned. 21:9Sarah saw the son of Hagar
the Egyptian, whoms he had borne to
Abraham, mocking. 21:10Therefore she said to
Abraham, "Cast out this handmaid and her
son! For the son of this handmaid will not be
heir with my son, Isaac."
21:11The thing was very grievous in Abraham's
sight on account of his son. 21:12God
said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in
your sight because of the boy, and because of
your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you,
listen to her voice. For fromIsaacwill your seed
be called. 21:13I will also make a nation of the
son of the handmaid, because he is your seed."
21:14Abrahamro se up early in themorning, and
took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it
to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave
her the child, and sent her away. She departed,
and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
21:15The water in the bottle was spent, and she
cast the child under one of the shrubs. 21:16She
went and sat down opposite him, a good way
off, about a bowshot away. For she said, "Don't
let me see the death of the child." She sat over
against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
21:17God heard the voice of the boy.
The angel of God called to Hagar out of the
sky, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar?
Don't be afraid. For God has heard the voice
of the boy where he is. 21:18Get up, lift up the
boy, and hold himin your hand. For Iwillmake
hima great nation."
21:19God opened her eyes, and she saw a
well of water. She went, filled the bottle with
water, and gave the boy drink. 21:20God was
with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the
wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an
archer. 21:21He lived in the wilderness of Paran.
His mother took a wife for him out of the land
of Egypt.
21:22It happened at that time, that Abimelech
and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to
g21:3 Isaac means "He laughs."
Genesis 21:23 16 Genesis 22:21
Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that
you do. 21:23Now, therefore, swear to me here
by God that you will not deal falsely with me,
nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But
according to the kindness that I have done to
you, you shall do to me, and to the land in
which you have lived as a foreigner."
21:24Abrahamsa id, "I will swear."
21:25Abraham complained to Abimelech
because of awater well,which Abimelech's servants
had violently taken away. 21:26Abimelech
said, "I don't know who has done this thing.
Neither did you tell me, neither did I hear of it,
until today."
21:27Abrahamto ok sheep and cattle, and
gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a
covenant. 21:28Abrahamset seven ewe lambs
of the flock by themselves. 21:29Abimelech said
to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs
which you have set by themselves mean?"
21:30He said, "You shall take these seven ewe
lambs frommy hand, that it may be awitness to
me, that I have dug this well." 21:31Therefore he
called that place Beersheba,h because they both
swore there. 21:32So they made a covenant at
Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the
captain of his army, and they returned into the
land of the Philistines. 21:33Abrahamp lanted
a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there
on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.
21:34Abrahamliv ed as a foreigner in the land of
the Philistines many days.
22:1It happened after these things, that God
tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!"
He said, "Here I am."
22:2He said, "Now take your son, your only
son, whomyou love, even Isaac, and go into
the land of Moriah. Offer himthe re for a burnt
offering on one of the mountains which I will
tell you of."
22:3Abrahamro se early in the morning, and
saddled his donkey, and took two of his young
men with him, and Isaac his son. He split
the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up,
and went to the place of which God had told
him. 22:4On the third day Abrahaml ifted up
his eyes, and saw the place far off. 22:5Abraham
said to his young men, "Stay here with the
donkey. The boy and I will go yonder. We will
worship, and come back to you." 22:6Abraham
took the wood of the burnt offering and laid
it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the
fire and the knife. They both went together.
22:7Isaac spoke to Abrahamhi s father, and said,
"My father?"
He said, "Here I am, my son."
He said, "Here is the fire and the wood, but
where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"
22:8Abrahamsa id, "God will provide himself
the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So
they both went together. 22:9They came to the
place which God had told himo f. Abraham
built the altar there, and laid the wood in order,
bound Isaac his son, and laid himo n the altar,
on the wood. 22:10Abrahams tretched forth his
hand, and took the knife to kill his son.
22:11The angel of Yahweh called to himout
of the sky, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!"
He said, "Here I am."
22:12He said, "Don't lay your hand on the
boy, neither do anything to him. For now I
know that you fear God, seeing you have not
withheld your son, your only son, fromme."
22:13Abrahamlift ed up his eyes, and looked,
and saw that behind himwas a ramcaug ht
in the thicket by his horns. Abrahamwe nt
and took the ram, and offered him up for a
burnt offering instead of his son. 22:14Abraham
called the name of that place Yahweh Will
Providei. As it is said to this day, "On Yahweh's
mountain, it will be provided."
22:15The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham
a second time out of the sky, 22:16and said, "I
have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because
you have done this thing, and have not withheld
your son, your only son, 22:17that I will
bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed
greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the
sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will
possess the gate of his enemies. 22:18In your
seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,
because you have obeyed my voice."
22:19So Abrahamre turned to his youngmen,
and they rose up and went together to Beersheba.
Abrahamliv ed at Beersheba.
22:20It happened after these things, that it
was told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah,
she also has borne children to your brother
Nahor: 22:21Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother,
h21:31 Beersheba can mean "well of the oath" or "well of seven."
i22:14 or, Yahweh-Jireh, or, Yahweh-Seeing
Genesis 22:22 17 Genesis 24:11
Kemuel the father of Aram, 22:22Chesed, Hazo,
Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel." 22:23Bethuel became
the father of Rebekah. These eightMilcah
bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother. 22:24His
concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore
Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
23:1Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven
years. This was the length of Sarah's life.
23:2Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is
Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham
came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
23:3Abrahamr ose up from before his dead, and
spoke to the children of Heth, saying, 23:4"I am
a stranger and a foreigner livingwith you. Give
me a possession of a burying-place with you,
that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
23:5The children of Heth answered Abraham,
saying to him, 23:6"Hear us, my lord.
You are a prince of God among us. Bury your
dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will
withhold fromy ou his tomb. Bury your dead."
23:7Abrahamro se up, and bowed himself to
the people of the land, even to the children of
Heth. 23:8He talked with them, saying, "If it be
your mind that I should bury my dead out of
my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron
the son of Zohar, 23:9that he may give me the
cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in
the end of his field. For the full price let him
give it to me among you for a possession of a
burying-place."
23:10Now Ephron was sitting in the middle
of the children of Heth. Ephron the Hittite answered
Abrahamin the hearing of the children
of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of
his city, saying, 23:11"No, my lord, hear me. I
give you the field, and I give you the cave that
is in it. In the presence of the children of my
people I give it to you. Bury your dead."
23:12Abrahamb owed himself down before
the people of the land. 23:13He spoke to Ephron
in the audience of the people of the land,
saying, "But if you will, please hear me. I will
give the price of the field. Take it fromme, and
I will bury my dead there."
23:14Ephron answered Abraham, saying to
him, 23:15"My lord, listen to me. What is a
piece of land worth four hundred shekels of
silver between me and you? Therefore bury
your dead."
23:16Abrahaml istened to Ephron. Abraham
weighed to Ephron the silver which he had
named in the audience of the children of Heth,
four hundred shekels of silver, according to the
current merchants' standard.
23:17So the field of Ephron, which was in
Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field,
the cave which was in it, and all the trees that
were in the field, that were in all of its borders,
were deeded 23:18to Abrahamfor a possession
in the presence of the children of Heth, before
all who went in at the gate of his city. 23:19After
this, Abrahambur ied Sarah his wife in the cave
of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that
is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan. 23:20The
field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to
Abrahamfor a possession of a burying place by
the children of Heth.
24:1Abrahamw as old, and well stricken in
age. Yahweh had blessed Abrahami n all
things. 24:2Abrahams aid to his servant, the
elder of his house, who ruled over all that he
had, "Please put your hand under my thigh.
24:3I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God
of heaven and the God of the earth, that you
shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters
of the Canaanites, among whom I live. 24:4But
you shall go to my country, and to my relatives,
and take a wife for my son Isaac."
24:5The servant said to him, "What if the
woman isn't willing to follow me to this land?
Must I bring your son again to the land you
came from?"
24:6Abrahams aid to him, "Beware that you
don't bring my son there again. 24:7Yahweh,
the God of heaven, who took me from my
father's house, and fromthe land of my birth,
who spoke to me, andwho swore to me, saying,
'Iwill give this land to your seedj.' Hewill send
his angel before you, and you shall take a wife
for my son from there. 24:8If the woman isn't
willing to follow you, then you shall be clear
fromthis my oath. Only you shall not bring my
son there again."
24:9The servant put his hand under the thigh
of Abrahamhi s master, and swore to himconcerning
this matter. 24:10The servant took ten
camels, of his master's camels, and departed,
having a variety of good things of his master's
with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia,
to the city of Nahor. 24:11He made the camels
j24:7 or, offspring
Genesis 24:12 18 Genesis 24:44
kneel down outside the city by thewell ofwater
at the time of evening, the time that women
go out to draw water. 24:12He said, "Yahweh,
the God of my master Abraham, please give
me success this day, and show kindness to my
master Abraham. 24:13Behold, I ams tanding
by the spring of water. The daughters of the
men of the city are coming out to draw water.
24:14Let it happen, that the young lady to whom
I will say, 'Please let down your pitcher, that
I may drink,' and she will say, 'Drink, and I
will also give your camels a drink,' let her be
the one you have appointed for your servant
Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown
kindness to my master."
24:15It happened, before he had finished
speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out, who
was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the
wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her
pitcher on her shoulder. 24:16The young lady
was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither
had any man known her. She went down to the
spring, filled her pitcher, and came up. 24:17The
servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give
me a drink, a little water from your pitcher."
24:18She said, "Drink, my lord." She hurried,
and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave
himd rink. 24:19When she had done giving
himd rink, she said, "I will also draw for
your camels, until they have done drinking."
24:20She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into
the trough, and ran again to the well to draw,
and drew for all his camels.
24:21The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining
silent, to know whether Yahweh had
made his journey prosperous or not. 24:22It
happened, as the camels had done drinking,
that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel
weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten
shekels weight of gold, 24:23and said, "Whose
daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room
in your father's house for us to lodge in?"
24:24She said to him, "I am the daughter of
Bethuel the son of Milcah, whoms he bore to
Nahor." 24:25She said moreover to him, "We
have both straw and provender enough, and
roomt o lodge in."
24:26The man bowed his head, and worshiped
Yahweh. 24:27He said, "Blessed be
Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who
has not forsaken his loving kindness and his
truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh
has led me in the way to the house of my
master's relatives."
24:28The young lady ran, and told
her mother's house about these words.
24:29Rebekah had a brother, and his name was
Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.
24:30It happened, when he saw the ring, and
the bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he
heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying,
"This is what the man said to me," that he
came to the man. Behold, he was standing by
the camels at the spring. 24:31He said, "Come
in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand
outside? For I have prepared the house, and
roomfor the camels."
24:32The man came into the house, and he
unloaded the camels. He gave straw and
provender for the camels, and water to wash
his feet and the feet of the men who were with
him. 24:33Food was set before himto eat, but
he said, "I will not eat until I have told my
message."
He said, "Speak on."
24:34He said, "I amA braham's servant.
24:35Yahweh has blessed my master greatly.
He has become great. He has given him
flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants
and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
24:36Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my
master when she was old. He has given all that
he has to him. 24:37My master made me swear,
saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son
of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose
land I live, 24:38but you shall go to my father's
house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for
m y son.' 24:39I said to my master, 'What if the
woman will not follow me?' 24:40He said to
me, 'Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send
his angel with you, and prosper your way. You
shall take a wife for my son of my relatives,
and of my father's house. 24:41Then will you
be clear from my oath, when you come to
my relatives. If they don't give her to you,
you shall be clear fromm y oath.' 24:42I cam e
this day to the spring, and said, 'Yahweh, the
God of my master Abraham, if now you do
prosper my way which I go 24:43behold, I am
standing by this spring of water. Let it happen,
that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to
whomI will say, "Give me, I pray you, a little
water fromy our pitcher to drink," 24:44and she
will tell me, "Drink, and I will also draw for
Genesis 24:45 19 Genesis 25:13
your camels," let her be the woman whom
Yahweh has appointed for my master's son.'
24:45Before I had done speaking in my heart,
behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher
on her shoulder. She went down to the spring,
and drew. I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'
24:46She hurried and let down her pitcher from
her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will also
give your camels a drink.' So I drank, and she
made the camels drink also. 24:47I asked her,
and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' She said,
'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom
Milcah bore to him.' I put the ring on her nose,
and the bracelets on her hands. 24:48I bowed
my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed
Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who
had led me in the rightway to take my master's
brother's daughter for his son. 24:49Now if you
will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell
me. If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right
hand, or to the left."
24:50Then Laban and Bethuel answered,
"The thing proceeds fromY ahweh. We can't
speak to you bad or good. 24:51Behold, Rebekah
is before you. Take her, and go, and let
her be your master's son's wife, as Yahweh has
spoken."
24:52It happened that when Abraham's servant
heard their words, he bowed himself
down to the earth to Yahweh. 24:53The servant
brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of
gold, and clothing, and gave themto Rebekah.
He also gave precious things to her brother and
her mother. 24:54They ate and drank, he and
the men who were with him, and stayed all
night. They rose up in the morning, and he
said, "Send me away to my master."
24:55Her brother and her mother said, "Let
the young lady stay with us a few days, at least
ten. After that she will go."
24:56He said to them, "Don't hinder me,
seeing Yahweh has prospered my way. Send
me away that I may go to my master."
24:57They said, "We will call the young lady,
and ask her." 24:58They called Rebekah, and
said to her, "Will you go with this man?"
She said, "I will go."
24:59They sent away Rebekah, their sister,
with her nurse, Abraham's servant, and his
men. 24:60They blessed Rebekah, and said to
her, "Our sister, may you be the mother of
thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed
possess the gate of those who hate them."
24:61Rebekah arose with her ladies. They
rode on the camels, and followed the man.
The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
24:62Isaac came fromthe way of Beer Lahai Roi,
for he lived in the land of the South. 24:63Isaac
went out to meditate in the field at the evening.
He lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold,
there were camels coming. 24:64Rebekah lifted
up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she
dismounted from the camel. 24:65She said to the
servant, "Who is the man who is walking in the
field to meet us?"
The servant said, "It is my master."
She took her veil, and covered herself.
24:66The servant told Isaac all the things that
he had done. 24:67Isaac brought her into his
mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and
she became his wife. He loved her. Isaac was
comforted after his mother's death.
25:1Abrahamt ook another wife, and her
name was Keturah. 25:2She bore himZ imran,
Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
25:3Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and
Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim,
Letushim, and Leummim. 25:4The sons of
Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and
Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
25:5Abrahamg ave all that he had to Isaac,
25:6but to the sons of Abraham's concubines,
Abrahamg ave gifts. He sent themaway from
Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, to
the east country. 25:7These are the days of the
years of Abraham's life which he lived: one
hundred seventy-five years. 25:8Abrahamg ave
up the spirit, and died in a good old age, an old
man, and full of years, and was gathered to his
people. 25:9Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried
himi n the cave of Machpelah, in the field of
Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is
before Mamre, 25:10the field which Abraham
purchased of the children of Heth. Abraham
was buried there with Sarah, his wife. 25:11It
happened after the death of Abrahamthat God
blessed Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai
Roi.
25:12Now this is the history of the
generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom
Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore
to Abraham. 25:13These are the nam e s
of the sons of Ishmael, by their names,
according to the order of their birth: the
Genesis 25:14 20 Genesis 26:16
firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar,
Adbeel, Mibsam, 25:14Mishma, Dumah,
Massa, 25:15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and
Kedemah. 25:16These are the sons of Ishm ael,
and these are their names, by their villages,
and by their encampments: twelve princes,
according to their nations. 25:17These are the
years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirtyseven
years. He gave up the spirit and died,
and was gathered to his people. 25:18They lived
fromHavi lah to Shur that is before Egypt, as
you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all
his relatives.
25:19This is the history of the generations of
Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham became the
father of Isaac. 25:20Isaac was forty years old
when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel
the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban
the Syrian, to be his wife. 25:21Isaac entreated
Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren.
Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah
his wife conceived. 25:22The children struggled
together within her. She said, "If it be so, why
do I live?" She went to inquire of Yahweh.
25:23Yahweh said to her,
Two nations are in your womb.
Two peoples will be separated fromyour body.
The one people will be stronger than the other
people.
The elder will serve the younger.
25:24When her days to be delivered were
fulfilled, behold, therewere twins in herwomb.
25:25The first came out red all over, like a hairy
garment. They named him Esau. 25:26After
that, his brother came out, and his hand had
hold on Esau's heel. Hewas named Jacob. Isaac
was sixty years old when she bore them.
25:27The boys grew. Esau was a skillful
hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet
man, living in tents. 25:28NowIsaac loved Esau,
because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved
Jacob. 25:29Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in
fromthe field, and he was famished. 25:30Esau
said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same
red stew, for I amfa mished." Therefore his
name was called Edom.
25:31Jacob said, "First, sell me your
birthright."
25:32Esau said, "Behold, I amabo ut to die.
What good is the birthright to me?"
25:33Jacob said, "Swear to me first."
He swore to him. He sold his birthright to
Jacob. 25:34Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of
lentils. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his
way. So Esau despised his birthright.
26:1There was a famine in the land, besides
the first famine that was in the days of Abraham.
Isaac went to Abimelech king of the
Philistines, to Gerar. 26:2Yahweh appeared to
him, and said, "Don't go down into Egypt. Live
in the land I will tell you about. 26:3Sojourn in
this land, and I will be with you, and will bless
you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all
these lands, and I will establish the oath which
I swore to Abrahamy our father. 26:4I will
multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and
will give to your seed all these lands. In your
seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,
26:5because Abrahamo beyed my voice, and
kept my requirements,my commandments, my
statutes, and my laws."
26:6Isaac lived in Gerar. 26:7The men of the
place asked himabo ut his wife. He said, "She is
my sister," for he was afraid to say, "My wife,"
lest, he thought, "the men of the place might
kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful
to look at." 26:8It happened, 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 caressing Rebekah,
his wife. 26:9Abimelech called Isaac, and said,
"Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you
say, 'She is my sister?'"
Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die
because of her.'"
26:10Abimelech said, "What is this you have
done to us? One of the people might easily
have lain with your wife, and you would have
brought guilt on us!"
26:11Abimelech commanded all the people,
saying, "He who touches this man or his wife
will surely be put to death."
26:12Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped
in the same year one hundred times what he
planted. Yahweh blessed him. 26:13The man
grew great, and grew more and more until he
became very great. 26:14He had possessions of
flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household.
The Philistines envied him. 26:15Now
all the wells which his father's servants had
dug in the days of Abrahamhi s father, the
Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.
26:16Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go from us, for
you are much mightier than we."
Genesis 26:17 21 Genesis 27:17
26:17Isaac departed fromt here, encamped in
the valley of Gerar, and lived there.
26:18Isaac dug again the wells of water,
which they had dug in the days of Abraham
his father. For the Philistines had stopped them
after the death of Abraham. He called their
names after the names by which his father had
called them. 26:19Isaac's servants dug in the
valley, and found there a well of springing
water. 26:20The herdsmen of Gerar argued
with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is
ours." He called the name of the well Esek,
because they contended with him. 26:21They
dug another well, and they argued over that,
also. He called its name Sitnah. 26:22He left that
place, and dug another well. They didn't argue
over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said,
"For now Yahweh has made room for us, and
we will be fruitful in the land."
26:23He went up fromt here to Beersheba.
26:24Yahweh appeared to himthe same night,
and said, "I amthe God of Abraham your
father. Don't be afraid, for I amwi th you, and
will bless you, and multiply your seed for my
servant Abraham's sake."
26:25He built an altar there, and called on the
name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there.
There Isaac's servants dug a well.
26:26Then Abimelech went to him from
Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the
captain of his army. 26:27Isaac said to them,
"Why have you come to me, since you hate me,
and have sent me away from you?"
26:28They said, "We sawplainly that Yahweh
was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an
oath between us, even between us and you, and
let us make a covenant with you, 26:29that you
will do us no harm, as we have not touched
you, and as we have done to you nothing but
good, and have sent you away in peace.' You
are now the blessed of Yahweh."
26:30He made them a feast, and they ate
and drank. 26:31They rose up some time in
the morning, and swore one to another. Isaac
sent themaway , and they departed from him
in peace. 26:32It happened the same day, that
Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning
the well which they had dug, and said to
him, "We have found water." 26:33He called
it Shibah.k Therefore the name of the city is
Beershebal to this day.
26:34When Esau was forty years old, he took
as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite,
and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
26:35They grieved Isaac's and Rebekah's spirits.
27:1It happened, that when Isaac was old,
and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see,
he called Esau his elder son, and said to him,
"My son?"
He said to him, "Here I am."
27:2He said, "See now, I amold. I don't know
the day of my death. 27:3Now therefore, please
take your weapons, your quiver and your bow,
and go out to the field, and take me venison.
27:4Make me savory food, such as I love, and
bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul
may bless you before I die."
27:5Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau
his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for
venison, and to bring it. 27:6Rebekah spoke
to Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I heard
your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
27:7'Bring me venison, and make me savory
food, that I may eat, and bless you before
Yahweh before my death.' 27:8Now therefore,
my son, obey my voice according to that which
I command you. 27:9Go now to the flock, and
get me from there two good kids of the goats.
I will make them savory food for your father,
such as he loves. 27:10You shall bring it to your
father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you
before his death."
27:11Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold,
Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am
a smooth man. 27:12What if my father touches
me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and
I would bring a curse on myself, and not a
blessing."
27:13His mother said to him, "Let your curse
be on m e, m y son. Only obey m y voice, and go
get themfor me."
27:14He went, and got them, and brought
them to his mother. His mother made savory
food, such as his father loved. 27:15Rebekah
took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son,
which were with her in the house, and put
themo n Jacob, her younger son. 27:16She put
the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands,
and on the sm ooth of his neck. 27:17She gave
k26:33 Shibah means "oath" or "seven."
l26:33 Beersheba means "well of the oath" or "well of the seven"
Genesis 27:18 22 Genesis 27:44
the savory food and the bread, which she had
prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
27:18He came to his father, and said, "My
father?"
He said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"
27:19Jacob said to his father, "I amE sau your
firstborn. I have done what you asked me to
do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that
your soul may bless me."
27:20Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you
have found it so quickly, my son?"
He said, "Because Yahweh your God gave
me success."
27:21Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near,
that I may feel you, my son, whether you are
really my son Esau or not."
27:22Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He
felt him, and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice,
but the hands are the hands of Esau." 27:23He
didn't recognize him, because his hands were
hairy, like his brother, Esau's hands. So he
blessed him. 27:24He said, "Are you really my
son Esau?"
He said, "I am."
27:25He said, "Bring it near to me, and I will
eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless
you."
He brought it near to him ,and he ate. He
brought himwi ne, and he drank. 27:26His
father Isaac said to him, "Come near now,
and kiss me, my son." 27:27He came near,
and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his
clothing, and blessed him, and said,
"Behold, the smell of my son
is as the smell of a field which Yahweh
has blessed.
27:28God give you of the dew of the sky,
of the fatness of the earth,
and plenty of grain and new wine.
27:29Let peoples serve you,
and nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers.
Let your mother's sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who curses you.
Blessed be everyone who blesses you."
27:30It happened, as soon as Isaac had made
an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just
gone out fromthe presence of Isaac his father,
that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
27:31He also made savory food, and brought it
to his father. He said to his father, "Let my
father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that
your soul may bless me."
27:32Isaac his father said to him, "Who are
you?"
He said, "I amyour son, your firstborn,
Esau."
27:33Isaac trembled violently, and said,
"Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and
brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you
came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be
blessed."
27:34When Esau heard the words of his
father, he cried with an exceeding great and
bitter cry, and said to his father, "Bless me, even
me also, my father."
27:35He said, "Your brother came with deceit,
and has taken away your blessing."
27:36He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob?
For he has supplanted me these two times. He
took away my birthright. See, now he has taken
away my blessing." He said, "Haven't you
reserved a blessing for me?"
27:37Isaac answered Esau, "Behold, I have
made him your lord, and all his brothers have I
given to himf or servants. With grain and new
wine have I sustained him. What then will I do
for you, my son?"
27:38Esau said to his father, "Have you but
one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me
also, my father." Esau lifted up his voice, and
wept.
27:39Isaac his father answered him,
"Behold, of the fatness of the earth will be your
dwelling,
and of the dewof the sky from above.
27:40By your sword will you live, and you will
serve your brother.
It will happen, when you will break loose,
that you shall shake his yoke fromo ff your
neck."
27:41Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing
with which his father blessed him. Esau said in
his heart, "The days of mourning for my father
are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob."
27:42The words of Esau, her elder son, were
told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob,
her younger son, and said to him, "Behold,
your brother Esau comforts himself about you
by planning to kill you. 27:43Now therefore,
m y son, obey m y voice. Arise, flee to Laban,
my brother, in Haran. 27:44Stay with hima
few days, until your brother's fury turns away;
Genesis 27:45 23 Genesis 29:8
27:45until your brother's anger turn away from
you, and he forgets what you have done to him.
Then I will send, and get you fromt here. Why
should I be bereaved of you both in one day?"
27:46Rebekah said to Isaac, "I amwe ary of
my life because of the daughters of Heth. If
Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth,
such as these, of the daughters of the land, what
good will my life do me?"
28:1Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and
commanded him, "You shall not take a wife
of the daughters of Canaan. 28:2Arise, go to
Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your
mother's father. Take a wife from there from
the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.
28:3May God Alm ighty bless you, and m ake
you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may
be a company of peoples, 28:4and give you the
blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed
with you, that you may inherit the land where
you travel, which God gave to Abraham."
28:5Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to
Paddan Aramt o Laban, son of Bethuel the
Syrian, Rebekah's brother, Jacob's and Esau's
mother.
28:6Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed
Jacob and sent himaway to Paddan Aram, to
take hima wife from there, and that as he
blessed himhe gave hima command, saying,
"You shall not take a wife of the daughters of
Canaan," 28:7and that Jacob obeyed his father
and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.
28:8Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan
didn't please Isaac, his father. 28:9Esau went
to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that
he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael,
Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his
wife.
28:10Jacob went out fromBeersh eba, and
went toward Haran. 28:11He came to a certain
place, and stayed there all night, because the
sun had set. He took one of the stones of
the place, and put it under his head, and
lay down in that place to sleep. 28:12He
dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the
earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold,
the angels of God ascending and descending
on it. 28:13Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and
said, "I amYahweh, the God of Abraham your
father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon
you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.
28:14Your seed will be as the dust of the earth,
and you will spread abroad to the west, and to
the east, and to the north, and to the south. In
you and in your seed will all the families of the
earth be blessed. 28:15Behold, I amwi th you,
and will keep you, wherever you go, and will
bring you again into this land. For I will not
leave you, until I have done that which I have
spoken of to you."
28:16Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and
he said, "Surely Yahweh is in this place, and
I didn't know it." 28:17He was afraid, and
said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none
other than God's house, and this is the gate of
heaven."
28:18Jacob rose up early in the morning, and
took the stone that he had put under his head,
and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on
its top. 28:19He called the name of that place
Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the
first. 28:20Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God
will be with me, and will keep me in this way
that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and
clothing to put on, 28:21so that I come again to
my father's house in peace, and Yahweh will be
m y God, 28:22then this stone, which I have set
up for a pillar, will be God's house. Of all that
you will give me I will surely give the tenth to
you."
29:1Then Jacob went on his journey, and
came to the land of the children of the east.
29:2He looked, and behold, a well in the field,
and, behold, three flocks of sheep lying there
by it. For out of that well they watered the
flocks. The stone on thewell's mouth was large.
29:3There all the flocks were gathered. They
rolled the stone fromt he well's mouth, and
watered the sheep, and put the stone again on
the well's mouth in its place. 29:4Jacob said to
them, "My relatives, where are you from?"
They said, "We are fromHa ran."
29:5He said to them, "Do you know Laban,
the son of Nahor?"
They said, "We know him."
29:6He said to them, "Is it well with him?"
They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his
daughter, is coming with the sheep."
29:7He said, "Behold, it is still the middle
of the day, not time to gather the livestock
together. Water the sheep, and go and feed
them."
29:8They said, "We can't, until all the flocks
are gathered together, and they roll the stone
Genesis 29:9 24 Genesis 30:12
fromthe well's mouth. Then we water the
sheep."
29:9While he was yet speaking with them,
Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she
kept them. 29:10It happened, 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 fromthe well's mouth, and watered the
flock of Laban his mother's brother. 29:11Jacob
kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and
wept. 29:12Jacob told Rachel that he was her
father's brother, and that hewas Rebekah's son.
She ran and told her father.
29:13It happened, when Laban heard the
news of Jacob, his sister's son, that he ran
to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed
him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told
Laban all these things. 29:14Laban said to him,
Surely you are my bone and my flesh. He
lived with himf or amonth. 29:15Laban said to
Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you
therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what
will your wages be?"
29:16Laban had two daughters. The name
of the elder was Leah, and the name of the
younger was Rachel. 29:17Leah's eyes were
weak, but Rachel was beautiful in forman d
attractive. 29:18Jacob loved Rachel. He said,
"I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your
younger daughter."
29:19Laban said, "It is better that I give her to
you, than that I should give her to another man.
Stay with me."
29:20Jacob served seven years for Rachel.
They seemed to himbut a few days, for the love
he had for her.
29:21Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife,
for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to
her."
29:22Laban gathered together all the men of
the place, and made a feast. 29:23It happened
in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter,
and brought her to him. He went in to
her. 29:24Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to
his daughter Leah for a handmaid. 29:25It
happened in the morning that, behold, it was
Leah. He said to Laban, "What is this you have
done to me? Didn't I servewith you for Rachel?
Why then have you deceived me?"
29:26Laban said, "It is not done so in our
place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
29:27Fulfill the week of this one, and we will
give you the other also for the service which
you will serve with me yet seven other years."
29:28Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week.
He gave himR achel his daughter as wife.
29:29Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah,
his handmaid, to be her handmaid. 29:30He
went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel
more than Leah, and servedwith him yet seven
other years.
29:31Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and
he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
29:32Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she
named him Reuben. For she said, "Because
Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For now
my husband will love me." 29:33She conceived
again, and bore a son, and said, "Because
Yahweh has heard that I amhate d, he has
therefore given me this son also." She named
himSi meon. 29:34She conceived again, and
bore a son. Said, "Now this time will my
husband be joined to me, because I have borne
himthre e sons." Thereforewas his name called
Levi. 29:35She conceived again, and bore a son.
She said, "This time will I praise Yahweh."
Therefore she named him Judah. Then she
stopped bearing.
30:1When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no
children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to
Jacob, "Give me children, or else I will die."
30:2Jacob's anger was kindled against
Rachel, and he said, "AmI in God's place, who
has withheld fromy ou the fruit of the womb?"
30:3She said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go
in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and
I also may obtain children by her." 30:4She
gave himB ilhah her handmaid as wife, and
Jacob went in to her. 30:5Bilhah conceived,
and bore Jacob a son. 30:6Rachel said, "God
has judged me, and has also heard my voice,
and has given me a son." Therefore called she
his name Dan. 30:7Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid,
conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
30:8Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have
I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed."
She named him Naphtali.
30:9When Leah saw that she had finished
bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and
gave her to Jacob as a wife. 30:10Zilpah,
Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a son. 30:11Leah
said, "How fortunate!" She named him Gad.
30:12Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a
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second son. 30:13Leah said, "Happy amI, for
the daughters will call me happy." She named
himAs her.
30:14Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest,
and found mandrakes in the field, and
brought themto hismother, Leah. Then Rachel
said to Leah, "Please give me some of your
son's mandrakes."
30:15She said to her, "Is it a small matter that
you have taken away my husband? Would you
take away my son's mandrakes, also?"
Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you
tonight for your son's mandrakes."
30:16Jacob came fromthe field in the evening,
and Leah went out to meet him, and said, "You
must come in to me; for I have surely hired you
with my son's mandrakes."
He lay with her that night. 30:17God listened
to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a
fifth son. 30:18Leah said, "God has given me
my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my
husband." She named him Issachar. 30:19Leah
conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
30:20Leah said, "God has endowed me with a
good dowry. Now my husband will live with
me, because I have borne him six sons." She
named him Zebulun. 30:21Afterwards, she bore
a daughter, and named her Dinah.
30:22God remembered Rachel, and God listened
to her, and opened her womb. 30:23She
conceived, bore a son, and said, "God has
taken away my reproach." 30:24She named him
Joseph,m saying, "May Yahweh add another
son to me."
30:25It happened, when Rachel had borne
Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, "Send me
away, that I may go to my own place, and to
m y country. 30:26Give me my wives and my
children for whomI have served you, and let
me go; for you know my service with which I
have served you."
30:27Laban said to him, "If now I have found
favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined
that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake."
30:28He said, "Appoint me your wages, and I
will give it."
30:29He said to him, "You know how I have
served you, and how your livestock have fared
with me. 30:30For it was little which you
had before I came, and it has increased to a
multitude. Yahweh has blessed you wherever
I turned. Now when will I provide for my own
house also?"
30:31He said, "What shall I give you?"
Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything.
If youwill do this thing for me, I will again feed
your flock and keep it. 30:32I will pass through
all your flock today, removing fromthere every
speckled and spotted one, and every black one
among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled
among the goats. This will be my hire. 30:33So
my righteousness will answer for me hereafter,
when you come concerning my hire that is
before you. Every one that is not speckled and
spotted among the goats, and black among the
sheep, that might be with me, will be counted
stolen."
30:34Laban said, "Behold, I desire it to be
according to your word."
30:35That day, he removed the male goats
that were streaked and spotted, and all the
female goats that were speckled and spotted,
every one that had white in it, and all the black
ones among the sheep, and gave them into the
hand of his sons. 30:36He set three days' journey
between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the
rest of Laban's flocks.
30:37Jacob took to himself rods of fresh
poplar, almond, plane tree, peeled white
streaks in them, and made the white appear
which was in the rods. 30:38He set the rods
which he had peeled opposite the flocks in
the gutters in the watering-troughs where the
flocks came to drink. They conceived when
they came to drink. 30:39The flocks conceived
before the rods, and the flocks brought forth
streaked, speckled, and spotted. 30:40Jacob
separated the lambs, and set the faces of the
flocks toward the streaked and all the black in
the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves
apart, and didn't put themi nto Laban's flock.
30:41It happened, whenever the stronger of the
flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before
the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they
might conceive among the rods; 30:42but when
the flock were feeble, he didn't put themin .
So the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger
Jacob's. 30:43The man increased exceedingly,
and had large flocks, female servants and male
servants, and camels and donkeys.
m30:24 Joseph means "may he add."
Genesis 31:2 26 Genesis 31:35
31:1He heard the words of Laban's sons,
saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our
father's. Fromthat which was our father's, has
he gotten all this wealth." 31:2Jacob saw the
expression on Laban's face, and, behold, it was
not toward himas before. 31:3Yahweh said to
Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers, and
to your relatives, and I will be with you."
31:4Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah
to the field to his flock, 31:5and said to them,
"I see the expression on your father's face,
that it is not toward me as before; but the
God of my father has been with me. 31:6You
know that I have served your father with all
of my strength. 31:7Your father has deceived
me, and changed my wages ten times, but God
didn't allow himt o hurt me. 31:8If he said
this, 'The speckled will be your wages,' then
all the flock bore speckled. If he said this,
'The streaked will be your wages,' then all the
flock bore streaked. 31:9Thus God has taken
away your father's livestock, and given them
to me. 31:10It happened during mating season
that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream,
and behold, the male goats which leaped on
the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.
31:11The angel of God said to me in the dream,
'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I am.' 31:12He said,
'Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the
male goats which leap on the flock are streaked,
speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that
Laban does to you. 31:13I amt he God of Bethel,
where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed
a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land,
and return to the land of your birth.'"
31:14Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is
there yet any portion or inheritance for us in
our father's house? 31:15Aren't we accounted
by himas foreigners? For he has sold us, and
has also quite devoured our money. 31:16For
all the riches which God has taken away from
our father, that is ours and our children's. Now
then, whatever God has said to you, do."
31:17Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and
his wives on the camels, 31:18and he took away
all his livestock, and all his possessions which
he had gathered, including the livestock which
he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac
his father, to the land of Canaan. 31:19Now
Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel
stole the teraphimn that were her father's.
31:20Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that
he didn't tell himthat he was running away.
31:21So he fled with all that he had. He rose up,
passed over the River, and set his face toward
the mountain of Gilead.
31:22Laban was told on the third day that
Jacob had fled. 31:23He took his relatives
with him, and pursued after him seven days'
journey. He overtook himin the mountain of
Gilead. 31:24God came to Laban, the Syrian, in
a dreamo f the night, and said to him, "Take
heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob
either good or bad."
31:25Laban caught up with Jacob. Now
Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain,
and Laban with his relatives encamped in
the mountain of Gilead. 31:26Laban said to
Jacob, "What have you done, that you have
deceived me, and carried away my daughters
like captives of the sword? 31:27Why did you
flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn't tell
me, that I might have sent you away with
mirth and with songs, with tambourine and
with harp; 31:28and didn't allow me to kiss my
sons and my daughters? Now have you done
foolishly. 31:29It is in the power of my hand to
hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to
me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself
that you don't speak to Jacob either good or
bad.' 31:30Now, you want to be gone, because
you greatly longed for your father's house, but
why have you stolen my gods?"
31:31Jacob answered Laban, "Because I was
afraid, for I said, 'Lest you should take your
daughters fromme by force.' 31:32Anyone you
find your gods with shall not live. Before our
relatives, discern what is yours with me, and
take it." For Jacob didn't know that Rachel had
stolen them.
31:33Laban went into Jacob's tent, into Leah's
tent, and into the tent of the two female
servants; but he didn't find them. He went out
of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
31:34Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put
them in the camel's saddle, and sat on them.
Laban felt about all the tent, but didn't find
them. 31:35She said to her father, "Don't let my
lord be angry that I can't rise up before you; for
n31:19 teraphimw ere household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the
household property.
Genesis 31:36 27 Genesis 32:12
the manner of women is on me." He searched,
but didn't find the teraphim.
31:36Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban.
Jacob answered Laban, "What is my
trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly
pursued after me? 31:37Now that you have
felt around in all my stuff, what have you
found of all your household stuff? Set it here
before my relatives and your relatives, that they
may judge between us two. 31:38These twenty
years I have been with you. Your ewes and
your female goats have not cast their young,
and I haven't eaten the rams of your flocks.
31:39That which was torn of animals, I didn't
bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you
required it, whether stolen by day or stolen
by night. 31:40This was my situation: in the
day the drought consumed me, and the frost
by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
31:41These twenty years I have been in your
house. I served you fourteen years for your two
daughters, and six years for your flock, and you
have changed my wages ten times. 31:42Unless
the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and
the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now
you would have sent me away empty. God has
seen my affliction and the labor of my hands,
and rebuked you last night."
31:43Laban answered Jacob, "The daughters
are my daughters, the children are my children,
the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is
mine: and what can I do this day to these my
daughters, or to their children whomthe y have
borne? 31:44Now come, let us make a covenant,
you and I; and let it be for a witness between
m e and you."
31:45Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a
pillar. 31:46Jacob said to his relatives, "Gather
stones." They took stones, and made a heap.
They ate there by the heap. 31:47Laban called it
Jegar Sahadutha,o but Jacob called it Galeed.p
31:48Laban said, "This heap is witness between
me and you this day." Therefore it was named
Galeed 31:49and Mizpah, for he said, "Yahweh
watch between me and you, when we are
absent one fromano ther. 31:50If you afflict my
daughters, or if you take wives besides my
daughters, no man is with us; behold, God
is witness between me and you." 31:51Laban
said to Jacob, "See this heap, and see the pillar,
which I have set between me and you. 31:52May
this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a
witness, that I will not pass over this heap to
you, and that you will not pass over this heap
and this pillar to me, for harm. 31:53The God
of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God
of their father, judge between us." Then Jacob
swore by the fear of his father, Isaac. 31:54Jacob
offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called
his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and
stayed all night in the mountain. 31:55Early
in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed
his sons and his daughters, and blessed them.
Laban departed and returned to his place.
32:1Jacob went on his way, and the angels of
God met him. 32:2When he saw them, Jacob
said, "This is God's army." He called the name
of that place Mahanaim.
32:3Jacob sent messengers in front of him to
Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field
of Edom. 32:4He commanded them, saying,
"This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau:
'This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have
lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed
until now. 32:5I have cattle, donkeys, flocks,
male servants, and female servants. I have
sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in
your sight.'" 32:6The messengers returned to
Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau.
Not only that, but he comes to meet you, and
four hundred men with him." 32:7Then Jacob
was greatly afraid and was distressed. He
divided the people who were with him, and
the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into
two companies; 32:8and he said, "If Esau comes
to the one company, and strikes it, then the
company which is left will escape." 32:9Jacob
said, "God of my father Abraham, and God
of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me,
'Return to your country, and to your relatives,
and I will do you good,' 32:10I am not worthy
of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of
all the truth, which you have shown to your
servant; for with just my staff I passed over this
Jordan; and nowI have become two companies.
32:11Please deliver me from the hand of my
brother, fromt he hand of Esau: for I fear him,
lest he come and strike me, and the mothers
with the children. 32:12You said, 'I will surely
o31:47 "Jegar Sahadutha" means "Witness Heap" in Aramaic.
p31:47 "Galeed" means "Witness Heap" in Hebrew.
Genesis 32:13 28 Genesis 33:13
do you good, and make your seed as the sand
of the sea, which can't be numbered because
there are so many.'"
32:13He lodged there that night, and took
fromthat which he had with him, a present
for Esau, his brother: 32:14two hundred female
goats and twenty male goats, two hundred
ewes and twenty rams, 32:15thirty milk camels
and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty
female donkeys and ten foals. 32:16He delivered
themin to the hands of his servants, every
herd by itself, and said to his servants, "Pass
over before me, and put a space between herd
and herd." 32:17He commanded the foremost,
saying, "When Esau, my brother, meets you,
and asks you, saying, 'Whose are you? Where
are you going? Whose are these before you?'
32:18Then you shall say, 'They are your servant,
Jacob's. It is a present sent to my lord,
Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.'" 32:19He
commanded also the second, and the third, and
all that followed the herds, saying, "This is how
you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.
32:20You shall say, 'Not only that, but behold,
your servant, Jacob, is behind us.'" For, he said,
"I will appease himwi th the present that goes
before me, and afterward I will see his face.
Perhaps he will accept me."
32:21So the present passed over before him,
and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
32:22He rose up that night, and took his
two wives, and his two handmaids, and his
eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the
Jabbok. 32:23He took them, and sent them
over the stream, and sent over that which he
had. 32:24Jacob was left alone, and wrestled
with a man there until the breaking of the day.
32:25When he saw that he didn't prevail against
him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and
the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he
wrestled. 32:26The man said, "Let me go, for the
day breaks."
Jacob said, "I won't let you go, unless you
bless me."
32:27He said to him, "What is your name?"
He said, "Jacob." 32:28He said, "Your name
will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for
you have fought with God and with men, and
have prevailed."
32:29Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your
name."
He said, "Why is it that you ask what my
name is?" He blessed him there.
32:30Jacob called the name of the place Penielq:
for, he said, "I have seen God face to face,
and my life is preserved." 32:31The sun rose on
hima s he passed over Peniel, and he limped
because of his thigh. 32:32Therefore the children
of Israel don't eat the sinew of the hip, which is
on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because
he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the
sinew of the hip.
33:1Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked,
and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him
four hundred men. He divided the children
between Leah, Rachel, and the two handmaids.
33:2He put the handmaids and their children in
front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel
and Joseph at the rear. 33:3He himself passed
over in front of them, and bowed himself to the
ground seven times, until he came near to his
brother.
33:4Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell
on his neck, kissed him, and they wept. 33:5He
lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the
children; and said, "Who are these with you?"
He said, "The children whomGod has
graciously given your servant." 33:6Then the
handmaids came near with their children, and
they bowed themselves. 33:7Leah also and her
children came near, and bowed themselves.
After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and
they bowed themselves.
33:8Esau said, "What do you mean by all this
company which I met?"
Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my
lord."
33:9Esau said, "I have enough, my brother;
let that which you have be yours."
33:10Jacob said, "Please, no, if I have now
found favor in your sight, then receive my
present at my hand, because I have seen your
face, as one sees the face of God, and you
were pleased with me. 33:11Please take the
gift that I brought to you, because God has
dealt graciously with me, and because I have
enough." He urged him, and he took it.
33:12Esau said, "Let us take our journey, and
let us go, and I will go before you."
33:13Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that
the children are tender, and that the flocks and
q32:30 Peniel means "face of God."
Genesis 33:14 29 Genesis 34:25
herds with me have their young, and if they
overdrive themon e day, all the flocks will die.
33:14Please let my lord pass over before his
servant, and I will lead on gently, according
to the pace of the livestock that are before me
and according to the pace of the children, until
I come to my lord to Seir."
33:15Esau said, "Let me now leave with you
some of the folk who are with me."
He said, "Why? Let me find favor in the
sight of my lord."
33:16So Esau returned that day on his way
to Seir. 33:17Jacob traveled to Succoth, built
himself a house, and made shelters for his
livestock. Therefore the name of the place is
called Succoth.r
33:18Jacob came in peace to the city of
Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when
he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped
before the city. 33:19He bought the parcel of
ground where he had spread his tent, at the
hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father,
for one hundred pieces of money. 33:20He
erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe
Israel.s
34:1Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whoms he
bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of
the land. 34:2Shechemt he son of Hamor the
Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took
her, lay with her, and humbled her. 34:3His soul
joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he
loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the
young lady. 34:4Shechemspoke to his father,
Hamor, saying, "Get me this young lady as a
wife."
34:5Now Jacob heard that he had defiled
Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his
livestock in the field. Jacob held his peace until
they came. 34:6Hamor the father of Shechem
went out to Jacob to talk with him. 34:7The
sons of Jacob came in from the field when they
heard it. The men were grieved, and they were
very angry, because he had done folly in Israel
in lying with Jacob's daughter; a which thing
ought not to be done. 34:8Hamor talked with
them, saying, "The soul of my son, Shechem,
longs for your daughter. Please give her to him
as a wife. 34:9Make marriages with us. Give
your daughters to us, and take our daughters
for yourselves. 34:10You shall dwell with us,
and the land will be before you. Live and trade
in it, and get possessions in it."
34:11Shechems aid to her father and to her
brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and
whatever you will tell me I will give. 34:12Ask
me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give
whatever you ask of me, but give me the young
lady as a wife."
34:13The sons of Jacob answered Shechem
and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke,
because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
34:14and said to them, "We can't do this thing,
to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised;
for that is a reproach to us. 34:15Only on this
condition will we consent to you. If you will
be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;
34:16then will we give our daughters to
you, and wewill take your daughters to us, and
we will dwell with you, and we will become
one people. 34:17But if you will not listen to us,
to be circumcised, then we will take our sister,t
and we will be gone."
34:18Their words pleased Hamor and
Shechem, Hamor's son. 34:19The young man
didn't wait to do this thing, because he
had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was
honored above all the house of his father.
34:20Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to
the gate of their city, and talked with the
men of their city, saying, 34:21"These men are
peaceful with us. Therefore let themliv e in
the land and trade in it. For behold, the land
is large enough for them. Let us take their
daughters to us for wives, and let us give them
our daughters. 34:22Only on this condition
will the men consent to us to live with us,
to become one people, if every male among
us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.
34:23Won't their livestock and their possessions
and all their animals be ours? Only let us give
our consent to them, and they will dwell with
us."
34:24All who went out of the gate of his city
listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; and
every male was circumcised, all who went out
of the gate of his city. 34:25It happened on the
third day, when they were sore, that two of
r33:17 succoth means shelters or booths.
s33:20 El Elohe Israel means "God, the God of Israel" or "The God of Israel is mighty."
t34:17 Hebrew has, literally, "daughter"
Genesis 34:26 30 Genesis 35:29
Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers,
each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting
city, and killed all the males. 34:26They
killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the
edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of
Shechem's house, and went away. 34:27Jacob's
sons came on the dead, and plundered the city,
because they had defiled their sister. 34:28They
took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys,
that which was in the city, that which was in
the field, 34:29and all their wealth. They took
captive all their little ones and their wives, and
took as plunder everything that was in the
house. 34:30Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You
have troubled me, to make me odious to the
inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites
and the Perizzites. I amf ew in number. They
will gather themselves together against me and
strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my
house."
34:31They said, "Should he deal with our
sister as with a prostitute?"
35:1God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to
Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to
God, who appeared to you when you fled from
the face of Esau your brother."
35:2Then Jacob said to his household, and to
all who were with him, "Put away the foreign
gods that are among you, purify yourselves,
change your garments. 35:3Let us arise, and go
up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God,
who answered me in the day of my distress,
and was with me in the way which I went."
35:4They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods
which were in their hands, and the rings which
were in their ears; and Jacob hid themund er
the oak which was by Shechem. 35:5They
traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities
that were around them, and they didn't pursue
the sons of Jacob. 35:6So Jacob cam e to Luz (that
is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he
and all the people who were with him. 35:7He
built an altar there, and called the place El
Beth El; because there God was revealed to
him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
35:8Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she
was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its
name was called Allon Bacuth.
35:9God appeared to Jacob again, when he
came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.
35:10God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your
name shall not be Jacob any more, but your
name will be Israel." He named him Israel.
35:11God said to him ,"I am God Alm ighty. Be
fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company
of nations will be fromyou, and kings will
come out of your body. 35:12The land which I
gave to Abrahamand Isaac, I will give it to you,
and to your seed after you will I give the land."
35:13God went up fromh im in the place
where he spoke with him . 35:14Jacob set up a
pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a
pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering
on it, and poured oil on it. 35:15Jacob called the
name of the place where God spoke with him
"Bethel."
35:16They traveled fromBet hel. There
was still some distance to come to Ephrath,
and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.
35:17When she was in hard labor, the midwife
said to her, "Don't be afraid, for now you will
have another son."
35:18It happened, as her soul was departing
(for she died), that she named him Benoni,u but
his father named him Benjamin.v 35:19Rachel
died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the
same is Bethlehem). 35:20Jacob set up a pillar
on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel's
grave to this day. 35:21Israel traveled, and
spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder. 35:22It
happened, while Israel lived in that land, that
Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's
concubine, and Israel heard of it.
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. 35:23The
sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn),
Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
35:24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
35:25The sons of Bilhah (Rachel's handmaid):
Dan and Naphtali. 35:26The sons of Zilpah
(Leah's handmaid): Gad and Asher. These
are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him
in Paddan Aram. 35:27Jacob came to Isaac his
father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is
Hebron), where Abrahamand Isaac lived as
foreigners.
35:28The days of Isaac were one hundred
eighty years. 35:29Isaac gave up the spirit, and
died, and was gathered to his people, old and
u35:18 "Benoni" means "son of my trouble."
v35:18 "Benjamin" means "son of my right hand."
Genesis 36:1 31 Genesis 36:43
full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried
him.
36:1Now this is the history of the generations
of Esau (that is, Edom). 36:2Esau took his
wives fromthe daughters of Canaan: Adah the
daughter of Elon, the Hittite; and Oholibamah
the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon,
the Hivite; 36:3and Basemath, Ishmael's daughter,
sister of Nebaioth. 36:4Adah bore to Esau
Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel. 36:5Oholibamah
bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the
sons of Esau, who were born to himi n the
land of Canaan. 36:6Esau took his wives, his
sons, his daughters, and all the members of his
household, with his livestock, all his animals,
and all his possessions, which he had gathered
in the land of Canaan, and went into a land
away fromhi s brother Jacob. 36:7For their
substance was too great for themto dwell
together, and the land of their travels couldn't
bear thembe cause of their livestock. 36:8Esau
lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.
36:9This is the history of the generations of
Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill
country of Seir: 36:10these are the names of
Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah, the wife
of Esau; and Reuel, the son of Basemath, the
wife of Esau. 36:11The sons of Eliphaz were
Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
36:12Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's
son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are
the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. 36:13These are
the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah,
and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath,
Esau's wife. 36:14These were the sons
of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the
daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: she bore to
Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
36:15These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau:
the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: chief
Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,
36:16chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek:
these are the chiefs who cam e of Eliphaz in
the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.
36:17These are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son:
chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah,
chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs who came of
Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of
Basemath, Esau's wife. 36:18These are the sons
of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief
Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs who
came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah,
Esau's wife. 36:19These are the sons of Esau
(that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.
36:20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the
inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon,
Anah, 36:21Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are
the chiefs who came of the Horites, the children
of Seir in the land of Edom. 36:22The children
of Lotan were Hori and Heman. Lotan's sister
was Timna. 36:23These are the children of
Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and
Onam. 36:24These are the children of Zibeon:
Aiah and Anah. This is Anah who found the
hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the
donkeys of Zibeon his father. 36:25These are
the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah,
the daughter of Anah. 36:26These are the
children of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran,
and Cheran. 36:27These are the children of Ezer:
Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. 36:28These are the
children of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 36:29These
are the chiefs who came of the Horites: chief
Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,
36:30chief Dishon, chief Ezer, and chief Dishan:
these are the chiefs who came of the Horites,
according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.
36:31These are the kings who reigned in the
land of Edom, before any king reigned over
the children of Israel. 36:32Bela, the son of
Beor, reigned in Edom. The name of his city
was Dinhabah. 36:33Bela died, and Jobab, the
son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place.
36:34Jobab died, and Hushamo f the land of the
Temanites reigned in his place. 36:35Husham
died, and Hadad, the son of Bedad, who
struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned
in his place. The name of his city was Avith.
36:36Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah
reigned in his place. 36:37Samlah died, and
Shaul of Rehoboth by the river, reigned in his
place. 36:38Shaul died, and Baal Hanan, the son
of Achbor reigned in his place. 36:39Baal Hanan
the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in
his place. The name of his city was Pau. His
wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of
Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
36:40These are the names of the chiefs who
came from Esau, according to their families,
after their places, and by their names: chief
Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth, 36:41chief
Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, 36:42chief
Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, 36:43chief
Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs
Genesis 37:1 32 Genesis 37:33
of Edom, according to their habitations in the
land of their possession. This is Esau, the father
of the Edomites.
37:1Jacob lived in the land of his father's
travels, in the land of Canaan. 37:2This is the
history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph,
being seventeen years old, was feeding the
flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the
sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives.
Joseph brought an evil report of themt o their
father. 37:3Now 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 colors.
37:4His brothers saw that their father loved him
more than all his brothers, and they hated him,
and couldn't speak peaceably to him.
37:5Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it
to his brothers, and they hated himal l themore.
37:6He said to them, "Please hear this dream
which I have dreamed: 37:7for behold, we were
binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my
sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold,
your sheaves came around, and bowed down
to my sheaf."
37:8His brothers said to him, "Will you
indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have
dominion over us?" They hated him all the
more for his dreams and for his words. 37:9He
dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his
brothers, and said, "Behold, I have dreamed
yet another dream: and behold, the sun and
the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me."
37:10He told it to his father and to his brothers.
His father rebuked him, and said to him, "What
is this dreamthat you have dreamed? Will
I and your mother and your brothers indeed
come to bow ourselves down to you to the
earth?" 37:11His brothers envied him, but his
father kept this saying in mind.
37:12His brothers went to feed their father's
flock in Shechem. 37:13Israel said to Joseph,
"Aren't your brothers feeding the flock in
Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them."
He said to him, "Here I am."
37:14He said to him, "Go now, see whether
it is well with your brothers, and well with the
flock; and bring me word again." So he sent
himo ut of the valley of Hebron, and he came
to Shechem. 37:15A certain man found him, and
behold, hewas wandering in the field. The man
asked him, "What are you looking for?"
37:16He said, "I amlookin g formy brothers.
Tell me, please, where they are feeding the
flock."
37:17The man said, "They have left here, for
I heard thems ay, 'Let us go to Dothan.'"
Joseph went after his brothers, and found
themi n Dothan. 37:18They saw himaf ar off,
and before he cam e near to them ,they conspired
against himt o kill him. 37:19They said
one to another, "Behold, this dreamer comes.
37:20Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and
cast himi nto one of the pits, and we will say,
'An evil animal has devoured him.' We will see
what will become of his dreams."
37:21Reuben heard it, and delivered himout
of their hand, and said, "Let's not take his
life." 37:22Reuben said to them, "Shed no
blood. Throw himi nto this pit that is in the
wilderness, but lay no hand on him" that he
might deliver him out of their hand, to restore
himto his father. 37:23It happened, when
Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped
Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that
was on him; 37:24and they took him, and threw
himi nto the pit. The pit was empty. There was
no water in it.
37:25They sat down to eat bread, and they
lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan
of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead,
with their camels bearing spices and balm
and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
37:26Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is
it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
37:27Come, and let's sell him to the Ishmaelites,
and not let our hand be on him; for he is
our brother, our flesh." His brothers listened
to him. 37:28Midianites who were merchants
passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph
out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites
for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph
into Egypt.
37:29Reuben returned to the pit; and saw
that Joseph wasn't in the pit; and he tore his
clothes. 37:30He returned to his brothers, and
said, "The child is no more; and I, where will
I go?" 37:31They took Joseph's coat, and killed
a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood.
37:32They took the coat of many colors, and
they brought it to their father, and said, "We
have found this. Examine it, now, whether it
is your son's coat or not."
37:33He recognized it, and said, "It is my
son's coat. An evil animal has devoured
Genesis 37:34 33 Genesis 38:29
him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces."
37:34Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth
on his waist, and mourned for his son many
days. 37:35All his sons and all his daughters
rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be
comforted. He said, "For I will go down to
Sheolw to my son mourning." His father wept
for him. 37:36The Midianites sold himin to
Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the
captain of the guard.
38:1It happened at that time, that Judah went
down fromhi s brothers, and visited a certain
Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 38:2Judah
saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite
whose name was Shua. He took her, and went
in to her. 38:3She conceived, and bore a son; and
he named him Er. 38:4She conceived again, and
bore a son; and she named him Onan. 38:5She
yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah:
and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.
38:6Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and
her name was Tamar. 38:7Er, Judah's firstborn,
was wicked in the sight of Yahweh. Yahweh
killed him. 38:8Judah said to Onan, "Go in to
your brother's wife, and performt he duty of
a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed
to your brother." 38:9Onan knew that the seed
wouldn't be his; and it happened, when he
went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it
on the ground, lest he should give seed to his
brother. 38:10The thing which he did was evil
in the sight of Yahweh, and he killed hima lso.
38:11Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-inlaw,
"Remain a widow in your father's house,
until Shelah, my son, is grown up;" for he said,
"Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar
went and lived in her father's house.
38:12After many days, Shua's daughter, the
wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and
went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and
his friend Hirah, the Adullamite. 38:13It was
told Tamar, saying, "Behold, your father-inlaw
is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."
38:14She took off of her the garments of her
widowhood, and covered herself with her veil,
and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of
Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she
saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't
given to hima s a wife. 38:15When Judah saw
her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for
she had covered her face. 38:16He turned to her
by theway, and said, "Please come, let me come
in to you," for he didn't know that she was his
daughter-in-law.
She said, "What will you give me, that you
may come in to me?"
38:17He said, "I will send you a kid of the
goats fromthe flock."
She said, "Will you give me a pledge, until
you send it?"
38:18He said, "What pledge will I give you?"
She said, "Your signet and your cord, and
your staff that is in your hand."
He gave themto her, and came in to her, and
she conceived by him. 38:19She arose, and went
away, and put off her veil fromhe r, and put
on the garments of her widowhood. 38:20Judah
sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his
friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge
fromthe woman's hand, but he didn't find her.
38:21Then he asked the men of her place, saying,
"Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaimby
the road?"
They said, "There has been no prostitute
here."
38:22He returned to Judah, and said, "I
haven't found her; and also the men of the
place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'"
38:23Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be
shamed. Behold, I sent this kid, and you
haven't found her."
38:24It happened about three months later,
that it was told Judah, saying, "Tamar, your
daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute; and
moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution."
Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be
burnt." 38:25When she was brought forth, she
sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man,
whose these are, I amwi th child." She also said,
"Please discern whose are these the signet,
and the cords, and the staff."
38:26Judah acknowledged them, and said,
"She is more righteous than I, because I didn't
give her to Shelah, my son."
He knew her again no more. 38:27It happened
in the time of her travail, that behold,
twins were in her womb. 38:28When she
travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife
took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand,
saying, "This came out first." 38:29It happened,
w37:35 Sheol is the place of the dead.
Genesis 38:30 34 Genesis 40:8
as he drew back his hand, that behold, his
brother came out, and she said, "Why have
you made a breach for yourself?" Therefore
his name was called Perez.x 38:30Afterward his
brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on
his hand, and his name was called Zerah.y
39:1Joseph was brought down to Egypt.
Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain
of the guard, an Egyptian, bought himf rom
the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought
himdow n there. 39:2Yahweh was with Joseph,
and he was a prosperous man. He was in
the house of his master the Egyptian. 39:3His
master saw that Yahweh was with him, and
that Yahweh made all that he did prosper in his
hand. 39:4Joseph found favor in his sight. He
ministered to him, and he made him overseer
over his house, and all that he had he put into
his hand. 39:5It happened fromthe time that he
made him overseer in his house, and over all
that he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's
house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of
Yahweh was on all that he had, in the house
and in the field. 39:6He left all that he had in
Joseph's hand. He didn't concern himself with
anything, except for the food which he ate.
Joseph was well-built and handsome. 39:7It
happened after these things, that his master's
wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie
with me."
39:8But he refused, and said to his master's
wife, "Behold, my master doesn't know what
is with me in the house, and he has put all
that he has into my hand. 39:9He isn't greater
in this house than I, neither has he kept back
anything fromm e but you, because you are his
wife. How then can I do this great wickedness,
and sin against God?"
39:10As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he
didn't listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with
her. 39:11About this time, he went into the
house to do his work, and there were none of
the men of the house inside. 39:12She caught
him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!"
He left his garment in her hand, and ran
outside. 39:13When she saw that he had left
his garment in her hand, and had run outside,
39:14she called to the men of her house, and
spoke to them, saying, "Behold, he has brought
in a Hebrew to us to m ock us. He cam e in
to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud
voice. 39:15It happened, when he heard that I
lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his
garment by me, and ran outside." 39:16She laid
up his garment by her, until his master came
home. 39:17She spoke to himacco rding to these
words, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom
you have brought to us, came in to me to mock
me, 39:18and it happened, as I lifted up my
voice and cried, that he left his garment by me,
and ran outside."
39:19It happened, when his master heard the
words of his wife, which she spoke to him,
saying, "This is what your servant did to me,"
that his wrath was kindled. 39:20Joseph's master
took him, and put him into the prison, the
place where the king's prisoners were bound,
and he was there in custody. 39:21But Yahweh
was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him,
and gave himfa vor in the sight of the keeper
of the prison. 39:22The keeper of the prison
committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners
who were in the prison. Whatever they did
there, he was responsible for it. 39:23The keeper
of the prison didn't look after anything that was
under his hand, because Yahweh was with him;
and that which he did, Yahweh made it prosper.
40:1It happened after these things, that
the butler of the king of Egypt and his
baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt.
40:2Pharaoh was angry with his two officers,
the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. 40:3He
put themi n custody in the house of the captain
of the guard, into the prison, the place where
Josephwas bound. 40:4The captain of the guard
assigned themto Joseph, and he took care
of them. They stayed in prison many days.
40:5They both dreamed a dream, each man his
dream, in one night, each man according to the
interpretation of his dream, the cupbearer and
the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound
in the prison. 40:6Joseph came in to them in
the morning, and saw them, and saw that they
were sad. 40:7He asked Pharaoh's officers who
were with himi n custody in hismaster's house,
saying, "Why do you look so sad today?"
40:8They said to him, "We have dreamed a
dream, and there is no one who can interpret
it."
x38:29 Perez means "breaking out."
y38:30 Zerah means "scarlet" or "brightness."
Genesis 40:9 35 Genesis 41:21
Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations
belong to God? Please tell it to me."
40:9The chief cupbearer told his dreamt o
Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream, behold,
a vine was in front of me, 40:10and in the
vine were three branches. It was as though it
budded, its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters
brought forth ripe grapes. 40:11Pharaoh's cup
was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and
pressed themi nto Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the
cup into Pharaoh's hand."
40:12Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation:
the three branches are three days.
40:13Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift
up your head, and restore you to your office.
You will give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, the
way you did when you were his cupbearer.
40:14But remember me when it will be wellwith
you, and show kindness, please, to me, and
make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me
out of this house. 40:15For 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."
40:16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation
was good, he said to Joseph, "I also
was in my dream, and behold, three baskets
of white bread were on my head. 40:17In the
uppermost basket there was all kinds of baked
food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate themo ut of
the basket on my head."
40:18Joseph answered, "This is its interpretation.
The three baskets are three days.
40:19Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift
up your head fromo ff you, and will hang you
on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh
fromof f you." 40:20It happened the third day,
which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a
feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the
head of the chief cupbearer and the head of
the chief baker among his servants. 40:21He
restored the chief cupbearer to his position
again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's
hand; 40:22but he hanged the chief baker, as
Joseph had interpreted to them. 40:23Yet the
chief cupbearer didn't remember Joseph, but
forgot him.
41:1It happened at the end of two full years,
that Pharaoh dreamed: and behold, he stood
by the river. 41:2Behold, there came up out of
the river seven cattle, sleek and fat, and they
fed in the marsh grass. 41:3Behold, seven other
cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly
and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the
brink of the river. 41:4The ugly and thin cattle
ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh
awoke. 41:5He slept and dreamed a second
time: and behold, seven heads of grain came
up on one stalk, healthy and good. 41:6Behold,
seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with
the east wind, sprung up after them. 41:7The
thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven
healthy and full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and
behold, it was a dream .41:8It happened in the
morning that his spirit was troubled, and he
sent and called for all of Egypt's magicians and
wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but
there was no one who could interpret themt o
Pharaoh.
41:9Then the chief cupbearer spoke to
Pharaoh, saying, "I remember my faults today.
41:10Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and
put me in custody in the house of the captain
of the guard, me and the chief baker. 41:11We
dreamed a dream in one night, I and he. We
dreamed each man according to the interpretation
of his dream. 41:12There was with us
there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the
captain of the guard, and we told him, and
he interpreted to us our dreams. To each man
according to his dreamh e interpreted. 41:13It
happened, as he interpreted to us, so it was: he
restored me to my office, and he hanged him."
41:14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph,
and they brought himhas tily out of the dungeon.
He shaved himself, changed his clothing,
and came in to Pharaoh. 41:15Pharaoh said to
Joseph, "I have dreamed a dream, and there is
no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said
of you, that when you hear a dreamyou can
interpret it."
41:16Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It
isn't in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer
of peace."
41:17Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream,
behold, I stood on the brink of the river:
41:18and behold, there came up out of the river
seven cattle, fat and sleek. They fed in the
marsh grass, 41:19and behold, seven other cattle
came up after them, poor and very ugly and
thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt
for ugliness. 41:20The thin and ugly cattle ate
up the first seven fat cattle, 41:21and when they
had eaten themu p, it couldn't be known that
Genesis 41:22 36 Genesis 41:55
they had eaten them, but they were still ugly,
as at the beginning. So I awoke. 41:22I saw in
my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain
came up on one stalk, full and good: 41:23and
behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin,
and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after
them. 41:24The thin heads of grain swallowed
up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to
the magicians, but there was no one who could
explain it to me."
41:25Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dreamo f
Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has
declared to Pharaoh. 41:26The seven good cattle
are seven years; and the seven good heads
of grain are seven years. The dreamis one.
41:27The seven thin and ugly cattle that came
up after themare seven years, and also the
seven empty heads of grain blasted with the
east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
41:28That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh.
What God is about to do he has shown to
Pharaoh. 41:29Behold, there come seven years
of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.
41:30There will arise after themsev en years of
famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in
the land of Egypt. The famine will consume
the land, 41:31and the plenty will not be known
in the land by reason of that famine which
follows; for it will be very grievous. 41:32The
dreamwas doubled to Pharaoh, because the
thing is established by God, and God will
shortly bring it to pass.
41:33"Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a
discreet and wise man, and set him over the
land of Egypt. 41:34Let Pharaoh do this, and
let hima ppoint overseers over the land, and
take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt's
produce in the seven plenteous years. 41:35Let
themg ather all the food of these good years
that come, and lay up grain under the hand of
Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let themk eep
it. 41:36The food will be for a store to the land
against the seven years of famine, which will
be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish
through the famine."
41:37The thing was good in the eyes of
Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
41:38Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find
such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit
of God?" 41:39Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because
God has shown you all of this, there is none
so discreet and wise as you. 41:40You shall be
over my house, and according to your word
will all my people be ruled. Only in the throne
I will be greater than you." 41:41Pharaoh said
to Joseph, "Behold, I have set you over all the
land of Egypt." 41:42Pharaoh took off his signet
ring fromhi s hand, and put it on Joseph's hand,
and arrayed himin robes of fine linen, and put
a gold chain about his neck, 41:43and he made
himto ride in the second chariot which he had.
They cried before him, "Bow the knee!" He set
himo ver all the land of Egypt. 41:44Pharaoh
said to Joseph, "I amPhar aoh, and without
you shall no man lift up his hand or his foot
in all the land of Egypt." 41:45Pharaoh called
Joseph's name Zaphenath-Paneah; and he gave
himAsen ath, the daughter of Potiphera priest
of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land
of Egypt.
41:46Joseph was thirty years old when he
stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph
went out fromthe presence of Pharaoh, and
went throughout all the land of Egypt. 41:47In
the seven plenteous years the earth brought
forth abundantly. 41:48He 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 around every
city, he laid up in the same. 41:49Joseph laid
up grain as the sand of the sea, very much,
until he stopped counting, for it was without
number. 41:50To Joseph were born two sons
before the year of famine came, whomAsenath,
the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore
to him. 41:51Joseph called the name of the
firstborn Manasseh,z "For," he said, "God has
made me forget all my toil, and all my father's
house." 41:52The name of the second, he called
Ephraima: "For God has m ade m e fruitful in
the land of my affliction."
41:53The seven years of plenty, that were in
the land of Egypt, came to an end. 41:54The
seven years of famine began to come, just
as Joseph had said. There was famine in
all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there
was bread. 41:55When all the land of Egypt
was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for
bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians,
z41:51 "Manasseh" sounds like the Hebrew for "forget."
a41:52 "Ephraim" sounds like the Hebrew for "twice fruitful."
Genesis 41:56 37 Genesis 42:34
"Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do."
41:56The famine was over all the surface of the
earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and
sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe
in the land of Egypt. 41:57All countries came
into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the
famine was severe in all the earth.
42:1Now Jacob saw that there was grain in
Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you
look at one another?" 42:2He said, "Behold, I
have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go
down there, and buy for us fromthe re, so that
we may live, and not die." 42:3Joseph's ten
brothers went down to buy grain fromE gypt.
42:4But Jacob didn't send Benjamin, Joseph's
brother, with his brothers; for he said, "Lest
perhaps harmh appen to him." 42:5The sons
of Israel came to buy among those who came,
for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
42:6Joseph was the governor over the land. It
was he who sold to all the people of the land.
Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves
down to himwi th their faces to the earth.
42:7Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized
them, but acted like a stranger to them, and
spoke roughly with them. He said to them,
"Where did you come from?"
They said, "Fromthe land of Canaan to buy
food."
42:8Joseph recognized his brothers, but they
didn't recognize him. 42:9Joseph remembered
the dreams which he dreamed about them, and
said to them, "You are spies! You have come to
see the nakedness of the land."
42:10They said to him , "No, m ylord, but
your servants have come to buy food. 42:11We
are all one man's sons;we are honest men. Your
servants are not spies."
42:12He said to them, "No, but you have
come to see the nakedness of the land."
42:13They said, "We, your servants, are
twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land
of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day
with our father, and one is no more."
42:14Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you,
saying, 'You are spies.' 42:15By this you shall be
tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go
forth fromhe re, unless your youngest brother
comes here. 42:16Send one of you, and let him
get your brother, and you shall be bound, that
your words may be tested, whether there is
truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh
surely you are spies." 42:17He put themal l
together into custody for three days.
42:18Joseph said to themthe third day, "Do
this, and live, for I fear God. 42:19If you are
honest men, then let one of your brothers be
bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain
for the famine of your houses. 42:20Bring your
youngest brother to me; so will your words be
verified, and you won't die."
They did so. 42:21They said one to another,
"We are certainly guilty concerning our brother,
in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he
begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore
this distress has come upon us." 42:22Reuben
answered them, saying, "Didn't I tell you,
saying, 'Don't sin against the child,' and you
wouldn't listen? Therefore also, behold, his
blood is required." 42:23They didn't know
that Joseph understood them; for there was
an interpreter between them. 42:24He turned
himself away from them, and wept. Then
he returned to them, and spoke to them, and
took Simeon from among them, and bound
himbe fore their eyes. 42:25Then Joseph gave
a command to fill their bags with grain, and to
restore every man's money into his sack, and to
give themfood for the way. So it was done to
them.
42:26They loaded their donkeys with their
grain, and departed fromthe re. 42:27As one of
themopen ed his sack to give his donkey food
in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold,
it was in the mouth of his sack. 42:28He said to
his brothers, "My money is restored! Behold,
it is in my sack!" Their hearts failed them,
and they turned trembling one to another,
saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"
42:29They came to Jacob their father, to the land
of Canaan, and told himal l that had happened
to them, saying, 42:30"The man, the lord of the
land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for
spies of the country. 42:31We said to him, 'We
are honest men. We are no spies. 42:32We are
twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no
more, and the youngest is this day with our
father in the land of Canaan.' 42:33The man, the
lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know
that you are honest men: leave one of your
brothers with me, and take grain for the famine
of your houses, and go your way. 42:34Bring
your youngest brother to me. Then I will know
that you are not spies, but that you are honest
Genesis 42:35 38 Genesis 43:26
men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and
you shall trade in the land.'"
42:35It happened as they emptied their sacks,
that behold, every man's bundle of money
was in his sack. When they and their father
saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
42:36Jacob, their father, said to them, "You have
bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no
more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take
Benjamin away. All these things are against
me."
42:37Reuben spoke to his father, saying, "Kill
my two sons, if I don't bring him to you.
Entrust himt o my care, and I will bring him
to you again."
42:38He said, "My son shall not go down
with you; for his brother is dead, and he only
is left. If harmhap pens to himal ong the way
in which you go, then you will bring down my
gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."
43:1The famine was severe in the land. 43:2It
happened, when they had eaten up the grain
which they had brought out of Egypt, their
father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little
more food."
43:3Judah spoke to him, saying, "The man
solemnly warned us, saying, 'You shall not see
my face, unless your brother is with you.' 43:4If
you'll send our brother with us, we'll go down
and buy you food, 43:5but if you'll not send
him, we'll not go down, for the man said to us,
'You shall not see my face, unless your brother
is with you.'"
43:6Israel said, "Why did you treat me so
badly, telling the man that you had another
brother?"
43:7They said, "The man asked directly concerning
ourselves, and concerning our relatives,
saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have
you another brother?' We just answered his
questions. Is there any waywe could knowthat
he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"
43:8Judah said to Israel, his father, "Send the
boy with me, and we'll get up and go, so that
we may live, and not die, both we, and you,
and also our little ones. 43:9I'll be collateral for
him. From my hand will you require him. If I
don't bring himto you, and set himbe fore you,
then let me bear the blame forever, 43:10for ifwe
hadn't delayed, surelywewould have returned
a second time by now."
43:11Their father, Israel, said to them, "If
it must be so, then do this. Take from the
choice fruits of the land in your bags, and
carry down a present for the man, a little
balm, a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts,
and almonds; 43:12and take double money in
your hand, and take back the money that was
returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it
was an oversight. 43:13Take your brother also,
get up, and return to the man. 43:14May God
Almighty give you mercy before the man, that
he may release to you your other brother and
Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I
ambe reaved."
43:15The men took that present, and they
took double money in their hand, and Benjamin;
and got up, went down to Egypt, and
stood before Joseph. 43:16When Joseph saw
Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of
his house, "Bring the men into the house, and
butcher an animal, and make ready; for the
men will dine with me at noon."
43:17The man did as Joseph commanded,
and the man brought the men to Joseph's
house. 43:18The men were afraid, because they
were brought to Joseph's house; and they said,
"Because of the money that was returned in our
sacks at the first time, we're brought in; that he
may seek occasion against us, attack us, and
seize us as slaves, along with our donkeys."
43:19They came near to the steward of Joseph's
house, and they spoke to himat the door of
the house, 43:20and said, "Oh, my lord, we
indeed came down the first time to buy food.
43:21When we came to the lodging place, we
opened our sacks, and behold, every man's
moneywas in the mouth of his sack, our money
in full weight. We have brought it back in our
hand. 43:22We have brought down other money
in our hand to buy food. We don't know who
put our money in our sacks."
43:23He said, "Peace be to you. Don't be
afraid. Your God, and the God of your father,
has given you treasure in your sacks. I received
your money." He brought Simeon out to them.
43:24The man brought the men into Joseph's
house, and gave themwate r, and they washed
their feet. He gave their donkeys fodder.
43:25They made ready the present for Joseph's
coming at noon, for they heard that they should
eat bread there.
43:26When Joseph came home, they brought
himthe present which was in their hand into
Genesis 43:27 39 Genesis 44:26
the house, and bowed themselves down to
himto the earth. 43:27He asked themo f their
welfare, and said, "Is your father well, the old
man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?"
43:28They said, "Your servant, our father, is
well. He is still alive." They bowed the head,
and did homage. 43:29He lifted up his eyes,
and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's
son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother,
of whomy ou spoke to me?" He said, "God be
gracious to you, my son." 43:30Joseph hurried,
for his heart yearned over his brother; and he
sought a place to weep. He entered into his
room, and wept there. 43:31He washed his face,
and came out. He controlled himself, and said,
"Serve the meal."
43:32They served himby himself, and them
by themselves, and the Egyptians, that ate with
him, by themselves, because the Egyptians
don't eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is
an abomination to the Egyptians. 43:33They
sat before him, the firstborn according to his
birthright, and the youngest according to his
youth, and the men marveled one with another.
43:34He sent portions to themf rombefore him,
but Benjamin's portion was five times as much
as any of theirs. They drank, and were merry
with him.
44:1He commanded the steward of his house,
saying, "Fill the men's sackswith food, as much
as they can carry, and put every man's money
in his sack's m outh. 44:2Put my cup, the silver
cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, with
his grain money." He did according to the
word that Joseph had spoken. 44:3As soon
as the morning was light, the men were sent
away, they and their donkeys. 44:4When they
had gone out of the city, and were not yet far
off, Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow
after the men. When you overtake them, ask
them, 'Why have you rewarded evil for good?
44:5Isn't this that fromwhi ch my lord drinks,
and by which he indeed divines? You have
done evil in so doing.'" 44:6He overtook them,
and he spoke these words to them.
44:7They said to him, "Why does my lord
speak such words as these? Far be it from
your servants that they should do such a thing!
44:8Behold, the money, which we found in our
sacks' mouths, we brought again to you out
of the land of Canaan. How then should we
steal silver or gold out of your lord's house?
44:9With whoever of your servants it be found,
let himdie, and we also will be my lord's
bondservants."
44:10He said, "Now also let it be according to
your words: he with whomit is found will be
my bondservant; and you will be blameless."
44:11Then they hurried, and every man
took his sack down to the ground, and every
man opened his sack. 44:12He searched,
beginning with the eldest, and ending at the
youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's
sack. 44:13Then they tore their clothes, and
every man loaded his donkey, and returned to
the city.
44:14Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's
house, and he was still there. They fell on the
ground before him. 44:15Joseph said to them,
"What deed is this that you have done? Don't
you know that such a man as I can indeed
divine?"
44:16Judah said, "What will we tell my lord?
What will we speak? Or how will we clear
ourselves? God has found out the iniquity
of your servants. Behold, we are my lord's
bondservants, both we, and he also in whose
hand the cup is found."
44:17He said, "Far be it fromme that I should
do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found,
he will be my bondservant; but as for you, go
up in peace to your father."
44:18Then Judah came near to him, and
said, "Oh, my lord, please let your servant
speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't
let your anger burn against your servant; for
you are even as Pharaoh. 44:19My lord asked
his servants, saying, 'Have you a father, or a
brother?' 44:20We said to my lord, 'We have
a father, an old man, and a child of his old
age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and
he alone is left of his mother; and his father
loves him.' 44:21You said to your servants,
'Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes
on him.' 44:22We said to my lord, 'The boy
can't leave his father: for if he should leave his
father, his father would die.' 44:23You said to
your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother
comes down with you, you will see my face no
more.' 44:24It happened when we came up to
your servant my father, we told him the words
of my lord. 44:25Our father said, 'Go again,
buy us a little food.' 44:26We said, 'We can't
go down. If our youngest brother is with us,
Genesis 44:27 40 Genesis 45:27
then we will go down: for we may not see
the man's face, unless our youngest brother is
with us.' 44:27Your servant, my father, said
to us, 'You know that m y wife bore m e two
sons: 44:28and the one went out fromm e, and
I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces;" and I
haven't seen hims ince. 44:29If you take this
one also from me, and harm happens to him,
youwill bringdown mygray hairswith sorrow
to Sheol.' 44:30Now therefore when I come to
your servant my father, and the boy is not with
us; seeing that his life is bound up in the boy's
life; 44:31it will happen, when he sees that the
boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants
will bring down the gray hairs of your servant,
our father, with sorrow to Sheol. 44:32For your
servant became collateral for the boy to my
father, saying, 'If I don't bring himto you,
then I will bear the blame to my father forever.'
44:33Now therefore, please let your servant stay
instead of the boy, a bondservant to my lord;
and let the boy go up with his brothers. 44:34For
how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn't
with me? lest I see the evil that will come on
my father."
45:1Then Joseph couldn't control himself before
all those who stood before him, and he
cried, "Cause every man to go out from me!"
No one else stoodwith him, while Joseph made
himself known to his brothers. 45:2He wept
aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of
Pharaoh heard. 45:3Joseph said to his brothers,
"I amJ oseph! Doesmy father still live?"
His brothers couldn't answer him; for they
were terrified at his presence. 45:4Joseph said
to his brothers, "Come near to me, please."
They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your
brother, whomyou sold into Egypt. 45:5Now
don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves,
that you sold me here, for God sent me before
you to preserve life. 45:6For these two years
the famine has been in the land, and there are
yet five years, in which there will be neither
plowing nor harvest. 45:7God sent me before
you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth,
and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
45:8So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but
God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh,
lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land
of Egypt. 45:9Hurry, and go up to my father,
and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph
says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt.
Come down to me. Don't wait. 45:10You shall
dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be
near to me, you, your children, your children's
children, your flocks, your herds, and all that
you have. 45:11There I will nourish you; for
there are yet five years of famine; lest you come
to poverty, you, and your household, and all
that you have."' 45:12Behold, your eyes see, and
the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my
mouth that speaks to you. 45:13You shall tell my
father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that
you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my
father down here." 45:14He fell on his brother
Benjamin's neck, and wept, and Benjamin wept
on his neck. 45:15He kissed all his brothers, and
wept on them. After that his brothers talked
with him.
45:16The report of it was heard in Pharaoh's
house, saying, "Joseph's brothers have come."
It pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
45:17Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers,
'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel
to the land of Canaan. 45:18Take your father
and your households, and come to me, and I
will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and
you will eat the fat of the land.' 45:19Now you
are commanded: do this. Take wagons out of
the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for
your wives, and bring your father, and come.
45:20Also, don't concern yourselves about your
belongings, for the good of all of the land of
Egypt is yours."
45:21The sons of Israel did so. Joseph gave
them wagons, according to the commandment
of Pharaoh, and gave themp rovision for the
way. 45:22He gave each one of themchang es
of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three
hundred pieces of silver and five changes of
clothing. 45:23To his father, he sent after this
manner: ten donkeys loaded with the good
things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded
with grain and bread and provision for his
father by the way. 45:24So he sent his brothers
away, and they departed. He said to them, "See
that you don't quarrel on the way."
45:25They went up out of Egypt, and came
into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.
45:26They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive,
and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt."
His heart fainted, for he didn't believe them.
45:27They told himal l the words of Joseph,
which he had said to them. When he saw the
Genesis 45:28 41 Genesis 47:4
wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the
spirit of Jacob, their father, revived. 45:28Israel
said, "It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive.
I will go and see himb efore I die."
46:1Israel traveled with all that he had, and
came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the
God of his father, Isaac. 46:2God spoke to Israel
in the visions of the night, and said, "Jacob,
Jacob!"
He said, "Here I am."
46:3He said, "I amGod, the God of your
father. Don't be afraid to go down into Egypt,
for there I will make of you a great nation. 46:4I
will go down with you into Egypt. I will also
surely bring you up again. Joseph will close
your eyes."
46:5Jacob rose up fromBeersh eba, and the
sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their
little ones, and their wives, in the wagons
which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 46:6They
took their livestock, and their goods, which
they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and
came into Egypt Jacob, and all his seed with
him, 46:7his sons, and his sons' sons with him,
his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and he
brought all his seed with himi nto Egypt.
46:8These are the names of the children of
Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his
sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. 46:9The sons
of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
46:10The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad,
Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite
woman. 46:11The sons of Levi: Gershon,
Kohath, and Merari. 46:12The sons of Judah:
Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and
Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of
Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 46:13The sons
of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
46:14The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and
Jahleel. 46:15These are the sons of Leah, whom
she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his
daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons
and his daughters were thirty-three. 46:16The
sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon,
Eri, Arodi, and Areli. 46:17The sons of Asher:
Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their
sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
46:18These are the sons of Zilpah, whomLa ban
gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore
to Jacob, even sixteen souls. 46:19The sons
of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
46:20To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born
Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the
daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to
him. 46:21The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher,
Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim,
Huppim, and Ard. 46:22These are the sons of
Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls
were fourteen. 46:23The son of Dan: Hushim.
46:24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer,
and Shillem. 46:25These are the sons of Bilhah,
whomL aban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and
these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were
seven. 46:26All the souls who came with Jacob
into Egypt, who were his direct descendants,
besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were
sixty-six. 46:27The sons of Joseph, who were
born to himi n Egypt, were two souls. All
the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into
Egypt, were seventy.
46:28He sent Judah before himt o Joseph, to
show the way before himto Goshen, and they
came into the land ofGoshen. 46:29Joseph made
ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel,
his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to
him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck
a good while. 46:30Israel said to Joseph, "Now
let me die, since I have seen your face, that you
are still alive."
46:31Joseph said to his brothers, and to his
father's house, "I will go up, and speak with
Pharaoh, and will tell him, 'My brothers, and
my father's house, who were in the land of
Canaan, have come to me. 46:32These men
are shepherds, for they have been keepers of
livestock, and they have brought their flocks,
and their herds, and all that they have.' 46:33It
will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and
will say, 'What is your occupation?' 46:34that
you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers
of livestock fromour youth even until now,
both we, and our fathers:' that you may dwell
in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an
abomination to the Egyptians."
47:1Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh,
and said, "My father and my brothers, with
their flocks, their herds, and all that they own,
have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold,
they are in the land of Goshen." 47:2From
among his brothers he took five men, and
presented themto Pharaoh. 47:3Pharaoh said
to his brothers, "What is your occupation?"
They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are
shepherds, both we, and our fathers." 47:4They
Genesis 47:5 42 Genesis 47:30
said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live as
foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for
your servants' flocks. For the famine is severe
in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please
let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen."
47:5Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your
father and your brothers have come to you.
47:6The land of Egypt is before you. Make your
father and your brothers dwell in the best of the
land. Let themdw ell in the land of Goshen. If
you know any able men among them, then put
themi n charge ofmy livestock."
47:7Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and
set himbe fore Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed
Pharaoh. 47:8Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How
many are the days of the years of your life?"
47:9Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of
the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred
thirty years. Few and evil have been the days
of the years of my life, and they have not
attained to the days of the years of the life of
my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage."
47:10Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from
the presence of Pharaoh.
47:11Joseph placed his father and his brothers,
and gave thema possession in the land
of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the
land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
47:12Joseph nourished his father, his brothers,
and all of his father's household, with bread,
according to their families.
47:13There was no bread in all the land; for
the famine was very severe, so that the land of
Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason
of the famine. 47:14Joseph gathered up all the
money that was found in the land of Egypt, and
in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they
bought: and Joseph brought the money into
Pharaoh's house. 47:15When the money was all
spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of
Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and
said, "Give us bread, for why should we die in
your presence? For our money fails."
47:16Joseph said, "Give me your livestock;
and I will give you food for your livestock, if
your money is gone."
47:17They brought their livestock to Joseph,
and Joseph gave thembre ad in exchange for
the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds,
and for the donkeys: and he fed themwi th
bread in exchange for all their livestock for that
year. 47:18When that year was ended, they
came to him the second year, and said to him,
"Wewill not hide frommy lord how our money
is all spent, and the herds of livestock are my
lord's. There is nothing left in the sight of my
lord, but our bodies, and our lands. 47:19Why
should we die before your eyes, both we and
our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and
we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh.
Give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and
that the land won't be desolate."
47:20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt
for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians sold every man
his field, because the famine was severe on
them, and the land became Pharaoh's. 47:21As
for the people, he moved them to the cities
fromon e end of the border of Egypt even to
the other end of it. 47:22Only he didn't buy
the land of the priests, for the priests had a
portion fromPhar aoh, and ate their portion
which Pharaoh gave them. That is why they
didn't sell their land. 47:23Then Joseph said to
the people, "Behold, I have bought you and
your land today for Pharaoh. Behold, here is
seed for you, and you shall sow the land. 47:24It
will happen at the harvests, that you shall give
a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your
own, for seed of the field, for your food, for
themof your households, and for food for your
little ones."
47:25They said, "You have saved our lives!
Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and
we will be Pharaoh's servants."
47:26Joseph made it a statute concerning the
land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should
have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone
didn't become Pharaoh's.
47:27Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in
the land of Goshen; and they got themselves
possessions therein, and were fruitful, and
multiplied exceedingly. 47:28Jacob lived in the
land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of
Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred
forty-seven years. 47:29The tim e drewnear that
Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph,
and said to him, "If now I have found favor
in your sight, please put your hand under
my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me.
Please don't bury me in Egypt, 47:30but when I
sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of
Egypt, and bury me in their burying place."
He said, "I will do as you have said."
Genesis 47:31 43 Genesis 49:7
47:31He said, "Swear to me," and he swore to
him. Israel bowed himself on the bed's head.
48:1It happened after these things, that someone
said to Joseph, "Behold, your father is
sick." He took with himh is two sons, Manasseh
and Ephraim. 48:2Someone told Jacob,
and said, "Behold, your son Joseph comes to
you," and Israel strengthened himself, and sat
on the bed. 48:3Jacob said to Joseph, "God
Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land
of Canaan, and blessed me, 48:4and said to me,
'Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply
you, and I will make of you a company
of peoples, and will give this land to your
seed after you for an everlasting possession.'
48:5Now your two sons, who were born to you
in the land of Egypt before I came to you into
Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even
as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine. 48:6Your
issue, who you become the father of after them,
will be yours. Theywill be called after the name
of their brothers in their inheritance. 48:7As
for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel
died by me in the land of Canaan in the way,
when there was still some distance to come to
Ephrath, and I buried her there in the way to
Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem)."
48:8Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said, "Who
are these?"
48:9Joseph said to his father, "They are my
sons, whomG od has givenme here."
He said, "Please bring themt o me, and I
will bless them." 48:10Now the eyes of Israel
were dimf or age, so that he couldn't see. He
brought them near to him; and he kissed them,
and embraced them. 48:11Israel said to Joseph,
"I didn't think I would see your face, and
behold, God has let me see your seed also."
48:12Joseph brought themout frombetween his
knees, and he bowed himself with his face to
the earth. 48:13Joseph took thembo th, Ephraim
in his right hand toward Israel's left hand,
and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's
right hand, and brought themne ar to him.
48:14Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid
it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger,
and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding
his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the
firstborn. 48:15He blessed Joseph, and said,
"The God before whomm y fathers Abraham
and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me
all my life long to this day, 48:16the angel who
has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads,
and let my name be named on them, and the
name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let
them grow into a multitude in the midst of the
earth."
48:17When Joseph saw that his father laid
his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased
him. He held up his father's hand, to
remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's
head. 48:18Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my
father; for this is the firstborn; put your right
hand on his head."
48:19His father refused, and said, "I know,
my son, I know. He also will become a
people, and he also will be great. However, his
younger brother will be greater than he, and
his seed will become a multitude of nations."
48:20He blessed themt hat day, saying, "In you
will Israel bless, saying, 'God make you as
Ephraimand as Manasseh'" He set Ephraim
before Manasseh. 48:21Israel said to Joseph,
"Behold, I amdyin g, but God will be with you,
and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
48:22Moreover I have given to you one portion
above your brothers, which I took out of the
hand of the Amorite with my sword and with
m y bow."
49:1Jacob called to his sons, and said:
"Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you
that which will happen to you in the days to
come.
49:2Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of
Jacob.
Listen to Israel, your father.
49:3"Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might,
and the beginning of my strength;
excelling in dignity, and excelling in
power.
49:4Boiling over as water, you shall not excel;
because you went up to your father's bed,
then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
49:5"Simeon and Levi are brothers.
Their swords are weapons of violence.
49:6My soul, don't come into their council.
My glory, don't be united to their assembly;
for in their anger they killed men.
In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
49:7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce;
and their wrath, for it was cruel.
I will divide themin Jacob,
and scatter themi n Israel.
Genesis 49:8 44 Genesis 50:5
49:8"Judah, your brothers will praise you.
Your hand will be on the neck of your
enemies.
Your father's sons will bow down before
you.
49:9Judah is a lion's cub.
Fromt he prey,my son, you have gone up.
He stooped down, he crouched as a lion,
as a lioness.
Who will rouse himup?
49:10The scepter will not depart fromJuda h,
nor the ruler's staff frombe tween his feet,
until he comes to whom it belongs.
To himw ill the obedience of the peoples
be.
49:11Binding his foal to the vine,
his donkey's colt to the choice vine;
he has washed his garments in wine,
his robes in the blood of grapes.
49:12His eyes will be red with wine,
his teeth white with milk.
49:13"Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea.
He will be for a haven of ships.
His border will be on Sidon.
49:14"Issachar is a strong donkey,
lying down between the saddlebags.
49:15He saw a resting place, that it was good,
the land, that it was pleasant.
He bows his shoulder to the burden,
and becomes a servant doing forced labor.
49:16"Dan will judge his people,
as one of the tribes of Israel.
49:17Dan will be a serpent in the way,
an adder in the path,
That bites the horse's heels,
so that his rider falls backward.
49:18I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
49:19"A troop will press on Gad,
but he will press on their heel.
49:20"Asher's food will be rich.
He will yield royal dainties.
49:21"Naphtali is a doe set free,
who bears beautiful fawns.
49:22"Joseph is a fruitful vine,
a fruitful vine by a spring.
His branches run over the wall.
49:23The archers have sorely grieved him,
shot at him, and persecute him:
49:24But his bow remained strong.
The arms of his hands were made strong,
by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
(fromthe re is the shepherd, the stone of
Israel),
49:25even by the God of your father, who will
help you;
by the Almighty, who will bless you,
with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that lies below,
blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
49:26The blessings of your father have prevailed
above the blessings of your ancestors,
above the boundaries of the ancient hills.
They will be on the head of Joseph,
on the crown of the head of himw ho is
separated fromhi s brothers.
49:27"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf.
In the morning he will devour the prey.
At evening he will divide the spoil."
49:28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel,
and this is what their father spoke to themand
blessed them. He blessed everyone according
to his blessing. 49:29He instructed them, and
said to them, "I amto be gathered to my people.
Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is
in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 49:30in the
cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which
is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which
Abrahambo ught with the field from Ephron
the Hittite as a burial place. 49:31There they
buried Abrahamand Sarah, his wife. There
they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and
there I buried Leah: 49:32the field and the cave
that is therein, which was purchased fromthe
children of Heth." 49:33When Jacob made an
end of charging his sons, he gathered up his
feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and
was gathered to his people.
50:1Joseph fell on his father's face, wept on
him, and kissed him. 50:2Joseph commanded
his servants, the physicians, to embalm his
father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
50:3Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that
is how many the days it takes to embalm. The
Egyptians wept for himfor seventy days.
50:4When the days of weeping for himw ere
past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh,
saying, "If now I have found favor in your eyes,
please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
50:5'My father made me swear, saying, "Behold,
I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have
dug for myself in the land of Canaan." Now
therefore, please let me go up and bury my
father, and I will come again.'"
Genesis 50:6 45 Exodus 1:15
50:6Pharaoh said, "Go up, and bury your
father, just like he made you swear."
50:7Joseph went up to bury his father; and
with himwe nt up all the servants of Pharaoh,
the elders of his house, all the elders of the
land of Egypt, 50:8all the house of Joseph, his
brothers, and his father's house. Only their
little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left
in the land of Goshen. 50:9There went up with
himbo th chariots and horsemen. It was a very
great company. 50:10They cam e to the threshing
floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and
there they lamented with a very great and sore
lamentation. He mourned for his father seven
days. 50:11When the inhabitants of the land, the
Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of
Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning
by the Egyptians." Therefore, its name was
called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the
Jordan. 50:12His sons did to himju st as he
commanded them, 50:13for his sons carried him
into the land of Canaan, and buried himi n the
cave of the field ofMachpelah, which Abraham
bought with the field, for a possession of a
burial site, fromE phron the Hittite, before
Mamre. 50:14Joseph returned into Egypt he,
and his brothers, and all that went up with him
to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
50:15When Joseph's brothers saw that their
father was dead, they said, "It may be that
Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us
back for all of the evil which we did to him."
50:16They sent a message to Joseph, saying,
"Your father commanded before he died, saying,
50:17'You shall tell Joseph, "Now please
forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and
their sin, because they did evil to you."' Now,
please forgive the disobedience of the servants
of the God of your father." Joseph wept when
they spoke to him. 50:18His brothers also went
and fell down before his face; and they said,
"Behold, we are your servants." 50:19Joseph
said to them, "Don't be afraid, for am I in the
place of God? 50:20As for you, you meant evil
against me, but God meant it for good, to bring
to pass, as it is this day, to save many people
alive. 50:21Now therefore don't be afraid. I
will nourish you and your little ones." He
comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
50:22Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father's
house. Joseph lived one hundred ten
years. 50:23Joseph saw Ephraim's children to
the third generation. The children also of
Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on
Joseph's knees. 50:24Joseph said to his brothers,
"I amdyin g, but God will surely visit you,
and bring you up out of this land to the land
which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob." 50:25Joseph took an oath of the children
of Israel, saying, "Godwill surely visit you, and
you shall carry up my bones fromhere." 50:26So
Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old,
and they embalmed him, and he was put in a
coffin in Egypt.
Exodus
1:1Now these are the names of the sons of
Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and
his household came with Jacob): 1:2Reuben,
Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 1:3Issachar, Zebulun,
and Benjamin, 1:4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and
Asher. 1:5All the souls who came out of
Jacob's body were seventy souls, and Joseph
was in Egypt already. 1:6Joseph died, as did
all his brothers, and all that generation. 1:7The
children of Israel were fruitful, and increased
abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly
mighty; and the land was filled with
them.
1:8Now there arose a new king over Egypt,
who didn't know Joseph. 1:9He said to his people,
"Behold, the people of the children of Israel
are more and mightier than we. 1:10Come, let
us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply,
and it happen that when any war breaks out,
they also join themselves to our enemies, and
fight against us, and escape out of the land."
1:11Therefore they set taskmasters over them to
afflict themwi th their burdens. They built storage
cities for Pharaoh: Pithomand Raamses.
1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more
they multiplied and the more they spread out.
They were grieved because of the children of
Israel. 1:13The Egyptians ruthlessly made the
children of Israel serve, 1:14and they made their
lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in
brick, and in all manner of service in the field,
all their service, in which they ruthlessly made
themserv e.
1:15The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew
midwives, of whom the name of the one was
Exodus 1:16 46 Exodus 3:1
Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
1:16and he said, "When you performthe duty of
a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them
on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall
kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall
live." 1:17But the midwives feared God, and
didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded
them, but saved the baby boys alive. 1:18The
king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said
to them, "Why have you done this thing, and
have saved the boys alive?"
1:19The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because
the Hebrew women aren't like the Egyptian
women; for they are vigorous, and give birth
before the midwife comes to them."
1:20God dealt well with the midwives, and
the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
1:21It happened, because the midwives feared
God, that he gave themfa milies. 1:22Pharaoh
commanded all his people, saying, "You shall
cast every son who is born into the river, and
every daughter you shall save alive."
2:1A man of the house of Levi went and took
a daughter of Levi as his wife. 2:2The woman
conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that
he was a fine child, she hid himthre emonths.
2:3When she could no longer hide him, she took
a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with
tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and
laid it in the reeds by the river's bank. 2:4His
sister stood far off, to see what would be done
to him. 2:5Pharaoh's daughter came down to
bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along
by the riverside. She saw the basket among the
reeds, and sent her handmaid to get it. 2:6She
opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the
baby cried. She had compassion on him, and
said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."
2:7Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter,
"Should I go and call a nurse for you fromthe
Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child
for you?"
2:8Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go."
The maiden went and called the child's
mother. 2:9Pharaoh's daughter said to her,
"Take this child away, and nurse himf or me,
and I will give you your wages."
The woman took the child, and nursed it.
2:10The child grew, and she brought himto
Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son.
She named him Moses,a and said, "Because I
drew himo ut of the water."
2:11It happened in those days, when Moses
had grown up, that he went out to his brothers,
and looked at their burdens. He saw an
Egyptian striking aHebrew, one of his brothers.
2:12He looked this way and that way, and when
he saw that there was no one, he killed the
Egyptian, and hid himi n the sand.
2:13He went out the second day, and behold,
two men of the Hebrews were fighting with
each other. He said to himwho did the wrong,
"Why do you strike your fellow?"
2:14He said, "Who m ade you a prince and a
judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you
killed the Egyptian?"
Moses was afraid, and said, "Surely this
thing is known." 2:15Now when Pharaoh heard
this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses
fled fromthe face of Pharaoh, and lived in the
land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven
daughters. They came and drew water, and
filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
2:17The shepherds came and drove them away;
but Moses stood up and helped them, and
watered their flock. 2:18When they came to
Reuel, their father, he said, "How is it that you
have returned so early today?"
2:19They said, "An Egyptian delivered us
out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover
he drew water for us, and watered the flock."
2:20He said to his daughters, "Where is he?
Why is it that you have left the man? Call him,
that he may eat bread."
2:21Moses was content to dwell with the
man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.
2:22She bore a son, and he named him Gershom,
b for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner
in a foreign land."
2:23It happened in the course of those many
days, that the king of Egypt died, and the children
of Israel sighed because of the bondage,
and they cried, and their cry came up to God
because of the bondage. 2:24God heard their
groaning, and God remembered his covenant
with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
2:25God saw the children of Israel, and God was
concerned about them.
a2:10 "Moses" sounds like the Hebrew for "draw out".
b2:22 "Gershom" sounds like the Hebrew for "an alien there."
Exodus 3:2 47 Exodus 4:5
3:1Now Moses was keeping the flock of
Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian,
and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness,
and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.
3:2The angel of Yahweh appeared to himin a
flam eof fire out of the m idst of a bush. He
looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire,
and the bush was not consumed. 3:3Moses said,
"I will turn aside now, and see this great sight,
why the bush is not burnt."
3:4When Yahweh saw that he turned aside
to see, God called to himout of themidst of the
bush, and said, "Moses! Moses!"
He said, "Here I am."
3:5He said, "Don't come close. Take your
sandals off of your feet, for the place you are
standing on is holy ground." 3:6Moreover he
said, "I amthe God of your father, the God
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob."
Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look
at God.
3:7Yahweh said, "I have surely seen the
affliction of my people who are in Egypt,
and have heard their cry because of their
taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. 3:8I
have come down to deliver them out of the
hand of the Egyptians, and to bring themup
out of that land to a good and large land, to
a land flowing with milk and honey; to the
place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite,
the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
3:9Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel
has come to me. Moreover I have seen the
oppression with which the Egyptians oppress
them. 3:10Come now therefore, and I will send
you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my
people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."
3:11Moses said to God, "Who amI, that I
should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring
forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
3:12He said, "Certainly I will be with you.
This will be the token to you, that I have
sent you: when you have brought forth the
people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on
this mountain."
3:13Moses said to God, "Behold, when I
come to the children of Israel, and tell them,
'The God of your fathers has sent me to you;'
and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What
should I tell them?"
3:14God said toMoses, "I AMWHO I AM,"
and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel
this: 'I AM has sent me to you.'" 3:15God said
moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children
of Israel this, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my
name forever, and this is my memorial to all
generations. 3:16Go, and gather the elders of
Israel together, and tell them, 'Yahweh, the God
of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac,
and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I
have surely visited you, and seen that which is
done to you in Egypt; 3:17and I have said, I will
bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the
land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite,
the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a
land flowing with milk and honey."' 3:18They
will listen to your voice, and you shall come,
you and the elders of Israel, to the king of
Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the
God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now
please let us go three days' journey into the
wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh,
our God.' 3:19I know that the king of Egypt
won't give you permission to go, no, not by a
mighty hand. 3:20I will put forth my hand and
strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will
do in its midst, and after that he will let you
go. 3:21I will give this people favor in the sight
of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when
you go, you shall not go empty-handed. 3:22But
every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of
herwho visits her house, jewels of silver, jewels
of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them
on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall
despoil the Egyptians.
4:1Moses answered, "But, behold, they will
not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they
will say, 'Yahweh has not appeared to you.'"
4:2Yahweh said to him, "What is that in your
hand?"
He said, "A rod."
4:3He said, "Throw it on the ground."
He threw it on the ground, and it became a
snake; and Moses ran away fromi t.
4:4Yahweh said to Moses, "Put forth your
hand, and take it by the tail."
He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it,
and it became a rod in his hand.
4:5"That they may believe that Yahweh, the
God of their fathers, the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has
Exodus 4:6 48 Exodus 5:4
appeared to you." 4:6Yahweh said furthermore
to him, "Now put your hand inside your
cloak."
He put his hand inside his cloak, and when
he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as
white as snow.
4:7He said, "Put your hand inside your cloak
again."
He put his hand inside his cloak again, and
when he took it out of his cloak, behold, it had
turned again as his other flesh.
4:8"Itwill happen, if theywill neither believe
you nor listen to the voice of the first sign, that
they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 4:9It
will happen, if they will not believe even these
two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you
shall take of the water of the river, and pour it
on the dry land. The water which you take out
of the riverwill become blood on the dry land."
4:10Moses said to Yahweh, "Oh, Lord, I am
not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you
have spoken to your servant; for I ams low of
speech, and of a slow tongue."
4:11Yahweh said to him, "Who made man's
mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or
seeing, or blind? Isn't it I, Yahweh? 4:12Now
therefore go, and I will be with your mouth,
and teach you what you shall speak."
4:13He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone
else."
4:14The anger of Yahweh was kindled
against Moses, and he said, "What about
Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he
can speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to
meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in
his heart. 4:15You shall speak to him, and put
the words in his mouth. I will be with your
mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach
you what you shall do. 4:16He will be your
spokesman to the people; and it will happen,
that he will be to you a mouth, and you will
be to himas God. 4:17You shall take this rod in
your hand, with which you shall do the signs."
4:18Moses went and returned to Jethro his
father-in-law, and said to him, "Please let me
go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt,
and see whether they are still alive."
Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."
4:19Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, "Go,
return into Egypt; for all the men who sought
your life are dead."
4:20Moses took his wife and his sons, and set
themo n a donkey, and he returned to the land
of Egypt. Moses took God's rod in his hand.
4:21Yahweh said to Moses, "When you go back
into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all
the wonders which I have put in your hand,
but I will harden his heart and he will not let
the people go. 4:22You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus
says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,
4:23and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that
he may serve me;" and you have refused to
let himgo. Behold, I will kill your son, your
firstborn.'"
4:24It happened on the way at a lodging
place, that Yahweh met him and wanted to kill
him. 4:25Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off
the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet;
and she said, "Surely you are a bridegroomof
blood to me."
4:26So he let himal one. Then she said, "You
are a bridegroomof blood," because of the
circumcision.
4:27Yahweh said to Aaron, "Go into the
wilderness to meet Moses."
He went, and met him on God's mountain,
and kissed him. 4:28Moses told Aaron all the
words of Yahweh with which he had sent him,
and all the signs with which he had instructed
him. 4:29Moses and Aaron went and gathered
together all the elders of the children of Israel.
4:30Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh
had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the
sight of the people. 4:31The people believed,
and when they heard that Yahweh had visited
the children of Israel, and that he had seen
their affliction, then they bowed their heads
and worshiped.
5:1Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and
said to Pharaoh, "This iswhat Yahweh, the God
of Israel, says, 'Let my people go, that they may
hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'"
5:2Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh, that I
should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I
don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will not
let Israel go."
5:3They said, "The God of the Hebrews has
met with us. Please let us go three days'
journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to
Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with
pestilence, or with the sword."
5:4The king of Egypt said to them, "Why
do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people
fromt heir work? Get back to your burdens!"
Exodus 5:5 49 Exodus 6:15
5:5Pharaoh said, "Behold, the people of the
land are now many, and you make them rest
fromt heir burdens." 5:6The same day Pharaoh
commanded the taskmasters of the people, and
their officers, saying, 5:7"You shall no longer
give the people straw to make brick, as before.
Let themg o and gather straw for themselves.
5:8The number of the bricks, which they made
before, you require fromthe m. You shall not
diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore
they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to
our God.' 5:9Let heavier work be laid on the
men, that they may labor therein; and don't let
themp ay any attention to lying words."
5:10The taskmasters of the people went out,
and their officers, and they spoke to the people,
saying, This is what Pharaoh says: "I will not
give you straw. 5:11Go yourselves, get straw
where you can find it, for nothing of your
work shall be diminished." 5:12So the people
were scattered abroad throughout all the land
of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. 5:13The
taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your
work quota daily, as when there was straw!"
5:14The officers of the children of Israel, whom
Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were
beaten, and demanded, "Why haven't you
fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today,
in making brick as before?"
5:15Then the officers of the children of Israel
came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do
you deal this way with your servants? 5:16No
straw is given to your servants, and they tell
us, 'Make brick!' and behold, your servants are
beaten; but the fault is in your own people."
5:17But he said, "You are idle! You are idle!
Therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to
Yahweh.' 5:18Go therefore now, and work, for
no straw shall be given to you, yet you shall
deliver the same number of bricks!"
5:19The officers of the children of Israel saw
that they were in trouble, when it was said,
"You shall not diminish anything from your
daily quota of bricks!"
5:20They met Moses and Aaron, who stood
in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
5:21and they said to them, "May Yahweh look
at you, and judge, because you have made us
a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh,
and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword
in their hand to kill us."
5:22Moses returned to Yahweh, and said,
"Lord, why have you brought trouble on this
people? Why is it that you have sent me?
5:23For since I cam e to Pharaoh to speak in your
name, he has brought trouble on this people;
neither have you delivered your people at all."
6:1Yahweh said to Moses, "Now you shall
see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong
hand he shall let themg o, and by a strong hand
he shall drive themo ut of his land."
6:2God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I
amY ahweh; 6:3and I appeared to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by
my name Yahweh I was not known to them.
6:4I have also established my covenant with
them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land
of their travels, in which they lived as aliens.
6:5Moreover I have heard the groaning of the
children of Israel, whomthe Egyptians keep in
bondage, and I have rememberedmy covenant.
6:6Therefore tell the children of Israel, 'I am
Yahweh, and I will bring you out fromun der
the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid
you out of their bondage, and I will redeem
you with an outstretched arm, and with great
judgments: 6:7and I will take you to me for a
people, and I will be to you a God; and you
shall know that I amY ahweh your God, who
brings you out fromu nder the burdens of the
Egyptians. 6:8I will bring you into the land
which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and
to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage:
I amYahweh.'"
6:9Moses spoke so to the children of Israel,
but they didn't listen to Moses for anguish of
spirit, and for cruel bondage.
6:10Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 6:11"Go
in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let
the children of Israel go out of his land."
6:12Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying,
"Behold, the children of Israel haven't listened
to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me,
who amof uncircumcised lips?" 6:13Yahweh
spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them
a command to the children of Israel, and to
Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of
Israel out of the land of Egypt.
6:14These are the heads of their fathers'
houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of
Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi;
these are the families of Reuben. 6:15The sons
of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad,
and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of
Exodus 6:16 50 Exodus 7:19
a Canaanite woman; these are the families of
Simeon. 6:16These are the names of the sons of
Levi according to their generations: Gershon,
and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of
the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven
years. 6:17The sons of Gershon: Libni and
Shimei, according to their families. 6:18The sons
of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron,
and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath
were one hundred thirty-three years. 6:19The
sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These
are the families of the Levites according to
their generations. 6:20Amram took Jochebed
his father's sister to himself as wife; and she
bore himAaro n and Moses: and the years of
the life of Amram were a hundred and thirtyseven
years. 6:21The sons of Izhar: Korah, and
Nepheg, and Zichri. 6:22The sons of Uzziel:
Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. 6:23Aaron
took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the
sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore
himNad ab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
6:24The sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah,
and Abiasaph; these are the families of the
Korahites. 6:25Eleazar Aaron's son took one
of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she
bore himPhi nehas. These are the heads of the
fathers' houses of the Levites according to their
families. 6:26These are that Aaron and Moses,
to whomYahweh said, "Bring out the children
of Israel fromt he land of Egypt according to
their armies." 6:27These are those who spoke
to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the
children of Israel fromE gypt. These are that
Moses and Aaron.
6:28It happened on the day when Yahweh
spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 6:29that
Yahweh spoke toMoses, saying, "I amYahweh.
Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak
to you."
6:30Moses said before Yahweh, "Behold, I am
of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh
listen to me?"
7:1Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I have
made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your
brother shall be your prophet. 7:2You shall
speak all that I command you; and Aaron your
brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the
children of Israel go out of his land. 7:3I will
harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs
and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 7:4But
Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay
my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my armies,
my people the children of Israel, out of the land
of Egypt by great judgments. 7:5The Egyptians
shall know that I amY ahweh, when I stretch
forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the
children of Israel from among them."
7:6Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh
commanded them, so they did. 7:7Moses was
eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years
old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
7:8Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron,
saying, 7:9"When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying,
'Performa miracle!' then you shall tell
Aaron, 'Take your rod, and cast it down before
Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.'"
7:10Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh,
and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded:
and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh
and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
7:11Then Pharaoh also called for the wise
men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians
of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments.
7:12For they cast down every man his
rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod
swallowed up their rods. 7:13Pharaoh's heart
was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as
Yahweh had spoken.
7:14Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart
is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
7:15Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he
goes out to the water; and you shall stand by
the river's bank to meet him; and the rod which
was turned to a serpent you shall take in your
hand. 7:16You shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God
of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying,
"Let my people go, that they may serve me in
the wilderness:" and behold, until now you
haven't listened. 7:17Thus says Yahweh, "In
this you shall know that I amYahweh. Behold,
I will strike with the rod that is in my hand
on the waters which are in the river, and they
shall be turned to blood. 7:18The fish that are in
the river shall die, and the river shall become
foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink
water fromthe river."'" 7:19Yahweh said to
Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and stretch
out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over
their rivers, over their streams, and over their
pools, and over all their ponds of water, that
they may become blood; and there shall be
blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in
vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'"
Exodus 7:20 51 Exodus 8:25
7:20Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh
commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and
struck the waters that were in the river, in
the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his
servants; and all the waters that were in the
river were turned to blood. 7:21The fish that
were in the river died; and the river became
foul, and the Egyptians couldn't drink water
fromt he river; and the blood was throughout
all the land of Egypt. 7:22The magicians of
Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments;
and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and
he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.
7:23Pharaoh turned and went into his house,
neither did he lay even this to heart. 7:24All
the Egyptians dug around the river for water
to drink; for they couldn't drink of the water
of the river. 7:25Seven days were fulfilled, after
Yahweh had struck the river.
8:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, Go in to
Pharaoh, and tell him, "This is what Yahweh
says, 'Let my people go, that they may serve
me. 8:2If you refuse to let themgo, behold, I
will plague all your borders with frogs: 8:3and
the river shall swarmwi th frogs, which shall
go up and come into your house, and into your
bedchamber, and on your bed, and into the
house of your servants, and on your people,
and into your ovens, and into your kneading
troughs: 8:4and the frogs shall come up both
on you, and on your people, and on all your
servants.'" 8:5Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell
Aaron, 'Stretch forth your hand with your rod
over the rivers, over the streams, and over the
pools, and cause frogs to come up on the land of
Egypt.'" 8:6Aaron stretched out his hand over
the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and
covered the land of Egypt. 8:7The magicians
did in like manner with their enchantments,
and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.
8:8Then Pharaoh called for Moses and
Aaron, and said, "Entreat Yahweh, that he take
away the frogs fromm e, and fromm y people;
and I will let the people go, that they may
sacrifice to Yahweh."
8:9Moses said to Pharaoh, "I give you the
honor of setting the time that I should pray
for you, and for your servants, and for your
people, that the frogs be destroyed fromyou
and your houses, and remain in the river only."
8:10He said, "Tomorrow."
He said, "Be it according to your word, that
you may know that there is none like Yahweh
our God. 8:11The frogs shall depart fromy ou,
and fromy our houses, and fromy our servants,
and fromy our people. They shall remain in the
river only."
8:12Moses and Aaron went out from
Pharaoh, and Moses cried to Yahweh
concerning the frogs which he had brought
on Pharaoh. 8:13Yahweh did according to the
word of Moses, and the frogs died out of the
houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields.
8:14They gathered themto gether in heaps, and
the land stank. 8:15But when Pharaoh saw that
there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and
didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
8:16Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron,
'Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of
the earth, that it may become lice throughout
all the land of Egypt.'" 8:17They did so; and
Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod,
and struck the dust of the earth, and there
were lice on man, and on animal; all the
dust of the earth became lice throughout all
the land of Egypt. 8:18The magicians tried
with their enchantments to bring forth lice,
but they couldn't. There were lice on man,
and on animal. 8:19Then the magicians said
to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God:" and
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't
listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.
8:20Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early
in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh;
behold, he comes forth to the water; and tell
him, 'This iswhat Yahweh says, "Let my people
go, that they may serve me. 8:21Else, if you
will not let my people go, behold, I will send
swarms of flies on you, and on your servants,
and on your people, and into your houses: and
the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of
swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon
they are. 8:22I will set apart in that day the
land of Goshen, inwhich my people dwell, that
no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end
you may know that I am Yahweh in the midst
of the earth. 8:23I will put a division between
my people and your people: by tomorrow shall
this sign be."'" 8:24Yahweh did so; and there
came grievous swarms of flies into the house of
Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses: and in
all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by
reason of the swarms of flies.
8:25Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron,
Exodus 8:26 52 Exodus 9:24
and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God in the
land!"
8:26Moses said, "It isn't appropriate to do
so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the
Egyptians to Yahweh our God. Behold, shall
we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians
before their eyes, and won't they stone us?
8:27We will go three days' journey into the
wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh our God,
as he shall command us."
8:28Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that
you may sacrifice to Yahweh your God in the
wilderness, only you shall not go very far away.
Pray for me."
8:29Moses said, "Behold, I go out fromy ou,
and I will pray to Yahweh that the swarms
of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his
servants, and fromhi s people, tomorrow; only
don't let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more
in not letting the people go to sacrifice to
Yahweh." 8:30Moses went out fromPhar aoh,
and prayed to Yahweh. 8:31Yahweh did according
to the word of Moses, and he removed
the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his
servants, and fromh is people. There remained
not one. 8:32Pharaoh hardened his heart this
time also, and he didn't let the people go.
9:1Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to
Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh,
the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people
go, that they may serve me. 9:2For if you refuse
to let themgo, and hold themst ill, 9:3behold,
the hand of Yahweh is on your livestock which
are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys,
on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks
with a very grievous pestilence. 9:4Yahweh
will make a distinction between the livestock of
Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and there shall
nothing die of all that belongs to the children
of Israel."'" 9:5Yahweh appointed a set time,
saying, "Tomorrow Yahweh shall do this thing
in the land." 9:6Yahweh did that thing on the
next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died,
but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not
one died. 9:7Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there
was not so much as one of the livestock of the
Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was
stubborn, and he didn't let the people go.
9:8Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron,
"Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace,
and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in
the sight of Pharaoh. 9:9It shall become small
dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a
boil breaking forth with boils on man and on
animal, throughout all the land of Egypt."
9:10They took ashes of the furnace, and stood
before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up
toward the sky; and it became a boil breaking
forth with boils on man and on animal. 9:11The
magicians couldn't stand beforeMoses because
of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians,
and on all the Egyptians. 9:12Yahweh hardened
the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn't listen to
them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.
9:13Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in
the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and
tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of
the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that
they may serve me. 9:14For this time I will
send all my plagues against your heart, against
your officials, and against your people; that
you may know that there is none like me in all
the earth. 9:15For now I would have put forth
my hand, and struck you and your people with
pestilence, and you would have been cut off
fromthe earth; 9:16but indeed for this cause I
have made you stand: to show you my power,
and that my name may be declared throughout
all the earth; 9:17as you still exalt yourself
against my people, that you won't let them
go. 9:18Behold, tomorrow about this time I will
cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has
not been in Egypt since the day it was founded
even until now. 9:19Now therefore command
that all of your livestock and all that you have
in the field be brought into shelter. Every man
and animal that is found in the field, and isn't
brought home, the hail shall come down on
them, and they shall die."'"
9:20Those who feared the word of Yahweh
among the servants of Pharaoh made their
servants and their livestock flee into the houses.
9:21Whoever didn't regard the word of Yahweh
left his servants and his livestock in the field.
9:22Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch forth
your hand toward the sky, that there may be
hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and
on animal, and on every herb of the field,
throughout the land of Egypt."
9:23Moses stretched forth his rod toward the
heavens, and Yahweh sent thunder, hail, and
lightning flashed down to the earth. Yahweh
rained hail on the land of Egypt. 9:24So there
was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with
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the hail, such as had not been in all the land
of Egypt since it became a nation. 9:25The hail
struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that
was in the field, both man and animal; and the
hail struck every herb of the field, and broke
every tree of the field. 9:26Only in the land of
Goshen, where the children of Israelwere, there
was no hail.
9:27Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and
Aaron, and said to them, "I have sinned this
time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people
are wicked. 9:28Pray to Yahweh; for there has
been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I
will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."
9:29Moses said to him, "As soon as I have
gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my
hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease,
neither shall there be any more hail; that you
may know that the earth is Yahweh's. 9:30But
as for you and your servants, I know that you
don't yet fear Yahweh God."
9:31The flax and the barley were struck, for
the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in
bloom. 9:32But the wheat and the spelt were not
struck, for they had not grown up. 9:33Moses
went out of the city fromPhar aoh, and spread
abroad his hands to Yahweh; and the thunders
and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured
on the earth. 9:34When 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. 9:35The heart of Pharaoh
was hardened, and he didn't let the children of
Israel go, just as Yahweh had spoken through
Moses.
10:1Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to
Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart, and the
heart of his servants, that I may show these my
signs in the midst of them, 10:2and that you
may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your
son's son, what things I have done to Egypt,
and my signs which I have done among them;
that you may know that I am Yahweh."
10:3Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh,
and said to him, "This is what Yahweh, the
God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you
refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my
people go, that they may serve me. 10:4Or
else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold,
tomorrowI will bring locusts into your country,
10:5and they shall cover the surface of the earth,
so that one won't be able to see the earth. They
shall eat the residue of that which has escaped,
which remains to you from the hail, and shall
eat every tree which grows for you out of the
field. 10:6Your houses shall be filled, and the
houses of all your servants, and the houses of
all the Egyptians; as neither your fathers nor
your fathers' fathers have seen, since the day
that they were on the earth to this day.'" He
turned, and went out fromPhar aoh.
10:7Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How
long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men
go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God.
Don't you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?"
10:8Moses and Aaron were brought again
to Pharaoh, and he said to them, "Go, serve
Yahweh your God; but who are those who will
go?"
10:9Moses 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 to
Yahweh."
10:10He said to them, "Yahweh be with you
if I will let you go with your little ones! See,
evil is clearly before your faces. 10:11Not so! Go
now you who are men, and serve Yahweh; for
that is what you desire!" They were driven out
fromPhar aoh's presence.
10:12Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out
your hand over the land of Egypt for the
locusts, that they may come up on the land
of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even
all that the hail has left." 10:13Moses stretched
forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and
Yahweh brought an east wind on the land all
that day, and all the night; and when it was
morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
10:14The locusts went up over all the land of
Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt.
They were very grievous. Before themt here
were no such locusts as they, neither after
thems hall be such. 10:15For they covered the
surface of the whole earth, so that the land
was darkened, and they ate every herb of the
land, and all the fruit of the trees which the
hail had left. There remained nothing green,
either tree or herb of the field, through all the
land of Egypt. 10:16Then Pharaoh called for
Moses and Aaron in haste, and he said, "I have
sinned against Yahweh your God, and against
you. 10:17Now therefore please forgive my sin
again, and pray to Yahweh your God, that he
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may also take away from me this death."
10:18He went out fromPhar aoh, and prayed
to Yahweh. 10:19Yahweh turned an exceeding
strong west wind, which took up the locusts,
and drove themi nto the Red Seac. There
remained not one locust in all the borders of
Egypt. 10:20But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's
heart, and he didn't let the children of Israel go.
10:21Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out
your hand toward the sky, that there may be
darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness
which may be felt." 10:22Moses stretched forth
his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick
darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.
10:23They didn't see one another, neither did
anyone rise fromhi s place for three days; but
all the children of Israel had light in their
dwellings.
10:24Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, "Go,
serve Yahweh. Only let your flocks and your
herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go
with you."
10:25Moses said, "You must also give into
our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that
we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God. 10:26Our
livestock also shall go with us. There shall not
a hoof be left behind, for of it we must take
to serve Yahweh our God; and we don't know
with what we must serve Yahweh, until we
come there."
10:27But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart,
and he wouldn't let themg o. 10:28Pharaoh said
to him, "Get away from me! Be careful to see
m y face no m ore; for in the day you see m y face
you shall die!"
10:29Moses said, "You have spoken well. I
will see your face again no more."
11:1Yahweh said to Moses, "Yet one plague
more will I bring on Pharaoh, and on Egypt;
afterwards he will let you go. When he lets
you go, he will surely thrust you out altogether.
11:2Speak now in the ears of the people, and let
themas k everyman of his neighbor, and every
woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and
jewels of gold." 11:3Yahweh gave the people
favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover
the man Moses was very great in the land of
Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and
in the sight of the people.
11:4Moses said, "This is what Yahweh says:
'About midnight I will go out into the midst of
Egypt, 11:5and all the firstborn in the land of
Egypt shall die, fromt he firstborn of Pharaoh
who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn
of the female servant who is behind the mill;
and all the firstborn of livestock. 11:6There
shall be a great cry throughout all the land of
Egypt, such as there has not been, nor shall be
any more. 11:7But against any of the children
of Israel a dog won't even bark or move its
tongue, against man or animal; that you may
knowthat Yahweh makes a distinction between
the Egyptians and Israel. 11:8All these your
servants shall come down to me, and bow
down themselves to me, saying, "Get out, with
all the people who follow you;" and after that I
will go out.'" He went out fromPhar aoh in hot
anger.
11:9Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh won't
listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied
in the land of Egypt." 11:10Moses and
Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh,
and Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he
didn't let the children of Israel go out of his
land.
12:1Yahweh spoke toMoses and Aaron in the
land of Egypt, saying, 12:2"This month shall be
to you the beginning of months. It shall be
the first month of the year to you. 12:3Speak
to all the congregation of Israel, saying, 'On
the tenth day of this month, they shall take
to them every man a lamb, according to their
fathers' houses, a lamb for a household; 12:4and
if the household is too little for a lamb, then
he and his neighbor next to his house shall
take one according to the number of the souls;
according to what everyone can eat you shall
make your count for the lamb. 12:5Your lamb
shall be without blemish, a male a year old.
You shall take it fromthe sheep, or from
the goats: 12:6and you shall keep it until the
fourteenth day of the same month; and the
whole assembly of the congregation of Israel
shall kill it at evening. 12:7They shall take some
of the blood, and put it on the two doorposts
and on the lintel, on the houses in which they
shall eat it. 12:8They shall eat the flesh in that
night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread.
They shall eat it with bitter herbs. 12:9Don't
eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but
roasted with fire; with its head, its legs and
c10:19 or, Sea of Reeds
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its inner parts. 12:10You shall let nothing of
it remain until the morning; but that which
remains of it until the morning you shall burn
with fire. 12:11This is how you shall eat it: with
your waist girded, your shoes on your feet, and
your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in
haste: it is Yahweh's Passover. 12:12For I will
go through the land of Egypt in that night, and
will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
both man and animal. Against all the gods of
Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Yahweh.
12:13The blood shall be to you for a token on
the houses where you are: and when I see the
blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no
plague be on you to destroy you, when I strike
the land of Egypt. 12:14This day shall be to you
for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast
to Yahweh: throughout your generations you
shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.
12:15"'Seven days you shall eat unleavened
bread; even the first day you shall put away
yeast out of your houses, for whoever eats
leavened bread fromthe first day until the
seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from
Israel. 12:16In the first day there shall be to
you a holy convocation, and in the seventh
day a holy convocation; no manner of work
shall be done in them, except that which every
man must eat, that only may be done by you.
12:17You shall observe the feast of unleavened
bread; for in this same day have I brought
your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore
you shall observe this day throughout your
generations by an ordinance forever. 12:18In
the first month, on the fourteenth day of the
month at evening, you shall eat unleavened
bread, until the twenty first day of the month
at evening. 12:19Seven days shall there be no
yeast found in your houses, for whoever eats
that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut
off fromt he congregation of Israel, whether he
be a foreigner, or one who is born in the land.
12:20You shall eat nothing leavened. In all your
habitations you shall eat unleavened bread.'"
12:21Then Moses called for all the elders of
Israel, and said to them, "Draw out, and take
lambs according to your families, and kill the
Passover. 12:22You shall take a bunch of hyssop,
and dip it in the blood that is in the basin,
and strike the lintel and the two doorposts
with the blood that is in the basin; and none
of you shall go out of the door of his house
until the morning. 12:23For Yahweh will pass
through to strike the Egyptians; and when he
sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two
doorposts, Yahweh will pass over the door, and
will not allow the destroyer to come in to your
houses to strike you. 12:24You shall observe
this thing for an ordinance to you and to your
sons forever. 12:25It shall happen when you
have come to the land which Yahweh will give
you, according as he has promised, that you
shall keep this service. 12:26It will happen,
when your children ask you, 'What do you
mean by this service?' 12:27that you shall say,
'It is the sacrifice of Yahweh's Passover, who
passed over the houses of the children of Israel
in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and
spared our houses.'"
The people bowed their heads and worshiped.
12:28The children of Israel went and
did so; as Yahweh had commanded Moses and
Aaron, so they did.
12:29It happened at midnight, that Yahweh
struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
fromt he firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his
throne to the firstborn of the captivewho was in
the dungeon; and all the firstborn of livestock.
12:30Pharaoh 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. 12:31He
called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said,
"Rise up, get out from among my people, both
you and the children of Israel; and go, serve
Yahweh, as you have said! 12:32Take both your
flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be
gone; and bless me also!"
12:33The Egyptians were urgent with the
people, to send themo ut of the land in haste,
for they said, "We are all dead men." 12:34The
people took their dough before itwas leavened,
their kneading troughs being bound up in their
clothes on their shoulders. 12:35The children of
Israel did according to the word of Moses; and
they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and
jewels of gold, and clothing. 12:36Yahweh gave
the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians,
so that they let themhave what they asked.
They despoiled the Egyptians.
12:37The children of Israel traveled from
Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand
on foot who were men, besides children.
12:38A mixed multitude went up also with
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them, with flocks, herds, and even very much
livestock. 12:39They baked unleavened cakes
of the dough which they brought forth out of
Egypt; for it wasn't leavened, because they
were thrust out of Egypt, and couldn't wait,
neither had they prepared for themselves any
food. 12:40Now the time that the children of
Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty
years. 12:41It happened at the end of four
hundred thirty years, even the same day it
happened, that all the armies of Yahweh went
out fromthe land of Egypt. 12:42It is a night
to be much observed to Yahweh for bringing
themo ut from the land of Egypt. This is that
night of Yahweh, to be much observed of all the
children of Israel throughout their generations.
12:43Yahweh said toMoses and Aaron, "This
is the ordinance of the Passover. There shall
no foreigner eat of it, 12:44but every man's
servant who is bought for money, when you
have circumcised him, then shall he eat of it.
12:45A foreigner and a hired servant shall not
eat of it. 12:46In one house shall it be eaten;
you shall not carry forth anything of the flesh
abroad out of the house; neither shall you break
a bone of it. 12:47All the congregation of Israel
shall keep it. 12:48When a stranger shall live as a
foreigner with you, and will keep the Passover
to Yahweh, let all his males be circumcised, and
then let himc ome near and keep it; and he
shall be as one who is born in the land: but no
uncircumcised person shall eat of it. 12:49One
law shall be to himw ho is born at home, and
to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among
you." 12:50All the children of Israel did so.
As Yahweh commanded Moses and Aaron, so
they did. 12:51It happened the same day, that
Yahweh brought the children of Israel out of the
land of Egypt by their armies.
13:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
13:2"Sanctify to me all of the firstborn, whatever
opens the womb among the children of Israel,
both of man and of animal. It is mine."
13:3Moses said to the people, "Remember
this day, in which you came out from Egypt,
out of the house of bondage; for by strength of
hand Yahweh brought you out fromthi s place.
No leavened bread shall be eaten. 13:4This day
you go forth in the month Abib. 13:5It shall be,
when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of
the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite,
and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he
swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing
with milk and honey, that you shall keep
this service in this month. 13:6Seven days you
shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh
day shall be a feast to Yahweh. 13:7Unleavened
bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days;
and no leavened bread shall be seen with you,
neither shall there be yeast seen with you, in
all your borders. 13:8You shall tell your son in
that day, saying, 'It is because of that which
Yahweh did for me when I came forth out of
Egypt.' 13:9It shall be for a sign to you on your
hand, and for a memorial between your eyes,
that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth;
forwith a strong hand Yahweh has brought you
out of Egypt. 13:10You shall therefore keep this
ordinance in its season fromy ear to year.
13:11"It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring
you into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore
to you and to your fathers, and shall give it you,
13:12that you shall set apart to Yahweh all that
opens the womb, and every firstborn which
you have that comes froman animal. The males
shall be Yahweh's. 13:13Every firstborn of a
donkey you shall redeemwi th a lamb; and if
you will not redeemit , then you shall break its
neck; and you shall redeemal l the firstborn of
man among your sons. 13:14It shall be, when
your son asks you in time to come, saying,
'What is this?' that you shall tell him, 'By
strength of hand Yahweh brought us out from
Egypt, fromt he house of bondage; 13:15and it
happened, when Pharaoh would hardly let us
go, that Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the
land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and
the firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice to
Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males;
but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'
13:16It shall be for a sign on your hand, and for
symbols between your eyes: for by strength of
hand Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt."
13:17It happened, when Pharaoh had let the
people go, that God didn't lead themby the
way of the land of the Philistines, although
that was near; for God said, "Lest perhaps
the people change their minds when they see
war, and they return to Egypt;" 13:18but God
led the people around by the way of the
wilderness by the Red Sead; and the children
d13:18 or, Sea of Reeds
Exodus 13:19 57 Exodus 14:26
of Israel went up armed out of the land of
Egypt. 13:19Moses took the bones of Joseph
with him, for he had made the children of Israel
swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and
you shall carry up my bones away from here
with you." 13:20They took their journey from
Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge
of the wilderness. 13:21Yahweh went before
themb y day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them
on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to
give theml ight, that theymight go by day and
by night: 13:22the pillar of cloud by day, and the
pillar of fire by night, didn't depart fromb efore
the people.
14:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
14:2"Speak to the children of Israel, that they
turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth,
between Migdol and the sea, before Baal
Zephon. You shall encamp opposite it by the
sea. 14:3Pharaoh will say of the children of
Israel, 'They are entangled in the land. The
wilderness has shut themi n.' 14:4I will harden
Pharaoh's heart, and he will follow after them;
and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all
his armies; and the Egyptians shall know that I
amYahweh." They did so.
14:5It was told the king of Egypt that the
people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh
and of his servants was changed towards the
people, and they said, "What is this we have
done, that we have let Israel go froms erving
us?" 14:6He made ready his chariot, and took
his army with him; 14:7and he took six hundred
chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt,
and captains over all of them. 14:8Yahweh
hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and he pursued after the children of Israel; for
the children of Israel went out with a high
hand. 14:9The Egyptians pursued after them:
all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his
horsemen, and his army; and overtook them
encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before
Baal Zephon.
14:10When Pharaoh drew near, the children
of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the
Egyptians were marching after them; and they
were very afraid. The children of Israel cried
out to Yahweh. 14:11They said to Moses,
"Because there were no graves in Egypt, have
you taken us away to die in the wilderness?
Why have you treated us this way, to bring us
forth out of Egypt? 14:12Isn't this the word that
we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us
alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?' For it
were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than
that we should die in the wilderness."
14:13Moses said to the people, "Don't be
afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of
Yahweh, which he will work for you today: for
the Egyptians whomy ou have seen today, you
shall never see themag ain. 14:14Yahweh will
fight for you, and you shall be still."
14:15Yahweh said to Moses, "Why do you
cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel,
that they go forward. 14:16Lift up your rod,
and stretch out your hand over the sea, and
divide it: and the children of Israel shall
go into the midst of the sea on dry ground.
14:17I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the
Egyptians, and they shall go in after them:
and I will get myself honor over Pharaoh, and
over all his armies, over his chariots, and over
his horsemen. 14:18The Egyptians shall know
that I amY ahweh, when I have gotten myself
honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and
over his horsemen." 14:19The angel of God,
who went before the camp of Israel, moved
and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud
moved from before them, and stood behind
them. 14:20It came between the camp of Egypt
and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud
and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and
the one didn't come near the other all the night.
14:21Moses stretched out his hand over the
sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a
strong east wind all the night, and made the sea
dry land, and thewaterswere divided. 14:22The
children of Israel went into the midst of the sea
on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall
to themo n their right hand, and on their left.
14:23The Egyptians pursued, and went in after
themi nto the midst of the sea: all of Pharaoh's
horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 14:24It
happened in the morning watch, that Yahweh
looked out on the Egyptian army through the
pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the
Egyptian army. 14:25He took off their chariot
wheels, and they drove themhe avily; so that
the Egyptians said, "Let's flee fromthe face of
Israel, for Yahweh fights for themag ainst the
Egyptians!"
14:26Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out
your hand over the sea, that the waters may
come again on the Egyptians, on their chariots,
Exodus 14:27 58 Exodus 15:21
and on their horsemen." 14:27Moses stretched
out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned
to its strength when the morning appeared;
and the Egyptians fled against it. Yahweh
overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the
sea. 14:28The waters returned, and covered the
chariots and the horsemen, even all Pharaoh's
army that went in after theminto the sea. There
remained not so much as one of them. 14:29But
the children of Israel walked on dry land in
the midst of the sea, and the waters were a
wall to themo n their right hand, and on their
left. 14:30Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day out
of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw
the Egyptians dead on the seashore. 14:31Israel
saw the great work which Yahweh did to the
Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and
they believed in Yahweh, and in his servant
Moses.
15:1Then Moses and the children of Israel
sang this song to Yahweh, and said,
"I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed
gloriously.
The horse and his rider he has thrown
into the sea.
15:2Yah is m y strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
This is my God, and I will praise him;
my father's God, and I will exalt him.
15:3Yahweh is a man of war.
Yahweh is his name.
15:4He has cast Pharaoh's chariots and his army
into the sea.
His chosen captains are sunk in the Red
Seae.
15:5The deeps cover them.
They went down into the depths like a
stone.
15:6Your right hand, Yahweh, is glorious in
power.
Your right hand, Yahweh, dashes the
enemy in pieces.
15:7In the greatness of your excellency, you
overthrow those who rise up against
you.
You send forth your wrath. It consumes
themas stubble.
15:8With the blast of your nostrils, the waters
were piled up.
The floods stood upright as a heap.
The deeps were congealed in the heart of
the sea.
15:9The enemy said, 'I will pursue. I will
overtake. I will divide the spoil.
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword, my hand shall
destroy them.'
15:10You blew with your wind.
The sea covered them.
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
15:11Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods?
Who is like you, glorious in holiness,
fearful in praises, doing wonders?
15:12You stretched out your right hand.
The earth swallowed them.
15:13"You, in your loving kindness, have led the
people that you have redeemed.
You have guided themi n your strength to
your holy habitation.
15:14The peoples have heard.
They tremble.
Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants
of Philistia.
15:15Then the chiefs of Edomw ere dismayed.
Trembling takes hold of the mighty men
of Moab.
All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted
away.
15:16Terror and dread falls on them.
By the greatness of your armthe y are as
still as a stone
until your people pass over, Yahweh,
until the people pass over who you have
purchased.
15:17You shall bring themin , and plant
themi n the mountain of your inheritance,
the place, Yahweh, which you have made
for yourself to dwell in;
the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands
have established.
15:18Yahweh shall reign forever and ever."
15:19For the horses of Pharaoh went in with
his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea,
and Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea
on them; but the children of Israel walked on
dry land in the midst of the sea. 15:20Miriam
the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a
tambourine in her hand; and all the women
went out after her with tambourines and with
dances. 15:21Miriamans wered them,
e15:4 or, Sea of Reeds
Exodus 15:22 59 Exodus 16:20
"Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and his rider he has thrown into the
sea."
15:22Moses led Israel onward fromt he Red
Seaf , and they went out into the wilderness of
Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness,
and found no water. 15:23When they
came to Marah, they couldn't drink from the
waters ofMarah, for they were bitter. Therefore
its name was called Marah.g 15:24The people
murmured against Moses, saying, "What shall
we drink?" 15:25Then he cried to Yahweh.
Yahweh showed hima tree, and he threw it into
the waters, and the waters were made sweet.
There he made a statute and an ordinance for
them, and there he tested them; 15:26and he
said, "If you will diligently listen to the voice
of Yahweh your God, and will do that which
is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to
his commandments, and keep all his statutes,
I will put none of the diseases on you, which
I have put on the Egyptians; for I amY ahweh
who heals you."
15:27They came to Elim, where there were
twelve springs of water, and seventy palm
trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
16:1They took their journey fromElim , and
all the congregation of the children of Israel
came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between
Elimand Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the
second month after their departing out of the
land of Egypt. 16:2The whole congregation of
the children of Israel murmured against Moses
and against Aaron in the wilderness; 16:3and
the children of Israel said to them, "We wish
that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in
the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat
pots, whenwe ate our fill of bread, for you have
brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this
whole assembly with hunger."
16:4Then said Yahweh to Moses, "Behold, I
will rain bread fromt he sky for you, and the
people shall go out and gather a day's portion
every day, that I may test them, whether they
will walk in my law, or not. 16:5It shall come
to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare
that which they bring in, and it shall be twice
as much as they gather daily."
16:6Moses and Aaron said to all the children
of Israel, "At evening, then you shall know that
Yahweh has brought you out fromthe land of
Egypt; 16:7and in the morning, then you shall
see the glory of Yahweh; because he hears your
murmurings against Yahweh. Who are we,
that you murmur against us?" 16:8Moses said,
"Now Yahweh shall give you meat to eat in the
evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy
you; because Yahweh hears your murmurings
which you murmur against him. And who
are we? Your murmurings are not against us,
but against Yahweh." 16:9Moses said to Aaron,
"Tell all the congregation of the children of
Israel, 'Come near before Yahweh, for he has
heard your murmurings.'" 16:10It happened, as
Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the
children of Israel, that they looked toward the
wilderness, and behold, the glory of Yahweh
appeared in the cloud. 16:11Yahweh spoke to
Moses, saying, 16:12"I have heard the murmurings
of the children of Israel. Speak to them,
saying, 'At evening you shall eat meat, and in
the morning you shall be filled with bread: and
you shall know that I amYahweh your God.'"
16:13It happened at evening that quail came
up and covered the camp; and in the morning
the dew lay around the camp. 16:14When the
dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface
of the wilderness was a small round thing,
small as the frost on the ground. 16:15When
the children of Israel saw it, they said one to
another, "What is it?" For they didn't know
what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread
which Yahweh has given you to eat." 16:16This
is the thing which Yahweh has commanded:
"Gather of it everyone according to his eating;
an omer a head, according to the number of
your persons, you shall take it, every man for
those who are in his tent." 16:17The children of
Israel did so, and gathered some more, some
less. 16:18When they measured it with an omer,
he who gathered much had nothing over, and
he who gathered little had no lack. They
gathered every man according to his eating.
16:19Moses said to them, "Let no one leave of it
until the morning." 16:20Notwithstanding they
didn't listen to Moses, but some of them left of
it until the morning, and it bred worms, and
became foul: and Moses was angry with them.
f15:22 or, Sea of Reeds
g15:23 Marah means bitter.
Exodus 16:21 60 Exodus 17:14
16:21They gathered it morning by morning,
everyone according to his eating. When the
sun grew hot, it melted. 16:22It happened
that on the sixth day they gathered twice as
much bread, two omers for each one, and all
the rulers of the congregation came and told
Moses. 16:23He said to them, "This is that which
Yahweh has spoken, 'Tomorrow is a solemn
rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that
which you want to bake, and boil that which
you want to boil; and all that remains over lay
up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.'"
16:24They laid it up until the morning, as
Moses asked, and it didn't become foul, neither
was there any wormin it. 16:25Moses said, "Eat
that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh.
Today you shall not find it in the field. 16:26Six
days you shall gather it, but on the seventh
day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none."
16:27It happened on the seventh day, that some
of the people went out to gather, and they
found none. 16:28Yahweh said to Moses, "How
long do you refuse to keep my commandments
and my laws? 16:29Behold, because Yahweh
has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives
you on the sixth day the bread of two days.
Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out
of his place on the seventh day." 16:30So the
people rested on the seventh day.
16:31The house of Israel called its name
Manna,h and it was like coriander seed, white;
and its taste was like wafers with honey.
16:32Moses said, "This is the thing which Yahweh
has commanded, 'Let an omer-full of it
be kept throughout your generations, that they
may see the bread with which I fed you in
the wilderness, when I brought you forth from
the land of Egypt.'" 16:33Moses said to Aaron,
"Take a pot, and put an omer-full of manna
in it, and lay it up before Yahweh, to be kept
throughout your generations." 16:34As Yahweh
commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before
the Testimony, to be kept. 16:35The children
of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they
came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna
until they came to the borders of the land of
Canaan. 16:36Now an omer is the tenth part of
an ephah.
17:1All the congregation of the children of
Israel traveled fromt he wilderness of Sin, by
their journeys, according to Yahweh's commandment,
and encamped in Rephidim; but
there was no water for the people to drink.
17:2Therefore the people quarreled with Moses,
and said, "Give us water to drink."
Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel
with me? Why do you test Yahweh?"
17:3The people were thirsty for water there;
and the people murmured against Moses, and
said, "Why have you brought us up out of
Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock
with thirst?"
17:4Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, "What
shall I do with these people? They are almost
ready to stone me."
17:5Yahweh said to Moses, "Walk on before
the people, and take the elders of Israel with
you, and take the rod in your hand with which
you struck the Nile, and go. 17:6Behold, I will
stand before you there on the rock in Horeb.
You shall strike the rock, and water will come
out of it, that the people may drink." Moses
did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
17:7He called the name of the place Massah,i
and Meribah,j because the children of Israel
quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh,
saying, "Is Yahweh among us, or not?"
17:8Then Amalek came and fought with
Israel in Rephidim. 17:9Moses said to Joshua,
"Choose men for us, and go out, fight with
Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of
the hill with God's rod in my hand." 17:10So
Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought
with Amalek; andMoses, Aaron, and Hur went
up to the top of the hill. 17:11It happened, when
Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed;
and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
17:12But Moses' hands were heavy; and
they took a stone, and put it under him, and
he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands,
the one on the one side, and the other on the
other side. His hands were steady until sunset.
17:13Joshua defeated Amalek and his people
with the edge of the sword. 17:14Yahweh said
to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in a book,
and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will
utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from
h16:31 "Manna" means "What is it?"
i17:7 Massah means testing.
j17:7 Meribah means quarreling.
Exodus 17:15 61 Exodus 19:2
under the sky." 17:15Moses built an altar, and
called its name Yahweh our Banner.k 17:16He
said, "Yah has sworn: 'Yahweh will have war
with Amalek from generation to generation.'"
18:1Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses'
father-in-law, heard of all that God had done
for Moses, and for Israel his people, how
that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.
18:2Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, received Zipporah,
Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
18:3and her two sons. The name of one son
was Gershom,l for Moses said, "I have lived
as a foreigner in a foreign land". 18:4The
name of the other was Eliezer,m for he said,
"My father's God was my help and delivered
me from Pharaoh's sword." 18:5Jethro, Moses'
father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife
to Moses into the wilderness where he was
encamped, at the Mountain of God. 18:6He
said to Moses, I, your father-in-law Jethro, have
come to you with your wife, and her two sons
with her. 18:7Moseswent out to meet his fatherin-
law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked
each other of their welfare, and they came into
the tent. 18:8Moses told his father-in-law all
that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the
Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardships
that had come on them on the way, and how
Yahweh delivered them. 18:9Jethro rejoiced for
all the goodness which Yahweh had done to
Israel, in that he had delivered themout of
the hand of the Egyptians. 18:10Jethro said,
"Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you
out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of
the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the
people fromu nder the hand of the Egyptians.
18:11Now I know that Yahweh is greater than
all gods because of the thing in which they
dealt arrogantly against them." 18:12Jethro,
Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and
sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all of the
elders of Israel, to eat bread withMoses' fatherin-
law before God.
18:13It happened on the next day, that Moses
sat to judge the people, and the people stood
aroundMoses fromthe morning to the evening.
18:14When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he
did to the people, he said, "What is this thing
that you do for the people? Why do you sit
alone, and all the people stand around you
frommorning to evening?"
18:15Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because
the people come to me to inquire of God.
18:16When they have a matter, they come to me,
and I judge between a man and his neighbor,
and I make them know the statutes of God,
and his laws." 18:17Moses' father-in-law said
to him, "The thing that you do is not good.
18:18You will surely wear away, both you, and
this people that is with you; for the thing is too
heavy for you. You are not able to performi t
yourself alone. 18:19Listen now to my voice. I
will give you counsel, and God be with you.
You represent the people before God, and bring
the causes to God. 18:20You shall teach themthe
statutes and the laws, and shall show themthe
way in which they must walk, and the work
that they must do. 18:21Moreover you shall
provide out of all the people able men, such as
fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and
place such over them, to be rulers of thousands,
rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers
of tens. 18:22Let themju dge the people at all
times. It shall be that every great matter they
shall bring to you, but every small matter they
shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier
for you, and they shall share the load with
you. 18:23If you will do this thing, and God
commands you so, then you will be able to
endure, and all of these people also will go to
their place in peace."
18:24So Moses listened to the voice of his
father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
18:25Moses 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. 18:26They judged the people
at all times. They brought the hard causes
to Moses, but every small matter they judged
themselves. 18:27Moses let his father-in-law
depart, and he went his way into his own land.
19:1In the third month after the children of
Israel had gone forth out of the land of Egypt,
on that same day they came into the wilderness
of Sinai. 19:2When they had departed from
Rephidim, and had come to the wilderness of
Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and
k17:15 Hebrew, Yahweh Nissi
l18:3 "Gershom" sounds like the Hebrew for "an alien there."
m18:4 Eliezer means "God is my helper."
Exodus 19:3 62 Exodus 20:10
there Israel encamped before the mountain.
19:3Moses went up to God, and Yahweh called
to himo ut of the mountain, saying, "This is
what you shall tell the house of Jacob, and tell
the children of Israel: 19:4'You have seen what
I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you
on eagles' wings, and brought you to myself.
19:5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my
voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall
be my own possession from among all peoples;
for all the earth is mine; 19:6and you shall be
to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.'
These are the words which you shall speak to
the children of Israel."
19:7Moses came and called for the elders of
the people, and set before thema ll these words
which Yahweh commanded him. 19:8All the
people answered together, and said, "All that
Yahweh has spoken we will do."
Moses reported the words of the people to
Yahweh. 19:9Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I
come to you in a thick cloud, that the people
may hear when I speak with you, and may also
believe you forever." Moses told the words
of the people to Yahweh. 19:10Yahweh said to
Moses, "Go to the people, and sanctify them
today and tomorrow, and let them wash their
garments, 19:11and be ready against the third
day; for on the third day Yahweh will come
down in the sight of all the people on Mount
Sinai. 19:12You shall set bounds to the people
all around, saying, 'Be careful that you don't
go up onto the mountain, or touch its border.
Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely
put to death. 19:13No hand shall touch him,
but he shall surely be stoned or shot through;
whether it is animal or man, he shall not live.'
When the trumpet sounds long, they shall
come up to the mountain."
19:14Moses went down fromthe mountain
to the people, and sanctified the people; and
they washed their clothes. 19:15He said to the
people, "Be ready by the third day. Don't have
sexual relations with a woman."
19:16It happened on the third day, when it
was morning, that there were thunders and
lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain,
and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet;
and all the people who were in the camp
trembled. 19:17Moses led the people out of the
camp to meet God; and they stood at the lower
part of the mountain. 19:18Mount Sinai, all it,
smoked, because Yahweh descended on it in
fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke
of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked
greatly. 19:19When the sound of the trumpet
grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and
God answered himby a voice. 19:20Yahweh
came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the
mountain. Yahweh called Moses to the top of
the mountain, and Moses went up.
19:21Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down, warn
the people, lest they break through to Yahweh
to gaze, and many of them perish. 19:22Let the
priests also,who come near to Yahweh, sanctify
themselves, lest Yahweh break forth on them."
19:23Moses said to Yahweh, "The people
can't come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned
us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain,
and sanctify it.'"
19:24Yahweh said to him, "Go down and you
shall bring Aaron up with you, but don't let the
priests and the people break through to come
up to Yahweh, lest he break forth on them."
19:25So Moses went down to the people, and
told them.
20:1Godn spoke all these words, saying,
20:2"I amY ahweh your God, who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage. 20:3You shall have no other gods
before me.
20:4"You shall not make for yourselves an
idol, nor any image of anything that is in the
heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the water under the earth: 20:5you
shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve
them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the
children, on the third and on the fourth generation
of those who hate me, 20:6and showing
loving kindness to thousands of those who love
me and keep my commandments.
20:7"You shall not take the name of Yahweh
your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him
guiltless who takes his name in vain.
20:8"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it
holy. 20:9You shall labor six days, and do
all your work, 20:10but the seventh day is a
Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not
n20:1 After "God," the Hebrew has the two letters "Aleph Tav" (the first and last letters of the Hebrew
alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker.
Exodus 20:11 63 Exodus 21:20
do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your
daughter, your male servant, nor your female
servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger
who is within your gates; 20:11for in six days
Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and
all that is in them, and rested the seventh day;
therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and
made it holy.
20:12"Honor your father and your mother,
that your days may be long in the land which
Yahweh your God gives you.
20:13"You shall not murder.
20:14"You shall not commit adultery.
20:15"You shall not steal.
20:16"You shall not give false testimony
against your neighbor.
20:17"You shall not covet your neighbor's
house. You shall not covet your neighbor's
wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant,
nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything
that is your neighbor's."
20:18All the people perceived the thunderings,
the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet,
and the mountain smoking. When the people
saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.
20:19They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself,
and we will listen; but don't let God speak
with us, lest we die."
20:20Moses said to the people, "Don't be
afraid, for God has come to test you, and that
his fear may be before you, that you won't sin."
20:21The people stayed at a distance, andMoses
drew near to the thick darkness where God
was.
20:22Yahweh said to Moses, "This is what
you shall tell the children of Israel: 'You yourselves
have seen that I have talked with you
fromh eaven. 20:23You shall most certainly not
make alongside of me gods of silver, or gods
of gold for yourselves. 20:24You shall make an
altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it
your burnt offerings and your peace offerings,
your sheep and your cattle. In every place
where I recordm ynam eIwill com e to you and
I will bless you. 20:25If you make me an altar
of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for
if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted
it. 20:26Neither shall you go up by steps to my
altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed
to it.'
21:1"Now these are the ordinances which
you shall set before them.
21:2"If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall
serve six years and in the seventh he shall go
out free without paying anything. 21:3If he
comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself.
If he is married, then his wife shall go out with
him. 21:4If his master gives him a wife and
she bears hims ons or daughters, the wife and
her children shall be her master's, and he shall
go out by himself. 21:5But if the servant shall
plainly say, 'I love my master, my wife, and
my children. I will not go out free;' 21:6then
his master shall bring him to God, and shall
bring himto the door or to the doorpost, and
his master shall bore his ear through with an
awl, and he shall serve himfor ever.
21:7"If a man sells his daughter to be a
female servant, she shall not go out as the
male servants do. 21:8If she doesn't please her
master, who has married her to himself, then
he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no
right to sell her to a foreign people, seeing he
has dealt deceitfully with her. 21:9If he marries
her to his son, he shall deal with her after the
manner of daughters. 21:10If he takes another
wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food,
her clothing, and her marital rights. 21:11If he
doesn't do these three things for her, she may
go free without paying any money.
21:12"One who strikes a man so that he dies
shall surely be put to death, 21:13but not if it
is unintentional, but God allows it to happen:
then I will appoint you a place where he
shall flee. 21:14If a man schemes and comes
presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him,
you shall take him from my altar, that he may
die.
21:15"Anyone who attacks his father or his
mother shall be surely put to death.
21:16"Anyone who kidnaps someone and
sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall
surely be put to death.
21:17"Anyone who curses his father or his
mother shall surely be put to death.
21:18"If men quarrel and one strikes the other
with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn't
die, but is confined to bed; 21:19if he rises again
and walks around with his staff, then he who
struck hims hall be cleared: only he shall pay
for the loss of his time, and shall provide for
his healing until he is thoroughly healed.
21:20"If a man strikes his servant or his maid
with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall
Exodus 21:21 64 Exodus 22:18
surely be punished. 21:21Notwithstanding, if
he gets up after a day or two, he shall not be
punished, for he is his property.
21:22"If men fight and hurt a pregnant
woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and
yet no harmfollow s, he shall be surely fined as
much as the woman's husband demands and
the judges allow. 21:23But if any harmf ollows,
then you must take life for life, 21:24eye for eye,
tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
21:25burning for burning, wound for wound,
and bruise for bruise.
21:26"If a man strikes his servant's eye, or
his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him
go free for his eye's sake. 21:27If he strikes out
his male servant's tooth, or his female servant's
tooth, he shall let himg o free for his tooth's
sake.
21:28"If a bull gores a man or a woman to
death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its
flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the
bull shall not be held responsible. 21:29But if
the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it
has been testified to its owner, and he has not
kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman,
the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall
also be put to death. 21:30If a ransomis laid on
him, then he shall give for the redemption of
his life whatever is laid on him. 21:31Whether
it has gored a son or has gored a daughter,
according to this judgment it shall be done to
him. 21:32If the bull gores a male servant or
a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall
be given to their master, and the ox shall be
stoned.
21:33"If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a
pit and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkey
falls into it, 21:34the owner of the pit shall make
it good. He shall give money to its owner, and
the dead animal shall be his.
21:35"If one man's bull injures another's, so
that it dies, then they shall sell the live bull, and
divide its price; and they shall also divide the
dead animal. 21:36Or if it is known that the bull
was in the habit of goring in the past, and its
owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull
for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.
22:1"If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and
kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an
ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 22:2If the thief
is found breaking in, and is struck so that he
dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for
him. 22:3If the sun has risen on him, there shall
be guilt of bloodshed for him; he shall make
restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall
be sold for his theft. 22:4If the stolen property
is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox,
donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.
22:5"If a man causes a field or vineyard to be
eaten, and lets his animal loose, and it grazes
in another man's field, he shall make restitution
fromthe best of his own field, and fromthe best
of his own vineyard.
22:6"If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns
so that the shocks of grain, or the standing
grain, or the field are consumed; he who
kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
22:7"If a man delivers to his neighbor money
or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's
house; if the thief is found, he shall pay double.
22:8If the thief isn't found, then the master of
the house shall come near to God, to find out if
he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods.
22:9For every matter of trespass, whether it be
for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for
any kind of lost thing, about which one says,
'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall
come before God. He whom God condemns
shall pay double to his neighbor.
22:10"If a man delivers to his neighbor a
donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep,
and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no
man seeing it; 22:11the oath of Yahweh shall
be between thembo th, whether he hasn't put
his hand to his neighbor's goods; and its
owner shall accept it, and he shall not make
restitution. 22:12But if it is stolen from him, he
shall make restitution to its owner. 22:13If it is
torn in pieces, let himb ring it for evidence. He
shall not make good that which was torn.
22:14"If a man borrows anything of his
neighbor's, and it is injured, or dies, its owner
not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
22:15If its owner is with it, he shall not
make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for
its lease.
22:16"If a man entices a virgin who isn't
pledged to be married, and lies with her, he
shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.
22:17If her father utterly refuses to give her
to him, he shall pay money according to the
dowry of virgins.
22:18"You shall not allow a sorceress to live.
Exodus 22:19 65 Exodus 23:23
22:19"Whoever has sex with an animal shall
surely be put to death.
22:20"He who sacrifices to any god, except to
Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed.
22:21"You shall not wrong an alien, neither
shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in
the land of Egypt.
22:22"You shall not take advantage of any
widow or fatherless child. 22:23If you take
advantage of themat all, and they cry at all
to me, I will surely hear their cry; 22:24and my
wrath will grow hot, and I will kill youwith the
sword; and your wives shall be widows, and
your children fatherless.
22:25"If you lend money to any of my people
with youwho is poor, you shall not be to himas
a creditor; neither shall you charge himi nterest.
22:26If you take your neighbor's garment as
collateral, you shall restore it to himb efore
the sun goes down, 22:27for that is his only
covering, it is his garment for his skin. What
would he sleep in? It will happen, when he
cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.
22:28"You shall not blaspheme God, nor
curse a ruler of your people.
22:29"You shall not delay to offer fromyour
harvest and fromt he outflow of your presses.
"You shall give the firstborn of your sons to
me. 22:30You shall do likewise with your cattle
and with your sheep. Seven days it shall be
with its mother, then on the eighth day you
shall give it to me.
22:31"You shall be holy men to me, therefore
you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by
animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.
23:1"You shall not spread a false report.
Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a
malicious witness. 23:2You shall not follow a
crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in
court to sidewith a multitude to pervert justice;
23:3neither shall you favor a poor man in his
cause.
23:4"If you meet your enemy's ox or his
donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it
back to himag ain. 23:5If you see the donkey
of himw ho hates you fallen down under his
burden, don't leave him, you shall surely help
himwi th it.
23:6"You shall not deny justice to your poor
people in their lawsuits.
23:7"Keep far froma false charge, and don't
kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not
justify the wicked.
23:8"You shall take no bribe, for a bribe
blinds those who have sight and perverts the
words of the righteous.
23:9"You shall not oppress an alien, for you
know the heart of an alien, seeing you were
aliens in the land of Egypt.
23:10"For six years you shall sow your land,
and shall gather in its increase, 23:11but the
seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow,
that the poor of your people may eat; and what
they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In
like manner you shall deal with your vineyard
and with your olive grove.
23:12"Six days you shall do your work, and
on the seventh day you shall rest, that your
ox and your donkey may have rest, and the
son of your handmaid, and the alien may be
refreshed.
23:13"Be careful to do all things that I have
said to you; and don't invoke the name of other
gods, neither let themb e heard out of your
mouth.
23:14"You shall observe a feast to me three
times a year. 23:15You shall observe the feast
of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat
unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the
time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you
came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear
before me empty. 23:16And the feast of harvest,
the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in
the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end of
the year, when you gather in your labors out of
the field. 23:17Three times in the year all your
males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh.
23:18"You shall not offer the blood of my
sacrifice with leavened bread, neither shall
the fat of my feast remain all night until the
morning. 23:19The first of the first fruits of
your ground you shall bring into the house of
Yahweh your God.
"You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
23:20"Behold, I send an angel before you, to
keep you by the way, and to bring you into the
place which I have prepared. 23:21Pay attention
to him, and listen to his voice. Don't provoke
him, for he will not pardon your disobedience,
for my name is in him. 23:22But if you indeed
listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then
I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an
adversary to your adversaries. 23:23For my
angel shall go before you, and bring you in
Exodus 23:24 66 Exodus 25:7
to the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the
Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I
will cut themof f. 23:24You shall not bow down
to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their
practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them
and demolish their pillars. 23:25You shall serve
Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread
and your water, and I will take sickness away
fromyour midst. 23:26No one will miscarry
or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the
number of your days. 23:27I will send my terror
before you, and will confuse all the people to
whom you come, and I will make all your
enemies turn their backs to you. 23:28I will
send the hornet before you, which will drive
out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite,
fromb efore you. 23:29I will not drive them
out frombe fore you in one year, lest the land
become desolate, and the animals of the field
multiply against you. 23:30Little by little I will
drive themo ut frombefore you, until you have
increased and inherit the land. 23:31I will set
your border fromt he Red Seao even to the sea
of the Philistines, and fromt he wilderness to
the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of
the land into your hand, and you shall drive
themout before you. 23:32You shall make
no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
23:33They shall not dwell in your land, lest they
make you sin against me, for if you serve their
gods, it will surely be a snare to you."
24:1He said to Moses, "Come up to Yahweh,
you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy
of the elders of Israel; and worship from
a distance. 24:2Moses alone shall come near to
Yahweh, but they shall not come near, neither
shall the people go up with him."
24:3Moses came and told the people all the
words of Yahweh, and all the ordinances; and
all the people answered with one voice, and
said, "All the words which Yahweh has spoken
will we do."
24:4Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh,
and rose up early in the morning, and built an
altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for
the twelve tribes of Israel. 24:5He sent young
men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt
offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle
to Yahweh. 24:6Moses took half of the blood
and put it in basins, and half of the blood he
sprinkled on the altar. 24:7He took the book of
the covenant and read it in the hearing of the
people, and they said, "All that Yahweh has
spoken will we do, and be obedient."
24:8Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on
the people, and said, "Look, this is the blood
of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with
you concerning all these words."
24:9Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu,
and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.
24:10They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet
was like a paved work of sapphirep stone, like
the skies for clearness. 24:11He didn't lay his
hand on the nobles of the children of Israel.
They saw God, and ate and drank.
24:12Yahweh said to Moses, "Come up to me
on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give
you the tables of stone with the law and the
commands that I have written, that you may
teach them."
24:13Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant,
and Moses went up onto God's Mountain.
24:14He said to the elders, "Wait here for us,
until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and
Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a
dispute can go to them."
24:15Moses went up on the mountain, and
the cloud covered the mountain. 24:16The glory
of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the
cloud covered it six days. The seventh day
he called to Moses out of the midst of the
cloud. 24:17The appearance of the glory of
Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of
the mountain in the eyes of the children of
Israel. 24:18Moses entered into the midst of
the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and
Moses was on the mountain forty days and
forty nights.
25:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
25:2"Speak to the children of Israel, that they
take an offering for me. From everyone whose
heart makes him willing you shall take my
offering. 25:3This is the offeringwhich you shall
take fromthe m: gold, silver, brass, 25:4blue,
purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair, 25:5rams'
skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
25:6oil for the light, spices for the anointing
oil and for the sweet incense, 25:7onyx stones,
and stones to be set for the ephod and for the
o23:31 or, Sea of Reeds
p24:10 or, lapis lazuli
Exodus 25:8 67 Exodus 26:5
breastplate. 25:8Let them make me a sanctuary,
that I may dwell among them. 25:9According to
all that I show you, the pattern of the tent, and
the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you
shall make it.
25:10"They shall make an ark of acacia wood.
Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its
breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half
its height. 25:11You shall overlay it with pure
gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside,
and you shall make a gold molding around
it. 25:12You shall cast four rings of gold for
it, and put themin its four feet. Two rings
shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on
the other side of it. 25:13You shall make poles
of acacia wood, and overlay themw ith gold.
25:14You shall put the poles into the rings on
the sides of the ark to carry the ark. 25:15The
poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They
shall not be taken fromi t. 25:16You shall put
the testimony which I shall give you into the
ark. 25:17You shall make a mercy seat of pure
gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length,
and a cubit and a half its breadth. 25:18You
shall make two cherubim of hammered gold.
You shall make them at the two ends of the
mercy seat. 25:19Make one cherub at the one
end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall
make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece
with the mercy seat. 25:20The cherubimsh all
spread out their wings upward, covering the
mercy seat with their wings, with their faces
toward one another. The faces of the cherubim
shall be toward the mercy seat. 25:21You shall
put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in
the ark you shall put the testimony that I will
give you. 25:22There I will meet with you, and
I will tell you fromabo ve the mercy seat, from
between the two cherubimwhi ch are on the ark
of the testimony, all that I command you for the
children of Israel.
25:23"You shall make a table of acacia wood.
Two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its
breadth, and one and a half cubits its height.
25:24You shall overlay it with pure gold, and
make a gold molding around it. 25:25You shall
make a rim of a handbreadth around it. You
shall make a golden molding on its rim around
it. 25:26You shall make four rings of gold for it,
and put the rings in the four corners that are on
its four feet. 25:27the rings shall be close to the
rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.
25:28You shall make the poles of acacia wood,
and overlay themwi th gold, that the tablemay
be carried with them. 25:29You shall make its
dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls to
pour out offerings with. You shall make them
of pure gold. 25:30You shall set bread of the
presence on the table before me always.
25:31"You shall make a lampstand of pure
gold. Of hammered work shall the lampstand
be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its
buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with
it. 25:32There shall be six branches going out
of its sides: three branches of the lampstand
out of its one side, and three branches of the
lampstand out of its other side; 25:33three cups
made like almond blossoms in one branch, a
bud and a flower; and three cups made like
almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud
and a flower, so for the six branches going out
of the lampstand; 25:34and in the lampstand
four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds
and its flowers; 25:35and a bud under two
branches of one piece with it, and a bud under
two branches of one piece with it, and a bud
under two branches of one piece with it, for
the six branches going out of the lampstand.
25:36Their buds and their branches shall be of
one piece with it, all of it one beaten work of
pure gold. 25:37You shall make its lamps seven,
and they shall light its lamps to give light to
the space in front of it. 25:38Its snuffers and its
snuff dishes shall be of pure gold. 25:39It shall
be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these
accessories. 25:40See that you make them after
their pattern, which has been shown to you on
the mountain.
26:1"Moreover you shall make the tent with
ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue,
and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. The
work of the skillful workman you shall make
them. 26:2The length of each curtain shall
be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of
each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall
have one measure. 26:3Five curtains shall be
coupled together one to another; and the other
five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
26:4You shall make loops of blue on the edge of
the one curtain fromthe edge in the coupling;
and likewise you shall make in the edge of the
curtain that is outmost in the second coupling.
26:5You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain,
and you shall make fifty loops in the edge of
Exodus 26:6 68 Exodus 27:5
the curtain that is in the second coupling. The
loops shall be opposite one to another. 26:6You
shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the
curtains one to another with the clasps: and the
tent shall be a unit.
26:7"You shall make curtains of goats' hair
for a covering over the tent. You shall make
themelev en curtains. 26:8The length of each
curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth
of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains
shall have one measure. 26:9You shall couple
five curtains by themselves, and six curtains
by themselves, and shall double over the sixth
curtain in the forefront of the tent. 26:10You
shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one
curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and
fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is
outmost in the second coupling. 26:11You shall
make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps
into the loops, and couple the tent together,
that it may be one. 26:12The overhanging part
that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half
curtain that remains, shall hang over the back
of the tent. 26:13The cubit on the one side,
and the cubit on the other side, of that which
remains in the length of the curtains of the tent,
shall hang over the sides of the tent on this side
and on that side, to cover it. 26:14You shall make
a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red,
and a covering of sea cow hides above.
26:15"You shall make the boards for the tent
of acacia wood, standing up. 26:16Ten cubits
shall be the length of a board, and one and a
half cubits the breadth of each board. 26:17There
shall be two tenons in each board, joined to
one another: thus you shall make for all the
boards of the tent. 26:18You shall make the
boards for the tent, twenty boards for the south
side southward. 26:19You shall make forty
sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two
sockets under one board for its two tenons, and
two sockets under another board for its two
tenons. 26:20For the second side of the tent,
on the north side, twenty boards, 26:21and their
forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one
board, and two sockets under another board.
26:22For the far part of the tent westward you
shall make six boards. 26:23You shall make two
boards for the corners of the tent in the far
part. 26:24They shall be double beneath, and
in like manner they shall be entire to its top to
one ring: thus shall it be for thembo th; they
shall be for the two corners. 26:25There shall be
eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen
sockets; two sockets under one board, and two
sockets under another board.
26:26"You shall make bars of acacia wood:
five for the boards of the one side of the tent,
26:27and five bars for the boards of the other
side of the tent, and five bars for the boards of
the side of the tent, for the far part westward.
26:28The middle bar in the midst of the boards
shall pass through frome nd to end. 26:29You
shall overlay the boards with gold, and make
their rings of gold for places for the bars: and
you shall overlay the bars with gold. 26:30You
shall set up the tent according to the way that it
was shown to you on the mountain.
26:31"You shall make a veil of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with
cherubim. The work of the skillful workman
shall it be made. 26:32You shall hang it on
four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their
hooks shall be of gold, on four sockets of silver.
26:33You shall hang up the veil under the clasps,
and shall bring the ark of the testimony in there
within the veil: and the veil shall separate the
holy place fromt hemost holy for you. 26:34You
shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the
testimony in the most holy place. 26:35You shall
set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand
over against the table on the side of the tent
toward the south: and you shall put the table
on the north side.
26:36"You shall make a screen for the door of
the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
26:37You shall make for the screen five pillars of
acacia, and overlay themwith gold: their hooks
shall be of gold: and you shall cast five sockets
of brass for them.
27:1"You shall make the altar of acacia wood,
five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar
shall be foursquare: and its height shall be three
cubits. 27:2You shall make its horns on its four
corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it;
and you shall overlay it with brass. 27:3You
shall make its pots to take away its ashes, its
shovels, its basins, its flesh hooks, and its fire
pans: all its vessels you shall make of brass.
27:4You shall make a grating for it of network
of brass: and on the net you shall make four
bronze rings in its four corners. 27:5You shall
put it under the ledge around the altar beneath,
Exodus 27:6 69 Exodus 28:16
that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
27:6You shall make poles for the altar, poles
of acacia wood, and overlay themw ith brass.
27:7Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the
poles shall be on the two sides of the altar, when
carrying it. 27:8You shall make it with hollow
planks. They shall make it as it has been shown
you on the mountain.
27:9"You shall make the court of the tent:
for the south side southward there shall be
hangings for the court of fine twined linen one
hundred cubits long for one side: 27:10and its
pillars shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty,
of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their
fillets shall be of silver. 27:11Likewise for the
north side in length there shall be hangings
one hundred cubits long, and its pillars twenty,
and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of
the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. 27:12For
the breadth of the court on the west side shall
be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten,
and their sockets ten. 27:13The breadth of the
court on the east side eastward shall be fifty
cubits. 27:14The hangings for the one side of
the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars
three, and their sockets three. 27:15For the other
side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; their
pillars three, and their sockets three. 27:16For
the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty
cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their
pillars four, and their sockets four. 27:17All the
pillars of the court around shall be filleted with
silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets
of brass. 27:18The length of the court shall be
one hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every
where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined
linen, and their sockets of brass. 27:19All the
instruments of the tent in all its service, and all
its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of
brass.
27:20"You shall command the children of
Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil
beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn
continually. 27:21In the Tent ofMeeting, outside
the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron
and his sons shall keep it in order fromev ening
to morning before Yahweh: it shall be a statute
forever throughout their generations on the
behalf of the children of Israel.
28:1"Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons
with him, near to you from among the children
of Israel, that he may minister to me in the
priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu,
Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. 28:2You
shall make holy garments for Aaron your
brother, for glory and for beauty. 28:3You shall
speak to allwho arewise-hearted,whomI have
filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make
Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may
minister to me in the priest's office. 28:4These
are the garments which they shall make: a
breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a
coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash: and
they shall make holy garments for Aaron your
brother, and his sons, that he may minister to
m e in the priest's office. 28:5They shall take
the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the
scarlet, and the fine linen.
28:6"They shall make the ephod of gold, of
blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen,
the work of the skillful workman. 28:7It shall
have two shoulder straps joined to the two ends
of it, that it may be joined together. 28:8The
skillfully woven band, which is on it, that is
on him, shall be like its work and of the same
piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet,
and fine twined linen. 28:9You shall take two
onyx stones, and engrave on themthe names
of the children of Israel: 28:10six of their names
on the one stone, and the names of the six that
remain on the other stone, in the order of their
birth. 28:11With the work of an engraver in
stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall
engrave the two stones, according to the names
of the children of Israel: you shall make them
to be enclosed in settings of gold. 28:12You shall
put the two stones on the shoulder straps of
the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the
children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their
names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for
a memorial. 28:13You shall make settings of
gold, 28:14and two chains of pure gold; you
shall make them like cords of braided work:
and you shall put the braided chains on the
settings.
28:15"You shall make a breastplate of judgment,
thework of the skillfulworkman; like the
work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, of
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linen, you shall make it. 28:16It shall be square
Exodus 28:17 70 Exodus 29:3
and folded double; a spanq shall be its length
of it, and a span its breadth. 28:17You shall set
in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a
row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first
row; 28:18and the second rowa turquoise, a sapphirer,
and an emerald; 28:19and the third row
a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 28:20and
the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a
jasper: they shall be enclosed in gold in their
settings. 28:21The stones shall be according
to the names of the children of Israel, twelve,
according to their names; like the engravings
of a signet, everyone according to his name,
they shall be for the twelve tribes. 28:22You
shall make on the breastplate chains like cords,
of braided work of pure gold. 28:23You shall
make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and
shall put the two rings on the two ends of the
breastplate. 28:24You shall put the two braided
chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of
the breastplate. 28:25The other two ends of the
two braided chains you shall put on the two
settings, and put themo n the shoulder straps
of the ephod in its forepart. 28:26You shall make
two rings of gold, and you shall put themon
the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge,
which is toward the side of the ephod inward.
28:27You shall make two rings of gold, and shall
put themon the two shoulder straps of the
ephod underneath, in its forepart, close by its
coupling, above the skillfully woven band of
the ephod. 28:28They shall bind the breastplate
by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace
of blue, that it may be on the skillfully woven
band of the ephod, and that the breastplate
may not swing out from the ephod. 28:29Aaron
shall bear the names of the children of Israel in
the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when
he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial
before Yahweh continually. 28:30You shall put
in the breastplate of judgment the Urimand the
Thummim; and they shall be on Aaron's heart,
when he goes in before Yahweh: and Aaron
shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel
on his heart before Yahweh continually.
28:31"You shall make the robe of the ephod
all of blue. 28:32It shall have a hole for the
head in its midst: it shall have a binding of
woven work around its hole, as it were the hole
of a coat of mail, that it not be torn. 28:33On
its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue,
and of purple, and of scarlet, around its hem ;
and bells of gold between and around them:
28:34a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden
bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the
robe. 28:35It shall be on Aaron to minister: and
its sound shall be heard when he goes in to the
holy place before Yahweh, and when he comes
out, that he not die.
28:36"You shall make a plate of pure gold,
and engrave on it, like the engravings of a
signet, 'HOLY TO YAHWEH.' 28:37You shall
put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on
the sash; on the front of the sash it shall
be. 28:38It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and
Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things,
which the children of Israel shall make holy
in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always
on his forehead, that they may be accepted
before Yahweh. 28:39You shall weave the coat in
checker work of fine linen, and you shall make
a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a
sash, the work of the embroiderer.
28:40"You shall make coats for Aaron's sons,
and you shall make sashes for them and you
shall make headbands for them, for glory and
for beauty. 28:41You shall put themo n Aaron
your brother, and on his sons with him, and
shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and
sanctify them, that they may minister to me
in the priest's office. 28:42You shall make
themlin en breeches to cover the flesh of their
nakedness; fromthe waist even to the thighs
they shall reach: 28:43They shall be on Aaron,
and on his sons, when they go in to the Tent of
Meeting, or when they come near to the altar to
minister in the holy place; that they don't bear
iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute forever to
himand to his descendants after him.
29:1"This is the thing that you shall do to
them to make them holy, to minister to me
in the priest's office: take one young bull
and two rams without blemish, 29:2unleavened
bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and
unleavened wafers anointed with oil: you shall
make them of fine wheat flour. 29:3You shall
put themi nto one basket, and bring themi n the
q28:16 A span is the length fromthe tip of the thumb to the tip of the little fingerwhen the hand is stretched
out (about 9 inches or 22.8 cm.)
r28:18 or, lapis lazuli
Exodus 29:4 71 Exodus 29:36
basket, with the bull and the two rams. 29:4You
shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of
the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash themwi th
water. 29:5You shall take the garments, and
put on Aaron the coat, the robe of the ephod,
the ephod, and the breastplate, and dress him
with the skillfully woven band of the ephod;
29:6and you shall set the turban on his head,
and put the holy crown on the turban. 29:7Then
you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on
his head, and anoint him. 29:8You shall bring
his sons, and put coats on them. 29:9You shall
dress themwi th belts, Aaron and his sons, and
bind headbands on them: and they shall have
the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and you
shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.
29:10"You shall bring the bull before the Tent
of Meeting: and Aaron and his sons shall lay
their hands on the head of the bull. 29:11You
shall kill the bull before Yahweh, at the door of
the Tent of Meeting. 29:12You shall take of the
blood of the bull, and put it on the horns of the
altar with your finger; and you shall pour out
all the blood at the base of the altar. 29:13You
shall take all the fat that covers the innards, the
cover of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat
that is on them, and burn them on the altar.
29:14But the flesh of the bull, and its skin, and
its dung, you shall burn with fire outside of the
camp: it is a sin offering.
29:15"You shall also take the one ram; and
Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the
head of the ram. 29:16You shall kill the ram, and
you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around
on the altar. 29:17You shall cut the ramin to its
pieces, and wash its innards, and its legs, and
put themwi th its pieces, and with its head.
29:18You shall burn the whole ramo n the altar:
it is a burnt offering to Yahweh; it is a pleasant
aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
29:19"You shall take the other ram; and
Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the
head of the ram. 29:20Then you shall kill the
ram, and take some of its blood, and put it on
the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the tip
of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb
of their right hand, and on the big toe of their
right foot, and sprinkle the blood around on
the altar. 29:21You shall take of the blood that
is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and
sprinkle it on Aaron, and on his garments, and
on his sons, and on the garments of his sons
with him: and he shall be made holy, and his
garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments
with him. 29:22Also you shall take some of the
ram's fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the
innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys,
the fat that is on them, and the right thigh
(for it is a ramof consecration), 29:23and one
loaf of bread, one cake of oiled bread, and one
wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread
that is before Yahweh. 29:24You shall put all of
this in Aaron's hands, and in his sons' hands,
and shall wave themfor a wave offering before
Yahweh. 29:25You shall take themf rom their
hands, and burn themo n the altar on the burnt
offering, for a pleasant aroma before Yahweh: it
is an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
29:26"You shall take the breast of Aaron's
ramof consecration, and wave it for a wave
offering before Yahweh: and it shall be your
portion. 29:27You shall sanctify the breast of
the wave offering, and the thigh of the wave
offering, which is waved, and which is heaved
up, of the ramo f consecration, even of that
which is for Aaron, and of that which is for
his sons: 29:28and it shall be for Aaron and his
sons as their portion forever fromthe children
of Israel; for it is a wave offering: and it shall
be a wave offering fromthe children of Israel of
the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their
wave offering to Yahweh.
29:29"The holy garments of Aaron shall be
for his sons after him, to be anointed in them,
and to be consecrated in them. 29:30Seven days
shall the son who is priest in his place put them
on, when he comes into the Tent of Meeting to
minister in the holy place.
29:31"You shall take the ramo f consecration,
and boil its flesh in a holy place. 29:32Aaron
and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and
the bread that is in the basket, at the door of
the Tent of Meeting. 29:33They shall eat those
things with which atonement was made, to
consecrate and sanctify them: but a stranger
shall not eat of it, because they are holy. 29:34If
anything of the flesh of the consecration, or of
the bread, remains to the morning, then you
shall burn the remainder with fire: it shall not
be eaten, because it is holy.
29:35"You shall do so to Aaron, and to his
sons, according to all that I have commanded
you. You shall consecrate thems even days.
29:36Every day you shall offer the bull of sin
Exodus 29:37 72 Exodus 30:23
offering for atonement: and you shall cleanse
the altar, when you make atonement for it; and
you shall anoint it, to sanctify it. 29:37Seven
days you shall make atonement for the altar,
and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy;
whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
29:38"Now this is that which you shall offer
on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day
continually. 29:39The one lamb you shall offer
in the morning; and the other lamb you shall
offer at evening: 29:40and with the one lamb
a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mixed
with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and
the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink
offering. 29:41The other lamb you shall offer
at evening, and shall do to it according to the
meal offering of the morning, and according
to its drink offering, for a pleasant aroma, an
offering made by fire to Yahweh. 29:42It shall
be a continual burnt offering throughout your
generations at the door of the Tent of Meeting
before Yahweh, where I will meet with you,
to speak there to you. 29:43There I will meet
with the children of Israel; and the place shall
be sanctified by my glory. 29:44I will sanctify
the Tent of Meeting and the altar: Aaron also
and his sons I will sanctify, to minister to me
in the priest's office. 29:45I will dwell among
the children of Israel, and will be their God.
29:46They shall know that I amY ahweh their
God, who brought themf orth out of the land
of Egypt, that I might dwell among them: I am
Yahweh their God.
30:1"You shall make an altar to burn incense
on. You shall make it of acacia wood. 30:2Its
length shall be a cubit, and its breadth a cubit.
It shall be square, and its height shall be two
cubits. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.
30:3You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top,
its sides around it, and its horns; and you shall
make a gold molding around it. 30:4You shall
make two golden rings for it under its molding;
on its two ribs, on its two sides you shall make
them; and they shall be for places for poles with
which to bear it. 30:5You shall make the poles
of acacia wood, and overlay themw ith gold.
30:6You shall put it before the veil that is by
the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat
that is over the testimony, where I will meet
with you. 30:7Aaron shall burn incense of sweet
spices on it every morning. When he tends
the lamps, he shall burn it. 30:8When Aaron
lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it,
a perpetual incense before Yahweh throughout
your generations. 30:9You shall offer no strange
incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal
offering; and you shall pour no drink offering
on it. 30:10Aaron shall make atonement on its
horns once in the year; with the blood of the
sin offering of atonement once in the year he
shall make atonement for it throughout your
generations. It is most holy to Yahweh."
30:11Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
30:12"When you take a census of the children
of Israel, according to those who are numbered
among them, then each man shall give a
ransomf or his soul to Yahweh, when you
number them; that there be no plague among
them when you number them. 30:13They shall
give this, everyone who passes over to those
who are numbered, half a shekel after the
shekel of the sanctuary; (the shekel is twenty
gerahs;) half a shekel for an offering to Yahweh.
30:14Everyone who passes over to those who
are numbered, from twenty years old and
upward, shall give the offering to Yahweh.
30:15The rich shall not give more, and the
poor shall not give less, than the half shekel,
when they give the offering of Yahweh, to
make atonement for your souls. 30:16You shall
take the atonement money from the children of
Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the
Tent of Meeting; that it may be a memorial for
the children of Israel before Yahweh, to make
atonement for your souls."
30:17Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
30:18"You shall also make a basin of brass, and
its base of brass, in which to wash. You shall
put it between the Tent of Meeting and the
altar, and you shall put water in it. 30:19Aaron
and his sons shall wash their hands and their
feet in it. 30:20When they go into the Tent of
Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they
not die; or when they come near to the altar
to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to
Yahweh. 30:21So they shall wash their hands
and their feet, that they not die: and it shall be
a statute forever to them, even to him and to
his descendants throughout their generations."
30:22Moreover Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
30:23"Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh,
five hundred shekels; and of fragrant cinnamon
half as much, even two hundred and fifty;
and of fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty;
Exodus 30:24 73 Exodus 32:4
30:24and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil. 30:25You
shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume
compounded after the art of the perfumer: it
shall be a holy anointing oil. 30:26You shall
use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of
the testimony, 30:27the table and all its articles,
the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of
incense, 30:28the altar of burnt offering with
all its utensils, and the basin with its base.
30:29You shall sanctify them, that they may be
most holy. Whatever touches them shall be
holy. 30:30You shall anoint Aaron and his sons,
and sanctify them, that they may minister to
m e in the priest's office. 30:31You shall speak
to the children of Israel, saying, 'This shall be
a holy anointing oil to me throughout your
generations. 30:32It shall not be poured on
man's flesh, neither shall you make any like it,
according to its composition: it is holy. It shall
be holy to you. 30:33Whoever compounds any
like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger,
he shall be cut off fromhi s people.'"
30:34Yahweh said to Moses, "Take to yourself
sweet spices, gumre sin, and onycha, and galbanum;
sweet spices with pure frankincense:
of each shall there be an equal weight; 30:35and
you shall make incense of it, a perfume after
the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt,
pure and holy: 30:36and you shall beat some
of it very small, and put some of it before
the testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I
will meet with you. It shall be to you most
holy. 30:37The incense which you shall make,
according to its composition you shall not make
for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for
Yahweh. 30:38Whoever shall make any like
that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his
people."
31:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
31:2"Behold, I have called by name Bezalel the
son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
31:3and I have filled himwi th the Spirit of
God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner ofworkmanship,
31:4to devise skillful works, to work in gold,
and in silver, and in brass, 31:5and in cutting
of stones for setting, and in carving of wood,
to work in all manner of workmanship. 31:6I,
behold, I have appointed with himOh oliab,
the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and
in the heart of all who are wise-hearted I have
put wisdom, that they may make all that I have
commanded you: 31:7the Tent of Meeting, the
ark of the testimony, the mercy seat that is on
it, all the furniture of the Tent, 31:8the table
and its vessels, the pure lampstand with all
its vessels, the altar of incense, 31:9the altar of
burnt offering with all its vessels, the basin
and its base, 31:10the finely worked garments
the holy garments for Aaron the priest the
garments of his sons to minister in the priest's
office, 31:11the anointing oil, and the incense of
sweet spices for the holy place: according to all
that I have commanded you they shall do."
31:12Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
31:13"Speak also to the children of Israel,
saying, 'Most certainly you shall keep my
Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you
throughout your generations; that you may
know that I amY ahweh who sanctifies you.
31:14You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it
is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall
surely be put to death; for whoever does any
work therein, that soul shall be cut off from
among his people. 31:15Six days shall work be
done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of
solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does
any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be
put to death. 31:16Therefore the children of
Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the
Sabbath throughout their generations, for a
perpetual covenant. 31:17It is a sign between
me and the children of Israel forever; for in six
days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on
the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.'"
31:18He gave to Moses, when he finished
speaking with himo n Mount Sinai, the two
tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written
with God's finger.
32:1When the people saw that Moses delayed
to come down from the mountain, the
people gathered themselves together to Aaron,
and said to him, "Come, make us gods, which
shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man
who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we
don't know what has become of him."
32:2Aaron said to them, "Take off the golden
rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of
your sons, and of your daughters, and bring
themto me."
32:3All the people took off the golden rings
which were in their ears, and brought themto
Aaron. 32:4He received what they handed him,
Exodus 32:5 74 Exodus 32:31
and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and
made it a molten calf; and they said, "These are
your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of
the land of Egypt."
32:5When Aaron saw this, he built an altar
before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and
said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh."
32:6They rose up early on the next day,
and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace
offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to
drink, and rose up to play.
32:7Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Go, get down;
for your people, who you brought up out of
the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!
32:8They have turned aside quickly out of the
way which I commanded them. They have
made themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped
it, and have sacrificed to it, and said,
'These are your gods, Israel,which brought you
up out of the land of Egypt.'"
32:9Yahweh said to Moses, "I have seen these
people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked
people. 32:10Now therefore leave me alone, that
my wrath may burn hot against them, and that
I may consume them; and I will make of you a
great nation."
32:11Moses begged Yahweh his God, and
said, "Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot
against your people, that you have brought
forth out of the land of Egypt with great power
and with a mighty hand? 32:12Why should
the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them
forth for evil, to kill themi n the mountains,
and to consume them from the surface of the
earth?' Turn fromy our fierce wrath, and repent
of this evil against your people. 32:13Remember
Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to
whomy ou swore by your own self, and said
to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars
of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken
of Iwill give to your seed, and they shall inherit
it forever.'"
32:14Yahweh repented of the evil which he
said he would do to his people.
32:15Moses turned, and went down fromthe
mountain, with the two tablets of the testimony
in his hand; tablets that were written on both
their sides; on the one side and on the other
they were written. 32:16The tablets were the
work of God, and the writing was the writing
of God, engraved on the tables.
32:17When Joshua heard the noise of the
people as they shouted, he said to Moses,
"There is the noise of war in the camp."
32:18He said, "It isn't the voice of those who
shout for victory, neither is it the voice of those
who cry for being overcome; but the noise of
those who sing that I hear." 32:19It happened,
as soon as he came near to the camp, that he
saw the calf and the dancing: andMoses' anger
grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his
hands, and broke thembe neath the mountain.
32:20He took the calf which they had made, and
burnt it with fire, ground it to powder, and
scattered it on the water, and made the children
of Israel drink of it.
32:21Moses said to Aaron, "What did these
people do to you, that you have brought a great
sin on them?"
32:22Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my
lord grow hot. You know the people, that they
are set on evil. 32:23For they said to me, 'Make
us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this
Moses, the man who brought us up out of the
land of Egypt, we don't know what has become
of him.' 32:24I said to them, 'Whoever has any
gold, let themtak e it off:' so they gave it tome;
and I threw it into the fire, and out came this
calf."
32:25When Moses saw that the people had
broken loose, (for Aaron had let themloose
for a derision among their enemies), 32:26then
Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said,
"Whoever is on Yahweh's side, come to me!"
All the sons of Levi gathered themselves
together to him. 32:27He said to them, "Thus
says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Every man
put his sword on his thigh, and go back and
forth fromg ate to gate throughout the camp,
and every man kill his brother, and every man
his companion, and every man his neighbor.'"
32:28The sons of Levi did according to the word
of Moses: and there fell of the people that day
about three thousand men. 32:29Moses said,
"Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, yes,
every man against his son, and against his
brother; that he may bestow on you a blessing
this day."
32:30It happened on the next day, that Moses
said to the people, "You have sinned a great sin.
Now I will go up to Yahweh. Perhaps I shall
make atonement for your sin."
32:31Moses returned to Yahweh, and said,
"Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and
Exodus 32:32 75 Exodus 34:3
have made themselves gods of gold. 32:32Yet
now, if you will, forgive their sin and if not,
please blot me out of your book which you
have written."
32:33Yahweh said to Moses, "Whoever has
sinned against me, him will I blot out of my
book. 32:34Now go, lead the people to the place
of which I have spoken to you. Behold, my
angel shall go before you. Nevertheless in the
day when I punish, I will punish themf or their
sin." 32:35Yahweh struck the people, because
they made the calf, which Aaron made.
33:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Depart, go up
fromhe re, you and the people that you have
brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land
of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your seed.' 33:2I
will send an angel before you; and I will drive
out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite,
and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
33:3to a land flowing with milk and honey: for
I will not go up in the midst of you, for you are
a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you in the
way."
33:4When the people heard this evil news,
they mourned: and no one put on his jewelry.
33:5Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell the children
of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people. If I
were to go up into your midst for one moment,
I would consume you. Therefore now take off
your jewelry fromy ou, that I may know what
to do to you.'"
33:6The children of Israel stripped themselves
of their jewelry fromMoun t Horeb onward.
33:7Now Moses used to take the tent and to
pitch it outside the camp, far away from the
camp, and he called it "The Tent ofMeeting." It
happened that everyone who sought Yahweh
went out to the Tent of Meeting, which was
outside the camp. 33:8It happened that when
Moses went out to the Tent, that all the people
rose up, and stood, everyone at their tent door,
and watched Moses, until he had gone into the
Tent. 33:9It happened, whenMoses entered into
the Tent, that the pillar of cloud descended,
stood at the door of the Tent, and spoke with
Moses. 33:10All the people saw the pillar of
cloud stand at the door of the Tent, and all
the people rose up and worshiped, everyone
at their tent door. 33:11Yahweh spoke to Moses
face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He
turned again into the camp, but his servant
Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn't
depart out of the Tent.
33:12Moses said to Yahweh, "Behold, you tell
me, 'Bring up this people:' and you haven't let
me know whom you will send with me. Yet
you have said, 'I know you by name, and you
have also found favor in my sight.' 33:13Now
therefore, if I have found favor in your sight,
please show me now your ways, that I may
know you, so that I may find favor in your
sight: and consider that this nation is your
people."
33:14He said, "My presencewill gowith you,
and I will give you rest."
33:15He said to him, "If your presence
doesn't go with me, don't carry us up from
here. 33:16For how would people know that
I have found favor in your sight, I and your
people? Isn't it in that you go with us, so that
we are separated, I and your people, fromal l
the peoplewho are on the surface of the earth?"
33:17Yahweh said to Moses, "I will do this
thing also that you have spoken; for you have
found favor in my sight, and I know you by
name."
33:18He said, "Please show me your glory."
33:19He said, "I will make all my goodness
pass before you, and will proclaimt he name
of Yahweh before you. I will be gracious to
whomI will be gracious, and will showmercy
on whomI will show mercy." 33:20He said,
"You cannot see my face, for man may not see
me and live." 33:21Yahweh also said, "Behold,
there is a place by me, and you shall stand on
the rock. 33:22It will happen, while my glory
passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the
rock, and will cover you with my hand until I
have passed by; 33:23then I will take away my
hand, and you will see my back; but my face
shall not be seen."
34:1Yahweh said to Moses, "Chisel two stone
tablets like the first: and I will write on the
tablets the words that were on the first tablets,
which you broke. 34:2Be ready by the morning,
and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai,
and present yourself there to me on the top of
the mountain. 34:3No one shall come up with
you; neither let anyone be seen throughout all
the mountain; neither let the flocks nor herds
feed before that mountain."
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34:4He chiseled two tablets of stone like the
first; and Moses rose up early in the morning,
and went up to Mount Sinai, as Yahweh had
commanded him, and took in his hand two
stone tablets. 34:5Yahweh descended in the
cloud, and stood with himthe re, and proclaimed
the name of Yahweh. 34:6Yahweh
passed by before him, and proclaimed, "Yahweh!
Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness
and truth, 34:7keeping loving kindness for
thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience
and sin; and that will by no means clear the
guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the
children, and on the children's children, on the
third and on the fourth generation."
34:8Moses hurried and bowed his head toward
the earth, and worshiped. 34:9He said,
"If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord,
please let the Lord go in the midst of us;
although this is a stiff-necked people; pardon
our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your
inheritance."
34:10He said, "Behold, I make a covenant:
before all your people I will do marvels, such
as have not been worked in all the earth, nor
in any nation; and all the people among which
you are shall see the work of Yahweh; for
it is an awesome thing that I do with you.
34:11Observe that which I command you this
day. Behold, I drive out before you the Amorite,
the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the
Hivite, and the Jebusite. 34:12Be careful, lest
you make a covenant with the inhabitants of
the land where you are going, lest it be for a
snare in the midst of you: 34:13but you shall
break down their altars, and dash in pieces
their pillars, and you shall cut down their
Asherim; 34:14for you shall worship no other
god: for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is
a jealous God. 34:15Don't make a covenant
with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play
the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to
their gods, and one call you and you eat of his
sacrifice; 34:16and you take of their daughters
to your sons, and their daughters play the
prostitute after their gods, and make your sons
play the prostitute after their gods. 34:17You
shall make no cast idols for yourselves.
34:18"You shall keep the feast of unleavened
bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened
bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed
in the month Abib; for in the month
Abib you came out from Egypt. 34:19All that
opens the womb is mine; and all your livestock
that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
34:20The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem
with a lamb: and if you will not redeem it,
then you shall break its neck. All the firstborn
of your sons you shall redeem. No one shall
appear before me empty.
34:21"Six days you shall work, but on the
seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time
and in harvest you shall rest. 34:22You shall
observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits
of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the
year's end. 34:23Three times in the year all your
males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh, the
God of Israel. 34:24For I will drive out nations
before you and enlarge your borders; neither
shall any man desire your land when you go
up to appear before Yahweh, your God, three
times in the year.
34:25"You shall not offer the blood of my
sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the
sacrifice of the feast of the Passover be left to
the morning. 34:26You shall bring the first of
the first fruits of your ground to the house of
Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young
goat in its mother's milk."
34:27Yahweh said to Moses, "Write you these
words: for in accordance with these words
I have made a covenant with you and with
Israel."
34:28He was there with Yahweh forty days
and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor
drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words
of the covenant, the ten commandments.
34:29It happened, when Moses came down
fromM ount Sinai with the two tablets of the
testimony inMoses' hand, when he came down
fromthe mountain, that Moses didn't know
that the skin of his face shone by reason of
his speaking with him. 34:30When Aaron and
all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold,
the skin of his face shone; and they were
afraid to come near him. 34:31Moses called
to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of
the congregation returned to him; and Moses
spoke to them. 34:32Afterward all the children
of Israel came near, and he gave them all of
the commandments that Yahweh had spoken
with himo n Mount Sinai. 34:33When Moses
was done speaking with them, he put a veil on
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his face. 34:34But when Moses went in before
Yahweh to speak with him, he took the veil
off, until he came out; and he came out, and
spoke to the children of Israel that which he
was commanded. 34:35The children of Israel
saw Moses' face, that the skin of Moses' face
shone: andMoses put the veil on his face again,
until he went in to speak with him.
35:1Moses assembled all the congregation of
the children of Israel, and said to them, "These
are the words which Yahweh has commanded,
that you should do them. 35:2'Six days shall
work be done, but on the seventh day there
shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn
rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it
shall be put to death. 35:3You shall kindle no
fire throughout your habitations on the Sabbath
day.'"
35:4Moses spoke to all the congregation of
the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing
which Yahweh commanded, saying, 35:5'Take
fromamong you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever
is of a willing heart, let himb ring it,
Yahweh's offering: gold, silver, brass, 35:6blue,
purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair, 35:7rams'
skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
35:8oil for the light, spices for the anointing
oil and for the sweet incense, 35:9onyx stones,
and stones to be set for the ephod and for the
breastplate.
35:10"'Let every wise-hearted man among
you come, and make all that Yahweh has
commanded: 35:11the tent, its outer covering,
its roof, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars,
and its sockets; 35:12the ark, and its poles, the
mercy seat, the veil of the screen; 35:13the table
with its poles and all its vessels, and the show
bread; 35:14the lampstand also for the light,
with its vessels, its lamps, and the oil for the
light; 35:15and the altar of incensewith its poles,
the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen
for the door, at the door of the tent; 35:16the
altar of burnt offering, with its grating of brass,
it poles, and all its vessels, the basin and its
base; 35:17the hangings of the court, its pillars,
their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the
court; 35:18the pins of the tent, the pins of the
court, and their cords; 35:19the finely worked
garments, for ministering in the holy place, the
holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the
garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's
office.'"
35:20All the congregation of the children of
Israel departed fromt he presence of Moses.
35:21They came, everyone whose heart stirred
himu p, and everyone whomhi s spirit made
willing, and brought Yahweh's offering, for the
work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all of its
service, and for the holy garments. 35:22They
came, both men and women, as many as
were willing-hearted, and brought brooches,
earrings, signet rings, and armlets, all jewels of
gold; even every man who offered an offering
of gold to Yahweh. 35:23Everyone, with whom
was found blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen,
goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, and sea cow
hides, brought them. 35:24Everyone who did
offer an offering of silver and brass brought
Yahweh's offering; and everyone, with whom
was found acacia wood for any work of the
service, brought it. 35:25All the women who
were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and
brought that which they had spun, the blue, the
purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen. 35:26All
the women whose heart stirred them up in
wisdoms pun the goats' hair. 35:27The rulers
brought the onyx stones, and the stones to
be set, for the ephod and for the breastplate;
35:28and the spice, and the oil for the light, for
the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
35:29The children of Israel brought a freewill
offering to Yahweh; every man and woman,
whose heart made them willing to bring for all
thework, which Yahweh had commanded to be
made by Moses.
35:30Moses said to the children of Israel,
"Behold, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel
the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe
of Judah. 35:31He has filled himw ith the
Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in
knowledge, and in all manner ofworkmanship;
35:32and to make skillful works, to work in
gold, in silver, in brass, 35:33in cutting of stones
for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in
all kinds of skillful workmanship. 35:34He has
put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and
Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of
Dan. 35:35He has filled themwi th wisdom of
heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of
the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of
the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet,
and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of
those who do any workmanship, and of those
who make skillful works.
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36:1"Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with
every wise-hearted man, in whom Yahweh has
put wisdomand understanding to know how
to work all the work for the service of the
sanctuary, according to all that Yahweh has
commanded."
36:2Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and
every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Yahweh
had put wisdom, even everyone whose
heart stirred himup to come to the work to do
it: 36:3and they received fromMoses all the offering
which the children of Israel had brought
for the work of the service of the sanctuary,
with which to make it. They brought yet to him
freewill offerings every morning. 36:4All the
wise men, who performed all the work of the
sanctuary, each came fromhis work which they
did. 36:5They spoke to Moses, saying, "The
people bring much more than enough for the
service of the work which Yahweh commanded
to make."
36:6Moses gave commandment, and they
caused it to be proclaimed throughout the
camp, saying, "Let neither man nor woman
make anything else for the offering for the
sanctuary." So the people were restrained
fromb ringing. 36:7For the stuff they had was
sufficient for all the work to make it, and too
much.
36:8All the wise-hearted men among those
who did the work made the tent with ten
curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and
scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful
workman, they made them. 36:9The length of
each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the
breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the
curtains had one measure. 36:10He coupled
five curtains to one another, and the other five
curtains he coupled one to another. 36:11He
made loops of blue on the edge of the one
curtain fromthe edge in the coupling. Likewise
he made in the edge of the curtain that was
outmost in the second coupling. 36:12He made
fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty
loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the
second coupling. The loops were opposite one
to another. 36:13He made fifty clasps of gold,
and coupled the curtains one to another with
the clasps: so the tent was a unit.
36:14He made curtains of goats' hair for a
covering over the tent. He made them eleven
curtains. 36:15The length of each curtain was
thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of
each curtain. The eleven curtains had one
measure. 36:16He coupled five curtains by
themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
36:17He made fifty loops on the edge of the
curtain that was outmost in the coupling, and
he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain
which was outmost in the second coupling.
36:18He made fifty clasps of brass to couple the
tent together, that it might be a unit. 36:19He
made a covering for the tent of rams' skins
dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides
above.
36:20He made the boards for the tent of
acacia wood, standing up. 36:21Ten cubits was
the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the
breadth of each board. 36:22Each board had two
tenons, joined one to another. He made all the
boards of the tent this way. 36:23He made the
boards for the tent: twenty boards for the south
side southward. 36:24He made forty sockets
of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets
under one board for its two tenons, and two
sockets under another board for its two tenons.
36:25For the second side of the tent, on the north
side, he made twenty boards, 36:26and their
forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one
board, and two sockets under another board.
36:27For the far part of the tent westward he
made six boards. 36:28He made two boards for
the corners of the tent in the far part. 36:29They
were double beneath, and in like manner they
were all the way to its top to one ring. He
did thus to both of themi n the two corners.
36:30There were eight boards, and their sockets
of silver, sixteen sockets; under every board
two sockets.
36:31He made bars of acacia wood; five for
the boards of the one side of the tent, 36:32and
five bars for the boards of the other side of
the tent, and five bars for the boards of the
tent for the hinder part westward. 36:33He
made the middle bar to pass through in the
midst of the boards from the one end to the
other. 36:34He overlaid the boards with gold,
and made their rings of gold for places for the
bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
36:35He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet,
and fine twined linen: with cherubim. He made
it the work of a skillfulworkman. 36:36He made
four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them
with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast
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four sockets of silver for them. 36:37He made a
screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple,
scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an
embroiderer; 36:38and the five pillars of it with
their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their
fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of
brass.
37:1Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood.
Its length was two and a half cubits, and its
breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a
half its height. 37:2He overlaid itwith pure gold
inside and outside, and made a molding of gold
for it around it. 37:3He cast four rings of gold
for it, in its four feet; even two rings on its one
side, and two rings on its other side. 37:4He
made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them
with gold. 37:5He put the poles into the rings
on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 37:6He
made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was
two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half
its breadth. 37:7He made two cherubim of gold.
He made them of beaten work, at the two ends
of the mercy seat; 37:8one cherub at the one
end, and one cherub at the other end. He made
the cherubimo f one piece with the mercy seat
at its two ends. 37:9The cherubims pread out
their wings on high, covering the mercy seat
with their wings, with their faces toward one
another. The faces of the cherubimwe re toward
the mercy seat.
37:10He made the table of acacia wood. Its
length was two cubits, and its breadth was a
cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half.
37:11He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a
gold molding around it. 37:12He made a border
of a handbreadth around it, and made a golden
molding on its border around it. 37:13He cast
four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the
four corners that were on its four feet. 37:14The
ringswere close by the border, the places for the
poles to carry the table. 37:15He made the poles
of acacia wood, and overlaid themwi th gold,
to carry the table. 37:16He made the vessels
which were on the table, its dishes, its spoons,
its bowls, and its pitchers with which to pour
out, of pure gold.
37:17He made the lampstand of pure gold.
He made the lampstand of beaten work. Its
base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its
flowers were of one piece with it. 37:18There
were six branches going out of its sides: three
branches of the lampstand out of its one side,
and three branches of the lampstand out of its
other side: 37:19three cups made like almond
blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower,
and three cups made like almond blossoms in
the other branch, a bud and a flower: so for
the six branches going out of the lampstand.
37:20In the lampstand were four cups made
like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
37:21and a bud under two branches of one piece
with it, and a bud under two branches of one
piece with it, and a bud under two branches
of one piece with it, for the six branches going
out of it. 37:22Their buds and their branches
were of one piece with it. The whole thing was
one beaten work of pure gold. 37:23He made
its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff
dishes, of pure gold. 37:24He made it of a talent
of pure gold, with all its vessels.
37:25He made the altar of incense of acacia
wood. It was square: its length was a cubit,
and its breadth a cubit. Its height was two
cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.
37:26He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its
sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold
molding around it. 37:27He made two golden
rings for it under its molding crown, on its
two ribs, on its two sides, for places for poles
with which to carry it. 37:28He made the poles
of acacia wood, and overlaid themwi th gold.
37:29He made the holy anointing oil and the
pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the
perfumer.
38:1He made the altar of burnt offering of
acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five
cubits, its breadthwas five cubits, and its height
was three cubits. 38:2He made its horns on its
four corners. Its horns were of one piece with
it, and he overlaid it with brass. 38:3He made
all the vessels of the altar, the pots, the shovels,
the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He
made all its vessels of brass. 38:4He made for
the altar a grating of a network of brass, under
the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway
up. 38:5He cast four rings for the four ends of
brass grating, to be places for the poles. 38:6He
made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid
themwi th brass. 38:7He put the poles into the
rings on the sides of the altar, with which to
carry it. He made it hollow with planks.
38:8He made the basin of brass, and its base
of brass, out of the mirrors of the ministering
women who ministered at the door of the Tent
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of Meeting.
38:9He made the court: for the south side
southward the hangings of the court were of
fine twined linen, one hundred cubits; 38:10their
pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty,
of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their
fillets were of silver. 38:11For the north side one
hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their
sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars,
and their fillets, of silver. 38:12For 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. 38:13For the east side
eastward fifty cubits. 38:14The hangings for
the one side were fifteen cubits; their pillars
three, and their sockets three; 38:15and so for
the other side: on this hand and that hand by
the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen
cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets
three. 38:16All the hangings around the court
were of fine twined linen. 38:17The sockets for
the pillars were of brass. The hooks of the
pillars and their fillets were of silver; and the
overlaying of their capitals, of silver; and all
the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
38:18The screen for the gate of the court was
the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple,
scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits
was the length, and the height in the breadth
was five cubits, like to the hangings of the
court. 38:19Their pillars were four, and their
sockets four, of brass; their hooks of silver, and
the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets,
of silver. 38:20All the pins of the tent, and
around the court, were of brass.
38:21This is the amount of material used for
the tent, even the Tent of the Testimony, as they
were counted, according to the commandment
of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by
the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the
priest. 38:22Bezalel the son of Uri, the son
of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that
Yahweh commanded Moses. 38:23With him
was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe
of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman,
and an embroiderer in blue, in purple, in
scarlet, and in fine linen.
38:24All the gold that was used for the work
in all the work of the sanctuary, even the
gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents,
and seven hundred thirty shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary. 38:25The silver of those
who were num bered of the congregation was
one hundred talents, and one thousand seven
hundred seventy-five shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary: 38:26a beka a head, that is,
half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary,
for everyone who passed over to those who
were numbered, from twenty years old and
upward, for six hundred three thousand five
hundred fifty men. 38:27The one hundred
talents of silver were for casting the sockets of
the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; one
hundred sockets for the one hundred talents, a
talent for a socket. 38:28Of the one thousand
seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made
hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals,
and made fillets for them. 38:29The brass of the
offering was seventy talents, and two thousand
four hundred shekels. 38:30With this he made
the sockets to the door of the Tent of Meeting,
the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, all the
vessels of the altar, 38:31the sockets around the
court, the sockets of the gate of the court, all
the pins of the tent, and all the pins around the
court.
39:1Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they
made finely worked garments, for ministering
in the holy place, and made the holy garments
for Aaron; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
39:2He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and fine twined linen. 39:3They beat the
gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to
work it in the blue, in the purple, in the scarlet,
and in the fine linen, the work of the skillful
workman. 39:4They made shoulder straps for
it, joined together. At the two ends it was
joined together. 39:5The skillfully woven band
that was on it, with which to fasten it on, was
of the same piece, like its work; of gold, of
blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen; as
Yahweh commanded Moses.
39:6They worked the onyx stones, enclosed
in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings
of a signet, according to the names of
the children of Israel. 39:7He put themon the
shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of
memorial for the children of Israel, as Yahweh
commanded Moses.
39:8He made the breastplate, the work of a
skillful workman, like the work of the ephod;
of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined
linen. 39:9It was square. They made the
breastplate double. Its length was a span, and
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its breadth a span, being double. 39:10They
set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby,
topaz, and beryl was the first row; 39:11and
the second row, a turquoise, a sapphires, and
an emerald; 39:12and the third row, a jacinth,
an agate, and an amethyst; 39:13and the fourth
row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They
were enclosed in gold settings. 39:14The stones
were according to the names of the children of
Israel, twelve, according to their names; like
the engravings of a signet, everyone according
to his name, for the twelve tribes. 39:15They
made on the breastplate chains like cords, of
braided work of pure gold. 39:16They made
two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and
put the two rings on the two ends of the
breastplate. 39:17They put the two braided
chains of gold in the two rings at the ends
of the breastplate. 39:18The other two ends of
the two braided chains they put on the two
settings, and put themo n the shoulder straps
of the ephod, in its front. 39:19They made two
rings of gold, and put themo n the two ends of
the breastplate, on its edge, which was toward
the side of the ephod inward. 39:20They made
two rings of gold, and put themon the two
shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its
front, close by its coupling, above the skillfully
woven band of the ephod. 39:21They bound
the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the
ephodwith a lace of blue, that it might be on the
skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that
the breastplate might not come loose from the
ephod, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
39:22He made the robe of the ephod of
woven work, all of blue. 39:23The opening of
the robe in its midst was like the opening of a
coat of mail, with a binding around its opening,
that it should not be torn. 39:24They made on
the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue,
purple, scarlet, and twined linen. 39:25They
made bells of pure gold, and put the bells
between the pomegranates around the skirts of
the robe, between the pomegranates; 39:26a bell
and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate,
around the skirts of the robe, to minister in, as
Yahweh commanded Moses.
39:27They made the coats of fine linen of
woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
39:28and the turban of fine linen, and the linen
headbands of fine linen, and the linen breeches
of fine twined linen, 39:29and the sash of fine
twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet,
the work of the embroiderer, as Yahweh commanded
Moses.
39:30They made the plate of the holy crown
of pure gold, and wrote on it a writing, like the
engravings of a signet: "HOLY TO YAHWEH."
39:31They tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it
on the turban above, as Yahweh commanded
Moses.
39:32Thus all the work of the tent of the Tent
of Meeting was finished. The children of Israel
did according to all that Yahweh commanded
Moses; so they did. 39:33They brought the
tent to Moses, the tent, with all its furniture,
its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, its
sockets, 39:34the covering of rams' skins dyed
red, the covering of sea cow hides, the veil
of the screen, 39:35the ark of the testimony
with its poles, the mercy seat, 39:36the table,
all its vessels, the show bread, 39:37the pure
lampstand, its lamps, even the lamps to be
set in order, all its vessels, the oil for the
light, 39:38the golden altar, the anointing oil, the
sweet incense, the screen for the door of the
Tent, 39:39the bronze altar, its grating of brass,
its poles, all of its vessels, the basin and its base,
39:40the hangings of the court, its pillars, its
sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its
cords, its pins, all the instruments of the service
of the tent, for the Tent of Meeting, 39:41the
finely worked garments for ministering in the
holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the
priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister
in the priest's office. 39:42According to all that
Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of
Israel did all the work. 39:43Moses saw all the
work, and behold, they had done it as Yahweh
had commanded, even so had they done it: and
Moses blessed them.
40:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 40:2"On
the first day of the first month you shall raise
up the tent of the Tent of Meeting. 40:3You
shall put the ark of the testimony in it, and
you shall screen the ark with the veil. 40:4You
shall bring in the table, and set in order the
things that are on it. You shall bring in the
lampstand, and light its lamps. 40:5You shall
set the golden altar for incense before the ark
of the testimony, and put the screen of the door
s39:11 or, lapis lazuli
Exodus 40:6 82 Leviticus 1:8
to the tent. 40:6You shall set the altar of burnt
offering before the door of the tent of the Tent
of Meeting. 40:7You shall set the basin between
the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and shall put
water therein. 40:8You shall set up the court
around it, and hang up the screen of the gate
of the court. 40:9You shall take the anointing
oil, and anoint the tent, and all that is in it,
and shall make it holy, and all its furniture:
and it will be holy. 40:10You shall anoint the
altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and
sanctify the altar: and the altar will be most
holy. 40:11You shall anoint the basin and its
base, and sanctify it. 40:12You shall bring Aaron
and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting,
and shall wash themwi th water. 40:13You
shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you
shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may
minister to me in the priest's office. 40:14You
shall bring his sons, and put coats on them.
40:15You shall anoint them, as you anointed
their father, that they may minister to me in the
priest's office. Their anointing shall be to them
for an everlasting priesthood throughout their
generations." 40:16Moses did so. According to
all that Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
40:17It happened in the first month in the
second year, on the first day of the month, that
the tent was raised up. 40:18Moses raised up
the tent, and laid its sockets, and set up its
boards, and put in its bars, and raised up its
pillars. 40:19He spread the covering over the
tent, and put the roof of the tent above on it,
as Yahweh commanded Moses. 40:20He took
and put the testimony into the ark, and set
the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat
above on the ark. 40:21He brought the ark into
the tent, and set up the veil of the screen, and
screened the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh
commanded Moses. 40:22He put the table in
the Tent of Meeting, on the side of the tent
northward, outside of the veil. 40:23He set the
bread in order on it before Yahweh, as Yahweh
commanded Moses. 40:24He put the lampstand
in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on
the side of the tent southward. 40:25He lit the
lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded
Moses. 40:26He put the golden altar in the
Tent of Meeting before the veil; 40:27and he
burnt incense of sweet spices on it, as Yahweh
commanded Moses. 40:28He put up the screen
of the door to the tent. 40:29He set the altar of
burnt offering at the door of the tent of the Tent
of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering
and the meal offering, as Yahweh commanded
Moses. 40:30He set the basin between the Tent
ofMeeting and the altar, and put water therein,
with which to wash. 40:31Moses, Aaron, and
his sons washed their hands and their feet
there. 40:32When they went into the Tent of
Meeting, and when they came near to the altar,
they washed, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
40:33He raised up the court around the tent and
the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the
court. So Moses finished the work.
40:34Then the cloud covered the Tent of
Meeting, and the glory of Yahweh filled the
tent. 40:35Moses wasn't able to enter into the
Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it,
and Yahweh's glory filled the tent. 40:36When
the cloud was taken up fromo ver the tent,
the children of Israel went onward, throughout
all their journeys; 40:37but if the cloud wasn't
taken up, then they didn't travel until the day
that it was taken up. 40:38For the cloud of
Yahweh was on the tent by day, and there was
fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the
house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
Leviticus
1:1Yahweh called toMoses, and spoke to him
out of the Tent of Meeting, saying, 1:2"Speak
to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When
anyone of you offers an offering to Yahweh,
you shall offer your offering of the livestock,
fromt he herd and from the flock.
1:3"'If his offering is a burnt offering from
the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish.
He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting,
that he may be accepted before Yahweh.
1:4He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt
offering, and it shall be accepted for himto
make atonement for him. 1:5He shall kill the
bull before Yahweh. Aaron's sons, the priests,
shall present the blood and sprinkle the blood
around on the altar that is at the door of the Tent
of Meeting. 1:6He shall flay the burnt offering,
and cut it into pieces. 1:7The sons of Aaron the
priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay wood
in order on the fire; 1:8and Aaron's sons, the
priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the
Leviticus 1:9 83 Leviticus 3:6
fat in order on thewood that is on the fire which
is on the altar; 1:9but its innards and its legs he
shall wash with water. The priest shall burn
the whole on the altar, for a burnt offering, an
offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to
Yahweh.
1:10"'If his offering is fromthe flock, fromthe
sheep, or fromthe goats, for a burnt offering,
he shall offer a male without blemish. 1:11He
shall kill it on the north side of the altar
before Yahweh. Aaron's sons, the priests, shall
sprinkle its blood around on the altar. 1:12He
shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its
fat. The priest shall lay themin order on the
wood that is on the fire which is on the altar,
1:13but the innards and the legs he shall wash
with water. The priest shall offer the whole,
and burn it on the altar. It is a burnt offering,
an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to
Yahweh.
1:14"'If his offering to Yahweh is a burnt
offering of birds, then he shall offer his offering
of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. 1:15The
priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off
its head, and burn it on the altar; and its blood
shall be drained out on the side of the altar;
1:16and he shall take away its crop with its filth,
and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in
the place of the ashes. 1:17He shall tear it by its
wings, but shall not divide it apart. The priest
shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on
the fire. It is a burnt offering, an offering made
by fire, of a pleasant arom a to Yahweh.
2:1"'When anyone offers an offering of a
meal offering to Yahweh, his offering shall be
of fine flour; and he shall pour oil on it, and
put frankincense on it. 2:2He shall bring it to
Aaron's sons, the priests; and he shall take his
handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all
its frankincense; and the priest shall burn its
memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire,
of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. 2:3That which
is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron's and
his sons'. It is a most holy thing of the offerings
of Yahweh made by fire.
2:4"'When you offer an offering of a meal
offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened
cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or
unleavened wafers anointed with oil. 2:5If your
offering is a meal offering of the griddle, it
shall be of unleavened fine flour, mixed with
oil. 2:6You shall cut it in pieces, and pour oil
on it. It is a meal offering. 2:7If your offering is
a meal offering of the pan, it shall be made of
fine flour with oil. 2:8You shall bring the meal
offering that is made of these things to Yahweh:
and it shall be presented to the priest, and he
shall bring it to the altar. 2:9The priest shall take
from the meal offering its memorial, and shall
burn it on the altar, an offering made by fire, of
a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. 2:10That which is
left of the meal offering shall be Aaron's and his
sons'. It is a thing most holy of the offerings of
Yahweh made by fire.
2:11"'No meal offering,which you shall offer
to Yahweh, shall be made with yeast; for
you shall burn no yeast, nor any honey, as
an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 2:12As
an offering of firstfruits you shall offer them
to Yahweh: but they shall not ascend for a
pleasant aroma on the altar. 2:13Every offering
of your meal offering you shall season with
salt; neither shall you allow the salt of the
covenant of your God to be lacking fromy our
meal offering. With all your offerings you shall
offer salt.
2:14"'If you offer a meal offering of first fruits
to Yahweh, you shall offer for the meal offering
of your first fruits grain in the ear parched with
fire, bruised grain of the fresh ear. 2:15You shall
put oil on it, and lay frankincense on it: it is a
meal offering. 2:16The priest shall burn as its
memorial, part of its bruised grain, and part of
its oil, along with all its frankincense: it is an
offering made by fire to Yahweh.
3:1"'If his offering is a sacrifice of peace
offerings; if he offers it fromt he herd, whether
male or female, he shall offer it without blemish
before Yahweh. 3:2He shall lay his hand on
the head of his offering, and kill it at the door
of the Tent of Meeting: and Aaron's sons, the
priests shall sprinkle the blood around on the
altar. 3:3He shall offer of the sacrifice of peace
offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh;
the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat
that is on the innards, 3:4and the two kidneys,
and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins,
and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he
shall take away. 3:5Aaron's sons shall burn it on
the altar on the burnt offering, which is on the
wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made
by fire, of a pleasant arom a to Yahweh.
3:6"'If his offering for a sacrifice of peace
offerings to Yahweh is fromthe flock; male or
Leviticus 3:7 84 Leviticus 4:23
female, he shall offer it without blemish. 3:7If
he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall
offer it before Yahweh; 3:8and he shall lay his
hand on the head of his offering, and kill it
before the Tent of Meeting: and Aaron's sons
shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.
3:9He shall offer fromthe sacrifice of peace
offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh;
its fat, the entire tail fat, he shall take away close
to the backbone; and the fat that covers the
inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards,
3:10and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on
them, which is by the loins, and the cover on
the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.
3:11The priest shall burn it on the altar: it is the
food of the offering made by fire to Yahweh.
3:12"'If his offering is a goat, then he shall
offer it before Yahweh: 3:13and he shall lay his
hand on its head, and kill it before the Tent of
Meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle
its blood around on the altar. 3:14He shall offer
fromi t as his offering, an offeringmade by fire
to Yahweh; the fat that covers the innards, and
all the fat that is on the innards, 3:15and the two
kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is
by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with
the kidneys, he shall take away. 3:16The priest
shall burn themo n the altar: it is the food of the
offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma; all
the fat is Yahweh's.
3:17"'It shall be a perpetual statute throughout
your generations in all your dwellings, that
you shall eat neither fat nor blood.'"
4:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
4:2"Speak to the children of Israel, saying,
'If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the
things which Yahweh has commanded not to
be done, and does any one of them: 4:3if the
anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the
people, then let himo ffer for his sin, which he
has sinned, a young bull without blemish to
Yahweh for a sin offering. 4:4He shall bring
the bull to the door of the Tent of Meeting
before Yahweh; and he shall lay his hand on
the head of the bull, and kill the bull before
Yahweh. 4:5The anointed priest shall take some
of the blood of the bull, and bring it to the Tent
of Meeting. 4:6The priest shall dip his finger
in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood
seven times before Yahweh, before the veil of
the sanctuary. 4:7The priest shall put some of
the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet
incense before Yahweh, which is in the Tent of
Meeting; and he shall pour out all of rest of the
blood of the bull at the base of the altar of burnt
offering, which is at the door of the Tent of
Meeting. 4:8He shall take all the fat of the bull
of the sin offering off of it; the fat that covers the
innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,
4:9and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on
them, which is by the loins, and the cover on
the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away,
4:10as it is taken off of the bull of the sacrifice of
peace offerings. The priest shall burn themon
the altar of burnt offering. 4:11The bull's skin,
all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs,
its innards, and its dung, 4:12even the whole
bull shall he carry forth outside the camp to a
clean place, where the ashes are poured out,
and burn it on wood with fire. Where the ashes
are poured out it shall be burned.
4:13"'If the whole congregation of Israel sins,
and the thing is hidden fromthe eyes of the
assembly, and they have done any of the things
which Yahweh has commanded not to be done,
and are guilty; 4:14when the sin in which they
have sinned is known, then the assembly shall
offer a young bull for a sin offering, and bring it
before the Tent ofMeeting. 4:15The elders of the
congregation shall lay their hands on the head
of the bull before Yahweh; and the bull shall be
killed before Yahweh. 4:16The anointed priest
shall bring of the blood of the bull to the Tent of
Meeting: 4:17and the priest shall dip his finger
in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before
Yahweh, before the veil. 4:18He shall put some
of the blood on the horns of the altar which is
before Yahweh, that is in the Tent of Meeting;
and the rest of the blood he shall pour out at
the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is
at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 4:19All its fat
he shall take fromi t, and burn it on the altar.
4:20Thus shall he do with the bull; as he did
with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do
with this; and the priest shall make atonement
for them, and they shall be forgiven. 4:21He
shall carry forth the bull outside the camp, and
burn it as he burned the first bull. It is the sin
offering for the assembly.
4:22"'When a ruler sins, and unwittingly
does any one of all the things which Yahweh
his God has commanded not to be done, and
is guilty; 4:23if his sin, in which he has sinned,
is made known to him, he shall bring as his
Leviticus 4:24 85 Leviticus 5:13
offering a goat, a male without blemish. 4:24He
shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and
kill it in the place where they kill the burnt
offering before Yahweh. It is a sin offering.
4:25The priest shall take some of the blood of
the sin offering with his finger, and put it on
the horns of the altar of burnt offering. He shall
pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the
altar of burnt offering. 4:26All its fat he shall
burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice
of peace offerings; and the priest shall make
atonement for him concerning his sin, and he
will be forgiven.
4:27"'If anyone of the common people sins
unwittingly, in doing any of the things which
Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and
is guilty; 4:28if his sin, which he has sinned, is
made known to him, then he shall bring for his
offering a goat, a female without blemish, for
his sin which he has sinned. 4:29He shall lay his
hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill
the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.
4:30The priest shall take some of its blood with
his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of
burnt offering; and the rest of its blood he shall
pour out at the base of the altar. 4:31All its fat he
shall take away, like the fat is taken away from
off of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the
priest shall burn it on the altar for a pleasant
aroma to Yahweh; and the priest shall make
atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
4:32"'If he brings a lamb as his offering for
a sin offering, he shall bring a female without
blemish. 4:33He shall lay his hand on the head
of the sin offering, and kill it for a sin offering
in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
4:34The priest shall take some of the blood of
the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the
horns of the altar of burnt offering; and all the
rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base
of the altar. 4:35All its fat he shall take away,
like the fat of the lamb is taken away from
the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest
shall burn themo n the altar, on the offerings of
Yahweh made by fire; and the priest shall make
atonement for him concerning his sin that he
has sinned, and he will be forgiven.
5:1"'If anyone sins, in that he hears the voice
of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he
has seen or known, if he doesn't report it, then
he shall bear his iniquity.
5:2"'Or if anyone touches any unclean thing,
whether it is the carcass of an unclean animal,
or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the
carcass of unclean creeping things, and it is
hidden fromhi m, and he is unclean, then he
shall be guilty.
5:3"'Or if he touches the uncleanness of man,
whatever his uncleanness is with which he is
unclean, and it is hidden fromhi m; when he
knows of it, then he shall be guilty.
5:4"'Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips
to do evil, or to do good, whatever it is that a
man might utter rashly with an oath, and it is
hidden fromhi m; when he knows of it, then
he shall be guilty of one of these. 5:5It shall
be, when he is guilty of one of these, he shall
confess that in which he has sinned: 5:6and
he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh
for his sin which he has sinned, a female from
the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering;
and the priest shall make atonement for him
concerning his sin.
5:7"'If he can't afford a lamb, then he shall
bring his trespass offering for that in which
he has sinned, two turtledoves, or two young
pigeons, to Yahweh; one for a sin offering, and
the other for a burnt offering. 5:8He shall bring
themto the priest, who shall first offer the
one which is for the sin offering, and wring
off its head fromi ts neck, but shall not sever
it completely. 5:9He shall sprinkle some of
the blood of the sin offering on the side of
the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be
drained out at the base of the altar. It is a
sin offering. 5:10He shall offer the second for
a burnt offering, according to the ordinance;
and the priest shall make atonement for him
concerning his sin which he has sinned, and he
shall be forgiven.
5:11"'But if he can't afford two turtledoves,
or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his
offering for that in which he has sinned, the
tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin
offering. He shall put no oil on it, neither shall
he put any frankincense on it, for it is a sin
offering. 5:12He shall bring it to the priest, and
the priest shall take his handful of it as the
memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, on
the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. It is a sin
offering. 5:13The priest shall make atonement
for himco ncerning his sin that he has sinned
in any of these things, and he will be forgiven;
and the rest shall be the priest's, as the meal
Leviticus 5:14 86 Leviticus 6:24
offering.'"
5:14Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 5:15"If
anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly,
in the holy things of Yahweh; then he
shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, a
ramw ithout blemish fromthe flock, according
to your estimation in silver by shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
5:16He shall make restitution for that which he
has donewrong in the holy thing, and shall add
a fifth part to it, and give it to the priest; and
the priest shall make atonement for him with
the ramo f the trespass offering, and he will be
forgiven.
5:17"If anyone sins, and does any of the
things which Yahweh has commanded not to
be done; though he didn't know it, yet he is
guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. 5:18He shall
bring a ramw ithout blemish fromof the flock,
according to your estimation, for a trespass
offering, to the priest; and the priest shall
make atonement for him concerning the thing
in which he sinned and didn't know it, and he
will be forgiven. 5:19It is a trespass offering. He
is certainly guilty before Yahweh."
6:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 6:2"If
anyone sins, and commits a trespass against
Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor
in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of
robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor, 6:3or
has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely
therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these
things that a man does, sinning therein; 6:4then
it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he
shall restore that which he took by robbery, or
the thing which he has gotten by oppression,
or the deposit which was committed to him,
or the lost thing which he found, 6:5or any
thing aboutwhich he has sworn falsely; he shall
restore it even in full, and shall add a fifth
part more to it. To himto whomi t belongs
he shall give it, in the day of his being found
guilty. 6:6He shall bring his trespass offering to
Yahweh, a ramw ithout blemish fromthe flock,
according to your estimation, for a trespass
offering, to the priest. 6:7The priest shall make
atonement for him before Yahweh, and he will
be forgiven concerning whatever he does to
become guilty."
6:8Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
6:9"Command Aaron and his sons, saying,
'This is the law of the burnt offering: the burnt
offering shall be on the hearth on the altar all
night until the morning; and the fire of the
altar shall be kept burning on it. 6:10The priest
shall put on his linen garment, and he shall
put on his linen breeches upon his body; and
he shall remove the ashes from where the fire
has consumed the burnt offering on the altar,
and he shall put thembe side the altar. 6:11He
shall take off his garments, and put on other
garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp
to a clean place. 6:12The fire on the altar shall
be kept burning on it, it shall not go out; and
the priest shall burn wood on it every morning:
and he shall lay the burnt offering in order
upon it, and shall burn on it the fat of the peace
offerings. 6:13Fire shall be kept burning on the
altar continually; it shall not go out.
6:14"'This is the law of the meal offering:
the sons of Aaron shall offer it before Yahweh,
before the altar. 6:15He shall take fromthe re his
handful of the fine flour of the meal offering,
and of its oil, and all the frankincense which
is on the meal offering, and shall burn it on
the altar for a pleasant aroma, as its memorial,
to Yahweh. 6:16That which is left of it Aaron
and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten without
yeast in a holy place. They shall eat it in
the court of the Tent of Meeting 6:17It shall
not be baked with yeast. I have given it as
their portion of my offerings made by fire. It
is most holy, as the sin offering, and as the
trespass offering. 6:18Every male among the
children of Aaron shall eat of it, as their portion
forever throughout your generations, fromt he
offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Whoever
touches thems hall be holy.'"
6:19Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
6:20"This is the offering of Aaron and of his
sons, which they shall offer to Yahweh in
the day when he is anointed: the tenth part
of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering
perpetually, half of it in the morning, and half
of it in the evening. 6:21It shall be made with
oil in a griddle. When it is soaked, you shall
bring it in. You shall offer the meal offering in
baked pieces for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
6:22The anointed priest that will be in his place
fromam ong his sons shall offer it. By a statute
forever, it shall be wholly burnt to Yahweh.
6:23Every meal offering of a priest shall be
wholly burned. It shall not be eaten."
6:24Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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6:25"Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying,
'This is the law of the sin offering: in the
place where the burnt offering is killed, the
sin offering shall be killed before Yahweh. It is
most holy. 6:26The priest who offers it for sin
shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in
the court of the Tent of Meeting. 6:27Whatever
shall touch its flesh shall be holy. When there
is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you
shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in a
holy place. 6:28But the earthen vessel in which
it is boiled shall be broken; and if it is boiled in a
bronze vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in
water. 6:29Every male among the priests shall
eat of it: it is most holy. 6:30No sin offering,
of which any of the blood is brought into the
Tent ofMeeting to make atonement in the Holy
Place, shall be eaten: it shall be burned with
fire.
7:1"'This is the law of the trespass offering.
It is most holy. 7:2In the place where they
kill the burnt offering, he shall kill the trespass
offering; and its blood he shall sprinkle around
on the altar. 7:3He shall offer all of its fat: the fat
tail, and the fat that covers the innards, 7:4and
the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them,
which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver,
with the kidneys, shall he take away; 7:5and
the priest shall burn themo n the altar for an
offering made by fire to Yahweh: it is a trespass
offering. 7:6Every male among the priests may
eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is
most holy.
7:7"'As is the sin offering, so is the trespass
offering; there is one law for them. The priest
who makes atonement with them shall have
it. 7:8The priest who offers any man's burnt
offering, even the priest shall have for himself
the skin of the burnt offering which he has
offered. 7:9Every meal offering that is baked in
the oven, and all that is dressed in the pan, and
on the griddle, shall be the priest's who offers it.
7:10Every meal offering, mixed with oil or dry,
belongs to all the sons of Aaron, one as well as
another.
7:11"'This is the law of the sacrifice of peace
offerings, which one shall offer to Yahweh.
7:12If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he
shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving
unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened
wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mixed
with oil. 7:13With cakes of leavened bread
he shall offer his offering with the sacrifice of
his peace offerings for thanksgiving. 7:14Of
it he shall offer one out of each offering for
a heave offering to Yahweh. It shall be the
priest's who sprinkles the blood of the peace
offerings. 7:15The flesh of the sacrifice of his
peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten
on the day of his offering. He shall not leave
any of it until the morning.
7:16"'But if the sacrifice of his offering is a
vow, or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten
on the day that he offers his sacrifice; and on
the next day what remains of it shall be eaten:
7:17but what remains of the flesh of the sacrifice
on the third day shall be burned with fire. 7:18If
any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace
offerings is eaten on the third day, it will not
be accepted, neither shall it be imputed to him
who offers it. It will be an abomination, and the
soul who eats any of it will bear his iniquity.
7:19"'The flesh that touches any unclean
thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned
with fire. As for the flesh, everyone who is
clean may eat it; 7:20but the soul who eats of
the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that
belongs to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on
him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
7:21When anyone touches any unclean thing,
the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal,
or any unclean abomination, and eats some
of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings,
which belong to Yahweh, that soul shall be cut
off fromh is people.'"
7:22Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
7:23"Speak to the children of Israel, saying,
'You shall eat no fat, of bull, or sheep, or goat.
7:24The fat of that which dies of itself, and the
fat of that which is torn of animals, may be
used for any other service, but you shall in no
way eat of it. 7:25For whoever eats the fat of the
animal, of which men offer an offering made by
fire to Yahweh, even the soul who eats it shall
be cut off fromh is people. 7:26You shall not eat
any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal, in
any of your dwellings. 7:27Whoever it is who
eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off from
his people.'"
7:28Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
7:29"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'He
who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to
Yahweh shall bring his offering to Yahweh out
of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. 7:30With
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his own hands he shall bring the offerings
of Yahweh made by fire. He shall bring the
fat with the breast, that the breast may be
waved for a wave offering before Yahweh.
7:31The priest shall burn the fat on the altar,
but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
7:32The right thigh you shall give to the priest
for a heave offering out of the sacrifices of
your peace offerings. 7:33He among the sons
of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace
offerings, and the fat, shall have the right thigh
for a portion. 7:34For the waved breast and the
heaved thigh I have taken fromthe children
of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace
offerings, and have given themto Aaron the
priest and to his sons as their portion forever
fromt he children of Israel.'"
7:35This is the anointing portion of Aaron,
and the anointing portion of his sons, out of
the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, in the
day when he presented themto minister to
Yahweh in the priest's office; 7:36which Yahweh
commanded to be given them of the children of
Israel, in the day that he anointed them. It is
their portion forever throughout their generations.
7:37This is the law of the burnt offering,
of the meal offering, and of the sin offering, and
of the trespass offering, and of the consecration,
and of the sacrifice of peace offerings; 7:38which
Yahweh commanded Moses in Mount Sinai, in
the day that he commanded the children of
Israel to offer their offerings to Yahweh, in the
wilderness of Sinai.
8:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 8:2"Take
Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments,
and the anointing oil, and the bull of
the sin offering, and the two rams, and the
basket of unleavened bread; 8:3and assemble
all the congregation at the door of the Tent of
Meeting."
8:4Moses did as Yahweh commanded him;
and the congregation was assembled at the
door of the Tent of Meeting. 8:5Moses said
to the congregation, "This is the thing which
Yahweh has commanded to be done." 8:6Moses
brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them
with water. 8:7He put the coat on him, tied the
sash on him, clothed him with the robe, put
the ephod on him, and he tied the skillfully
woven band of the ephod on him, and fastened
it to himwi th it. 8:8He placed the breastplate
on him; and in the breastplate he put the
Urim and the Thummim. 8:9He set the turban
on his head; and on the turban, in front,
he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as
Yahweh commanded Moses. 8:10Moses took
the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle
and all that was in it, and sanctified them.
8:11He sprinkled it on the altar seven times,
and anointed the altar and all its vessels,
and the basin and its base, to sanctify them.
8:12He poured some of the anointing oil on
Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify
him. 8:13Moses brought Aaron's sons, and
clothed themwi th coats, and tied sashes on
them, and put headbands on them; as Yahweh
commanded Moses.
8:14He brought the bull of the sin offering,
and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on
the head of the bull of the sin offering. 8:15He
killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put
it around on the horns of the altar with his
finger, and purified the altar, and poured out
the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified
it, to make atonement for it. 8:16He took all the
fat that was on the innards, and the cover of
the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat;
and Moses burned it on the altar. 8:17But the
bull, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung, he
burned with fire outside the camp; as Yahweh
commanded Moses. 8:18He presented the ram
of the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons
laid their hands on the head of the ram. 8:19He
killed it; andMoses sprinkled the blood around
on the altar. 8:20He cut the ramin to its pieces;
and Moses burned the head, and the pieces,
and the fat. 8:21He washed the innards and the
legs with water; and Moses burned the whole
ramo n the altar. It was a burnt offering for
a pleasant aroma. It was an offering made by
fire to Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
8:22He presented the other ram, the ram of
consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their
hands on the head of the ram. 8:23He killed
it; and Moses took some of its blood, and put
it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the
thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe
of his right foot. 8:24He brought Aaron's sons;
and Moses put some of the blood on the tip
of their right ear, and on the thumb of their
right hand, and on the great toe of their right
foot; and Moses sprinkled the blood around on
the altar. 8:25He took the fat, and the fat tail,
and all the fat that was on the innards, and the
Leviticus 8:26 89 Leviticus 9:22
cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and
their fat, and the right thigh; 8:26and out of
the basket of unleavened bread, that was before
Yahweh, he took one unleavened cake, and one
cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed
themo n the fat, and on the right thigh. 8:27He
put all these in Aaron's hands and in his sons'
hands, and waved themf or a wave offering
before Yahweh. 8:28Moses took themfr om their
hands, and burned themo n the altar on the
burnt offering. They were a consecration for
a pleasant aroma. It was an offering made by
fire to Yahweh. 8:29Moses took the breast, and
waved it for a wave offering before Yahweh. It
was Moses' portion of the ramof consecration,
as Yahweh commanded Moses. 8:30Moses took
some of the anointing oil, and some of the
blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it
on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and
on his sons' garments with him, and sanctified
Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons'
garments with him.
8:31Moses said to Aaron and to his sons,
"Boil the flesh at the door of the Tent of Meeting,
and there eat it and the bread that is in the
basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying,
'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.' 8:32What
remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall
burn with fire. 8:33You shall not go out fromthe
door of the Tent of Meeting seven days, until
the days of your consecration are fulfilled: for
he shall consecrate you seven days. 8:34What
has been done this day, so Yahweh has commanded
to do, to make atonement for you.
8:35You shall stay at the door of the Tent of
Meeting day and night seven days, and keep
Yahweh's command, that you don't die: for so
I am commanded." 8:36Aaron and his sons did
all the things which Yahweh commanded by
Moses.
9:1It happened on the eighth day, that Moses
called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of
Israel; 9:2and he said to Aaron, "Take a calf
fromt he herd for a sin offering, and a ram
for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer
themb efore Yahweh. 9:3You shall speak to the
children of Israel, saying, 'Take a male goat for
a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a
year old, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
9:4and a bull and a ramf or peace offerings, to
sacrifice before Yahweh; and a meal offering
mixed with oil: for today Yahweh appears to
you.'"
9:5They brought what Moses commanded
before the Tent of Meeting: and all the congregation
drew near and stood before Yahweh.
9:6Moses said, "This is the thing which Yahweh
commanded that you should do: and the glory
of Yahweh shall appear to you." 9:7Moses
said to Aaron, "Draw near to the altar, and
offer your sin offering, and your burnt offering,
and make atonement for yourself, and for the
people; and offer the offering of the people,
and make atonement for them; as Yahweh
commanded."
9:8So Aaron drew near to the altar, and
killed the calf of the sin offering, which was
for himself. 9:9The sons of Aaron presented
the blood to him; and he dipped his finger
in the blood, and put it on the horns of the
altar, and poured out the blood at the base of
the altar: 9:10but the fat, and the kidneys, and
the cover fromt he liver of the sin offering, he
burned upon the altar; as Yahweh commanded
Moses. 9:11The flesh and the skin he burned
with fire outside the camp. 9:12He killed the
burnt offering; and Aaron's sons delivered the
blood to him, and he sprinkled it around on
the altar. 9:13They delivered the burnt offering
to him, piece by piece, and the head: and he
burned themup on the altar. 9:14He washed the
innards and the legs, and burned themo n the
burnt offering on the altar. 9:15He presented the
people's offering, and took the goat of the sin
offering which was for the people, and killed
it, and offered it for sin, like the first. 9:16He
presented the burnt offering, and offered it
according to the ordinance. 9:17He presented
the meal offering, and filled his hand from
there, and burned it upon the altar, besides
the burnt offering of the morning. 9:18He also
killed the bull and the ram, the sacrifice of
peace offerings, which was for the people: and
Aaron's sons deliveredto him the blood, which
he sprinkled around on the altar, 9:19and the
fat of the bull and of the ram, the fat tail, and
that which covers the innards, and the kidneys,
and the cover of the liver: 9:20and they put
the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat
on the altar: 9:21and the breasts and the right
thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before
Yahweh, as Moses commanded. 9:22Aaron
lifted up his hands toward the people, and
blessed them; and he came down from offering
Leviticus 9:23 90 Leviticus 11:6
the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the
peace offerings.
9:23Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of
Meeting, and came out, and blessed the people:
and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the
people. 9:24There came forth fire from before
Yahweh, and consumed the burnt offering and
the fat upon the altar: and when all the people
saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
10:1Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron,
each took his censer, and put fire in it, and
laid incense on it, and offered strange fire
before Yahweh, which he had not commanded
them. 10:2And fire came forth from before
Yahweh, and devoured them, and they died
before Yahweh.
10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what
Yahweh spoke of, saying,
'I will show myself holy to those who come
near me,
and before all the people I will be glori-
fied.'"
Aaron held his peace. 10:4Moses called
Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the
uncle of Aaron, and said to them, "Draw near,
carry your brothers fromb efore the sanctuary
out of the camp." 10:5So they drew near, and
carried themi n their coats out of the camp, as
Moses had said.
10:6Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and
to Ithamar, his sons, "Don't let the hair of your
heads go loose, neither tear your clothes; that
you don't die, and that he not be angry with
all the congregation: but let your brothers,
the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning
which Yahweh has kindled. 10:7You shall not
go out fromt he door of the Tent ofMeeting, lest
you die; for the anointing oil of Yahweh is on
you." They did according to theword of Moses.
10:8Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying,
10:9"Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor
your sons with you, when you go into the Tent
of Meeting, that you don't die: it shall be a
statute forever throughout your generations:
10:10and that you are to make a distinction
between the holy and the common, and
between the unclean and the clean; 10:11and
that you are to teach the children of Israel all
the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them
by Moses."
10:12Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar
and to Ithamar, his sons who were left, "Take
the meal offering that remains of the offerings
of Yahweh made by fire, and eat it without
yeast beside the altar; for it is most holy;
10:13and you shall eat it in a holy place, because
it is your portion, and your sons' portion, of
the offerings of Yahweh made by fire: for
so I am commanded. 10:14The waved breast
and the heaved thigh you shall eat in a clean
place, you, and your sons, and your daughters
with you: for they are given as your portion,
and your sons' portion, out of the sacrifices
of the peace offerings of the children of Israel.
10:15The heaved thigh and the waved breast
they shall bring with the offerings made by fire
of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before
Yahweh: and it shall be yours, and your sons'
with you, as a portion forever; as Yahweh has
commanded."
10:16Moses diligently inquired about the
goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was
burned: and he was angry with Eleazar and
with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left,
saying, 10:17"Why haven't you eaten the sin
offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it
is most holy, and he has given it you to bear
the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement
for them before Yahweh? 10:18Behold, its
blood was not brought into the inner part of the
sanctuary: you certainly should have eaten it in
the sanctuary, as I commanded."
10:19Aaron spoke to Moses, "Behold, this
day they have offered their sin offering and
their burnt offering before Yahweh; and such
things as these have happened to me: and if I
had eaten the sin offering today, would it have
been pleasing in the sight of Yahweh?"
10:20When Moses heard that, it was pleasing
in his sight.
11:1Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron,
saying to them, 11:2"Speak to the children
of Israel, saying, 'These are the living things
which you may eat among all the animals that
are on the earth. 11:3Whatever parts the hoof,
and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among
the animals, that you may eat.
11:4"'Nevertheless these you shall not eat of
those that chew the cud, or of those who part
the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud
but doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean to
you. 11:5The coney, because he chews the cud
but doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean
to you. 11:6The hare, because she chews the
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cud but doesn't part the hoof, she is unclean to
you. 11:7The pig, because he has a split hoof,
and is cloven-footed, but doesn't chew the cud,
he is unclean to you. 11:8Of their flesh you shall
not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch;
they are unclean to you.
11:9"'These you may eat of all that are in
the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the
waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you
may eat. 11:10All that don't have fins and scales
in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move
in the waters, and of all the living creatures
that are in the waters, they are an abomination
to you, 11:11and you detest them. You shall
not eat of their flesh, and you shall detest their
carcasses. 11:12Whatever has no fins nor scales
in the waters, that is an abomination to you.
11:13"'These you shall detest among the
birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an
abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and
the black vulture, 11:14and the red kite, any
kind of black kite, 11:15any kind of raven,
11:16the horned owl, the screech owl, and the
gull, any kind of hawk, 11:17the little owl, the
cormorant, the great owl, 11:18the white owl,
the desert owl, the osprey, 11:19the stork, any
kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
11:20"'All flying insects that walk on all fours
are an abomination to you. 11:21Yet you may
eat these: of all winged creeping things that go
on all fours, which have legs above their feet,
with which to hop on the earth. 11:22Even of
these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind
of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind
of grasshopper. 11:23But all winged creeping
things which have four feet, are an abomination
to you.
11:24"'By these you will become unclean:
whoever touches the carcass of thems hall be
unclean until the evening. 11:25Whoever carries
any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes,
and be unclean until the evening.
11:26"'Every animal which parts the hoof,
and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, is
unclean to you. Everyone who touches them
shall be unclean. 11:27Whatever goes on its
paws, among all animals that go on all fours,
they are unclean to you. Whoever touches
their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
11:28He who carries their carcass shall wash his
clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They
are unclean to you.
11:29"'These are they which are unclean to
you among the creeping things that creep on
the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great
lizard, 11:30the gecko, and the monitor lizard,
the wall lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.
11:31These are they which are unclean to you
among all that creep. Whoever touches them
when they are dead, shall be unclean until
the evening. 11:32On whatever any of them
falls when they are dead, it shall be unclean;
whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or
skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, with which
any work is done, it must be put into water,
and it shall be unclean until the evening; then
it will be clean. 11:33Every earthen vessel, into
which any of themfa lls, all that is in it shall
be unclean, and you shall break it. 11:34All
food which may be eaten, that on which water
comes, shall be unclean; and all drink that
may be drunk in every such vessel shall be
unclean. 11:35Everything whereupon part of
their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether
oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in
pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean
to you. 11:36Nevertheless a spring or a cistern
in which water is a gathered shall be clean:
but that which touches their carcass shall be
unclean. 11:37If part of their carcass falls on any
sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
11:38But if water is put on the seed, and part of
their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
11:39"'If any animal, of which you may eat,
dies; he who touches its carcass shall be unclean
until the evening. 11:40He who eats of its
carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean
until the evening. He also who carries its
carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean
until the evening.
11:41"'Every creeping thing that creeps on
the earth is an abomination. It shall not be
eaten. 11:42Whatever goes on its belly, and
whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has
many feet, even all creeping things that creep
on the earth, themy ou shall not eat; for they
are an abomination. 11:43You shall not make
yourselves abominable with any creeping thing
that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves
unclean with them, that you should be defiled
thereby. 11:44For I amY ahweh your God.
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for
I amh oly: neither shall you defile yourselves
with any kind of creeping thing that moves on
Leviticus 11:45 92 Leviticus 13:20
the earth. 11:45For I amY ahweh who brought
you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God.
You shall therefore be holy, for I amh oly.
11:46"'This is the law of the animal, and
of the bird, and of every living creature that
moves in the waters, and of every creature that
creeps on the earth, 11:47to make a distinction
between the unclean and the clean, and between
the living thing that may be eaten and
the living thing that may not be eaten.'"
12:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
12:2"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If a
woman conceives, and bears a male child, then
she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days
of her monthly period she shall be unclean.
12:3In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin
shall be circumcised. 12:4She shall continue in
the blood of purification thirty-three days. She
shall not touch any holy thing, nor come into
the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying
are completed. 12:5But if she bears a female
child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as
in her period; and she shall continue in the
blood of purification sixty-six days.
12:6"'When the days of her purification are
completed, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall
bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of
Meeting, a year old lamb for a burnt offering,
and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a
sin offering: 12:7and he shall offer it before
Yahweh, and make atonement for her; and
she shall be cleansed fromt he fountain of her
blood.
"'This is the law for her who bears, whether
a male or a female. 12:8If she cannot afford
a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves,
or two young pigeons; the one for a burnt
offering, and the other for a sin offering: and
the priest shall make atonement for her, and she
shall be clean.'"
13:1Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron,
saying, 13:2"When a man shall have a rising in
his body's skin, or a scab, or a bright spot, and
it becomes in the skin of his body the plague of
leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the
priest, or to one of his sons, the priests: 13:3and
the priest shall examine the plague in the skin
of the body: and if the hair in the plague has
turned white, and the appearance of the plague
is deeper than the body's skin, it is the plague of
leprosy; and the priest shall examine him, and
pronounce himun clean. 13:4If the bright spot is
white in the skin of his body, and its appearance
isn't deeper than the skin, and its hair hasn't
turned white, then the priest shall isolate the
infected person for seven days. 13:5The priest
shall examine him on the seventh day, and,
behold, if in his eyes the plague is arrested, and
the plague hasn't spread in the skin, then the
priest shall isolate himfor seven more days.
13:6The priest shall examine him again on the
seventh day; and behold, if the plague has
faded, and the plague hasn't spread in the skin,
then the priest shall pronounce himc lean. It
is a scab. He shall wash his clothes, and be
clean. 13:7But if the scab spreads on the skin,
after he has shown himself to the priest for his
cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest
again. 13:8The priest shall examine him; and
behold, if the scab has spread on the skin, then
the priest shall pronounce himu nclean. It is
leprosy.
13:9"When the plague of leprosy is in a man,
then he shall be brought to the priest; 13:10and
the priest shall examine him. Behold, if there
is a white rising in the skin, and it has turned
the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the
rising, 13:11it is a chronic leprosy in the skin of
his body, and the priest shall pronounce him
unclean. He shall not isolate him, for he is
unclean.
13:12"If the leprosy breaks out all over the
skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of
the infected person fromh is head even to his
feet, as far as it appears to the priest; 13:13then
the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if
the leprosy has covered all his flesh, he shall
pronounce himcl ean of the plague. It has all
turned white: he is clean. 13:14But whenever
raw flesh appears in him ,he shall be unclean.
13:15The priest shall examine the raw flesh,
and pronounce himu nclean: the raw flesh is
unclean. It is leprosy. 13:16Or if the raw flesh
turns again, and is changed to white, then he
shall com e to the priest; 13:17and the priest shall
examine him; and, behold, if the plague has
turned white, then the priest shall pronounce
himcl ean of the plague. He is clean.
13:18"When the body has a boil on its skin,
and it has healed, 13:19and in the place of the
boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot,
reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the
priest; 13:20and the priest shall examine it; and
behold, if its appearance is lower than the skin,
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and its hair has turned white, then the priest
shall pronounce himu nclean. It is the plague of
leprosy. It has broken out in the boil. 13:21But
if the priest examines it, and behold, there are
no white hairs in it, and it isn't deeper than the
skin, but is dim, then the priest shall isolate him
seven days. 13:22If it spreads in the skin, then
the priest shall pronounce himu nclean. It is a
plague. 13:23But if the bright spot stays in its
place, and hasn't spread, it is the scar fromthe
boil; and the priest shall pronounce himcl ean.
13:24"Or when the body has a burn from
fire on its skin, and the raw flesh of the
burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or
white, 13:25then the priest shall examine it; and
behold, if the hair in the bright spot has turned
white, and its appearance is deeper than the
skin; it is leprosy. It has broken out in the
burning, and the priest shall pronounce him
unclean. It is the plague of leprosy. 13:26But
if the priest examines it, and behold, there is
no white hair in the bright spot, and it isn't
lower than the skin, but is faded; then the priest
shall isolate himsev en days. 13:27The priest
shall examine him on the seventh day. If it
has spread in the skin, then the priest shall
pronounce himun clean. It is the plague of
leprosy. 13:28If the bright spot stays in its place,
and hasn't spread in the skin, but is faded, it is
the swelling fromt he burn, and the priest shall
pronounce himcl ean; for it is the scar fromthe
burn.
13:29"When a man or woman has a plague
on the head or on the beard, 13:30then the priest
shall examine the plague; and behold, if its
appearance is deeper than the skin, and the
hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest
shall pronounce himu nclean: it is an itch, it
is leprosy of the head or of the beard. 13:31If
the priest examines the plague of itching, and
behold, its appearance isn't deeper than the
skin, and there is no black hair in it, then
the priest shall isolate himthe person infected
with itching seven days. 13:32On the seventh
day the priest shall examine the plague; and
behold, if the itch hasn't spread, and there is
no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of
the itch isn't deeper than the skin, 13:33then he
shall be shaved, but he shall not shave the itch;
and the priest shall shut himup who has the
itch seven more days. 13:34On the seventh day,
the priest shall examine the itch; and behold,
if the itch hasn't spread in the skin, and its
appearance isn't deeper than the skin, then the
priest shall pronounce himcl ean. He shall
wash his clothes, and be clean. 13:35But if
the itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing,
13:36then the priest shall examine him; and
behold, if the itch has spread in the skin, the
priest shall not look for the yellow hair; he
is unclean. 13:37But if in his eyes the itch is
arrested, and black hair has grown in it; the
itch is healed, he is clean. The priest shall
pronounce himclea n.
13:38"When a man or a woman has bright
spots in the skin of the body, even white bright
spots; 13:39then the priest shall examine them;
and behold, if the bright spots on the skin of
their body are a dullwhite, it is a harmless rash,
it has broken out in the skin; he is clean.
13:40"If a man's hair has fallen fromhis head,
he is bald. He is clean. 13:41If his hair has
fallen off fromthe front part of his head, he
is forehead bald. He is clean. 13:42But if there
is in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a
reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out
in his bald head, or his bald forehead. 13:43Then
the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if
the rising of the plague is reddish-white in his
bald head, or in his bald forehead, like the
appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh,
13:44he is a leprous man. He is unclean. The
priest shall surely pronounce himun clean. His
plague is on his head.
13:45"The leper in whomthe plague is shall
wear torn clothes, and the hair of his head
shall hang loose. He shall cover his upper lip,
and shall cry, 'Unclean! Unclean!' 13:46All the
days in which the plague is in himh e shall be
unclean. He is unclean. He shall dwell alone.
Outside of the camp shall be his dwelling.
13:47"The garment also that the plague of
leprosy is in, whether it is a woolen garment,
or a linen garment; 13:48whether it is in warp,
or woof; of linen, or of wool; whether in a
skin, or in anything made of skin; 13:49if the
plague is greenish or reddish in the garment,
or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof,
or in anything made of skin; it is the plague
of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.
13:50The priest shall examine the plague, and
isolate the plague seven days. 13:51He shall
examine the plague on the seventh day. If
the plague has spread in the garment, either
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in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin,
whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a
destructive mildew. It is unclean. 13:52He shall
burn the garment, whether the warp or the
woof, in wool or in linen, or anything of skin,
in which the plague is: for it is a destructive
mildew. It shall be burned in the fire.
13:53"If the priest examines it, and behold,
the plague hasn't spread in the garment, either
in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of
skin; 13:54then the priest shall command that
they wash the thing in which the plague is, and
he shall isolate it seven more days. 13:55Then
the priest shall examine it, after the plague
is washed; and behold, if the plague hasn't
changed its color, and the plague hasn't spread,
it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire. It
is a mildewed spot, whether the bareness is
inside or outside. 13:56If the priest looks, and
behold, the plague has faded after it is washed,
then he shall tear it out of the garment, or
out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of
the woof: 13:57and if it appears again in the
garment, either in the warp, or in the woof,
or in anything of skin, it is spreading. You
shall burn with fire that in which the plague is.
13:58The garment, either the warp, or the woof,
or whatever thing of skin it is, which you shall
wash, if the plague has departed fromthe m,
then it shall be washed the second time, and it
will be clean."
13:59This is the law of the plague of mildew
in a garment of wool or linen, either in the
warp, or the woof, or in anything of skin, to
pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
14:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
14:2"This shall be the law of the leper in the
day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the
priest, 14:3and the priest shall go forth out of
the camp. The priest shall examine him, and
behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the
leper, 14:4then the priest shall command them
to take for himwho is to be cleansed two living
clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and
hyssop. 14:5The priest shall command them
to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel
over running water. 14:6As for the living bird,
he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the
scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip themand
the living bird in the blood of the bird that
was killed over the running water. 14:7He shall
sprinkle on himwho is to be cleansed fromthe
leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him
clean, and shall let the living bird go into the
open field.
14:8"He who is to be cleansed shall wash his
clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe
himself in water; and he shall be clean. After
that he shall come into the camp, but shall
dwell outside his tent seven days. 14:9It 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.
He shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe
his body in water, then he shall be clean.
14:10"On the eighth day he shall take two
male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb
a year old without blemish, and three tenths
of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering,
mingled with oil, and one log of oil. 14:11The
priest who cleanses hims hall set the man who
is to be cleansed, and those things, before
Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
14:12"The priest shall take one of the male
lambs, and offer him for a trespass offering,
with the log of oil, and wave themf or a wave
offering before Yahweh. 14:13He shall kill the
male lamb in the place where they kill the sin
offering and the burnt offering, in the place
of the sanctuary; for as the sin offering is the
priest's, so is the trespass offering. It is m ost
holy. 14:14The priest shall take som e of the
blood of the trespass offering, and the priest
shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him
who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of
his right hand, and on the big toe of his right
foot. 14:15The priest shall take som e of the log
of oil, and pour it into the palmof his own
left hand. 14:16The priest shall dip his right
finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall
sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven
times before Yahweh. 14:17The priest shall put
some of the rest of the oil that is in his hand
on the tip of the right ear of himw ho is to be
cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand,
and on the big toe of his right foot, upon the
blood of the trespass offering. 14:18The rest of
the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put
on the head of himwho is to be cleansed, and
the priest shall make atonement for him before
Yahweh.
14:19"The priest shall offer the sin offering,
and make atonement for him who is to be
cleansed because of his uncleanness: and after
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ward he shall kill the burnt offering; 14:20and
the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the
meal offering on the altar. The priest shall make
atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
14:21"If he is poor, and can't afford so much,
then he shall take one male lamb for a trespass
offering to be waved, to make atonement for
him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meal offering, and a log
of oil; 14:22and two turtledoves, or two young
pigeons, such as he is able to afford; and the
one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt
offering.
14:23"On the eighth day he shall bring them
for his cleansing to the priest, to the door of the
Tent of Meeting, before Yahweh. 14:24The priest
shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and
the log of oil, and the priest shallwave themf or
a wave offering before Yahweh. 14:25He shall
kill the lamb of the trespass offering. The priest
shall take some of the blood of the trespass
offering and put it on the tip of the right ear
of himwho is to be cleansed, and on the thumb
of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right
foot. 14:26The priest shall pour some of the oil
into the palmo f his own left hand; 14:27and the
priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some
of the oil that is in his left hand seven times
before Yahweh. 14:28Then the priest shall put
some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip
of the right ear of himw ho is to be cleansed,
and on the thumb of his right hand, and on
the big toe of his right foot, on the place of
the blood of the trespass offering. 14:29The rest
of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall
put on the head of himwho is to be cleansed,
to make atonement for him before Yahweh.
14:30He shall offer one of the turtledoves, or of
the young pigeons, such as he is able to afford,
14:31even such as he is able to afford, the one for
a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering,
with the meal offering. The priest shall make
atonement for him who is to be cleansed before
Yahweh."
14:32This is the law for himin whom is the
plague of leprosy, who is not able to afford the
sacrifice for his cleansing.
14:33Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron,
saying, 14:34"When you have come into the
land of Canaan, which I give to you for a
possession, and I put a spreading mildew in a
house in the land of your possession, 14:35then
he who owns the house shall come and tell the
priest, saying, 'There seems to me to be some
sort of plague in the house.' 14:36The priest
shall command that they empty the house,
before the priest goes in to examine the plague,
that all that is in the house not be made unclean:
and afterward the priest shall go in to inspect
the house. 14:37He shall examine the plague;
and behold, if the plague is in the walls of the
house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish,
and it appears to be deeper than the wall;
14:38then the priest shall go out of the house to
the door of the house, and shut up the house
seven days. 14:39The priest shall com e again
on the seventh day, and look. If the plague
has spread in the walls of the house, 14:40then
the priest shall command that they take out
the stones in which is the plague, and cast
themi nto an unclean place outside of the city:
14:41and he shall cause the inside of the house
to be scraped all over, and they shall pour out
the mortar, that they scraped off, outside of the
city into an unclean place. 14:42They shall take
other stones, and put themi n the place of those
stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall
plaster the house.
14:43"If the plague comes again, and breaks
out in the house, after he has taken out the
stones, and after he has scraped the house, and
after it was plastered; 14:44then the priest shall
come in and look; and behold, if the plague has
spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew
in the house. It is unclean. 14:45He shall break
down the house, its stones, and its timber, and
all the house's mortar. He shall carry them out
of the city into an unclean place.
14:46"Moreover he who goes into the house
while it is shut up shall be unclean until the
evening. 14:47He who lies down in the house
shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the
house shall wash his clothes.
14:48"If the priest shall come in, and examine
it, and behold, the plague hasn't spread in the
house, after the house was plastered, then the
priest shall pronounce the house clean, because
the plague is healed. 14:49To cleanse the house
he shall take two birds, and cedar wood, and
scarlet, and hyssop. 14:50He shall kill one of
the birds in an earthen vessel over running
water. 14:51He shall take the cedar wood, and
the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird,
and dip themin the blood of the slain bird,
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and in the running water, and sprinkle the
house seven times. 14:52He shall cleanse the
house with the blood of the bird, and with the
running water, with the living bird, with the
cedar wood, with the hyssop, and with the
scarlet; 14:53but he shall let the living bird go
out of the city into the open field. So shall he
make atonement for the house; and it shall be
clean."
14:54This is the law for any plague of leprosy,
and for an itch, 14:55and for the destructive
mildew of a garment, and for a house, 14:56and
for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot;
14:57to teach when it is unclean, and when it is
clean.
This is the law of leprosy.
15:1Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron,
saying, 15:2"Speak to the children of Israel,
and tell them, 'When any man has a discharge
fromh is body, because of his discharge he is
unclean. 15:3This shall be his uncleanness in
his discharge: whether his body runs with his
discharge, or his body has stopped fromhi s
discharge, it is his uncleanness.
15:4"'Every bed whereon he who has the
discharge lies shall be unclean; and everything
he sits on shall be unclean. 15:5Whoever
touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and
bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the
evening. 15:6He who sits on anything whereon
the man who has the discharge sat shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be
unclean until the evening.
15:7"'He who touches the body of himwho
has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and
bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the
evening.
15:8"'If he who has the discharge spits on
himwho is clean, then he shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be
unclean until the evening.
15:9"'Whatever saddle he who has the discharge
rides on shall be unclean. 15:10Whoever
touches anything that was under hims hall be
unclean until the evening. Hewho carries those
things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself
in water, and be unclean until the evening.
15:11"'Whoever he who has the discharge
touches, without having rinsed his hands in
water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and be unclean until the
evening.
15:12"'The earthen vessel, which he who has
the discharge touches, shall be broken; and
every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
15:13"'When he who has a discharge is
cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count
to himself seven days for his cleansing, and
wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh
in running water, and shall be clean.
15:14"'On the eighth day he shall take two
turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come
before Yahweh to the door of the Tent of
Meeting, and give themto the priest: 15:15and
the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin
offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
The priest shall make atonement for him before
Yahweh for his discharge.
15:16"'If any man has an emission of semen,
then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be
unclean until the evening. 15:17Every garment,
and every skin, whereon the semen is, shall be
washed with water, and be unclean until the
evening. 15:18If a man lies with a woman and
there is an emission of semen, they shall both
bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until
the evening.
15:19"'If a woman has a discharge, and her
discharge in her flesh is blood, she shall be in
her impurity seven days: and whoever touches
her shall be unclean until the evening.
15:20"'Everything that she lies on in her
impurity shall be unclean. Everything also
that she sits on shall be unclean. 15:21Whoever
touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and
bathe himself in water, and be unclean until
the evening. 15:22Whoever touches anything
that she sits on shall wash his clothes, and
bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the
evening. 15:23If it is on the bed, or on anything
whereon she sits, when he touches it, he shall
be unclean until the evening.
15:24"'If any man lies with her, and her
monthly flow is on him, he shall be unclean
seven days; and every bedwhereon he lies shall
be unclean.
15:25"'If a woman has a discharge of her
blood many days not in the time of her period,
or if she has a discharge beyond the time of
her period; all the days of the discharge of
her uncleanness shall be as in the days of
her period: she is unclean. 15:26Every bed
whereon she lies all the days of her discharge
shall be to her as the bed of her period: and
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everything whereon she sits shall be unclean,
as the uncleanness of her period. 15:27Whoever
touches these things shall be unclean, and shall
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,
and be unclean until the evening.
15:28"'But if she is cleansed of her discharge,
then she shall count to herself seven days, and
after that she shall be clean. 15:29On the eighth
day she shall take two turtledoves, or two
young pigeons, and bring themto the priest, to
the door of the Tent of Meeting. 15:30The priest
shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the
other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall
make atonement for her before Yahweh for the
uncleanness of her discharge.
15:31"'Thus you shall separate the children of
Israel fromthe ir uncleanness, so they will not
die in their uncleanness, when they defile my
tabernacle that is in their midst.'"
15:32This is the law of himwho has a discharge,
and of himwho has an emission of
semen, so that he is unclean thereby; 15:33and
of her who has her period, and of a man or
woman who has a discharge, and of him who
lies with her who is unclean.
16:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death
of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near
before Yahweh, and died; 16:2and Yahweh said
toMoses, "Tell Aaron your brother, not to come
at all times into the Most Holy Place within the
veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark;
lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the
mercy seat.
16:3"Herewith shall Aaron come into the
sanctuary: with a young bull for a sin offering,
and a ramfor a burnt offering. 16:4He shall
put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have
the linen breeches on his body, and shall put
on the linen sash, and he shall be dressed with
the linen turban. They are the holy garments.
He shall bathe his body in water, and put them
on. 16:5He shall take fromthe congregation of
the children of Israel two male goats for a sin
offering, and one ramf or a burnt offering.
16:6"Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin
offering, which is for himself, and make atonement
for himself and for his house. 16:7He shall
take the two goats, and set thembe fore Yahweh
at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 16:8Aaron
shall cast lots for the two goats; one lot for
Yahweh, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
16:9Aaron shall present the goat on which the
lot fell for Yahweh, and offer himfor a sin
offering. 16:10But the goat, on which the lot
fell for the scapegoat, shall be presented alive
before Yahweh, to make atonement for him,
to send himaway for the scapegoat into the
wilderness.
16:11"Aaron shall present the bull of the sin
offering, which is for himself, and shall make
atonement for himself and for his house, and
shall kill the bull of the sin offering which is for
himself. 16:12He shall take a censer full of coals
of fire fromoff the altar before Yahweh, and two
handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and
bring it within the veil: 16:13and he shall put
the incense on the fire before Yahweh, that the
cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat
that is on the testimony, so that he will not die.
16:14He shall take some of the blood of the bull,
and sprinkle itwith his finger on the mercy seat
on the east; and before the mercy seat he shall
sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven
times.
16:15"Then he shall kill the goat of the sin
offering, that is for the people, and bring his
blood within the veil, and do with his blood
as he did with the blood of the bull, and
sprinkle it on the mercy seat, and before the
mercy seat: 16:16and he shall make atonement
for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness
of the children of Israel, and because of their
transgressions, even all their sins; and so he
shall do for the Tent of Meeting, that dwells
with themi n the midst of their uncleanness.
16:17There shall be no one in the Tent ofMeeting
when he enters to make atonement in the
Holy Place, until he comes out, and has made
atonement for himself and for his household,
and for all the assembly of Israel.
16:18"He shall go out to the altar that is
before Yahweh and make atonement for it,
and shall take some of the bull's blood, and
some of the goat's blood, and put it around on
the horns of the altar. 16:19He shall sprinkle
some of the blood on it with his finger seven
times, and cleanse it, and make it holy fromthe
uncleanness of the children of Israel.
16:20"When he has made an end of atoning
for the Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the
altar, he shall present the live goat. 16:21Aaron
shall lay both his hands on the head of the live
goat, and confess over himal l the iniquities of
the children of Israel, and all their transgres
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sions, even all their sins; and he shall put them
on the head of the goat, and shall send him
away into the wilderness by the hand of a man
who is in readiness. 16:22The goat shall carry
all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land,
and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
16:23"Aaron shall come into the Tent of
Meeting, and shall take off the linen garments,
which he put on when he went into the Holy
Place, and shall leave themthe re. 16:24Then he
shall bathe himself in water in a holy place, and
put on his garments, and come out and offer
his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the
people, and make atonement for himself and
for the people. 16:25The fat of the sin offering
he shall burn on the altar.
16:26"He who lets the goat go for the scapegoat
shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh
in water, and afterward he shall come into
the camp. 16:27The bull for the sin offering,
and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood
was brought in to make atonement in the Holy
Place, shall be carried forth outside the camp;
and they shall burn their skins, their flesh, and
their dung with fire. 16:28He who burns them
shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in
water, and afterward he shall come into the
camp.
16:29"It shall be a statute to you forever: in
the seventh month, on the tenth day of the
month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall
do no manner of work, the native-born, or
the stranger who lives as a foreigner among
you: 16:30for on this day shall atonement be
made for you, to cleanse you; from all your
sins you shall be clean before Yahweh. 16:31It
is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you
shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.
16:32The priest, who is anointed and who is
consecrated to be priest in his father's place,
shall make the atonement, and shall put on
the linen garments, even the holy garments.
16:33Then he shall make atonement for the Holy
Sanctuary; and he shall make atonement for the
Tent of Meeting and for the altar; and he shall
make atonement for the priests and for all the
people of the assembly.
16:34"This shall be an everlasting statute for
you, to make atonement for the children of
Israel once in the year because of all their sins."
It was done as Yahweh commanded Moses.
17:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
17:2"Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to
all the children of Israel, and say to them: 'This
is the thing which Yahweh has commanded,
17:3Whatever man there is of the house of Israel,
who kills a bull, or lamb, or goat, in the camp,
or who kills it outside the camp, 17:4and hasn't
brought it to the door of the Tent of Meeting,
to offer it as an offering to Yahweh before the
tabernacle of Yahweh: blood shall be imputed
to that man. He has shed blood; and that man
shall be cut off fromamong his people. 17:5This
is to the end that the children of Israel may
bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in
the open field, that they may bring them to
Yahweh, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to
the priest, and sacrifice themf or sacrifices of
peace offerings to Yahweh. 17:6The priest shall
sprinkle the blood on the altar of Yahweh at the
door of the Tent ofMeeting, and burn the fat for
a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. 17:7They shall no
more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols,
after which they play the prostitute. This shall
be a statute forever to themthro ughout their
generations.'
17:8"You shall say to them, 'Any man there
is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who
live as foreigners among them, who offers a
burnt offering or sacrifice, 17:9and doesn't bring
it to the door of the Tent ofMeeting, to sacrifice
it to Yahweh; that man shall be cut off from his
people.
17:10"'Any man of the house of Israel, or
of the strangers who live as foreigners among
them, who eats any kind of blood, I will set my
face against that soul who eats blood, and will
cut himof f from among his people. 17:11For
the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have
given it to you on the altar to make atonement
for your souls: for it is the blood that makes
atonement by reason of the life. 17:12Therefore
I have said to the children of Israel, "No person
among you shall eat blood, neither shall any
strangerwho lives as a foreigner among you eat
blood."
17:13"'Whatever man there is of the children
of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners
among them, who takes in hunting any
animal or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour
out its blood, and cover it with dust. 17:14For as
to the life of all flesh, its blood is with its life:
therefore I said to the children of Israel, "You
shall not eat the blood of any kind of flesh; for
Leviticus 17:15 99 Leviticus 19:2
the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it
shall be cut off."
17:15"'Every person that eats what dies of
itself, or that which is torn by animals, whether
he is native-born or a foreigner, he shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and
be unclean until the evening: then he shall be
clean. 17:16But if he doesn't wash them, or
bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.'"
18:1Yahweh said to Moses, 18:2"Speak to the
children of Israel, and say to them, 'I am
Yahweh your God. 18:3You shall not do as
they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived:
and you shall not do as they do in the land
of Canaan, where I ambr inging you; neither
shall you walk in their statutes. 18:4You shall do
my ordinances, and you shall keep my statutes,
and walk in them: I am Yahweh your God.
18:5You shall therefore keepmy statutes and my
ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in
them: I am Yahweh.
18:6"'None of you shall approach anyone
who are his close relatives, to uncover their
nakedness: I amYahweh.
18:7"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of
your father, nor the nakedness of your mother:
she is your mother. You shall not uncover her
nakedness.
18:8"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of
your father's wife: it is your father's nakedness.
18:9"'You shall not uncover the nakedness
of your sister, the daughter of your father, or
the daughter of your mother, whether born at
home, or born abroad.
18:10"'You shall not uncover the nakedness
of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's
daughter, even their nakedness: for theirs is
your own nakedness.
18:11"'You shall not uncover the nakedness
of your father's wife's daughter, conceived by
your father, since she is your sister.
18:12"'You shall not uncover the nakedness
of your father's sister: she is your father's near
kinswoman.
18:13"'You shall not uncover the nakedness
of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's
near kinswoman.
18:14"'You shall not uncover the nakedness
of your father's brother, you shall not approach
his wife: she is your aunt.
18:15"'You shall not uncover the nakedness
of your daughter-in-law: she is your son'swife.
You shall not uncover her nakedness.
18:16"'You shall not uncover the nakedness
of your brother's wife: it is your brother's
nakedness.
18:17"'You shall not uncover the nakedness
of a woman and her daughter. You shall
not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's
daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are
near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18:18"'You shall not take a wife to her sister,
to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while
her sister is yet alive.
18:19"'You shall not approach a woman to
uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure
by her uncleanness.
18:20"'You shall not lie carnally with your
neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.
18:21"'You shall not give any of your children
to sacrifice toMolech; neither shall you profane
the name of your God: I am Yahweh.
18:22"'You shall not lie with a man, as with a
woman. That is detestable.
18:23"'You shall not lie with any animal to
defile yourselfwith it; neither shall any woman
give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it
is a perversion.
18:24"'Don't defile yourselves in any of these
things: for in all these the nations which I am
casting out before you were defiled. 18:25The
land was defiled: therefore I punished its iniquity,
and the land vomited out her inhabitants.
18:26You therefore shall keep my statutes and
my ordinances, and shall not do any of these
abominations; neither the native-born, nor the
stranger who lives as a foreigner among you;
18:27(for all these abominations have the men
of the land done, that were before you, and
the land became defiled); 18:28that the land not
vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it
vomited out the nation that was before you.
18:29"'For whoever shall do any of these
abominations, even the souls that do them
shall be cut off froma mong their people.
18:30Therefore you shall keep my requirements,
that you do not practice any of these abominable
customs, which were practiced before
you, and that you do not defile yourselves with
them: I am Yahweh your God.'"
19:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
19:2"Speak to all the congregation of the
Leviticus 19:3 100 Leviticus 19:31
children of Israel, and tell them, 'You shall be
holy; for I Yahweh your God amh oly.
19:3"'Each one of you shall respect his
mother and his father. You shall keep my
Sabbaths. I amYahweh your God.
19:4"'Don't turn to idols, nor make molten
gods for yourselves. I amYahweh your God.
19:5"'When you offer a sacrifice of peace
offerings to Yahweh, you shall offer it so that
you may be accepted. 19:6It shall be eaten the
same day you offer it, and on the next day: and
if anything remains until the third day, it shall
be burned with fire. 19:7If it is eaten at all on
the third day, it is an abomination. It will not
be accepted; 19:8but everyone who eats it shall
bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the
holy thing of Yahweh, and that soul shall be cut
off fromh is people.
19:9"'When you reap the harvest of your
land, you shall not wholly reap the corners
of your field, neither shall you gather the
gleanings of your harvest. 19:10You shall not
glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather
the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall
leave themfor the poor and for the foreigner.
I amYahweh yourGod.
19:11"'You shall not steal; neither shall you
deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
19:12"'You shall not swear by my name
falsely, and profane the name of your God. I
amYahweh.
19:13"'You shall not oppress your neighbor,
nor rob him. The wages of a hired servant
shall not remain with you all night until the
morning.
19:14"'You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a
stumbling block before the blind; but you shall
fear your God. I amYahweh.
19:15"'You shall do no injustice in judgment:
you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show
favoritismto the great; but you shall judge your
neighbor in righteousness.
19:16"'You shall not go up and down as a
slanderer among your people; neither shall you
stand against the lifea of your neighbor. I am
Yahweh.
19:17"'You shall not hate your brother in
your heart. You shall surely rebuke your
neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
19:18"'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear
any grudge against the children of your people;
but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I
amYahweh.
19:19"'You shall keep my statutes.
"'You shall not crossbreed different kinds of
animals.
"'you shall not sow your field with two
kinds of seed;
"'neither shall there come upon on you a
garment made of two kinds of material.
19:20"'If a man lies carnally with a woman
who is a slave girl, pledged to be m arried
to another man, and not ransomed, or given
her freedom; they shall be punished. They
shall not be put to death, because she was not
free. 19:21He shall bring his trespass offering
to Yahweh, to the door of the Tent of Meeting,
even a ramfor a trespass offering. 19:22The
priest shall make atonement for him with the
ramo f the trespass offering before Yahweh for
his sin which he has committed: and the sin
which he has committed shall be forgiven him.
19:23"'When you come into the land, and
have planted all kinds of trees for food, then
you shall count their fruit as forbidden.b Three
years shall they be forbidden to you. It shall
not be eaten. 19:24But in the fourth year all its
fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to Yahweh.
19:25In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that
it may yield its increase to you. I am Yahweh
your God.
19:26"'You shall not eat any meat with the
blood still in it; neither shall you use enchantments,
nor practice sorcery.
19:27"'You shall not cut the hair on the sides
of your heads, neither shall you clip off the
edge of your beard.
19:28"'You shall not make any cuttings in
your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks
on you. I amYahweh.
19:29"'Don't profane your daughter, to make
her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution,
and the land become full of wickedness.
19:30"'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence
my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.
19:31"'Don't turn to those who are mediums,
nor to the wizards. Don't seek themo ut, to be
defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God.
a19:16 literally, "blood"
b19:23 literally, "uncircumcised"
Leviticus 19:32 101 Leviticus 20:23
19:32"'You shall rise up before the gray head,
and honor the face of an old man, and you shall
fear your God. I amYahweh.
19:33"'If a stranger lives as a foreigner with
you in your land, you shall not do himw rong.
19:34The stranger who lives as a foreigner with
you shall be to you as the native-born among
you, and you shall love himas yourself; for you
lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am
Yahweh your God.
19:35"'You shall do no unrighteousness in
judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or
of quantity. 19:36You shall have just balances,
just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am
Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the
land of Egypt. 19:37You shall observe all my
statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them.
I amYahweh.'"
20:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
20:2"Moreover, you shall tell the children of
Israel, 'Anyone of the children of Israel, or of
the strangers who live as foreigners in Israel,
who gives any of his seed to Molech; he shall
surely be put to death. The people of the land
shall stone himwi th stones. 20:3I also will set
my face against that person, and will cut him
off fromamong his people because he has given
of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary,
and to profane my holy name. 20:4If the people
of the land all hide their eyes fromthat person,
when he gives of his seed to Molech, and don't
put himto death; 20:5then I will set my face
against that man, and against his family, and
will cut himof f, and all who play the prostitute
after him, to play the prostitute with Molech,
fromamong their people.
20:6"'The person that turns to those who
are mediums, and to the wizards, to play the
prostitute after them, I will even set my face
against that person, and will cut himo ff from
among his people.
20:7"'Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be
holy; for I amYahweh your God. 20:8You shall
keep my statutes, and do them. I am Yahweh
who sanctifies you.
20:9"'For everyone who curses his father or
his mother shall surely be put to death: he has
cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall
be upon him.
20:10"'The man who commits adultery with
another man's wife, even he who commits
adultery with his neighbor'swife, the adulterer
and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
20:11The manwho lieswith his father'swife has
uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them
shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be
upon them.
20:12"'If a man lies with his daughter-in-law,
both of thems hall surely be put to death: they
have committed a perversion; their blood shall
be upon them.
20:13"'If a man lies with a male, as with
a woman, both of them have committed an
abomination: they shall surely be put to death;
their blood shall be upon them.
20:14"'If a man takes a wife and her mother,
it is wickedness: they shall be burned with
fire, both he and they; that there may be no
wickedness among you.
20:15"'If a man lies with an animal, he shall
surely be put to death; and you shall kill the
animal.
20:16"'If a woman approaches any animal,
and lies downwith it, you shall kill the woman,
and the animal: they shall surely be put to
death; their blood shall be upon them.
20:17"'If a man takes his sister, his father's
daughter, or his mother's daughter, and sees
her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness; it
is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in
the sight of the children of their people: he has
uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear
his iniquity.
20:18"'If a man lieswith a woman having her
monthly period, and uncovers her nakedness;
he has made naked her fountain, and she has
uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both
of thems hall be cut off from among their
people.
20:19"'You shall not uncover the nakedness
of your mother's sister, nor of your father's
sister; for he has made naked his close relative:
they shall bear their iniquity. 20:20If a man
lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered
his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin;
they shall die childless.
20:21"'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is
an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's
nakedness; they shall be childless.
20:22"'You shall therefore keep all my
statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them;
that the land, where I ambr inging you to dwell,
may not vomit you out. 20:23You shall not walk
in the customs of the nation, which I amcasting
Leviticus 20:24 102 Leviticus 22:4
out before you: for they did all these things,
and therefore I abhorred them. 20:24But I have
said to you, "You shall inherit their land, and I
will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing
with milk and honey." I am Yahweh your God,
who has separated you fromthe peoples.
20:25"'You shall therefore make a distinction
between the clean animal and the unclean, and
between the unclean fowl and the clean: and
you shall not make yourselves abominable by
animal, or by bird, or by anything with which
the ground teems, which I have separated from
you as unclean for you. 20:26You shall be holy
to me: for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set
you apart fromt he peoples, that you should be
mine.
20:27"'A man or a woman that is a medium,
or is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they
shall stone themwi th stones; their blood shall
be upon them.'"
21:1Yahweh said to Moses, "Speak to the
priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them,
'A priest shall not defile himself for the dead
among his people; 21:2except for his relatives
that are near to him: for his mother, for his
father, for his son, for his daughter, for his
brother, 21:3and for his virgin sister who is
near to him, who has had no husband; for her
he may defile himself. 21:4He shall not defile
himself, being a chief man among his people,
to profane himself.
21:5"'They shall not shave their heads, neither
shall they shave off the corners of their
beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
21:6They shall be holy to their God, and not
profane the name of their God; for they offer
the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, the bread
of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
21:7"'They shall not marry a woman who is a
prostitute, or profane; neither shall they marry
a woman divorced from her husband: for he
is holy to his God. 21:8You shall sanctify him
therefore; for he offers the bread of your God:
he shall be holy to you: for I Yahweh, who
sanctify you, amho ly.
21:9"'The daughter of any priest, if she
profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she
profanes her father: she shall be burned with
fire.
21:10"'He who is the high priest among his
brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is
poured, and that is consecrated to put on the
garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang
loose, nor tear his clothes; 21:11neither shall
he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself
for his father, or for his mother; 21:12neither
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
Yahweh.
21:13"'He shall take a wife in her virginity.
21:14A widow, or one divorced, or a wom an
who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he
shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people
shall he take as a wife. 21:15He shall not profane
his seed among his people: for I am Yahweh
who sanctifies him.'"
21:16Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
21:17"Say to Aaron, 'None of your seed
throughout their generations who has a
blemish, may approach to offer the bread of
his God. 21:18For whatever man he is that has
a blemish, he shall not draw near: a blind man,
or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any
deformity, 21:19or a man who has an injured
foot, or an injured hand, 21:20or hunchbacked,
or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his
eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has
damaged testicles; 21:21no man of the seed of
Aaron the priest,who has a blemish, shall come
near to offer the offerings of Yahweh made by
fire. Since has a blemish, he shall not come near
to offer the bread of his God. 21:22He shall eat
the bread of his God, both of the most holy,
and of the holy. 21:23He shall not come near
to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because
he has a blemish; that he may not profane my
sanctuaries, for I amY ahweh who sanctifies
them.'"
21:24So Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his
sons, and to all the children of Israel.
22:1Yahweh spoke toMoses, saying, 22:2"Tell
Aaron and his sons to separate themselves
fromthe holy things of the children of Israel,
which they make holy to me, and that they not
profane my holy name. I am Yahweh.
22:3"Tell them, 'If anyone of all your seed
throughout your generations approaches the
holy things, which the children of Israel make
holy to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on
him, that soul shall be cut off from before me.
I amYahweh.
22:4"'Whoever of the seed of Aaron is a
leper or has an issue; he shall not eat of
Leviticus 22:5 103 Leviticus 23:5
the holy things, until he is clean. Whoever
touches anything that is unclean by the dead,
or a man whose seed goes from him; 22:5or
whoever touches any creeping thing, whereby
he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he
may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness
he has; 22:6the person that touches any such
shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not
eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body
in water. 22:7When the sun is down, he shall
be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy
things, because it is his bread. 22:8That which
dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not
eat, defiling himself by it. I am Yahweh.
22:9"'They shall therefore follow my requirements,
lest they bear sin for it, and die therein,
if they profane it. I amY ahweh who sanctifies
them.
22:10"'No stranger shall eat of the holy thing:
a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired
servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 22:11But
if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money,
he shall eat of it; and such as are born in
his house, they shall eat of his bread. 22:12If
a priest's daughter is married to an outsider,
she shall not eat of the heave offering of the
holy things. 22:13But if a priest's daughter is
a widow, or divorced, and has no child, and
has returned to her father's house, as in her
youth, she may eat of her father's bread: but
no stranger shall eat any of it.
22:14"'If a man eats something holy unwittingly,
then he shall add the fifth part of its
value to it, and shall give the holy thing to
the priest. 22:15The priests shall not profane
the holy things of the children of Israel, which
they offer to Yahweh, 22:16and so cause themto
bear the iniquity that brings guilt, when they
eat their holy things: for I amY ahweh who
sanctifies them.'"
22:17Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
22:18"Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and
to all the children of Israel, and say to them,
'Whoever is of the house of Israel, or of the
foreigners in Israel, who offers his offering,
whether it be any of their vows, or any of
their freewill offerings, which they offer to
Yahweh for a burnt offering; 22:19that you may
be accepted, you shall offer a male without
blemish, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the
goats. 22:20But whatever has a blemish, that
you shall not offer: for it shall not be acceptable
for you. 22:21Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace
offerings to Yahweh to accomplish a vow, or for
a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it
shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no
blemish therein. 22:22Blind, injured, maimed,
having a wart, festering, or having a running
sore, you shall not offer these to Yahweh, nor
make an offering by fire of them on the altar
to Yahweh. 22:23Either a bull or a lamb that
has any deformity or lacking in his parts, that
you may offer for a freewill offering; but for a
vow it shall not be accepted. 22:24That which
has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or
cut, you shall not offer to Yahweh; neither shall
you do thus in your land. 22:25Neither shall
you offer the bread of your God fromthe hand
of a foreigner of any of these; because their
corruption is in them. There is a blemish in
them. They shall not be accepted for you.'"
22:26Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
22:27"When a bull, or a sheep, or a goat, is born,
then it shall remain seven days with its mother;
and fromthe eighth day and thenceforth it shall
be accepted for the offering of an offering made
by fire to Yahweh. 22:28Whether it is a cow or
ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in
one day.
22:29"When you sacrifice a sacrifice of
thanksgiving to Yahweh, you shall sacrifice it
so that you may be accepted. 22:30It shall be
eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of
it until the morning. I am Yahweh.
22:31"Therefore you shall keep my commandments,
and do them. I am Yahweh.
22:32You shall not profane my holy name, but I
will be made holy among the children of Israel.
I amY ahweh who makes you holy, 22:33who
brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your
God. I amYahweh."
23:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
23:2"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell
them, 'The set feasts of Yahweh, which you
shall proclaimto be holy convocations, even
these are my set feasts.
23:3"'Six days shall work be done: but on the
seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy
convocation; you shall do no manner of work.
It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.
23:4"'These are the set feasts of Yahweh, even
holy convocations, which you shall proclaimi n
their appointed season. 23:5In the first month,
on the fourteenth day of the month in the
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evening, is Yahweh's Passover. 23:6On the
fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of
unleavened bread to Yahweh. Seven days you
shall eat unleavened bread. 23:7In the first day
you shall have a holy convocation. You shall
do no regular work. 23:8But you shall offer an
offering made by fire to Yahweh seven days. In
the seventh day is a holy convocation: you shall
do no regular work.'"
23:9Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
23:10"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell
them, 'When you have come into the land
which I give to you, and shall reap its the
harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the
first fruits of your harvest to the priest: 23:11and
he shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh, to be
accepted for you. On the next day after the
Sabbath the priest shall wave it. 23:12On the day
when youwave the sheaf, you shall offer a male
lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt
offering to Yahweh. 23:13The meal offeringwith
it shall be two tenth parts of an ephah of fine
flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire
to Yahweh for a pleasant aroma; and the drink
offering with it shall be of wine, the fourth part
of a hin. 23:14You shall eat neither bread, nor
roasted grain, nor fresh grain, until this same
day, until you have brought the offering of your
God. This is a statute forever throughout your
generations in all your dwellings.
23:15"'You shall count fromthe next day after
the Sabbath, fromthe day that you brought
the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths
shall be completed: 23:16even to the next day
after the seventh Sabbath you shall number
fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal
offering to Yahweh. 23:17You shall bring out of
your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave
offering made of two tenth parts of an ephah
of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast,
for first fruits to Yahweh. 23:18You shall present
with the bread seven lambs without blemish a
year old, one young bull, and two rams. They
shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their
meal offering, and their drink offerings, even
an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to
Yahweh. 23:19You shall offer one male goat for
a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old
for a sacrifice of peace offerings. 23:20The priest
shallwave themwi th the bread of the first fruits
for a wave offering before Yahweh, with the
two lambs. They shall be holy to Yahweh for
the priest. 23:21You shall make proclamation on
the same day: there shall be a holy convocation
to you; you shall do no regular work. This is a
statute forever in all your dwellings throughout
your generations.
23:22"'When you reap the harvest of your
land, you shall not wholly reap into the corners
of your field, neither shall you gather the
gleanings of your harvest: you shall leave them
for the poor, and for the foreigner. I amYahweh
your God.'"
23:23Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
23:24"Speak to the children of Israel, saying,
'In the seventh month, on the first day of
the month, shall be a solemn rest to you,
a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy
convocation. 23:25You shall do no regularwork;
and you shall offer an offering made by fire to
Yahweh.'"
23:26Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
23:27"However on the tenth day of this seventh
month is the day of atonement: it shall be a
holy convocation to you, and you shall afflict
yourselves; and you shall offer an offering
made by fire to Yahweh. 23:28You shall do no
manner of work in that same day; for it is a
day of atonement, to make atonement for you
before Yahweh your God. 23:29For whoever it
is who shall not deny himself in that same day;
shall be cut off fromh is people. 23:30Whoever
it is who does any manner of work in that same
day, that person I will destroy fromam ong
his people. 23:31You shall do no manner of
work: it is a statute forever throughout your
generations in all your dwellings. 23:32It shall
be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you
shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the
month at evening, from evening to evening,
you shall keep your Sabbath."
23:33Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
23:34"Speak to the children of Israel, and
say, 'On the fifteenth day of this seventh
month is the feast of tents for seven days to
Yahweh. 23:35On the first day shall be a holy
convocation: you shall do no regular work.
23:36Seven days you shall offer an offering
made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day
shall be a holy convocation to you; and you
shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular
work.
23:37"'These are the appointed feasts of Yah
Leviticus 23:38 105 Leviticus 25:5
weh, which you shall proclaimto be holy
convocations, to offer an offering made by
fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering, and a meal
offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, each
on its own day; 23:38besides the Sabbaths of
Yahweh, and besides your gifts, and besides
all your vows, and besides all your freewill
offerings, which you give to Yahweh.
23:39"'So on the fifteenth day of the seventh
month, when you have gathered in the fruits
of the land, you shall keep the feast of Yahweh
seven days: on the first day shall be a solemn
rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn
rest. 23:40You shall take on the first day the fruit
of goodly trees, branches of palmtre es, and
boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook;
and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God
seven days. 23:41You shall keep it a feast to
Yahweh seven days in the year: it is a statute
forever throughout your generations; you shall
keep it in the seventh month. 23:42You shall
dwell in booths seven days. All who are nativeborn
in Israel shall dwell in booths, 23:43that
your generations may know that I made the
children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I
brought themo ut of the land of Egypt. I am
Yahweh your God.'"
23:44Moses declared to the children of Israel
the appointed feasts of Yahweh.
24:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
24:2"Command the children of Israel, that they
bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light,
to cause a lamp to burn continually. 24:3Outside
of the veil of the Testimony, in the Tent of
Meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from
evening to morning before Yahweh continually:
it shall be a statute forever throughout your
generations. 24:4He shall keep in order the
lamps on the pure gold lampstand before
Yahweh continually.
24:5"You shall take fine flour, and bake
twelve cakes of it: two tenth parts of an ephah
shall be in one cake. 24:6You shall set them
in two rows, six on a row, on the pure gold
table before Yahweh. 24:7You shall put pure
frankincense on each row, that it may be to the
bread for a memorial, even an offering made
by fire to Yahweh. 24:8Every Sabbath day he
shall set it in order before Yahweh continually.
It is on the behalf of the children of Israel an
everlasting covenant. 24:9It shall be for Aaron
and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy
place: for it is most holy to him of the offerings
of Yahweh made by fire by a perpetual statute."
24:10The son of an Israelite woman, whose
father was an Egyptian, went out among the
children of Israel; and the son of the Israelite
woman and a man of Israel strove together in
the camp. 24:11The son of the Israelite woman
blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they
brought him to Moses. His mother's name was
Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe
of Dan. 24:12They put himin custody, until the
will of Yahweh should be declared to them.
24:13Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
24:14"Bring out of the camp him who cursed;
and let all who heard himl ay their hands on
his head, and let all the congregation stone
him. 24:15You shall speak to the children of
Israel, saying, 'Whoever curses his God shall
bear his sin. 24:16He who blasphemes the name
of Yahweh, he shall surely be put to death; all
the congregation shall certainly stone him: the
foreigner as well as the native-born, when he
blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
24:17"'He who strikes any man mortally shall
surely be put to death. 24:18He who strikes an
animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.
24:19If anyone injures his neighbor; as he has
done, so shall it be done to him: 24:20fracture
for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he
has injured someone, so shall it be done to him.
24:21He who kills an animal shall make it good;
and he who kills a man shall be put to death.
24:22You shall have one kind of law, for the
foreigner as well as the native-born: for I am
Yahweh your God.'"
24:23Moses spoke to the children of Israel;
and they brought forth himwho had cursed out
of the camp, and stoned him with stones. The
children of Israel did as Yahweh commanded
Moses.
25:1Yahweh said to Moses in Mount Sinai,
25:2"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell
them, 'When you come into the land which I
give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to
Yahweh. 25:3Six years you shall sow your field,
and six years you shall prune your vineyard,
and gather in its fruits; 25:4but in the seventh
year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest
for the land, a Sabbath to Yahweh. You shall
not sow your field or prune your vineyard.
25:5What grows of itself in your harvest you
shall not reap, and the grapes of your un
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dressed vine you shall not gather. It shall be
a year of solemn rest for the land. 25:6The
Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you;
for yourself, for your servant, for your maid,
for your hired servant, and for your stranger,
who lives as a foreigner with you. 25:7For your
livestock also, and for the animals that are in
your land, shall all its increase be for food.
25:8"'You shall count off seven Sabbaths of
years, seven times seven years; and there shall
be to you the days of seven Sabbaths of years,
even forty-nine years. 25:9Then you shall sound
the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the
seventh month. On the Day of Atonement
you shall sound the trumpet throughout all
your land. 25:10You shall make the fiftieth year
holy, and proclaimlib erty throughout the land
to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to
you; and each of you shall return to his own
property, and each of you shall return to his
family. 25:11That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee
to you. In it you shall not sow, neither reap
that which grows of itself, nor gather fromthe
undressed vines. 25:12For it is a jubilee; it shall
be holy to you. You shall eat of its increase out
of the field.
25:13"'In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall
return to his property.
25:14"'If you sell anything to your neighbor,
or buy fromyour neighbor, you shall notwrong
one another. 25:15According to the number of
years after the Jubilee you shall buy fromy our
neighbor. According to the number of years of
the crops he shall sell to you. 25:16According
to the length of the years you shall increase
its price, and according to the shortness of the
years you shall diminish its price; for he is
selling the number of the crops to you. 25:17You
shall not wrong one another; but you shall fear
your God: for I amYahweh your God.
25:18"'Therefore you shall do my statutes,
and keep my ordinances and do them; and you
shall dwell in the land in safety. 25:19The land
shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill,
and dwell therein in safety. 25:20If you said,
"What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold,
we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"
25:21then I will command my blessing on you in
the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for
the three years. 25:22You shall sow the eighth
year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until
the ninth year, until its fruits come in, you shall
eat the old store.
25:23"'The land shall not be sold in perpetuity,
for the land is mine; for you are strangers
and live as foreigners with me. 25:24In all
the land of your possession you shall grant a
redemption for the land.
25:25"'If your brother becomes poor, and
sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman
who is next to himsh all come, and redeem that
which his brother has sold. 25:26If a man has
no one to redeemit , and he becomes prosperous
and finds sufficient means to redeem it;
25:27then let himre ckon the years since its sale,
and restore the surplus to the man to whom
he sold it; and he shall return to his property.
25:28But if he isn't able to get it back for himself,
then what he has sold shall remain in the hand
of himwho has bought it until the Year of
Jubilee: and in the Jubilee it shall be released,
and he shall return to his property.
25:29"'If a man sells a dwelling house in a
walled city, then he may redeem it within a
whole year after it has been sold. For a full
year he shall have the right of redemption.
25:30If it isn't redeemed within the space of a
full year, then the house that is in the walled
city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him
who bought it, throughout his generations. It
shall not be released in the Jubilee. 25:31But
the houses of the villages which have no wall
around thems hall be reckoned with the fields
of the country: they may be redeemed, and
they shall be released in the Jubilee.
25:32"'Nevertheless the cities of the Levites,
the houses in the cities of their possession,
the Levites may redeem at any time. 25:33The
Levites may redeem the house that was sold,
and the city of his possession, and it shall be
released in the Jubilee; for the houses of the
cities of the Levites are their possession among
the children of Israel. 25:34But the field of the
suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is
their perpetual possession.
25:35"'If your brother has become poor, and
his hand can't support himam ong you; then
you shall uphold him. As a stranger and a
sojourner he shall live with you. 25:36Take no
interest fromh im or profit, but fear your God;
that your brother may live among you. 25:37You
shall not lend himy our money at interest, nor
give himyou r food for profit. 25:38I amYahweh
your God, who brought you forth out of the
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land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan,
and to be your God.
25:39"'If your brother has grown poor among
you, and sells himself to you; you shall not
make him to serve as a slave. 25:40As a hired
servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with
you; he shall serve with you until the Year of
Jubilee: 25:41then he shall go out fromy ou, he
and his children with him, and shall return to
his own family, and to the possession of his
fathers. 25:42For they are my servants, whom
I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. They
shall not be sold as slaves. 25:43You shall not
rule over himwi th harshness, but shall fear
your God.
25:44"'As for your male and your female
slaves, whomy ou may have; of the nations
that are around you, fromthe m you may
buy male and female slaves. 25:45Moreover
of the children of the strangers who sojourn
among you, of them you may buy, and of
their families who are with you, which they
have conceived in your land; and they will
be your property. 25:46You may make them
an inheritance for your children after you, to
hold for a possession; of themm ay you take
your slaves forever: but over your brothers the
children of Israel you shall not rule, one over
another, with harshness.
25:47"'If a stranger or sojourner with you
becomes rich, and your brother beside him has
grown poor, and sells himself to the stranger
or foreigner living among you, or to a member
of the stranger's family; 25:48after he is sold he
may be redeemed. One of his brothers may
redeemh im; 25:49or his uncle, or his uncle's
son, may redeem him, or any who is a close
relative to him of his family may redeem him;
or if he has grown rich, he may redeemhimself.
25:50He shall reckon with himw ho bought him
fromthe year that he sold himself to him to
the Year of Jubilee: and the price of his sale
shall be according to the number of years;
according to the time of a hired servant shall he
be with him. 25:51If there are yet many years,
according to themhe shall give back the price
of his redemption out of the money that he was
bought for. 25:52If there remain but a few years
to the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with
him; according to his years of service he shall
give back the price of his redemption. 25:53As
a servant hired year by year shall he be with
him: he shall not rule with harshness over him
in your sight. 25:54If he isn't redeemed by these
means, then he shall be released in the Year of
Jubilee, he, and his children with him. 25:55For
to me the children of Israel are servants; they
are my servants whom I brought forth out of
the land of Egypt. I amYahweh your God.
26:1"'You shall make for yourselves no idols,
neither shall you raise up an engraved image
or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured
stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am
Yahweh your God.
26:2"'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and have
reverence for my sanctuary. I am Yahweh.
26:3"'If you walk in my statutes, and keep
my commandments, and do them; 26:4then I
will give you your rains in their season, and the
land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the
field shall yield their fruit. 26:5Your threshing
shall reach to the vintage, and the vintage shall
reach to the sowing time; and you shall eat your
bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
26:6"'I will give peace in the land, and you
shall lie down, and no one will make you
afraid; and I will remove evil animals out of
the land, neither shall the sword go through
your land. 26:7You shall chase your enemies,
and they shall fall before you by the sword.
26:8Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a
hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and
your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
26:9"'I will have respect for you, and make
you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish
my covenant with you. 26:10You shall eat
old store long kept, and you shall move out
the old because of the new. 26:11I will set my
tent among you: and my soul won't abhor you.
26:12I will walk among you, and will be your
God, and you will be my people. 26:13I am
Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out
of the land of Egypt, that you should not be
their slaves; and I have broken the bars of your
yoke, and made you go upright.
26:14"'But if you will not listen to me, and
will not do all these commandments; 26:15and
if you shall reject my statutes, and if your soul
abhors my ordinances, so that you will not do
all my commandments, but break my covenant;
26:16I also will do this to you: I will appoint
terror over you, even consumption and fever,
that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul
to pine away; and you will sow your seed in
Leviticus 26:17 108 Leviticus 27:2
vain, for your enemies will eat it. 26:17I will
set my face against you, and you will be struck
before your enemies. Those who hate you will
rule over you; and you will flee when no one
pursues you.
26:18"'If you in spite of these things will not
listen to me, then Iwill chastise you seven times
more for your sins. 26:19I will break the pride of
your power, and I will make your sky like iron,
and your soil like brass; 26:20and your strength
will be spent in vain; for your landwon't yield
its increase, neither will the trees of the land
yield their fruit.
26:21"'If you walk contrary to me, and won't
listen to me, then I will bring seven times more
plagues on you according to your sins. 26:22I
will send the wild animals among you, which
will rob you of your children, destroy your
livestock, and make you few in number; and
your roads will become desolate.
26:23"'If by these things you won't be reformed
to me, but will walk contrary to me;
26:24then I will also walk contrary to you; and
I will strike you, even I, seven times for your
sins. 26:25I will bring a sword upon you, that
will execute the vengeance of the covenant;
and you will be gathered together within your
cities: and I will send the pestilence among
you; and you will be delivered into the hand
of the enemy. 26:26When I break your staff
of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in
one oven, and they shall deliver your bread
again by weight: and you shall eat, and not be
satisfied.
26:27"'If you in spite of this won't listen to
me, but walk contrary to me; 26:28then I will
walk contrary to you in wrath; and I also will
chastise you seven times for your sins. 26:29You
will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will
eat the flesh of your daughters. 26:30I will
destroy your high places, and cut down your
incense altars, and cast your dead bodies upon
the bodies of your idols; and my soul will
abhor you. 26:31I will lay your cities waste, and
will bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and
I will not take delight in the sweet fragrance
of your offerings. 26:32I will bring the land
into desolation; and your enemies that dwell
therein will be astonished at it. 26:33I will
scatter you among the nations, and I will draw
out the sword after you: and your land will be
a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
26:34Then the land will enjoy its sabbaths as
long as it lies desolate and you are in your
enemies' land. Even then the land will rest
and enjoy its sabbaths. 26:35As long as it lies
desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which
it didn't have in your sabbaths, when you lived
on it.
26:36"'As for those of you who are left, I will
send a faintness into their hearts in the lands
of their enemies: and the sound of a driven
leaf will put themto flight; and they shall flee,
as one flees fromthe sword; and they will fall
when no one pursues. 26:37They will stumble
over one another, as it were before the sword,
when no one pursues: and you will have no
power to stand before your enemies. 26:38You
will perish among the nations, and the land of
your enemieswill eat you up. 26:39Those of you
who are left will pine away in their iniquity in
your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities
of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
26:40"'If they confess their iniquity, and the
iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which
they trespassed against me, and also that,
because they walked contrary to me, 26:41I
also walked contrary to them, and brought
themi nto the land of their enemies: if then
their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they
then accept the punishment of their iniquity;
26:42then I will remember my covenant with
Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and
also my covenant with Abraham; and I will
remember the land. 26:43The land also will be
left by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths while it
lies desolate without them: and they will accept
the punishment of their iniquity; because, even
because they rejected my ordinances, and their
soul abhorred my statutes. 26:44Yet for all that,
when they are in the land of their enemies,
I will not reject them, neither will I abhor
them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my
covenant with them; for I am Yahweh their
God; 26:45but I will for their sake remember the
covenant of their ancestors, whomI brought
forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of
the nations, that I might be their God. I am
Yahweh.'"
26:46These are the statutes, ordinances and
laws, which Yahweh made between him and
the children of Israel in Mount Sinai by Moses.
27:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
27:2"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to
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them, 'When a man makes a vow, the persons
shall be for Yahweh by your valuation. 27:3Your
valuation shall be of a male from twenty years
old even to sixty years old, even your valuation
shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of
the sanctuary. 27:4If it is a female, then your
valuation shall be thirty shekels. 27:5If the
person is fromfi ve years old even to twenty
years old, then your valuation shall be for
a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten
shekels. 27:6If the person is froma month old
even to five years old, then your valuation shall
be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a
female your valuation shall be three shekels
of silver. 27:7If the person is fromsixt y years
old and upward; if it is a male, then your
valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for a
female ten shekels. 27:8But if he is poorer than
your valuation, then he shall be set before the
priest, and the priest shall value him; according
to the ability of himw ho vowed shall the priest
value him.
27:9"'If it is an animal, of which men offer
an offering to Yahweh, all that any man gives
of such to Yahweh becomes holy. 27:10He 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
animal for animal, then both it and that for
which it is changed shall be holy. 27:11If it is any
unclean animal, ofwhich they do not offer as an
offering to Yahweh, then he shall set the animal
before the priest; 27:12and the priest shall value
it, whether it is good or bad. As you the priest
values it, so shall it be. 27:13But if he will indeed
redeemi t, then he shall add the fifth part of it
to its valuation.
27:14"'When a man dedicates his house to be
holy to Yahweh, then the priest shall evaluate
it, whether it is good or bad: as the priest
shall evaluate it, so shall it stand. 27:15If he
who dedicates it will redeemh is house, then
he shall add the fifth part of the money of your
valuation to it, and it shall be his.
27:16"'If a man dedicates to Yahweh part of
the field of his possession, then your valuation
shall be according to the seed for it: the sowing
of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty
shekels of silver. 27:17If he dedicates his field
fromt he Year of Jubilee, according to your
valuation it shall stand. 27:18But if he dedicates
his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall
reckon to himthe money according to the years
that remain to the Year of Jubilee; and an
abatement shall be made from your valuation.
27:19If he who dedicated the field will indeed
redeemi t, then he shall add the fifth part of
the money of your valuation to it, and it shall
remain his. 27:20If he will not redeemt he field,
or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall
not be redeemed any more; 27:21but the field,
when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy to
Yahweh, as a field devoted; it shall be owned
by the priests.
27:22"'If he dedicates to Yahweh a field
which he has bought, which is not of the field of
his possession, 27:23then the priest shall reckon
to himthe worth of your valuation up to the
Year of Jubilee; and he shall give your valuation
on that day, as a holy thing to Yahweh. 27:24In
the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to
himfr om whom it was bought, even to him
to whomt he possession of the land belongs.
27:25All your valuations shall be according to
the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to
the shekel.
27:26"'Only the firstborn among animals,
which is made a firstborn to Yahweh, no man
may dedicate it; whether an ox or sheep, it
is Yahweh's. 27:27If it is an unclean animal,
then he shall buy it back according to your
valuation, and shall add to it the fifth part of
it: or if it isn't redeemed, then it shall be sold
according to your valuation.
27:28"'Notwithstanding, no devoted thing,
that a man shall devote to Yahweh of all that he
has, whether of man or animal, or of the field
of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed:
every devoted thing is most holy to Yahweh.
27:29"'No one devoted,who shall be devoted
from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall
surely be put to death.
27:30"'All the tithe of the land, whether of the
seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is
Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh. 27:31If a man
redeems anything of his tithe, he shall add a
fifth part to it. 27:32All the tithe of the herds or
the flocks, whatever passes under the rod, the
tenth shall be holy to Yahweh. 27:33He shall not
search whether it is good or bad, neither shall
he change it: and if he changes it at all, then
both it and that for which it is changed shall be
holy. It shall not be redeemed.'"
27:34These are the commandments which
Yahweh commanded Moses for the children of
Numbers 1:1 110 Numbers 1:35
Israel on Mount Sinai.
Numbers
1:1Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness
of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first
day of the second month, in the second year
after they had come out of the land of Egypt,
saying, 1:2"Take a census of all the congregation
of the children of Israel, by their families, by
their fathers' houses, according to the number
of the names, every male, one by one; 1:3from
twenty years old and upward, all who are able
to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall
number them by their divisions. 1:4With you
there shall be a man of every tribe; everyone
head of his fathers' house. 1:5These are the
names of the men who shall stand with you:
Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
1:6Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
1:7Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
1:8Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.
1:9Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.
1:10Of the children of Joseph:
Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud.
Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
1:11Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
1:12Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
1:13Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.
1:14Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
1:15Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan."
1:16These are those who were called of the
congregation, the princes of the tribes of their
fathers; they were the heads of the thousands
of Israel. 1:17Moses and Aaron took these men
who are mentioned by name. 1:18They assembled
all the congregation together on the first
day of the second month; and they declared
their ancestry by their families, by their fathers'
houses, according to the number of the names,
fromtwe nty years old and upward, one by
one. 1:19As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he
numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
1:20The children of Reuben, Israel's firstborn,
their generations, by their families, by their
fathers' houses, according to the number of the
names, one by one, every male from twenty
years old and upward, all who were able to
go out to war; 1:21those who were numbered
of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six
thousand five hundred.
1:22Of the children of Simeon, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers' houses,
those who were numbered of it, according to
the number of the names, one by one, every
male from twenty years old and upward, all
who were able to go out to war; 1:23those who
were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon,
were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
1:24Of the children of Gad, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers' houses,
according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were
able to go out to war; 1:25those who were
numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were
forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
1:26Of the children of Judah, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers' houses,
according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were
able to go out to war; 1:27those who were
numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were
sixty-four thousand six hundred.
1:28Of the children of Issachar, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers' houses,
according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were
able to go out to war; 1:29those who were
numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were
fifty-four thousand four hundred.
1:30Of the children of Zebulun, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers' houses,
according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were
able to go out to war; 1:31those who were numbered
of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were
fifty-seven thousand four hundred. 1:32Of the
children of Joseph, of the children of Ephraim,
their generations, by their families, by their
fathers' houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward,
all who were able to go out to war; 1:33those
who were numbered of them, of the tribe of
Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.
1:34Of the children of Manasseh, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers'
houses, according to the number of the names,
fromtwe nty years old and upward, all who
were able to go out to war; 1:35those who were
numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh,
were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
Numbers 1:36 111 Numbers 2:14
1:36Of the children of Benjamin, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers'
houses, according to the number of the names,
fromtwe nty years old and upward, all who
were able to go out to war; 1:37those who were
numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin,
were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
1:38Of the children of Dan, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers' houses,
according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were
able to go forth to war; 1:39those who were
numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were
sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
1:40Of the children of Asher, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers' houses,
according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were
able to go forth to war; 1:41those who were
numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were
forty-one thousand five hundred.
1:42Of the children of Naphtali, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers' houses,
according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were
able to go forth to war; 1:43those who were
numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali,
were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
1:44These are those who were numbered,
whomM oses and Aaron numbered, and the
princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were
each one for his fathers' house. 1:45So all those
who were numbered of the children of Israel
by their fathers' houses, fromtwe nty years
old and upward, all who were able to go out
to war in Israel; 1:46even all those who were
numbered were six hundred three thousand
five hundred fifty. 1:47But the Levites after
the tribe of their fathers were not numbered
among them. 1:48For Yahweh spoke to Moses,
saying, 1:49"Only the tribe of Levi you shall
not number, neither shall you take a census
of themam ong the children of Israel; 1:50but
appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the
Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and
over all that belongs to it. They shall carry
the tabernacle, and all its furnishings; and they
shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.
1:51When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites
shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is
to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The
stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
1:52The children of Israel shall pitch their tents,
every man by his own camp, and every man by
his own standard, according to their divisions.
1:53But the Levites shall encamp around the
Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be
no wrath on the congregation of the children of
Israel: and the Levites shall be responsible for
the Tabernacle of the Testimony."
1:54Thus the children of Israel did. According
to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so
they did.
2:1Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron,
saying, 2:2"The children of Israel shall encamp
every man by his own standard, with the
banners of their fathers' houses: at a distance
fromt he Tent of Meeting shall they encamp
around it."
2:3Those who encamp on the east side toward
the sunrise shall be of the standard of
the camp of Judah, according to their divisions:
and the prince of the children of Judah shall
be Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 2:4His
division, and those who were numbered of
them,were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
2:5Those who encamp next to him shall be
the tribe of Issachar: and the prince of the
children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son
of Zuar. 2:6His division, and those who were
numbered of it, were fifty-four thousand four
hundred.
2:7The tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of
the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son
of Helon. 2:8His division, and those who were
numbered of it, were fifty-seven thousand four
hundred.
2:9All who were numbered of the camp of
Judah were one hundred eighty-six thousand
four hundred, according to their divisions.
They shall set out first.
2:10"On the south side shall be the standard
of the camp of Reuben according to their
divisions. The prince of the children of Reuben
shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. 2:11His
division, and those who were numbered of it,
were forty-six thousand five hundred.
2:12"Those who encamp next to him shall
be the tribe of Simeon. The prince of the
children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son
of Zurishaddai. 2:13His division, and those
who were numbered of them, were fifty-nine
thousand three hundred.
2:14"The tribe of Gad: and the prince of the
Numbers 2:15 112 Numbers 3:13
children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of
Reuel. 2:15His division, and those who were
numbered of them, were forty-five thousand
six hundred fifty.
2:16"All who were numbered of the camp of
Reuben were one hundred fifty-one thousand
four hundred fifty, according to their armies.
They shall set out second.
2:17"Then the Tent of Meeting shall set out,
with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the
camps. As they encamp, so shall they set out,
every man in his place, by their standards.
2:18"On the west side shall be the standard
of the camp of Ephraim according to their divisions:
and the prince of the children of Ephraim
shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. 2:19His
division, and those who were numbered of
them, were forty thousand five hundred.
2:20"Next to hims hall be the tribe of Manasseh:
and the prince of the children of Manasseh
shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
2:21His division, and those who were numbered
of them, were thirty-two thousand two
hundred.
2:22"The tribe of Benjamin: and the prince
of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan
the son of Gideoni. 2:23His army, and those
who were numbered of them, were thirty-five
thousand four hundred.
2:24"All who were numbered of the camp
of Ephraimw ere one hundred eight thousand
one hundred, according to their divisions. They
shall set out third.
2:25"On the north side shall be the standard
of the camp of Dan according to their divisions:
and the prince of the children of Dan shall
be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 2:26His
division, and those who were numbered of
them, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
2:27"Those who encamp next to him shall
be the tribe of Asher: and the prince of the
children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of
Ochran. 2:28His division, and those who were
numbered of them, were forty-one thousand
and five hundred.
2:29"The tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of
the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son
of Enan. 2:30His division, and those who were
numbered of them, were fifty-three thousand
four hundred.
2:31"All who were numbered of the camp
of Dan were one hundred fifty-seven thousand
six hundred. They shall set out last by their
standards."
2:32These are those who were numbered of
the children of Israel by their fathers' houses.
All who were numbered of the camps according
to their armies were six hundred three
thousand five hundred fifty. 2:33But the Levites
were not numbered among the children of
Israel; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
2:34Thus the children of Israel did. According
to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so
they encamped by their standards, and so they
set out, everyone by their families, according to
their fathers' houses.
3:1Now this is the history of the generations
of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh
spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai. 3:2These
are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the
firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3:3These are the names of the sons of
Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom
he consecrated to minister in the priest's of-
fice. 3:4Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh,
when they offered strange fire before Yahweh,
in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no
children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in
the priest's office in the presence of Aaron their
father.
3:5Yahweh spoke toMoses, saying, 3:6"Bring
the tribe of Levi near, and set thembe fore
Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.
3:7They shall keep his requirements, and the
requirements of the whole congregation before
the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the
tabernacle. 3:8They shall keep all the furnishings
of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations
of the children of Israel, to do the service of
the tabernacle. 3:9You shall give the Levites to
Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given
to himo n the behalf of the children of Israel.
3:10You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and
they shall keep their priesthood. The stranger
who comes near shall be put to death."
3:11Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
3:12"Behold, I have taken the Levites from
among the children of Israel instead of all
the firstborn who open the womb among the
children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:
3:13for all the firstborn are mine. On the day
that I struck down all the firstborn in the land
of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn
Numbers 3:14 113 Numbers 3:46
in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be
mine. I am Yahweh."
3:14Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness
of Sinai, saying, 3:15"Count the children of
Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families.
You shall count every m ale from a m onth old
and upward."
3:16Moses numbered them according to the
word of Yahweh, as he was commanded.
3:17These were the sons of Levi by their
names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
3:18These are the names of the sons of Gershon
by their families: Libni and Shimei.
3:19The sons of Kohath by their families:
Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3:20The sons of Merari by their families:
Mahli and Mushi.
These are the families of the Levites according
to their fathers' houses.
3:21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites,
and the family of the Shimeites: these are
the families of the Gershonites.
3:22Those who were numbered of them,
according to the number of all the males, from
a month old and upward, even those who were
numbered of them were seven thousand five
hundred.
3:23The families of the Gershonites shall
encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
3:24The prince of the fathers' house of the
Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
3:25The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent
of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the tent,
its covering, and the screen for the door of the
Tent of Meeting, 3:26and the hangings of the
court, and the screen for the door of the court,
which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar,
and its cords for all of its service.
3:27Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites,
and the family of the Izharites, and
the family of the Hebronites, and the family
of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the
Kohathites. 3:28According to the number of all
the males, froma month old and upward, there
were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the
requirements of the sanctuary.
3:29The families of the sons of Kohath shall
encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.
3:30The prince of the fathers' house of the
families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan
the son of Uzziel. 3:31Their duty shall be
the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars,
the vessels of the sanctuary with which they
minister, and the screen, and all its service.
3:32Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be
prince of the princes of the Levites, with the
oversight of those who keep the requirements
of the sanctuary.
3:33Of Merariwas the family of theMahlites,
and the family of the Mushites. These are
the families of Merari. 3:34Those who were
numbered of them, according to the number of
all the males, from a month old and upward,
were six thousand two hundred.
3:35The prince of the fathers' house of the
families ofMerariwas Zuriel the son ofAbihail.
They shall encamp on the north side of the
tabernacle. 3:36The appointed duty of the sons
of Merari shall be the tabernacle's boards, its
bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments,
all its service, 3:37the pillars of the court around
it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.
3:38Those who encamp before the tabernacle
eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward
the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron
and his sons, keeping the requirements of the
sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel.
The stranger who comes near shall be put to
death. 3:39All who were numbered of the
Levites, whomMoses and Aaron numbered
at the commandment of Yahweh, by their
families, all the males from a month old and
upward, were twenty-two thousand.
3:40Yahweh said to Moses, "Number all the
firstborn males of the children of Israel from a
month old and upward, and take the number
of their names. 3:41You shall take the Levites
for me (I amYahweh) instead of all the firstborn
among the children of Israel; and the livestock
of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among
the livestock of the children of Israel."
3:42Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded
him, all the firstborn among the children
of Israel. 3:43All the firstborn males
according to the number of names, from a
month old and upward, of those who were
numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand
two hundred seventy-three.
3:44Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
3:45"Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn
among the children of Israel, and the livestock
of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the
Levites shall be mine. I am Yahweh. 3:46For the
redemption of the two hundred seventy-three
Numbers 3:47 114 Numbers 4:28
of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who
exceed the number of the Levites, 3:47you shall
take five shekels apiece for each one; after the
shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them( the
shekel is twenty gerahs): 3:48and you shall give
the money, with which the remainder of them
is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons."
3:49Moses took the redemption money from
those who exceeded the number of those who
were redeemed by the Levites; 3:50fromt he
firstborn of the children of Israel he took the
money, one thousand three hundred sixty-
five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
3:51and Moses gave the redemption money to
Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of
Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
4:1Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron,
saying, 4:2"Take a census of the sons of Kohath
from among the sons of Levi, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, 4:3fromthi rty years old
and upward even until fifty years old, all who
enter into the service, to do the work in the
Tent of Meeting. 4:4This is the service of the
sons of Kohath in the Tent ofMeeting, the most
holy things. 4:5When the camp moves forward,
Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall
take down the veil of the screen, and cover the
ark of the Testimony with it, 4:6and shall put
a covering of sealskin on it, and shall spread
over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its
poles. 4:7On the table of show bread they shall
spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the
spoons, the bowls, and the cups with which to
pour out; and the continual bread shall be on
it. 4:8They shall spread on thema scarlet cloth,
and cover the same with a covering of sealskin,
and shall put in its poles. 4:9They shall take a
blue cloth, and cover the lampstand of the light,
and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff
dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they
minister to it. 4:10They shall put it and all its
vessels within a covering of sealskin, and shall
put it on the frame. 4:11On the golden altar they
shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a
covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
4:12They shall take all the vessels of ministry,
with which they minister in the sanctuary, and
put themin a blue cloth, and cover themw ith
a covering of sealskin, and shall put themon
the frame. 4:13They shall take away the ashes
fromthe altar, and spread a purple cloth on
it. 4:14They shall put on it all its vessels, with
which they minister about it, the fire pans, the
flesh hooks, the shovels, and the basins; all the
vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it
a covering of sealskin, and put in its poles.
4:15"When Aaron and his sons have finished
covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of
the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after
that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it:
but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they
die. These things are the burden of the sons of
Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.
4:16"The duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron
the priest shall be the oil for the light, the
sweet incense, the continual meal offering, and
the anointing oil, the requirements of all the
tabernacle, and of all that is in it, the sanctuary,
and its furnishings."
4:17Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron,
saying, 4:18"Don't cut off the tribe of the families
of the Kohathites fromamong the Levites;
4:19but thus do to them, that they may live, and
not die, when they approach to the most holy
things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and
appoint theme veryone to his service and to his
burden; 4:20but they shall not go in to see the
sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die."
4:21Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
4:22"Take a census of the sons of Gershon
also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;
4:23you shall count themf rom thirty years old
and upward until fifty years old; all who enter
in to wait on the service, to do the work in
the Tent of Meeting. 4:24This is the service
of the families of the Gershonites, in serving
and in bearing burdens: 4:25they shall carry
the curtains of the tabernacle, and the Tent
of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of
sealskin that is above on it, and the screen
for the door of the Tent of Meeting, 4:26and
the hangings of the court, and the screen for
the door of the gate of the court, which is by
the tabernacle and around the altar, and their
cords, and all the instruments of their service,
and whatever shall be done with them. Therein
shall they serve. 4:27At the commandment of
Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of
the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden,
and in all their service; and you shall appoint
their duty to themin all their responsibilities.
4:28This is the service of the families of the sons
of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting: and
their duty shall be under the hand of Ithamar
Numbers 4:29 115 Numbers 5:13
the son of Aaron the priest.
4:29"As for the sons of Merari, you shall
number them by their families, by their fathers'
houses; 4:30you shall count themf romthi rty
years old and upward even to fifty years old,
everyone who enters on the service, to do the
work of the Tent ofMeeting. 4:31This is the duty
of their burden, according to all their service in
the Tent ofMeeting: the tabernacle's boards, its
bars, its pillars, its sockets, 4:32and the pillars of
the court around it, and their sockets, and their
pins, and their cords,with all their instruments,
and with all their service: and by name you
shall appoint the instruments of the duty of
their burden. 4:33This is the service of the
families of the sons of Merari, according to all
their service, in the Tent of Meeting, under the
hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest."
4:34Moses and Aaron and the princes of the
congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites
by their families, and by their fathers'
houses, 4:35fromthi rty years old and upward
even to fifty years old, everyone who entered
into the service, forwork in the Tent ofMeeting.
4:36Those who were numbered of them by their
families were two thousand seven hundred
fifty. 4:37These are those who were numbered
of the families of the Kohathites, allwho served
in the Tent ofMeeting,whomMoses and Aaron
numbered according to the commandment of
Yahweh by Moses.
4:38Those who were numbered of the sons
of Gershon, their families, and by their fathers'
houses, 4:39fromthi rty years old and upward
even to fifty years old, everyone who entered
into the service, forwork in the Tent ofMeeting,
4:40even those who were numbered of them,
by their families, by their fathers' houses, were
two thousand six hundred thirty. 4:41These are
those who were numbered of the families of the
sons of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of
Meeting, whomM oses and Aaron numbered
according to the commandment of Yahweh.
4:42Those who were numbered of the families
of the sons of Merari, by their families, by
their fathers' houses, 4:43fromthi rty years old
and upward even to fifty years old, everyone
who entered into the service, for work in
the Tent of Meeting, 4:44even those who were
numbered of them by their families, were three
thousand two hundred. 4:45These are those
who were numbered of the families of the sons
of Merari, whomMoses and Aaron numbered
according to the commandment of Yahweh by
Moses. 4:46All those who were numbered of
the Levites, whomM oses and Aaron and the
princes of Israel numbered, by their families,
and by their fathers' houses, 4:47fromthi rty
years old and upward even to fifty years old,
everyone who entered in to do the work of
service, and the work of bearing burdens in
the Tent of Meeting, 4:48even those who were
numbered of them, were eight thousand five
hundred eighty. 4:49According to the commandment
of Yahweh they were numbered
by Moses, everyone according to his service,
and according to his burden. Thus were they
numbered by him, as Yahweh commanded
Moses.
5:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
5:2"Command the children of Israel that they
put out of the camp every leper, and everyone
who has an issue, and whoever is unclean by
the dead. 5:3Both you shall put male and female
outside of the camp; that they not defile their
camp, in the midst of which I dwell."
5:4The children of Israel did so, and put them
out outside of the camp; as Yahweh spoke to
Moses, so did the children of Israel.
5:5Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
5:6"Speak to the children of Israel: When a man
or woman commits any sin that men commit,
so as to trespass against Yahweh, and that soul
is guilty; 5:7then he shall confess his sin which
he has done, and he shall make restitution for
his guilt in full, and add to it the fifth part
of it, and give it to himin respect of whom
he has been guilty. 5:8But if the man has no
kinsman to whom restitution may be made for
the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made
to Yahweh shall be the priest's; besides the ram
of the atonement, by which atonement shall be
made for him. 5:9Every heave offering of all the
holy things of the children of Israel, which they
present to the priest, shall be his. 5:10Every
man's holy things shall be his: whatever any
man gives the priest, it shall be his."
5:11Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
5:12"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell
them: If any man's wife goes astray, and is
unfaithful to him, 5:13and a man lies with her
carnally, and it is hidden fromt he eyes of her
husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled,
and there is no witness against her, and she isn't
Numbers 5:14 116 Numbers 6:12
taken in the act; 5:14and the spirit of jealousy
comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife,
and she is defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy
comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife,
and she isn't defiled: 5:15then the man shall
bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring her
offering for her: the tenth part of an ephah of
barley meal. He shall pour no oil on it, nor put
frankincense on it, for it is a meal offering of
jealousy, a meal offering of memorial, bringing
iniquity to memory. 5:16The priest shall bring
her near, and set her before Yahweh; 5:17and
the priest shall take holy water in an earthen
vessel; and of the dust that is on the floor of
the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put
it into the water. 5:18The priest shall set the
woman before Yahweh, and let the hair of
the woman's head go loose, and put the meal
offering of memorial in her hands, which is
the meal offering of jealousy. The priest shall
have in his hand the water of bitterness that
brings a curse. 5:19The priest shall cause her to
swear, and shall tell the woman, 'If no man has
lain with you, and if you haven't gone aside
to uncleanness, being under your husband, be
free fromthi s water of bitterness that brings a
curse. 5:20But if you have gone astray, being
under your husband, and if you are defiled,
and some man has lain with you besides your
husband:' 5:21then the priest shall cause the
woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and
the priest shall tell the woman, 'Yahweh make
you a curse and an oath among your people,
when Yahweh allows your thigh to fall away,
and your body to swell; 5:22and this water
that brings a curse will go into your bowels,
and make your body swell, and your thigh fall
away.' The woman shall say, 'Amen, Amen.'
5:23"The priest shall write these curses in a
book, and he shall blot themo ut into the water
of bitterness. 5:24He shall make the woman
drink the water of bitterness that causes the
curse; and the water that causes the curse shall
enter into her and become bitter. 5:25The priest
shall take the meal offering of jealousy out of
the woman's hand, and shall wave the meal
offering before Yahweh, and bring it to the
altar. 5:26The priest shall take a handful of
the meal offering, as its memorial, and burn
it on the altar, and afterward shall make the
woman drink the water. 5:27When he has made
her drink the water, then it shall happen, if
she is defiled, and has committed a trespass
against her husband, that the water that causes
the curse will enter into her and become bitter,
and her body will swell, and her thigh will fall
away: and the woman will be a curse among
her people. 5:28If thewoman isn't defiled, but is
clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive
seed.
5:29"This is the law of jealousy, when a wife,
being under her husband, goes astray, and is
defiled; 5:30orwhen the spirit of jealousy comes
on a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then
he shall set the woman before Yahweh, and
the priest shall execute on her all this law.
5:31The man shall be free frominiquity, and that
woman shall bear her iniquity."
6:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
6:2"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell
them: When either man or woman shall make
a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate
himself to Yahweh, 6:3he shall separate himself
fromwi ne and strong drink. He shall drink no
vinegar of wine, or vinegar of fermented drink,
neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor
eat fresh grapes or dried. 6:4All the days of his
separation he shall eat nothing that is made of
the grapevine, fromthe seeds even to the skins.
6:5"All the days of his vow of separation
there shall no razor come on his head, until the
days are fulfilled, inwhich he separates himself
to Yahweh. He shall be holy. He shall let the
locks of the hair of his head grow long.
6:6"All the days that he separates himself to
Yahweh he shall not go near a dead body. 6:7He
shall not make himself unclean for his father, or
for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister,
when they die; because his separation to God is
on his head. 6:8All the days of his separation he
is holy to Yahweh.
6:9"If any man dies very suddenly beside
him, and he defiles the head of his separation;
then he shall shave his head in the day of his
cleansing. On the seventh day he shall shave
it. 6:10On the eighth day he shall bring two
turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest,
to the door of the Tent of Meeting. 6:11The
priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the
other for a burnt offering, and make atonement
for him, because he sinned by reason of the
dead, and shall make his head holy that same
day. 6:12He shall separate to Yahweh the days
of his separation, and shall bring a male lamb a
Numbers 6:13 117 Numbers 7:17
year old for a trespass offering; but the former
days shall be void, because his separation was
defiled.
6:13"This is the law of the Nazirite: when
the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall
be brought to the door of the Tent of Meeting,
6:14and he shall offer his offering to Yahweh,
one male lamb a year old without blemish for
a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old
without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram
without blemish for peace offerings, 6:15and
a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine
flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers
anointed with oil, and their meal offering,
and their drink offerings. 6:16The priest shall
present themb efore Yahweh, and shall offer his
sin offering, and his burnt offering. 6:17He shall
offer the ramfor a sacrifice of peace offerings to
Yahweh, with the basket of unleavened bread.
The priest shall offer also its meal offering, and
its drink offering. 6:18The Nazirite shall shave
the head of his separation at the door of the Tent
of Meeting, and shall take the hair of the head
of his separation, and put it on the fire which
is under the sacrifice of peace offerings. 6:19The
priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram,
and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and
one unleavened wafer, and shall put themo n
the hands of the Nazirite, after he has shaved
the head of his separation; 6:20and the priest
shall wave themfor a wave offering before
Yahweh. This is holy for the priest, together
with the breast that is waved and the thigh that
is offered. After that the Nazirite may drink
wine.
6:21"This is the law of the Nazirite who
vows, and of his offering to Yahweh for his
separation, besides that which he is able to get.
According to his vow which he vows, so he
must do after the law of his separation."
6:22Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
6:23"Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying,
'This is how you shall bless the children of
Israel.' You shall tell them,
6:24'Yahweh bless you, and keep you.
6:25Yahweh make his face to shine on you,
and be gracious to you.
6:26Yahweh lift up his face toward you,
and give you peace.'
6:27"So they shall put my name on the
children of Israel; and I will bless them."
7:1It happened on the day that Moses had
finished setting up the tabernacle, and had
anointed it and sanctified it, with all its furniture,
and the altar with all its vessels, and
had anointed and sanctified them; 7:2that the
princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers'
houses, offered. These were the princes of the
tribes. These are they who were over those
who were numbered: 7:3and they brought their
offering before Yahweh, six covered wagons,
and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of
the princes, and for each one an ox: and
they presented themb efore the tabernacle.
7:4Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 7:5"Accept
these from them, that they may be used in
doing the service of the Tent of Meeting; and
you shall give themto the Levites, to everyman
according to his service."
7:6Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and
gave themto the Levites. 7:7He gave two
wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon,
according to their service: 7:8and he gave four
wagons and eight oxen to the sons of Merari,
according to their service, under the direction
of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 7:9But to
the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the
service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they
carried it on their shoulders.
7:10The princes gave offerings for the dedication
of the altar in the day that it was anointed,
even the princes gave their offerings before the
altar.
7:11Yahweh said to Moses, "They shall offer
their offering, each prince on his day, for the
dedication of the altar."
7:12He who offered his offering the first day
was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the
tribe of Judah, 7:13and his offering was:
one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of themfull of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
7:14one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of
incense;
7:15one young bull,
one ram,
one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:16one male goat for a sin offering;
7:17and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two
head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and
five male lambs a year old. This was the
offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Numbers 7:18 118 Numbers 7:52
7:18On the second day Nethanel the son
of Zuar, prince of Issachar, gave his offering.
7:19He offered for his offering:
one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of themfull of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
7:20one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of
incense;
7:21one young bull,
one ram,
one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:22one male goat for a sin offering;
7:23and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two
head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, five
male lambs a year old. This was the offering of
Nethanel the son of Zuar.
7:24On the third day Eliab the son of Helon,
prince of the children of Zebulun 7:25gave his
offering:
one silver platter, the weight of which was a
hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of themfull of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
7:26one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of
incense;
7:27one young bull,
one ram,
one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:28one male goat for a sin offering;
7:29and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two
head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and
five male lambs a year old. This was the
offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
7:30On the fourth day Elizur the son of
Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben
7:31gave his offering:
one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of themfull of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
7:32one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of
incense;
7:33one young bull,
one ram,
one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:34one male goat for a sin offering;
7:35and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two
head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and
five male lambs a year old. This was the
offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
7:36On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon
7:37gave his offering:
one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of themfull of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
7:38one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of
incense;
7:39one young bull,
one ram,
one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:40one male goat for a sin offering;
7:41and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two
head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and
five male lambs a year old: this was the offering
of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
7:42On the sixth day, Eliasaph the son of
Deuel, prince of the children of Gad 7:43gave
his offering:
one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of themfull of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
7:44one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of
incense;
7:45one young bull,
one ram,
one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:46one male goat for a sin offering;
7:47and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two
head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and
five male lambs a year old. This was the
offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
7:48On the seventh day Elishama the son of
Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim
7:49gave his offering:
one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of themfull of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
7:50one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of
incense;
7:51one young bull,
one ram,
one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:52one male goat for a sin offering;
Numbers 7:53 119 Numbers 7:86
7:53and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two
head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and
five male lambs a year old. This was the
offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
7:54On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of
Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh
7:55gave his offering:
one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of themfull of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
7:56one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of
incense;
7:57one young bull,
one ram,
one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:58one male goat for a sin offering;
7:59and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two
head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and
five male lambs a year old. This was the
offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
7:60On the ninth day Abidan the son of
Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin
7:61gave his offering:
one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of themfull of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
7:62one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of
incense;
7:63one young bull,
one ram,
one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:64one male goat for a sin offering;
7:65and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two
head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and
five male lambs a year old. This was the
offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
7:66On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of
Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan
7:67gave his offering:
one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of themfull of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
7:68one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of
incense;
7:69one young bull,
one ram,
one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:70one male goat for a sin offering;
7:71and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two
head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and
five male lambs a year old. This was the
offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
7:72On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of
Ochran, prince of the children ofAsher 7:73gave
his offering:
one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of themfull of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
7:74one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of
incense;
7:75one young bull,
one ram,
one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:76one male goat for a sin offering;
7:77and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two
head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and
five male lambs a year old. This was the
offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
7:78On the twelfth day Ahira the son of
Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali
7:79gave his offering:
one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of themfull of fine
flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
7:80one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense;
7:81one young bull,
one ram,
one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
7:82one male goat for a sin offering;
7:83and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two
head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and
five male lambs a year old. This was the
offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
7:84This was the dedication of the altar, on
the day when it was anointed, by the princes
of Israel: twelve silver platters, twelve silver
bowls, twelve golden ladles; 7:85each silver
platter weighing one hundred thirty shekels,
and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the
vessels two thousand four hundred shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; 7:86the twelve
golden ladles, full of incense, weighing ten
shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
Numbers 7:87 120 Numbers 9:3
all the gold of the ladles weighed one hundred
twenty shekels; 7:87all the cattle for the burnt
offering twelve bulls, the rams twelve, the
male lambs a year old twelve, and their meal
offering; and the male goats for a sin offering
twelve; 7:88and all the cattle for the sacrifice
of peace offerings twenty-four bulls, the rams
sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year
old sixty. This was the dedication of the altar,
after it was anointed.
7:89When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting
to speak with Yahweh, he heard his voice
speaking to himf romabove themercy seat that
was on the ark of the Testimony, from between
the two cherubim: and he spoke to him.
8:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
8:2"Speak to Aaron, and tell him, 'When you
light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light
in front of the lampstand.'"
8:3Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light
the area in front of the lampstand, as Yahweh
commanded Moses. 8:4This was the workmanship
of the lampstand, beaten work of gold.
Fromi ts base to its flowers, it was beaten work:
according to the pattern which Yahweh had
shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
8:5Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 8:6"Take
the Levites froma mong the children of Israel,
and cleanse them. 8:7You shall do this to them,
to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of cleansing
on them, let them shave their whole bodies
with a razor, and let themwas h their clothes,
and cleanse themselves. 8:8Then let themtak e
a young bull, and its meal offering, fine flour
mixed with oil; and another young bull you
shall take for a sin offering. 8:9You shall present
the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You
shall assemble the whole congregation of the
children of Israel. 8:10You shall present the
Levites before Yahweh. The children of Israel
shall lay their hands on the Levites, 8:11and
Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for
a wave offering, on the behalf of the children of
Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of
Yahweh. 8:12The Levites shall lay their hands
on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer
the one for a sin offering, and the other for a
burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement
for the Levites. 8:13You shall set the Levites
before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer
themas a wave offering to Yahweh. 8:14Thus
you shall separate the Levites fromam ong the
children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
8:15"After that, the Levites shall go in to do
the service of the Tent of Meeting: and you
shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave
offering. 8:16For they are wholly given to me
froma mong the children of Israel; instead of
all who open the womb, even the firstborn of
all the children of Israel, I have taken themto
me. 8:17For all the firstborn among the children
of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On
the day that I struck all the firstborn in the
land of Egypt, I sanctified themf or myself.
8:18I have taken the Levites instead of all the
firstborn among the children of Israel. 8:19I
have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and
to his sons fromam ong the children of Israel,
to do the service of the children of Israel in the
Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for
the children of Israel; that there be no plague
among the children of Israel, when the children
of Israel come near to the sanctuary."
8:20Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation
of the children of Israel did so to the
Levites. According to all that Yahweh commanded
Moses concerning the Levites, so the
children of Israel did to them. 8:21The Levites
purified themselves from sin, and they washed
their clothes; and Aaron offered themfor a
wave offering before Yahweh; and Aaron made
atonement for them to cleanse them. 8:22After
that, the Levites went in to do their service in
the Tent of Meeting before Aaron, and before
his sons: as Yahweh had commanded Moses
concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
8:23Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
8:24"This is that which belongs to the Levites:
fromtwe nty-five years old and upward they
shall go in to wait on the service in the work
of the Tent of Meeting; 8:25and fromthe age of
fifty years they shall cease waiting on the work,
and shall serve no more, 8:26but shall minister
with their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to
performthe duty, and shall do no service. You
shall do thus to the Levites concerning their
duties."
9:1Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness
of Sinai, in the first month of the second
year after they had come out of the land of
Egypt, saying, 9:2"Moreover let the children
of Israel keep the Passover in its appointed
season. 9:3On the fourteenth day of this month,
at evening, you shall keep it in its appointed
Numbers 9:4 121 Numbers 10:10
season according to all its statutes, and according
to all its ordinances, you shall keep it."
9:4Moses spoke to the children of Israel,
that they should keep the Passover. 9:5They
kept the Passover in the first month, on the
fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in
the wilderness of Sinai. According to all that
Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of
Israel did. 9:6There were certain men, who
were unclean because of the dead body of a
man, so that they could not keep the Passover
on that day, and they came before Moses and
before Aaron on that day. 9:7Those men said
to him, "We are unclean because of the dead
body of a man. Why are we kept back, that
we may not offer the offering of Yahweh in
its appointed season among the children of
Israel?"
9:8Moses answered them, "Wait, that I may
hear what Yahweh will command concerning
you."
9:9Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 9:10"Say
to the children of Israel, 'If any man of you or of
your generations is unclean by reason of a dead
body, or is on a journey far away, he shall still
keep the Passover to Yahweh. 9:11In the second
month, on the fourteenth day at evening they
shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened
bread and bitter herbs. 9:12They shall leave
none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of
it. According to all the statute of the Passover
they shall keep it. 9:13But the man who is clean,
and is not on a journey, and fails to keep the
Passover, that soul shall be cut off fromh is
people. Because he didn't offer the offering of
Yahweh in its appointed season, that man shall
bear his sin. 9:14If a foreigner lives among you,
and desires to keep the Passover to Yahweh;
according to the statute of the Passover, and
according to its ordinance, so shall he do. You
shall have one statute, both for the foreigner,
and for himwho is born in the land.'"
9:15On the day that the tabernacle was raised
up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the
Tent of the Testimony: and at evening it was
over the tabernacle as it were the appearance of
fire, until morning. 9:16So it was continually.
The cloud covered it, and the appearance of
fire by night. 9:17Whenever the cloud was
taken up fromo ver the Tent, then after that
the children of Israel traveled; and in the place
where the cloud remained, there the children of
Israel encamped. 9:18At the commandment of
Yahweh, the children of Israel traveled, and at
the commandment of Yahweh they encamped.
As long as the cloud remained on the tabernacle
they remained encamped. 9:19When the cloud
stayed on the tabernacle many days, then the
children of Israel kept Yahweh's command, and
didn't travel. 9:20Sometimes the cloud was a
few days on the tabernacle; then according to
the commandment of Yahweh they remained
encamped, and according to the commandment
of Yahweh they traveled. 9:21Sometimes
the cloud was frome vening untilmorning; and
when the cloud was taken up in the morning,
they traveled: or by day and by night, when the
cloud was taken up, they traveled. 9:22Whether
it was two days, or a month, or a year that the
cloud stayed on the tabernacle, remaining on it,
the children of Israel remained encamped, and
didn't travel; but when it was taken up, they
traveled. 9:23At the commandment of Yahweh
they encamped, and at the commandment of
Yahweh they traveled. They kept Yahweh's
command, at the commandment of Yahweh by
Moses.
10:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
10:2Make two trumpets of silver. You shall
make them of beaten work: and you shall
use themfor the calling of the congregation,
and for the journeying of the camps. 10:3When
they shall blow them, all the congregation shall
gather themselves to you at the door of the Tent
of Meeting. 10:4If they blow but one, then the
princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel,
shall gather themselves to you. 10:5When you
blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east
side shall take their journey. 10:6When you
blow an alarm the second time, the camps
that lie on the south side shall take their
journey: they shall blow an alarmf or their
journeys. 10:7But when the assembly is to be
gathered together, you shall blow, but you
shall not sound an alarm. 10:8The sons of
Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets;
and they shall be to you for a statute forever
throughout your generations. 10:9When you
go to war in your land against the adversary
who oppresses you, then you shall sound
an alarmwi th the trumpets; and you shall
be remembered before Yahweh your God,
and you shall be saved fromy our enemies.
10:10Also in the day of your gladness, and in
Numbers 10:11 122 Numbers 11:11
your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your
months, you shall blow the trumpets over your
burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your
peace offerings; and they shall be to you for
a memorial before your God: I am Yahweh
your God. 10:11It happened in the second
year, in the second month, on the twentieth
day of the month, that the cloud was taken up
fromov er the tent of the testimony. 10:12The
children of Israel set forward according to their
journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and
the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran.
10:13They first took their journey according
to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
10:14In the first placethe standard of the camp of
the children of Judah set forward according to
their armies: and over his army was Nahshon
the son of Amminadab. 10:15Over the army
of the tribe of the children of Issachar was
Nethanel the son of Zuar. 10:16Over the army
of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was
Eliab the son of Helon. 10:17The tent was taken
down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of
Merari,who bore the tent, set forward. 10:18The
standard of the camp of Reuben set forward
according to their armies: and over his army
was Elizur the son of Shedeur. 10:19Over the
army of the tribe of the children of Simeon was
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 10:20Over
the arm y of the tribe of the children of Gadwas
Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 10:21The Kohathites
set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the
othersdid set up the tent against their coming.
10:22The standard of the camp of the children of
Ephraimset forward according to their armies:
and over his army was Elishama the son of
Ammihud. 10:23Over the army of the tribe of
the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son
of Pedahzur. 10:24Over the army of the tribe of
the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son
of Gideoni. 10:25The standard of the camp of
the children of Dan, which was the rearward
of all the camps, set forward according to their
armies: and over his army was Ahiezer the son
of Ammishaddai. 10:26Over the army of the
tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the
son of Ochran. 10:27Over the army of the tribe
of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of
Enan. 10:28Thus were the travels of the children
of Israel according to their armies; and they set
forward. 10:29Moses said to Hobab, the son of
Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We
are journeying to the place of which Yahweh
said, Iwill give it to you: come youwith us, and
we will do you good; for Yahweh has spoken
good concerning Israel. 10:30He said to him, I
will not go; but I will depart to my own land,
and to my relatives. 10:31He said, Don't leave
us, please; because you know how we are to
encamp in the wilderness, and you shall be to
us instead of eyes. 10:32It shall be, if you go
with us, yes, it shall be, that whatever good
Yahweh shall do to us, the sam e will we do to
you. 10:33They set forward fromt he Mount of
Yahweh three days' journey; and the ark of the
covenant of Yahweh went before themthre e
days' journey, to seek out a resting place for
them. 10:34The cloud of Yahweh was over them
by day, when they set forward fromthe camp.
10:35It happened, when the ark set forward,
that Moses said, Rise up, Yahweh, and let your
enemies be scattered; and let those who hate
you flee before you. 10:36When it rested, he
said, Return, Yahweh, to the ten thousands of
the thousands of Israel.
11:1The people were as murmurers, speakingevil
in the ears of Yahweh: and when
Yahweh heard it, his anger was kindled; and
the fire of Yahweh burnt among them, and
devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.
11:2The people cried to Moses; and Moses
prayed to Yahweh, and the fire abated. 11:3The
name of that place was called Taberah, because
the fire of Yahweh burnt among them. 11:4The
mixed multitude that was among them lusted
exceedingly: and the children of Israel also
wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh
to eat? 11:5We remember the fish, which we
ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and
the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and
the garlic: 11:6but now our soul is dried away;
there is nothing at all save this manna to look
on. 11:7The manna was like coriander seed, and
its appearance as the appearance of bdellium.
11:8The peoplewent about, and gathered it, and
ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and
boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it: and its
taste was as the taste of fresh oil. 11:9When the
dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna
fell on it. 11:10Moses heard the people weeping
throughout their families, every man at the
door of his tent: and the anger of Yahweh was
kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased.
11:11Moses said to Yahweh,Why have you dealt
Numbers 11:12 123 Numbers 12:6
ill with your servant? and why haven't I found
favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of
all this people on me? 11:12Have I conceived all
this people? Have I brought themf orth, that
you should tell me, Carry them in your bosom,
as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land
which you swore to their fathers? 11:13Where
should I get meat to give to all this people? for
they weep to me, saying, Give us meat, that
we may eat. 11:14I amn ot able to bear all this
people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
11:15If you deal thus with me, please kill me out
of hand, if I have found favor in your sight; and
let me not see my wretchedness. 11:16Yahweh
said to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of
the elders of Israel, whomy ou know to be the
elders of the people, and officers over them;
and bring themto the Tent of Meeting, that
they may stand there with you. 11:17I will
come down and talk with you there: and I will
take of the Spirit which is on you, and will
put it on them; and they shall bear the burden
of the people with you, that you not bear it
yourself alone. 11:18Say you to the people,
Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and you
shall eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears
of Yahweh, saying, Who shall give us flesh to
eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore
Yahweh will give you flesh, and you shall eat.
11:19You shall not eat one day, nor two days,
nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty
days, 11:20but a whole month, until it come out
at your nostrils, and it be loathsome to you;
because that you have rejected Yahweh who is
among you, and have wept before him, saying,
Why came we forth out of Egypt? 11:21Moses
said, The people, among whom I am, are six
hundred thousand footmen; and you have said,
I will give themfle sh, that theymay eat a whole
month. 11:22Shall flocks and herds be slain for
them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish
of the sea be gathered together for them, to
suffice them? 11:23Yahweh said to Moses, Has
Yahweh's hand grown short? now you will
see whether my word shall happen to you or
not. 11:24Moses went out, and told the people
the words of Yahweh: and he gathered seventy
men of the elders of the people, and set them
around the Tent. 11:25Yahweh came down in
the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the
Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy
elders: and it happened that when the Spirit
rested on them, they prophesied, but they did
so no more. 11:26But there remained two men
in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad,
and the name of the other Medad: and the
Spirit rested on them; and they were of those
who were written, but had not gone out to
the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.
11:27There ran a young man, and told Moses,
and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the
camp. 11:28Joshua the son of Nun, the minister
of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, My
lord Moses, forbid them. 11:29Moses said to
him, Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that
all Yahweh's people were prophets, that Yahweh
would put his Spirit on them! 11:30Moses
got himi nto the camp, he and the elders of
Israel. 11:31There went forth a wind from
Yahweh, and brought quails fromthe sea, and
let themf all by the camp, about a day's journey
on this side, and a day's journey on the other
side, around the camp, and about two cubits
above the surface of the earth. 11:32The people
rose up all that day, and all the night, and all
the next day, and gathered the quails: he who
gathered least gathered ten homers: and they
spread themal l abroad for themselves around
the camp. 11:33While the flesh was yet between
their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of
Yahweh was kindled against the people, and
Yahweh struck the people with a very great
plague. 11:34The name of that place was called
Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried
the people who lusted. 11:35FromK ibrothhattaavah
the people traveled to Hazeroth; and
they abode at Hazeroth.
12:1Miriamand Aaron spoke against Moses
because of the Cushite woman whom he had
married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
12:2They said, Has Yahweh indeed spoken only
with Moses? Hasn't he spoken also with us?
Yahweh heard it. 12:3Now the man Moses
was very humble, above all the men who
were on the surface of the earth. 12:4Yahweh
spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and
to Miriam, Come out you three to the Tent of
Meeting. They three came out. 12:5Yahweh
came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the
door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam;
and they both came forth. 12:6He said, Hear
now my words: if there be a prophet among
you, I Yahweh will make myself known to him
in a vision, I will speak with himin a dream.
Numbers 12:7 124 Numbers 13:32
12:7My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful
in all my house: 12:8with himwi ll I speak
mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in
dark speeches; and the formo f Yahweh shall
he see: why then were you not afraid to speak
against my servant, against Moses? 12:9The
anger of Yahweh was kindled against them;
and he departed. 12:10The cloud removed from
over the Tent; and behold,Miriamwas leprous,
as white assnow: and Aaron looked at Miriam,
and behold, she was leprous. 12:11Aaron said
to Moses, Oh, my lord, please don't lay sin on
us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that
we have sinned. 12:12Let her not, I pray, be as
one dead, of whomt he flesh is half consumed
when he comes out of his mother's womb.
12:13Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, Heal her,
God, I beg you. 12:14Yahweh said to Moses, If
her father had but spit in her face, shouldn't
she be ashamed seven days? let her be shut
up outside of the camp seven days, and after
that she shall be brought in again. 12:15Miriam
was shut up outside of the camp seven days:
and the people didn't travel until Miriamwas
brought in again. 12:16Afterward the people
traveled fromHaze roth, and encamped in the
wilderness of Paran.
13:1Yahweh spoke toMoses, saying, 13:2Send
you men, that they may spy out the land
of Canaan, which I give to the children of
Israel: of every tribe of their fathers you
shall send a man, everyone a prince among
them. 13:3Moses sent themfr om the wilderness
of Paran according to the commandment of
Yahweh: all of themmenwhowere heads of the
children of Israel. 13:4These were their names:
Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of
Zaccur. 13:5Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat
the son of Hori. 13:6Of the tribe of Judah,
Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 13:7Of the tribe
of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. 13:8Of the
tribe of Ephraim,Hoshea the son ofNun. 13:9Of
the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
13:10Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son
of Sodi. 13:11Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of
the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
13:12Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of
Gemalli. 13:13Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the
son of Michael. 13:14Of the tribe of Naphtali,
Nahbi the son of Vophsi. 13:15Of the tribe of
Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 13:16These are
the names of the men who Moses sent to spy
out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son
of Nun Joshua. 13:17Moses sent themt o spy
out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go
up this way by the South, and go up into the
hill country: 13:18and see the land, what it is;
and the people who dwell therein, whether
they are strong or weak, whether they are few
or many; 13:19and what the land is that they
dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what
cities they are that they dwell in, whether in
camps, or in strongholds; 13:20and what the
land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there
is wood therein, or not. Be of good courage,
and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time
was the time of the first-ripe grapes. 13:21So
they went up, and spied out the land fromthe
wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance
of Hamath. 13:22They went up by the South,
and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai,
and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there.
(Now Hebron was built seven years before
Zoan in Egypt.) 13:23They came to the valley
of Eshcol, and cut down fromt here a branch
with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it
on a staff between two; they broughtalso of the
pomegranates, and of the figs. 13:24That place
was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the
cluster which the children of Israel cut down
fromt here. 13:25They returned fromspyin g out
the land at the end of forty days. 13:26They
went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and
to all the congregation of the children of Israel,
to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and
brought back word to them, and to all the
congregation, and showed themthe fruit of the
land. 13:27They told him, and said, We came
to the land where you sent us; and surely it
flows with milk and honey; and this is its fruit.
13:28However the people who dwell in the land
are strong, and the cities are fortified, andvery
great: and moreover we saw the children of
Anak there. 13:29Amalek dwells in the land of
the South: and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and
the Amorite, dwell in the hill country; and the
Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along by the
side of the Jordan. 13:30Caleb stilled the people
before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once,
and possess it; for we are well able to overcome
it. 13:31But the menwhowent upwith him said,
We aren't able to go up against the people; for
they are stronger than we. 13:32They brought
up an evil report of the land which they had
Numbers 13:33 125 Numbers 14:30
spied out to the children of Israel, saying, The
land, throughwhich we have gone to spy it out,
is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all
the people who we saw in it are men of great
stature. 13:33There we saw the Nephilim, the
sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and
we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and
so we were in their sight.
14:1All the congregation lifted up their voice,
and cried; and the people wept that night.
14:2All the children of Israel murmured against
Moses and against Aaron: and the whole
congregation said to them, Would that we had
died in the land of Egypt! or would that we
had died in this wilderness! 14:3Why does
Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the
sword? Our wives and our little ones will be
a prey: wouldn't it be better for us to return
into Egypt? 14:4They said one to another, Let us
make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
14:5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces
before all the assembly of the congregation of
the children of Israel. 14:6Joshua the son of Nun
and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of
those who spied out the land, tore their clothes:
14:7and they spoke to all the congregation of the
children of Israel, saying, The land, which we
passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding
good land. 14:8If Yahweh delight in us, then
he will bring us into this land, and give it to
us; a land which flows with milk and honey.
14:9Only don't rebel against Yahweh, neither
fear the people of the land; for they are bread
for us: their defense is removed from over
them, and Yahweh is with us: don't fear them.
14:10But all the congregation bade stone them
with stones. The glory of Yahweh appeared
in the Tent of Meeting to all the children of
Israel. 14:11Yahweh said to Moses, How long
will this people despise me? and how long
will they not believe in me, for all the signs
which I have worked among them? 14:12I will
strike themwi th the pestilence, and disinherit
them, and will make of you a nation greater
and mightier than they. 14:13Moses said to
Yahweh, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for
you brought up this people in your might from
among them; 14:14and they will tell it to the
inhabitants of this land. They have heard that
you Yahweh are in the midst of this people;
for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your
cloud stands over them, and you go before
them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a
pillar of fire by night. 14:15Now if you shall kill
this people as one man, then the nations which
have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
14:16Because Yahweh was not able to bring this
people into the land which he swore to them,
therefore he has slain themi n the wilderness.
14:17Now please let the power of the Lord be
great, according as you have spoken, saying,
14:18Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant
in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience;
and that will by no means clear the
guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on
the children, on the third and on the fourth
generation. 14:19Pardon, Please, the iniquity
of this people according to the greatness of
your loving kindness, and according as you
have forgiven this people, fromEgypt even
until now. 14:20Yahweh said, I have pardoned
according to your word: 14:21but in very deed,
as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with
the glory of Yahweh; 14:22because all those men
who have seen my glory, and my signs, which
I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet
have tempted me these ten times, and have
not listened to my voice; 14:23surely they shall
not see the land which I swore to their fathers,
neither shall any of those who despised me
see it: 14:24but my servant Caleb, because he
had another spirit with him, and has followed
me fully, him will I bring into the land into
which he went; and his seed shall possess
it. 14:25Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite
dwell in the valley: tom orrow turn you, and
get you into the wilderness by the way to
the Red Seaa. 14:26Yahweh spoke to Moses
and to Aaron, saying, 14:27How long shall I
bearwith this evil congregation, that murmur
against me? I have heard the murmurings
of the children of Israel, which they murmur
against me. 14:28Tell them, As I live, says
Yahweh, surely as you have spoken in my ears,
so will I do to you: 14:29your dead bodies
shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were
numbered of you, according to your whole
number, from twenty years old and upward,
who have murmured against me, 14:30surely
you shall not come into the land, concerning
which I swore that I would make you dwell
a14:25 or, Sea of Reeds
Numbers 14:31 126 Numbers 15:20
therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and
Joshua the son of Nun. 14:31But your little ones,
that you said should be a prey, themwi ll I bring
in, and they shall know the land which you
have rejected. 14:32But as for you, your dead
bodies shall fall in this wilderness. 14:33Your
children shall be wanderers in the wilderness
forty years, and shall bear your prostitution,
until your dead bodies be consumed in the
wilderness. 14:34After the number of the days
in which you spied out the land, even forty
days, for every day a year, you will bear your
iniquities, even forty years, and you will know
my alienation. 14:35I, Yahweh, have spoken,
surely this will I do to all this evil congregation,
who are gathered together against me: in this
wilderness they shall be consumed, and there
they shall die. 14:36The men, whom Moses
sent to spy out the land, who returned, and
made all the congregation to murmur against
him, by bringing up an evil report against the
land, 14:37even those men who did bring up
an evil report of the land, died by the plague
before Yahweh. 14:38But Joshua the son of Nun,
and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained
alive of those men who went to spy out the
land. 14:39Moses told these words to all the
children of Israel: and the people mourned
greatly. 14:40They rose up early in the morning,
and got themup to the top of the mountain,
saying, Behold, we are here, and will go up
to the place which Yahweh has promised: for
we have sinned. 14:41Moses said, Why now
do you disobey the commandment of Yahweh,
seeing it shall not prosper? 14:42Don't go up, for
Yahweh isn't among you; that you not be struck
down before your enemies. 14:43For there
the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before
you, and you shall fall by the sword: because
you are turned back fromfollow ing Yahweh,
therefore Yahweh will not be with you. 14:44But
they presumed to go up to the top of the
mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant
of Yahweh, and Moses, didn't depart out of the
camp. 14:45Then the Amalekite came down,
and the Canaanite who lived in that mountain,
and struck themand beat themd own, even to
Hormah.
15:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
15:2Speak to the children of Israel, and tell
them, When you are come into the land of your
habitations, which I give to you, 15:3and will
make an offering by fire to Yahweh, a burnt
offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow,
or as a freewill offering, or in your set feasts,
to make a pleasant aroma to Yahweh, of the
herd, or of the flock; 15:4then he who offers his
offering shall offer to Yahweh a meal offering
of a tenth part of an ephahof fine flour mixed
with the fourth part of a hin of oil: 15:5and
wine for the drink offering, the fourth part of a
hin, you shall prepare with the burnt offering,
or for the sacrifice, for each lamb. 15:6Or for
a ram, you shall prepare for a meal offering
two tenth parts of an ephahof fine flour mixed
with the third part of a hin of oil: 15:7and for
the drink offering you shall offer the third
part of a hin of wine, of a pleasant aroma to
Yahweh. 15:8When you prepare a bull for a
burnt offering, or for a sacrifice, to accomplish a
vow, or for peace offerings to Yahweh; 15:9then
shall he offer with the bull a meal offering of
three tenth parts of an ephahof fine flour mixed
with half a hin of oil: 15:10and you shall offer
for the drink offering half a hin of wine, for
an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma
to Yahweh. 15:11Thus shall it be done for each
bull, or for each ram, or for each of the male
lambs, or of the young goats. 15:12According
to the number that you shall prepare, so you
shall do to everyone according to their number.
15:13All who are native-born shall do these
things after this manner, in offering an offering
made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
15:14If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you,
or whoever may be among you throughout
your generations, and will offer an offering
made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh;
as you do, so he shall do. 15:15For the assembly,
there shall be one statute for you, and for the
stranger who lives as a foreigner with you, a
statute forever throughout your generations:
as you are, so shall the foreigner be before
Yahweh. 15:16One law and one ordinance shall
be for you, and for the stranger who lives as
a foreigner with you. 15:17Yahweh spoke to
Moses, saying, 15:18Speak to the children of
Israel, and tell them, When you come into the
land where I bring you, 15:19then it shall be that
when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall
offer up a wave offering to Yahweh. 15:20Of
the first of your dough you shall offer up a
cake for a wave offering: as the wave offering
of the threshing floor, so you shall heave it.
Numbers 15:21 127 Numbers 16:9
15:21Of the first of your dough you shall give
to Yahweh a wave offering throughout your
generations. 15:22When you shall err, and
not observe all these commandments, which
Yahweh has spoken to Moses, 15:23even all that
Yahweh has commanded you by Moses, from
the day that Yahweh gave commandment, and
onward throughout your generations; 15:24then
it shall be, if it be done unwittingly, without
the knowledge of the congregation, that all
the congregation shall offer one young bull
for a burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma to
Yahweh, with the meal offering of it, and
the drink offering of it, according to the
ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering.
15:25The priest shall make atonement for all
the congregation of the children of Israel, and
they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and
they have brought their offering, an offering
made by fire to Yahweh, and their sin offering
before Yahweh, for their error: 15:26and all
the congregation of the children of Israel shall
be forgiven, and the stranger who lives as a
foreigner among them; for in respect of all the
people it was done unwittingly. 15:27If one
person sins unwittingly, then he shall offer
a female goat a year old for a sin offering.
15:28The priest shall make atonement for the
soul who errs, when he sins unwittingly, before
Yahweh, to make atonement for him; and he
shall be forgiven. 15:29You shall have one law
for himw ho does anything unwittingly, for
himw ho is native-born among the children
of Israel, and for the stranger who lives as
a foreigner among them. 15:30But the soul
who does anything with a high hand, whether
he is native-born or a foreigner, the same
blasphemes Yahweh; and that soul shall be
cut off froma mong his people. 15:31Because
he has despised the word of Yahweh, and
has broken his commandment, that soul shall
utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be on
him. 15:32While the children of Israel were in
the wilderness, they found a man gathering
sticks on the Sabbath day. 15:33Those who
found himg athering sticks brought himto
Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation.
15:34They put himin custody, because it had
not been declared what should be done to
him. 15:35Yahweh said to Moses, The man shall
surely be put to death: all the congregation
shall stone himwi th stones outside of the
camp. 15:36All the congregation brought him
outside of the camp, and stoned him to death
with stones; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
15:37Yahweh spoke toMoses, saying, 15:38Speak
to the children of Israel, and tell themthat they
should make them fringesb in the borders of
their garments throughout their generations,
and that they put on the fringec of each border
a cord of blue: 15:39and it shall be to you
for a fringed, that you may look on it, and
remember all the commandments of Yahweh,
and do them; and that you not followafter your
own heart and your own eyes, after which you
use to play the prostitute; 15:40that you may
remember and do all my commandments, and
be holy to your God. 15:41I am Yahweh your
God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
to be your God: I amYahweh your God.
16:1Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son
of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and
Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son
of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: 16:2and
they rose up before Moses, with certain of the
children of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of
the congregation, called to the assembly, men
of renown; 16:3and they assembled themselves
together against Moses and against Aaron, and
said to them, You take too much on you,
seeing all the congregation are holy, everyone
of them, and Yahweh is among them: why
then lift yourselves up above the assembly of
Yahweh? 16:4When Moses heard it, he fell on
his face: 16:5and he spoke to Korah and to all
his company, saying, In the morning Yahweh
will showwho are his, andwho is holy, andwill
cause him to come near to him: even himwhom
he shall choose he will cause to com e near to
him. 16:6This do: take you censers, Korah, and
all his company; 16:7and put fire in them, and
put incense on themb efore Yahweh tomorrow:
and it shall be that the man whomYahweh does
choose, he shall beholy: you take too much on
you, you sons of Levi. 16:8Moses said to Korah,
Hear now, you sons of Levi: 16:9seems it buta
small thing to you, that the God of Israel has
b15:38 or, tassels (Hebrew tzitzit)
c15:38 or, tassel
d15:39 or, tassel
Numbers 16:10 128 Numbers 16:42
separated you fromt he congregation of Israel,
to bring you near to himself, to do the service
of the tent of Yahweh, and to stand before
the congregation to minister to them; 16:10and
that he has brought you near, and all your
brothers the sons of Levi with you? and seek
you the priesthood also? 16:11Therefore you
and all your company are gathered together
against Yahweh: and Aaron, what is he who
you murmur against him? 16:12Moses sent to
call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and
they said,We won't com e up: 16:13is it a small
thing that you have brought us up out of a land
flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the
wilderness, but you must needs make yourself
also a prince over us? 16:14Moreover you
haven't brought us into a land flowing with
milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of
fields and vineyards: will you put out the eyes
of these m en? we won't com e up. 16:15Moses
was very angry, and said to Yahweh, "Don't
respect their offering: I have not taken one
donkey fromt hem, neither have I hurt one
of them." 16:16Moses said to Korah, You and
all your company go before Yahweh, you, and
they, and Aaron, tomorrow: 16:17and take every
man his censer, and put incense on them, and
bring you before Yahweh every man his censer,
two hundred fifty censers; you also, and Aaron,
each his censer. 16:18They took every man his
censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense
thereon, and stood at the door of the Tent of
Meeting with Moses and Aaron. 16:19Korah
assembled all the congregation against them to
the door of the Tent of Meeting: and the glory
of Yahweh appeared to all the congregation.
16:20Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron,
saying, 16:21Separate yourselves fromam ong
this congregation, that I may consume them in
a m om ent. 16:22They fell on their faces, and
said, God, the God of the spirits of all flesh,
shall one man sin, and will you be angry with
all the congregation? 16:23Yahweh spoke to
Moses, saying, 16:24Speak to the congregation,
saying, Get away fromaro und the tent of
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 16:25Moses rose
up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the
elders of Israel followed him. 16:26He spoke
to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray
you, fromthe tents of these wicked men, and
touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed
in all their sins. 16:27So they got themup
fromthe tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram,
on every side: and Dathan and Abiramcam e
out, and stood at the door of their tents, and
their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.
16:28Moses said, Hereby you shall know that
Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; for
I havenot done themof my own mind. 16:29If
these men die the common death of all men,
or if they be visited after the visitation of all
men; then Yahweh hasn't sent me. 16:30But
if Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground
open its mouth, and swallow them up, with
all that appertain to them, and they go down
alive into Sheol; then you shall understand
that these men have despised Yahweh. 16:31It
happened, as he made an end of speaking all
these words, that the ground split apart that
was under them; 16:32and the earth opened
its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their
households, and all the men who appertained
to Korah, and all their goods. 16:33So they,
and all that appertained to them, went down
alive into Sheol: and the earth closed on them,
and they perished from among the assembly.
16:34All Israel that were around them fled at
the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth
swallow us up. 16:35Fire came forth from
Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty
men who offered the incense. 16:36Yahweh
spoke to Moses, saying, 16:37Speak to Eleazar
the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up
the censers out of the burning, and scatter you
the fire yonder; for they are holy, 16:38even
the censers of these sinners against their own
lives; and let thembe made beaten plates for
a covering of the altar: for they offered them
before Yahweh; therefore they are holy; and
they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.
16:39Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers,
which those who were burnt had offered; and
they beat themo ut for a covering of the altar,
16:40to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to
the end that no stranger, who isn't of the seed
of Aaron, comes near to burn incense before
Yahweh; that he not be as Korah, and as his
company: as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.
16:41But on the next day all the congregation of
the children of Israel murmured against Moses
and against Aaron, saying, You have killed the
people of Yahweh. 16:42It happened, when
the congregation was assembled against Moses
and against Aaron, that they looked toward
Numbers 16:43 129 Numbers 18:11
the Tent of Meeting: and behold, the cloud
covered it, and the glory of Yahweh appeared.
16:43Moses and Aaron came to the front of the
Tent of Meeting. 16:44Yahweh spoke to Moses,
saying, 16:45Get away from among this congregation,
that I may consume them in a moment.
They fell on their faces. 16:46Moses said to
Aaron, Take your censer, and put fire therein
fromo ff the altar, and lay incense thereon,
and carry it quickly to the congregation, and
make atonement for them: for there is wrath
gone out fromY ahweh; the plague is begun.
16:47Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into
the midst of the assembly; and behold, the
plague was begun among the people: and he
put on the incense, and made atonement for
the people. 16:48He stood between the dead
and the living; and the plague was stayed.
16:49Now those who died by the plague were
fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides
those who died about the matter of Korah.
16:50Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the
Tent of Meeting: and the plague was stayed.
17:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
17:2Speak to the children of Israel, and take
of themro ds, one for each fathers' house, of all
their princes according to their fathers' houses,
twelve rods: write you every man's name on
his rod. 17:3You shall write Aaron's name on
the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for
each head of their fathers' houses. 17:4You shall
lay themup in the Tent of Meeting before the
testimony, where I meet with you. 17:5It shall
happen, that the rod of the man whom I shall
choose shall bud: and I will make to cease from
me the murmurings of the children of Israel,
which they murmur against you. 17:6Moses
spoke to the children of Israel; and all their
princes gave himr ods, for each prince one,
according to their fathers' houses, even twelve
rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their
rods. 17:7Moses laid up the rods before Yahweh
in the tent of the testimony. 17:8It happened on
the next day, that Moses went into the tent of
the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for
the house of Levi was budded, and put forth
buds, and produced blossoms, and bore ripe
almonds. 17:9Moses brought out all the rods
frombe fore Yahweh to all the children of Israel:
and they looked, and took every man his rod.
17:10Yahweh said to Moses, Put back the rod
of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for
a token against the children of rebellion; that
you may make an end of their murmurings
against me, that they not die. 17:11Moses did
so. As Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
17:12The children of Israel spoke to Moses,
saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we
are all undone. 17:13Everyone who comes near,
who comes near to the tent of Yahweh, dies:
shall we perish all of us?
18:1Yahweh said to Aaron, You and your
sons and your fathers' house with you shall
bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and
your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of
your priesthood. 18:2Your brothers also, the
tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring
you near with you, that they may be joined
to you, and minister to you: but you and
your sons with you shall be before the tent
of the testimony. 18:3They shall keep your
commands, and the duty of all the Tent: only
they shall not come near to the vessels of the
sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die,
neither they, nor you. 18:4They shall be joined
to you, and keep the responsibility of the Tent
of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and
a stranger shall not come near to you. 18:5You
shall performthe duty of the sanctuary, and the
duty of the altar; that there be wrath no more
on the children of Israel. 18:6I, behold, I have
taken your brothers the Levites fromam ong
the children of Israel: to you they are a gift,
given to Yahweh, to do the service of the Tent of
Meeting. 18:7You and your sons with you shall
keep your priesthood for everything of the
altar, and for that within the veil; and you shall
serve: I give you the priesthood as a service
of gift: and the stranger who comes near shall
be put to death. 18:8Yahweh spoke to Aaron, I,
behold, I have given you the command of my
wave offerings, even all the holy things of the
children of Israel; to you have I given themby
reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a
portion forever. 18:9This shall be your of the
most holy things, reservedfromt he fire: every
offering of theirs, even every meal offering of
theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and
every trespass offering of theirs, which they
shall render to me, shall be most holy for you
and for your sons. 18:10You shall eat of it like
the most holy things. Every male shall eat of
it. It shall be holy to you. 18:11This is yours,
too: the wave offering of their gift, even all the
Numbers 18:12 130 Numbers 19:8
wave offerings of the children of Israel. I have
given themto you, and to your sons and to
your daughters with you, as a portion forever.
Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat
of it. 18:12All the best of the oil, and all the best
of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of
themwhi ch they give to Yahweh, to you have I
given them. 18:13The first-ripe fruits of all that
is in their land, which they bring to Yahweh,
shall be yours; everyone who is clean in your
house shall eat of it. 18:14Everything devoted
in Israel shall be yours. 18:15Everything that
opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer
to Yahweh, both of man and animal shall be
yours: nevertheless you shall surely redeem
the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem
the firstborn of unclean animals. 18:16You
shall redeemt hose who are to be redeemed
of themfr om a month old, according to your
estimation, for five shekels of money, after the
shekel of the sanctuary (the same is twenty
gerahs). 18:17But you shall not redeemt he
firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep,
or the firstborn of a goat. They are holy. You
shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall
burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for
a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. 18:18Their flesh
shall be yours, as the wave offering breast and
as the right thigh, it shall be yours. 18:19All
the wave offerings of the holy things, which the
children of Israel offer to Yahweh, have I given
you, and your sons and your daughters with
you, as a portion forever: it is a covenant of
salt forever before Yahweh to you and to your
seed with you. 18:20Yahweh said to Aaron, You
shall have no inheritance in their land, neither
shall you have any portion among them: I
amy our portion and your inheritance among
the children of Israel. 18:21To the children of
Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel
for an inheritance, in return for their service
which they serve, even the service of the Tent of
Meeting. 18:22Henceforth the children of Israel
shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest
they bear sin, and die. 18:23But the Levites
shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting,
and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be
a statute forever throughout your generations;
and among the children of Israel they shall
have no inheritance. 18:24For the tithe of the
children of Israel, which they offer as a wave
offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites
for an inheritance: therefore I have said to
them, Among the children of Israel they shall
have no inheritance. 18:25Yahweh spoke to
Moses, saying, 18:26Moreover you shall speak
to the Levites, and tell them, When you take
of the children of Israel the tithe which I have
given you fromt hem for your inheritance, then
you shall offer up a wave offering of it for
Yahweh, a tithe of the tithe. 18:27Your wave
offering shall be reckoned to you, as though it
were the grain of the threshing floor, and as
the fullness of the winepress. 18:28Thus you
also shall offer a wave offering to Yahweh of all
your tithes, which you receive of the children of
Israel; and of it you shall give Yahweh's wave
offering to Aaron the priest. 18:29Out of all
your gifts you shall offer every wave offering
of Yahweh, of all its best, even the holy part of
it out of it. 18:30Therefore you shall tell them,
When you heave its best fromit , then it shall
be reckoned to the Levites as the increase of
the threshing floor, and as the increase of the
winepress. 18:31You shall eat it in every place,
you and your households: for it is your reward
in return for your service in the Tent ofMeeting.
18:32You shall bear no sin by reason of it, when
you have heaved fromi t its best: and you shall
not profane the holy things of the children of
Israel, that you not die.
19:1Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron,
saying, 19:2This is the statute of the law which
Yahweh has commanded, saying, Speak to the
children of Israel, that they bring you a red
heifer without spot, in which is no blemish,
andon which never came yoke. 19:3You shall
give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring
her forth outside of the camp, and one shall
kill her before his face: 19:4and Eleazar the
priest shall take of her blood with his finger,
and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the
Tent of Meeting seven times. 19:5One shall
burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her
flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he
burn: 19:6and the priest shall take cedar wood,
and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the
midst of the burning of the heifer. 19:7Then
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. 19:8He who burns her
shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his
flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the
Numbers 19:9 131 Numbers 20:16
even. 19:9A man who is clean shall gather
up the ashes of the heifer, and lay themup
outside of the camp in a clean place; and it shall
be kept for the congregation of the children
of Israel for a water for impurity: it is a sin
offering. 19:10He who gathers the ashes of the
heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean
until the even: and it shall be to the children
of Israel, and to the stranger who lives as a
foreigner among them, for a statute forever.
19:11He who touches the dead body of any man
shall be unclean seven days: 19:12the same shall
purify himself therewith on the third day, and
on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he
doesn't purify himself the third day, then the
seventh day he shall not be clean. 19:13Whoever
touches a dead person, the body of a man who
has died, and doesn't purify himself, defiles
the tent of Yahweh; and that soul shall be cut
off fromIs rael: because the water for impurity
was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean;
his uncleanness is yet on him. 19:14This is the
law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who
comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the
tent, shall be unclean seven days. 19:15Every
open vessel, which has no covering bound on
it, is unclean. 19:16Whoever in the open field
touches one who is slain with a sword, or a
dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall
be unclean seven days. 19:17For the unclean
they shall take of the ashes of the burning of
the sin offering; and running water shall be
put thereto in a vessel: 19:18and a clean person
shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and
sprinkle it on the tent, and on all the vessels,
and on the personswho were there, and on him
who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead,
or the grave: 19:19and the clean person shall
sprinkle on the unclean on the third day, and
on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he
shall purify him; and he shall wash his clothes,
and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean
at even. 19:20But the man who shall be unclean,
and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be
cut off from the midst of the assembly, because
he has defiled the sanctuary of Yahweh: the
water for impurity has not been sprinkled on
him; he is unclean. 19:21It shall be a perpetual
statute to them: and he who sprinkles the water
for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who
touches the water for impurity shall be unclean
until even. 19:22Whatever the unclean person
touches shall be unclean; and the soul that
touches it shall be unclean until even.
20:1The children of Israel, even the whole
congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin
in the first month: and the people abode
in Kadesh; and Miriamd ied there, and was
buried there. 20:2There was no water for the
congregation: and they assembled themselves
together against Moses and against Aaron.
20:3The people strove with Moses, and spoke,
saying, Would that we had died when our
brothers died before Yahweh! 20:4Why have
you brought the assembly of Yahweh into this
wilderness, that we should die there, we and
our animals? 20:5Why have you made us to
come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil
place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of
vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any
water to drink. 20:6Moses and Aaronwent from
the presence of the assembly to the door of the
Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces: and the
glory of Yahweh appeared to them. 20:7Yahweh
spoke to Moses, saying, 20:8Take the rod, and
assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron
your brother, and speak you to the rock before
their eyes, that it give forth its water; and
you shall bring forth to themwate r out of the
rock; so you shall give the congregation and
their livestock drink. 20:9Moses took the rod
from before Yahweh, as he commanded him.
20:10Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly
together before the rock, and he said to them,
Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring you forth
water out of this rock? 20:11Moses lifted up
his hand, and struck the rock with his rod
twice: and water came forth abundantly, and
the congregation drank, and their livestock.
20:12Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, Because
you didn't believe in me, to sanctify me in the
eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall
not bring this assembly into the land which I
have given them. 20:13These are the waters of
Meribah; because the children of Israel strove
with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.
20:14Moses sent messengers fromKadesh to the
king of Edom, Thus says your brother Israel,
You know all the travail that has happened to
us: 20:15how our fathers went down into Egypt,
and we lived in Egypt a long time; and the
Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers:
20:16and when we cried to Yahweh, he heard
our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us
Numbers 20:17 132 Numbers 21:19
forth out of Egypt: and behold, we are in
Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of your border.
20:17Please let us pass through your land: we
will not pass through field or through vineyard,
neither will we drink of the water of the wells:
we will go along the king's highway; we will
not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left,
until we have passed your border. 20:18Edom
said to him, You shall not pass through me,
lest I come out with the sword against you.
20:19The children of Israel said to him, We will
go up by the highway; and if we drink of your
water, I and my livestock, then will I give its
price: let me only, without doinganything else,
pass through on my feet. 20:20He said, You
shall not pass through. Edomcam e out against
himwi thmuch people, and with a strong hand.
20:21Thus Edomr efused to give Israel passage
through his border: why Israel turned away
fromh im. 20:22They traveled fromKadesh: and
the children of Israel, even the whole congregation,
came toMount Hor. 20:23Yahweh spoke to
Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border
of the land of Edom, saying, 20:24Aaron shall
be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter
into the land which I have given to the children
of Israel, because you rebelled against my word
at the waters of Meribah. 20:25Take Aaron and
Eleazar his son, and bring themup to Mount
Hor; 20:26and strip Aaron of his garments, and
put themo n Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall
be gathered to his people, and shall die there.
20:27Moses did as Yahweh commanded: and
they went up into Mount Hor in the sight of all
the congregation. 20:28Moses stripped Aaron
of his garments, and put them on Eleazar
his son; and Aaron died there on the top of
the mountain: and Moses and Eleazar came
down fromthe mountain. 20:29When all the
congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they
wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house
of Israel.
21:1The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who
lived in the South, heard tell that Israel came
by the way of Atharim; and he fought against
Israel, and took some of themcaptive. 21:2Israel
vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, If you will
indeed deliver this people into my hand, then
I will utterly destroy their cities. 21:3Yahweh
listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered
up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed
themand their cities: and the name of the
place was called Hormah. 21:4They traveled
fromM ount Hor by the way to the Red Seae,
to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of
the people was much discouraged because of
the way. 21:5The people spoke against God,
and against Moses, Why have you brought us
up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for
there is no bread, and there is no water; and
our soul loathes this light bread. 21:6Yahweh
sent fiery serpents among the people, and they
bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
21:7The people cam e to Moses, and said, We
have sinned, because we have spoken against
Yahweh, and against you; pray to Yahweh, that
he take away the serpents fromus . Moses
prayed for the people. 21:8Yahweh said to
Moses, Make you a fiery serpent, and set it on
a standard: and it shall happen, that everyone
who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.
21:9Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it
on the standard: and it happened, that if a
serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to
the serpent of brass, he lived. 21:10The children
of Israel traveled, and encamped in Oboth.
21:11They traveled fromO both, and encamped
at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before
Moab, toward the sunrise. 21:12Fromt here they
traveled, and encamped in the valley of Zered.
21:13Fromthe re they traveled, and encamped
on the other side of the Arnon, which is in
the wilderness, that comes out of the border
of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border
of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
21:14Therefore it is said in the book of the Wars
of Yahweh, "Vaheb in Suphah, the valleys of the
Arnon, 21:15the slope of the valleys that incline
toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border
of Moab."
21:16Fromt here they traveled to Beer: that
is the well of which Yahweh said to Moses,
Gather the people together, and I will give them
water.
21:17Then sang Israel this song:
"Spring up, well; sing to it:
21:18the well, which the princes dug,
which the nobles of the people dug,
with the scepter, and with their poles."
Fromt he wilderness they traveledto Mattanah;
21:19and fromM attanah to Nahaliel;
e21:4 or, Sea of Reeds
Numbers 21:20 133 Numbers 22:16
and fromNahal iel to Bamoth; 21:20and from
Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of
Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down
on the desert. 21:21Israel sent messengers to
Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 21:22Let
me pass through your land: we will not turn
aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not
drink of the water of the wells: we will go by
the king's highway, until we have passed your
border. 21:23Sihon would not allow Israel to
pass through his border: but Sihon gathered
all his people together, and went out against
Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz;
and he fought against Israel. 21:24Israel struck
himw ith the edge of the sword, and possessed
his land fromthe Arnon to the Jabbok, even to
the children of Ammon; for the border of the
children of Ammon was strong. 21:25Israel took
all these cities: and Israel lived in all the cities of
the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its towns.
21:26For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king
of the Amorites, who had fought against the
former king ofMoab, and taken all his land out
of his hand, even to the Arnon. 21:27Therefore
those who speak in proverbs say,
"Come to Heshbon.
Let the city of Sihon be built and established;
21:28for a fire has gone out of Heshbon,
a flame from the city of Sihon.
It has devoured Ar of Moab,
The lords of the high places of the Arnon.
21:29Woe to you, Moab!
You are undone, people of Chemosh!
He has given his sons as fugitives,
and his daughters into captivity,
to Sihon king of the Amorites.
21:30We have shot at them.
Heshbon has perished even to Dibon.
We have laid waste even to Nophah,
Which reaches to Medeba."
21:31Thus Israel lived in the land of the
Amorites. 21:32Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and
they took its towns, and drove out the Amorites
who were there. 21:33They 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 battle at Edrei. 21:34Yahweh said to
Moses, Don't fear him: for I have delivered
himi nto your hand, and all his people, and
his land; and you shall do to himas you did
to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at
Heshbon. 21:35So they struck him, and his sons
and all his people, until there was none left him
remaining: and they possessed his land.
22:1The children of Israel traveled, and encamped
in the plains of Moab beyond the
Jordan at Jericho. 22:2Balak the son of Zippor
saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
22:3Moab was sore afraid of the people, because
they were many: and Moab was distressed
because of the children of Israel. 22:4Moab
said to the elders of Midian, Now will this
multitude lick up all that is around us, as the ox
licks up the grass of the field. Balak the son of
Zippor was king of Moab at that time. 22:5He
sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to
Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of
the children of his people, to call him, saying,
Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt:
behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and
they abide over against me. 22:6Please come
now therefore curse me this people; for they
are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall
prevail, that we may strike them, and that I
may drive them out of the land; for I know
that he whomy ou bless is blessed, and he
whomy ou curse is cursed. 22:7The elders of
Moab and the elders of Midian departed with
the rewards of divination in their hand; and
they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the
words of Balak. 22:8He said to them, Lodge
here this night, and I will bring you word
again, as Yahweh shall speak to me: and the
princes of Moab abode with Balaam. 22:9God
came to Balaam, and said, What men are these
with you? 22:10Balaamsa id to God, Balak the
son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me,
saying, 22:11Behold, the people that is come out
of Egypt, it covers the surface of the earth: now,
come curse me them; peradventure I shall be
able to fight against them, and shall drive them
out. 22:12God said to Balaam, You shall not
go with them; you shall not curse the people;
for they are blessed. 22:13Balaamro se up in
the morning, and said to the princes of Balak,
Get you into your land; for Yahweh refuses
to give me leave to go with you. 22:14The
princes of Moab rose up, and they went to
Balak, and said, Balaamre fuses to come with
us. 22:15Balak sent yet again princes, more, and
more honorable than they. 22:16They came to
Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the
son of Zippor, Please let nothing hinder you
Numbers 22:17 134 Numbers 23:8
from coming to me: 22:17for I will promote you
to very great honor, and whatever you say to
me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse
this people for me. 22:18Balaamans wered the
servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his
house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond
the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or
more. 22:19Now therefore, please wait also here
this night, that I may know what Yahweh will
speak to me more. 22:20God came to Balaam
at night, and said to him, If the men have
come to call you, rise up, go with them; but
only the word which I speak to you, that you
shall do. 22:21Balaamro se up in the morning,
and saddled his donkey, and went with the
princes of Moab. 22:22God's anger was kindled
because he went; and the angel of Yahweh
placed himself in the way for an adversary
against him. Now he was riding on his donkey,
and his two servants were with him. 22:23The
donkey saw the angel of Yahweh standing in
the way, with his sword drawn in his hand;
and the donkey turned aside out of the way,
and went into the field: and Balaams truck the
donkey, to turn her into the way. 22:24Then
the angel of Yahweh stood in a narrow path
between the vineyards, a wall being on this
side, and a wall on that side. 22:25The donkey
saw the angel of Yahweh, and she thrust herself
to the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against
the wall: and he struck her again. 22:26The
angel of Yahweh went further, and stood in a
narrow place, where there was no way to turn
either to the right hand or to the left. 22:27The
donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she lay
down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was
kindled, and he struck the donkey with his
staff. 22:28Yahweh opened the mouth of the
donkey, and she said to Balaam, What have I
done to you, that you have struck me these
three times? 22:29Balaams aid to the donkey,
Because you have mocked me, I would there
were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed
you. 22:30The donkey said to Balaam, Am I
not your donkey, on which you have ridden
all your life long to this day? was I ever wont
to do so to you? and he said, No. 22:31Then
Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw
the angel of Yahweh standing in the way, with
his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed
his head, and fell on his face. 22:32The angel
of Yahweh said to him, Why have you struck
your donkey these three times? behold, I am
come forth for an adversary, because your way
is perverse before me: 22:33and the donkey saw
me, and turned aside before me these three
times: unless she had turned aside from me,
surely now I had even slain you, and saved her
alive. 22:34Balaams aid to the angel of Yahweh,
I have sinned; for I didn't know that you
stood in the way against me: now therefore,
if it displease you, I will get me back again.
22:35The angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, Go
with the men; but only the word that I shall
speak to you, that you shall speak. So Balaam
went with the princes of Balak. 22:36When
Balak heard that Balaamwas come, he went out
to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on
the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost
part of the border. 22:37Balak said to Balaam,
Didn't I earnestly send to you to call you? why
didn't you come to me? am I not able indeed
to promote you to honor? 22:38Balaams aid to
Balak, Behold, I have come to you: have I now
any power at all to speak anything? the word
that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.
22:39Balaamwe nt with Balak, and they came to
Kiriath Huzoth. 22:40Balak sacrificed cattle and
sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes
who were with him. 22:41It happened in the
morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought
himup into the high places of Baal; and he saw
fromt here the utmost part of the people.
23:1Balaamsa id to Balak, Build me here
seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls
and seven rams. 23:2Balak did as Balaamh ad
spoken; and Balak and Balaamo ffered on every
altar a bull and a ram. 23:3Balaams aid to Balak,
Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go:
perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me; and
whatever he shows me I will tell you. He
went to a bare height. 23:4God met Balaam:
and he said to him, I have prepared the seven
altars, and I have offered up a bull and a
ramon every altar. 23:5Yahweh put a word
in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak,
and thus you shall speak. 23:6He returned to
him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt
offering, he, and all the princes ofMoab. 23:7He
took up his parable, and said, FromAr am has
Balak brought me, The king of Moab from
the mountains of the East: Come, curse me
Jacob, Come, defy Israel. 23:8How shall I curse,
whomG od has not cursed? How shall I defy,
Numbers 23:9 135 Numbers 24:10
whomY ahweh has not defied? 23:9For from
the top of the rocks I see him, From the hills
I see him: behold, it is a people that dwells
alone, And shall not be reckoned among the
nations. 23:10Who can count the dust of Jacob,
Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me
die the death of the righteous, Let my last end
be like his! 23:11Balak said to Balaam, What
have you done to me? I took you to curse my
enemies, and behold, you have blessed them
altogether. 23:12He answered and said, Must I
not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts
in my mouth? 23:13Balak said to him, Please
come with me to another place, from whence
you may see them; you shall see but the utmost
part of them, and shall not see them all: and
curse m e them from there. 23:14He took him
into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah,
and built seven altars, and offered up a bull
and a ramo n every altar. 23:15He said to Balak,
Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet
Yahwehyonder. 23:16Yahweh met Balaam, and
put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to
Balak, and say this. 23:17He came to him, and
behold, he was standing by his burnt offering,
and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said
to him,What has Yahweh spoken? 23:18He took
up his parable, and said,
Rise up, Balak, and hear!
Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
23:19God is not a man, that he should lie,
nor the son of man, that he should repent.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not make it
good?
23:20Behold, I have received a command to
bless.
He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.
23:21He has not seen iniquity in Jacob.
Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel.
Yahweh his God is with him.
The shout of a king is among them.
23:22God brings themo ut of Egypt.
He has as it were the strength of the wild
ox.
23:23Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob;
Neither is there any divination with Israel.
Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel,
What has God done!
23:24Behold, the people rises up as a lioness,
As a lion he lifts himself up.
He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey,
and drinks the blood of the slain.
23:25Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse
themat all, nor bless themat all. 23:26But
Balaama nswered Balak, Didn't I tell you,
saying, All that Yahweh speaks, that I must
do? 23:27Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will
take you to another place; peradventure it will
please God that you may curse me them from
there. 23:28Balak took Balaamt o the top of Peor,
that looks down on the desert. 23:29Balaam
said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and
prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams.
23:30Balak did as Balaamhad said, and offered
up a bull and a ramo n every altar.
24:1When Balaams aw that it pleased Yahweh
to bless Israel, he didn't go, as at the
other times, to meet with enchantments, but he
set his face toward the wilderness. 24:2Balaam
lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling
according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God
came on him. 24:3He took up his parable, and
said,
Balaamt he son of Beor says,
the man whose eye was closed says;
24:4he says, who hears the words of God,
who sees the vision of the Almighty,
falling down, and having his eyes open:
24:5How goodly are your tents, Jacob,
and your tents, Israel!
24:6As valleys they are spread forth,
as gardens by the riverside,
as aloes which Yahweh has planted,
as cedar trees beside the waters.
24:7Water shall flow fromhi s buckets.
His seed shall be in many waters.
His king shall be higher than Agag.
His kingdomsh all be exalted.
24:8God brings himou t of Egypt.
He has as it were the strength of the wild
ox.
He shall eat up the nations his adversaries,
shall break their bones in pieces,
and pierce themwi th his arrows.
24:9He couched, he lay down as a lion,
as a lioness; who shall rouse himup?
Everyone who blesses you is blessed.
Everyone who curses you is cursed.
24:10Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam,
and he struck his hands together; and
Balak said to Balaam, I called you to curse
Numbers 24:11 136 Numbers 25:18
my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether
blessed themt hese three times. 24:11Therefore
now flee you to your place: I thought to promote
you to great honor; but, behold, Yahweh
has kept you back fromho nor. 24:12Balaams aid
to Balak, Didn't I also tell your messengerswho
you sent to me, saying, 24:13If Balak would give
me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go
beyond the word of Yahweh, to do either good
or bad of my own mind; what Yahweh speaks,
that will I speak? 24:14Now, behold, I go to
my people: come, andI will advertise you what
this people shall do to your people in the latter
days. 24:15He took up his parable, and said,
Balaamt he son of Beor says,
the man whose eye was closed says;
24:16he says,who hears the words of God,
knows the knowledge of the Most High,
and who sees the vision of the Almighty,
Falling down, and having his eyes open:
24:17I see him, but not now.
I see him, but not near.
A star will come out of Jacob.
A scepter will rise out of Israel,
and shall strike through the corners of Moab,
and break down all the sons of Sheth.
24:18Edomsh all be a possession.
Seir, his enemies, also shall be a possession,
while Israel does valiantly.
24:19Out of Jacob shall one have dominion,
and shall destroy the remnant from the
city.
24:20He looked at Amalek, and took up his
parable, and said,
Amalek was the first of the nations,
But his latter end shall come to destruction.
24:21He looked at the Kenite, and took up his
parable, and said,
Your dwelling place is strong.
Your nest is set in the rock.
24:22Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted,
until Asshur carries you away captive.
24:23He took up his parable, and said,
Alas, who shall live when God does this?
24:24But ships shall comefromt he coast of
Kittim.
They shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber.
He also shall come to destruction.
24:25Balaamro se up, and went and returned
to his place; and Balak also went his way.
25:1Israel abode in Shittim; and the people
began to play the prostitute with the daughters
of Moab: 25:2for they called the people to the
sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and
bowed down to their gods. 25:3Israel joined
himself to Baal Peor: and the anger of Yahweh
was kindled against Israel. 25:4Yahweh said to
Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and
hang themu p to Yahweh before the sun, that
the fierce anger of Yahweh may turn away from
Israel. 25:5Moses said to the judges of Israel,
Kill you everyone his men who have joined
themselves to Baal Peor.
25:6Behold, one of the children of Israel came
and brought to his brothers aMidianite woman
in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all
the congregation of the children of Israel, while
they were weeping at the door of the Tent
of Meeting. 25:7When Phinehas, the son of
Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it,
he rose up fromt he midst of the congregation,
and took a spear in his hand; 25:8and he went
after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and
thrust both of themthro ugh, the man of Israel,
and the woman through her body. So the
plague was stayed fromthe children of Israel.
25:9Those who died by the plague were twentyfour
thousand. 25:10Yahweh spoke to Moses,
saying, 25:11Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the
son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath
away fromthe children of Israel, in that he was
jealous with m y jealousy am ong them ,so that
I didn't consume the children of Israel in my
jealousy. 25:12Therefore say, Behold, I give to
himm y covenant of peace: 25:13and it shall be
to him, and to his seed after him, the covenant
of an everlasting priesthood; because he was
jealous for his God, and made atonement for
the children of Israel. 25:14Now the name of
the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain
with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son
of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among
the Simeonites. 25:15The nam e of theMidianite
woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter
of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers'
house in Midian. 25:16Yahweh spoke to Moses,
saying, 25:17Harass the Midianites, and strike
them; 25:18for they harassed you with their
wiles, with which they have deceived you in
the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi,
the daughter of the prince of Midian, their
Numbers 26:1 137 Numbers 26:39
sister, who was slain on the day of the plague
in the matter of Peor.
26:1It happened after the plague, that Yahweh
spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of
Aaron the priest, saying, 26:2Take the sumo f
all the congregation of the children of Israel,
fromtwe nty years old and upward, by their
fathers' houses, all who are able to go forth
to war in Israel. 26:3Moses and Eleazar the
priest spoke with themin the plains of Moab
by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 26:4Take the
sum of the people, fromtwe nty years old and
upward; as Yahweh commanded Moses and
the children of Israel, that came forth out of
the land of Egypt. 26:5Reuben, the firstborn
of Israel; the sons of Reuben: ofHanoch, the
family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family
of the Palluites; 26:6of Hezron, the family of
the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the
Carmites. 26:7These are the families of the
Reubenites; and those who were numbered of
themwe re forty-three thousand seven hundred
thirty. 26:8The sons of Pallu: Eliab. 26:9The
sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and
Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram,
who were called of the congregation, who
strove against Moses and against Aaron in the
company of Korah, when they strove against
Yahweh, 26:10and the earth opened its mouth,
and swallowed themup together with Korah,
when that company died; what time the fire
devoured two hundred fifty men, and they
became a sign. 26:11Notwithstanding, the sons
of Korah didn't die. 26:12The 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;
26:13of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of
Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 26:14These
are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two
thousand two hundred. 26:15The sons of Gad
after their families: of Zephon, the family of
the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the
Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
26:16of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of
Eri, the family of the Erites; 26:17of Arod, the
family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family
of the Arelites. 26:18These are the families of
the sons of Gad according to those who were
numbered of them, forty thousand and five
hundred. 26:19The sons of Judah: Er and Onan;
and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
26:20The sons of Judah after their families were:
of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez,
the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family
of the Zerahites. 26:21The sons of Perez were: of
Hezron, the family of theHezronites; of Hamul,
the family of the Hamulites. 26:22These are the
families of Judah according to those who were
numbered of them, seventy-six thousand five
hundred. 26:23The sons of Issachar after their
families: ofTola, the family of the Tolaites; of
Puvah, the family of the Punites; 26:24of Jashub,
the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the
family of the Shimronites. 26:25These are the
families of Issachar according to those who
were numbered of them, sixty-four thousand
three hundred. 26:26The sons of Zebulun after
their families: of Sered, the family of the
Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of
Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 26:27These
are the families of the Zebulunites according
to those who were numbered of them, sixty
thousand five hundred. 26:28The sons of Joseph
after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
26:29The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the
family of the Machirites; and Machir became
the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the
Gileadites. 26:30These are the sons of Gilead:
of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek,
the family of the Helekites; 26:31and ofAsriel,
the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the
family of the Shechemites; 26:32and of Shemida,
the family of the Shemidaites; and ofHepher,
the family of the Hepherites. 26:33Zelophehad
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. 26:34These are the families ofManasseh;
and those who were num bered of them were
fifty-two thousand seven hundred. 26:35These
are the sons of Ephraima fter their families: of
Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of
Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan,
the family of the Tahanites. 26:36These are
the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of
the Eranites. 26:37These are the families of
the sons of Ephraima ccording to those who
were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand
five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph
after their families. 26:38The 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; 26:39of
Numbers 26:40 138 Numbers 27:8
Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites;
of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
26:40The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman:
of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman,
the family of the Naamites. 26:41These are the
sons of Benjamin after their families; and those
who were numbered of them were forty-five
thousand six hundred. 26:42These are the sons
of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family
of the Shuhamites. These are the families of
Dan after their families. 26:43All the families of
the Shuhamites, according to those who were
numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand
four hundred. 26:44The sons of Asher after their
families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites;
of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah,
the family of the Berites. 26:45Of the sons of
Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites;
of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
26:46The name of the daughter of Asher was
Serah. 26:47These are the families of the sons
of Asher according to those who were numbered
of them, fifty-three thousand and four
hundred. 26:48The sons of Naphtali after their
families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites;
of Guni, the family of the Gunites; 26:49of
Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the
family of the Shillemites. 26:50These are the
families of Naphtali according to their families;
and those who were numbered of them were
forty-five thousand four hundred. 26:51These
are those who were numbered of the children
of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven
hundred thirty. 26:52Yahweh spoke to Moses,
saying, 26:53To these the land shall be divided
for an inheritance according to the number of
names. 26:54To the more you shall give the
more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall
give the less inheritance: to everyone according
to those who were numbered of him shall his
inheritance be given. 26:55Notwithstanding,
the land shall be divided by lot: according to
the names of the tribes of their fathers they
shall inherit. 26:56According to the lot shall
their inheritance be divided between the more
and the fewer. 26:57These are those who were
numbered of the Levites after their families:
of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of
Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; ofMerari,
the family of the Merarites. 26:58These are the
families of Levi: the family of the Libnites,
the family of the Hebronites, the family of
the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the
family of the Korahites. Kohath became the
father of Amram. 26:59The name of Amram's
wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who
was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bore to
Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their
sister. 26:60To Aaron were born Nadab and
Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 26:61Nadab and
Abihu died, when they offered strange fire
before Yahweh. 26:62Those who were numbered
of themwe re twenty-three thousand,
every male from a month old and upward: for
they were not numbered among the children of
Israel, because there was no inheritance given
themam ong the children of Israel. 26:63These
are those who were num bered by Moses and
Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children
of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan
at Jericho. 26:64But among these there was
not a man of them who were numbered by
Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered
the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
26:65For Yahweh had said of them, They shall
surely die in the wilderness. There was not
left a man of them, save Caleb the son of
Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
27:1Then drew near the daughters of
Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of
Gilead, the son of Machir, the son ofManasseh,
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. 27:2They stood before Moses, and
before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes
and all the congregation, at the door of the
Tent of Meeting, saying, 27:3Our father died
in the wilderness, and he was not among the
company of those who gathered themselves
together against Yahweh in the company of
Korah: but he died in his own sin; and he
had no sons. 27:4Why should the name of our
father be taken away from among his family,
because he had no son? Give to us a possession
among the brothers of our father. 27:5Moses
brought their cause before Yahweh. 27:6Yahweh
spoke to Moses, saying, 27:7The daughters of
Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give
thema possession of an inheritance among
their father's brothers; and you shall cause
the inheritance of their father to pass to them.
27:8You shall speak to the children of Israel,
saying, If a man die, and have no son, then
Numbers 27:9 139 Numbers 28:20
you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his
daughter. 27:9If he have no daughter, then you
shall give his inheritance to his brothers. 27:10If
he have no brothers, then you shall give his
inheritance to his father's brothers. 27:11If his
father have no brothers, then you shall give his
inheritance to his kinsman who is next to himof
his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be
to the children of Israel a statute andordinance,
as Yahweh commanded Moses. 27:12Yahweh
said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of
Abarim, and see the land which I have given to
the children of Israel. 27:13When you have seen
it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as
Aaron your brother was gathered; 27:14because
you rebelled against myword in the wilderness
of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to
sanctify me at the waters before their eyes.
(These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh
in the wilderness of Zin.) 27:15Moses spoke
to Yahweh, saying, 27:16Let Yahweh, the God
of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over
the congregation, 27:17who may go out before
them, and who may come in before them, and
who may lead them out, and who may bring
themi n; that the congregation of Yahweh not be
as sheep which have no shepherd. 27:18Yahweh
said to Moses, Take Joshua the son of Nun,
a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your
hand on him; 27:19and set himbe fore Eleazar
the priest, and before all the congregation;
and commission him in their sight. 27:20You
shall put of your honor on him, that all the
congregation of the children of Israel may obey.
27:21He shall stand before Eleazar the priest,
who shall inquire for himb y the judgment of
the Urimbe fore Yahweh: 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. 27:22Moses did as Yahweh
commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set
himbe fore Eleazar the priest, and before all
the congregation: 27:23and he laid his hands on
him, and commissioned him, as Yahweh spoke
by Moses.
28:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
28:2Command the children of Israel, and tell
them, My offering, my food for my offerings
made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to me, you
shall observe to offer to me in their due season.
28:3You shall tell them, This is the offering made
by fire which you shall offer to Yahweh: male
lambs a year old without blemish, two day by
day, for a continual burnt offering. 28:4You shall
offer the one lamb in the morning, and you
shall offer the other lamb at evening; 28:5with
the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a
meal offering, mixed with the fourth part of
a hin of beaten oil. 28:6It is a continual burnt
offering, which was ordained in Mount Sinai
for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire
to Yahweh. 28:7Its drink offering shall be the
fourth part of a hin for the one lamb. You shall
pour out a drink offering of strong drink to
Yahweh in the holy place. 28:8The other lamb
you shall offer at evening: as the meal offering
of the morning, and as the drink offering of
it, you shall offer it, an offering made by fire,
of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. 28:9On the
Sabbath day two male lambs a year old without
blemish, and two tenth parts of an ephahof
fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil,
and the drink offering of it: 28:10this is the
burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the
continual burnt offering, and the drink offering
of it. 28:11In the beginnings of your months
you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh: two
young bulls, and one ram, seven male lambs a
year old without blemish; 28:12and three tenth
parts of an ephahof fine flour for a meal offering,
mixed with oil, for each bull; and two tenth
parts of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed
with oil, for the one ram; 28:13and a tenth part
of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering
to every lamb; for a burnt offering of a pleasant
aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
28:14Their drink offerings shall be half a hin
of wine for a bull, and the third part of a hin
for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a
lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month
throughout the months of the year. 28:15One
male goat for a sin offering to Yahweh; it shall
be offered besides the continual burnt offering,
and the drink offering of it. 28:16In the first
month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is
Yahweh's Passover. 28:17On the fifteenth day
of this month shall be a feast: seven days shall
unleavened bread be eaten. 28:18In the first day
shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no
servilework; 28:19but you shall offer an offering
made by fire, a burnt offering to Yahweh: two
young bulls, and one ram , and seven m ale
lambs a year old; they shall be to you without
blemish; 28:20and their meal offering, fine flour
Numbers 28:21 140 Numbers 29:27
mixed with oil: you shall offer three tenth
parts for a bull, and two tenth parts for the
ram. 28:21You shall offer a tenth part for every
lamb of the seven lambs; 28:22and one male
goat for a sin offering, to make atonement
for you. 28:23You shall offer these besides
the burnt offering of the morning, which is
for a continual burnt offering. 28:24After this
manner you shall offer daily, for seven days, the
food of the offering made by fire, of a pleasant
aroma to Yahweh: it shall be offered besides
the continual burnt offering, and the drink
offering of it. 28:25On the seventh day you
shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no
servile work. 28:26Also in the day of the first
fruits, when you offer a new meal offering to
Yahweh in your feast ofweeks, you shall have a
holy convocation; you shall do no servile work;
28:27but you shall offer a burnt offering for a
pleasant aroma to Yahweh: two young bulls,
one ram, seven male lambs a year old; 28:28and
their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil,
three tenth parts for each bull, two tenth parts
for the one ram, 28:29a tenth part for every lamb
of the seven lambs; 28:30one male goat, to make
atonement for you. 28:31Besides the continual
burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, you
shall offer them( they shall be to you without
blemish), and their drink offerings.
29:1In the seventh month, on the first day of
the month, you shall have a holy convocation;
you shall do no servile work: it is a day of
blowing of trumpets to you. 29:2You shall
offer a burnt offering for a pleasant arom a
to Yahweh: one young bull, one ram, seven
male lambs a year old without blemish; 29:3and
their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil,
three tenth parts for the bull, two tenth parts
for the ram, 29:4and one tenth part for every
lamb of the seven lambs; 29:5and one male goat
for a sin offering, to make atonement for you;
29:6besides the burnt offering of the new moon,
and the meal offering of it, and the continual
burnt offering and the meal offering of it,
and their drink offerings, according to their
ordinance, for a pleasant aroma, an offering
made by fire to Yahweh. 29:7On the tenth
day of this seventh month you shall have a
holy convocation; and you shall afflict your
souls: you shall do no manner of work; 29:8but
you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh for
a pleasant aroma: one young bull, one ram,
seven male lambs a year old; they shall be
to you without blemish; 29:9and their meal
offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth
parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the one
ram, 29:10a tenth part for every lamb of the
seven lambs: 29:11one male goat for a sin
offering; besides the sin offering of atonement,
and the continual burnt offering, and the meal
offering of it, and their drink offerings. 29:12On
the fifteenth day of the seventh month you
shall have a holy convocation; you shall do
no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to
Yahweh seven days: 29:13and you shall offer
a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of
a pleasant aroma to Yahweh; thirteen young
bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year
old; they shall be without blemish; 29:14and
their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil,
three tenth parts for every bull of the thirteen
bulls, two tenth parts for each ramo f the two
rams, 29:15and a tenth part for every lamb of the
fourteen lambs; 29:16and one male goat for a sin
offering, besides the continual burnt offering,
the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of
it. 29:17On the second day you shall offertwelve
young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a
year old without blemish; 29:18and their meal
offering and their drink offerings for the bulls,
for the rams, and for the lambs, according
to their number, after the ordinance; 29:19and
one male goat for a sin offering; besides the
continual burnt offering, and the meal offering
of it, and their drink offerings. 29:20On the
third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male
lambs a year old without blemish; 29:21and
their meal offering and their drink offerings
for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs,
according to their number, after the ordinance;
29:22and one male goat for a sin offering;
besides the continual burnt offering, and the
meal offering of it, and the drink offering
of it. 29:23On the fourth day ten bulls, two
rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without
blemish; 29:24their meal offering and their drink
offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for
the lambs, according to their number, after the
ordinance; 29:25and one male goat for a sin
offering; besides the continual burnt offering,
the meal offering of it, and the drink offering
of it. 29:26On the fifth day nine bulls, two
rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without
blemish; 29:27and their meal offering and their
Numbers 29:28 141 Numbers 31:3
drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams,
and for the lambs, according to their number,
after the ordinance; 29:28and one male goat
for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt
offering, and the meal offering of it, and the
drink offering of it. 29:29On the sixth day eight
bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old
without blemish; 29:30and their meal offering
and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the
rams, and for the lambs, according to their
number, after the ordinance; 29:31and one male
goat for a sin offering; besides the continual
burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the
drink offerings of it. 29:32On the seventh day
seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a
year old without blemish; 29:33and their meal
offering and their drink offerings for the bulls,
for the rams, and for the lambs, according
to their number, after the ordinance; 29:34and
one male goat for a sin offering; besides the
continual burnt offering, the meal offering of
it, and the drink offering of it. 29:35On the
eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly:
you shall do no servile work; 29:36but you
shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made
by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: one
bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old
without blemish; 29:37their meal offering and
their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram,
and for the lambs, shall be according to their
number, after the ordinance: 29:38and one male
goat for a sin offering, besides the continual
burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and
the drink offering of it. 29:39These you shall
offer to Yahweh in your set feasts, besides your
vows, and your freewill offerings, for your
burnt offerings, and for your meal offerings,
and for your drink offerings, and for your
peace offerings. 29:40Moses told the children of
Israel according to all that Yahweh commanded
Moses.
30:1Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of
the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing
which Yahweh has commanded. 30:2When a
man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an
oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall
not break his word; he shall do according to
all that proceeds out of his mouth. 30:3Also
when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and
binds herself by a bond, being in her father's
house, in her youth, 30:4and her father hears
her vow, and her bond with which she has
bound her soul, and her father holds his peace
at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every
bond with which she has bound her soul shall
stand. 30:5But if her father disallow her in the
day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her
bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall
stand: and Yahweh will forgive her, because
her father disallowed her. 30:6If she be marriedto
a husband, while her vows are on her, or the
rash utterance of her lips, with which she has
bound her soul, 30:7and her husband hear it,
and hold his peace at her in the day that he
hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her
bonds with which she has bound her soul shall
stand. 30:8But if her husband disallow her in
the day that he hears it, then he shall make
void her vow which is on her, and the rash
utterance of her lips, with which she has bound
her soul: and Yahweh will forgive her. 30:9But
the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced,
eveneverything with which she has bound her
soul, shall stand against her. 30:10If she vowed
in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a
bond with an oath, 30:11and her husband heard
it, and held his peace at her, and didn't disallow
her; then all her vows shall stand, and every
bond with which she bound her soul shall
stand. 30:12But if her husband made them null
and void in the day that he heard them, then
whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning
her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul,
shall not stand: her husband has made them
void; and Yahweh will forgive her. 30:13Every
vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul,
her husband may establish it, or her husband
may make it void. 30:14But if her husband
altogether hold his peace at her fromd ay to
day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her
bonds, which are on her: he has established
them, because he held his peace at her in the
day that he heard them. 30:15But if he shall
make themnull and void after that he has heard
them, then he shall bear her iniquity. 30:16These
are the statutes, which Yahweh commanded
Moses, between a man and his wife, between
a father and his daughter, being in her youth,
in her father's house.
31:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
31:2Avenge the children of Israel of the
Midianites: afterward you shall be gathered
to your people. 31:3Moses spoke to the people,
saying, Armyou men froma mong you for
Numbers 31:4 142 Numbers 31:41
the war, that they may go against Midian,
to execute Yahweh's vengeance on Midian.
31:4Of every tribe one thousand, throughout
all the tribes of Israel, you shall send to the
war. 31:5So there were delivered, out of the
thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe,
twelve thousand armed for war. 31:6Moses
sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the
war, themand Phinehas the son of Eleazar
the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the
sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in
his hand. 31:7They warred against Midian, as
Yahweh commanded Moses; and they killed
every male. 31:8They killed the kings of Midian
with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem,
and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings
of Midian: Balaamal so the son of Beor they
killed with the sword. 31:9The children of
Israel took captive the women of Midian and
their little ones; and all their livestock, and all
their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a
prey. 31:10All their cities in the places in which
they lived, and all their encampments, they
burnt with fire. 31:11They took all the spoil,
and all the prey, both of man and of animal.
31:12They brought the captives, and the prey,
and the spoil, to Moses, and to Eleazar the
priest, and to the congregation of the children
of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab,
which are by the Jordan at Jericho. 31:13Moses,
and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of
the congregation, went forth to meet them
outside of the camp. 31:14Moses was angry
with the officers of the army, the captains of
thousands and the captains of hundreds, who
cam e from the service of the war. 31:15Moses
said to them, Have you saved all the women
alive? 31:16Behold, these caused the children
of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to
commit trespass against Yahweh in the matter
of Peor, and so the plague was among the
congregation of Yahweh. 31:17Now therefore
kill every male among the little ones, and kill
every woman who has known man by lying
with him. 31:18But all the girls, who have not
known man by lying with him, keep alive for
yourselves. 31:19Encamp you outside of the
camp seven days: whoever has killed any
person, and whoever has touched any slain,
purify yourselves on the third day and on the
seventh day, you and your captives. 31:20As to
every garment, and all that is made of skin, and
all work of goats' hair, and all things made of
wood, you shall purify yourselves. 31:21Eleazar
the priest said to the men of war who went to
the battle, This is the statute of the law which
Yahweh has commanded Moses: 31:22however
the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron,
the tin, and the lead, 31:23everything that may
abide the fire, you shall make to go through
the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it
shall be purified with the water for impurity:
and all that doesn't withstand the fire you shall
make to go through the water. 31:24You shall
wash your clothes on the seventh day, and
you shall be clean; and afterward you shall
come into the camp. 31:25Yahweh spoke to
Moses, saying, 31:26Take the sumo f the prey
that was taken, both of man and of animal,
you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of
the fathers' housesof the congregation; 31:27and
divide the prey into two parts: between the
men skilled in war, who went out to battle,
and all the congregation. 31:28Levy a tribute
to Yahweh of the men of war who went out
to battle: one soul of five hundred, bothof the
persons, and of the cattle, and of the donkeys,
and of the flocks: 31:29take it of their half, and
give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh's wave
offering. 31:30Of the children of Israel's half,
you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of
the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and
of the flocks, evenof all the livestock, and give
themto the Levites, who perform the duty of
the tent of Yahweh. 31:31Moses and Eleazar
the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
31:32Now the prey, over and above the booty
which the men of war took, was six hundred
seventy-five thousand sheep, 31:33and seventytwo
thousand head of cattle, 31:34and sixtyone
thousand donkeys, 31:35and thirty-two
thousand persons in all, of the womenwho had
not known man by lying with him. 31:36The
half, which was the portion of those who went
out to war, was in number three hundred
thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:
31:37and Yahweh's tribute of the sheep was
six hundred seventy-five. 31:38The cattle were
thirty-six thousand; of which Yahweh's tribute
was seventy-two. 31:39The donkeys were thirty
thousand five hundred; of which Yahweh's
tribute was sixty-one. 31:40The persons were
sixteen thousand; of whomY ahweh's tribute
was thirty-two persons. 31:41Moses gave the
Numbers 31:42 143 Numbers 32:22
tribute, which was Yahweh's wave offering,
to Eleazar the priest, as Yahweh commanded
Moses. 31:42Of the children of Israel's half,
which Moses divided off fromt he men who
warred 31:43(now the congregation's half was
three hundred thirty-seven thousand five
hundred sheep, 31:44and thirty-six thousand
head of cattle, 31:45and thirty thousand five
hundred donkeys, 31:46and sixteen thousand
persons), 31:47even of the children of Israel's
half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty,
both of man and of animal, and gave them
to the Levites, who performed the duty of the
tent of Yahweh; as Yahweh commandedMoses.
31:48The officers who were over the thousands
of the army, the captains of thousands, and
the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;
31:49and they said toMoses, Your servants have
taken the sumo f themen of war who are under
our command, and there lacks not one man of
us. 31:50We have brought Yahweh's offering,
what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold,
armlets, and bracelets, signet rings, earrings,
and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls
before Yahweh. 31:51Moses and Eleazar the
priest took the gold of them, even all worked
jewels. 31:52All the gold of the wave offering
that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains
of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds,
was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty
shekels. 31:53(Forthe men of war had taken
booty, every man for himself.) 31:54Moses and
Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains
of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it
into the Tent of Meeting, for a memorial for the
children of Israel before Yahweh.
32:1Now the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad had a very great multitude
of livestock: and when they saw the land of
Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the
place was a place for livestock; 32:2the children
of Gad and the children of Reuben came and
spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest,
and to the princes of the congregation, saying,
32:3Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah,
and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and
Nebo, and Beon, 32:4the land which Yahweh
struck before the congregation of Israel, is a
land for livestock; and your servants have
livestock. 32:5They said, If we have found
favor in your sight, let this land be given to
your servants for a possession; don't bring us
over the Jordan. 32:6Moses said to the children
of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall
your brothers go to the war, and shall you sit
here? 32:7Why discourage you the heart of
the children of Israel fromgoin g over into the
land which Yahweh has given them? 32:8Your
fathers did so when I sent themfr om Kadesh
Barnea to see the land. 32:9For when they went
up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land,
they discouraged the heart of the children of
Israel, that they should not go into the land
which Yahweh had given them. 32:10Yahweh's
anger was kindled in that day, and he swore,
saying, 32:11Surely none of the men who came
up out of Egypt, fromtwe nty years old and
upward, shall see the land which I swore
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because
they have not wholly followed me: 32:12save
Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and
Joshua the son of Nun; because they have
wholly followed Yahweh. 32:13Yahweh's anger
was kindled against Israel, and he made them
wander back and forth in the wilderness forty
years, until all the generation, who had done
evil in the sight of Yahweh, was consumed.
32:14Behold, you are risen up in your fathers'
place, an increase of sinful men, to augment
yet the fierce anger of Yahweh toward Israel.
32:15For if you turn away fromaf ter him, he
will yet again leave themin the wilderness; and
you will destroy all this people. 32:16They came
near to him, and said,We will build sheepfolds
here for our livestock, and cities for our little
ones: 32:17butwe ourselveswill be ready armed
to go before the children of Israel, until we
have brought themto their place: and our little
ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because
of the inhabitants of the land. 32:18We will
not return to our houses, until the children of
Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
32:19For we will not inherit with themo n the
other side of the Jordan, and forward; because
our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of
the Jordan eastward. 32:20Moses said to them,
If you will do this thing, if you will armyour -
selves to go before Yahweh to the war, 32:21and
every armed man of you will pass over the
Jordan before Yahweh, until he has driven out
his enemies from before him, 32:22and the land
is subdued before Yahweh; then afterward you
shall return, and be guiltless towards Yahweh,
and towards Israel; and this land shall be to you
Numbers 32:23 144 Numbers 33:17
for a possession before Yahweh. 32:23But if you
will not do so, behold, you have sinned against
Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find you
out. 32:24Build you cities for your little ones,
and folds for your sheep; and do that which
has proceeded out of your mouth. 32:25The
children of Gad and the children of Reuben
spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants will do
as my lord commands. 32:26Our little ones,
our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock,
shall be there in the cities of Gilead; 32:27but
your servants will pass over, every man who
is armed for war, before Yahweh to battle,
as my lord says. 32:28So Moses commanded
concerning themto Eleazar the priest, and to
Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the
fathers' housesof the tribes of the children of
Israel. 32:29Moses said to them, If the children
of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass
with you over the Jordan, every man who is
armed to battle, before Yahweh, and the land
shall be subdued before you; then you shall
give themthe land of Gilead for a possession:
32:30but if they will not pass over with you
armed, they shall have possessions among you
in the land of Canaan. 32:31The children of
Gad and the children of Reuben answered,
saying, As Yahweh has said to your servants,
so will we do. 32:32We will pass over armed
before Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and the
possession of our inheritance shall remainwith
us beyond the Jordan. 32:33Moses gave to
them, even to the children of Gad, and to the
children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of
Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdomo f
Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom
of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to
the cities of it with theirborders, even the cities
of the surrounding land. 32:34The children
of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
32:35and Atrothshophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah,
32:36and Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran:
fortified cities, and folds for sheep. 32:37The
children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh,
and Kiriathaim, 32:38and Nebo, and BaalMeon,
(their names being changed), and Sibmah: and
they gave other names to the cities which they
built. 32:39The children of Machir the son of
Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and
dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.
32:40Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of
Manasseh; and he lived therein. 32:41Jair the
son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and
called themH avvoth Jair. 32:42Nobah went
and took Kenath, and its villages, and called it
Nobah, after his own name.
33:1These are the journeys of the children
of Israel, when they went forth out of the
land of Egypt by their armies under the hand
of Moses and Aaron. 33:2Moses wrote their
goings out according to their journeys by
the commandment of Yahweh: and these are
their journeys according to their goings out.
33:3They traveled fromRa meses in the first
month, on the fifteenth day of the first month;
on the next day after the Passover the children
of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight
of all the Egyptians, 33:4while the Egyptians
were burying all their firstborn, whomYahweh
had struck among them: on their gods also
Yahweh executed judgments. 33:5The children
of Israel traveled from Rameses, and encamped
in Succoth. 33:6They traveled fromS uccoth,
and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge
of the wilderness. 33:7They traveled from
Etham, and turned back to Pihahiroth, which
is before Baal Zephon: and they encamped
before Migdol. 33:8They traveled fromb efore
Hahiroth, and passed through the midst
of the sea into the wilderness: and they
went three days' journey in the wilderness of
Etham, and encamped in Marah. 33:9They
traveled from Marah, and came to Elim: and
in Elimwe re twelve springs of water, and
seventy palmt rees; and they encamped there.
33:10They traveled from Elim, and encamped
by the Red Seaf. 33:11They traveled fromt he
Red Seag, and encamped in the wilderness of
Sin. 33:12They traveled fromt he wilderness
of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. 33:13They
traveled fromD ophkah, and encamped in
Alush. 33:14They traveled fromAlush , and
encamped in Rephidim, where there was no
water for the people to drink. 33:15They
traveled from Rephidim, and encamped in
the wilderness of Sinai. 33:16They traveled
fromthe wilderness of Sinai, and encamped
in Kibroth Hattaavah. 33:17They traveled from
Kibroth Hattaavah, and encamped in Hazef33:
10 or, Sea of Reeds
g33:11 or, Sea of Reeds
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roth. 33:18They traveled fromHaze roth, and
encamped in Rithmah. 33:19They traveled from
Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon Perez.
33:20They traveled from Rimmon Perez, and
encamped in Libnah. 33:21They traveled from
Libnah, and encamped in Rissah. 33:22They
traveled fromR issah, and encamped in Kehelathah.
33:23They traveled fromKe helathah,
and encamped in Mount Shepher. 33:24They
traveled fromMoun t Shepher, and encamped
in Haradah. 33:25They traveled fromHa radah,
and encamped in Makheloth. 33:26They traveled
fromMakheloth, and encamped in Tahath.
33:27They traveled fromTahath, and encamped
in Terah. 33:28They traveled fromT erah,
and encamped in Mithkah. 33:29They traveled
fromM ithkah, and encamped in Hashmonah.
33:30They traveled fromHa shmonah,
and encamped in Moseroth. 33:31They traveled
fromM oseroth, and encamped in Bene Jaakan.
33:32They traveled fromB ene Jaakan, and encamped
in Hor Haggidgad. 33:33They traveled
fromHor Haggidgad, and encamped in
Jotbathah. 33:34They traveled fromJ otbathah,
and encamped in Abronah. 33:35They traveled
fromAbro nah, and encamped in Ezion Geber.
33:36They traveled fromEz ion Geber, and encamped
in the wilderness of Zin (the same
is Kadesh). 33:37They traveled fromK adesh,
and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of
the land of Edom. 33:38Aaron the priest went
up into Mount Hor at the commandment of
Yahweh, and died there, in the fortieth year
after the children of Israel were come out of
the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the
first day of the month. 33:39Aaron was one
hundred twenty-three years old when he died
in Mount Hor. 33:40The Canaanite, the king of
Arad, who lived in the South in the land of
Canaan, heard of the coming of the children
of Israel. 33:41They traveled fromMoun t Hor,
and encamped in Zalmonah. 33:42They traveled
from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon.
33:43They traveled fromPuno n, and encamped
in Oboth. 33:44They traveled fromOb oth,
and encamped in Iye Abarim, in the border
of Moab. 33:45They traveled fromI yim, and
encamped in Dibon Gad. 33:46They traveled
from Dibon Gad, and encamped in Almon
Diblathaim. 33:47They traveled fromAlm on
Diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains
of Abarim, before Nebo. 33:48They traveled
from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped
in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
33:49They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth
Jeshimoth even to Abel Shittim in the plains
of Moab. 33:50Yahweh spoke to Moses in the
plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
33:51Speak to the children of Israel, and tell
them, When you pass over the Jordan into
the land of Canaan, 33:52then you shall drive
out all the inhabitants of the land frombe fore
you, and destroy all their figured stones, and
destroy all their molten images, and demolish
all their high places: 33:53and you shall take
possession of the land, and dwell therein; for to
you have I given the land to possess it. 33:54You
shall inherit the land by lot according to your
families; to the more you shall give the more
inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give
the less inheritance: wherever the lot falls to
any man, that shall be his. You shall inherit
according to the tribes of your fathers. 33:55But
if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the
land frombefore you, then those you let remain
of themw ill be as pricks in your eyes and as
thorns in your sides, and they will harass you
in the land in which you dwell. 33:56It shall
happen that as I thought to do to them ,sowill
I do to you.
34:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
34:2Command the children of Israel, and tell
them, When you come into the land of Canaan
(this is the land that shall fall to you for an
inheritance, even the land of Canaan according
to its borders), 34:3then your south quarter shall
be fromt he wilderness of Zin along by the side
of Edom, and your south border shall be from
the end of the Salt Sea eastward; 34:4and your
border shall turn about southward of the ascent
of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the
goings out of it shall be southward of Kadesh
Barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar Addar,
and pass along to Azmon; 34:5and the border
shall turn about fromAz mon to the brook of
Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the
sea. 34:6For the western border, you shall have
the great sea and the border of it: this shall
be your west border. 34:7This shall be your
north border: fromthe great sea you shallmark
out for you Mount Hor; 34:8fromMoun t Hor
you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath;
and the goings out of the border shall be at
Zedad; 34:9and the border shall go forth to
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Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at
Hazar Enan: this shall be your north border.
34:10You shall mark out your east border from
Hazar Enan to Shepham; 34:11and the border
shall go down fromShe pham to Riblah, on
the east side of Ain; and the border shall go
down, and shall reach to the side of the sea
of Chinnereth eastward; 34:12and the border
shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings
out of it shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall
be your land according to its borders around
it. 34:13Moses commanded the children of
Israel, saying, This is the land which you shall
inherit by lot, which Yahweh has commanded
to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;
34:14for the tribe of the children of Reuben
according to their fathers' houses, and the
tribe of the children of Gad according to
their fathers' houses, have received, and the
half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their
inheritance: 34:15the two tribes and the halftribe
have received their inheritance beyond
the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the
sunrise. 34:16Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
34:17These are the names of the men who
shall divide the land to you for inheritance:
Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
34:18You shall take one prince of every tribe, to
divide the land for inheritance. 34:19These are
the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah,
Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 34:20Of the tribe
of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son
of Ammihud. 34:21Of the tribe of Benjamin,
Elidad the son of Chislon. 34:22Of the tribe of
the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of
Jogli. 34:23Of the children of Joseph: of the
tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince,
Hanniel the son of Ephod. 34:24Of the tribe
of the children of Ephraima prince, Kemuel
the son of Shiphtan. 34:25Of the tribe of the
children of Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the
son of Parnach. 34:26Of the tribe of the children
of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
34:27Of the tribe of the children of Asher a
prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. 34:28Of
the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince,
Pedahel the son of Ammihud. 34:29These are
they whom Yahweh commanded to divide the
inheritance to the children of Israel in the land
of Canaan.
35:1Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains
of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
35:2Command the children of Israel that they
give to the Levites of the inheritance of their
possession cities to dwell in; and You shall
give suburbs for the cities around themto the
Levites. 35:3The cities shall they have to dwell
in; and their suburbs shall be for their livestock,
and for their substance, and for all their animals.
35:4The suburbs of the cities, which you
shall give to the Levites, shall be fromthe wall
of the city and outward one thousand cubits
around it. 35:5You shall measure outside of the
city for the east side two thousand cubits, and
for the south side two thousand cubits, and
for the west side two thousand cubits, and for
the north side two thousand cubits, the city
being in the midst. This shall be to them the
suburbs of the cities. 35:6The cities which you
shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six
cities of refuge, which you shall give for the
manslayer to flee to: and besides them you
shall give forty-two cities. 35:7All the cities
which you shall give to the Levites shall be
forty-eight cities together with their suburbs.
35:8Concerning the cities which you shall give
of the possession of the children of Israel, from
the many you shall take many; and from the
few you shall take few: everyone according
to his inheritance which he inherits shall give
of his cities to the Levites. 35:9Yahweh spoke
to Moses, saying, 35:10Speak to the children of
Israel, and tell them, When you pass over the
Jordan into the land of Canaan, 35:11then you
shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for
you, that the manslayer who kills any person
unwittingly may flee there. 35:12The cities
shall be to you for refuge fromthe avenger,
that the manslayer not die, until he stands
before the congregation for judgment. 35:13The
cities which you shall give shall be for you six
cities of refuge. 35:14You shall give three cities
beyond the Jordan, and you shall give three
cities in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities
of refuge. 35:15For the children of Israel, and
for the stranger and for the foreigner living
among them, shall these six cities be for refuge;
that everyonewho kills any person unwittingly
may flee there. 35:16But if he struck himwi th
an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is
a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put
to death. 35:17If he struck himwi th a stone
in the hand, by which a man may die, and
he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall
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surely be put to death. 35:18Or if he struck
himwi th a weapon of wood in the hand, by
which a man may die, and he died, he is a
murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to
death. 35:19The avenger of blood shall himself
put the murderer to death: when he meets him,
he shall put himto death. 35:20If he thrust him
of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so
that he died, 35:21or in enmity struck him with
his hand, so that he died; he who struck him
shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer:
the avenger of blood shall put the murderer
to death, when he meets him. 35:22But if he
thrust hims uddenly without enmity, or hurled
on himany thing without lying in wait, 35:23or
with any stone, by which a man may die, not
seeing him, and cast it on him, so that he died,
and he was not his enemy, neither sought his
harm; 35:24then the congregation shall judge
between the striker and the avenger of blood
according to these ordinances; 35:25and the
congregation shall deliver the manslayer out
of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the
congregation shall restore himto his city of
refuge, where he was fled: and he shall dwell
therein until the death of the high priest, who
was anointed with the holy oil. 35:26But if
the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the
border of his city of refuge, where he flees,
35:27and the avenger of blood find himo utside
of the border of his city of refuge, and the
avenger of blood kill the manslayer; he shall
not be guilty of blood, 35:28because he should
have remained in his city of refuge until the
death of the high priest: but after the death
of the high priest the manslayer shall return
into the land of his possession. 35:29These
things shall be for a statute andordinance to
you throughout your generations in all your
dwellings. 35:30Whoever kills any person, the
murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses:
but one witness shall not testify against
any person that he die. 35:31Moreover you shall
take no ransomf or the life of a murderer who
is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to
death. 35:32You shall take no ransomf or him
who is fled to his city of refuge, that he may
come again to dwell in the land, until the death
of the priest. 35:33So you shall not pollute the
land in which you are: for blood, it pollutes the
land; and no expiation can be made for the land
for the blood that is shed therein, but by the
blood of himw ho shed it. 35:34You shall not
defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst
of which I dwell: for I, Yahweh, dwell in the
midst of the children of Israel.
36:1The heads of the fathers' housesof the
family of the children of Gilead, the son of
Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families
of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke
before Moses, and before the princes, the heads
of the fathers' housesof the children of Israel:
36:2and they said, Yahweh commanded my
lord to give the land for inheritance by lot
to the children of Israel: and my lord was
commanded by Yahweh to give the inheritance
of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
36:3If they be married to any of the sons of
the othertribes of the children of Israel, then
will their inheritance be taken away fromthe
inheritance of our fathers, and will be added
to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they
shall belong: so will it be taken away from
the lot of our inheritance. 36:4When the jubilee
of the children of Israel shall be, then will
their inheritance be added to the inheritance
of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so
will their inheritance be taken away fromthe
inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. 36:5Moses
commanded the children of Israel according to
the word of Yahweh, saying, The tribe of the
sons of Joseph speaks right. 36:6This is the thing
which Yahweh does command concerning the
daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let thembe
married to whom they think best; only into
the family of the tribe of their father shall
they be married. 36:7So shall no inheritance
of the children of Israel remove from tribe to
tribe; for the children of Israel shall cleave
everyone to the inheritance of the tribe of his
fathers. 36:8Every daughter, who possesses
an inheritance in any tribe of the children of
Israel, shall be wife to one of the family of the
tribe of her father, that the children of Israel
may possess every man the inheritance of his
fathers. 36:9So shall no inheritance remove
fromon e tribe to another tribe; for the tribes
of the children of Israel shall cleave everyone
to his own inheritance. 36:10Even as Yahweh
commanded Moses, so did the daughters
of Zelophehad: 36:11for Mahlah, Tirzah, and
Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters
of Zelophehad, were married to their father's
brothers' sons. 36:12They were married into
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the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of
Joseph; and their inheritance remained in the
tribe of the family of their father. 36:13These are
the commandments and the ordinances which
Yahweh commanded by Moses to the children
of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at
Jericho.
Deuteronomy
1:1These are the words which Moses spoke
to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness,
in the Arabah over against Suph, between
Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth,
and Dizahab. 1:2It is eleven days' journeyfrom
Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh
Barnea. 1:3It happened in the fortieth year,
in the eleventh month, on the first day of the
month, that Moses spoke to the children of
Israel, according to all that Yahweh had given
him in commandment to them; 1:4after he had
struck Sihon the king of the Amorites, who
lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan,
who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei. 1:5Beyond
the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses
to declare this law, saying, 1:6Yahweh our God
spoke to us in Horeb, saying, You have lived
long enough in this mountain: 1:7turn, and take
your journey, and go to the hill country of the
Amorites, and to all the placesnear there, in the
Arabah, in the hill country, and in the lowland,
and in the South, and by the seashore, the land
of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the
great river, the river Euphrates. 1:8Behold, I
have set the land before you: go in and possess
the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give
to themand to their seed after them. 1:9I
spoke to you at that time, saying, I am not
able to bear you myself alone: 1:10Yahweh your
God has multiplied you, and behold, you are
this day as the stars of the sky for multitude.
1:11Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you
a thousand times as many as you are, and
bless you, as he has prom ised you! 1:12How
can I myself alone bear your encumbrance,
and your burden, and your strife? 1:13Take
wise men of understanding and well known
according to your tribes, and I will make them
heads over you. 1:14You answered me, and
said, The thing which you have spoken is good
for usto do. 1:15So I took the heads of your
tribes, wise men, and known, and made them
heads over you, captains of thousands, and
captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties,
and captains of tens, and officers, according to
your tribes. 1:16I commanded your judges at
that time, saying, Hear the causesbetween your
brothers, and judge righteously between a man
and his brother, and the foreigner who is living
with him. 1:17You shall not show partiality
in judgment; you shall hear the small and the
great alike; you shall not be afraid of the face of
man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause
that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me,
and I will hear it. 1:18I commanded you at that
time all the things which you should do. 1:19We
traveled fromHo reb, and went through all that
great and terrible wilderness which you saw,
by the way to the hill country of the Amorites,
as Yahweh our God commanded us; and we
came to Kadesh Barnea. 1:20I said to you, You
are come to the hill country of the Amorites,
which Yahweh our God gives to us. 1:21Behold,
Yahweh your God has set the land before you:
go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of
your fathers, has spoken to you; don't be afraid,
neither be dismayed. 1:22You cam e near to m e
everyone of you, and said, Let us send men
before us, that they may search the land for us,
and bring us word again of the way by which
we must go up, and the cities to which we shall
come. 1:23The thing pleased mewell; and I took
twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
1:24and they turned and went up into the hill
country, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and
spied it out. 1:25They took of the fruit of the
land in their hands, and brought it down to
us, and brought us word again, and said, It is
a good land which Yahweh our God gives to
us. 1:26Yet you wouldn't go up, but rebelled
against the commandment of Yahweh your
God: 1:27and you murmured in your tents, and
said, Because Yahweh hated us, he has brought
us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us
into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
1:28Where are we going up? our brothers have
made our heart to melt, saying, The people
are greater and taller than we; the cities are
great and fortified up to the sky; and moreover
we have seen the sons of the Anakimt here.
1:29Then I said to you, Don't dread, neither be
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afraid of them. 1:30Yahweh your God who goes
before you, he will fight for you, according to
all that he did for you in Egypt before your
eyes, 1:31and in the wilderness, where you have
seen how that Yahweh your God bore you, as a
man does bear his son, in all the way that you
went, until you came to this place. 1:32Yet in
this thing you didn't believe Yahweh your God,
1:33who went before you in the way, to seek
you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire
by night, to show you by what way you should
go, and in the cloud by day. 1:34Yahweh heard
the voice of your words, and was angry, and
swore, saying, 1:35Surely there shall not one of
these men of this evil generation see the good
land, which I swore to give to your fathers,
1:36save Caleb the son of Jephunneh: he shall
see it; and to himw ill I give the land that he
has trodden on, and to his children, because he
has wholly followed Yahweh. 1:37Also Yahweh
was angry with me for your sakes, saying, You
also shall not go in there: 1:38Joshua the son
of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in
there: encourage you him; for he shall cause
Israel to inherit it. 1:39Moreover your little ones,
whom you said should be a prey, and your
children, who this day have no knowledge of
good or evil, they shall go in there, and to
themw ill I give it, and they shall possess it.
1:40But as for you, turn you, and take your
journey into the wilderness by the way to the
Red Seaa. 1:41Then you answered and said to
me, We have sinned against Yahweh, we will
go up and fight, according to all that Yahweh
our God commanded us. You girded on every
man his weapons of war, and were forward
to go up into the hill country. 1:42Yahweh
said to me, Tell them, Don't go up, neither
fight; for I amn ot among you; lest you be
struck before your enemies. 1:43So I spoke to
you, and you didn't listen; but you rebelled
against the commandment of Yahweh, and
were presumptuous, and went up into the hill
country. 1:44The Amorites, who lived in that
hill country, came out against you, and chased
you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir,
even to Hormah. 1:45You returned and wept
before Yahweh; but Yahweh didn't listen to
your voice, nor gave ear to you. 1:46So you
abode in Kadesh many days, according to the
days that you abode there.
2:1Then we turned, and took our journey
into the wilderness by the way to the Red
Seab, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we encircled
Mount Seir many days. 2:2Yahweh
spoke to me, saying, 2:3You have encircled this
mountain long enough: turn you northward.
2:4Command you the people, saying, You are
to pass through the border of your brothers
the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and
they will be afraid of you: take good heed
to yourselves therefore; 2:5don't contend with
them; for I will not give you of their land, no,
not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread
on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau
for a possession. 2:6You shall purchase food
of them for money, that you may eat; and you
shall also buy water of themf or money, that
you may drink. 2:7For Yahweh your God has
blessed you in all the work of your hand; he has
known your walking through this great wilderness:
these forty years Yahweh your God has
been with you; you have lacked nothing. 2:8So
we passed by fromo ur brothers the children of
Esau, who dwell in Seir, fromthe way of the
Arabah fromE lath and fromE zion Geber. We
turned and passed by the way of the wilderness
of Moab. 2:9Yahweh said to me, Don't bother
Moab, neither contend with themi n battle; for
I will not give you of his land for a possession;
because I have given Ar to the children of Lot
for a possession. 2:10(The Emim lived therein
before, a people great, and many, and tall,
as the Anakim: 2:11these also are accounted
Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites
call them Emim. 2:12The Horites also lived in
Seir before, but the children of Esau succeeded
them; and they destroyed them from before
them, and lived in their place; as Israel did to
the land of his possession, which Yahweh gave
to them.) 2:13Now rise up, and get you over the
brook Zered. We went over the brook Zered.
2:14The days in which we came from Kadesh
Barnea, until we were come over the brook
Zered, were thirty-eight years; until all the
generation of the men of war were consumed
from the midst of the camp, as Yahweh swore
to them. 2:15Moreover the hand of Yahweh was
against them, to destroy them from the midst
a1:40 or, Sea of Reeds
b2:1 or, Sea of Reeds
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of the camp, until they were consumed. 2:16So
it happened, when all the men of war were
consumed and dead from among the people,
2:17that Yahweh spoke to me, saying, 2:18You
are this day to pass over Ar, the border ofMoab:
2:19and when you come near over against the
children of Ammon, don't bother them, nor
contend with them; for Iwill not give you of the
land of the children ofAmmon for a possession;
because I have given it to the children of Lot
for a possession. 2:20(That also is accounted a
land of Rephaim: Rephaim lived therein before;
but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
2:21a people great, and many, and tall, as the
Anakim; but Yahweh destroyed them before
them; and they succeeded them, and lived in
their place; 2:22as he did for the children of
Esau, who dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the
Horites fromb efore them; and they succeeded
them, and lived in their place even to this day:
2:23and the Avvim, who lived in villages as far
as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came forth out
of Caphtor, destroyed them, and lived in their
place.) 2:24Rise up, take your journey, and pass
over the valley of the Arnon: behold, I have
given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king
of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it,
and contend with himi n battle. 2:25This day
will I begin to put the dread of you and the
fear of you on the peoples who are under the
whole sky, who shall hear the report of you,
and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of
you. 2:26I sent messengers out of thewilderness
of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with
words of peace, saying, 2:27Let me pass through
your land: I will go along by the highway, I will
turn neither to the right hand nor to the left.
2:28You shall sell me food for money, that I may
eat; and give me water for money, that I may
drink: only let me pass through on my feet,
2:29as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir,
and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me;
until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land
which Yahweh our God gives us. 2:30But Sihon
king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him;
for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit, and
made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver
himi nto your hand, as at this day. 2:31Yahweh
said to me, Behold, I have begun to deliver up
Sihon and his land before you: begin to possess,
that you may inherit his land. 2:32Then Sihon
came out against us, he and all his people, to
battle at Jahaz. 2:33Yahweh our God delivered
himu p before us; and we struck him, and
his sons, and all his people. 2:34We took all
his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed
every inhabited city, with the women and the
little ones; we left none remaining: 2:35only
the livestock we took for a prey to ourselves,
with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.
2:36FromAr oer, which is on the edge of the
valley of the Arnon, and fromthe city that is
in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a
city too high for us; Yahweh our God delivered
up all before us: 2:37only to the land of the
children of Ammon you didn't come near; all
the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of
the hill country, and wherever Yahweh our God
forbade us.
3:1Then 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. 3:2Yahweh said to me, Don't fear him;
for I have delivered him, and all his people, and
his land, into your hand; and you shall do to
himas you did to Sihon king of the Amorites,
who lived at Heshbon. 3:3So Yahweh our God
delivered into our hand Og also, the king of
Bashan, and all his people: and we struck him
until none was left to himre maining. 3:4We
took all his cities at that time; there was not
a city which we didn't take fromthe m; sixty
cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdomo f
Og in Bashan. 3:5All these were cities fortified
with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the
unwalled towns a great many. 3:6We utterly
destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of
Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited
city, with the women and the little ones. 3:7But
all the livestock, and the spoil of the cities, we
took for a prey to ourselves. 3:8We took the
land at that time out of the hand of the two
kings of the Amorites who were beyond the
Jordan, fromthe valley of the Arnon to Mount
Hermon; 3:9(whichHermon the Sidonians call
Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir;) 3:10all
the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and
all Bashan, to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the
kingdomof Og in Bashan. 3:11(For only Og
king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the
Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead
of iron; isn't it in Rabbah of the children of
Ammon? nine cubits was its length, and four
cubits its breadth, after the cubit of a man.)
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3:12This land we took in possession at that
time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of
the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead,
and its cities, gave I to the Reubenites and to
the Gadites: 3:13and the rest of Gilead, and
all Bashan, the kingdomo f Og, gave I to the
half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob,
even all Bashan. (The same is called the land
of Rephaim. 3:14Jair the son of Manasseh
took all the region of Argob, to the border
of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and
called them, even Bashan, after his own name,
Havvoth Jair, to this day.) 3:15I gave Gilead
to Machir. 3:16To the Reubenites and to the
Gadites I gave fromGi lead even to the valley
of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and the
border of it, even to the river Jabbok, which is
the border of the children of Am m on; 3:17the
Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border
of it, fromC hinnereth even to the sea of the
Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah
eastward. 3:18I commanded you at that time,
saying, Yahweh your God has given you this
land to possess it: you shall pass over armed
before your brothers the children of Israel, all
the men of valor. 3:19But your wives, and
your little ones, and your livestock, (I know
that you have much livestock), shall abide in
your cities which I have given you, 3:20until
Yahweh give rest to your brothers, as to you,
and they also possess the land which Yahweh
your God gives thembe yond the Jordan: then
you shall return every man to his possession,
which I have given you. 3:21I com m a nded
Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have
seen all that Yahweh your God has done to
these two kings: so shall Yahweh do to all the
kingdoms where you go over. 3:22You shall
not fear them; for Yahweh your God, he it is
who fights for you. 3:23I begged Yahweh at that
time, saying, 3:24Lord Yahweh, you have begun
to show your servant your greatness, and your
strong hand: for what god is there in heaven or
in earth, that can do according to your works,
and according to your mighty acts? 3:25Please
let me go over and see the good land that is
beyond the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and
Lebanon. 3:26But Yahweh was angry with me
for your sakes, and didn't listen to me; and
Yahweh said to me, Let it suffice you; speak
no more to me of this matter. 3:27Go up to the
top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward,
and northward, and southward, and eastward,
and see with your eyes: for you shall not go
over this Jordan. 3:28But commission Joshua,
and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he
shall go over before this people, and he shall
cause themto inherit the land which you shall
see. 3:29So we abode in the valley over against
Beth Peor.
4:1Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and
to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do
them; that you may live, and go in and possess
the land which Yahweh, the God of your
fathers, gives you. 4:2You shall not add to
the word which I command you, neither shall
you diminish from it, that you may keep the
commandments of Yahweh your God which I
command you. 4:3Your eyes have seen what
Yahweh did because of Baal Peor; for all the
men who followed Baal Peor, Yahweh your
God has destroyed themf romthemidst of you.
4:4But youwho did cleave to Yahweh your God
are alive everyone of you this day. 4:5Behold, I
have taught you statutes and ordinances, even
as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you
should do so in the midst of the land where
you go in to possess it. 4:6Keep therefore and
do them; for this is your wisdom and your
understanding in the sight of the peoples, who
shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely
this great nation is a wise and understanding
people. 4:7For what great nation is there, that
has a god so near to them, as Yahweh our God
is whenever we call on him? 4:8What great
nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances
so righteous as all this law, which I set before
you this day? 4:9Only take heed to yourself,
and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget
the things which your eyes saw, and lest they
depart fromy our heart all the days of your life;
but make them known to your children and
your children's children; 4:10the day that you
stood before Yahweh your God in Horeb, when
Yahweh said to me, Assemble me the people,
and I will make them hear my words, that they
may learn to fear me all the days that they
live on the earth, and that they may teach their
children. 4:11You came near and stood under
the mountain; and the mountain burned with
fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud,
and thick darkness. 4:12Yahweh spoke to you
out of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice
of words, but you saw no form; only you hearda
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voice. 4:13He declared to you his covenant,
which he commanded you to perform, even the
ten commandments; and he wrote them on two
tables of stone. 4:14Yahweh commanded me at
that time to teach you statutes and ordinances,
that you might do them in the land where you
go over to possess it. 4:15Take therefore good
heed to yourselves; for you saw no manner
of formo n the day that Yahweh spoke to you
in Horeb out of the midst of the fire. 4:16Lest
you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself an
engraved image in the form of any figure, the
likeness of male or female, 4:17the likeness of
any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of
any winged bird that flies in the sky, 4:18the
likeness of anything that creeps on the ground,
the likeness of any fish that is in the water
under the earth; 4:19and lest you lift up your
eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and
the moon and the stars, even all the army of the
sky, you are drawn away and worship them,
and serve them, which Yahweh your God has
allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
4:20But Yahweh has taken you, and brought
you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt,
to be to hima people of inheritance, as at this
day. 4:21Furthermore Yahweh was angry with
me for your sakes, and swore that I should
not go over the Jordan, and that I should not
go in to that good land, which Yahweh your
God gives you for an inheritance: 4:22but I
must die in this land, I must not go over the
Jordan; but you shall go over, and possess that
good land. 4:23Take heed to yourselves, lest
you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God,
which he made with you, and make you an
engraved image in the form of anything which
Yahweh your God has forbidden you. 4:24For
Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous
God. 4:25When you shall father children, and
children's children, and you shall have been
long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves,
and make an engraved image in the form of
anything, and shall do that which is evil in the
sight of Yahweh your God, to provoke himt o
anger; 4:26I call heaven and earth to witness
against you this day, that you shall soon utterly
perish fromof f the land whereunto you go over
the Jordan to possess it; you shall not prolong
your days on it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
4:27Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples,
and you shall be left few in number among the
nations, where Yahweh shall lead you away.
4:28There you shall serve gods, the work of
men's hands, wood and stone, which neither
see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 4:29But from
there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you
shall find him, when you search after him with
all your heart and with all your soul. 4:30When
you are in oppression, and all these things are
come on you, in the latter days you shall return
to Yahweh your God, and listen to his voice:
4:31for Yahweh your God is a merciful God;
he will not fail you, neither destroy you, nor
forget the covenant of your fathers which he
swore to them. 4:32For ask now of the days that
are past, which were before you, since the day
that God created man on the earth, and from
the one end of the sky to the other, whether
there has been any such thingas this great thing
is, or has been heard like it? 4:33Did ever a
people hear the voice of God speaking out of
the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and
live? 4:34Or has God tried to go and take him
a nation fromt he midst of anothernation, by
trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war,
and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched
arm, and by great terrors, according to all that
Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before
your eyes? 4:35To you it was shown, that you
might know that Yahweh he is God; there is
none else besides him. 4:36Out of heaven he
made you to hear his voice, that he might
instruct you: and on earth he made you to see
his great fire; and you heard his words out of
the midst of the fire. 4:37Because he loved your
fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them,
and brought you out with his presence, with
his great power, out of Egypt; 4:38to drive out
nations frombe fore you greater and mightier
than you, to bring you in, to give you their
land for an inheritance, as at this day. 4:39Know
therefore this day, and lay it to your heart, that
Yahweh he is God in heaven above and on
the earth beneath; there is none else. 4:40You
shall keep his statutes, and his commandments,
which I command you this day, that it may go
well with you, and with your children after
you, and that you may prolong your days in
the land, which Yahweh your God gives you,
forever. 4:41Then Moses set apart three cities
beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise; 4:42that
the manslayer might flee there, who kills his
neighbor unawares, and didn't hate himi n time
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past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he
might live: 4:43namely, Bezer in the wilderness,
in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and
Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in
Bashan, for the Manassites. 4:44This is the law
which Moses set before the children of Israel:
4:45these are the testimonies, and the statutes,
and the ordinances, which Moses spoke to the
children of Israel, when they came forth out
of Egypt, 4:46beyond the Jordan, in the valley
over against Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon
king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon,
whomM oses and the children of Israel struck,
when they came forth out of Egypt. 4:47They
took his land in possession, and the land of Og
king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites,
who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise;
4:48fromAr oer, which is on the edge of
the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Sion
(the same is Hermon), 4:49and all the Arabah
beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea of
the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
5:1Moses called to all Israel, and said to
them, Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances
which I speak in your ears this day, that
you may learn them, and observe to do them.
5:2Yahweh our God made a covenant with us
in Horeb. 5:3Yahweh didn't make this covenant
with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are
all of us here alive this day. 5:4Yahweh spoke
with you face to face on the mountain out of the
midst of the fire, 5:5(I stood between Yahweh
and you at that time, to show you the word of
Yahweh: for youwere afraid because of the fire,
and didn't go up onto the mountain;) saying,
5:6"I amY ahweh your God, who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house
of bondage. 5:7You shall have no other gods
before me.
5:8"You shall not make an engraved image
for yourself, norany likeness of anythingthat is
in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the water under the earth: 5:9you
shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve
them; for I, Yahweh, your God, am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the
children, and on the third and on the fourth
generation of those who hate me; 5:10and
showing loving kindness to thousands of those
who love me and keep my commandments.
5:11"You shall not take the name of Yahweh
your God in vain: for Yahweh will not hold him
guiltless who takes his name in vain.
5:12"Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy,
as Yahweh your God commanded you. 5:13You
shall labor six days, and do all your work;
5:14but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh
your God, in which you shall not do any work,
you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your
male servant, nor your female servant, nor your
ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock,
nor your stranger who is within your gates;
that your male servant and your female servant
may rest as well as you. 5:15You shall remember
that you were a servant in the land of Egypt,
and Yahweh your God brought you out of there
by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm:
therefore Yahweh your God commanded you
to keep the Sabbath day.
5:16"Honor your father and your mother, as
Yahweh your God commanded you; that your
days may be long, and that it may go well with
you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives
you.
5:17"You shall not murder.
5:18"Neither shall you commit adultery.
5:19"Neither shall you steal.
5:20"Neither shall you give false testimony
against your neighbor.
5:21"Neither shall you covet your neighbor's
wife; neither shall you desire your neighbor's
house, his field, or his male servant, or his female
servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything
that is your neighbor's."
5:22These words Yahweh spoke to all your
assembly on the mountain out of the midst of
the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness,
with a great voice: and he added no more.
He wrote themo n two tables of stone, and
gave themto me. 5:23It happened, when you
heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness,
while the mountain was burning with fire, that
you came near to me, even all the heads of
your tribes, and your elders; 5:24and you said,
Behold, Yahweh our God has shown 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 does speak with man,
and he lives. 5:25Now therefore why should
we die? for this great fire will consume us:
if we hear the voice of Yahweh our God any
more, then we shall die. 5:26For who is there of
all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living
God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we
Deuteronomy 5:27 154 Deuteronomy 7:1
have, and lived? 5:27Go you near, and hear all
that Yahweh our God shall say: and speak you
to us all that Yahweh our God shall speak to
you; and we will hear it, and do it. 5:28Yahweh
heard the voice of yourwords,when you spoke
to me; and Yahweh said to me, I have heard
the voice of the words of this people, which
they have spoken to you: they have well said
all that they have spoken. 5:29Oh that there
were such a heart in them, that they would fear
me, and keep all my commandments always,
that it might be well with them, and with
their children forever! 5:30Go tell them, Return
you to your tents. 5:31But as for you, stand
you here by me, and I will speak to you all
the commandment, and the statutes, and the
ordinances, which you shall teach them, that
they may do them in the land which I give
themt o possess it. 5:32You shall observe to do
therefore as Yahweh your God has commanded
you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand
or to the left. 5:33You shall walk in all the way
which Yahweh your God has commanded you,
that you may live, and that it may be well with
you, and that you may prolong your days in the
land which you shall possess.
6:1Now this is the commandment, the
statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh
your God commanded to teach you, that you
might do them in the land where you go over
to possess it; 6:2that you might fear Yahweh
your God, to keep all his statutes and his
commandments, which I command you, you,
and your son, and your son's son, all the
days of your life; and that your days may
be prolonged. 6:3Hear therefore, Israel, and
observe to do it; that it may be well with you,
and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh,
the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in
a land flowing with milk and honey. 6:4Hear,
Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one:
6:5and you shall love Yahweh your God with all
your heart, and with all your soul, and with all
your might. 6:6These words, which I command
you this day, shall be on your heart; 6:7and you
shall teach themdiligen tly to your children,
and shall talk of themw hen you sit in your
house, and when you walk by the way, and
when you lie down, and when you rise up.
6:8You shall bind themf or a sign on your hand,
and they shall be for symbols between your
eyes. 6:9You shall write themon the door posts
of your house, and on your gates. 6:10It shall
be, when Yahweh your God shall bring you
into the land which he swore to your fathers,
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you,
great and goodly cities, which you didn't build,
6:11and houses full of all good things, which
you didn't fill, and cisterns dug out, which you
didn't dig, vineyards and olive trees, which
you didn't plant, and you shall eat and be full;
6:12then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who
brought you forth out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage. 6:13You shall fear
Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him,
and shall swear by his name. 6:14You shall not
go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples
who are around you; 6:15for Yahweh your God
in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the
anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against
you, and he destroy you fromof f the face of
the earth. 6:16You shall not tempt Yahweh your
God, as you tempted him in Massah. 6:17You
shall diligently keep the commandments of
Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and
his statutes, which he has commanded you.
6:18You shall do that which is right and good
in the sight of Yahweh; that it may be well
with you, and that you may go in and possess
the good land which Yahweh swore to your
fathers, 6:19to thrust out all your enemies from
before you, as Yahweh has spoken. 6:20When
your son asks you in time to come, saying,
What mean the testimonies, and the statutes,
and the ordinances,which Yahweh ourGod has
commanded you? 6:21then you shall tell your
son,We were Pharaoh's bondservants in Egypt:
and Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a
mighty hand; 6:22and Yahweh showed great
and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt,
on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our
eyes; 6:23and he brought us out fromth ere,
that he might bring us in, to give us the land
which he swore to our fathers. 6:24Yahweh
commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear
Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he
might preserve us alive, as at this day. 6:25It
shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do
all this commandment before Yahweh our God,
as he has commanded us.
7:1When Yahweh your God shall bring you
into the land where you go to possess it, and
shall cast out many nations before you, the
Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite,
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and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the
Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater
and mightier than you; 7:2and when Yahweh
your God shall deliver themup before you, and
you shall strike them; then you shall utterly
destroy them: you shall make no covenant with
them, nor show mercy to them; 7:3neither shall
you make marriages with them; your daughter
you shall not give to his son, nor shall you
take his daughter for your son. 7:4For he will
turn away your son fromf ollowing me, that
they may serve other gods: so the anger of
Yahweh would be kindled against you, and he
would destroy you quickly. 7:5But you shall
deal with theml ike this: you shall break down
their altars, and dash their pillars in pieces,
and cut down their Asherim, and burn their
engraved images with fire. 7:6For you are a
holy people to Yahweh your God: Yahweh
your God has chosen you to be a people for
his own possession, above all peoples who are
on the face of the earth. 7:7Yahweh didn't
set his love on you, nor choose you, because
you were m ore in num ber than any people;
for you were the fewest of all peoples: 7:8but
because Yahweh loves you, and because he
would keep the oath which he swore to your
fathers, has Yahweh brought you out with a
mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the
house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh
king of Egypt. 7:9Know therefore that Yahweh
your God, he is God, the faithful God, who
keeps covenant and loving kindness with them
who love him and keep his commandments to
a thousand generations, 7:10and repays those
who hate himto their face, to destroy them: he
will not be slack to himw ho hates him, he will
repay himto his face. 7:11You shall therefore
keep the commandment, and the statutes, and
the ordinances, which I command you this
day, to do them. 7:12It shall happen, because
you listen to these ordinances, and keep and
do them, that Yahweh your God will keep
with you the covenant and the loving kindness
which he swore to your fathers: 7:13and he will
love you, and bless you, and multiply you;
he will also bless the fruit of your body and
the fruit of your ground, your grain and your
new wine and your oil, the increase of your
livestock and the young of your flock, in the
land which he swore to your fathers to give
you. 7:14You shall be blessed above all peoples:
there shall not be male or female barren among
you, or among your livestock. 7:15Yahweh will
take away fromyou all sickness; and none of
the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know,
he will put on you, but will lay themon all
those who hate you. 7:16You shall consume
all the peoples whomY ahweh your God shall
deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them:
neither shall you serve their gods; for that will
be a snare to you. 7:17If you shall say in your
heart, These nations are more than I; how can I
dispossess them? 7:18you shall not be afraid of
them: you shall well remember what Yahweh
your God did to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt;
7:19the great trials which your eyes saw, and the
signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand,
and the outstretched arm, by which Yahweh
your God brought you out: so shall Yahweh
your God do to all the peoples of whom you
are afraid. 7:20Moreover Yahweh your God
will send the hornet among them, until those
who are left, and hide themselves, perish from
before you. 7:21You shall not be scared of them;
for Yahweh your God is in the midst of you, a
great and awesome God. 7:22Yahweh your God
will cast out those nations before you by little
and little: you may not consume them at once,
lest the animals of the field increase on you.
7:23But Yahweh your God will deliver themup
before you, and will confuse themwi th a great
confusion, until they be destroyed. 7:24He will
deliver their kings into your hand, and you
shall make their name to perish from under the
sky: there shall no man be able to stand before
you, until you have destroyed them. 7:25You
shall burn the engraved images of their gods
with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the
gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself,
lest you be snared in it; for it is an abomination
to Yahweh your God. 7:26You shall not bring
an abomination into your house, and become a
devoted thing like it. You shall utterly detest it,
and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted
thing.
8:1You shall observe to do all the commandment
which I command you this day, that
you may live, and multiply, and go in and
possess the land which Yahweh swore to your
fathers. 8:2You shall remember all the way
which Yahweh your God has led you these
forty years in the wilderness, that he might
humble you, to prove you, to know what was
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in your heart, whether you would keep his
commandments, or not. 8:3He humbled you,
and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with
manna, which you didn't know, neither did
your fathers know; that he might make you
know that man does not live by bread only, but
by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of
Yahweh does man live. 8:4Your clothing didn't
grow old on you, neither did your foot swell,
these forty years. 8:5You shall consider in your
heart that as a man chastens his son, so Yahweh
your God chastens you. 8:6You shall keep the
commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk
in his ways, and to fear him. 8:7For Yahweh
your God brings you into a good land, a land of
brooks of water, of springs, and underground
water flowing into valleys and hills; 8:8a land
of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and
pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey;
8:9a land in which you shall eat bread without
scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a
land whose stones are iron, and out of whose
hills you may dig copper. 8:10You shall eat
and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your
God for the good land which he has given you.
8:11Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God,
in not keeping his commandments, and his
ordinances, and his statutes, which I command
you this day: 8:12lest, when you have eaten
and are full, and have built goodly houses,
and lived therein; 8:13and when your herds
and your flocks multiply, and your silver and
your gold is multiplied, and all that you have
is multiplied; 8:14then your heart be lifted up,
and you forget Yahweh your God,who brought
you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the
house of bondage; 8:15who led you through the
great and terrible wilderness, in which werefiery
serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground
where there was no water; who brought you
forth water out of the rock of flint; 8:16who fed
you in the wilderness with manna, which your
fathers didn't know; that he might humble you,
and that he might prove you, to do you good
at your latter end: 8:17and lestyou say in your
heart, My power and the might of my hand
has gotten me this wealth. 8:18But you shall
remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who
gives you power to get wealth; that he may
establish his covenant which he swore to your
fathers, as at this day. 8:19It shall be, if you
shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk after
other gods, and serve them, and worship them,
I testify against you this day that you shall
surely perish. 8:20As the nations that Yahweh
makes to perish before you, so you shall perish;
because you wouldn't listen to the voice of
Yahweh your God.
9:1Hear, Israel: you are to pass over the
Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations
greater and mightier than yourself, cities great
and fortified up to the sky, 9:2a people great
and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you
know, and of whomyou have heard say, Who
can stand before the sons of Anak? 9:3Know
therefore this day, that Yahweh your God is
he who goes over before you as a devouring
fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring
themdow n before you: so you shall drive
themo ut, and make them to perish quickly,
as Yahweh has spoken to you. 9:4Don't speak
in your heart, after that Yahweh your God has
thrust themo ut from before you, saying, For
my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to
possess this land; whereas for the wickedness
of these nations Yahweh does drive themo ut
fromb efore you. 9:5Not for your righteousness,
or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go
in to possess their land; but for the wickedness
of these nations Yahweh your God does drive
themo ut from before you, and that he may
establish the word which Yahweh swore to
your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob. 9:6Know therefore, that Yahweh your
God doesn't give you this good land to possess
it for your righteousness; for you are a stiffnecked
people. 9:7Remember, don't forget, how
you provoked Yahweh your God to wrath in
the wilderness: fromthe day that you went
forth out of the land of Egypt, until you came
to this place, you have been rebellious against
Yahweh. 9:8Also in Horeb you provoked Yahweh
to wrath, and Yahweh was angry with you
to destroy you. 9:9When I was gone up onto
the mountain to receive the tables of stone, even
the tables of the covenant which Yahweh made
with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty
days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread
nor drink water. 9:10Yahweh delivered to me
the two tables of stone written with the finger
of God; and on them was writtenaccording to
all the words, which Yahweh spoke with you
on the mountain out of the midst of the fire
in the day of the assembly. 9:11It came to
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pass at the end of forty days and forty nights,
that Yahweh gave me the two tables of stone,
even the tables of the covenant. 9:12Yahweh
said to me, Arise, get you down quickly from
hence; for your peoplewhomy ou have brought
forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves;
they have quickly turned aside out of the way
which I commanded them; they have made
them a molten image. 9:13Furthermore Yahweh
spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people,
and behold, it is a stiff-necked people: 9:14let
me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot
out their name from under the sky; and I will
make of you a nation mightier and greater than
they. 9:15So I turned and came down from the
mountain, and the mountain was burning with
fire: and the two tables of the covenant were
in my two hands. 9:16I looked, and behold,
you had sinned against Yahweh your God; you
had made you a molten calf: you had turned
aside quickly out of the way which Yahweh
had com m a nded you. 9:17I took hold of the
two tables, and cast themo ut ofmy two hands,
and broke themb efore your eyes. 9:18I fell
down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days
and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor
drink water; because of all your sin which you
sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight
of Yahweh, to provoke himto anger. 9:19For
I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure,
with which Yahweh was angry against you to
destroy you. But Yahweh listened to me that
time also. 9:20Yahweh was very angry with
Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron
also at the same time. 9:21I took your sin, the
calf which you had made, and burnt it with
fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small,
until it was as fine as dust: and I cast its
dust into the brook that descended out of the
mountain. 9:22At Taberah, and at Massah, and
at Kibroth Hattaavah, you provoked Yahweh
to wrath. 9:23When Yahweh sent you from
Kadesh Barnea, saying, Go up and possess
the land which I have given you; then you
rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh
your God, and you didn't believe him, nor
listen to his voice. 9:24You have been rebellious
against Yahweh fromthe day that I knew you.
9:25So I fell down before Yahweh the forty
days and forty nights that I fell down, because
Yahweh had said he would destroy you. 9:26I
prayed to Yahweh, and said, Lord Yahweh,
don't destroy your people and your inheritance,
that you have redeemed through your
greatness, that you have brought forth out of
Egyptwith a mighty hand. 9:27Remember your
servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; don't
look to the stubbornness of this people, nor to
their wickedness, nor to their sin, 9:28lest the
land whence you brought us out say, Because
Yahweh was not able to bring themi nto the
land which he promised to them, and because
he hated them, he has brought them out to
kill themin the wilderness. 9:29Yet they are
your people and your inheritance, which you
brought out by your great power and by your
outstretched arm.
10:1At that time Yahweh said to me, Cut two
tables of stone like the first, and come up to me
onto the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
10:2Iwillwrite on the tables thewords thatwere
on the first tables which you broke, and you
shall put themi n the ark. 10:3So I made an
ark of acacia wood, and cut two tables of stone
like the first, and went up onto the mountain,
having the two tables in my hand. 10:4He wrote
on the tables, according to the first writing, the
ten commandments, which Yahweh spoke to
you on the mountain out of the midst of the
fire in the day of the assembly: and Yahweh
gave themto me. 10:5I turned and came down
fromthe mountain, and put the tables in the
ark which I had made; and there they are as
Yahweh commanded me. 10:6(The children of
Israel traveled fromBeer oth Bene Jaakan to
Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was
buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the
priest's office in his place. 10:7Fromt here they
traveled to Gudgodah; and fromGud godah to
Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water. 10:8At that
time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear
the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, to stand
before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless
in his name, to this day. 10:9Therefore Levi has
no portion nor inheritance with his brothers;
Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh
your God spoke to him.) 10:10I stayed on
the mountain, as at the first time, forty days
and forty nights: and Yahweh listened to me
that time also; Yahweh would not destroy
you. 10:11Yahweh said to me, Arise, take your
journey before the people; and they shall go in
and possess the land, which I swore to their
fathers to give to them. 10:12Now, Israel, what
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does Yahweh your God require of you, but
to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his
ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh
your God with all your heart and with all
your soul, 10:13to keep the commandments of
Yahweh, and his statutes, which I command
you this day for your good? 10:14Behold, to
Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the
heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is
therein. 10:15Only Yahweh had a delight in
your fathers to love them, and he chose their
seed after them, even you above all peoples,
as at this day. 10:16Circumcise therefore the
foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
10:17For Yahweh your God, he is God
of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God,
the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn't
regard persons, nor takes reward. 10:18He does
execute justice for the fatherless and widow,
and loves the foreigner, in giving himfood
and clothing. 10:19Therefore love the foreigner;
for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
10:20You shall fear Yahweh your God; you shall
serve him; and you shall cling to him, and you
shall swear by his name. 10:21He is your praise,
and he is your God, who has done for you these
great and awesome things, which your eyes
have seen. 10:22Your fathers went down into
Egypt with seventy persons; and now Yahweh
your God has made you as the stars of the sky
for multitude.
11:1Therefore you shall love Yahweh your
God, and keep his instructions, and his statutes,
and his ordinances, and his commandments,
always. 11:2Know you this day: for I don't
speak with your childrenwho have not known,
and who have not seen the chastisement of
Yahweh your God, his greatness, his mighty
hand, and his outstretched arm, 11:3and his
signs, and his works, which he did in the midst
of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to
all his land; 11:4and what he did to the army
of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots;
how he made the water of the Red Seac to
overflow thema s they pursued after you, and
how Yahweh has destroyed themto this day;
11:5and what he did to you in the wilderness,
until you came to this place; 11:6and what he
did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab,
the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its
mouth, and swallowed them up, and their
households, and their tents, and every living
thing that followed them, in the midst of all
Israel: 11:7but your eyes have seen all the great
work of Yahweh which he did. 11:8Therefore
you shall keep all the commandment which I
command you this day, that you may be strong,
and go in and possess the land, where you go
over to possess it; 11:9and that you may prolong
your days in the land, which Yahweh swore to
your fathers to give to themand to their seed,
a land flowing with milk and honey. 11:10For
the land, where you go in to possess it, isn't
as the land of Egypt, fromwhe nce you came
out, where you sowed your seed, and watered
it with your foot, as a garden of herbs; 11:11but
the land, where you go over to possess it, is
a land of hills and valleys, anddrinks water of
the rain of the sky, 11:12a land which Yahweh
your God cares for: the eyes of Yahweh your
God are always on it, fromthe beginning of
the year even to the end of the year. 11:13It
shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to
my commandments which I command you this
day, to love Yahweh your God, and to serve
himwi th all your heart and with all your soul,
11:14that I will give the rain of your land in its
season, the former rain and the latter rain, that
you may gather in your grain, and your new
wine, and your oil. 11:15I will give grass in
your fields for your livestock, and you shall eat
and be full. 11:16Take heed to yourselves, lest
your heart be deceived, and you turn aside, and
serve other gods, and worship them; 11:17and
the anger of Yahweh be kindled against you,
and he shut up the sky, so that there shall be
no rain, and the land shall not yield its fruit;
and you perish quickly fromof f the good land
which Yahweh gives you. 11:18Therefore you
shall lay up these my words in your heart and
in your soul; and you shall bind themf or a sign
on your hand, and they shall be for symbols
between your eyes. 11:19You shall teach them
your children, talking of them, when you sit in
your house, and when you walk by the way,
and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
11:20You shall write themon the door posts of
your house, and on your gates; 11:21that your
days may be multiplied, and the days of your
children, in the land which Yahweh swore to
your fathers to give them, as the days of the
c11:4 or, Sea of Reeds
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heavens above the earth. 11:22For if you shall
diligently keep all this commandment which I
command you, to do it, to love Yahweh your
God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave
to him; 11:23then will Yahweh drive out all
these nations frombe fore you, and you shall
dispossess nations greater and mightier than
yourselves. 11:24Every place whereon the sole
of your foot shall tread shall be yours: fromthe
wilderness, and Lebanon, fromthe river, the
river Euphrates, even to the hinder sea shall be
your border. 11:25There shall no man be able
to stand before you: Yahweh your God shall
lay the fear of you and the dread of you on
all the land that you shall tread on, as he has
spoken to you. 11:26Behold, I set before you this
day a blessing and a curse: 11:27the blessing,
if you shall listen to the commandments of
Yahweh your God, which I command you this
day; 11:28and the curse, if you shall not listen to
the commandments of Yahweh your God, but
turn aside out of the way which I command
you this day, to go after other gods, which you
have not known. 11:29It shall happen, when
Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land
where you go to possess it, that you shall set
the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse
on Mount Ebal. 11:30Aren't they beyond the
Jordan, behind the way of the going down of
the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who
dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside
the oaks of Moreh? 11:31For you are to pass
over the Jordan to go in to possess the land
which Yahweh your God gives you, and you
shall possess it, and dwell therein. 11:32You
shall observe to do all the statutes and the
ordinances which I set before you this day.
12:1These are the statutes and the ordinances
which you shall observe to do in the landwhich
Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you
to possess it, all the days that you live on the
earth. 12:2You shall surely destroy all the places
in which the nations that you shall dispossess
served their gods, on the high mountains, and
on the hills, and under every green tree: 12:3and
you shall break down their altars, and dash
in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim
with fire; and you shall cut down the engraved
images of their gods; and you shall destroy
their name out of that place. 12:4You shall not
do so to Yahweh your God. 12:5But to the place
which Yahweh your God shall choose out of
all your tribes, to put his name there, even to
his habitation you shall seek, and there you
shall come; 12:6and there you shall bring your
burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your
tithes, and the wave offering of your hand,
and your vows, and your freewill offerings,
and the firstborn of your herd and of your
flock: 12:7and there you shall eat before Yahweh
your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you
put your hand to, you and your households,
in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.
12:8You shall not do after all the things that
we do here this day, every man whatever is
right in his own eyes; 12:9for you haven't yet
come to the rest and to the inheritance, which
Yahweh your God gives you. 12:10But when
you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the
land which Yahweh your God causes you to
inherit, and he gives you rest fromal l your
enemies around you, so that you dwell in
safety; 12:11then it shall happen that to the place
which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause
his name to dwell there, there you shall bring
all that I command you: your burnt offerings,
and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the wave
offering of your hand, and all your choice
vows which you vow to Yahweh. 12:12You
shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you,
and your sons, and your daughters, and your
male servants, and your female servants, and
the Levite who is within your gates, because
he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
12:13Take heed to yourself that you don't offer
your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
12:14but in the placewhich Yahweh shall choose
in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your
burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that
I command you. 12:15Notwithstanding, you
may kill and eat flesh within all your gates,
after all the desire of your soul, according to
the blessing of Yahweh your God which he
has given you: the unclean and the clean may
eat of it, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.
12:16Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall
pour it out on the earth as water. 12:17You
may not eat within your gates the tithe of your
grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil,
or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock,
nor any of your vows which you vow, nor
your freewill offerings, nor the wave offering of
your hand; 12:18but you shall eat thembe fore
Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh
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your God shall choose, you, and your son, and
your daughter, and your male servant, and
your female servant, and the Levite who is
within your gates: and you shall rejoice before
Yahweh your God in all that you put your
hand to. 12:19Take heed to yourself that you
don't forsake the Levite as long as you live in
your land. 12:20When Yahweh your God shall
enlarge your border, as he has promised you,
and you shall say, I will eat flesh, because your
soul desires to eat flesh; you may eat flesh, after
all the desire of your soul. 12:21If the place
which Yahweh your God shall choose, to put
his name there, is too far from you, then you
shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which
Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded
you; and you may eat within your gates, after
all the desire of your soul. 12:22Even as the
gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so you shall eat
of it: the unclean and the clean may eat of it
alike. 12:23Only be sure that you don't eat the
blood: for the blood is the life; and you shall
not eat the life with the flesh. 12:24You shall
not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth
as water. 12:25You shall not eat it; that it may
go well with you, and with your children after
you, when you shall do that which is right in
the eyes of Yahweh. 12:26Only your holy things
which you have, and your vows, you shall take,
and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose:
12:27and you shall offer your burnt offerings,
the flesh and the blood, on the altar of Yahweh
your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall
be poured out on the altar of Yahweh your God;
and you shall eat the flesh. 12:28Observe and
hear all these words which I command you,
that it may go well with you, and with your
children after you forever, when you do that
which is good and right in the eyes of Yahweh
your God. 12:29When Yahweh your God shall
cut off the nations frombe fore you, where you
go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess
them, and dwell in their land; 12:30take heed
to yourself that you not be ensnared to follow
them, after that they are destroyed from before
you; and that you not inquire after their gods,
saying, How do these nations serve their gods?
even so will I do likewise. 12:31You shall not do
so to Yahweh your God: for every abomination
to Yahweh, which he hates, have they done
to their gods; for even their sons and their
daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.
12:32Whatever thing I command you, that you
shall observe to do: you shall not add thereto,
nor diminish from it.
13:1If there arise in the midst of you a
prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give
you a sign or a wonder, 13:2and the sign or the
wonder come to pass, of which he spoke to you,
saying, Let us go after other gods, which you
have not known, and let us serve them; 13:3you
shall not listen to the words of that prophet,
or to that dreamer of dreams: for Yahweh
your God proves you, to know whether you
love Yahweh your God with all your heart and
with all your soul. 13:4You shall walk after
Yahweh your God, and fear him, and keep his
commandments, and obey his voice, and you
shall serve him, and cleave to him. 13:5That
prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be
put to death, because he has spoken rebellion
against Yahweh your God, who brought you
out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you
out of the house of bondage, to draw you
aside out of the way which Yahweh your God
commanded you to walk in. So you shall put
away the evil fromthe midst of you.
13:6If your brother, the son of your mother,
or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of
your bosom, or your friend,who is as your own
soul, entice you secretly, saying, Let us go and
serve other gods, which you have not known,
you, nor your fathers; 13:7of the gods of the
peoples who are around you, near to you, or
far off fromyou, fromt he one end of the earth
even to the other end of the earth; 13:8you shall
not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither
shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare,
neither shall you conceal him: 13:9but you shall
surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him
to put himto death, and afterwards the hand of
all the people. 13:10You shall stone himto death
with stones, because he has sought to drawyou
away fromY ahweh your God, who brought
you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house
of bondage. 13:11All Israel shall hear, and fear,
and shall not do any more such wickedness as
this is in the midst of you.
13:12If you shall hear tell concerning one
of your cities, which Yahweh your God gives
you to dwell there, saying, 13:13Certain base
fellows are gone out fromt hemidst of you, and
have drawn away the inhabitants of their city,
saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which
Deuteronomy 13:14 161 Deuteronomy 15:2
you have not known; 13:14then you shall inquire,
and make search, and ask diligently; and,
behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that
such abomination is done in the midst of you,
13:15you shall surely strike the inhabitants of
that city with the edge of the sword, destroying
it utterly, and all that is therein and its livestock,
with the edge of the sword. 13:16You shall
gather all its spoil into the midst of its street,
and shall burn with fire the city, and all its spoil
every whit, to Yahweh your God: and it shall
be a heap forever; it shall not be built again.
13:17There shall cleave nothing of the devoted
thing to your hand; that Yahweh may turn from
the fierceness of his anger, and showyou mercy,
and have compassion on you, and multiply
you, as he has sworn to your fathers; 13:18when
you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your
God, to keep all his commandments which I
command you this day, to do that which is right
in the eyes of Yahweh your God.
14:1You are the children of Yahweh your
God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make
any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
14:2For you are a holy people to Yahweh your
God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people
for his own possession, above all peoples
who are on the face of the earth. 14:3You shall
not eat any abominable thing. 14:4These are the
animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep,
and the goat, 14:5the hart, and the gazelle, and
the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the ibex,
and the antelope, and the chamois. 14:6Every
animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof
cloven in two, andchews the cud, among the
animals, that may you eat. 14:7Nevertheless
these you shall not eat of themthat chew the
cud, or of those who have the hoof cloven: the
camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because
they chew the cud but don't part the hoof,
they are unclean to you. 14:8The pig, because
it has a split hoof but doesn't chew the cud,
is unclean to you: of their flesh you shall not
eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.
14:9These you may eat of all that are in the
waters: whatever has fins and scales may you
eat; 14:10and whatever doesn't have fins and
scales you shall not eat; it is unclean to you.
14:11Of all clean birds you may eat. 14:12But
these are they of which you shall not eat: the
eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey, 14:13and
the red kite, and the falcon, and the kite after
its kind, 14:14and every raven after its kind,
14:15and the ostrich, and the owl, and the
seagull, and the hawk after its kind, 14:16the
little owl, and the great owl, and the horned
owl, 14:17and the pelican, and the vulture, and
the cormorant, 14:18and the stork, and the heron
after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
14:19All winged creeping things are unclean to
you: they shall not be eaten. 14:20Of all clean
birds you may eat. 14:21You shall not eat of
anything that dies of itself: you may give it to
the foreigner living among you who is within
your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell
it to a foreigner: for you are a holy people to
Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a kid in its
mother's milk. 14:22You shall surely tithe all the
increase of your seed, that which comes forth
fromt he field year by year. 14:23You shall eat
before Yahweh your God, in the place which
he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell
there, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine,
and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd
and of your flock; that you may learn to fear
Yahweh your God always. 14:24If the way is
too long for you, so that you are not able to
carry it, because the place is too far fromy ou,
which Yahweh your God shall choose, to set his
name there, when Yahweh your God shall bless
you; 14:25then you shall turn it into money, and
bind up the money in your hand, and shall
go to the place which Yahweh your God shall
choose: 14:26and you shall bestow the money
for whatever your soul desires, for cattle, or
for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink,
or for whatever your soul asks of you; and
you shall eat there before Yahweh your God,
and you shall rejoice, you and your household.
14:27The Levite who is within your gates, you
shall not forsake him; for he has no portion nor
inheritance with you. 14:28At the end of every
three years you shall bring forth all the tithe of
your increase in the same year, and shall lay
it up within your gates: 14:29and the Levite,
because he has no portion nor inheritance with
you, and the foreigner living among you, and
the fatherless, and the widow, who are within
your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be
satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you
in all the work of your hand which you do.
15:1At the end of every seven years you shall
make a release. 15:2This is the manner of the
release: every creditor shall release that which
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he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact
it of his neighbor and his brother; because
Yahweh's release has been proclaimed. 15:3Of
a foreigner you may exact it: but whatever
of your is with your brother your hand shall
release. 15:4However there shall be no poor
with you; (for Yahweh will surely bless you in
the land which Yahweh your God gives you
for an inheritance to possess it;) 15:5if only you
diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your
God, to observe to do all this commandment
which I command you this day. 15:6For Yahweh
your God will bless you, as he promised you:
and you shall lend to many nations, but you
shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many
nations, but they shall not rule over you. 15:7If
there be with you a poor man, one of your
brothers, within any of your gates in your land
which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall
not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from
your poor brother; 15:8but you shall surely open
your hand to him, and shall surely lend him
sufficient for his need in thatwhich he wants.
15:9Beware that there not be a base thought in
your heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of
release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against
your poor brother, and you give himn othing;
and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be
sin to you. 15:10You shall surely give him, and
your heart shall not be grieved when you give
to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your
God will bless you in all your work, and in all
that you put your hand to. 15:11For the poor
will never cease out of the land: therefore I
command you, saying, You shall surely open
your hand to your brother, to your needy, and
to your poor, in your land. 15:12If your brother,
a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold
to you, and serve you six years; then in the
seventh year you shall let himgo free from
you. 15:13When you let himgo free fromyou,
you shall not let himg o empty: 15:14you shall
furnish himlib erally out of your flock, and
out of your threshing floor, and out of your
winepress; as Yahweh your God has blessed
you, you shall give to him. 15:15You shall
remember that you were a bondservant in the
land of Egypt, and Yahweh yourGod redeemed
you: therefore I command you this thing today.
15:16It shall be, if he tell you, I will not go
out fromyou ; because he loves you and your
house, because he is well with you; 15:17then
you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his
ear to the door, and he shall be your servant
forever. Also to your female servant you shall
do likewise. 15:18It shall not seemhard to
you, when you let himgo free from you; for
to the double of the hire of a hireling has he
served you six years: and Yahweh your God
will bless you in all that you do. 15:19All the
firstborn males that are born of your herd and
of your flock you shall sanctify to Yahweh your
God: you shall do no work with the firstborn
of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your
flock. 15:20You shall eat it before Yahweh your
God year by year in the place which Yahweh
shall choose, you and your household. 15:21If
it have any blemish, as if it belame or blind, any
ill blemishwhatever, you shall not sacrifice it to
Yahweh your God. 15:22You shall eat it within
your gates: the unclean and the clean shall eat
italike, as the gazelle, and as the hart. 15:23Only
you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it out
on the ground as water.
16:1Observe the month of Abib, and keep
the Passover to Yahweh your God; for in the
month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you
forth out of Egypt by night. 16:2You shall
sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God,
of the flock and the herd, in the place which
Yahweh shall choose, to cause his name to
dwell there. 16:3You shall eat no leavened bread
with it. You shall eat unleavened bread with
it seven days, even the bread of affliction; for
you came forth out of the land of Egypt in
haste: that you may remember the day when
you came forth out of the land of Egypt all
the days of your life. 16:4There shall be no
yeast seen with you in all your borders seven
days; neither shall any of the flesh, which you
sacrifice the first day at even, remain all night
until the morning. 16:5You may not sacrifice
the Passover within any of your gates, which
Yahweh your God gives you; 16:6but at the
place which Yahweh your God shall choose,
to cause his name to dwell in, there you shall
sacrifice the Passover at even, at the going
down of the sun, at the season that you came
forth out of Egypt. 16:7You shall roast and eat
it in the place which Yahweh your God shall
choose: and you shall turn in the morning,
and go to your tents. 16:8Six days you shall
eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day
shall be a solemn assembly to Yahweh your
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God; you shall do no work therein. 16:9You shall
count seven weeks to you: fromt he time you
begin to put the sickle to the standing grain you
shall begin to number seven weeks. 16:10You
shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your
God with a tribute of a freewill offering of
your hand, which you shall give, according as
Yahweh your God blesses you: 16:11and you
shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you,
and your son, and your daughter, and your
male servant, and your female servant, and
the Levite who is within your gates, and the
foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow,
who are in the midst of you, in the place which
Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his
name to dwell there. 16:12You shall remember
that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you
shall observe and do these statutes. 16:13You
shall keep the feast of tents seven days, after
that you have gathered in fromy our threshing
floor and fromyour winepress: 16:14and you
shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son,
and your daughter, and your male servant, and
your female servant, and the Levite, and the
foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow,
who are within your gates. 16:15You shall keep
a feast to Yahweh your God seven days in
the place which Yahweh shall choose; because
Yahweh your God will bless you in all your
increase, and in all the work of your hands,
and you shall be altogether joyful. 16:16Three
times in a year shall all your males appear
before Yahweh your 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 tents; and they shall not appear before
Yahweh empty: 16:17every man shall give as
he is able, according to the blessing of Yahweh
your God which he has given you. 16:18You
shall make judges and officers in all your gates,
which Yahweh your God gives you, according
to your tribes; and they shall judge the people
with righteous judgment. 16:19You shall not
wrest justice: you shall not respect persons;
neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does
blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the
words of the righteous. 16:20You shall follow
that which is altogether just, that you may live,
and inherit the land which Yahweh your God
gives you. 16:21You shall not plant you an
Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of
Yahweh your God, which you shall make you.
16:22Neither shall you set yourself up a pillar;
which Yahweh your God hates.
17:1You shall not sacrifice to Yahweh your
God an ox, or a sheep, in which is a blemish,
oranything evil; for that is an abomination to
Yahweh your God. 17:2If there be found in
the midst of you, within any of your gates
which Yahweh your God gives you, man or
woman, who does that which is evil in the
sight of Yahweh your God, in transgressing his
covenant, 17:3and has gone and served other
gods, and worshiped them, or the sun, or the
moon, or any of the army of the sky, which I
have not commanded; 17:4and it be told you,
and you have heard of it, then you shall inquire
diligently; and behold, if it be true, and the
thing certain, that such abomination is done in
Israel, 17:5then you shall bring forth that man
or that woman, who has done this evil thing,
to your gates, even the man or the woman;
and you shall stone themto death with stones.
17:6At the mouth of two witnesses, or three
witnesses, shall hewho is to die be put to death;
at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put
to death. 17:7The hand of the witnesses shall be
first on himto put himto death, and afterward
the hand of all the people. So you shall put
away the evil fromthe midst of you. 17:8If there
arise a matter too hard for you in judgment,
between blood and blood, between plea and
plea, and between stroke and stroke, being
matters of controversy within your gates; then
you shall arise, and go up to the place which
Yahweh your God shall choose; 17:9and you
shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the
judge who shall be in those days: and you shall
inquire; and they shall show you the sentence
of judgment. 17:10You shall do according to the
tenor of the sentence which they shall showyou
fromthat place which Yahweh shall choose;
and you shall observe to do according to all
that they shall teach you: 17:11according to the
tenor of the lawwhich they shall teach you, and
according to the judgment which they shall tell
you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from
the sentence which they shall show you, to the
right hand, nor to the left. 17:12The man who
does presumptuously, in not listening to the
priest who stands to minister there before Yahweh
your God, or to the judge, even that man
shall die: and you shall put away the evil from
Israel. 17:13All the people shall hear, and fear,
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and do no more presumptuously. 17:14When
you are come to the land which Yahweh your
God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall
dwell therein, and shall say, I will set a king
over me, like all the nations that are around
me; 17:15you shall surely set himkin g over you,
whomY ahweh your God shall choose: one
froma mong your brothers you shall set king
over you; you may not put a foreigner over
you, who is not your brother. 17:16Only he shall
not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the
people to return to Egypt, to the end that he
may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said
to you, You shall henceforth return no more
that way. 17:17Neither shall he multiply wives
to himself, that his heart not turn away: neither
shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and
gold. 17:18It shall be, when he sits on the throne
of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy
of this law in a book, out of that which isbefore
the priests the Levites: 17:19and it shall be with
him, and he shall read therein all the days of
his life; that he may learn to fear Yahweh his
God, to keep all the words of this law and these
statutes, to do them; 17:20that his heart not be
lifted up above his brothers, and that he not
turn 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.
18:1The priests the Levites, evenall the tribe of
Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with
Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Yahweh
made by fire, and his inheritance. 18:2They
shall have no inheritance among their brothers:
Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken
to them. 18:3This shall be the priests' due from
the people, fromt hose who offer a sacrifice,
whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give
to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks,
and the maw. 18:4The first fruits of your grain,
of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first
of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.
18:5For Yahweh your God has chosen himout
of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the
name of Yahweh, him and his sons for ever.
18:6If a Levite comes from any of your gates
out of all Israel, where he lives as a foreigner,
and comes with all the desire of his soul to the
place which Yahweh shall choose; 18:7then he
shall minister in the name of Yahweh his God,
as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand
there before Yahweh. 18:8They shall have like
portions to eat, besides that which comes of
the sale of his patrimony. 18:9When you are
come into the land which Yahweh your God
gives you, you shall not learn to do after the
abominations of those nations. 18:10There shall
not be found with you anyone who makes his
son or his daughter to pass through the fire,
one who uses divination, one who practices
sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, 18:11or a
charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or
a wizard, or a necromancer. 18:12For whoever
does these things is an abomination to Yahweh:
and because of these abominations Yahweh
your God does drive themout from before
you. 18:13You shall be perfect with Yahweh
your God. 18:14For these nations, that you shall
dispossess, listen to those who practice sorcery,
and to diviners; but as for you, Yahweh your
God has not allowed you so to do. 18:15Yahweh
your God will raise up to you a prophet from
the midst of you, of your brothers, like me.
You shall listen to him. 18:16This is according
to all that you desired of Yahweh your God in
Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let
me not hear again the voice of Yahweh my God,
neither let me see this great fire any more, that
I not die. 18:17Yahweh said to me, They have
well said that which they have spoken. 18:18I
will raise themup a prophet from among their
brothers, like you; and I will put my words in
his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that
I shall command him. 18:19It shall happen, that
whoever will not listen to my words which he
shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
18:20But the prophet, who shall speak a word
presumptuously in my name, which I have not
commanded him to speak, or who shall speak
in the name of other gods, that same prophet
shall die. 18:21If you say in your heart, How
shall we know the word which Yahweh has
not spoken? 18:22when a prophet speaks in the
name of Yahweh, if the thing doesn't follow,
nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh
has not spoken: the prophet has spoken it
presumptuously, you shall not be afraid of him.
19:1When Yahweh your God shall cut off
the nations, whose land Yahweh your God
gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell
in their cities, and in their houses; 19:2you
shall set apart three cities for you in the midst
of your land, which Yahweh your God gives
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you to possess it. 19:3You shall prepare you
the way, and divide the borders of your land,
which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit,
into three parts, that every manslayer may flee
there. 19:4This is the case of the manslayer,
that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his
neighbor unawares, and didn't hate himi n time
past; 19:5as when a man goes into the forest
with his neighbor to chop wood, and his hand
fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the
tree, and the head slips fromthe handle, and
lights on his neighbor, so that he dies; he shall
flee to one of these cities and live: 19:6lest the
avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while
his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the
way is long, and strike himm ortally; whereas
he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he
didn't hate himi n time past. 19:7Therefore I
command you, saying, You shall set apart three
cities for you. 19:8If Yahweh your God enlarge
your border, as he has sworn to your fathers,
and give you all the land which he promised to
give to your fathers; 19:9if you shall keep all this
commandment to do it, which I command you
this day, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk
ever in his ways; then you shall add three cities
more for you, besides these three: 19:10that
innocent blood not be shed in the midst of your
land, which Yahweh your God gives you for an
inheritance, and so blood be on you. 19:11But if
any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for
him, and rise up against him, and strike him
mortally so that he dies, and he flee into one of
these cities; 19:12then the elders of his city shall
send and bring himthe re, and deliver himi nto
the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may
die. 19:13Your eye shall not pity him, but you
shall put away the innocent blood fromIs rael,
that it may go well with you. 19:14You shall not
remove your neighbor's landmark, which they
of old time have set, in your inheritance which
you shall inherit, in the land that Yahweh
your God gives you to possess it. 19:15One
witness shall not rise up against a man for
any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that
he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at
the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be
established. 19:16If an unrighteous witness rise
up against any man to testify against him of
wrongdoing, 19:17then both the men, between
whomt he controversy is, shall stand before
Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who
shall be in those days; 19:18and the judges shall
make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the
witness is a false witness, and has testified
falsely against his brother; 19:19then you shall
do to himas he had thought to do to his
brother: so you shall put away the evil fromthe
midst of you. 19:20Those who remain shall hear,
and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more
any such evil in the midst of you. 19:21Your eyes
shall not pity; life shall gofor life, eye for eye,
tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
20:1When you go forth to battle against your
enemies, and see horses, and chariots, anda
people more than you, you shall not be afraid
of them; for Yahweh your God is with you,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
20:2It shall be, when you drawnear to the battle,
that the priest shall approach and speak to the
people, 20:3and shall tell them, Hear, Israel,
you draw near this day to battle against your
enemies: don't let your heart faint; don't be
afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;
20:4for Yahweh your God is he who goes with
you, to fight for you against your enemies, to
save you. 20:5The officers shall speak to the
people, saying, What man is there who has
built a new house, and has not dedicated it?
let himgo and return to his house, lest he
die in the battle, and another man dedicate
it. 20:6What man is there who has planted
a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? let
himg o and return to his house, lest he die
in the battle, and another man use its fruit.
20:7What man is there who has pledged to be
married a wife, and has not taken her? let
himg o and return to his house, lest he die in
the battle, and another man take her. 20:8The
officers shall speak further to the people, and
they shall say,What man is there who is fearful
and fainthearted? let himg o and return to his
house, lest his brother's heart melt as his heart.
20:9It shall be, when the officers have made an
end of speaking to the people, that they shall
appoint captains of armies at the head of the
people. 20:10When you draw near to a city to
fight against it, then proclaimp eace to it. 20:11It
shall be, if it make you answer of peace, and
open to you, then it shall be, that all the people
who are found therein shall become tributary
to you, and shall serve you. 20:12If it will make
no peace with you, but will make war against
you, then you shall besiege it: 20:13and when
Deuteronomy 20:14 166 Deuteronomy 21:22
Yahweh your God delivers it into your hand,
you shall strike every male of it with the edge
of the sword: 20:14but the women, and the little
ones, and the livestock, and all that is in the
city, even all its spoil, you shall take for a prey
to yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your
enemies, which Yahweh your God has given
you. 20:15Thus you shall do to all the cities
which are very far off fromyou, which are
not of the cities of these nations. 20:16But of
the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your
God gives you for an inheritance, you shall
save alive nothing that breathes; 20:17but you
shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the
Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the
Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Yahweh your God
has commanded you; 20:18that they not teach
you to do after all their abominations, which
they have done to their gods; so would you
sin against Yahweh your God. 20:19When you
shall besiege a city a long time, in making war
against it to take it, you shall not destroy its
trees by wielding an axe against them; for you
may eat of them, and you shall not cut them
down; for is the tree of the field man, that it
should be besieged of you? 20:20Only the trees
of which you know that they are not trees for
food, you shall destroy and cut themd own;
and you shall build bulwarks against the city
that makes war with you, until it fall.
21:1If one be found slain in the land which
Yahweh your God gives you to possess it,
lying in the field, and it isn't known who
has struck him; 21:2then your elders and your
judges shall come forth, and they shall measure
to the cities which are around himwho is
slain: 21:3and it shall be, that the city which
is nearest to the slain man, even the elders of
that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which
hasn't been worked with, and which has not
drawn in the yoke; 21:4and the elders of that
city shall bring down the heifer to a valley
with running water, which is neither plowed
nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck
there in the valley. 21:5The priests the sons of
Levi shall come near; for them Yahweh your
God has chosen to minister to him, and to
bless in the name of Yahweh; and according to
their word shall every controversy and every
stroke be. 21:6All the elders of that city, who
are nearest to the slain man, shall wash their
hands over the heifer whose neck was broken
in the valley; 21:7and they shall answer and say,
Our hands have not shed this blood, neither
have our eyes seen it. 21:8Forgive, Yahweh,
your people Israel, whomyou have redeemed,
and don't allow innocent blood to remainin the
midst of your people Israel. The blood shall be
forgiven them. 21:9So you shall put away the
innocent blood fromt he midst of you, when
you shall do that which is right in the eyes
of Yahweh. 21:10When you go forth to battle
against your enemies, and Yahweh your God
delivers themi nto your hands, and you carry
themaway captive, 21:11and see among the
captives a beautiful woman, and you have a
desire to her, and would take her to you as
wife; 21:12then you shall bring her home to your
house; and she shall shave her head, and pare
her nails; 21:13and she shall put the clothing
of her captivity fromo ff her, and shall remain
in your house, and bewail her father and her
mother a full month: and after that you shall
go in to her, and be her husband, and she shall
be your wife. 21:14It shall be, if you have no
delight in her, then you shall let her go where
she will; but you shall not sell her at all for
money, you shall not deal with her as a slave,
because you have humbled her. 21:15If a man
have two wives, the one beloved, and the other
hated, and they have borne himchi ldren, both
the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn
son be hers who was hated; 21:16then it shall
be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit
that which he has, that he may not make the
son of the beloved the firstborn before the son
of the hated, who is the firstborn: 21:17but he
shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the
hated, by giving hima double portion of all that
he has; for he is the beginning of his strength;
the right of the firstborn is his. 21:18If a man
have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will
not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of
his mother, and, though they chasten him, will
not listen to them; 21:19then shall his father and
his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out
to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his
place; 21:20and they shall tell the elders of his
city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he
will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and
a drunkard. 21:21All the men of his city shall
stone himto death with stones: so you shall
put away the evil fromt he midst of you; and
all Israel shall hear, and fear. 21:22If a man have
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committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put
to death, and you hang himo n a tree; 21:23his
body shall not remain all night on the tree, but
you shall surely bury himthe same day; for
he who is hanged is accursed of God; that you
don't defile your land which Yahweh your God
gives you for an inheritance.
22:1You shall not see your brother's ox or
his sheep go astray, and hide yourself from
them: you shall surely bring them again to
your brother. 22:2If your brother isn't near to
you, or if you don't know him, then you shall
bring it home to your house, and it shall be
with you until your brother seek after it, and
you shall restore it to him. 22:3So you shall do
with his donkey; and so you shall do with his
garment; and so you shall do with every lost
thing of your brother's, which he has lost, and
you have found: you may not hide yourself.
22:4You shall not see your brother's donkey
or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide
yourself fromt hem: you shall surely help him
to lift themup again. 22:5A woman shall not
wear men's clothing, neither shall a man put
on women's clothing; for whoever does these
things is an abomination to Yahweh your God.
22:6If a bird's nest chance to be before you in
the way, in any tree or on the ground, with
young ones or eggs, and the hen sitting on the
young, or on the eggs, you shall not take the
hen with the young: 22:7you shall surely let the
hen go, but the young you may take to yourself;
that it may be well with you, and that you
may prolong your days. 22:8When you build a
new house, then you shall make a battlement
for your roof, that you don't bring blood on
your house, if any man fall from there. 22:9You
shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of
seed, lest the whole fruit be forfeited, the seed
which you have sown, and the increase of the
vineyard. 22:10You shall not plow with an ox
and a donkey together. 22:11You shall not wear
a mixed stuff, wool and linen together. 22:12You
shall make yourselves fringesd on the four
borders of your cloak, with which you cover
yourself. 22:13If any man takes a wife, and
goes in to her, and hates her, 22:14and accuses
her of shameful things, and brings up an evil
name on her, and says, I took this woman, and
when I came near to her, I didn't find in her the
tokens of virginity; 22:15then shall the father of
the young lady, and her mother, take and bring
forth the tokens of the young lady's virginity
to the elders of the city in the gate; 22:16and
the young lady's father shall tell the elders, I
gave my daughter to this man to wife, and he
hates her; 22:17and behold, he has accused her
of shameful things, saying, I didn't find in your
daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these
are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. They
shall spread the garment before the elders of
the city. 22:18The elders of that city shall take
the man and chastise him; 22:19and they shall
fine himo ne hundred shekelsof silver, and give
themto the father of the young lady, because
he has brought up an evil name on a virgin of
Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not
put her away all his days. 22:20But if this thing
be true, that the tokens of virginity were not
found in the young lady; 22:21then they shall
bring out the young lady to the door of her
father's house, and the men of her city shall
stone her to death with stones, because she has
done folly in Israel, to play the prostitute in her
father's house: so you shall put away the evil
fromt he midst of you. 22:22If a man be found
lyingwith awoman married to a husband, then
they shall both of themd ie, the man who lay
with the woman, and the woman: so you shall
put away the evil fromI srael. 22:23If there be
a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be
married to a husband, and a man find her in
the city, and lie with her; 22:24then you shall
bring thembo th out to the gate of that city,
and you shall stone themto death with stones;
the lady, because she didn't cry, being in the
city; and the man, because he has humbled his
neighbor's wife: so you shall put away the evil
fromt he midst of you. 22:25But if the man find
the lady who is pledged to be married in the
field, and the man force her, and lie with her;
then the man only who lay with her shall die:
22:26but to the lady you shall do nothing; there
is in the lady no sin worthy of death: for as
when a man rises against his neighbor, and kills
him, even so is this matter; 22:27for he found
her in the field, the pledged to be married lady
cried, and there was none to save her. 22:28If
a man find a lady who is a virgin, who is not
pledged to be married, and lay hold on her, and
lie with her, and they be found; 22:29then the
d22:12 or, tassles
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man who lay with her shall give to the lady's
father fifty shekelsof silver, and she shall be his
wife, because he has humbled her; he may not
put her away all his days. 22:30A man shall not
take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his
father's skirt.
23:1He who is wounded in the stones, or has
his privy member cut off, shall not enter into
the assembly of Yahweh. 23:2A bastard shall
not enter into the assembly of Yahweh; even to
the tenth generation shall none of his enter into
the assembly of Yahweh. 23:3An Ammonite
or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly
of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation shall
none belonging to theme nter into the assembly
of Yahweh forever: 23:4because they didn't
meet you with bread and with water in the
way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and
because they hired against you Balaamthe
son of Beor fromPe thor of Mesopotamia, to
curse you. 23:5Nevertheless Yahweh your God
wouldn't listen to Balaam; but Yahweh your
God turned the curse into a blessing to you,
because Yahweh your God loved you. 23:6You
shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity
all your days forever. 23:7You shall not abhor
an Edomite; for he is your brother: you shall
not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a
foreigner in his land. 23:8The children of the
third generation who are born to thems hall
enter into the assembly of Yahweh. 23:9When
you go forth in camp against your enemies,
then you shall keep you fromev ery evil thing.
23:10If there be among you any man, who is not
clean by reason of that which happens himby
night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp,
he shall not come within the camp: 23:11but it
shall be,when evening comes on, he shall bathe
himself in water; and when the sun is down,
he shall come within the camp. 23:12You shall
have a place also outside of the camp, where
you shall go forth abroad: 23:13and you shall
have a paddle among your weapons; and it
shall be, when you sit down abroad, you shall
dig therewith, and shall turn back and cover
that which comes from you: 23:14for Yahweh
your God walks in the midst of your camp,
to deliver you, and to give up your enemies
before you; therefore your camp shall be holy,
that he may not see an unclean thing in you,
and turn away fromy ou. 23:15You shall not
deliver to his master a servant who is escaped
fromhi smaster to you: 23:16he shall dwell with
you, in the midst of you, in the place which he
shall choose within one of your gates, where it
pleases himb est: you shall not oppress him.
23:17There shall be no prostitute of the daughters
of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite
of the sons of Israel. 23:18You shall not bring the
hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a dog, into
the house of Yahweh your God for any vow: for
even both these are an abomination to Yahweh
your God. 23:19You shall not lend on interest
to your brother; interest of money, interest of
food, interest of anything that is lent on interest:
23:20to a foreigner you may lend on interest; but
to your brother you shall not lend on interest,
that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that
you put your hand to, in the land where you
go in to possess it. 23:21When you shall vow
a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be
slack to pay it: for Yahweh your Godwill surely
require it of you; and it would be sin in you.
23:22But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be
no sin in you. 23:23That which is gone out of
your lips you shall observe and do; according
as you have vowed to Yahweh your God, a
freewill offering, which you have promised
with your mouth. 23:24When you come into
your neighbor's vineyard, then you may eat of
grapes your fill at your own pleasure; but you
shall not put any in your vessel. 23:25When you
come into your neighbor's standing grain, then
you may pluck the ears with your hand; but
you shall not move a sickle to your neighbor's
standing grain.
24:1When a man takes a wife, and marries
her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in
his eyes, because he has found some unseemly
thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of
divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her
out of his house. 24:2When she is departed
out of his house, she may go and be another
man's wife. 24:3If the latter husband hate her,
and write her a bill of divorce, and give it in
her hand, and send her out of his house; or
if the latter husband die, who took her to be
his wife; 24:4her former husband, who sent her
away, may not take her again to be his wife,
after that she is defiled; for that is abomination
before Yahweh: and you shall not cause the
land to sin, which Yahweh your God gives you
for an inheritance. 24:5When a man takes a new
wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither
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shall he be assigned any business: he shall be
free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife
whomhe has taken. 24:6No man shall take
the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for
he takes a man'slife to pledge. 24:7If a man
be found stealing any of his brothers of the
children of Israel, and he deal with hima s a
slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so
you shall put away the evil fromt he midst of
you. 24:8Take heed in the plague of leprosy,
that you observe diligently, and do according to
all that the priests the Levites shall teach you:
as I commanded them, so you shall observe
to do. 24:9Rem em ber what Yahweh your God
did to Miriam, by the way as you came forth
out of Egypt. 24:10When you do lend your
neighbor any manner of loan, you shall not go
into his house to get his pledge. 24:11You shall
stand outside, and the man to whom you do
lend shall bring forth the pledge outside to you.
24:12If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep
with his pledge; 24:13you shall surely restore to
himthe pledge when the sun goes down, that
he may sleep in his garment, and bless you: and
it shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh
your God. 24:14You shall not oppress a hired
servant who is poor and needy, whether he be
of your brothers, or of your foreigners who are
in your land within your gates: 24:15in his day
you shall give himhi s hire, neither shall the sun
go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart
on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it
be sin to you. 24:16The 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. 24:17You shall
not wrest the justice dueto the foreigner, orto
the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to
pledge; 24:18but you shall remember that you
were a bondservant in Egypt, and Yahweh your
God redeemed you there: therefore I command
you to do this thing. 24:19When you reap your
harvest in your field, and have forgot a sheaf
in the field, you shall not go again to get it:
it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless,
and for the widow; that Yahweh your God
may bless you in all the work of your hands.
24:20When you beat your olive tree, you shall
not go over the boughs again: it shall be for
the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the
widow. 24:21When you gather the grapes ofyour
vineyard, you shall not glean it after you: it
shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and
for the widow. 24:22You shall remember that
you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt:
therefore I command you to do this thing.
25:1If there be a controversy between men,
and they come to judgment, and the judgesjudge
them; then they shall justify the righteous, and
condemn the wicked; 25:2and it shall be, if
the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that
the judge shall cause himto lie down, and
to be beaten before his face, according to his
wickedness, by number. 25:3Forty stripes he
may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he
should exceed, and beat himabo ve these with
many stripes, then your brother should seem
vile to you. 25:4You shall not muzzle the ox
when he treads out the grain. 25:5If brothers
dwell together, and one of themdie, and have
no son, thewife of the dead shall not be married
outside to a stranger: her husband's brother
shall go in to her, and take her to himas wife,
and performthe duty of a husband's brother to
her. 25:6It shall be, that the firstborn whoms he
bears shall succeed in the name of his brother
who is dead, that his name not be blotted out
of Israel. 25:7If the man doesn't want to take
his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall
go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My
husband's brother refuses to raise up to his
brother a name in Israel; he will not perform
the duty of a husband's brother to me. 25:8Then
the elders of his city shall call him, and speak
to him: and if he stand, and say, I don't want to
take her; 25:9then his brother's wife shall come
to himi n the presence of the elders, and loose
his shoe fromo ff his foot, and spit in his face;
and she shall answer and say, So shall it be
done to the man who does not build up his
brother's house. 25:10His name shall be called
in Israel, The house of himwho has his shoe
untied. 25:11When men strive together one with
another, and the wife of the one draws near
to deliver her husband out of the hand of him
who strikes him, and puts forth her hand, and
takes himby the secrets; 25:12then you shall
cut off her hand, your eye shall have no pity.
25:13You shall not have in your bag diverse
weights, a great and a small. 25:14You shall
not have in your house diverse measures, a
great and a small. 25:15You shall have a perfect
and just weight. You shall have a perfect and
just measure, that your days may be long in
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the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
25:16For all who do such things, evenall who do
unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh
your God. 25:17Remember what Amalek did to
you by the way as you came forth out of Egypt;
25:18how he met you by the way, and struck the
hindmost of you, all who were feeble behind
you, when you were faint and weary; and he
didn't fear God. 25:19Therefore it shall be, when
Yahweh your God has given you rest froma ll
your enemies all around, in the land which
Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance
to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory
of Amalek from under the sky; you shall not
forget.
26:1It shall be, when you are come in to
the land which Yahweh your God gives you
for an inheritance, and possess it, and dwell
therein, 26:2that you shall take of the first of
all the fruit of the ground, which you shall
bring in fromyour land that Yahweh your God
gives you; and you shall put it in a basket,
and shall go to the place which Yahweh your
God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell
there. 26:3You shall come to the priest who shall
be in those days, and tell him, I profess this
day to Yahweh your God, that I amcom e to
the land which Yahweh swore to our fathers
to give us. 26:4The priest shall take the basket
out of your hand, and set it down before the
altar of Yahweh your God. 26:5You shall answer
and say before Yahweh your God, A Syrian
ready to perish was my father; and he went
down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in
number; and he became there a nation, great,
mighty, and populous. 26:6The Egyptians dealt
ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid on us hard
bondage: 26:7and we cried to Yahweh, the God
of our fathers, and Yahweh heard our voice,
and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our
oppression; 26:8and Yahweh brought us forth
out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an
outstretched arm, and with great terror, and
with signs, and with wonders; 26:9and he has
brought us into this place, and has given us
this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
26:10Now, behold, I have brought the first of
the fruit of the ground, which you, Yahweh,
have given me. You shall set it down before
Yahweh your God, and worship before Yahweh
your God. 26:11You shall rejoice in all the
good which Yahweh your God has given to
you, and to your house, you, and the Levite,
and the foreigner who is in the midst of you.
26:12When you have made an end of tithing
all the tithe of your increase in the third year,
which is the year of tithing, then you shall
give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the
fatherless, and to the widow, that they may
eat within your gates, and be filled. 26:13You
shall say before Yahweh your God, I have put
away the holy things out of my house, and
also have given themto the Levite, and to the
foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow,
according to all your commandment which you
have commanded me: I have not transgressed
any of your commandments, neither have I
forgotten them: 26:14I have not eaten of it in
my mourning, neither have I put away of it,
being unclean, nor given of it for the dead: I
have listened to the voice of Yahweh my God;
I have done according to all that you have
commanded me. 26:15Look down fromyour
holy habitation, fromhe aven, and bless your
people Israel, and the ground which you have
given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land
flowing with milk and honey. 26:16This day
Yahweh your God commands you to do these
statutes and ordinances: you shall therefore
keep and do themwi th all your heart, and with
all your soul. 26:17You have declared Yahweh
this day to be your God, and that you would
walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his
commandments, and his ordinances, and listen
to his voice: 26:18and Yahweh has declared you
this day to be a people for his own possession,
as he has promised you, and that you should
keep all his commandments; 26:19and to make
you high above all nations that he has made, in
praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you
may be a holy people to Yahweh your God, as
he has spoken.
27:1Moses and the elders of Israel com -
manded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment
which I command you this day.
27:2It shall be on the day when you shall pass
over the Jordan to the land which Yahweh your
God gives you, that you shall set yourself up
great stones, and plaster themwi th plaster:
27:3and you shall write on themal l the words
of this law, when you are passed over; that
you may go in to the land which Yahweh your
God gives you, a land flowing with milk and
honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers,
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has promised you. 27:4It shall be, when you
are passed over the Jordan, that you shall set
up these stones, which I command you this
day, in Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster
themwi th plaster. 27:5There you shall build
an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of
stones: you shall lift up no iron toolon them.
27:6You shall build the altar of Yahweh your
God of uncut stones; and you shall offer burnt
offerings thereon to Yahweh your God: 27:7and
you shall sacrifice peace offerings, and shall
eat there; and you shall rejoice before Yahweh
your God. 27:8You shall write on the stones all
the words of this law very plainly. 27:9Moses
and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel,
saying, Keep silence, and listen, Israel: this day
you are become the people of Yahweh your
God. 27:10You shall therefore obey the voice of
Yahweh your God, and do his commandments
and his statutes, which I command you this
day. 27:11Moses commanded the people the
same day, saying, 27:12These shall stand on
Mount Gerizimt o bless the people, when you
are passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi,
and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and
Benjamin. 27:13These shall stand on Mount
Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher,
and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 27:14The
Levites shall answer, and tell all the men of
Israel with a loud voice, 27:15Cursed be the
man who makes an engraved or molten image,
an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the
hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.
All the people shall answer and say, Amen.
27:16Cursed be he who sets light by his father
or his mother. All the people shall say, Amen.
27:17Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's
landmark. All the people shall say, Amen.
27:18Cursed be he who makes the blind to
wander out of the way. All the people shall say,
Amen. 27:19Cursed be he who wrests the justice
dueto the foreigner, fatherless, and widow. All
the people shall say, Amen. 27:20Cursed be he
who lies with his father's wife, because he has
uncovered his father's skirt. All the people
shall say, Amen. 27:21Cursed be he who lies
with any manner of animal. All the people
shall say, Amen. 27:22Cursed be he who lies
with his sister, the daughter of his father, or
the daughter of his mother. All the people
shall say, Amen. 27:23Cursed be he who lies
with his mother-in-law. All the people shall
say, Amen. 27:24Cursed be he who strikes his
neighbor in secret. All the people shall say,
Amen. 27:25Cursed be he who takes a bribe to
kill an innocent person. All the people shall say,
Amen. 27:26Cursed be he who doesn't confirm
the words of this law to do them. All the people
shall say, Amen.
28:1It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently
to the voice of Yahweh your God, to
observe to do all his com m a ndm ents which I
command you this day, that Yahweh your God
will set you on high above all the nations of
the earth: 28:2and all these blessings shall come
on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to
the voice of Yahweh your God. 28:3You shall be
blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in
the field. 28:4You shall be blessed in the fruit
of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit
of your animals, the increase of your livestock,
and the young of your flock. 28:5Your basket
and your kneading trough shall be blessed.
28:6You shall be blessed when you come in,
and you shall be blessed when you go out.
28:7Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise
up against you to be struck before you. They
will come out against you one way, and will
flee before you seven ways. 28:8Yahweh will
command the blessing on you in your barns,
and in all that you put your hand to; and he
will bless you in the land which Yahweh your
God gives you. 28:9Yahweh will establish you
for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn
to you; if you shall keep the commandments
of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways.
28:10All the peoples of the earth shall see that
you are called by the name of Yahweh; and
they shall be afraid of you. 28:11Yahweh will
make you plenteous for good, in the fruit of
your body, and in the fruit of your livestock,
and in the fruit of your ground, in the land
which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give
you. 28:12Yahweh will open to you his good
treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land
in its season, and to bless all the work of your
hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and
you shall not borrow. 28:13Yahweh will make
you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be
above only, and you shall not be beneath; if you
shall listen to the commandments of Yahweh
your God, which I command you this day, to
observe and to do them, 28:14and shall not turn
aside from any of the words which I command
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you this day, to the right hand, or to the left,
to go after other gods to serve them. 28:15But
it shall come to pass, if you will not listen
to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe
to do all his commandments and his statutes
which I command you this day, that all these
curses shall come on you, and overtake you.
28:16You shall be cursed in the city, and you
shall be cursed in the field. 28:17Your basket and
your kneading trough shall be cursed. 28:18The
fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground,
the increase of your livestock, and the young
of your flock shall be cursed. 28:19You shall
be cursed when you come in, and you shall
be cursed when you go out. 28:20Yahweh will
send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke,
in all that you put your hand to do, until you
are destroyed, and until you perish quickly;
because of the evil of your doings, by which
you have forsaken me. 28:21Yahweh will make
the pestilence cleave to you, until he has consumed
you from off the land, where you go
in to possess it. 28:22Yahweh will strike you
with consumption, and with fever, and with
inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with
the sword, and with blight, and with mildew;
and they shall pursue you until you perish.
28:23Your sky that is over your head shall be
brass, and the earth that is under you shall be
iron. 28:24Yahweh will make the rain of your
land powder and dust: fromthe sky shall it
come down on you, until you are destroyed.
28:25Yahweh will cause you to be struck before
your enemies; you shall go out one way against
them, and shall flee seven ways before them:
and you shall be tossed back and forth among
all the kingdoms of the earth. 28:26Your dead
body shall be food to all birds of the sky, and
to the animals of the earth; and there shall
be none to frighten themaway . 28:27Yahweh
will strike you with the boil of Egypt, and
with the tumors, and with the scurvy, and
with the itch, of which you can not be healed.
28:28Yahweh will strike you with madness, and
with blindness, andwith astonishment of heart;
28:29and you shall grope at noonday, as the
blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not
prosper in your ways: and you shall be only
oppressed and robbed always, and there shall
be none to save you. 28:30You shall betroth
a wife, and another man shall lie with her:
you shall build a house, and you shall not
dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and
shall not use its fruit. 28:31Your ox shall be
slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat
of it: your donkey shall be violently taken
away fromb efore your face, and shall not be
restored to you: your sheep shall be given to
your enemies, and you shall have none to save
you. 28:32Your sons and your daughters shall
be given to another people; and your eyes shall
look, and fail with longing for thema ll the
day: and there shall be nothing in the power of
your hand. 28:33The fruit of your ground, and
all your labors, shall a nation which you don't
know eat up; and you shall be only oppressed
and crushed always; 28:34so that you shall be
mad for the sight of your eyes which you shall
see. 28:35Yahweh will strike you in the knees,
and in the legs, with a sore boil, of which you
can not be healed, fromt he sole of your foot
to the crown of your head. 28:36Yahweh will
bring you, and your king whomyou shall set
over you, to a nation that you have not known,
you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve
other gods, wood and stone. 28:37You shall
become an astonishment, a proverb, and a
byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh
shall lead you away. 28:38You shall carry much
seed out into the field, and shall gather little in;
for the locust shall consume it. 28:39You shall
plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall
neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes;
for the worms hall eat them. 28:40You shall
have olive trees throughout all your borders,
but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil;
for your olive shall cast its fruit. 28:41You
shall father sons and daughters, but they shall
not be yours; for they shall go into captivity.
28:42All your trees and the fruit of your ground
shall the locust possess. 28:43The foreigner
who is in the midst of you shall mount up
above you higher and higher; and you shall
come down lower and lower. 28:44He shall
lend to you, and you shall not lend to him:
he shall be the head, and you shall be the
tail. 28:45All these curses shall come on you,
and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until
you are destroyed; because you didn't listen
to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep
his commandments and his statutes which he
commanded you: 28:46and they shall be on
you for a sign and for a wonder, and on your
seed forever. 28:47Because you didn't serve
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Yahweh your God with joyfulness, and with
gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance
of all things; 28:48therefore you shall serve your
enemies whom Yahweh shall send against you,
in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and
in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke
of iron on your neck, until he have destroyed
you. 28:49Yahweh will bring a nation against
you fromf ar, from the end of the earth, as the
eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall
not understand; 28:50a nation of fierce facial
expressions, that shall not regard the person of
the old, nor show favor to the young, 28:51and
shall eat the fruit of your livestock, and the
fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed;
that also shall not leave you grain, new wine,
or oil, the increase of your livestock, or the
young of your flock, until they have caused
you to perish. 28:52They shall besiege you in all
your gates, until your high and fortified walls
come down, in which you trusted, throughout
all your land; and they shall besiege you in
all your gates throughout all your land, which
Yahweh your God has given you. 28:53You shall
eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your
sons and of your daughters, whomY ahweh
your God has given you, in the siege and in the
distress with which your enemies shall distress
you. 28:54The man who 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 whom
he has remaining; 28:55so that hewill not give to
any of themof the flesh of his children whom
he shall eat, because he has nothing left him,
in the siege and in the distress with which
your enemy shall distress you in all your gates.
28:56The tender and delicate woman among
you, who would not adventure to set the sole
of her foot on 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, 28:57and toward her
young one who comes out from between her
feet, and toward her children whoms he shall
bear; for she shall eat themf or want of all
things secretly, in the siege and in the distress
with which your enemy shall distress you in
your gates. 28:58If you will not observe to do
all the words of this law that are written in
this book, that you may fear this glorious and
fearful name, YAHWEH YOUR GOD; 28:59then
Yahweh will make your plagues wonderful,
and the plagues of your seed, even great
plagues, and of long continuance, and sore
sicknesses, and of long continuance. 28:60He
will bring on you again all the diseases of
Egypt, which you were afraid of; and they shall
cleave to you. 28:61Also every sickness, and
every plague, which is not written in the book
of this law, themw ill Yahweh bring on you,
until you are destroyed. 28:62You shall be left
fewin number, whereas you were as the stars of
the sky for multitude; because you didn't listen
to the voice of Yahweh your God. 28:63It shall
happen that as Yahweh rejoiced over you to
do you good, and to multiply you, so Yahweh
will rejoice over you to cause you to perish,
and to destroy you; and you shall be plucked
fromof f the land where you go in to possess it.
28:64Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples,
fromthe one end of the earth even to the other
end of the earth; and there you shall serve other
gods,which you have not known, you nor your
fathers, even wood and stone. 28:65Among
these nations you shall find no ease, and there
shall be no rest for the sole of your foot: but
Yahweh will give you there a trembling heart,
and failing of eyes, and pining of soul; 28:66and
your life shall hang in doubt before you; and
you shall fear night and day, and shall have
no assurance of your life. 28:67In the morning
you shall say, Would it were even! and at
even you shall say, Would it were morning!
for the fear of your heart which you shall fear,
and for the sight of your eyes which you shall
see. 28:68Yahweh will bring you into Egypt
again with ships, by the way of which I said to
you, You shall see it no more again: and there
you shall sell yourselves to your enemies for
bondservants and for bondmaids, and no man
shall buy you.
29:1These are the words of the covenant
which Yahweh commanded Moses to make
with the children of Israel in the land of Moab,
besides the covenant which he made with them
in Horeb. 29:2Moses called to all Israel, and
said to them, You have seen all that Yahweh
did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to
Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his
land; 29:3the great trials which your eyes saw,
the signs, and those great wonders: 29:4but
Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, and
eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day. 29:5I
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have led you forty years in thewilderness: your
clothes have not grown old on you, and your
shoe has not grown old on your foot. 29:6You
have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk
wine or strong drink; that you may know that
I am Yahweh your God. 29:7When you came
to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and
Og the king of Bashan, came out against us to
battle, and we struck them: 29:8and we took
their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the
Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the halftribe
of the Manassites. 29:9Keep therefore the
words of this covenant, and do them, that you
may prosper in all that you do. 29:10You stand
this day all of you before Yahweh your God;
your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your
officers, even all the men of Israel, 29:11your
little ones, your wives, and your foreigner who
is in the midst of your camps, from the one
who cuts your wood to the one who draws
your water; 29:12that you may enter into the
covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his
oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you
this day; 29:13that he may establish you this
day to himself for a people, and that he may
be to you a God, as he spoke to you, and as
he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob. 29:14Neither with you only do
I make this covenant and this oath, 29:15but
with himwho stands here with us this day
before Yahweh our God, and also with him
who is not here with us this day 29:16(for you
know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and
how we came through the midst of the nations
through which you passed; 29:17and you have
seen their abominations, and their idols, wood
and stone, silver and gold, which were among
them); 29:18lest there should be among you
man, or woman, or family, or tribe,whose heart
turns away this day fromY ahweh our God,
to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest
there should be among you a root that bears
gall and wormwood; 29:19and it happen, when
he hears the words of this curse, that he bless
himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace,
though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,
to destroy the moist with the dry. 29:20Yahweh
will not pardon him, but then the anger of
Yahweh and his jealousy will smoke against
that man, and all the curse that is written in
this book shall lie on him, and Yahweh will blot
out his name from under the sky. 29:21Yahweh
will set himap art to evil out of all the tribes
of Israel, according to all the curses of the
covenant that is written in this book of the
law. 29:22The generation to come, your children
who shall rise up after you, and the foreigner
who shall come from a far land, shall say,
when they see the plagues of that land, and
the sicknesses with which Yahweh has made it
sick; 29:23and thatthe whole land of it is sulfur,
and salt, anda burning, thatit is not sown, nor
bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the
overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah
and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in his
anger, and in his wrath: 29:24even all the
nations shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus
to this land? what means the heat of this
great anger? 29:25Then men shall say, Because
they forsook the covenant of Yahweh, the God
of their fathers, which he made with them
when he brought themf orth out of the land of
Egypt, 29:26and went and served other gods,
and worshiped them, gods that they didn't
know, and that he had not given to them:
29:27therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled
against this land, to bring on it all the curse
that is written in this book; 29:28and Yahweh
rooted themout of their land in anger, and
in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast
themi nto another land, as at this day. 29:29The
secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but
the things that are revealed belong to us and
to our children forever, that we may do all the
words of this law.
30:1It shall happen, when all these things
are come on you, the blessing and the curse,
which I have set before you, and you shall call
them to mind among all the nations, where
Yahweh your God has driven you, 30:2and shall
return to Yahweh your God, and shall obey
his voice according to all that I command you
this day, you and your children, with all your
heart, and with all your soul; 30:3that then
Yahweh your God will turn your captivity, and
have compassion on you, and will return and
gather you fromal l the peoples, where Yahweh
your God has scattered you. 30:4If any ofyour
outcasts are in the uttermost parts of the heavens,
fromt here will Yahweh your God gather
you, and fromt here he will bring you back:
30:5and Yahweh your God will bring you into
the land which your fathers possessed, and you
shall possess it; and he will do you good, and
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multiply you above your fathers. 30:6Yahweh
your God will circumcise your heart, and the
heart of your seed, to love Yahweh your God
with all your heart, and with all your soul, that
you may live. 30:7Yahweh your God will put
all these curses on your enemies, and on those
who hate you, who persecuted you. 30:8You
shall return and obey the voice of Yahweh, and
do all his commandments which I command
you this day. 30:9Yahweh your God will make
you plenteous in all the work of your hand, in
the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your
livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for
good: for Yahweh will again rejoice over you
for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers; 30:10if
you shall obey the voice of Yahweh your God,
to keep his commandments and his statutes
which are written in this book of the law; if
you turn to Yahweh your God with all your
heart, and with all your soul. 30:11For this
commandment which I command you this day,
it is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.
30:12It is not in heaven, that you should say,
Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring
it to us, and make us to hear it, that we may do
it? 30:13Neither is it beyond the sea, that you
should say, Who shall go over the sea for us,
and bring it to us, and make us to hear it, that
we may do it? 30:14But the word is very near
to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that
you may do it. 30:15Behold, I have set before
you this day life and good, and death and evil;
30:16in that I command you this day to love
Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to
keep his commandments and his statutes and
his ordinances, that you may live and multiply,
and that Yahweh your God may bless you in
the land where you go in to possess it. 30:17But
if your heart turn away, and you will not hear,
but shall be drawn away, and worship other
gods, and serve them; 30:18I denounce to you
this day, that you shall surely perish; you shall
not prolong your days in the land, where you
pass over the Jordan to go in to possess it. 30:19I
call heaven and earth to witness against you
this day, that I have set before you life and
death, the blessing and the curse: therefore
choose life, that you may live, you and your
seed; 30:20to love Yahweh your God, to obey
his voice, and to cleave to him; for he is your
life, and the length of your days; that you may
dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your
fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to
give them.
31:1Moses went and spoke these words to all
Israel. 31:2He said to them, I am one hundred
twenty years old this day; I can no more go
out and come in: and Yahweh has said to me,
You shall not go over this Jordan. 31:3Yahweh
your God, he will go over before you; he will
destroy these nations frombe fore you, and
you shall dispossess them: andJoshua, he shall
go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken.
31:4Yahweh will do to themas he did to Sihon
and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to
their land; whomh e destroyed. 31:5Yahweh
will deliver themup before you, and you shall
do to them according to all the commandment
which I have commanded you. 31:6Be strong
and of good courage, don't be afraid, nor be
scared of them: for Yahweh your God, he it
is who does go with you; he will not fail you,
nor forsake you. 31:7Moses called to Joshua,
and said to himi n the sight of all Israel, Be
strong and of good courage: for you shall go
with this people into the land which Yahweh
has sworn to their fathers to give them; and
you shall cause themto inherit it. 31:8Yahweh,
he it is who does go before you; he will be
with you, he will not fail you, neither forsake
you: don't be afraid, neither be dismayed.
31:9Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to
the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the
ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and to all the
elders of Israel. 31:10Moses commanded them,
saying, At the end of everyseven years, in the
set time of the year of release, in the feast of
tents, 31:11when all Israel is come to appear
before Yahweh your God in the place which
he shall choose, you shall read this law before
all Israel in their hearing. 31:12Assemble the
people, the men and the women and the little
ones, and your foreigner who is within your
gates, that they may hear, and that they may
learn, and fear Yahweh your God, and observe
to do all the words of this law; 31:13and that
their children, who have not known, may hear,
and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long
as you live in the land where you go over
the Jordan to possess it. 31:14Yahweh said to
Moses, Behold, your days approach that you
must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves
in the Tent of Meeting, that I may commission
him. Moses and Joshua went, and presented
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themselves in the Tent ofMeeting. 31:15Yahweh
appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and
the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the
Tent. 31:16Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, you
shall sleep with your fathers; and this people
will rise up, and play the prostitute after the
strange gods of the land, where they go to be
among them, and will forsake me, and break
my covenant which I have made with them.
31:17Then my anger shall be kindled against
themi n that day, and I will forsake them, and
I will hide my face from them, and they shall
be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall
come on them; so that they will say in that day,
Haven't these evils come on us because our
God is not among us? 31:18I will surely hide my
face in that day for all the evil which they shall
have worked, in that they are turned to other
gods. 31:19Now therefore write you this song
for you, and teach you it the children of Israel:
put it in their mouths, that this song may be
a witness for me against the children of Israel.
31:20For when I shall have brought themi nto
the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing
with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten
and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will
they turn to other gods, and serve them, and
despise me, and break my covenant. 31:21It
shall happen, when many evils and troubles
are come on them, that this song shall testify
before themas a witness; for it shall not be
forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for
I know their imagination which they frame
this day, before I have brought themi nto the
land which I swore. 31:22So Moses wrote this
song the same day, and taught it the children
of Israel. 31:23He commissioned Joshua the
son of Nun, and said, Be strong and of good
courage; for you shall bring the children of
Israel into the land which I swore to them: and
I will be with you. 31:24It happened, when
Moses had made an end of writing the words
of this law in a book, until they were finished,
31:25that Moses commanded the Levites, who
bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, saying,
31:26Take this book of the law, and put it by
the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh
your God, that it may be there for a witness
against you. 31:27For I know your rebellion,
and your stiff neck: behold,while I amyet alive
with you this day, you have been rebellious
against Yahweh; and how much more after my
death? 31:28Assem ble to m e all the elders of
your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak
these words in their ears, and call heaven and
earth to witness against them. 31:29For I know
that after my death you will utterly corrupt
yourselves, and turn aside fromthe way which
I have commanded you; and evilwill happen to
you in the latter days; because you will do that
which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke
himto anger through the work of your hands.
31:30Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly
of Israel the words of this song, until they were
finished.
32:1Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak.
Let the earth hear the words of my
mouth.
32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain.
My speech shall condense as the dew,
as the small rain on the tender grass,
as the showers on the herb.
32:3For I will proclaimt he name of Yahweh.
Ascribe greatness to our God!
32:4The Rock, his work is perfect,
for all his ways are justice:
a God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
just and right is he.
32:5They have dealt corruptly with him, they
arenot his children, it istheir blemish.
They area perverse and crooked generation.
32:6Do you thus requite Yahweh,
foolish people and unwise?
Isn't he your father who has bought you?
He has made you, and established you.
32:7Remember the days of old.
Consider the years of many generations.
Ask your father, and he will show you;
your elders, and they will tell you.
32:8When the Most High gave to the nations
their inheritance,
when he separated the children of men,
he set the bounds of the peoples
according to the number of the children
of Israel.
32:9For Yahweh's portion is his people.
Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
32:10He found himin a desert land,
in the waste howling wilderness.
He surrounded him.
He cared for him.
He kept hima s the apple of his eye.
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32:11As an eagle that stirs up her nest,
that flutters over her young,
he spread abroad his wings, he took them,
he bore themo n his feathers.
32:12Yahweh alone led him.
There was no foreign god with him.
32:13He made him ride on the high places of the
earth.
He ate the increase of the field.
He caused himto suck honey out of the rock,
oil out of the flinty rock;
32:14Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock,
with fat of lambs,
rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats,
with the finest of the wheat.
Of the blood of the grape you drankwine.
32:15But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked.
You have grown fat.
You have grown thick.
You have become sleek.
Then he forsook God who made him,
and lightly esteemed the Rock of his
salvation.
32:16They moved him to jealousy with strange
gods.
They provoked himt o anger with abominations.
32:17They sacrificed to demons, which wereno
God,
to gods that they didn't know,
to new godsthat came up of late,
which your fathers didn't dread.
32:18Of the Rock who became your father, you
are unmindful,
and have forgotten God who gave you
birth.
32:19Yahweh saw it, and abhorred them,
because of the provocation of his sons
and his daughters.
32:20He said, I will hide my face from them.
I will see what their end shall be;
for they are a very perverse generation,
children in whomi s no faithfulness.
32:21They have moved me to jealousy with that
which is not God.
They have provoked me to anger with
their vanities.
Iwill move themto jealousy with thosewho are
not a people.
I will provoke themt o anger with a
foolish nation.
32:22For a fire is kindled in my anger,
Burns to the lowest Sheol,
Devours the earth with its increase,
and sets the foundations of the mountains
on fire.
32:23I will heap evils on them.
I will spend my arrows on them.
32:24They shall bewasted with hunger, and devoured
with burning heat
and bitter destruction.
I will send the teeth of animals on them,
With the poison of crawling things of the
dust.
32:25Outside the sword shall bereave,
and in the chambers, terror;
on both young man and virgin,
The suckling with the gray-haired man.
32:26I said, I would scatter themaf ar.
I would make the memory of them to
cease from among men;
32:27were it not that I feared the provocation of
the enemy,
lest their adversaries should judge
wrongly,
lest they should say, Our hand is exalted,
Yahweh has not done all this.
32:28For they are a nation void of counsel.
There is no understanding in them.
32:29Oh that they were wise, that they understood
this,
that they would consider their latter end!
32:30How could one chase a thousand,
and two put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
and Yahweh had delivered themup ?
32:31For their rock is not as our Rock,
even our enemies themselves being
judges.
32:32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom,
of the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are grapes of gall,
Their clusters are bitter.
32:33Their wine is the poison of serpents,
The cruel venomof asps.
32:34Isn't this laid up in store with me,
sealed up among my treasures?
32:35Vengeance is mine, and recompense,
at the time when their foot slides;
for the day of their calamity is at hand.
The things that are to come on them shall
make haste.
32:36For Yahweh will judge his people,
and have compassion on his servants,
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when he sees that theirpower is gone,
There is none remaining, shut up or left at
large.
32:37He will say, Where are their gods,
The rock in which they took refuge;
32:38Which ate the fat of their sacrifices,
And drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let themrise up and help you!
Let themb e your protection.
32:39See now that I, even I, amhe ,
There is no god with me.
I kill, and I make alive.
I wound, and I heal.
There is no onewho can deliver out of my
hand.
32:40For I lift up my hand to heaven,
And say, As I live forever,
32:41if I whet my glittering sword,
My hand take hold on judgment;
I will render vengeance to my adversaries,
and will recompense those who hate me.
32:42I will make my arrows drunk with blood.
My sword shall devour flesh with the
blood of the slain and the captives,
fromt he head of the leaders of the enemy.
32:43Rejoice, you nations, withhis people,
for he will avenge the blood of his servants.
He will render vengeance to his adversaries,
And will make expiation for his land, for
his people.
32:44Moses came and spoke all the words
of this song in the ears of the people, he and
Joshua the son of Nun. 32:45Moses made an
end of speaking all these words to all Israel;
32:46He said to them, Set your heart to all the
words which I testify to you this day, which
you shall command your children to observe to
do, evenall the words of this law. 32:47For it is
no vain thing for you; because it is your life,
and through this thing you shall prolong your
days in the land, where you go over the Jordan
to possess it. 32:48Yahweh spoke to Moses that
same day, saying, 32:49Go up into this mountain
of Abarim, toMount Nebo, which is in the land
of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and see
the land of Canaan, which I give to the children
of Israel for a possession; 32:50and die on the
mountain where you go up, and be gathered
to your people, as Aaron your brother died on
Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people:
32:51because you trespassed against me in the
midst of the children of Israel at the waters of
Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin;
because you didn't sanctify me in the midst of
the children of Israel. 32:52For you shall see the
land before you; but you shall not go there into
the land which I give the children of Israel.
33:1This is the blessing, with which Moses
the man of God blessed the children of Israel
before his death. 33:2He said,
Yahweh came from Sinai,
And rose fromSe ir to them.
He shone forth fromMoun t Paran.
He came from the ten thousands of holy
ones.
At his right hand was a fiery law for
them.
33:3Yes, he loves the people.
All his saints are in your hand.
They sat down at your feet;
Everyoneshall receive of your words.
33:4Moses commanded us a law,
An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
33:5He was king in Jeshurun,
When the heads of the people were gathered,
All the tribes of Israel together.
33:6Let Reuben live, and not die;
Nor let his men be few.
33:7This is the blessingof Judah: and he said,
Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah.
Bring himin to his people.
With his hands he contended for himself.
You shall be a help against his adversaries.
33:8Of Levi he said,
Your Thummim and your Urim are with your
godly one,
whomyou proved at Massah,
with whomy ou strove at the waters of
Meribah;
33:9who said of his father, and of his mother, I
have not seen him;
Neither did he acknowledge his brothers,
Nor did he know his own children:
For they have observed your word,
and keep your covenant.
33:10They shall teach Jacob your ordinances,
and Israel your law.
They shall put incense before you,
and whole burnt offering on your altar.
Deuteronomy 33:11 179 Deuteronomy 34:4
33:11Yahweh, bless his substance.
Accept the work of his hands.
Strike through the hips of those who rise up
against him,
of those who hate him, that they not rise
again.
33:12Of Benjamin he said,
The beloved of Yahweh shall dwell in safety by
him.
He covers himal l the day long.
He dwells between his shoulders.
33:13Of Joseph he said,
His land is blessed by Yahweh,
for the precious things of the heavens, for
the dew,
for the deep that couches beneath,
33:14for the precious things of the fruits of the
sun,
for the precious things of the growth of
the moons,
33:15for the chief things of the ancient mountains,
for the precious things of the everlasting
hills,
33:16for the precious things of the earth and its
fullness,
the good will of himw ho lived in the
bushe.
Let the blessingcome on the head of Joseph,
On the crown of the head of himwho was
separate fromhi s brothers.
33:17The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his.
His horns are the horns of the wild ox.
With themhe shall push the peoples all of
them, eventhe ends of the earth:
They are the ten thousands of Ephraim.
They are the thousands of Manasseh.
33:18Of Zebulun he said,
Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out;
and Issachar, in your tents.
33:19They shall call the peoples to the mountain.
There they will offer sacrifices of righteousness,
for they shall draw out the abundance of the
seas,
the hidden treasures of the sand.
33:20Of Gad he said,
He who enlarges Gad is blessed.
He dwells as a lioness,
and tears the arm, yes, the crown of the
head.
33:21He provided the first part for himself,
for there was the lawgiver's portion reserved.
He came withthe heads of the people.
He executed the righteousness of Yahweh,
His ordinances with Israel.
33:22Of Dan he said,
Dan is a lion's cub
that leaps out of Bashan.
33:23Of Naphtali he said,
Naphtali, satisfied with favor,
full of the blessing of Yahweh,
Possess the west and the south.
33:24Of Asher he said,
Asher is blessed with children.
Let himbe acceptable to his brothers.
Let himdip his foot in oil.
33:25Your bars shall be iron and brass.
As your days, so your strength will be.
33:26There is none like God, Jeshurun,
who rides on the heavens for your help,
In his excellency on the skies.
33:27The eternal God is yourdwelling place.
Underneath are the everlasting arms.
He thrust out the enemy from before you,
and said, Destroy.
33:28Israel dwells in safety;
the fountain of Jacob alone,
In a land of grain and new wine.
Yes, his heavens drop down dew.
33:29You are happy, Israel.
Who is like you, a people saved by
Yahweh,
the shield of your help,
the sword of your excellency!
Your enemies shall submit themselves to you.
You shall tread on their high places.
34:1Moses went up fromt he plains of Moab
to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is
over against Jericho. Yahweh showed himal l
the land of Gilead, to Dan, 34:2and all Naphtali,
and the land of Ephraimand Manasseh, and
all the land of Judah, to the hinder sea, 34:3and
the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho
the city of palmtre es, to Zoar. 34:4Yahweh
said to him, This is the land which I swore
to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, I
will give it to your seed: I have caused you
to see it with your eyes, but you shall not go
e33:16 i. e. the burning bush of Exodus 3:3-4.
Deuteronomy 34:5 180 Deuteronomy 34:12
over there. 34:5So Moses the servant of Yahweh
died there in the land of Moab, according to
the word of Yahweh. 34:6He buried himi n the
valley in the land of Moab over against Beth
Peor: but no man knows of his tomb to this
day. 34:7Moses was one hundred twenty years
old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his
natural force abated. 34:8The children of Israel
wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty
days: so the days of weeping in the mourning
for Moses were ended. 34:9Joshua the son of
Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; forMoses
had laid his hands on him: and the children
of Israel listened to him, and did as Yahweh
commanded Moses. 34:10There has not arisen
a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom
Yahweh knew face to face, 34:11in all the signs
and the wonders, which Yahweh sent himto do
in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his
servants, and to all his land, 34:12and in all the
mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which
Moses worked in the sight of all Israel.
Joshua 1:1 181 Joshua 2:10
Joshua
1:1Now it happened after the death ofMoses
the servant of Yahweh, that Yahweh spoke to
Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' servant, saying,
1:2Moses my servant is dead; now therefore
arise, go over this Jordan, you, and all this
people, to the land which I give to them, even
to the children of Israel. 1:3I have given you
every place that the sole of your foot will tread
on, as I told Moses. 1:4Fromt he wilderness,
and this Lebanon, even to the great river, the
river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites,
and to the great sea toward the going down
of the sun, shall be your border. 1:5No man
will be able to stand before you all the days
of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will
be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake
you. 1:6Be strong and of good courage; for you
shall cause this people to inherit the land which
I swore to their fathers to give them. 1:7Only
be strong and very courageous, to observe to
do according to all the law, which Moses my
servant commanded you. Don't turn from it
to the right hand or to the left, that you may
have good success wherever you go. 1:8This
book of the law shall not depart out of your
mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and
night, that you may observe to do according
to all that is written therein: for then you shall
make your way prosperous, and then you shall
have good success. 1:9Haven't I commanded
you? Be strong and of good courage. Don't be
afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your
God is with you wherever you go.
1:10Then Joshua commanded the officers of
the people, saying, 1:11"Pass through the midst
of the camp, and command the people, saying,
'Prepare food; for within three days you are to
pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the
land, which Yahweh your God gives you to
possess it.'"
1:12Joshua spoke to the Reubenites, and to
the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh,
saying, 1:13"Remember the word which Moses
the servant of Yahweh commanded you, saying,
'Yahweh your God gives you rest, and will
give you this land. 1:14Your wives, your little
ones, and your livestock, shall live in the land
which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but
you shall pass over before your brothers armed,
all the mighty men of valor, and shall help
them 1:15until Yahweh has given your brothers
rest, as he has given you, and they have also
possessed the land which Yahweh your God
gives them. Then you shall return to the land of
your possession, and possess it, which Moses
the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the
Jordan toward the sunrise.'"
1:16They answered Joshua, saying, "All that
you have commanded us we will do, and
wherever you send uswe will go. 1:17Just as we
listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen
to you. Only may Yahweh your God be with
you, as he was with Moses. 1:18Whoever rebels
against your commandment, and doesn't listen
to your words in all that you command him, he
shall be put to death. Only be strong and of
good courage."
2:1Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two
men out of Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, view
the land, and Jericho." They went and came
into the house of a prostitute whose name was
Rahab, and slept there.
2:2The king of Jericho was told, "Behold,
men of the children of Israel came in here
tonight to spy out the land."
2:3The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying,
"Bring out the menwho have come to you,who
have entered into your house; for they have
come to spy out all the land."
2:4The woman took the two men and hid
them. Then she said, "Yes, the men came to
me, but I didn't know where they came from.
2:5It happened about the time of the shutting
of the gate, when it was dark, that the men
went out. Where the men went, I don't know.
Pursue themquic kly; for you will overtake
them." 2:6But she had brought themu p to
the roof, and hid themwi th the stalks of flax,
which she had laid in order on the roof. 2:7The
men pursued them the way to the Jordan to the
fords: and as soon as those who pursued them
had gone out, they shut the gate. 2:8Before they
had laid down, she came up to them on the
roof; 2:9and she said to the men, "I know that
Yahweh has given you the land, and that the
fear of you has fallen on us, and that all the
inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
2:10For we have heard how Yahweh dried up
the water of the Red Seaa before you, when
a2:10 or, Sea of Reeds
Joshua 2:11 182 Joshua 3:14
you came out of Egypt; and what you did
to the two kings of the Amorites, who were
beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom
you utterly destroyed. 2:11As soon as we had
heard it, our hearts melted, neither did there
remain any more spirit in any man, because
of you: for Yahweh your God, he is God in
heaven above, and on earth beneath. 2:12Now
therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since
I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will
deal kindly with my father's house, and give
me a true token; 2:13and that youwill save alive
my father, my mother, my brothers, and my
sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver
our lives fromdea th."
2:14The men said to her, "Our life for yours,
if you don't talk about this business of ours;
and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land,
that we will deal kindly and truly with you."
2:15Then she let themdow n by a cord
through the window; for her house was on the
side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.
2:16She said to them, "Go to the mountain, lest
the pursuers find you; and hide yourselves
there three days, until the pursuers have returned.
Afterward, you may go your way."
2:17The men said to her, "We will be guiltless
of this your oath which you have made us to
swear. 2:18Behold,when we come into the land,
you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the
window which you did let us down by. You
shall gather to yourself into the house your
father, your mother, your brothers, and all your
father's household. 2:19It shall be that whoever
goes out of the doors of your house into the
street, his bloodwill be on his head, andwewill
be guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house,
his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is
on him. 2:20But if you talk about this business
of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath
which you have made us to swear."
2:21She said, "According to your words, so
be it." She sent themaway , and they departed.
She tied the scarlet line in the window.
2:22They went, and came to the mountain,
and stayed there three days, until the pursuers
had returned. The pursuers sought them
throughout all the way, but didn't find them.
2:23Then the two men returned, descended
from the mountain, passed over, and came to
Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him
all that had happened to them. 2:24They said
to Joshua, "Truly Yahweh has delivered into
our hands all the land. Moreover, all the
inhabitants of the land melt away before us."
3:1Joshua rose up early in the morning; and
they moved from Shittim, and came to the
Jordan, he and all the children of Israel. They
lodged there before they passed over. 3:2It
happened after three days, that the officers
went through the midst of the camp; 3:3and
they commanded the people, saying, "When
you see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your
God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then
you shall move from your place, and follow it.
3:4Yet there shall be a space between you and it,
about two thousand cubits by measure. Don't
come near to it, that you may know the way by
which you must go; for you have not passed
this way before."
3:5Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves;
for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders
among you."
3:6Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, "Take
up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before
the people." They took up the ark of the
covenant, and went before the people.
3:7Yahweh said to Joshua, "Today I will
begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel,
that they may know that as I was with Moses,
so I will be with you. 3:8You shall command
the priests who bear the ark of the covenant,
saying, 'When you come to the brink of the
waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the
Jordan.'"
3:9Joshua said to the children of Israel,
"Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh
your God." 3:10Joshua said, "Hereby you shall
know that the living God is among you, and
that he will without fail drive the Canaanite,
and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite,
and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and
the Jebusite out frombefor e you. 3:11Behold,
the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the
earth passes over before you into the Jordan.
3:12Now therefore take twelve men out of the
tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man. 3:13It shall
come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the
priestswho bear the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of
all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan,
that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off,
even the waters that come down from above;
and they shall stand in one heap."
3:14It happened, when the people moved
Joshua 3:15 183 Joshua 4:24
fromthe ir tents to pass over the Jordan, the
priests who bore the ark of the covenant being
before the people, 3:15and when those who bore
the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of
the priests who bore the ark had dipped in the
edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all
its banks all the time of harvest), 3:16that the
waters which came down from above stood,
and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at
Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and
those that went down toward the sea of the
Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut
off. Then the people passed over right against
Jericho. 3:17The priests who bore the ark of the
covenant of Yahweh stood firmon dry ground
in the middle of the Jordan; and all Israel
passed over on dry ground, until all the nation
had passed completely over the Jordan.
4:1It happened, when all the nation had
completely passed over the Jordan, that Yahweh
spoke to Joshua, saying, 4:2"Take twelve
men out of the people, out of every tribe a
man, 4:3and command them, saying, 'Take
fromout of themiddle of the Jordan, out of the
place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve
stones, and carry themo ver with you, and lay
themd own in the lodging place, where you
will lodge tonight.'"
4:4Then Joshua called the twelve men,
whomhe had prepared of the children of Israel,
out of every tribe a man. 4:5Joshua said to
them, "Pass over before the ark of Yahweh your
God into the middle of the Jordan, and each
of you pick up a stone and put it on your
shoulder, according to the number of the tribes
of the children of Israel; 4:6that this may be a
sign among you, that when your children ask
in time to come, saying, 'What do you mean
by these stones?' 4:7then you shall tell them,
'Because the waters of the Jordan were cut
off before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of
the Jordan were cut off. These stones shall
be for a memorial to the children of Israel
forever.'"
4:8The children of Israel did as Joshua commanded,
and took up twelve stones out of
the middle of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to
Joshua, according to the number of the tribes
of the children of Israel; and they carried them
over with themto the place where they lodged,
and laid themd own there. 4:9Joshua set up
twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the
place where the feet of the priests who bore the
ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to
this day. 4:10For the priests who bore the ark
stood in the middle of the Jordan, until everything
was finished that Yahweh commanded
Joshua to speak to the people, according to all
that Moses commanded Joshua; and the people
hurried and passed over. 4:11It happened,
when all the people had completely passed
over, that the ark of Yahweh passed over, with
the priests, in the presence of the people.
4:12The children of Reuben, and the children
of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed
over armed before the children of Israel, as
Moses spoke to them. 4:13About forty thousand
men, ready and armed for war passed over
before Yahweh to battle, to the plains of Jericho.
4:14On that day, Yahweh magnified Joshua in
the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as
they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
4:15Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
4:16"Command the priests who bear the ark
of the testimony, that they come up out of the
Jordan."
4:17Joshua therefore commanded the priests,
saying, "Come up out of the Jordan!" 4:18It
happened, when the priests who bore the ark
of the covenant of Yahweh had come up out of
the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the
priests' feet were lifted up to the dry ground,
that the waters of the Jordan returned to their
place, and went over all its banks, as before.
4:19The people came up out of the Jordan on the
tenth day of the first month, and encamped in
Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
4:20Joshua set up those twelve stones, which
they took out of the Jordan, in Gilgal. 4:21He
spoke to the children of Israel, saying, "When
your children ask their fathers in time to come,
saying, 'What do these stones mean?' 4:22Then
you shall let your children know, saying, 'Israel
came over this Jordan on dry land. 4:23For
Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the
Jordan fromb efore you, until you had passed
over, as Yahweh your God did to the Red Seab,
which he dried up fromb efore us, until we
had passed over; 4:24that all the peoples of the
earth may know the hand of Yahweh, that it is
b4:23 or, Sea of Reeds
Joshua 5:1 184 Joshua 6:9
mighty; that you may fear Yahweh your God
forever.'"
5:1It happened, when all the kings of the
Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward,
and all the kings of the Canaanites,
who were by the sea, heard how that Yahweh
had dried up the waters of the Jordan from
before the children of Israel, until we had
passed over, that their heart melted, neither
was there spirit in thema ny more, because
of the children of Israel. 5:2At that time,
Yahweh said to Joshua, "Make flint knives,
and circumcise again the children of Israel the
second time." 5:3Joshua made himself flint
knives, and circumcised the children of Israel
at the hill of the foreskins. 5:4This is the reason
Joshua circumcised: all the people who came
out of Egypt, who were males, even all the
men of war, died in the wilderness by the way,
after they came out of Egypt. 5:5For all the
people who came out were circumcised; but all
the people who were born in the wilderness
by the way as they came out of Egypt had not
been circumcised. 5:6For the children of Israel
walked forty years in the wilderness, until all
the nation, even the men of war who came
out of Egypt, were consumed, because they
didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh. Yahweh
swore to themthat he wouldn't let thems ee
the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers
that he would give us, a land flowing with
milk and honey. 5:7Their children, whomhe
raised up in their place, were circumcised by
Joshua; for they were uncircumcised, because
they had not circumcised themon the way. 5:8It
happened, when they were done circumcising
all the nation, that they stayed in their places in
the camp until they were healed.
5:9Yahweh said to Joshua, "Today I have
rolled away the reproach of Egypt fromo ff
you." Therefore the name of that place was
called Gilgal,c to this day. 5:10The children
of Israel encamped in Gilgal. They kept the
Passover on the fourteenth day of the month
at evening in the plains of Jericho. 5:11They
ate unleavened cakes and parched grain of the
produce of the land on the next day after the
Passover, in the same day. 5:12The manna
ceased on the next day, after they had eaten of
the produce of the land. The children of Israel
didn't have manna any more; but they ate of
the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
5:13It happened, when Joshua was by Jericho,
that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and
behold, a man stood in front of him with his
sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him,
and said to him, "Are you for us, or for our
adversaries?"
5:14He said, "No; but I have come now as
commander of Yahweh's army."
Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and
worshipped, and said to him, "What does my
lord say to his servant?"
5:15The prince of Yahweh's arm ysaid to
Joshua, "Take your shoes off of your feet; for
the place on which you stand is holy." Joshua
did so.
6:1Now Jericho was tightly shut up because
of the children of Israel. No one went out,
and no one came in. 6:2Yahweh said to Joshua,
"Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand,
with its king and the mighty men of valor.
6:3All your men of war shall march around the
city, going around the city once. You shall do
this six days. 6:4Seven priests shall bear seven
trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On
the seventh day, you shall march around the
city seven times, and the priests shall blow the
trumpets. 6:5It shall be that when they make a
long blast with the ram's horn, and when you
hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people
shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of
the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall
go up every man straight before him."
6:6Joshua the son of Nun called the priests,
and said to them, "Take up the ark of the
covenant, and let seven priests bear seven
trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of
Yahweh."
6:7They said to the people, "Advance! March
around the city, and let the armed men pass on
before Yahweh's ark."
6:8It was so, that when Joshua had spoken
to the people, the seven priests bearing the
seven trumpets of rams' horns before Yahweh
advanced, and blew the trumpets; and the
ark of the covenant of Yahweh followed them.
6:9The armed men went before the priests who
blewthe trumpets, and the ark went after them.
The trumpets sounded as they went.
c5:9 "Gilgal" sounds like the Hebrew for "roll."
Joshua 6:10 185 Joshua 7:9
6:10Joshua commanded the people, saying,
"You shall not shout, nor let your voice be
heard, neither shall any word proceed out of
your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout.
Then you shall shout." 6:11So he caused the
ark of Yahweh to go around the city, going
about it once. Then they came into the camp,
and lodged in the camp. 6:12Joshua rose early
in the morning, and the priests took up the
ark of Yahweh. 6:13The seven priests bearing
the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the
ark of Yahweh went on continually, and blew
the trumpets: and the armed men went before
them. The rear guard came after the ark of
Yahweh. The trumpets sounded as they went.
6:14The second day they marched around the
city once, and returned into the camp. They did
this six days.
6:15It happened on the seventh day, that
they rose early at the dawning of the day,
and marched around the city in the same way
seven times. Only on this day they marched
around the city seven times. 6:16It happened
at the seventh time, when the priests blew the
trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout, for
Yahweh has given you the city! 6:17The city
shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it,
to Yahweh. Only Rahab the prostitute shall
live, she and all who are with her in the house,
because she hid the messengers that we sent.
6:18But as for you, only keep yourselves from
the devoted thing, lest when you have devoted
it, you take of the devoted thing; so would you
make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble
it. 6:19But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of
brass and iron, are holy to Yahweh. They shall
come into Yahweh's treasury."
6:20So the people shouted, and the priests
blew the trumpets. It happened, when the
people heard the sound of the trumpet, that
the people shouted with a great shout, and the
wall fell down flat, so that the people went up
into the city, every man straight before him, and
they took the city. 6:21They utterly destroyed all
that was in the city, both man and woman, both
young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey,
with the edge of the sword. 6:22Joshua said
to the two men who had spied out the land,
"Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out
fromthe re the woman and all that she has, as
you swore to her." 6:23The young men who
were spies went in, and brought out Rahab
with her father, her mother, her brothers, and
all that she had. They also brought out all her
relatives, and they set themo utside of the camp
of Israel. 6:24They burnt the city with fire, and
all that was in it. Only they put the silver, the
gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron into
the treasury of Yahweh's house. 6:25But Rahab
the prostitute, her father's household, and all
that she had, Joshua saved alive. She lived in
the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid
the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out
Jericho.
6:26Joshua commanded them with an oath at
that time, saying, "Cursed be the man before
Yahweh, who rises up and builds this city
Jericho. With the loss of his firstborn shall
he lay its foundation, and with the loss of his
youngest son shall he set up its gates." 6:27So
Yahweh was with Joshua; and his fame was in
all the land.
7:1But the children of Israel committed a
trespass in the devoted thing; for Achan, the
son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of
Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted
thing: and the anger of Yahweh was kindled
against the children of Israel. 7:2Joshua sent
men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth
Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke
to them, saying, Go up and spy out the land.
The men went up and spied out Ai. 7:3They
returned to Joshua, and said to him, Don't let
all the people go up; but let about two or three
thousand men go up and strike Ai; don't make
all the people to toil there; for they are but
few. 7:4So there went up there of the people
about three thousand men: and they fled before
the men of Ai. 7:5The men of Ai struck of
themabo ut thirty-six men; and they chased
them frombefore the gate even to Shebarim,
and struck themat the descent; and the hearts
of the people melted, and became as water.
7:6Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth
on his face before the ark of Yahweh until the
evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they
put dust on their heads. 7:7Joshua said, Alas,
Lord Yahweh, why have you at all brought this
people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the
hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish?
would that we had been content and lived
beyond the Jordan! 7:8Oh, Lord, what shall
I say, after that Israel has turned their backs
before their enemies! 7:9For the Canaanites and
Joshua 7:10 186 Joshua 8:9
all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it,
and will compass us round, and cut off our
name from the earth: and what will you do for
your great name? 7:10Yahweh said to Joshua,
Get you up; why are you thus fallen on your
face? 7:11Israel has sinned; yes, they have even
transgressed my covenant which I commanded
them: yes, they have even taken of the devoted
thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled
also; and they have even put it among their
own stuff. 7:12Therefore the children of Israel
can't stand before their enemies; they turn their
backs before their enemies, because they are
become accursed: I will not be with you any
more, except you destroy the devoted thing
froma mong you. 7:13Up, sanctify the people,
and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow:
for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, There
is a devoted thing in the midst of you, Israel;
you can not stand before your enemies, until
you take away the devoted thing fromam ong
you. 7:14In the morning therefore you shall be
brought near by your tribes: and it shall be,
that the tribe which Yahweh takes shall come
near by families; and the family which Yahweh
shall take shall come near by households; and
the household which Yahweh shall take shall
come near man by man. 7:15It shall be, that he
who is taken with the devoted thing shall be
burnt with fire, he and all that he has; because
he has transgressed the covenant of Yahweh,
and because he has done folly in Israel. 7:16So
Joshua rose up early in the morning, and
brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe
of Judah was taken: 7:17and he brought near
the family of Judah; and he took the family of
the Zerahites: and he brought near the family
of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi was
taken: 7:18and he brought near his household
man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the
son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of
Judah, was taken. 7:19Joshua said to Achan,
My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God
of Israel, and make confession to him; and
tell me now what you have done; don't hide
it fromm e. 7:20Achan answered Joshua, and
said, Of a truth I have sinned against Yahweh,
the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I
done: 7:21when I saw among the spoil a goodly
Babylonian mantle, 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. 7:22So
Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the
tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and
the silver under it. 7:23They took themfr om the
midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua,
and to all the children of Israel; and they laid
themdow n before Yahweh. 7:24Joshua, and all
Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah,
and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge
of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and
his cattle, and his donkeys, and his sheep, and
his tent, and all that he had: and they brought
themup to the valley of Achor. 7:25Joshua
said,Why have you troubled us? Yahweh shall
trouble you this day. All Israel stoned him
with stones; and they burned themw ith fire,
and stoned themwi th stones. 7:26They raised
over hima great heap of stones, to this day;
and Yahweh turned fromthe fierceness of his
anger. Therefore the name of that place was
called "The valley of Achor" to this day.
8:1Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid,
neither be dismayed: take all the people of war
with you, and arise, go up to Ai; behold, I have
given into your hand the king of Ai, and his
people, and his city, and his land; 8:2You shall
do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho
and her king: only its spoil, and its livestock,
you shall take for a prey to yourselves: set
you an ambush for the city behind it. 8:3So
Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go
up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand
men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them
forth by night. 8:4He commanded them, saying,
Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city,
behind the city; don't go very far fromthe city,
but be all ready: 8:5and I, and all the people
who are with me, will approach to the city. It
shall happen, when they come out against us,
as at the first, that we will flee before them;
8:6and they will come out after us, until we
have drawn themaway fromthe city; for they
will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so
we will flee before them; 8:7and you shall rise
up fromt he ambush, and take possession of
the city: for Yahweh your God will deliver it
into your hand. 8:8It shall be, when you have
seized on the city, that you shall set the city on
fire; according to the word of Yahweh you shall
do: behold, I have commanded you. 8:9Joshua
sent themf orth; and they went to set up the
Joshua 8:10 187 Joshua 9:1
ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai,
on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that
night among the people. 8:10Joshua arose up
early in the morning, and mustered the people,
and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before
the people to Ai. 8:11All the people, eventhe men
ofwar who were with him, went up, and drew
near, and came before the city, and encamped
on the north side of Ai: now there was a
valley between hima nd Ai. 8:12He took about
five thousand men, and set them in ambush
between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the
city. 8:13So they set the people, even all the
army who was on the north of the city, and
their ambush on thewest of the city; and Joshua
went that night into the midst of the valley.
8:14It happened, when the king ofAi saw it, that
they hurried and rose up early, and the men of
the city went out against Israel to battle, he and
all his people, at the time appointed, before the
Arabah; but he didn't know that there was an
ambush against him behind the city. 8:15Joshua
and all Israel made as if theywere beaten before
them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
8:16All the people who were in the city were
called together to pursue after them: and they
pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away
fromt he city. 8:17There was not a man left in
Ai or Beth El, who didn't go out after Israel:
and they left the city open, and pursued after
Israel. 8:18Yahweh said to Joshua, Stretch out
the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai; for
I will give it into your hand. Joshua stretched
out the javelin that was in his hand toward the
city. 8:19The ambush arose quickly out of their
place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched
out his hand, and entered into the city, and
took it; and they hurried and set the city on
fire. 8:20When 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 who fled to the wilderness turned back
on the pursuers. 8:21When 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 killed the men of Ai. 8:22The
others came forth 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 struck
them, so that they let none of them remain
or escape. 8:23The king of Ai they took alive,
and brought himto Joshua. 8:24It happened,
when Israel had made an end of killing all the
inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness
in which they pursued them, and they were all
fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were
consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and
struck it with the edge of the sword. 8:25All
that fell that day, both of men and women,
were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
8:26For Joshua didn't draw back his hand, with
which he stretched out the javelin, until he
had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
8:27Only the livestock and the spoil of that city
Israel took for prey to themselves, according
to the word of Yahweh which he commanded
Joshua. 8:28So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it
a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
8:29The king of Ai he hanged on a tree until
the evening: and at the going down of the sun
Joshua commanded, and they took his body
down fromthe tree, and cast it at the entrance
of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a
great heap of stones, to this day. 8:30Then
Joshua built an altar to Yahweh, the God of
Israel, in Mount Ebal, 8:31as Moses the servant
of Yahweh commanded the children of Israel,
as it is written in the book of the law of Moses,
an altar of uncut stones, on which no man had
lifted up any iron: and they offered thereon
burnt offerings to Yahweh, and sacrificed peace
offerings. 8:32He wrote there on the stones a
copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote, in
the presence of the children of Israel. 8:33All
Israel, and their elders and officers, and their
judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that
side before the priests the Levites, who bore
the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, as well the
foreigner as the native; half of themi n front of
Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of
Mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Yahweh
had commanded at the first, that they should
bless the people of Israel. 8:34Afterward he read
all the words of the law, the blessing and the
curse, according to all that is written in the book
of the law. 8:35There was not a word of all
that Moses commanded, which Joshua didn't
read before all the assembly of Israel, and the
women, and the little ones, and the foreigners
who were among them.
9:1It happened, when all the kingswho were
beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, and
in the lowland, and on all the shore of the
Joshua 9:2 188 Joshua 10:4
great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and
the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the
Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it; 9:2that they
gathered themselves together, to fight with
Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. 9:3But
when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what
Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, 9:4they
also resorted to a ruse, and went and made as if
they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks
on their donkeys, and wineskins, old and torn
and bound up, 9:5and old and patched shoes
on their feet, and old garments on them; and
all the bread of their provision was dry and
was become moldy. 9:6They went to Joshua to
the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the
men of Israel, We are come from a far country:
now therefore make you a covenant with us.
9:7The men of Israel said to the Hivites, What
if you dwell among us; and how shall we make
a covenant with you? 9:8They said to Joshua,
We are your servants. Joshua said to them,
Who are you? and fromwhe nce come you?
9:9They said to him, From a very far country
your servants are come because of the name of
Yahweh your God: for we have heard the fame
of him, and all that he did in Egypt, 9:10and all
that he did to the two kings of the Amorites,
who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king
of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who
was at Ashtaroth. 9:11Our elders and all the
inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying,
Take provision in your hand for the journey,
and go to meet them, and tell them, We are
your servants: and now make you a covenant
with us. 9:12This our bread we took hot for
our provision out of our houses on the day
we came forth to go to you; but now, behold,
it is dry, and is become moldy: 9:13and these
wineskins, which we filled, were new; and
behold, they are torn: and these our garments
and our shoes are become old by reason of
the very long journey. 9:14The men took of
their provision, and didn't ask counsel at the
mouth of Yahweh. 9:15Joshua made peace with
them, and made a covenant with them, to let
theml ive: and the princes of the congregation
swore to them. 9:16It happened at the end
of three days after they had made a covenant
with them, that they heard that they were
their neighbors, and that they lived among
them. 9:17The children of Israel traveled, and
came to their cities on the third day. Now
their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and
Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim. 9:18The children
of Israel didn't strike them, because the princes
of the congregation had sworn to themby
Yahweh, the God of Israel. All the congregation
murmured against the princes. 9:19But all the
princes said to all the congregation, We have
sworn to themby Yahweh, the God of Israel:
now therefore we may not touch them. 9:20This
we will do to them, and let them live; lest
wrath be on us, because of the oath which we
swore to them. 9:21The princes said to them,
Let theml ive: so they became wood cutters and
drawers of water to all the congregation, as the
princes had spoken to them. 9:22Joshua called
for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why
have you deceived us, saying, We are very far
fromyou ; when you dwell among us? 9:23Now
therefore you are cursed, and there shall never
fail to be of you bondservants, both wood
cutters and drawers of water for the house of
m y God. 9:24They answered Joshua, and said,
Because it was certainly told your servants,
how that Yahweh your God commanded his
servant Moses to give you all the land, and
to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from
before you; therefore we were sore afraid for
our lives because of you, and have done this
thing. 9:25Now, behold, we are in your hand:
as it seems good and right to you to do to us,
do. 9:26So did he to them, and delivered them
out of the hand of the children of Israel, that
they didn't kill them. 9:27That day Joshua made
those wood cutters and drawers of water for
the congregation, and for the altar of Yahweh,
to this day, in the placewhich he should choose.
10:1Now it happened, when Adoni-Zedek
king of Jerusalemhe ard 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; 10:2that they feared greatly,
because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the
royal cities, and because it was greater than
Ai, and all its men were mighty. 10:3Therefore
Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalemsen t to Hoham
king of Hebron, and to Piramk ing of Jarmuth,
and to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir
king of Eglon, saying, 10:4Come up to me,
and help me, and let us strike Gibeon; for
it has made peace with Joshua and with the
Joshua 10:5 189 Joshua 10:32
children of Israel. 10:5Therefore 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
armies, and encamped against Gibeon, and
made war against it. 10:6The men of Gibeon
sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying,
Don't slack your hand fromy our servants;
come up to us quickly, and save us, and help
us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell
in the hill country are gathered together against
us. 10:7So Joshua went up fromGilg al, he,
and all the people of war with him, and all
the mighty men of valor. 10:8Yahweh said to
Joshua, Don't fear them: for I have delivered
themi nto your hands; there shall not a man
of themst and before you. 10:9Joshua therefore
came on them suddenly; forhe went up from
Gilgal all the night. 10:10Yahweh confused them
before Israel, and he killed themw ith a great
slaughter at Gibeon, and chased themby the
way of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck
themto Azekah, and to Makkedah. 10:11It
happened, as they fled frombe fore Israel, while
they were at the descent of Beth Horon, that
Yahweh cast down great stones fromt he sky
on themt o Azekah, and they died: they were
more who died with the hailstones than they
whomt he children of Israel killed with the
sword. 10:12Then spoke Joshua to Yahweh
in the day when Yahweh delivered up the
Amorites before the children of Israel; and he
said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand you still
on Gibeon; You, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
10:13The sun stood still, and the moon stayed,
Until the nation had avenged themselves of
their enemies. Isn't this written in the book
of Jashar? The sun stayed in the midst of
the sky, and didn't hurry to go down about
a whole day. 10:14There was no day like that
before it or after it, that Yahweh listened to
the voice of a man: for Yahweh fought for
Israel. 10:15Joshua returned, and all Israel with
him, to the camp to Gilgal. 10:16These five
kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at
Makkedah. 10:17It was told Joshua, saying, The
five kings are found, hidden in the cave at
Makkedah. 10:18Joshua said, Roll great stones
to the mouth of the cave, and set men by
it to keep them: 10:19but don't stay; pursue
after your enemies, and strike the hindmost
of them; don't allow them to enter into their
cities: for Yahweh your God has delivered them
into your hand. 10:20It happened, when Joshua
and the children of Israel had made an end of
killing themw ith a very great slaughter, until
they were consumed, and the remnant which
remained of them had entered into the fortified
cities, 10:21that all the people returned to the
camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none
moved his tongue against any of the children of
Israel. 10:22Then said Joshua, Open the mouth
of the cave, and bring forth those five kings
to me out of the cave. 10:23They did so, and
brought forth those five kings to himout of the
cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron,
the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the
king of Eglon. 10:24It happened, when they
brought forth those kings to Joshua, that Joshua
called for all the men of Israel, and said to
the chiefs of the men of war who went with
him, Come near, put your feet on the necks
of these kings. They came near, and put their
feet on the necks of them. 10:25Joshua said
to them, Don't be afraid, nor be dismayed;
be strong and of good courage: for thus shall
Yahweh do to all your enemies against whom
you fight. 10:26Afterward Joshua struck them,
and put themto death, and hanged themo n
five trees: and they were hanging on the trees
until the evening. 10:27It happened at the time
of the going down of the sun, that Joshua
commanded, and they took them down off the
trees, and cast themi nto the cave in which they
had hidden themselves, and laid great stones
on the mouth of the cave, to this very day.
10:28Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and
struck it with the edge of the sword, and its
king: he utterly destroyed themand all the
soulswho were therein; he left none remaining;
and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had
done to the king of Jericho. 10:29Joshua passed
fromM akkedah, and all Israel with him, to
Libnah, and fought against Libnah: 10:30and
Yahweh delivered it also, and its king, into the
hand of Israel; and he struck it with the edge of
the sword, and all the souls who were therein;
he left none remaining in it; and he did to its
king as he had done to the king of Jericho.
10:31Joshua passed fromLib nah, and all Israel
with him, to Lachish, and encamped against
it, and fought against it: 10:32and Yahweh
delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel; and
Joshua 10:33 190 Joshua 11:19
he took it on the second day, and struck it
with the edge of the sword, and all the souls
who were therein, according to all that he had
done to Libnah. 10:33Then Horamkin g of
Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua
struck himand his people, until he had left
himno ne remaining. 10:34Joshua passed from
Lachish, and all Israel with him, to Eglon; and
they encamped against it, and fought against it;
10:35and they took it on that day, and struck it
with the edge of the sword; and all the souls
who were therein he utterly destroyed that day,
according to all that he had done to Lachish.
10:36Joshua went up fromE glon, and all Israel
with him, to Hebron; and they fought against
it: 10:37and they took it, and struck it with the
edge of the sword, and its king, and all its cities,
and all the souls who were therein; he left none
remaining, according to all that he had done to
Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the
souls who were therein. 10:38Joshua returned,
and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought
against it: 10:39and he took it, and its king,
and all its cities; and they struck themw ith
the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed
all the souls who were therein; he left none
remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did
to Debir, and to its king; as he had done also to
Libnah, and to its king. 10:40So Joshua struck
all the land, the hill country, and the South,
and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their
kings: he left none remaining, but he utterly
destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God
of Israel, commanded. 10:41Joshua struck them
fromKad esh Barnea even to Gaza, and all the
country of Goshen, even to Gibeon. 10:42All
these kings and their land did Joshua take at
one time, because Yahweh, the God of Israel,
fought for Israel. 10:43Joshua returned, and all
Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
11:1It happened, when Jabin king of Hazor
heard of it, that he sent to Jobab king ofMadon,
and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of
Achshaph, 11:2and to the kings who were on
the north, in the hill country, and in the Arabah
south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and
in the heights of Dor on the west, 11:3to the
Canaanite on the east and on the west, and
the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite,
and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the
Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
11:4They went out, they and all their armies
with them, much people, even as the sand that
is on the seashore in multitude, with horses
and chariots very many. 11:5All these kings
met together; and they came and encamped
together at the waters of Merom, to fight with
Israel. 11:6Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be
afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this
time will I deliver them up all slain before
Israel: you shall hamstring their horses, and
burn their chariots with fire. 11:7So Joshua
came, and all the people of war with him,
against themby the waters ofMeromsuddenly,
and fell on them. 11:8Yahweh delivered them
into the hand of Israel, and they struck them,
and chased themto great Sidon, and to Misrephoth
Maim, and to the valley of Mizpeh
eastward; and they struck them, until they left
themno ne remaining. 11:9Joshua did to themas
Yahweh bade him: he hamstrung their horses,
and burnt their chariots with fire. 11:10Joshua
turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and
struck its kingwith the sword: forHazor before
was the head of all those kingdoms. 11:11They
struck all the souls who were therein with the
edge of the sword, utterly destroying them;
there was none left who breathed: and he burnt
Hazor with fire. 11:12All the cities of those
kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua
take, and he struck themwi th the edge of the
sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses
the servant of Yahweh commanded. 11:13But as
for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel
burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did
Joshua burn. 11:14All the spoil of these cities,
and the livestock, the children of Israel took
for a prey to themselves; but every man they
struck with the edge of the sword, until they
had destroyed them, neither left they any who
breathed. 11:15As Yahweh commanded Moses
his servant, so did Moses command Joshua:
and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of
all that Yahweh commanded Moses. 11:16So
Joshua took all that land, the hill country, and
all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and
the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill
country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;
11:17fromM ount Halak, that goes up to Seir,
even to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon
under Mount Hermon: and all their kings
he took, and struck them, and put them to
death. 11:18Joshua made war a long time with
all those kings. 11:19There was not a city that
Joshua 11:20 191 Joshua 13:8
made peace with the children of Israel, save
the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: they
took all in battle. 11:20For it was of Yahweh
to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in
battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that
they might have no favor, but that he might
destroy them, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
11:21Joshua cam eat that tim e, and cut off the
Anakim fromthe hill country, fromHe bron,
fromDeb ir, fromAn ab, and froma ll the hill
country of Judah, and fromal l the hill country
of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed themwi th
their cities. 11:22There was none of the Anakim
left in the land of the children of Israel: only
in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some
remain. 11:23So Joshua took the whole land,
according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses;
and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel
according to their divisions by their tribes. The
land had rest fromwar.
12:1Now these are the kings of the land,
whomthe children of Israel struck, and possessed
their land beyond the Jordan toward
the sunrise, fromthe valley of the Arnon to
Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:
12:2Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in
Heshbon, and ruled fromAr oer, which is on
the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the
city that is inthe middle of the valley, and half
Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, the border of
the children of Ammon; 12:3and the Arabah to
the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and to the sea
of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the
way to Beth Jeshimoth; and on the south, under
the slopes of Pisgah: 12:4and the border of Og
king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim,
who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, 12:5and
ruled inMount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in
all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and
the Maacathites, and half Gilead, the border
of Sihon king of Heshbon. 12:6Moses the
servant of Yahweh and the children of Israel
struck them: and Moses the servant of Yahweh
gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and
the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
12:7These are the kings of the land whom
Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond
the Jordan westward, fromB aal Gad in the
valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that
goes up to Seir; and Joshua gave it to the tribes
of Israel for a possession according to their
divisions; 12:8in the hill country, and in the
lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes,
and in the wilderness, and in the South; the
Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the
Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 12:9the
king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is
beside Bethel, one; 12:10the king of Jerusalem,
one; the king of Hebron, one; 12:11the king
of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
12:12the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer,
one; 12:13the king of Debir, one; the king of
Geder, one; 12:14the king of Hormah, one; the
king of Arad, one; 12:15the king of Libnah,
one; the king of Adullam, one; 12:16the king of
Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; 12:17the
king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher,
one; 12:18the king of Aphek, one; the king of
Lassharon, one; 12:19the king of Madon, one;
the king of Hazor, one; 12:20the king of Shimron
Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; 12:21the
king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo,
one; 12:22the king of Kedesh, one; the king of
Jokneamin Carmel, one; 12:23the king of Dor
in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiimin
Gilgal, one; 12:24the king of Tirzah, one: all the
kings thirty-one.
13:1Now Joshua was old and well stricken
in years; and Yahweh said to him, You are old
and well stricken in years, and there remains
yet very much land to be possessed. 13:2This
is the land that yet remains: all the regions of
the Philistines, and all the Geshurites; 13:3from
the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to
the border of Ekron northward, whichis reckoned
to the Canaanites; the five lords of the
Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the
Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites;
also the Avvim, 13:4on the south; all the land
of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to
the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the border of the
Amorites; 13:5and the land of the Gebalites,
and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, fromB aal
Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance
of Hamath; 13:6all the inhabitants of the hill
country fromL ebanon to Misrephoth Maim,
even all the Sidonians; themwi ll I drive out
fromb efore the children of Israel: only allot
you it to Israel for an inheritance, as I have
commanded you. 13:7Now therefore divide
this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes,
and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 13:8With him
the Reubenites and the Gadites received their
inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond
Joshua 13:9 192 Joshua 14:8
the Jordan eastward, even asMoses the servant
of Yahweh gave them: 13:9fromAr oer, that is
on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and
the city that is in the middle of the valley,
and all the plain of Medeba to Dibon; 13:10and
all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites,
who reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the
children of Ammon; 13:11and Gilead, and the
border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and
all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah;
13:12all the kingdomo f Og in Bashan, who
reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (the same
was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); for
these did Moses strike, and drove themo ut.
13:13Nevertheless the children of Israel didn't
drive out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites:
but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst
of Israel to this day. 13:14Only to the tribe of
Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of
Yahweh, the God of Israel, made by fire are
his inheritance, as he spoke to him. 13:15Moses
gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben
according to their families. 13:16Their border
was fromAro er, that is on the edge of the
valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in
the middle of the valley, and all the plain by
Medeba; 13:17Heshbon, and all its cities that are
in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth Baal, and Beth
Baal Meon, 13:18and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and
Mephaath, 13:19and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah,
and Zereth Shahar in the mount of the valley,
13:20and Beth Peor, and the slopes of Pisgah,
and Beth Jeshimoth, 13:21and all the cities of
the plain, and all the kingdomo f Sihon king of
the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom
Moses struck with the chiefs of Midian, Evi,
and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba,
the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
13:22Balaama lso the son of Beor, the soothsayer,
did the children of Israel kill with the sword
among the rest of their slain. 13:23The border
of the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and
the border of it. This was the inheritance of the
children of Reuben according to their families,
the cities and its villages. 13:24Moses gave to the
tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad, according
to their families. 13:25Their border was Jazer,
and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of
the children of Ammon, to Aroer that is before
Rabbah; 13:26and fromHe shbon to Ramath
Mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to
the border of Debir; 13:27and in the valley, Beth
Haram, and Beth Nimrah, and Succoth, and
Zaphon, the rest of the kingdomof Sihon king
of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border of it,
to the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth
beyond the Jordan eastward. 13:28This is the
inheritance of the children of Gad according
to their families, the cities and its villages.
13:29Moses gave inheritanceto the half-tribe of
Manasseh: and it was for the half-tribe of the
children of Manasseh according to their families.
13:30Their border was fromMa hanaim, all
Bashan, all the kingdomof Og king of Bashan,
and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan,
sixty cities: 13:31and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth,
and Edrei, the cities of the kingdomo f Og in
Bashan, were for the children ofMachir the son
ofManasseh, even for the half of the children of
Machir according to their families. 13:32These
are the inheritances which Moses distributed
in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at
Jericho, eastward. 13:33But to the tribe of Levi
Moses gave no inheritance: Yahweh, the God of
Israel, is their inheritance, as he spoke to them.
14:1These are the inheritances which the
children of Israel took in the land of Canaan,
which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son
of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' housesof
the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed
to them, 14:2by the lot of their inheritance, as
Yahweh commanded by Moses, for the nine
tribes, and for the half-tribe. 14:3For Moses had
given the inheritance of the two tribes and the
half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but to the Levites
he gave no inheritance among them. 14:4For the
children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh
and Ephraim: and they gave no portion to
the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in,
with its suburbs for their livestock and for their
substance. 14:5As Yahweh commanded Moses,
so the children of Israel did; and they divided
the land. 14:6Then the children of Judah drew
near to Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son
of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, You
know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses
the man of God concerning me and concerning
you in Kadesh Barnea. 14:7Forty years old
was I when Moses the servant of Yahweh sent
me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land;
and I brought himwo rd again as it was in
m y heart. 14:8Nevertheless my brothers who
went up with me made the heart of the people
melt; but I wholly followed Yahweh my God.
Joshua 14:9 193 Joshua 15:21
14:9Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the
land whereon your foot has trodden shall be an
inheritance to you and to your children forever,
because you have wholly followed Yahweh my
God. 14:10Now, behold, Yahweh has kept me
alive, as he spoke, these forty-five years, from
the time that Yahweh spoke this word toMoses,
while Israelwalked in the wilderness: and now,
behold, I amt his day eighty-five years old.
14:11As yet I amas strong this day as I as in the
day that Moses sent me: as my strength was
then, even so is my strength now, for war, and
to go out and to come in. 14:12Now therefore
give me this hill country, of which Yahweh
spoke in that day; for you heard in that day
how the Anakimwe re there, and cities great
and fortified: it may be that Yahweh will be
with me, and I shall drive them out, as Yahweh
spoke. 14:13Joshua blessed him; and he gave
Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an
inheritance. 14:14Therefore Hebron became the
inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the
Kenizzite to this day; because that he wholly
followed Yahweh, the God of Israel. 14:15Now
the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba;
which Arba wasthe greatest man among the
Anakim. The land had rest from war.
15:1The lot for the tribe of the children of
Judah according to their families was to the
border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin
southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
15:2Their south border was fromthe uttermost
part of the Salt Sea, fromthe bay that looks
southward; 15:3and it went out southward of
the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to
Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh
Barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and
went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;
15:4and it passed along to Azmon, and went
out at the brook of Egypt; and the goings out
of the border were at the sea: this shall be
your south border. 15:5The east border was the
Salt Sea, even to the end of the Jordan. The
border of the north quarter was fromthe bay
of the sea at the end of the Jordan; 15:6and the
border went up to Beth Hoglah, and passed
along by the north of Beth Arabah; and the
border went up to the stone of Bohan the son
of Reuben; 15:7and the border went up to Debir
fromthe valley of Achor, and so northward,
looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the
ascent of Adummim, which is on the south
side of the river; and the border passed along
to the waters of En Shemesh, and the goings
out of it were at En Rogel; 15:8and the border
went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom
to the side of the Jebusite southward (the same
is Jerusalem); and the border went up to the
top of the mountain that lies before the valley
of Hinnomwe stward, which is at the uttermost
part of the valley of Rephaim northward;
15:9and the border extended fromt he top of
the mountain to the spring of the waters of
Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount
Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (the
same is Kiriath Jearim); 15:10and the border
turned about fromB aalah westward to Mount
Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount
Jearimo n the north (the same is Chesalon), and
went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed along
by Timnah; 15:11and the border went out to
the side of Ekron northward; and the border
extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to
Mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and
the goings out of the border were at the sea.
15:12The west border was to the great sea, and
the border of it. This is the border of the
children of Judah according to their families.
15:13To Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a
portion among the children of Judah, according
to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua,
even Kiriath Arba, which Arba wasthe father of
Anak (the same is Hebron). 15:14Caleb drove
out there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and
Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
15:15He went up there against the inhabitants
of Debir: now the name of Debir before was
Kiriath Sepher. 15:16Caleb said, He who strikes
Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to himw ill I give
Achsah my daughter as wife. 15:17Othniel the
son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it:
and he gave himAchs ah his daughter as wife.
15:18It happened, when she came to him, that
she moved him to ask of her father a field: and
she alighted fromof f her donkey; and Caleb
said, What would you? 15:19She said, Give
me a blessing; for that you have set me in
the land of the South, give me also springs
of water. He gave her the upper springs and
the lower springs. 15:20This is the inheritance
of the tribe of the children of Judah according
to their families. 15:21The uttermost cities of
the tribe of the children of Judah toward the
border of Edomin the South were Kabzeel, and
Joshua 15:22 194 Joshua 17:2
Eder, and Jagur, 15:22and Kinah, and Dimonah,
and Adadah, 15:23and Kedesh, and Hazor, and
Ithnan, 15:24Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
15:25Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth, Hezron (the
same is Hazor), 15:26Amam, and Shema, and
Moladah, 15:27and Hazar Gaddah, and Heshmon,
and Beth Pelet, 15:28and Hazar Shual,
and Beersheba, and Biziothiah, 15:29Baalah, and
Iim, and Ezem, 15:30and Eltolad, and Chesil,
and Hormah, 15:31and Ziklag, and Madmannah,
and Sansannah, 15:32and Lebaoth, and
Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities
are twenty-nine, with their villages. 15:33In
the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,
15:34and Zanoah, and En Gannim, Tappuah,
and Enam, 15:35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh,
and Azekah, 15:36and Shaaraim, and Adithaim,
and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities
with their villages. 15:37Zenan, and Hadashah,
and Migdal Gad, 15:38and Dilean, and Mizpeh,
and Joktheel, 15:39Lachish, and Bozkath, and
Eglon, 15:40and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and
Chitlish, 15:41and Gederoth, Beth Dagon, and
Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with
their villages. 15:42Libnah, and Ether, and
Ashan, 15:43and Iphtah, and Ashnah, and
Nezib, 15:44and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah;
nine cities with their villages. 15:45Ekron,
with its towns and its villages; 15:46fromEkr on
even to the sea, all that were by the side of
Ashdod, with their villages. 15:47Ashdod, its
towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and
its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the
great sea, and the border of it. 15:48In the
hill country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
15:49and Dannah, and Kiriath Sannah (the same
is Debir), 15:50and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and
Anim, 15:51and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh;
eleven cities with their villages. 15:52Arab,
and Dumah, and Eshan, 15:53and Janim, and
Beth Tappuah, and Aphekah, 15:54and Humtah,
and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), and
Zior; nine cities with their villages. 15:55Maon,
Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah, 15:56and Jezreel,
and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, 15:57Kain, Gibeah,
and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.
15:58Halhul, Beth Zur, and Gedor, 15:59and
Maarath, and Beth Anoth, and Eltekon; six
cities with their villages. 15:60Kiriath Baal (the
same is Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities
with their villages. 15:61In the wilderness,
Beth Arabah, Middin, and Secacah, 15:62and
Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En Gedi;
six cities with their villages. 15:63As for the
Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the
children of Judah couldn't drive themout : but
the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah
at Jerusalemto this day.
16:1The lot came out for the children of
Joseph fromthe Jordan at Jericho, at the waters
of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness,
going up fromJeric ho through the hill country
to Bethel; 16:2and it went out fromB ethel to
Luz, and passed along to the border of the
Archites to Ataroth; 16:3and it went down
westward to the border of the Japhletites, to
the border of Beth Horon the lower, even to
Gezer; and the goings out of it were at the
sea. 16:4The children of Joseph, Manasseh and
Ephraim, took their inheritance. 16:5The border
of the children of Ephraima ccording to their
families was thus: the border of their inheritance
eastward was Ataroth Addar, to Beth
Horon the upper; 16:6and the border went out
westward at Michmethath on the north; and
the border turned about eastward to Taanath
Shiloh, and passed along it on the east of
Janoah; 16:7and it went down fromJ anoah to
Ataroth, and to Naarah, and reached to Jericho,
and went out at the Jordan. 16:8FromTappuah
the border went along westward to the brook
of Kanah; and the goings out of it were at the
sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Ephraima ccording to their families;
16:9together with the citieswhich were set apart
for the children of Ephraimin the midst of the
inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the
cities with their villages. 16:10They didn't drive
out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer: but the
Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim to
this day, and are become servants to do forced
labor.
17:1Thiswas the lot for the tribe ofManasseh;
for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for
Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father
of Gilead, because he was a man of war,
therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. 17:2So the
lotwas for the rest of the children of Manasseh
according to 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
Joshua 17:3 195 Joshua 18:10
according to their families. 17:3But 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. 17:4They came near before
Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of
Nun, and before the princes, saying, Yahweh
commanded Moses to give us an inheritance
among our brothers: therefore according to
the commandment of Yahweh he gave them
an inheritance among the brothers of their
father. 17:5There fell ten parts to Manasseh,
besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which
is beyond the Jordan; 17:6because the daughters
of Manasseh had an inheritance among his
sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest
of the sons of Manasseh. 17:7The border of
Manasseh was fromAs her to Michmethath,
which is before Shechem; and the border went
along to the right hand, to the inhabitants
of En Tappuah. 17:8The land of Tappuah
belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the
border of Manasseh belonged to the children
of Ephraim. 17:9The border went down to the
brook of Kanah, southward of the brook: these
cities belonged to Ephraimam ong the cities of
Manasseh: and the border of Manasseh was
on the north side of the brook, and the goings
out of it were at the sea: 17:10southward it was
Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's,
and the sea was his border; and they reached
to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the
east. 17:11Manasseh had in Issachar and in
Asher Beth Shean and its towns, and Ibleam
and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and
its towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and
its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and
its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and
its towns, even the three heights. 17:12Yet the
children of Manasseh couldn't drive out the
inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites
would dwell in that land. 17:13It happened,
when the children of Israel had grown strong,
that they put the Canaanites to forced labor,
and didn't utterly drive themo ut. 17:14The
children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying,
Why have you given me but one lot and one
part for an inheritance, seeing I ama great
people, because hitherto Yahweh has blessed
me? 17:15Joshua said to them, If you are a
great people, go up to the forest, and cut down
for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites
and of the Rephaim; since the hill country
of Ephraimi s too narrow for you. 17:16The
children of Joseph said, The hill country is not
enough for us: and all the Canaanites who
dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of
iron, both they who are in Beth Shean and its
towns, and theywho are in the valley of Jezreel.
17:17Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even
to Ephraimand to Manasseh, saying, You are a
great people, and have great power; you shall
not have one lot only: 17:18but the hill country
shall be yours; for though it is a forest, you shall
cut it down, and the goings out of it shall be
yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites,
though they have chariots of iron, and though
they are strong.
18:1The whole congregation of the children
of Israel assembled themselves together
at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting
there: and the land was subdued before them.
18:2There remained among the children of Israel
seven tribes, which had not yet divided
their inheritance. 18:3Joshua said to the children
of Israel, How long are you slack to go in
to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God
of your fathers, has given you? 18:4Appoint
for you three men of each tribe: and I will
send them, and they shall arise, and walk
through the land, and describe it according to
their inheritance; and they shall come to me.
18:5They shall divide it into seven portions:
Judah shall abide in his border on the south,
and the house of Joseph shall abide in their
border on the north. 18:6You shall describe the
land into seven portions, and bring the descriptionhere
to me; and I will cast lots for you here
before Yahweh our God. 18:7For the Levites
have no portion among you; for the priesthood
of Yahweh is their inheritance: and Gad and
Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have
received their inheritance beyond the Jordan
eastward, which Moses the servant of Yahweh
gave them. 18:8The men arose, and went: and
Joshua commanded thosewhowent to describe
the land, saying, Go and walk through the land,
and describe it, and come again to me; and
I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh in
Shiloh. 18:9The m en went and passed through
the land, and described it by cities into seven
portions in a book; and they came to Joshua
to the camp at Shiloh. 18:10Joshua cast lots
Joshua 18:11 196 Joshua 19:18
for themi n Shiloh before Yahweh: and there
Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel
according to their divisions. 18:11The lot of
the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up
according to their families: and the border of
their lotwent out between the children of Judah
and the children of Joseph. 18:12Their border
on the north quarter was fromthe Jordan; and
the border went up to the side of Jericho on the
north, and went up through the hill country
westward; and the goings out of it were at
the wilderness of Beth Aven. 18:13The border
passed along fromt here to Luz, to the side
of Luz (the same is Bethel), southward; and
the border went down to Ataroth Addar, by
the mountain that lies on the south of Beth
Horon the lower. 18:14The border extended
there, and turned about on the west quarter
southward, fromthe mountain that lies before
Beth Horon southward; and the goings out
of it were at Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath
Jearim), a city of the children of Judah: this
was the west quarter. 18:15The south quarter
was from the uttermost part of Kiriath Jearim;
and the border went out westward, and went
out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah;
18:16and the border went down to the uttermost
part of the mountain that lies before the valley
of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley
of Rephaimno rthward; and it went down to
the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite
southward, and went down to En Rogel;
18:17and it extended northward, and went out
at En Shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which
is over against the ascent of Adummim; and
it went down to the stone of Bohan the son
of Reuben; 18:18and it passed along to the side
over against the Arabah northward, and went
down to the Arabah; 18:19and the border passed
along to the side of Beth Hoglah northward;
and the goings out of the border were at the
north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of
the Jordan: this was the south border. 18:20The
Jordan was its border on the east quarter.
This was the inheritance of the children of
Benjamin, by the borders around it, according
to their families. 18:21Now the cities of the
tribe of the children of Benjamin according to
their families were Jericho, and Beth Hoglah,
and Emek Keziz, 18:22and Beth Arabah, and
Zemaraim, and Bethel, 18:23and Avvim, and
Parah, and Ophrah, 18:24and Chephar Ammoni,
and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities
with their villages: 18:25Gibeon, and Ramah,
and Beeroth, 18:26and Mizpeh, and Chephirah,
and Mozah, 18:27and Rekem, and Irpeel, and
Taralah, 18:28and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite
(the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, andKiriath;
fourteen cities with their villages. This is
the inheritance of the children of Benjamin
according to their families.
19:1The second lot came out for Simeon, even
for the tribe of the children of Simeon according
to their families: and their inheritance was in
the midst of the inheritance of the children of
Judah. 19:2They had for their inheritance Beersheba,
or Sheba, and Moladah, 19:3and Hazar
Shual, and Balah, and Ezem, 19:4and Eltolad,
and Bethul, and Hormah, 19:5and Ziklag, and
BethMarcaboth, and Hazar Susah, 19:6and Beth
Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with
their villages: 19:7Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and
Ashan; four cities with their villages: 19:8and
all the villages that were around these cities
to Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This is
the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Simeon according to their families. 19:9Out
of the part of the children of Judah was the
inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the
portion of the children of Judah was too much
for them: therefore the children of Simeon had
inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
19:10The third lot cam e up for the children
of Zebulun according to their families; and
the border of their inheritance was to Sarid;
19:11and their border went up westward, even
to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth; and
it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam;
19:12and it turned fromSar id eastward toward
the sunrise to the border of Chisloth Tabor;
and it went out to Daberath, and went up
to Japhia; 19:13and fromthe re it passed along
eastward to Gath Hepher, to Ethkazin; and it
went out at Rimmon which stretches to Neah;
19:14and the border turned about it on the north
to Hannathon; and the goings out of it were
at the valley of Iphtah El; 19:15and Kattath,
and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and
Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
19:16This is the inheritance of the children of
Zebulun according to their families, these cities
with their villages. 19:17The fourth lot came
out for Issachar, even for the children of Issachar
according to their families. 19:18Their
Joshua 19:19 197 Joshua 20:6
border was to Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and
Shunem, 19:19and Hapharaim, and Shion, and
Anaharath, 19:20and Rabbith, and Kishion, and
Ebez, 19:21and Remeth, and Engannim, and En
Haddah, and Beth Pazzez, 19:22and the border
reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth
Shemesh; and the goings out of their border
were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their
villages. 19:23This is the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of Issachar according to their
families, the cities with their villages. 19:24The
fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children
of Asher according to their families. 19:25Their
border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and
Achshaph, 19:26and Allammelech, and Amad,
and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward,
and to Shihorlibnath; 19:27and it turned
toward the sunrise to Beth Dagon, and reached
to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah El
northward to Beth Emek and Neiel; and it went
out to Cabul on the left hand, 19:28and Ebron,
and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even
to great Sidon; 19:29and the border turned to
Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre; and
the border turned to Hosah; and the goings
out of it were at the sea by the region of
Achzib; 19:30Ummah also, and Aphek, and
Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages.
19:31This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Asher according to their families,
these cities with their villages. 19:32The sixth
lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even
for the children of Naphtali according to their
families. 19:33Their border was fromHeleph ,
from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adaminekeb,
and Jabneel, to Lakkum; and the goings out
of it were at the Jordan; 19:34and the border
turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, and went
out fromt here to Hukkok; and it reached to
Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on
the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the
sunrise. 19:35The fortified cities were Ziddim,
Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
19:36and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
19:37and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En Hazor,
19:38Iron, and Migdal El, Horem ,and Beth
Anath, and Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities with
their villages. 19:39This is the inheritance of
the tribe of the children of Naphtali according
to their families, the cities with their villages.
19:40The seventh lot came out for the tribe of
the children of Dan according to their families.
19:41The border of their inheritance was
Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, 19:42and
Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah, 19:43and
Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron, 19:44and Eltekeh,
and Gibbethon, and Baalath, 19:45and Jehud,
and Bene Berak, and Gath Rimmon, 19:46and
Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over
against Joppa. 19:47The border of the children
of Dan went out beyond them; for the children
of Dan went up and fought against Leshem,
and took it, and struck it with the edge of the
sword, and possessed it, and lived therein, and
called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan
their father. 19:48This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Dan according to their
families, these cities with their villages. 19:49So
they made an end of distributing the land for
inheritance by its borders; and the children of
Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of
Nun in the m idst of them : 19:50according to
the commandment of Yahweh they gave him
the city which he asked, even Timnathserah
in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built
the city, and lived therein. 19:51These are
the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and
Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the
fathers' housesof the tribes of the children of
Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in
Shiloh before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent
of Meeting. So they made an end of dividing
the land.
20:1Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
20:2Speak to the children of Israel, saying,
Assign you the cities of refuge, of which I
spoke to you by Moses, 20:3that the manslayer
who kills any person unwittingly andunawares
may flee there: and they shall be to you for
a refuge fromt he avenger of blood. 20:4He
shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand
at the entrance of the gate of the city, and
declare his cause in the ears of the elders of
that city; and they shall take himi nto the city
to them, and give him a place, that he may
dwell among them. 20:5If the avenger of blood
pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up
the manslayer into his hand; because he struck
his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him
before. 20:6He shall dwell in that city, until he
stand before the congregation for judgment,
until the death of the high priest that shall
be in those days: then shall the manslayer
return, and come to his own city, and to his
Joshua 20:7 198 Joshua 21:33
own house, to the city fromw hence he fled.
20:7They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the
hill country of Naphtali, and Shechemi n the
hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (the
same is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
20:8Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they
assigned Bezer in the wilderness in 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. 20:9These
were the appointed cities for all the children
of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns
among them, that whoever kills any person
unwittingly might flee there, and not die by the
hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood
before the congregation.
21:1Then came near the heads of fathers'
housesof the Levites to Eleazar the priest, and
to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads
of fathers' housesof the tribes of the children
of Israel; 21:2and they spoke to themat Shiloh
in the land of Canaan, saying, Yahweh commanded
Moses to give us cities to dwell in,
with its suburbs for our livestock. 21:3The
children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their
inheritance, according to the commandment of
Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs. 21:4The
lot came out for the families of the Kohathites:
and the children of Aaron the priest, who were
of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of
Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites,
and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
21:5The 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 halftribe
of Manasseh, ten cities. 21:6The 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. 21:7The children of Merari according to
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. 21:8The children
of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities
with their suburbs, as Yahweh commanded
by Moses. 21:9They gave out of the tribe of
the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of
the children of Simeon, these cities which are
herementioned by name: 21:10and they were for
the children of Aaron, of the families of the
Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi;
for theirs was the first lot. 21:11They gave them
Kiriath Arba, which Arba wasthe father of Anak
(the same is Hebron), in the hill country of
Judah, with its suburbs around it. 21:12But the
fields of the city, and its villages, gave they to
Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
21:13To the children of Aaron the priest they
gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge
for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,
21:14and Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa
with its suburbs, 21:15and Holon with its suburbs,
and Debir with its suburbs, 21:16and Ain
with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs,
andBeth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities
out of those two tribes. 21:17Out of the tribe of
Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with
its suburbs, 21:18Anathoth with its suburbs, and
Almon with its suburbs; four cities. 21:19All
the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests,
were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 21:20The
families of the children of Kohath, the Levites,
even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had
the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21:21They gave themS hechemw ith its suburbs
in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge
for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
21:22and Kibzaimwi th its suburbs, and Beth
Horon with its suburbs; four cities. 21:23Out of
the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon
with its suburbs, 21:24Aijalon with its
suburbs, Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; four
cities. 21:25Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh,
Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath Rimmon
with its suburbs; two cities. 21:26All the cities
of the families of the rest of the children of
Kohath were ten with their suburbs. 21:27To
the children of Gershon, of the families of the
Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh they
gaveGolan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city
of refuge for the manslayer, and Be Eshterah
with its suburbs; two cities. 21:28Out of the tribe
of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath
with its suburbs, 21:29Jarmuth with its suburbs,
En Gannimwith its suburbs; four cities.
21:30Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its
suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs, 21:31Helkath
with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs;
four cities. 21:32Out of the tribe of Naphtali,
Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city
of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammothdor
with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs;
three cities. 21:33All the cities of the Gershonites
Joshua 21:34 199 Joshua 22:17
according to their families were thirteen cities
with their suburbs. 21:34To the families of the
children ofMerari, the rest of the Levites, out of
the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneamwi th its suburbs,
and Kartah with its suburbs, 21:35Dimnah with
its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four
cities. 21:36Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer
with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs,
21:37Kedemoth with its suburbs, andMephaath
with its suburbs; four cities. 21:38Out of
the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its
suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer,
and Mahanaimwi th its suburbs, 21:39Heshbon
with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four
cities in all. 21:40All these werethe cities of the
children of Merari according to their families,
even the rest of the families of the Levites; and
their lot was twelve cities. 21:41All the cities
of the Levites in the midst of the possession
of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities
with their suburbs. 21:42These cities were every
one with their suburbs around them: thus it
was with all these cities. 21:43So Yahweh gave
to Israel all the land which he swore to give
to their fathers; and they possessed it, and
lived therein. 21:44Yahweh gave themr est all
around, according to all that he swore to their
fathers: and there stood not a man of all their
enemies before them; Yahweh delivered all
their enemies into their hand. 21:45There failed
not anything of any good thing which Yahweh
had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to
pass.
22:1Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and
the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
22:2and said to them, You have kept all that
Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you,
and have listened to my voice in all that I
commanded you: 22:3you have not left your
brothers these many days to this day, but have
performed the duty of the commandment of
Yahweh your God. 22:4Now Yahweh your God
has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke
to them: therefore now turn you, and get you
to your tents, to the land of your possession,
which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you
beyond the Jordan. 22:5Only take diligent heed
to do the commandment and the law which
Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you,
to love Yahweh your God, and to walk in
all his ways, and to keep his commandments,
and to cleave to him, and to serve him with
all your heart and with all your soul. 22:6So
Joshua blessed them, and sent them away;
and they went to their tents. 22:7Now to the
one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given
inheritancein Bashan; but to the other half gave
Joshua among their brothers beyond the Jordan
westward; moreover when Joshua sent them
away to their tents, he blessed them, 22:8and
spoke to them, saying, Return with much
wealth to your tents, and with very much
livestock, with silver, and with gold, and with
brass, and with iron, and with very much
clothing: divide the spoil of your enemies with
your brothers. 22:9The children of Reuben
and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of
Manasseh returned, and departed fromthe
children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the
land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to
the land of their possession,which they owned,
according to the commandment of Yahweh by
Moses. 22:10When they came to the region
about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan,
the children of Reuben and the children of Gad
and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an
altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look on.
22:11The 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 in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in
the region about the Jordan, on the side that
pertains to the children of Israel. 22:12When
the children of Israel heard of it, the whole
congregation of the children of Israel gathered
themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against
themto war. 22:13The children of Israel sent
to the children of Reuben, and to the children
of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into
the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar
the priest, 22:14and with himt en princes, one
prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes
of Israel; and they were everyone of themh ead
of their fathers' houses among the thousands
of Israel. 22:15They came to the children of
Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the
half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead,
and they spoke with them, saying, 22:16Thus
says the whole congregation of Yahweh, What
trespass is this that you have committed against
the God of Israel, to turn away this day from
following Yahweh, in that you have built you
an altar, to rebel this day against Yahweh?
22:17Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us,
Joshua 22:18 200 Joshua 23:6
fromw hich we have not cleansed ourselves
to this day, although there came a plague on
the congregation of Yahweh, 22:18that you must
turn away this day fromf ollowing Yahweh?
and it will be, seeing you rebel today against
Yahweh, that tomorrow he will be angry with
the whole congregation of Israel. 22:19However,
if the land of your possession be unclean, then
pass over to the land of the possession of Yahweh,
in which Yahweh's tent dwells, and take
possession among us: but don't rebel against
Yahweh, nor rebel against us, in building you
an altar besides the altar of Yahweh our God.
22:20Didn't Achan the son of Zerah commit a
trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on
all the congregation of Israel? and that man
didn't perish alone in his iniquity. 22:21Then
the children of Reuben and the children of
Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered,
and spoke to the heads of the thousands of
Israel, 22:22The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the
Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and
Israel he shall know: if it be in rebellion, or
if in trespass against Yahweh (don't save us
this day), 22:23that we have built us an altar
to turn away fromf ollowing Yahweh; or if to
offer thereon burnt offering or meal offering, or
if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings thereon,
let Yahweh himself require it; 22:24and if we
have not ratherout of carefulness done this,
andof purpose, saying, In time to come your
children might speak to our children, saying,
What have you to do with Yahweh, the God of
Israel? 22:25for Yahweh has made the Jordan
a border between us and you, you children
of Reuben and children of Gad; you have no
portion in Yahweh: so might your children
make our children cease from fearing Yahweh.
22:26Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to
build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for
sacrifice: 22:27but it shall be a witness between
us and you, and between our generations after
us, that we may do the service of Yahweh
before himwi th our burnt offerings, and with
our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings;
that your children may not tell our children in
time to come, You have no portion in Yahweh.
22:28Therefore said we, It shall be, when they so
tell us or to our generations in time to come,
that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the
altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not
for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is
a witness between us and you. 22:29Far be
it fromus that we should rebel against Yahweh,
and turn away this day fromf ollowing
Yahweh, to build an altar for burnt offering,
for meal offering, or for sacrifice, besides the
altar of Yahweh our God that is before his tent.
22:30When Phinehas the priest, and the princes
of the congregation, even the heads of the
thousands of Israel that were with him, heard
the words that the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad and the children of Manasseh
spoke, it pleased themw ell. 22:31Phinehas the
son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of
Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the
children of Manasseh, This day we know that
Yahweh is in the midst of us, because you have
not committed this trespass against Yahweh:
now have you delivered the children of Israel
out of the hand of Yahweh. 22:32Phinehas
the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes,
returned fromthe children of Reuben, and from
the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead,
to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel,
and brought themwo rd again. 22:33The thing
pleased the children of Israel; and the children
of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of
going up against themto war, to destroy the
land in which the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad lived. 22:34The children of
Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar
Ed: For, said they, it is a witness between us that
Yahweh is God.
23:1It happened after many days, when
Yahweh had given rest to Israel fromt heir
enemies all around, and Joshua was old and
well stricken in years; 23:2that Joshua called for
all Israel, for their elders and for their heads,
and for their judges and for their officers, and
said to them, I am old and well stricken in
years: 23:3and you have seen all that Yahweh
your God has done to all these nations because
of you; for Yahweh your God, he it is that
has fought for you. 23:4Behold, I have allotted
to you these nations that remain, to be an
inheritance for your tribes, fromt he Jordan,
with all the nations that I have cut off, even to
the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
23:5Yahweh your God, he will thrust themo ut
fromb efore you, and drive them from out of
your sight; and you shall possess their land, as
Yahweh your God spoke to you. 23:6Therefore
be you very courageous to keep and to do all
Joshua 23:7 201 Joshua 24:16
that is written in the book of the law of Moses,
that you not turn aside fromi t to the right hand
or to the left; 23:7that you not come among these
nations, these that remain among you; neither
make mention of the name of their gods, nor
cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor
bow down yourselves to them; 23:8but cleave
to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this
day. 23:9For Yahweh has driven out frombe fore
you great nations and strong: but as for you, no
man has stood before you to this day. 23:10One
man of you shall chase a thousand; for Yahweh
your God, he it is who fights for you, as he
spoke to you. 23:11Take good heed therefore
to yourselves, that you love Yahweh your God.
23:12Else if you do at all go back, and cleave to
the remnant of these nations, even these who
remain among you, and make marriages with
them, and go in to them, and they to you;
23:13know for a certainty that Yahweh yourGod
will no more drive these nations from out of
your sight; but they shall be a snare and a
trap to you, and a scourge in your sides, and
thorns in your eyes, until you perish fromof f
this good land which Yahweh your God has
given you. 23:14Behold, this day I amg oing
the way of all the earth: and you know in all
your hearts and in all your souls, that not one
thing has failed of all the good things which
Yahweh your God spoke concerning you; all
are happen to you, not one thing has failed of
it. 23:15It shall happen, that as all the good
things are come on you of which Yahweh your
God spoke to you, so will Yahweh bring on you
all the evil things, until he have destroyed you
fromof f this good land which Yahweh your
God has given you. 23:16When you disobey
the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he
commanded you, and go and serve other gods,
and bow down yourselves to them; then will
the anger of Yahweh be kindled against you,
and you shall perish quickly fromof f the good
land which he has given to you.
24:1Joshua 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. 24:2Joshua said to all the people,
Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Your
fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even
Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of
Nahor: and they served other gods. 24:3I took
your father Abrahamf rom beyond the River,
and led himthro ughout all the land of Canaan,
and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
24:4I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave
to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it: and Jacob
and his children went down into Egypt. 24:5I
sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt,
according to that which I did in its midst: and
afterward I brought you out. 24:6I brought your
fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea;
and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers
with chariots and with horsemen to the Red
Sead. 24:7When they cried out to Yahweh, he
put darkness between you and the Egyptians,
and brought the sea on them, and covered
them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt:
and you lived in the wilderness many days.
24:8I brought you into the land of the Amorites,
that lived beyond the Jordan: and they fought
with you; and I gave themi nto your hand, and
you possessed their land; and I destroyed them
fromb efore you. 24:9Then Balak the son of
Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against
Israel: and he sent and called Balaamthe son
of Beor to curse you; 24:10but I would not listen
to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I
delivered you out of his hand. 24:11You went
over the Jordan, and came to Jericho: and the
men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite,
and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the
Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the
Jebusite; and I delivered themin to your hand.
24:12I sent the hornet before you, which drove
themout frombefore you, even the two kings
of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with
your bow. 24:13I gave you a land whereon you
had not labored, and cities which you didn't
build, and you dwell therein; of vineyards and
olive groves which you didn't plant do you
eat. 24:14Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve
himi n sincerity and in truth; and put away
the gods which your fathers served beyond the
River, and in Egypt; and serve you Yahweh.
24:15If it seemev il to you to serve Yahweh,
choose this day whomyou will serve; whether
the gods which your fathers served that were
beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites,
in whose land you dwell: but as for me and
my house, we will serve Yahweh. 24:16The
d24:6 or, Sea of Reeds
Joshua 24:17 202 Judges 1:14
people answered, Far be it fromus that we
should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;
24:17for Yahweh our God, he it is who brought
us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt,
fromt he house of bondage, and who did those
great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all
the way in which we went, and among all the
peoples through the midst of whom we passed;
24:18and Yahweh drove out frombe fore us all
the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in
the land: therefore we also will serve Yahweh;
for he is our God. 24:19Joshua said to the
people, You can't serve Yahweh; for he is a holy
God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive
your disobedience nor your sins. 24:20If you
forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then
he will turn and do you evil, and consume
you, after that he has done you good. 24:21The
people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve
Yahweh. 24:22Joshua said to the people, You
are witnesses against yourselves that you have
chosen you Yahweh, to serve him. They said,
We arewitnesses. 24:23Now therefore put away,
said he, the foreign gods which are among you,
and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of
Israel. 24:24The people said to Joshua, Yahweh
our God will we serve, and to his voice will we
listen. 24:25So Joshua made a covenant with the
people that day, and set thema statute and an
ordinance in Shechem. 24:26Joshua wrote these
words in the book of the law of God; and he
took a great stone, and set it up there under
the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.
24:27Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this
stone shall be a witness against us; for it has
heard all the words of Yahweh which he spoke
to us: it shall be therefore a witness against you,
lest you deny your God. 24:28So Joshua sent
the people away, every man to his inheritance.
24:29It happened after these things, that Joshua
the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died,
being one hundred ten years old. 24:30They
buried himin the border of his inheritance
in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country
of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of
Gaash. 24:31Israel served Yahweh all the days
of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who
outlived Joshua, and had known all the work
of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel.
24:32The bones of Joseph, which the children
of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they
in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which
Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father
of Shechemf or a hundred pieces of money:
and they became the inheritance of the children
of Joseph. 24:33Eleazar the son of Aaron died;
and they buried himin the hill of Phinehas his
son, which was given himin the hill country of
Ephraim.
Judges
1:1It happened after the death of Joshua,
the children of Israel asked of Yahweh, saying,
Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites,
to fight against them? 1:2Yahweh said,
Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the
land into his hand. 1:3Judah said to Sim eon his
brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we
may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise
will go with you into your lot. So Simeon
went with him. 1:4Judah went up; and Yahweh
delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into
their hand: and they struck of themi n Bezek
ten thousand men. 1:5They found Adoni-Bezek
in Bezek; and they fought against him, and
they struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
1:6But Adoni-Bezek fled; and they pursued
after him, and caught him, and cut off his
thumbs and his great toes. 1:7Adoni-Bezek
said, "Seventy kings, having their thumbs and
their great toes cut off, gathered their foodunder
my table: as I have done, so God has requited
me." They brought him to Jerusalem, and he
died there. 1:8The children of Judah fought
against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it
with the edge of the sword, and set the city
on fire. 1:9Afterward the children of Judah
went down to fight against the Canaanites who
lived in the hill country, and in the South,
and in the lowland. 1:10Judah went against
the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the
name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba); and
they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
1:11Fromthe re he went against the inhabitants
of Debir. (Now the name of Debir before was
Kiriath Sepher.) 1:12Caleb said, He who strikes
Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to himw ill I give
Achsah my daughter as wife. 1:13Othniel the
son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it:
and he gave himAchs ah his daughter as wife.
1:14It happened, when she came to him, that she
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moved him to ask of her father a field: and
she alighted fromof f her donkey; and Caleb
said to her, What would you? 1:15She said to
him, Give me a blessing; for that you have
set me in the land of the South, give me also
springs of water. Caleb gave her the upper
springs and the lower springs. 1:16The children
of the Kenite, Moses' brother-in-law, went up
out of the city of palmtre es with the children
of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is
in the south of Arad; and they went and lived
with the people. 1:17Judah went with Simeon
his brother, and they struck the Canaanites
who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed
it. The name of the city was called Hormah.
1:18Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and
Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its
border. 1:19Yahweh was with Judah; and drove
out the inhabitants of the hill country; for he
could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley,
because they had chariots of iron. 1:20They
gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken:
and he drove out there the three sons of Anak.
1:21The children of Benjamin did not drive out
the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; but the
Jebusites dwellwith the children of Benjamin in
Jerusalemto this day. 1:22The house of Joseph,
they also went up against Bethel; and Yahweh
was with them. 1:23The house of Joseph sent
to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city
before was Luz.) 1:24The watchers saw a man
come forth out of the city, and they said to him,
Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the
city, and we will deal kindly with you. 1:25He
showed themthe entrance into the city; and
they struck the city with the edge of the sword;
but they let the man go and all his family.
1:26The man went into the land of the Hittites,
and built a city, and called its name Luz, which
is its name to this day. 1:27Manasseh did
not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and
its towns, nor ofTaanach and its towns, nor
the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the
inhabitants of Ibleamand its towns, nor the
inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the
Canaanites would dwell in that land. 1:28It
happened, when Israel had grown strong, that
they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did
not utterly drive themo ut. 1:29Ephraimdidn 't
drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer;
but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
1:30Zebulun didn't drive out the inhabitants
of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but
the Canaanites lived among them, and became
subject to forced labor. 1:31Asher didn't drive
out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants
of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of
Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob; 1:32but
the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the
inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive
themo ut. 1:33Naphtali didn't drive out the
inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, nor the inhabitants
of Beth Anath; but he lived among
the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land:
nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh
and of Beth Anath became subject to forced
labor. 1:34The Amorites forced the children of
Dan into the hill country; for they would not
allow themt o come down to the valley; 1:35but
the Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres, in
Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the
house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became
subject to forced labor. 1:36The border of the
Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim,
fromthe rock, and upward.
2:1The angel of Yahweh came up fromGilgal
to Bochim. He said, I made you to go up out of
Egypt, and have brought you to the land which
I swore to your fathers; and I said, I will never
break my covenant with you: 2:2and you shall
make no covenant with the inhabitants of this
land; you shall break down their altars. But you
have not listened to my voice: why have you
done this? 2:3Therefore I also said, I will not
drive themo ut frombefore you; but they shall
be as thornsin your sides, and their gods shall be
a snare to you. 2:4It happened, when the angel
of Yahweh spoke these words to all the children
of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice,
and wept. 2:5They called the name of that place
Bochim: and they sacrificed there to Yahweh.
2:6Now when Joshua had sent the people away,
the children of Israel went every man to his
inheritance to possess the land. 2:7The people
served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all
the days of the elders who outlived Joshua,
who had seen all the great work of Yahweh
that he had worked for Israel. 2:8Joshua the
son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being
one hundred ten years old. 2:9They buried
himi n the border of his inheritance in Timnath
Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the
north of the mountain of Gaash. 2:10Also all
that generation were gathered to their fathers:
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and there arose another generation after them,
who didn't know Yahweh, nor yet the work
which he had worked for Israel. 2:11The
children of Israel did that which was evil in
the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baals;
2:12and they forsook Yahweh, the God of their
fathers, who brought themo ut of the land of
Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods
of the peoples who were around them, and
bowed themselves down to them: and they
provoked Yahweh to anger. 2:13They forsook
Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
2:14The anger of Yahweh was kindled against
Israel, and he delivered themin to the hands
of spoilers who despoiled them; and he sold
themi nto the hands of their enemies all around,
so that they could not any longer stand before
their enemies. 2:15Wherever they went out,
the hand of Yahweh was against themf or evil,
as Yahweh had spoken, and as Yahweh had
sworn to them: and they were sore distressed.
2:16Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them
out of the hand of those who despoiled them.
2:17Yet they didn't listen to their judges; for
they played the prostitute after other gods, and
bowed themselves down to them: they turned
aside quickly out of the way in which their
fathers walked, obeying the commandments
of Yahweh; butthey didn't do so. 2:18When
Yahweh raised themup judges, then Yahweh
was with the judge, and saved themo ut of the
hand of their enemies all the days of the judge:
for it grieved Yahweh because of their groaning
by reason of those who oppressed thema nd
troubled them. 2:19But it happened, when
the judge was dead, that they turned back,
and dealt more corruptly than their fathers,
in following other gods to serve them, and to
bow down to them; they didn't cease from
their doings, nor from their stubborn way.
2:20The anger of Yahweh was kindled against
Israel; and he said, Because this nation have
transgressed my covenant which I commanded
their fathers, and have not listened to my voice;
2:21I alsowill not henceforth drive out any from
before themo f the nations that Joshua leftwhen
he died; 2:22that by themI may prove Israel,
whether they will keep the way of Yahweh to
walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or
not. 2:23So Yahweh left those nations, without
driving themout hastily; neither delivered he
themi nto the hand of Joshua.
3:1Now these are the nations which Yahweh
left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of
Israelas had not known all the wars of Canaan;
3:2only that the generations of the children
of Israel might know, to teach them war, at
the least such as before knew nothing of it:
3:3namely, the five lords of the Philistines, and
all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the
Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from
Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance ofHamath.
3:4They were left, to prove Israel by them, to
know whether they would listen to the commandments
of Yahweh, which he commanded
their fathers by Moses. 3:5The children of
Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites,
and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the
Hivites, and the Jebusites: 3:6and they took
their daughters to be their wives, and gave
their own daughters to their sons and served
their gods. 3:7The children of Israel did that
which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and
forgot Yahweh their God, and served the Baals
and the Asheroth. 3:8Therefore the anger of
Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he
sold themi nto the hand of Cushan Rishathaim
king of Mesopotamia: and the children of
Israel served Cushan Rishathaimeigh t years.
3:9When the children of Israel cried to Yahweh,
Yahweh raised up a savior to the children of
Israel,who saved them, even Othniel the son of
Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. 3:10The Spirit
of Yahweh came on him, and he judged Israel;
and he went out to war, and Yahweh delivered
Cushan Rishathaimk ing of Mesopotamia into
his hand: and his hand prevailed against
Cushan Rishathaim. 3:11The land had rest
forty years. Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
3:12The children of Israel again did that which
was evil in the sight of Yahweh: and Yahweh
strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against
Israel, because they had done that which was
evil in the sight of Yahweh. 3:13He gathered to
him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and
he went and struck Israel, and they possessed
the city of palmtre es. 3:14The children of
Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen
years. 3:15But when the children of Israel cried
to Yahweh, Yahweh raised themup a savior,
Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man lefthanded.
The children of Israel sent tribute by
himto Eglon the king of Moab. 3:16Ehud made
hima sword which had two edges, a cubit in
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length; and he girded it under his clothing on
his right thigh. 3:17He offered the tribute to
Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat
man. 3:18When he had made an end of offering
the tribute, he sent away the people who bore
the tribute. 3:19But he himself turned back from
the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I
have a secret errand to you, king. He said, Keep
silence. All who stood by himwe nt out from
him. 3:20Ehud came to him; and he was sitting
by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud
said, I have a message from God to you. He
arose out of his seat. 3:21Ehud put forth his left
hand, and took the sword fromhi s right thigh,
and thrust it into his body: 3:22and the haft also
went in after the blade; and the fat closed on
the blade, for he didn't draw the sword out
of his body; and it came out behind. 3:23Then
Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the
doors of the upper roomon him, and locked
them. 3:24Now when he was gone out, his
servants came; and they saw, and behold, the
doors of the upper roomw ere locked; and they
said, Surely he is covering his feet in the upper
chamber. 3:25They waited until they were
ashamed; and behold, he didn't open the doors
of the upper room: therefore they took the
key, and opened them, and behold, their lord
was fallen down dead on the earth. 3:26Ehud
escaped while they waited, and passed beyond
the quarries, and escaped to Seirah. 3:27It
happened, when he had come, that he blew a
trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the
children of Israel went down with himfr om
the hill country, and he before them. 3:28He
said to them, Follow after me; for Yahweh has
delivered your enemies the Moabites into your
hand. They went down after him, and took
the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites,
and didn't allow a man to pass over. 3:29They
struck of Moab at that time about ten thousand
men, every lusty man, and every man of valor;
and there escaped not a man. 3:30So Moab was
subdued that day under the hand of Israel. The
land had rest eighty years. 3:31After himwas
Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck of the
Philistines six hundred men with an oxgoad:
and he also saved Israel.
4:1The children of Israel again did thatwhich
was evil in the sight of Yahweh, when Ehud
was dead. 4:2Yahweh sold themi nto the hand
of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor;
the captain of whose army was Sisera, who
lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles. 4:3The
children of Israel cried to Yahweh: for he
had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty
years he mightily oppressed the children of
Israel. 4:4Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife
of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
4:5She lived under the palmt ree of Deborah
between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country
of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came
up to her for judgment. 4:6She sent and called
Barak the son of Abinoamo ut of Kedesh Naphtali,
and said to him, Hasn't Yahweh, the God
of Israel, commanded, saying, Go and draw to
Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand
men of the children of Naphtali and of the
children of Zebulun? 4:7I will draw to you, to
the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's
army, with his chariots and his multitude; and
I will deliver himin to your hand. 4:8Barak
said to her, If you will go with me, then I
will go; but if you will not go with me, I
will not go. 4:9She said, I will surely go with
you: notwithstanding, the journey that you
take shall not be for your honor; for Yahweh
will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.
Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
4:10Barak called Zebulun andNaphtali together
to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand
men at his feet: and Deborah went up with
him. 4:11Now Heber the Kenite had separated
himself from the Kenites, even from the children
of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses,
and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in
Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh. 4:12They told
Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoamwas gone
up to Mount Tabor. 4:13Sisera gathered together
all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of
iron, and all the people who were with him,
fromH arosheth of the Gentiles, to the river
Kishon. 4:14Deborah said to Barak, Up; for this
is the day inwhich Yahweh has delivered Sisera
into your hand; hasn't Yahweh gone out before
you? So Barak went down fromMoun t Tabor,
and ten thousand men after him. 4:15Yahweh
confused Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his
army, with the edge of the sword before Barak;
and Sisera alighted fromhi s chariot, and fled
away on his feet. 4:16But Barak pursued after
the chariots, and after the army, to Harosheth
of the Gentiles: and all the army of Sisera
fell by the edge of the sword; there was not
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a m an left. 4:17However 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. 4:18Jael went out to meet Sisera, and
said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me;
don't be afraid. He came in to her into the tent,
and she covered himwi th a rug. 4:19He said
to her, Please give me a little water to drink;
for I amthi rsty. She opened a bottle of milk,
and gave himd rink, and covered him. 4:20He
said to her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it
shall be, when any man does come and inquire
of you, and say, Is there any man here? that
you shall say, No. 4:21Then Jael Heber's wife
took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her
hand, and went softly to him, and struck the
pin into his temples, and it pierced through
into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep;
so he swooned and died. 4:22Behold, as Barak
pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and
said to him, Come, and I will show you the
man whom you seek. He came to her; and
behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent peg was
in his temples. 4:23So God subdued on that day
Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of
Israel. 4:24The hand of the children of Israel
prevailed more and more against Jabin the king
of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king
of Canaan.
5:1Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoams
ang on that day, saying,
5:2Because the leaders took the lead in Israel,
because the people offered themselves
willingly,
be blessed, Yahweh!
5:3Hear, you kings!
Give ear, you princes!
I, evenI, will sing to Yahweh.
I will sing praise to Yahweh, the God of
Israel.
5:4Yahweh, when you went forth out of Seir,
when you marched out of the field of
Edom,
the earth trembled, the sky also dropped.
Yes, the clouds dropped water.
5:5The mountains quaked at the presence of
Yahweh,
even Sinai, at the presence of Yahweh, the
God of Israel.
5:6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,
in the days of Jael, the highways were
unoccupied.
The travelers walked through byways.
5:7The rulers ceased in Israel.
They ceased until I, Deborah, arose;
Until I arose a mother in Israel.
5:8They chose new gods.
Then war was in the gates.
Was there a shield or spear seen among
forty thousand in Israel?
5:9My heart is toward the governors of Israel,
who offered themselves willingly among
the people.
Bless Yahweh!
5:10Tell of it, you who ride on white donkeys,
youwho sit on rich carpets,
and you who walk by the way.
5:11Far fromthe noise of archers, in the places
of drawing water,
there they will rehearse the righteous acts
of Yahweh,
Eventhe righteous acts of his rule in Israel.
Then the people of Yahweh went down to
the gates.
5:12Awake, awake, Deborah!
Awake, awake, utter a song!
Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives,
you son of Abinoam.
5:13Then a remnant of the nobles andthe people
came down.
Yahweh came down for me against the
mighty.
5:14Those whose root is in Amalek came out of
Ephraim,
after you, Benjamin, among your peoples.
Governors come down out of Machir.
Those who handle the marshal's staff
came out of Zebulun.
5:15The princes of Issachar were with Deborah.
Aswas Issachar, so was Barak.
They rushed into the valley at his feet.
By the watercourses of Reuben,
there were great resolves of heart.
5:16Why did you sit among the sheepfolds,
To hear the whistling for the flocks?
At the watercourses of Reuben
There were great searchings of heart.
5:17Gilead lived beyond the Jordan.
Why didDan rem ain in ships?
Asher sat still at the haven of the sea,
and lived by his creeks.
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5:18Zebulunwas a people that jeopardized their
lives to the deaths;
Naphtali also, on the high places of the
field.
5:19The kings came and fought,
then the kings of Canaan fought at
Taanach by the waters of Megiddo.
They took no plunder of silver.
5:20Fromthe sky the stars fought.
Fromt heir courses, they fought against
Sisera.
5:21The river Kishon swept thema way,
that ancient river, the river Kishon.
My soul, march on with strength.
5:22Then the horse hoofs stamped because of
the prancings,
the prancings of their strong ones.
5:23CurseMeroz, said the angel of Yahweh.
Curse bitterly its inhabitants,
because they didn't come to help Yahweh,
to help Yahweh against the mighty.
5:24Jael shall be blessed above women,
the wife of Heber the Kenite;
blessed shall she be above women in the
tent.
5:25He asked for water.
She gave himm ilk.
She brought himbu tter in a lordly dish.
5:26She put her hand to the tent peg,
and her right hand to the workmen's
hammer.
With the hammer she struck Sisera.
She struck through his head.
Yes, she pierced and struck through his
temples.
5:27At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay.
At her feet he bowed, he fell.
Where he bowed, there he fell down
dead.
5:28Through the window she looked out, and
cried:
Sisera's mother looked through the lattice.
Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?
5:29Her wise ladies answered her,
Yes, she returned answer to herself,
5:30Have they not found, have they not divided
the spoil?
A lady, two ladies to every man;
to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments,
A spoil of dyed garments embroidered,
Of dyed garments embroidered on both
sides, on the necks of the spoil?
5:31So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh,
but let those who love himbe as the sun
when it rises forth in its strength.
The land had rest forty years.
6:1The children of Israel did that which was
evil in the sight of Yahweh: and Yahweh
delivered themin to the hand of Midian seven
years. 6:2The hand of Midian prevailed against
Israel; and because of Midian the children of
Israel made them the dens which are in the
mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
6:3So it was, when Israel had sown, that the
Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and
the children of the east; they came up against
them; 6:4and they encamped against them, and
destroyed the increase of the earth, until you
come to Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel,
neither sheep, nor ox, nor donkey. 6:5For they
came up with their livestock and their tents;
they came in as locusts for multitude; both they
and their camels were without number: and
they came into the land to destroy it. 6:6Israel
was brought very low because of Midian; and
the children of Israel cried to Yahweh. 6:7It
happened, when the children of Israel cried
to Yahweh because of Midian, 6:8that Yahweh
sent a prophet to the children of Israel: and
he said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God
of Israel, I brought you up fromEgypt , and
brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
6:9and I delivered you out of the hand of the
Egyptians, and out of the hand of all who
oppressed you, and drove themout frombefore
you, and gave you their land; 6:10and I said to
you, I amYahweh your God; you shall not fear
the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you
dwell. But you have not listened to my voice.
6:11The angel of Yahweh came, and sat under
the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained
to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was
beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it
fromt he Midianites. 6:12The angel of Yahweh
appeared to him, and said to him, Yahweh is
with you, you mighty man of valor. 6:13Gideon
said to him, Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with
us, why then has all this happened to us? and
where are all his wondrous works which our
fathers told us of, saying, Did not Yahweh
bring us up fromE gypt? but now Yahweh has
cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of
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Midian. 6:14Yahweh looked at him, and said,
Go in this your might, and save Israel from the
hand of Midian: have not I sent you? 6:15He
said to him, Oh, Lord, with which shall I save
Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in
Manasseh, and I amthe least in my father's
house. 6:16Yahweh said to him, Surely I will be
with you, and you shall strike the Midianites
as one man. 6:17He said to him, If now I have
found favor in your sight, then show me a sign
that it is you who talk with me. 6:18Please don't
go away, until I come to you, and bring out my
present, and lay it before you. He said, I will
wait until you come again. 6:19Gideon went in,
and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of
an ephah of meal: the flesh he put in a basket,
and he put the broth in a pot, and brought
it out to himun der the oak, and presented
it. 6:20The angel of God said to him, Take the
flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them
on this rock, and pour out the broth. He did
so. 6:21Then the angel of Yahweh put forth
the end of the staff that was in his hand, and
touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes;
and there went up fire out of the rock, and
consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes;
and the angel of Yahweh departed out of his
sight. 6:22Gideon saw that he was the angel of
Yahweh; and Gideon said, Alas, Lord Yahweh!
because I have seen the angel of Yahweh face
to face. 6:23Yahweh said to him, Peace be
to you; don't be afraid: you shall not die.
6:24Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh,
and called it Yahweh is Peacea: to this day
it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. 6:25It
happened the same night, that Yahweh said to
him, Take your father's bull, even the second
bull seven years old, and throw down the altar
of Baal that your father has, and cut down
the Asherah that is by it; 6:26and build an
altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this
stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take
the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with
the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut
down. 6:27Then Gideon took ten men of his
servants, and did as Yahweh had spoken to
him: and it happened, because he feared his
father's household and the men of the city, so
that he could not do it by day, that he did it by
night. 6:28When the men of the city arose early
in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was
broken down, and the Asherah was cut down
that was by it, and the second bull was offered
on the altar that was built. 6:29They said one
to another, Who has done this thing? When
they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the
son of Joash has done this thing. 6:30Then the
men of the city said to Joash, Bring out your
son, that he may die, because he has broken
down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut
down the Asherah that was by it. 6:31Joash
said to all who stood against him, Will you
contend for Baal? Or will you save him? he
who will contend for him, let him be put to
death while it is yetmorning: if he be a god,
let himc ontend for himself, because one has
broken down his altar. 6:32Therefore on that
day he named him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal
contend against him, because he has broken
down his altar. 6:33Then all the Midianites
and the Amalekites and the children of the
east assembled themselves together; and they
passed over, and encamped in the valley of
Jezreel. 6:34But the Spirit of Yahweh came on
Gideon; and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer
was gathered together after him. 6:35He sent
messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they
also were gathered together after him: and he
sent messengers to Asher, and to Zebulun, and
to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
6:36Gideon said to God, If you will save Israel
by my hand, as you have spoken, 6:37behold, I
will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor;
if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be
dry on all the ground, then shall I know that
you will save Israel by my hand, as you have
spoken. 6:38It was so; for he rose up early on the
next day, and pressed the fleece together, and
wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of
water. 6:39Gideon said to God, Don't let your
anger be kindled against me, and I will speak
but this once: Please let me make a trial just
this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only
on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be
dew. 6:40God did so that night: for it was dry
on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the
ground.
7:1Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all
the people who were with him, rose up early,
and encamped beside the spring of Harod: and
the camp of Midian was on the north side
a6:24 or, Yahweh Shalom
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of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
7:2Yahweh said to Gideon, The people who
are with you are too many for me to give the
Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt
themselves against me, saying, My own hand
has saved me. 7:3Now therefore proclaimin the
ears of the people, saying, Whoever is fearful
and trembling, let him return and depart from
Mount Gilead. There returned of the people
twenty-two thousand; and there remained ten
thousand. 7:4Yahweh said to Gideon, The
people are yet too many; bring them down to
the water, and I will try themf or you there: and
it shall be, that of whomI tell you, This shall
go with you, the same shall go with you; and
of whoever I tell you, This shall not go with
you, the same shall not go. 7:5So he brought
down the people to the water: and Yahweh
said to Gideon, Everyonewho laps of the water
with his tongue, as a dog laps, himyou shall
set by himself; likewise everyone who bows
down on his knees to drink. 7:6The number of
those who lapped, putting their hand to their
mouth, was three hundred men: but all the
rest of the people bowed down on their knees
to drink water. 7:7Yahweh said to Gideon,
By the three hundred men who lapped will I
save you, and deliver the Midianites into your
hand; and let all the people go every man
to his place. 7:8So the people took food in
their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all
the men of Israel every man to his tent, but
retained the three hundred men: and the camp
of Midian was beneath himi n the valley. 7:9It
happened the same night, that Yahweh said
to him, Arise, get you down into the camp;
for I have delivered it into your hand. 7:10But
if you fear to go down, go you with Purah
your servant down to the camp: 7:11and you
shall hear what they say; and afterward your
will hands be strengthened to go down into
the camp. Then went he down with Purah
his servant to the outermost part of the armed
men who were in the camp. 7:12The Midianites
and the Amalekites and all the children of
the east lay along in the valley like locusts
for multitude; and their camels were without
number, as the sand which is on the seashore
for multitude. 7:13When Gideon had come,
behold, there was a man telling a dream to his
fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream;
and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into
the camp of Midian, and came to the tent, and
struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside
down, so that the tent lay flat. 7:14His fellow
answered, This is nothing else save the sword
of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel:
into his hand God has delivered Midian, and
all the army. 7:15It was so, when Gideon heard
the telling of the dream, and its interpretation,
that he worshiped; and he returned into the
camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Yahweh has
delivered into your hand the army of Midian.
7:16He divided the three hundred men into
three companies, and he put into the hands
of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers,
with torches within the pitchers. 7:17He said
to them, Look on me, and do likewise: and
behold, when I come to the outermost part of
the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so you shall
do. 7:18When I blow the trumpet, I and all
who are with me, then blow you the trumpets
also on every side of all the camp, and say,
For Yahweh and for Gideon. 7:19So Gideon,
and the hundred men who were with him,
came to the outermost part of the camp in the
beginning of the middle watch, when they had
but newly set the watch: and they blew the
trumpets, and broke in pieces the pitchers that
were in their hands. 7:20The three companies
blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers, and
held the torches in their left hands, and the
trumpets in their right hands with which to
blow; and they cried, The sword of Yahweh
and of Gideon. 7:21They stood every man in
his place around the camp; and all the army
ran; and they shouted, and put themto flight.
7:22They blew the three hundred trumpets, and
Yahweh set every man's sword against his
fellow, and against all the army; and the army
fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as
far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.
7:23The men of Israel were gathered together
out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out
of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.
7:24Gideon sent messengers throughout all the
hill country of Ephraim, saying, Come down
against Midian, and take before themthe waters,
as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan. So
all the men of Ephraim were gathered together,
and took the waters as far as Beth Barah, even
the Jordan. 7:25They took the two princes of
Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they killed Oreb
at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the
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winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian: and
they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to
Gideon beyond the Jordan.
8:1The men of Ephraim said to him, Why
have you served us thus, that you didn't call
us, when you went to fight with Midian? They
did chide with himsh arply. 8:2He said to
them, What have I now done in comparison
with you? Isn't the gleaning of the grapes of
Ephraimbe tter than the vintage of Abiezer?
8:3God has delivered into your hand the princes
of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able
to do in comparisonwith you? Then their anger
was abated toward him, when he had said that.
8:4Gideon came to the Jordan, andpassed over,
he, and the three hundred men who were with
him, faint, yet pursuing. 8:5He said to the men
of Succoth, Please give loaves of bread to the
people who follow me; for they are faint, and
I amp ursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the
kings ofMidian. 8:6The princes of Succoth said,
Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in
your hand, that we should give bread to your
army? 8:7Gideon said, Therefore when Yahweh
has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my
hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns
of the wilderness and with briers. 8:8He went
up there to Penuel, and spoke to themi n like
manner; and the men of Penuel answered him
as the men of Succoth had answered. 8:9He
spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When
I come again in peace, I will break down this
tower. 8:10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were
in Karkor, and their armies with them, about
fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all
the arm yof the children of the east; for there
fell one hundred twenty thousand men who
drew sword. 8:11Gideon went up by the way of
those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah
and Jogbehah, and struck the army; for the
army was secure. 8:12Zebah and Zalmunna
fled; and he pursued after them; and he took
the two kings ofMidian, Zebah and Zalmunna,
and confused all the army. 8:13Gideon the
son of Joash returned fromthe battle from
the ascent of Heres. 8:14He caught a young
man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of
him: and he described for him the princes
of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.
8:15He came to the men of Succoth, and said,
See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom
you did taunt me, saying, Are the hands of
Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that
we should give bread to your men who are
weary? 8:16He took the elders of the city, and
thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with
themhe taught the men of Succoth. 8:17He
broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed
the men of the city. 8:18Then said he to Zebah
and Zalmunna,What manner of men were they
whomyou killed at Tabor? They answered, As
you are, so were they; each one resembled the
children of a king. 8:19He said, They were my
brothers, the sons of my mother: as Yahweh
lives, if you had saved thema live, I would not
kill you. 8:20He said to Jether his firstborn,
Up, and kill them. But the youth didn't draw
his sword; for he feared, because he was yet
a youth. 8:21Then Zebah and Zalmunna said,
Rise you, and fall on us; for as the man is,
so is his strength. Gideon arose, and killed
Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents
that were on their camels' necks. 8:22Then the
men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule you over us,
both you, and your son, and your son's son
also; for you have saved us out of the hand of
Midian. 8:23Gideon said to them, I will not rule
over you, neither shall my son rule over you:
Yahweh shall rule over you. 8:24Gideon said to
them, I would make a request of you, that you
would give me every man the earrings of his
spoil. (For they had golden earrings, because
they were Ishmaelites.) 8:25They answered,
We will willingly give them. They spread
a garment, and did cast therein every man
the earrings of his spoil. 8:26The weight of
the golden earrings that he requested was one
thousand and seven hundred shekelsof gold,
besides the crescents, and the pendants, and
the purple clothing that was on the kings of
Midian, and besides the chains that were about
their camels' necks. 8:27Gideon made an ephod
of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah:
and all Israel played the prostitute after it there;
and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his
house. 8:28So Midian was subdued before the
children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads
no more. The land had rest forty years in the
days of Gideon. 8:29Jerubbaal the son of Joash
went and lived in his own house. 8:30Gideon
had seventy sons conceived fromhi s body; for
he had many wives. 8:31His concubine who
was in Shechem, she also bore him a son,
and he named him Abimelech. 8:32Gideon
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the son of Joash died in a good old age, and
was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in
Ophrah of the Abiezrites. 8:33It happened, as
soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of
Israel turned again, and played the prostitute
after the Baals, and made Baal Berith their
god. 8:34The children of Israel didn't remember
Yahweh their God,who had delivered themout
of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
8:35neither did they show kindness to the house
of Jerubbaal, who isGideon, according to all the
goodness which he had shown to Israel.
9:1Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to
Shechemto his mother's brothers, and spoke
with them, and with all the family of the
house of his mother's father, saying, 9:2Please
speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem,
Whether is better for you, that all the sons of
Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over
you, or that one rule over you? Remember
also that I amy our bone and your flesh. 9:3His
mother's brothers spoke 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. 9:4They gave
hims eventy piecesof silver out of the house of
Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain
and light fellows, who followed him. 9:5He
went to his father's house at Ophrah, and
killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being
seventy persons, on one stone: but Jothamthe
youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid
himself. 9:6All the men of Shechem assembled
themselves together, and all the house ofMillo,
and went and made Abimelech king, by the
oak of the pillar that was in Shechem. 9:7When
they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the
top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice,
and cried, and said to them, Listen to me, you
men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
9:8The trees went forth on a tim e to anoint a
king over them; and they said to the olive tree,
Reign you over us. 9:9But the olive tree said to
them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by
me they honor God and man, and go to wave
back and forth over the trees? 9:10The trees said
to the fig tree, Come you, and reign over us.
9:11But the fig tree said to them, Should I leave
my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to
wave back and forth over the trees? 9:12The
trees said to the vine, Come you, and reign over
us. 9:13The vine said to them, Should I leave my
new wine, which cheers God and man, and go
to wave back and forth over the trees? 9:14Then
said all the trees to the bramble, Come you, and
reign over us. 9:15The bram ble said to the trees,
If in truth you anoint me king over you, then
come and take refuge in my shade; and if not,
let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the
cedars of Lebanon. 9:16Now therefore, if you
have dealt truly and righteously, in that you
have made Abimelech king, and if you have
dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and
have done to himacco rding to the deserving
of his hands 9:17(for my father fought for you,
and adventured his life, and delivered you
out of the hand of Midian: 9:18and you are
risen up against my father's house this day,
and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on
one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son
of his female servant, king over the men of
Shechem, because he is your brother); 9:19if
you then have dealt truly and righteously with
Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then
rejoice you in Abimelech, and let him also
rejoice in you: 9:20but 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.
9:21Jothamr an away, and fled, and went to
Beer, and lived there, for fear of Abimelech
his brother. 9:22Abimelech was prince over
Israel three years. 9:23God sent an evil spirit
between Abimelech and the men of Shechem;
and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously
with Abimelech: 9:24that the violence done to
the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and
that their blood might be laid on Abimelech
their brother, who killed them, and on the men
of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill
his brothers. 9:25The men of Shechem set an
ambush for him on the tops of the mountains,
and they robbed all who came along that way
by them: and it was told Abimelech. 9:26Gaal
the son of Ebed came with his brothers, and
went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem
put their trust in him . 9:27They went out into
the field, and gathered their vineyards, and
trod the grapes, and held festival, and went into
the house of their god, and did eat and drink,
and cursedAbimelech. 9:28Gaal the son of Ebed
said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem,
that we should serve him? Isn't he the son
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of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve
you the men of Hamor the father of Shechem:
but why should we serve him? 9:29Would that
this people were under my hand! then would
I remove Abimelech. He said to Abimelech,
Increase your army, and come out. 9:30When
Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of
Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
9:31He sent messengers to Abimelech craftily,
saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his
brothers are come to Shechem; and behold,
they constrain the city to take partagainst you.
9:32Now therefore, up by night, you and the
people who are with you, and lie in wait in the
field: 9:33and it shall be, that in the morning,
as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early,
and rush on the city; and behold, when he
and the people who are with himco me out
against you, then may you do to them as you
shall find occasion. 9:34Abimelech rose up, and
all the people who were with him, by night,
and they laid wait against Shechemi n four
companies. 9:35Gaal the son of Ebed went out,
and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city:
and Abimelech rose up, and the people who
were with him, from the ambush. 9:36When
Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold,
there com e people down from the tops of the
mountains. Zebul said to him, You see the
shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
9:37Gaal spoke again and said, Behold, there
come people down by the middle of the land,
and one company comes by the way of the
oak of Meonenim. 9:38Then said Zebul to him,
Where is now your mouth, that you said, Who
is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not
this the people that you have despised? go out
now, I pray, and fight with them. 9:39Gaal went
out before the men of Shechem, and fought
with Abimelech. 9:40Abimelech chased him,
and he fled before him, and there fell many
wounded, even to the entrance of the gate.
9:41Abimelech lived at Arumah: and Zebul
drove out Gaal and his brothers, that they
should not dwell in Shechem. 9:42It happened
on the next day, that the people went out into
the field; and they told Abimelech. 9:43He
took the people, and divided themi nto three
companies, and laid wait in the field; and he
looked, and behold, the people came forth out
of the city; He rose up against them, and struck
them. 9:44Abimelech, and the companies that
were with him, rushed forward, and stood in
the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two
companies rushed on all who were in the field,
and struck them. 9:45Abimelech fought against
the city all that day; and he took the city, and
killed the peoplewho were therein: and he beat
down the city, and sowed it with salt. 9:46When
all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it,
they entered into the stronghold of the house
of Elberith. 9:47It was told Abimelech that all
the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered
together. 9:48Abimelech got him up to Mount
Zalmon, he and all the people who were with
him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand,
and cut down a bough fromt he trees, and took
it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said to
the people who were with him, What you have
seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
9:49All the people likewise cut down every man
his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put
themto the stronghold, and set the stronghold
on fire on them; so that all the men of the
tower of Shechemd ied also, about a thousand
men and women. 9:50Then went Abimelech
to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and
took it. 9:51But there was a strong tower within
the city, and there fled all the men and women,
and all they of the city, and shut themselves
in, and got themup to the roof of the tower.
9:52Abimelech came to the tower, and fought
against it, and drew near to the door of the
tower to burn it with fire. 9:53A certain woman
cast an upper millstone on Abimelech's head,
and broke his skull. 9:54Then he called hastily
to the young man his armor bearer, and said
to him, Draw your sword, and kill me, that
men not say of me, A woman killed him. His
young man thrust him through, and he died.
9:55When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech
was dead, they departed every man to his
place. 9:56Thus God requited the wickedness of
Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing
his seventy brothers; 9:57and all the wickedness
of the men of Shechem did God requite on their
heads: and on themcam e the curse of Jotham
the son of Jerubbaal.
10:1After Abimelech there arose to save Israel
Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo,
a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir in
the hill country of Ephraim. 10:2He judged
Israel twenty-three years, and died, and was
buried in Shamir. 10:3After himaro se Jair,
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the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twentytwo
years. 10:4He had thirty sons who rode
on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty
cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day,
which are in the land of Gilead. 10:5Jair died,
and was buried in Kamon. 10:6The children
of Israel again did that which was evil in the
sight of Yahweh, and served the Baals, and
the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the
gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the
gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods
of the Philistines; and they forsook Yahweh,
and didn't serve him. 10:7The anger of Yahweh
was kindled against Israel, and he sold them
into the hand of the Philistines, and into the
hand of the children of Ammon. 10:8They
troubled and oppressed the children of Israel
that year: eighteen years oppressed theyall the
children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan
in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
10:9The children of Ammon passed over the
Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against
Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim;
so that Israel was sore distressed. 10:10The
children of Israel cried to Yahweh, saying, We
have sinned against you, even because we
have forsaken our God, and have served the
Baals. 10:11Yahweh said to the children of
Israel, Didn't I save you fromthe Egyptians,
and fromthe Amorites, fromthe children of
Ammon, and from the Philistines? 10:12The
Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the
Maonites, did oppress you; and you cried to
me, and I saved you out of their hand. 10:13Yet
you have forsaken me, and served other gods:
therefore I will save you no more. 10:14Go
and cry to the gods which you have chosen;
let themsa ve you in the time of your distress.
10:15The children of Israel said to Yahweh, We
have sinned: do you to us whatever seems
good to you; only deliver us, we pray you, this
day. 10:16They put away the foreign gods from
among them, and served Yahweh; and his soul
was grieved for the misery of Israel. 10:17Then
the children of Ammon were gathered together,
and encamped in Gilead. The children of Israel
assembled themselves together, and encamped
in Mizpah. 10:18The people, the princes of
Gilead, said one to another, What man is he
who will begin to fight against the children
of Ammon? he shall be head over all the
inhabitants of Gilead.
11:1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a
mighty man of valor, and he was the son of
a prostitute: and Gilead became the father of
Jephthah. 11:2Gilead's wife bore hims ons; and
when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out
Jephthah, and said to him, You shall not inherit
in our father's house; for you are the son of
another woman. 11:3Then Jephthah fled from
his brothers, and lived in the land of Tob: and
there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah,
and they went out with him. 11:4It happened
after a while, that the children of Ammon made
war against Israel. 11:5It was so, that when the
children of Ammon made war against Israel,
the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of
the land of Tob; 11:6and they said to Jephthah,
Come and be our chief, that we may fight
with the children of Ammon. 11:7Jephthah
said to the elders of Gilead, Didn't you hate
me, and drive me out of my father's house?
and why are you come to me now when you
are in distress? 11:8The elders of Gilead said
to Jephthah, Therefore are we turned again to
you now, that you may go with us, and fight
with the children of Ammon; and you shall
be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
11:9Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If
you bring me home again to fight with the
children of Ammon, and Yahweh deliver them
before me, shall I be your head? 11:10The
elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Yahweh shall
be witness between us; surely according to
your word so will we do. 11:11Then Jephthah
went with the elders of Gilead, and the people
made him head and chief over them: and
Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh
in Mizpah. 11:12Jephthah sent messengers to
the king of the children of Ammon, saying,
What have you to do with me, that you are
com eto m e to fight against m yland? 11:13The
king of the children of Ammon answered to
the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took
away my land, when he came up out of Egypt,
fromthe Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the
Jordan: now therefore restore those landsagain
peaceably. 11:14Jephthah sent messengers again
to the king of the children of Ammon; 11:15and
he said to him, Thus says Jephthah: Israel
didn't take away the land ofMoab, nor the land
of the children of Ammon, 11:16but when they
came up from Egypt, and Israel went through
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the wilderness to the Red Seab, and cam eto
Kadesh; 11:17then Israel sent messengers to
the king of Edom, saying, Please let me pass
through your land; but the king of Edom
didn't listen. In the same way, he sent to
the king of Moab; but he would not: and
Israel abode in Kadesh. 11:18Then they went
through the wilderness, and went around the
land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and
came by the east side of the land of Moab,
and they encamped on the other side of the
Arnon; but they didn't come within the border
of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of
Moab. 11:19Israel sent messengers to Sihon king
of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and
Israel said to him, Let us pass, we pray you,
through your land to my place. 11:20But Sihon
didn't trust Israel to pass through his border;
but Sihon gathered all his people together, and
encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
11:21Yahweh, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon
and all his people into the hand of Israel, and
they struck them: so Israel possessed all the
land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that
country. 11:22They possessed all the border
of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the
Jabbok, and fromthe wilderness even to the
Jordan. 11:23So now Yahweh, the God of Israel,
has dispossessed the Amorites from before his
people Israel, and should you possess them?
11:24Won't you possess that which Chemosh
your god gives you to possess? So whoever
Yahweh our God has dispossessed fromb efore
us, themw ill we possess. 11:25Now are you
anything better than Balak the son of Zippor,
king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel,
or did he ever fight against them? 11:26While
Israel lived in Heshbon and its towns, and in
Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are
along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred
years; why didn't you recover themwi thin that
time? 11:27I therefore have not sinned against
you, but you do me wrong to war against
me: Yahweh, the Judge, be judge this day
between the children of Israel and the children
of Ammon. 11:28However the king of the
children of Ammon didn't listen to the words
of Jephthah which he sent him. 11:29Then the
Spirit of Yahweh came on Jephthah, and he
passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed
over Mizpeh of Gilead, and fromMiz peh of
Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.
11:30Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahweh,
and said, If youwill indeed deliver the children
of Ammon into my hand, 11:31then it shall be,
that whatever comes forth fromthe doors of my
house to meet me, when I return in peace from
the children of Ammon, it shall be Yahweh's,
and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
11:32So Jephthah passed over to the children
of Ammon to fight against them; and Yahweh
delivered themin to his hand. 11:33He struck
themfr om Aroer until you come to Minnith,
even twenty cities, and to Abelcheramim, with
a very great slaughter. So the children of
Ammon were subdued before the children of
Israel. 11:34Jephthah came to Mizpah to his
house; and behold, his daughter came out to
meet him with tambourines and with dances:
and she was his only child; besides her he had
neither son nor daughter. 11:35It happened,
when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and
said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me
very low, and you are one of those who trouble
me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh,
and I can't go back. 11:36She said to him,
My father, you have opened your mouth to
Yahweh; do to me according to that which has
proceeded out of your mouth, because Yahweh
has taken vengeance for you on your enemies,
even on the children of Ammon. 11:37She said
to her father, Let this thing be done for me:
let me alone two months, that I may depart
and go down on the mountains, and bewail
my virginity, I and my companions. 11:38He
said, Go. He sent her away for two months:
and she departed, she and her companions,
and mourned her virginity on the mountains.
11:39It happened at the end of two months, that
she returned to her father, who did with her
according to his vow which he had vowed:
and she was a virgin. It was a customi n
Israel, 11:40that the daughters of Israel went
yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the
Gileadite four days in a year.
12:1The men of Ephraim were gathered together,
and passed northward; and they said
to Jephthah, Why did you pass over to fight
against the children of Ammon, and didn't call
us to go with you? we will burn your house
on you with fire. 12:2Jephthah said to them,
b11:16 or, Sea of Reeds
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I and my people were at great strife with the
children of Ammon; and when I called you,
you didn't save me out of their hand. 12:3When
I saw that you didn't save me, I put my life in
my hand, and passed over against the children
of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into
m y hand: why then are you com e up to m e
this day, to fight against me? 12:4Then Jephthah
gathered together all the men of Gilead, and
fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead
struck Ephraim, because they said, You are
fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the
midst of Ephraim, andin the midst of Manasseh.
12:5The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan
against the Ephraimites. It was so, that when
any of the fugitives of Ephraimsa id, Let me
go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are
you an Ephraimite? If he said, No; 12:6then
said they to him, Say now Shibboleth; and
he said Sibboleth; for he couldn't manage to
pronounce it right: then they laid hold on
him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan.
There fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two
thousand. 12:7Jephthah judged Israel six years.
Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was
buried in one of the cities of Gilead. 12:8After
himIbzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. 12:9He
had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent
abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in
fromabro ad for his sons. He judged Israel
seven years. 12:10Ibzan died, and was buried at
Bethlehem. 12:11After himE lon the Zebulunite
judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
12:12Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried
in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. 12:13After
himA bdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite
judged Israel. 12:14He had forty sons and thirty
sons' sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts:
and he judged Israel eight years. 12:15Abdon
the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was
buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in
the hill country of the Amalekites.
13:1The children of Israel again did that
which was evil in the sight of Yahweh; and
Yahweh delivered themin to the hand of the
Philistines forty years. 13:2There was a certain
man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites,
whose name was Manoah; and his wife was
barren, and didn't bear. 13:3The angel of
Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to
her, See now, you are barren, and don't bear;
but you shall conceive, and bear a son. 13:4Now
therefore please beware and drink no wine nor
strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing:
13:5for, behold, you shall conceive, and bear a
son; and no razor shall come on his head; for
the child shall be a Nazirite to God fromthe
womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out
of the hand of the Philistines. 13:6Then the
woman came and told her husband, saying, A
man of God came to me, and his face was like
the face of the angel of God, very awesome;
and I didn't ask himwhe nce he was, neither
did he tell m e his nam e: 13:7but he said to
me, Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son;
and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and
eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall
be a Nazirite to God fromthe womb to the
day of his death. 13:8Then Manoah entreated
Yahweh, and said, Oh, Lord, please let the
man of God whom you did send come again
to us, and teach us what we shall do to the
child who shall be born. 13:9God listened to
the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God
came again to the woman as she sat in the
field: but Manoah, her husband, wasn't with
her. 13:10The woman made haste, and ran, and
told her husband, and said to him, Behold, the
man has appeared to me, who came to me the
otherday. 13:11Manoah arose, and went after his
wife, and came to the man, and said to him,
Are you the man who spoke to the woman?
He said, I am. 13:12Manoah said, Now let your
words happen: what shall be the ordering of
the child, and howshall we do to him? 13:13The
angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, Of all that
I said to the woman let her beware. 13:14She
may not eat of anything that comes of the vine,
neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor
eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her
let her observe. 13:15Manoah said to the angel
of Yahweh, I pray you, let us detain you, that
we may make ready a kid for you. 13:16The
angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, Though you
detain me, I won't eat of your bread; and if
you will make ready a burnt offering, you must
offer it to Yahweh. For Manoah didn't know
that he was the angel of Yahweh. 13:17Manoah
said to the angel of Yahweh, What is your
name, that when your words happen, we may
honor you? 13:18The angel of Yahweh said to
him, Why do you ask after my name, seeing
it is wonderful? 13:19So Manoah took the kid
with the meal offering, and offered it on the
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rock to Yahweh: and the angeldid wondrously,
and Manoah and his wife looked on. 13:20For
it happened, when the flame went up toward
the sky fromo ff the altar, that the angel of
Yahweh ascended in the flame of the altar: and
Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell
on their faces to the ground. 13:21But the angel
of Yahweh did no more appear toManoah or to
his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the
angel of Yahweh. 13:22Manoah said to his wife,
We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
13:23But his wife said to him, If Yahweh were
pleased to kill us, he wouldn't have received
a burnt offering and a meal offering at our
hand, neither would he have shown us all these
things, nor would at this time have told such
things as these. 13:24Thewoman bore a son, and
named him Samson: and the child grew, and
Yahweh blessed him. 13:25The Spirit of Yahweh
began to move him in Mahaneh Dan, between
Zorah and Eshtaol.
14:1Samson went down to Timnah, and saw
a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the
Philistines. 14:2He came up, and told his father
and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman
in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines:
now therefore get her for me as wife. 14:3Then
his father and his mother said to him, Is there
never a woman among the daughters of your
brothers, or among all my people, that you go
to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines?
Samson said to his father, Get her for me; for
she pleases me well. 14:4But his father and his
mother didn't know that it was of Yahweh; for
he sought an occasion against the Philistines.
Now at that time the Philistines had rule over
Israel. 14:5Then went Samson down, and his
father and his mother, to Timnah, and came
to the vineyards of Timnah: and behold, a
young lion roared against him. 14:6The Spirit
of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he tore
himas he would have torn a kid; and he had
nothing in his hand: but he didn't tell his
father or his mother what he had done. 14:7He
went down, and talked with the woman, and
she pleased Samson well. 14:8After a while he
returned to take her; and he turned aside to
see the carcass of the lion: and behold, there
was a swarmof bees in the body of the lion,
and honey. 14:9He took it into his hands, and
went on, eating as he went; and he came to
his father and mother, and gave to them, and
they ate: but he didn't tell themthat he had
taken the honey out of the body of the lion.
14:10His father went down to the woman: and
Samson made there a feast; for so used the
young men to do. 14:11It happened, when they
saw him, that they brought thirty companions
to be with him. 14:12Samson said to them, Let
me now put forth a riddle to you: if you can
declare it to me within the seven days of the
feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty
linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;
14:13but if you can't declare it to me, then you
shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty
changes of clothing. They said to him, Put forth
your riddle, that we may hear it. 14:14He said to
them,
Out of the eater came forth food.
Out of the strong came forth sweetness.
They couldn't in three days declare the
riddle. 14:15It happened on the seventh day,
that they said to Samson's wife, Entice your
husband, that he may declare to us the riddle,
lest we burn you and your father's house with
fire: have you called us to impoverish us? is
it not so? 14:16Samson's wife wept before him,
and said, You do but hate me, and don't love
me: you have put forth a riddle to the children
of my people, and haven't told it me. He said
to her, Behold, I haven't told it my father nor
my mother, and shall I tell you? 14:17She wept
before himt he seven days, while their feast
lasted: and it happened on the seventh day, that
he told her, because she pressed hims ore; and
she told the riddle to the children of her people.
14:18The men of the city said to him on the
seventh day before the sun went down,What is
sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than
a lion? He said to them,
If you hadn't plowed with my heifer,
you wouldn't have found out my riddle.
14:19The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on
him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and
struck thirty men of them, and took their spoil,
and gave the changes of clothingto those who
declared the riddle. His angerwas kindled, and
he went up to his father's house. 14:20But Samson's
wife was givento his companion, whom
he had used as his friend.
15:1But it happened after a while, in the tim e
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 wouldn't
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allow himt o go in. 15:2Her father said, I most
certainly thought that you had utterly hated
her; therefore I gave her to your companion:
isn't her younger sister more beautiful than
she? Please take her, instead. 15:3Samson
said to them, This time shall I be blameless
in regard of the Philistines, when I do thema
mischief. 15:4Samson went and caught three
hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned
tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst
between every two tails. 15:5When he had set
the brands on fire, he let themg o into the
standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up
both the shocks and the standing grain, and
also the olive groves. 15:6Then the Philistines
said, Who has done this? They said, Samson,
the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has
taken his wife, and given her to his companion.
The Philistines came up, and burnt her and her
father with fire. 15:7Samson said to them, If you
do after this manner, surely I will be avenged
of you, and after that I will cease. 15:8He struck
themhi p and thigh with a great slaughter: and
he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock
of Etam. 15:9Then the Philistines went up, and
encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in
Lehi. 15:10The men of Judah said, Why are
you come up against us? They said, To bind
Samson are we come up, to do to him as he
has done to us. 15:11Then three thousand men
of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of
Etam, and said to Samson, "Don't you know
that the Philistines are rulers over us? What
then is this that you have done to us?" He said
to them, As they did to me, so have I done to
them. 15:12They said to him, We have come
down to bind you, that we may deliver you
into the hand of the Philistines. Samson said
to them, Swear to me that you will not fall on
m e yourselves. 15:13They spoke to him, saying,
No; but we will bind you fast, and deliver you
into their hand: but surely we will not kill
you. They bound himwith two new ropes,
and brought himu p fromthe rock. 15:14When
he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as
they met him: and the Spirit of Yahweh came
mightily on him, and the ropes that were on
his arms became as flax that was burnt with
fire, and his bands dropped fromo ff his hands.
15:15He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey,
and put forth his hand, and took it, and struck
a thousand men therewith. 15:16Samson said,
With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps,
With the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a
thousand men. 15:17It happened, when he had
made an end of speaking, that he cast away
the jawbone out of his hand; and that place
was called Ramath Lehi. 15:18He was very
thirsty, and called on Yahweh, and said, You
have given this great deliverance by the hand of
your servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and
fall into the hand of the uncircumcised. 15:19But
God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and
water came out of it. When he had drunk, his
spirit came again, and he revived: therefore its
name was called En Hakkore, which is in Lehi,
to this day. 15:20He judged Israel in the days of
the Philistines twenty years.
16:1Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a
prostitute, and went in to her. 16:2It was toldthe
Gazites, saying, Samson is come here. They
surrounded him, and laid wait for him all night
in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the
night, saying, Let beuntil morning light, then we
will kill him. 16:3Samson lay until midnight,
and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the
doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts,
and plucked themup , bar and all, and put them
on his shoulders, and carried themu p to the
top of the mountain that is beforeHebron. 16:4It
cam eto pass afterward, that he loved a wom an
in the valley of Sorek,whose name was Delilah.
16:5The lords of the Philistines came up to her,
and said to her, Entice him, and see in which
his great strength lies, and by what means we
may prevail against him, that we may bind him
to afflict him: and we will each give you of
us eleven hundred piecesof silver. 16:6Delilah
said to Samson, Tell me, Please, in which your
great strength lies, and with which you might
be bound to afflict you. 16:7Samson said to her,
If they bind me with seven green cords that
were never dried, then shall I become weak,
and be as another man. 16:8Then the lords of
the Philistines brought up to her seven green
cordswhich had not been dried, and she bound
himwi th them. 16:9Now she had an ambush
waiting in the inner chamber. She said to him,
"The Philistines are on you, Samson!" He broke
the cords, as a string of tow is broken when
it touches the fire. So his strength was not
known. 16:10Delilah said to Samson, Behold,
you have mocked me, and told me lies: nowtell
me, Please, with which you might be bound.
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16:11He said to her, If they only bind me with
new ropes with which no work has been done,
then shall I become weak, and be as another
man. 16:12So Delilah took new ropes, and
bound himthe rewith, and said to him, The
Philistines are on you, Samson. The ambush
was waiting in the inner chamber. He broke
themo ff his arms like a thread. 16:13Delilah
said to Samson, Hitherto you have mocked me,
and told me lies: tell me with which you might
be bound. He said to her, If you weave the
seven locks of my head with the web. 16:14She
fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The
Philistines are on you, Samson. He awakened
out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of
the beam, and the web. 16:15She said to him,
How can you say, I love you, when your heart
is not with me? you have mocked me these
three times, and have not told me in which
your great strength lies. 16:16It happened, when
she pressed himda ily with her words, and
urged him, that his soul was troubled to death.
16:17He told her all his heart, and said to her,
"No razor has ever come on my head; for I
have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's
womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will
go from me, and I will become weak, and be
like any other man." 16:18When Delilah saw
that he had told her all his heart, she sent and
called for the lords of the Philistines, saying,
Com e up this once, for he has told m e all his
heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up
to her, and brought the money in their hand.
16:19She made him sleep on her knees; and
she called for a man, and shaved off the seven
locks of his head; and she began to afflict him,
and his strength went fromhim. 16:20She said,
The Philistines are on you, Samson. He awoke
out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at
other times, and shake myself free. But he
didn't know that Yahweh had departed from
him. 16:21The Philistines laid hold on him,
and put out his eyes; and they brought him
down to Gaza, and bound himwi th fetters of
brass; and he ground at the mill in the prison.
16:22However the hair of his head began to
grow again after he was shaved. 16:23The lords
of the Philistines gathered themt ogether to
offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and
to rejoice; for they said, Our god has delivered
Samson our enemy into our hand. 16:24When
the people saw him, they praised their god; for
they said, Our god has delivered into our hand
our enemy, and the destroyer of our country,
who has slain many of us. 16:25It happened,
when their hearts were merry, that they said,
Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.
They called for Samson out of the prison; and
he made sport before them. They set him
between the pillars: 16:26and Samson said to
the boy who held himby the hand, Allow me
that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house
rests, that I may lean on them. 16:27Now the
house was full of men and women; and all the
lords of the Philistines were there; and there
were on the roof about three thousand men and
women, who saw while Samson made sport.
16:28Samson called to Yahweh, and said, Lord
Yahweh, remember me, Please, and strengthen
me, Please, only this once, God, that I may be
at once avenged of the Philistines for my two
eyes. 16:29Samson took hold of the two middle
pillars on which the house rested, and leaned
on them, the one with his right hand, and the
other with his left. 16:30Samson said, Let me die
with the Philistines. He bowed himself with all
his might; and the house fell on the lords, and
on all the people who were therein. So the dead
that he killed at his death were more than those
who he killed in his life. 16:31Then his brothers
and all the house of his father came down, and
took him, and brought him up, and buried him
between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site
of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty
years.
17:1There was a man of the hill country
of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 17:2He
said to his mother, The eleven hundred piecesof
silver that were taken fromy ou, about which
you did utter a curse, and did also speak it in
my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.
His mother said, Blessed be my son of Yahweh.
17:3He restored the eleven hundred piecesof
silver to his mother; and his mother said, I
most certainly dedicate the silver to Yahweh
from my hand for my son, to make an engraved
image and a molten image: now therefore I
will restore it to you. 17:4When he restored
the money to his mother, his mother took two
hundred piecesof silver, and gave themto the
founder, who made of it an engraved image
and a molten image: and it was in the house
of Micah. 17:5The man Micah had a house of
gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim,
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and consecrated one of his sons, who became
his priest. 17:6In those days there was no king
in Israel: every man did that which was right
in his own eyes. 17:7There was a young man
out of BethlehemJuda h, of the family of Judah,
who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
17:8The man departed out of the city, out of
BethlehemJ udah, to sojourn where he could
find a place, and he came to the hill country of
Ephraimto the house of Micah, as he traveled.
17:9Micah said to him, Whence come you? He
said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah,
and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
17:10Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and
be to me a father and a priest, and I will give
you ten piecesof silver by the year, and a suit of
clothing, and your food. So the Levite went in.
17:11The Levite was content to dwell with the
man; and the young man was to him as one of
his sons. 17:12Micah consecrated the Levite, and
the young man became his priest, and was in
the house of Micah. 17:13Then said Micah, Now
know I that Yahweh will do me good, seeing I
have a Levite to my priest.
18:1In those days there was no king in Israel:
and in those days the tribe of the Danites
sought theman inheritance to dwell in; for to
that day theirinheritance had not fallen to them
among the tribes of Israel. 18:2The children of
Dan sent of their family five men from their
whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and
fromE shtaol, to spy out the land, and to search
it; and they said to them, Go, search the land.
They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the
house of Micah, and lodged there. 18:3When
they were by the house of Micah, they knew
the voice of the young man the Levite; and
they turned aside there, and said to him, Who
brought you here? and what do you in this
place? and what have you here? 18:4He said
to them, Thus and thus has Micah dealt with
me, and he has hired me, and I am become his
priest. 18:5They said to him, Ask counsel, we
pray you, of God, that we may know whether
our way which we go shall be prosperous.
18:6The priest said to them, Go in peace: before
Yahweh is your way wherein you go. 18:7Then
the five men departed, and came to Laish,
and saw the people who were therein, how
they lived in security, after the manner of the
Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none
in the land, possessing authority, that might put
themto shame in anything, and they were far
fromt he Sidonians, and had no dealings with
any man. 18:8They came to their brothers to
Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brothers said to
them, What sayyou? 18:9They said, Arise, and
let us go up against them; for we have seen
the land, and behold, it is very good: and are
you still? don't be slothful to go and to enter
in to possess the land. 18:10When you go, you
shall come to a people secure, and the land is
large; for God has given it into your hand, a
place where there is no want of anything that is
in the earth. 18:11There set forth fromt here of
the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out
of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons
of war. 18:12They went up, and encamped in
Kiriath Jearim, in Judah: therefore they called
that place Mahaneh Dan, to this day; behold,
it is behind Kiriath Jearim. 18:13They passed
there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came
to the house of Micah. 18:14Then the five men
who went to spy out the country of Laish
answered, and said to their brothers, Do you
know that there is in these houses an ephod,
and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a
molten image? now therefore consider what
you have to do. 18:15They turned aside there,
and came to the house of the young man the
Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked
himo f his welfare. 18:16The six hundred men
girt with their weapons of war, who were of
the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of
the gate. 18:17The five m en who went to spy
out the land went up, and came in there, and
took the engraved image, and the ephod, and
the teraphim, and the molten image: and the
priest stood by the entrance of the gate with
the six hundred men girt with weapons of war.
18:18When these went into Micah's house, and
fetched the engraved image, the ephod, and
the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest
said to them, What do you? 18:19They said
to him, Hold your peace, lay your hand on
your mouth, and go with us, and be to us
a father and a priest: is it better for you to
be priest to the house of one man, or to be
priest to a tribe and a family in Israel? 18:20The
priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod,
and the teraphim, and the engraved image,
and went in the midst of the people. 18:21So
they turned and departed, and put the little
ones and the livestock and the goods before
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them. 18:22When they were a good way from
the house of Micah, the men who were in the
houses near to Micah's house were gathered
together, and overtook the children of Dan.
18:23They cried to the children of Dan. They
turned their faces, and said to Micah, What
ails you, that you come with such a company?
18:24He said, you have taken away my gods
which I made, and the priest, and are gone
away, and what have I more? and how then
say you to me,What ails you? 18:25The children
of Dan said to him, "Don't let your voice be
heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on you,
and you lose your life, with the lives of your
household." 18:26The children of Dan went
their way: and when Micah saw that they were
too strong for him, he turned and went back
to his house. 18:27They took that which Micah
had made, and the priest whom he had, and
cam e to Laish, to apeople quiet and secure, and
struck themwi th the edge of the sword; and
they burnt the city with fire. 18:28There was no
deliverer, because it was far fromS idon, and
they had no dealings with any man; and it was
in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built
the city, and lived therein. 18:29They called the
name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan
their father, who was born to Israel: however
the name of the city was Laish at the first.
18:30The children of Dan set up for themselves
the engraved image: and Jonathan, the son of
Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons
were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the
day of the captivity of the land. 18:31So they
set themu p Micah's engraved image which he
made, all the time that the house of God was in
Shiloh.
19:1It happened in those days, when there
was no king in Israel, that there was a certain
Levite sojourning on the farther side of the
hill country of Ephraim, who took to him a
concubine out of BethlehemJ udah. 19:2His
concubine played the prostitute against him,
and went away fromhimto her father's house
to BethlehemJ udah, and was there the space
of four months. 19:3Her husband arose, and
went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring
her again, having his servant with him, and
a couple of donkeys: and she brought him
into her father's house; and when the father of
the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet
him. 19:4His father-in-law, the young lady's
father, retained him; and he abode with him
three days: so they ate and drink, and lodged
there. 19:5It happened on the fourth day, that
they arose early in the morning, and he rose
up to depart: and the young lady's father said
to his son-in-law, Strengthen your heart with
a morsel of bread, and afterward you shall
go your way. 19:6So they sat down, ate, and
drank, both of themto gether: and the young
lady's father said to the man, Please be pleased
to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.
19:7The man rose up to depart; but his fatherin-
law urged him, and he lodged there again.
19:8He arose early in the morning on the fifth
day to depart; and the young lady's father
said, Please strengthen your heart and stay
until the day declines; and they ate, both of
them. 19:9When the man rose up to depart, he,
and his concubine, and his servant, his fatherin-
law, the young lady's father, said to him,
Behold, now the day draws toward evening,
please stay all night: behold, the day grows
to an end, lodge here, that your heart may be
merry; and tomorrow get you early on your
way, that you may go home. 19:10But the man
wouldn't stay that night, but he rose up and
departed, and came over against Jebus (the
same is Jerusalem): and there were with him
a couple of donkeys saddled; his concubine
also was with him. 19:11When they were by
Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant
said to his master, Please come and let us turn
aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge
in it. 19:12His master said to him, We won't
turn aside into the city of a foreigner, that is not
of the children of Israel; but we will pass over
to Gibeah. 19:13He said to his servant, Come
and let us draw near to one of these places; and
we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah. 19:14So
they passed on and went their way; and the
sun went down on themne ar to Gibeah, which
belongs to Benjamin. 19:15They turned aside
there, to go in to lodge in Gibeah: and he went
in, and sat himdow n in the street of the city; for
therewas no man who took theminto his house
to lodge. 19:16Behold, there came an old man
fromhi s work out of the field at even: now the
man was of the hill country of Ephraim, and he
sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place
were Benjamites. 19:17He lifted up his eyes,
and saw the wayfaring man in the street of
the city; and the old man said, Where go you?
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and whence come you? 19:18He said to him,
We are passing fromB ethlehem Judah to the
farther side of the hill country of Ephraim; from
there amI, and I went to BethlehemJ udah: and
I am nowgoing to the house of Yahweh; and
there is no man who takes me into his house.
19:19Yet there is both straw and provender for
our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also
for me, and for your handmaid, and for the
young man who is with your servants: there
is no want of anything. 19:20The old man said,
Peace be to you; howsoever let all your wants
lie on me; only don't lodge in the street. 19:21So
he brought himi nto his house, and gave the
donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet,
and ate and drink. 19:22As they were making
their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city,
certain base fellows, surrounded the house,
beating at the door; and they spoke to the
master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring
forth the man who came into your house, that
we may know him. 19:23The man, the master of
the house, went out to them, and said to them,
No, my brothers, please don't act so wickedly;
seeing that this man is come into my house,
don't do this folly. 19:24Behold, here is my
daughter a virgin, and his concubine; themI
will bring out now, and humble you them, and
do with themwhat seems good to you: but to
this man don't do any such folly. 19:25But the
men wouldn't listen to him: so the man laid
hold on his concubine, and brought her forth
to 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. 19:26Then came
the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell
down at the door of the man's house where her
lord was, until it was light. 19:27Her 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, with her hands on the
threshold. 19:28He said to her, Up, and let us be
going; but none answered: then he took her up
on the donkey; and the man rose up, and got
himto his place. 19:29When he was come into
his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his
concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into
twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the
borders of Israel. 19:30It was so, that all who
saw it said, There was no such deed done nor
seen fromthe day that the children of Israel
came up out of the land of Egypt to this day:
consider it, take counsel, and speak.
20:1Then all the children of Israel went out,
and the congregation was assembled as one
man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the
land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah. 20:2The
chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes
of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly
of the people of God, four hundred thousand
footmen who drew sword. 20:3(Now the children
of Benjamin heard that the children of
Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) The children
of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness
brought to pass? 20:4The Levite, the husband
of the woman who was murdered, answered,
I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin,
I and my concubine, to lodge. 20:5The men of
Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the
house by night. They thought to have slain
me, and they forced my concubine, and she
is dead. 20:6I 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.
20:7Behold, you children of Israel, all of you,
give here your advice and counsel. 20:8All the
people arose as one man, saying, We will not
any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of
us turn to his house. 20:9But now this is the
thing which we will do to Gibeah: we will go
upagainst it by lot; 20:10and we will take ten
men of one hundred throughout all the tribes of
Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and a
thousand out of ten thousand, to get food for
the people, that they may do, when they come
to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the
folly that they have worked in Israel. 20:11So
all the men of Israel were gathered against
the city, knit together as one man. 20:12The
tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe
of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this
that is happen among you? 20:13Now therefore
deliver up the men, the base fellows, who are
in Gibeah, that we may put them to death,
and put away evil fromIs rael. But Benjamin
would not listen to the voice of their brothers
the children of Israel. 20:14The children of
Benjamin gathered themselves together out of
the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against
the children of Israel. 20:15The children of
Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the
cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the
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sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who
were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
20:16Among all this people there were seven
hundred chosen men left-handed; everyone
could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not
miss. 20:17The men of Israel, besides Benjamin,
were numbered four hundred thousand men
who drew sword: all these were men of war.
20:18The children of Israel arose, and went up
to Bethel, and asked counsel of God; and they
said, Who shall go up for us first to battle
against the children of Benjamin? Yahweh
said, Judah shall go upfirst. 20:19The children of
Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped
against Gibeah. 20:20The men of Israel went
out to battle against Benjamin; and the men
of Israel set the battle in array against them
at Gibeah. 20:21The children of Benjamin came
forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the
ground of the Israelites on that day Twentytwo
thousand men. 20:22The people, the men
of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the
battle again in array in the place where they
set themselves in array the first day. 20:23The
children of Israel went up and wept before
Yahweh until even; and they asked of Yahweh,
saying, Shall I again draw near to battle against
the children of Benjamin my brother? Yahweh
said, Go up against him. 20:24The children of
Israel came near against the children of Benjamin
the second day. 20:25Benjamin went forth
against themo ut 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. 20:26Then all the children
of Israel, and all the people, went up, and
came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before
Yahweh, and fasted that day until even; and
they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings
before Yahweh. 20:27The children of Israel
asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant of
Godwas there in those days, 20:28and Phinehas,
the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood
before it in those days), saying, Shall I yet
again go out to battle against the children of
Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? Yahweh
said, Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him
into your hand. 20:29Israel set ambushes all
around Gibeah. 20:30The children of Israelwent
up against the children of Benjamin on the
third day, and set themselves in array against
Gibeah, as at other times. 20:31The children
of Benjamin went out against the people, and
were drawn away fromthe city; and they began
to strike and kill of the people, as at other
times, in the highways, of which one goes up
to Bethel, and the other to Gibeah, in the field,
about thirty men of Israel. 20:32The children of
Benjamin said, They are struck down before us,
as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let
us flee, and draw themaway from the city to
the highways. 20:33All the men of Israel rose up
out of their place, and set themselves in array at
Baal Tamar: and the ambushers of Israel broke
forth out of their place, even out of Maareh
Geba. 20:34There came over against Gibeah
ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and
the battle was sore; but they didn't know that
evil was close on them. 20:35Yahweh struck
Benjamin before Israel; and the children of
Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-
five thousand one hundred men: all these drew
the sword. 20:36So the children of Benjamin saw
that they were struck; for the men of Israel gave
place to Benjamin, because they trusted the
ambushers whom they had set against Gibeah.
20:37The ambushers hurried, and rushed on
Gibeah; and the ambushers drew themselves
along, and struck all the city with the edge
of the sword. 20:38Now the appointed sign
between the men of Israel and the ambushers
was that they should make a great cloud of
sm oke rise up out of the city. 20:39The men
of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin
began to strike and kill of the men of Israel
about thirty persons; for they said, Surely
they are struck down before us, as in the first
battle. 20:40But when the cloud began to arise
up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the
Benjamites looked behind them; and behold,
the whole of the city went up in smoke to the
sky. 20:41The men of Israel turned, and the
men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw
that evil had come on them. 20:42Therefore
they turned their backs before the men of
Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the
battle followed hard after them; and those who
came out of the cities destroyed them in its
midst. 20:43They surrounded the Benjamites,
chased them, andtrod themd own at theirresting
place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the
sunrise. 20:44There fell of Benjamin eighteen
thousand men; all these weremen of valor.
20:45They turned and fled toward the wilder
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ness to the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned
of themi n the highways five thousand men,
and followed hard after themto Gidom, and
struck of themtwo thousand men. 20:46So that
all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-
five thousand m en who drew the sword; all
these weremen of valor. 20:47But six hundred
men turned and fled toward the wilderness to
the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of
Rimmon four months. 20:48The men of Israel
turned again on the children of Benjamin, and
struck themwi th the edge of the sword, both
the entire city, and the livestock, and all that
they found: moreover all the cities which they
found they set on fire.
21:1Now the men of Israel had sworn in
Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give
his daughter to Benjamin as wife. 21:2The
people came to Bethel, and sat there until
evening before God, and lifted up their voices,
and wept sore. 21:3They said, Yahweh, the
God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel,
that there should be today one tribe lacking in
Israel? 21:4It happened on the next day that
the people rose early, and built there an altar,
and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
21:5The children of Israel said, Who is there
among all the tribes of Israel who didn't come
up in the assembly to Yahweh? For they had
made a great oath concerning him who didn't
com e up toYahweh toMizpah, saying,He shall
surely be put to death. 21:6The children of
Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and
said, There is one tribe cut off fromI srael this
day. 21:7How shall we do for wives for those
who remain, seeing we have sworn by Yahweh
that we will not give themo f our daughters
to wives? 21:8They said, What one is there
of the tribes of Israel who didn't come up to
Yahweh to Mizpah? Behold, there came none
to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.
21:9For when the people were numbered,
behold, there were none of the inhabitants of
Jabesh Gilead there. 21:10The congregation sent
there twelve thousand men of the most valiant,
and commanded them, saying, Go and strike
the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge
of the sword, with the women and the little
ones. 21:11This is the thing that you shall do:
you shall utterly destroy every male, and every
woman who has lain by man. 21:12They found
among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four
hundred young virgins, who had not known
man by lying with him; and they brought them
to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land
of Canaan. 21:13The whole congregation sent
and spoke to the children of Benjamin who
were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed
peace to them. 21:14Benjamin returned at that
time; and they gave them the women whom
they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh
Gilead: and yet so they weren't enough for
them. 21:15The people grieved for Benjamin,
because that Yahweh had made a breach in
the tribes of Israel. 21:16Then the elders of the
congregation said, How shall we do for wives
for those who remain, seeing the women are
destroyed out of Benjamin? 21:17They said,
There must be an inheritance for those who
are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be
blotted out fromIs rael. 21:18However we may
not give themwi ves of our daughters, for the
children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed
be he who gives a wife to Benjamin. 21:19They
said, Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from
year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north
of Bethel, on the east side of the highway
that goes up fromB ethel to Shechem, and on
the south of Lebonah. 21:20They commanded
the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie
in wait in the vineyards, 21:21and see, and
behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to
dance in the dances, then come you out of the
vineyards, and catch you every man his wife
of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land
of Benjamin. 21:22It shall be, when their fathers
or their brothers come to complain to us, that
we will say to them, Grant them graciously to
us, because we didn't take for each man his
wife in battle, neither did you give themto
them, else would you now be guilty. 21:23The
children of Benjamin did so, and took them
wives, according to their number, of those who
danced, whomt hey carried off: and they went
and returned to their inheritance, and built the
cities, and lived in them. 21:24The children of
Israel departed there at that time, every man to
his tribe and to his family, and they went out
fromthe re everyman to his inheritance. 21:25In
those days there was no king in Israel: every
man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Ruth 1:1 224 Ruth 2:9
Ruth
1:1It happened in the days when the judges
judged, that there was a famine in the land.
A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to
sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his
wife, and his two sons. 1:2The 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 Bethlehem
Judah. They came into the country of Moab,
and continued there. 1:3Elimelech, Naomi's
husband, died; and she was left, and her two
sons. 1:4They took themw ives of the women
of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and
the name of the other Ruth: and they lived
there about ten years. 1:5Mahlon and Chilion
died both of them; and the woman was left of
her two children and of her husband. 1:6Then
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 Yahweh had visited his people in giving
themb read. 1:7She 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
to the land of Judah. 1:8Naomi said to her
two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you
to her mother's house: Yahweh deal kindly
with you, as you have dealt with the dead,
and with me. 1:9Yahweh grant you that you
may find rest, each of you in the house of
her husband. Then she kissed them, and they
lifted up their voice, and wept. 1:10They said
to her, No, but we will return with you to
your people. 1:11Naomi said, Turn again, my
daughters: why will you go with me? have I
yet sons in my womb, that they may be your
husbands? 1:12Turn again, my daughters, go
your way; for I amto o old to have a husband. If
I should say, I have hope, if I should even have
a husband tonight, and should also bear sons;
1:13would you therefore wait until they were
grown? would you therefore stay fromh aving
husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieves me
much for your sakes, for the hand of Yahweh
is gone forth against me. 1:14They lifted up
their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed
her mother-in-law, but Ruth joined with her.
1:15She said, Behold, your sister-in-law is gone
back to her people, and to her god: return you
after your sister-in-law. 1:16Ruth said, "Don't
entreat me to leave you, and to return from
following after you, for where you go, I will
go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your
people shall be my people, and your God my
God; 1:17where you die, will I die, and there
will I be buried: Yahweh do so to me, and
more also, if anything but death part you and
me." 1:18When she saw that shewas steadfastly
minded to go with her, she left off speaking
to her. 1:19So they two went until they came
to Bethlehem. It happened, when they were
come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved
about them, and the womensaid, Is this Naomi?
1:20She said to them, "Don't call me Naomi,
call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very
bitterly with me. 1:21I went out full, and
Yahweh has brought me home again empty;
why do you call me Naomi, seeing Yahweh
has testified against me, and the Almighty has
afflicted me?" 1:22So Naomi returned, and Ruth
the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her,
who returned out of the country of Moab: and
they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of
barley harvest.
2:1Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's,
a mighty man of wealth, of the family of
Elimelech, and his name was Boaz. 2:2Ruth
the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go
to the field, and glean among the ears of grain
after himin whose sight I shall find favor. She
said to her, Go, my daughter. 2:3She went, and
came and gleaned in the field after the reapers:
and she happened to come to the portion of
the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the
family of Elimelech. 2:4Behold, Boaz came from
Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, Yahweh be
with you. They answered him, Yahweh bless
you. 2:5Then said Boaz to his servant who
was set over the reapers, Whose young lady
is this? 2:6The servant who was set over the
reapers answered, It is the Moabite lady who
came back with Naomi out of the country of
Moab: 2:7She said, Please let me glean and
gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So
she came, and has continued even from the
morning until now, except that she stayed a
little in the house. 2:8Then said Boaz to Ruth,
Don't you hear, my daughter? Don't go to
glean in another field, neither pass fromh ence,
but abide here fast by my maidens. 2:9Let your
eyes be on the field that they reap, and go after
them: haven't I commanded the young men not
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to touch you? and when you are thirsty, go to
the vessels, and drink of that which the young
men have drawn. 2:10Then she fell on her face,
and bowed herself to the ground, and said to
him,Why have I found favor in your sight, that
you should take knowledge of me, seeing I am
a foreigner? 2:11Boaz answered her, It has fully
been shown me, all that you have done to your
mother-in-law since the death of your husband;
and how you have left your father and your
mother, and the land of your birth, and have
come to a people that you didn't know before.
2:12Yahweh recompense your work, and a full
reward be given you of Yahweh, the God of
Israel, under whose wings you are come to
take refuge. 2:13Then she said, Let me find
favor in your sight, my lord, because you have
comforted me, and because you have spoken
kindly to your handmaid, though I am not as
one of your handmaidens. 2:14At meal time
Boaz said to her, Come here, and eat of the
bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar. She
sat beside the reapers, and they reached her
parched grain, and she ate, and was sufficed,
and left of it. 2:15When she was risen up
to glean, Boaz commanded his young men,
saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves,
and don't reproach her. 2:16Also pull out some
for her fromthe bundles, and leave it, and let
her glean, and don't rebuke her. 2:17So she
gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out
that which she had gleaned, and it was about
an ephah of barley. 2:18She 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 which she had left after
she was sufficed. 2:19Her mother-in-law said to
her,Where have you gleaned today? and where
have you worked? blessed be he who did take
knowledge of you. She showed her motherin-
law with whoms he had worked, and said,
The man's name with whom I worked today
is Boaz. 2:20Naomi said to her daughter-inlaw,
Blessed be he of Yahweh, who has not left
off his kindness to the living and to the dead.
Naomi said to her, The man is a close relative
to us, one of our near kinsmen. 2:21Ruth the
Moabitess said, Yes, he said to me, You shall
keep fast by my young men, until they have
ended all my harvest. 2:22Naomi said to Ruth
her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter,
that you go out with his maidens, and that they
not meet you in any other field. 2:23So she kept
fast by the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end
of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she
lived with her mother-in-law.
3:1Naomi her mother-in-law said to her,
My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you,
that it may be well with you? 3:2Now isn't
Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you
were? Behold, he winnows barley tonight in
the threshing floor. 3:3Wash yourself therefore,
and anoint you, and put your clothing on you,
and get you down to the threshing floor, but
don't make yourself known to the man, until
he shall have done eating and drinking. 3:4It
shall be, when he lies down, that you shall
mark the place where he shall lie, and you
shall go in, and uncover his feet, and lay you
down; and he will tell you what you shall do.
3:5She said to her, All that you say I will do.
3:6She went down to the threshing floor, and
did according to all that her mother-in-law told
her. 3:7When Boaz had eaten and drunk, and
his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the
end of the heap of grain: and she came softly,
and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. 3:8It
happened at midnight, that the man was afraid,
and turned himself; and behold, a woman lay
at his feet. 3:9He said, Who are you? She
answered, I amR uth your handmaid: spread
therefore your skirt over your handmaid; for
you are a near kinsman. 3:10He said, Blessed
are you by Yahweh, my daughter: you have
shown more kindness in the latter end than at
the beginning, inasmuch as you didn't follow
young men, whether poor or rich. 3:11Now, my
daughter, don't be afraid; I will do to you all
that you say; for all the city of my people does
know that you are a worthy woman. 3:12Now
it is true that I ama near kinsman; however
there is a kinsman nearer than I. 3:13Stay this
night, and it shall be in the morning, that if
he will performt o you the part of a kinsman,
well; let himdo the kinsman's part: but if
he will not do the part of a kinsman to you,
then will I do the part of a kinsman to you,
as Yahweh lives: lie down until the morning.
3:14She lay at his feet until the morning. She
rose up before one could discern another. For
he said, Let it not be known that the woman
came to the threshing floor. 3:15He said, Bring
the mantle that is on you, and hold it; and she
held it; and he measured six measuresof barley,
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and laid it on her: and he went into the city.
3:16When she came to her mother-in-law, she
said, Who are you, my daughter? She told her
all that the man had done to her. 3:17She said,
These six measuresof barley gave he me; for he
said, "Don't go em pty to your m other-in-law."
3:18Then said she, "Sit still, my daughter, until
you know how the matter will fall; for the man
will not rest, until he has finished the thing this
day."
4:1Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat
himdow n there: and behold, the near kinsman
of whomBoa z spoke came by; to whom he
said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down
here. He turned aside, and sat down. 4:2He
took ten men of the elders of the city, and
said, Sit you down here. They sat down.
4:3He said to the near kinsman, Naomi, who
has come back out of the country of Moab,
is selling the parcel of land, which was our
brother Elimelech's: 4:4I thought to disclose it
to you, saying, Buy it before those who sit here,
and before the elders of my people. If you
will redeemit , redeemit : but if you will not
redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; for
there is none to redeemit besides you; and I
amaf ter you. He said, I will redeemit. 4:5Then
said Boaz, What day you buy the field of the
hand of Naomi, you must buy it also of Ruth
the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise
up the name of the dead on his inheritance.
4:6The near kinsman said, I can't redeem it for
myself, lest I mar my own inheritance: take my
right of redemption on you; for I can't redeem
it. 4:7Now this was the customin former time
in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning
exchanging, to confirmal l things: a man drew
off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor; and
this was the manner of attestation in Israel. 4:8So
the near kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for
yourself. He drew off his shoe. 4:9Boaz said
to the elders, and to all the people, You 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. 4:10Moreover
Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have
I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the
name of the dead on his inheritance, that the
name of the dead not be cut off from among
his brothers, and fromthe gate of his place:
you are witnesses this day. 4:11All the people
who were in the gate, and the elders, said,
We are witnesses. Yahweh make the woman
who has come into your house like Rachel and
like Leah, which two built the house of Israel:
and do you worthily in Ephrathah, and be
famous in Bethlehem: 4:12and let your house
be like the house of Perez, whomT amar bore
to Judah, of the seed which Yahweh shall give
you of this young woman. 4:13So Boaz took
Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went
in to her, and Yahweh gave her conception,
and she bore a son. 4:14The women said to
Naomi, Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left
you this day without a near kinsman; and let
his name be famous in Israel. 4:15He shall be
to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in
your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who
loves you, who is better to you than seven sons,
has borne him. 4:16Naomi took the child, and
laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.
4:17The women her neighbors gave it a name,
saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they
named him Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the
father of David. 4:18Now this is the history
of the generations of Perez: Perez became the
father of Hezron, 4:19and Hezron became the
father of Ram, and Ram became the father of
Amminadab, 4:20and Amminadab became the
father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the
father of Salmon, 4:21and Salmon became the
father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of
Obed, 4:22and Obed became the father of Jesse,
and Jesse became the father of David.
The First Book of
Samuel
1:1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim
Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim,
and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham,
the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of
Zuph, an Ephraimite: 1:2and he had two wives;
the name of the one was Hannah, and the name
of other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children,
but Hannah had no children. 1:3This man went
up out of his city fromy ear to year to worship
and to sacrifice to Yahweh of Armies in Shiloh.
The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas,
priests to Yahweh, were there. 1:4When the
day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to
Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her
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daughters, portions: 1:5but to Hannah he gave
a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but
Yahweh had shut up her womb. 1:6Her rival
provoked her sore, to make her fret, because
Yahweh had shut up her womb. 1:7ashe did so
year by year, when she went up to the house
of Yahweh, so she provoked her; therefore she
wept, and did not eat. 1:8Elkanah her husband
said to her, Hannah, why weep you? and why
don't you eat? and why is your heart grieved?
amI not better to you than ten sons? 1:9So
Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh,
and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest
was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of the
temple of Yahweh. 1:10She was in bitterness of
soul, and prayed to Yahweh, and wept sore.
1:11She vowed a vow, and said, Yahweh of
Armies, if you will indeed look on the affliction
of your handmaid, and remember me, and
not forget your handmaid, but will give to
your handmaid a boy, then I will give him to
Yahweh all the days of his life, and there shall
no razor come on his head. 1:12It happened,
as she continued praying before Yahweh, that
Eli marked her mouth. 1:13Now Hannah, she
spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but
her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought
she had been drunken. 1:14Eli said to her, How
long will you be drunken? put away your
wine fromy ou. 1:15Hannah answered, No, my
lord, I ama woman of a sorrowful spirit: I
have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but
I poured out my soul before Yahweh. 1:16Don't
count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for
out of the abundance of my complaint and my
provocation have I spoken hitherto. 1:17Then
Eli answered, Go in peace; and the God of
Israel grant your petition that you have asked
of him. 1:18She said, Let your handmaid find
favor in your sight. So the woman went her
way, and ate; and her facial expression wasn't
sad any more. 1:19They rose up in the morning
early, and worshiped before Yahweh, and returned,
and came to their house to Ramah: and
Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh
remembered her. 1:20It happened, when the
time was come about, that Hannah conceived,
and bore a son; and she named him Samuel,
saying, Because I have asked himof Yahweh.
1:21The man Elkanah, and all his house, went
up to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and
his vow. 1:22But Hannah didn't go up; for she
said to her husband, I will not go upuntil the
child be weaned; and then I will bring him,
that he may appear before Yahweh, and there
abide forever. 1:23Elkanah her husband said
to her, Do what seems you good; wait until
you have weaned him; only Yahweh establish
his word. So the woman waited and nursed
her son, until she weaned him. 1:24When she
had weaned him, she took him up with her,
with three bulls, and one ephah of meal, and
a bottle of wine, and brought himto the house
of Yahweh in Shiloh: and the child was young.
1:25They killed the bull, and brought the child
to Eli. 1:26She said, Oh, my lord, as your soul
lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by
you here, praying to Yahweh. 1:27For this child
I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition
which I asked of him: 1:28therefore also I have
granted himto Yahweh; as long as he lives he
is granted to Yahweh. He worshiped Yahweh
there.
2:1Hannah prayed, and said:
My heart exults in Yahweh!
My horn is exalted in Yahweh.
My mouth is enlarged over my enemies,
because I rejoice in your salvation.
2:2There is no one as holy as Yahweh,
For there is no one besides you,
nor is there any rock like our God.
2:3Talk no more so exceeding proudly.
Don't let arrogance come out of your
mouth,
For Yahweh is a God of knowledge.
By himacti ons are weighed.
2:4The bows of the mighty men are broken.
Those who stumbled are girded with
strength.
2:5Those who were full have hired themselves
out for bread.
Those who were hungry have ceased to
hunger.
Yes, the barren has borne seven.
She who has many children languishes.
2:6Yahweh kills, and makes alive.
He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.
2:7Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich.
He brings low, he also lifts up.
2:8He raises up the poor out of the dust.
He lifts up the needy fromt he dunghill,
To make them sit with princes,
and inherit the throne of glory,
for the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's.
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He has set the world on them.
2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones,
but the wicked shall be put to silence in
darkness;
for no man shall prevail by strength.
2:10Those who strive with Yahweh shall be
broken to pieces.
He will thunder against themin the sky.
Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth.
He will give strength to his king,
and exalt the horn of his anointed.
2:11Elkanah went to Ramah to his house.
The child did minister to Yahweh before Eli the
priest. 2:12Now the sons of Eli were base men;
they didn't know Yahweh. 2:13The customof
the priests with the people was that when any
man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came,
while the flesh was boiling, with a fork of three
teeth in his hand; 2:14and he struck it into the
pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the
fork brought up the priest took therewith. So
they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came
there. 2:15Yes, before they burnt the fat, the
priest's servant came, and said to the man who
sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for
he will not have boiled flesh of you, but raw.
2:16If the man said to him, Theywill surely burn
the fat first, and then take as much as your soul
desires; then he would say, No, but you shall
give it to me now: and if not, I will take it by
force. 2:17The sin of the young men was very
great before Yahweh; for the men despised the
offering of Yahweh. 2:18But Samuel ministered
before Yahweh, being a child, girded with a
linen ephod. 2:19Moreover his mother made
hima little robe, and brought it to himf rom
year to year, when she came up with her
husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 2:20Eli
blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Yahweh
give you seed of this woman for the petition
which was asked of Yahweh. They went to
their own home. 2:21Yahweh visited Hannah,
and she conceived, and bore three sons and
two daughters. The child Samuel grew before
Yahweh. 2:22Now Eli was very old; and he
heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how
that they lay with the women who served at
the door of the Tent of Meeting. 2:23He said to
them, Why do you such things? for I hear of
your evil dealings froma ll this people. 2:24No,
my sons; for it is no good report that I hear:
you make Yahweh's people to disobey. 2:25If
one man sin against another, God shall judge
him; but if a man sin against Yahweh, who
shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they
didn't listen to the voice of their father, because
Yahweh was minded to kill them. 2:26The child
Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both
with Yahweh, and also with men. 2:27There
came a man of God to Eli, and said to him,
Thus says Yahweh, Did I reveal myself to the
house of your father, when they were in Egypt
in bondageto Pharaoh's house? 2:28and did I
choose himout of all the tribes of Israel to be
my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense,
to wear an ephod before me? and did I give
to the house of your father all the offerings of
the children of Israel made by fire? 2:29Why
kick you at my sacrifice and at my offering,
which I have commanded in myhabitation, and
honor your sons above me, to make yourselves
fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel
my people? 2:30Therefore Yahweh, the God of
Israel, says, I said indeed that your house, and
the house of your father, should walk before
me forever: but now Yahweh says, Be it far
from me; for those who honor me I will honor,
and those who despise me shall be lightly
esteemed. 2:31Behold, the days come, that I will
cut off your arm, and the arm of your father's
house, that there shall not be an old man in
your house. 2:32You shall see the affliction of
myhabitation, in all the wealth which Godshall
give Israel; and there shall not be an old man
in your house forever. 2:33The man of yours,
whomI shall not cut off frommy altar, shall beto
consume your eyes, and to grieve your heart;
and all the increase of your house shall die in
the flower of their age. 2:34This shall be the sign
to you, that shall come on your two sons, on
Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die
both of them. 2:35I will raise me up a faithful
priest, that shall do according to that which is
in my heart and in my mind: and I will build
hima sure house; and he shall walk before
my anointed forever. 2:36It shall happen, that
everyone who is left in your house shall come
and bow down to himf or a piece of silver and
a loaf of bread, and shall say, Please put me
into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat
a m orsel of bread.
3:1The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh
before Eli. Theword of Yahwehwas precious in
those days; there was no frequent vision. 3:2It
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happened at that time, when Eli was laid down
in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow
dim, so that he could not see), 3:3and the lamp
of God hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel had
laid down to sleep, in the temple of Yahweh,
where the ark of God was; 3:4that Yahweh
called Samuel; and he said, Here am I. 3:5He
ran to Eli, and said, Here amI; for you called
me. He said, I didn't call; lie down again.
He went and lay down. 3:6Yahweh called yet
again, Samuel. Samuel arose and went to Eli,
and said, Here amI; for you called me. He
answered, I didn't call, my son; lie down again.
3:7Now Samuel didn't yet know Yahweh, neither
was the word of Yahweh yet revealed to
him. 3:8Yahweh called Samuel again the third
time. He arose and went to Eli, and said,
Here amI ; for you called me. Eli perceived
that Yahweh had called the child. 3:9Therefore
Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall
be, if he call you, that you shall say, Speak,
Yahweh; for your servant hears. So Samuel
went and lay down in his place. 3:10Yahweh
came, and stood, and called as at other times,
Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel said, Speak; for
your servant hears. 3:11Yahweh said to Samuel,
Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which
both the ears of everyone who hears it shall
tingle. 3:12In that day I will performag ainst
Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house,
fromthe beginning even to the end. 3:13For
I have told himt hat I will judge his house
forever, for the iniquitywhich he knew, because
his sons did bring a curse on themselves, and
he didn't restrain them. 3:14Therefore I have
sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of
Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice
nor offering forever. 3:15Samuel lay until the
morning, and opened the doors of the house of
Yahweh. Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.
3:16Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel,
my son. He said, Here am I. 3:17He said, "What
is the thing that Yahwehhas spoken to you?
Please don't hide it fromme. God do so to you,
and more also, if you hide anything fromme of
all the things that he spoke to you." 3:18Samuel
told hime verywhit, and hid nothing fromhim.
He said, It is Yahweh: let himdo what seems
himgood. 3:19Samuel grew, and Yahweh was
with him, and did let none of his words fall
to the ground. 3:20All Israel from Dan even to
Beersheba knewthat Samuelwas established to
be a prophet of Yahweh. 3:21Yahweh appeared
again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself to
Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Yahweh.
4:1The word of Sam uel cam e to all Israel.
Now Israel went out against the Philistines to
battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer: and
the Philistines encamped in Aphek. 4:2The
Philistines put themselves in array against Israel:
and when they joined battle, Israel was
struck before the Philistines; and they killed of
the army in the field about four thousand men.
4:3When the people were come into the camp,
the elders of Israel said, Why has Yahweh
struck us today before the Philistines? Let us
get the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of
Shiloh to us, that it may come among us, and
save us out of the hand of our enemies. 4:4So
the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought
fromthe re the ark of the covenant of Yahweh
of Armies, who sits abovethe cherubim: and the
two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were
there with the ark of the covenant of God.
4:5When the ark of the covenant of Yahweh
came into the camp, all Israel shouted with
a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
4:6When the Philistines heard the noise of the
shout, they said, What means the noise of
this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews?
They understood that the ark of Yahweh was
come into the camp. 4:7The Philistines were
afraid, for they said, God is come into the
camp. They said, Woe to us! for there has
not been such a thing heretofore. 4:8Woe to
us! who shall deliver us out of the hand
of these mighty gods? these are the gods
that struck the Egyptians with all manner of
plagues in the wilderness. 4:9Be strong, and
behave yourselves like men, O you Philistines,
that you not be servants to theHebrews, as they
have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and
fight. 4:10The Philistines fought, and Israel was
struck, and they fled every man to his tent: and
therewas a very great slaughter; for there fell of
Israel thirty thousand footmen. 4:11The ark of
Godwas taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni
and Phinehas, were slain. 4:12There ran a man
of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh
the same day, with his clothes torn, and with
earth on his head. 4:13When he came, behold,
Eliwas sitting on his seat by the road watching;
for his heart trembled for the ark of God. When
the man came into the city, and told it, all the
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city cried out. 4:14When Eli heard the noise of
the crying, he said, What means the noise of
this tumult? The man hurried, and came and
told Eli. 4:15Now Eliwas ninety-eight years old;
and his eyes were set, so that he could not see.
4:16The man said to Eli, I am he who came out
of the army, and I fled today out of the army.
He said, How went the matter, my son? 4:17He
who brought the news answered, Israel is fled
before the Philistines, and there has been also
a great slaughter among the people, and your
two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead,
and the ark of God is taken. 4:18It happened,
when he made mention of the ark of God, that
Elifell fromof f his seat backward by the side
of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died:
for he was an old man, and heavy. He had
judged Israel forty years. 4:19His daughter-inlaw,
Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be
delivered: and when she heard the news that
the ark of God was taken, and that her fatherin-
law and her husband were dead, she bowed
herself and brought forth; for her pains came
on her. 4:20About the time of her death the
women who stood by her said to her, Don't be
afraid; for you have brought forth a son. But
she didn't answer, neither did she regard it.
4:21She named the child Ichabod, saying, The
glory is departed fromIs rael; because the ark
of God was taken, and because of her father-inlaw
and her husband. 4:22She said, The glory
is departed fromI srael; for the ark of God is
taken.
5:1Now the Philistines had taken the ark of
God, and they brought it fromEb enezer to
Ashdod. 5:2The Philistines took the ark of God,
and brought it into the house of Dagon, and
set it by Dagon. 5:3When they of Ashdod arose
early on the next day, behold, Dagon was fallen
on his face to the ground before the ark of
Yahweh. They took Dagon, and set himi n his
place again. 5:4When they arose early on the
next day morning, behold, Dagon was fallen on
his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh;
and the head of Dagon and both the palms of
his hands laycut off on the threshold; only the
stump ofDagon was left to him. 5:5Therefore
neither the priests of Dagon, nor any who come
into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of
Dagon in Ashdod, to this day. 5:6But the hand
of Yahweh was heavy on themof Ashdod,
and he destroyed them, and struck them with
tumors, even Ashdod and its borders. 5:7When
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 on us, and
on Dagon our god. 5:8They sent therefore and
gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them,
and said, What shall we do with the ark of the
God of Israel? They answered, Let the ark of
the God of Israel be carried about to Gath. They
carried the ark of the God of Israel there. 5:9It
was so, that after they had carried it about, the
hand of Yahweh was against the city with a
very great confusion: and he struck the men
of the city, both small and great; and tumors
broke out on them. 5:10So they sent the ark of
God to Ekron. It happened, 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 kill us and our people.
5:11They sent therefore and gathered together
all the lords of the Philistines, and they said,
Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it
go again to its own place, that it not kill us and
our people. For there was a deadly confusion
throughout all the city; the hand of God was
very heavy there. 5:12The men who didn't die
were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the
city went up to heaven.
6:1The ark of Yahweh was in the country of
the Philistines seven months. 6:2The Philistines
called for the priests and the diviners, saying,
"What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh?
Show us with which we shall send it to its
place."
6:3They said, "If you send away the ark of
the God of Israel, don't send it empty; but by
all means return him a trespass offering: then
you shall be healed, and it shall be known to
you why his hand is not removed from you."
6:4Then they said, "What shall be the trespass
offering which we shall return to him?"
They said, "Five golden tumors, and five
golden mice, according tothe number of the
lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on
you all, and on your lords. 6:5Therefore you
shall make images of your tumors, and images
of your mice that mar the land; and you shall
give glory to the God of Israel: peradventure he
will lighten his hand fromof f you, and fromof f
your gods, and fromof f your land. 6:6Why then
do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians
and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he
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had worked wonderfully among them, didn't
they let the people go, and they departed?
6:7Now therefore take and prepare yourselves
a new cart, and two milk cows, on which there
has come no yoke; and tie the cows to the
cart, and bring their calves home from them;
6:8and take the ark of Yahweh, and lay it on
the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which you
return himf or a trespass offering, in a coffer
by its side; and send it away, that it may go.
6:9Behold; if it goes up by the way of its own
border to Beth Shemesh, then he has done us
this great evil: but if not, then we shall know
that it is not his hand that struck us; it was a
chance that happened to us."
6:10The men did so, and took two milk cows,
and tied themto the cart, and shut up their
calves at home; 6:11and they put the ark of
Yahweh on the cart, and the coffer with the
mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
6:12The cows took the straight way by the way
to Beth Shemesh; they went along the highway,
lowing as they went, and didn't turn aside to
the right hand or to the left; and the lords of
the Philistines went after themt o the border
of Beth Shemesh. 6:13They 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. 6:14The cart came into
the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and stood
there, where there was a great stone: and they
split the wood of the cart, and offered up the
cows for a burnt offering to Yahweh. 6:15The
Levites took down the ark of Yahweh, and the
coffer that was with it, in which the jewels of
gold were, and put themo n the great stone:
and the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt
offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day
to Yahweh. 6:16When the five lords of the
Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron
the same day. 6:17These are the golden tumors
which the Philistines returned for a trespass
offering to Yahweh: for Ashdod one, for Gaza
one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron
one; 6:18and the golden mice, according to
the number of all the cities of the Philistines
belonging to the five lords, both of fortified
cities and of country villages, even to the
great stone, whereon they set down the ark of
Yahweh, which stone remainsto this day in the
field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh. 6:19He struck
of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had
looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of
the people fifty thousand seventy men; and the
people mourned, because Yahweh had struck
the people with a great slaughter. 6:20The
men of Beth Shemesh said, Who is able to
stand before Yahweh, this holy God? and to
whoms hall he go up from us? 6:21They sent
messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim,
saying, The Philistines have brought back the
ark of Yahweh; come you down, and bring it
up to you.
7:1The men of Kiriath Jearim came, and
fetched up the ark of Yahweh, and brought
it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and
sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of
Yahweh. 7:2It happened, fromthe day that the
ark abode in Kiriath Jearim, that the time was
long; for it was twenty years: and all the house
of Israel lamented after Yahweh. 7:3Samuel
spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do
return to Yahweh with all your heart, then put
away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from
among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh,
and serve himon ly; and he will deliver you
out of the hand of the Philistines. 7:4Then
the children of Israel did put away the Baals
and the Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only.
7:5Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah,
and I will pray for you to Yahweh." 7:6They
gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water,
and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted
on that day, and said there, "We have sinned
against Yahweh." Samuel judged the children
of Israel in Mizpah. 7:7When the Philistines
heard that the children of Israel were gathered
together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines
went up against Israel. When the children
of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the
Philistines. 7:8The children of Israel said to
Samuel, "Don't cease to cry to Yahweh our God
for us, that he will save us out of the hand
of the Philistines." 7:9Samuel took a sucking
lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt offering
to Yahweh: and Samuel cried to Yahweh for
Israel; and Yahweh answered him. 7:10As
Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the
Philistines drew near to battle against Israel;
but Yahweh thundered with a great thunder
on that day on the Philistines, and confused
them; and they were struck down before Israel.
7:11The men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and
pursued the Philistines, and struck them, until
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they came under Beth Kar. 7:12Then Samuel
took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and
Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying,
Hitherto has Yahweh helped us. 7:13So the
Philistines were subdued, and they came no
more within the border of Israel: and the
hand of Yahweh was against the Philistines all
the days of Samuel. 7:14The cities which the
Philistines had taken fromI srael were restored
to Israel, fromE kron even to Gath; and its
border did Israel deliver out of the hand of the
Philistines. Therewas peace between Israel and
the Amorites. 7:15Samuel judged Israel all the
days of his life. 7:16He went fromyear to year in
circuit to Bethel and Gilgal, andMizpah; and he
judged Israel in all those places. 7:17His return
was to Ramah, for there was his house; and
there he judged Israel: and he built there an
altar to Yahweh.
8:1It happened, when Samuel was old, that
he made his sons judges over Israel. 8:2Now
the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the
name of his second, Abijah: they were judges
in Beersheba. 8:3His sons didn't walk in his
ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took
bribes, and perverted justice. 8:4Then all the
elders of Israel gathered themselves together,
and came to Samuel to Ramah; 8:5and they said
to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons
don't walk in your ways: now make us a king
to judge us like all the nations. 8:6But the thing
displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a
king to judge us. Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
8:7Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of
the people in all that they tell you; for they have
not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that
I should not be king over them. 8:8According
to all the works which they have done since
the day that I brought themup out of Egypt
even to this day, in that they have forsaken me,
and served other gods, so do they also to you.
8:9Now therefore listen to their voice: however
you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall
show themthe manner of the king who shall
reign over them. 8:10Samuel told all the words
of Yahweh to the people who asked of hima
king. 8:11He said, This will be the manner of
the king who shall reign over you: he will take
your sons, and appoint themto him, for his
chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall
run before his chariots; 8:12and he will appoint
themto him for captains of thousands, and
captains of fifties; and he will set someto plowhis
ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make
his instruments of war, and the instruments of
his chariots. 8:13He will take your daughters
to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be
bakers. 8:14He will take your fields, and your
vineyards, and your olive groves, even the best
of them, and give them to his servants. 8:15He
will take the tenth of your seed, and of your
vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his
servants. 8:16He will take your male servants,
and your female servants, and your best young
men, and your donkeys, and put them to his
work. 8:17He will take the tenth of your flocks:
and you shall be his servants. 8:18You shall cry
out in that day because of your king whom
you shall have chosen you; and Yahweh will
not answer you in that day. 8:19But the people
refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and
they said, No: but we will have a king over us,
8:20that we also may be like all the nations, and
that our king may judge us, and go out before
us, and fight our battles. 8:21Samuel heard
all the words of the people, and he rehearsed
themi n the ears of Yahweh. 8:22Yahweh said to
Samuel, Listen to their voice, and make them a
king. Samuel said to the men of Israel, Go you
every man to his city.
9:1Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose
name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of
Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah,
the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.
9:2He had a son, whose name was Saul, an
impressive young man; and there was not
among the children of Israel a better person
than he. Fromhi s shoulders and upward he
was higher than any of the people. 9:3The
donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. Kish
said to Saul his son, Take now one of the
servants with you, and arise, go seek the
donkeys. 9:4He passed through the hill country
of Ephraim, and passed through the land of
Shalishah, but they didn't find them: then they
passed through the land of Shaalim, and there
they weren't there: and he passed through the
land of the Benjamites, but they didn't find
them. 9:5When they had come to the land of
Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with
him, Come, and let us return, lest my father
leave off caring for the donkeys, and be anxious
for us. 9:6He said to him, See now, there is in
this city a man of God, and he is a man who is
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held in honor; all that he says comes surely to
pass: now let us go there; peradventure he can
tell us concerning our journey whereon we go.
9:7Then 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? 9:8The servant answered Saul again, and
said, Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part
of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man
of God, to tell us our way. 9:9(In earlier times
in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God,
thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer;
for he who is now called a prophet was before
called a Seer.) 9:10Then said Saul to his servant,
Well said; come, let us go. So they went to the
city where the man of God was. 9:11As they
went up the ascent to the city, they found young
maidens going out to draw water, and said
to them, Is the seer here? 9:12They answered
them, and said, He is; behold, he isbefore you:
make haste now, for he is come today into the
city; for the people have a sacrifice today in
the high place: 9:13as soon as you are come
into the city, you shall immediately find him,
before he goes up to the high place to eat; for
the people will not eat until he come, because
he does bless the sacrifice; andafterwards they
eat who are invited. Now therefore get you up;
for at this time you shall find him. 9:14They
went up to the city; andas they came within
the city, behold, Samuel came out toward them,
to go up to the high place. 9:15Now Yahweh
had revealed to Samuel a day before Saul came,
saying, 9:16Tomorrow about this time I will
send you a man out of the land of Benjamin,
and you shall anoint himto be prince overmy
people Israel; and he shall save my people out
of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked
on my people, because their cry is come to
me. 9:17When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said
to him, Behold, the man of whom I spoke to
you! this same shall have authority over my
people. 9:18Then Saul drew near to Samuel in
the gate, and said, Tell me, Please, where the
seer's house is. 9:19Samuel answered Saul, and
said, I amt he seer; go up beforeme to the high
place, for you shall eat with me today: and
in the morning I will let you go, and will tell
you all that is in your heart. 9:20As for your
donkeys who were lost three days ago, don't
set your mind on them; for they are found. For
whomis all that is desirable in Israel? Is it
not for you, and for all your father's house?
9:21Saul answered, AmI not a Benjamite, of
the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my
family the least of all the families of the tribe
of Benjamin? why then speak you to me after
this manner? 9:22Samuel took Saul and his
servant, and brought themi nto the guest room,
and made them sit in the best place among
those who were invited, who were about thirty
persons. 9:23Samuel said to the cook, Bring
the portion which I gave you, of which I said
to you, Set it by you. 9:24The cook took up
the thigh, and that which was on it, and set
it before Saul. Samuelsaid, Behold, that which
has been reserved! set it before you and eat;
because to the appointed tim e has it been kept
for you, for I said, I have invited the people.
So Saul ate with Samuel that day. 9:25When
they were come down from the high place into
the city, he talked with Saul on the housetop.
9:26They arose early: and it happened about the
spring of the day, that Samuel called to Saul on
the housetop, saying, Up, that I may send you
away. Saul arose, and they went out both of
them, he and Samuel, abroad. 9:27As they were
going down at the end of the city, Samuel said
to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us (and
he passed on), but stand you still first, that I
may cause you to hear the word of God.
10:1Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and
poured it on his head, and kissed him, and
said, Isn't it that Yahweh has anointed you to
be prince over his inheritance? 10:2When you
are departed fromm e today, then you shall
find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border
of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you,
The donkeyswhich youwent to seek are found;
and behold, your father has left off caring for
the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying,
What shall I do for my son? 10:3Then you shall
go on forward fromthe re, and you shall come
to the oak of Tabor; and there shall meet you
there three men going up to God to Bethel, one
carrying three kids, and another carrying three
loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of
wine: 10:4and they will greet you, and give you
two loaves of bread, which you shall receive
of their hand. 10:5After that you shall come
to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the
Philistines: and it shall happen, when you are
come there to the city, that you shall meet a
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band of prophets coming down from the high
place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a
pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be
prophesying: 10:6and the Spirit of Yahweh will
come mightily on you, and you shall prophesy
with them, and shall be turned into another
man. 10:7Let it be, when these signs are come
to you, that you do as occasion shall serve you;
for God is with you. 10:8You shall go down
before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come
down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to
sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: you shall
wait seven days, until I come to you, and show
you what you shall do. 10:9It was so, that when
he had turned his back to go fromSam uel, God
gave himano ther heart: and all those signs
happened that day. 10:10When they came there
to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met
him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on
him, and he prophesied among them. 10:11It
happened, when all who knew himbe fore saw
that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets,
then the people said one to another, What
is this that is come to the son of Kish? Is
Saul also among the prophets? 10:12One of
the same place answered, Who is their father?
Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also
among the prophets? 10:13When he had made
an end of prophesying, he cam e to the high
place. 10:14Saul's uncle said to himan d to his
servant, Where went you? He said, To seek the
donkeys; and when we saw that they were not
found, we came to Samuel. 10:15Saul's uncle
said, Tell me, Please, what Samuel said to you.
10:16Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly
that the donkeys were found. But concerning
the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel
spoke, he didn't tell him. 10:17Samuel called the
people together to Yahweh to Mizpah; 10:18and
he said to the children of Israel, Thus says
Yahweh, the God of Israel, I brought up Israel
out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the
hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of
all the kingdoms that oppressed you: 10:19but
you have this day rejected your God, who
himself saves you out of all your calamities and
your distresses; and you have said to him, No,
but set a king over us. Now therefore present
yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes, and
by your thousands. 10:20So Samuel brought
all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of
Benjamin was taken. 10:21He brought the tribe
of Benjamin near by their families; and the
family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the
son of Kish was taken: but when they sought
him, he could not be found. 10:22Therefore they
asked of Yahweh further, Is there yet a man
to come here? Yahweh answered, Behold, he
has hid himself among the baggage. 10:23They
ran and fetched himthe re; and when he stood
among the people, he was higher than any of
the people fromhi s shoulders and upward.
10:24Samuel said to all the people, "You see him
whomY ahweh has chosen, that there is none
like himamong all the people?"
All the people shouted, and said, Longlive
the king. 10:25Then Samuel told the people the
manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book,
and laid it up before Yahweh. Samuel sent
all the people away, every man to his house.
10:26Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and
there went with himt he army, whose hearts
God had touched. 10:27But certain worthless
fellows said, How shall this man save us? They
despised him, and brought him no present. But
he held his peace.
11:1Then Nahash the Ammonite came up,
and encamped against Jabesh Gilead: and all
the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a
covenant with us, and we will serve you.
11:2Nahash the Am m o nite said to them ,On
this condition will I make it with you, that all
your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it
for a reproach on all Israel. 11:3The elders of
Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days' respite,
that we may send messengers to all the borders
of Israel; and then, if there be none to save
us, we will come out to you. 11:4Then came
the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke
these words in the ears of the people: and
all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
11:5Behold, Saul came following the oxen out
of the field; and Saul said,What ails the people
that they weep? They told himthe words of
the men of Jabesh. 11:6The Spirit of God came
mightily on Saul when he heard those words,
and his anger was kindled greatly. 11:7He took
a yoke of oxen, and cut themin pieces, and
sent themthro ughout all the borders of Israel
by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoever
doesn't come forth after Saul and after Samuel,
so shall it be done to his oxen. The dread
of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came
out as one man. 11:8He numbered them in
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Bezek; and the children of Israel were three
hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty
thousand. 11:9They said to the messengerswho
came, Thus you shall tell the men of Jabesh
Gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot,
you shall have deliverance. The messengers
came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were
glad. 11:10Therefore the men of Jabesh said,
Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you
shall do with us all that seems good to you.
11:11It was so on the next day, that Saul put the
people in three companies; and they came into
the midst of the camp in the morning watch,
and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the
day: and it happened, that those who remained
were scattered, so that no two of themwe re
left together. 11:12The people said to Sam uel,
Who is he who said, Shall Saul reign over us?
bring the men, that we may put them to death.
11:13Saul said, There shall not a man be put to
death this day; for today Yahweh has worked
deliverance in Israel. 11:14Then said Samuel to
the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and
renew the kingdomthe re. 11:15All the people
went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king
before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered
sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and
there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced
greatly.
12:1Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have
listened to your voice in all that you said to
me, and have made a king over you. 12:2Now,
behold, the king walks before you; and I am
old and gray-headed; and behold, my sons
are with you: and I have walked before you
fromm y youth to this day. 12:3Here I am:
witness against me before Yahweh, and before
his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or
whose donkey have I taken? or whomhave
I defrauded? whomh ave I oppressed? or of
whose hand have I taken a ransomto blind
my eyes therewith? and I will restore it
you. 12:4They said, You have not defrauded
us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken
anything of any man's hand. 12:5He said to
them, Yahweh is witness against you, and his
anointed is witness this day, that you have not
found anything in my hand. They said, He is
witness. 12:6Samuel said to the people, It is
Yahweh who appointed Moses and Aaron, and
that brought your fathers up out of the land
of Egypt. 12:7Now therefore stand still, that I
may plead with you before Yahweh concerning
all the righteous acts of Yahweh, which he
did to you and to your fathers. 12:8When
Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers
cried to Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and
Aaron, who brought forth your fathers out of
Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.
12:9But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he
sold themi nto the hand of Sisera, captain of
the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the
Philistines, and into the hand of the king of
Moab; and they fought against them. 12:10They
cried to Yahweh, and said, We have sinned,
because we have forsaken Yahweh, and have
served the Baals and the Ashtaroth: but now
deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and
we will serve you. 12:11Yahweh sent Jerubbaal,
and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and
delivered you out of the hand of your enemies
on every side; and you lived in safety.
12:12When you saw that Nahash the king of the
children of Ammon came against you, you said
to me, No, but a king shall reign over us; when
Yahweh your God was your king. 12:13Now
therefore see the king whomyou have chosen,
and whomy ou have asked for: and behold,
Yahweh has set a king over you. 12:14If you will
fear Yahweh, and serve him, and listen to his
voice, and not rebel against the commandment
of Yahweh, and both you and also the king
who reigns over you are followers of Yahweh
your God, well: 12:15but if you will not listen
to the voice of Yahweh, but rebel against the
commandment of Yahweh, then will the hand
of Yahweh be against you, as it was against
your fathers. 12:16Now therefore stand still
and see this great thing, which Yahweh will
do before your eyes. 12:17Isn't it wheat harvest
today? I will call to Yahweh, that he may
send thunder and rain; and you shall know and
see that your wickedness is great, which you
have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking
you a king. 12:18So Samuel called to Yahweh;
and Yahweh sent thunder and rain that day:
and all the people greatly feared Yahweh and
Samuel. 12:19All the people said to Samuel,
Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God,
that we not die; for we have added to all our
sins thisevil, to ask us a king. 12:20Samuel
said to the people, "Don't be afraid; you have
indeed done all this evil; yet don't turn aside
fromfollow ing Yahweh, but serve Yahwehwith
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all your heart: 12:21and don't turn aside; for
then would you goafter vain things which can't
profit nor deliver, for they are vain. 12:22For
Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great
name's sake, because it has pleased Yahweh to
m ake you a people to him self. 12:23Moreover
as for me, far be it from me that I should sin
against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but
I will instruct you in the good and the right
way. 12:24Only fear Yahweh, and serve himin
truth with all your heart; for consider howgreat
things he has done for you. 12:25But if you shall
still do wickedly, you shall be consumed, both
you and your king."
13:1Saul was fortyyears oldwhen he began to
reign; and when he had reigned two years over
Israel, 13:2Saul chose him three thousand men
of Israel, ofwhich two thousandwerewith Saul
in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and
one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of
Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent
every man to his tent. 13:3Jonathan struck the
garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba:
and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the
trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let
the Hebrews hear. 13:4All Israel heard say that
Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines,
and also that Israel was had in abomination
with the Philistines. The people were gathered
together after Saul to Gilgal. 13:5The Philistines
assembled themselves together to fight with Israel,
thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand
horsemen, and people as the sand which is on
the seashore in multitude: and they came up,
and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth
Aven. 13:6When 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 coverts,
and in pits. 13:7Now some of the Hebrews had
gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and
Gilead; but as for Saul, hewas yet in Gilgal, and
all the people followed himt rembling. 13:8He
stayed seven days, according to the set time
that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel didn't
come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered
fromh im. 13:9Saul said, Bring here the burnt
offering to me, and the peace offerings. He
offered the burnt offering. 13:10It 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 greet him. 13:11Samuel said, What
have you done? Saul said, Because I saw that
the people were scattered fromm e, and that
you didn't come within the days appointed,
and that the Philistines assembled themselves
together at Michmash; 13:12therefore said I,
Now will the Philistines come down on me
to Gilgal, and I haven't entreated the favor
of Yahweh: I forced myself therefore, and
offered the burnt offering. 13:13Samuel said to
Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not
kept the commandment of Yahweh your God,
which he commanded you: for now would
Yahweh have established your kingdomo n
Israel forever. 13:14But now your kingdomsh all
not continue: Yahweh has sought hima man
after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed
himt o be prince over his people, because you
have not kept that which Yahweh commanded
you. 13:15Samuel arose, and got him up from
Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul numbered
the people who were present with him, about
six hundred men. 13:16Saul, and Jonathan his
son, and the people who were present with
them, abode in Geba of Benjamin: but the
Philistines encamped in Michmash. 13:17The
spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines
in three companies: one company turned to the
way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;
13:18and another company turned the way to
Beth Horon; and another company turned the
way of the border that looks down on the valley
of Zeboimt oward the wilderness. 13:19Now
there was no smith found throughout all the
land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the
Hebrews make them swords or spears: 13:20but
all the Israelites went down to the Philistines,
to sharpen every man his plowshare, mattock,
axe, and sickle; 13:21yet they had a file for the
mattocks, and for the plowshares, and for the
forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.
13:22So 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 who were with
Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with
Jonathan his son was there found. 13:23The
garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass
of Michmash.
14:1Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the
son of Saul said to the young man who bore
his armor, Come, and let us go over to the
Philistines' garrison, that is on yonder side. But
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he didn't tell his father. 14:2Saul abode in the uttermost
part of Gibeah under the pomegranate
tree which is in Migron: and the people who
were with himwe re about six hundred men;
14:3and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's
brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli,
the priest of Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an
ephod. The people didn't know that Jonathan
was gone. 14:4Between the passes, by which
Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines'
garrison, therewas a rocky crag on the one side,
and a rocky crag on the other side: and the
name of the one was Bozez, and the name of
the other Seneh. 14:5The one crag rose up on
the north in front of Michmash, and the other
on the south in front of Geba. 14:6Jonathan said
to the young man who bore his armor, Come,
and let us go over to the garrison of these
uncircumcised: it may be that Yahweh will
work for us; for there is no restraint to Yahweh
to save by many or by few. 14:7His armor
bearer said to him, Do all that is in your heart:
turn you, behold, I amwi th you according to
your heart. 14:8Then said Jonathan, Behold,
we will pass over to the men, and we will
disclose ourselves to them. 14:9If they say thus
to us, Wait until we come to you; then we
will stand still in our place, and will not go
up to them. 14:10But if they say thus, Come
up to us; then we will go up; for Yahweh has
delivered themi nto our hand: and this shall
be the sign to us. 14:11Both of themd isclosed
themselves to the garrison of the Philistines:
and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews
come forth out of the holes where they had
hid themselves. 14:12The men of the garrison
answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and
said, Come up to us, and we will show you a
thing. Jonathan said to his armor bearer, Come
up after me; for Yahweh has delivered them
into the hand of Israel. 14:13Jonathan climbed
up on his hands and on his feet, and his armor
bearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan;
and his armor bearer killed them after him.
14:14That first slaughter, which Jonathan and
his armor bearer made, was about twenty men,
within as it were half a furrow's length in
an acre of land. 14:15There was a trembling
in the camp, in the field, and among all the
people; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also
trembled; and the earth quaked: so there was
an exceeding great trembling. 14:16The watchmen
of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked;
and behold, the multitude melted away, and
they went hereand there. 14:17Then said Saul
to the people who were with him, Number
now, and see who is gone fromu s. When
they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his
armor bearer were not there. 14:18Saul said to
Ahijah, Bring here the ark of God. For the ark
of God was thereat that time with the children
of Israel. 14:19It happened, while Saul talked
to the priest, that the tumult that was in the
camp of the Philistines went on and increased:
and Saul said to the priest, Withdraw your
hand. 14:20Saul and all the people who were
with himwe re gathered together, and came
to the battle: and behold, every man's sword
was against his fellow, and there wasa very great
confusion. 14:21Now the Hebrews who were
with the Philistines as before, and who went
up with themi nto the camp, from the countryall
around, even they also turnedto be with the
Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
14:22Likewise all the men of Israel who had
hid themselves in the hill country of Ephraim,
when they heard that the Philistines fled, even
they also followed hard after themi n the battle.
14:23So Yahweh saved Israel that day: and the
battle passed over by Beth Aven. 14:24The men
of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul
had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the
man who eats any food until it be evening,
and I be avenged on my enemies. So none
of the people tasted food. 14:25All the people
came into the forest; and there was honey
on the ground. 14:26When the people were
come to the forest, behold, the honey dropped:
but no man put his hand to his mouth; for
the people feared the oath. 14:27But Jonathan
didn't hear when his father commanded the
people with the oath: therefore he put forth
the end of the rod who was in his hand, and
dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand
to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
14:28Then answered one of the people, and said,
Your father directly commanded the people
with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who
eats food this day. The people were faint.
14:29Then said Jonathan,My father has troubled
the land. Please look how my eyes have been
enlightened, because I tasted a little of this
honey. 14:30How much more, if haply the
people had eaten freely today of the spoil of
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their enemies which they found? for now
has there been no great slaughter among the
Philistines. 14:31They struck of the Philistines
that day fromMichmash to Aijalon. The people
were very faint; 14:32and the people flew on the
spoil, and took sheep, and cattle, and calves,
and killed themon the ground; and the people
ate themwi th the blood. 14:33Then they told
Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against
Yahweh, in that they eat with the blood. He
said, you have dealt treacherously: roll a great
stone to m e this day. 14:34Saul said, Disperse
yourselves among the people, and tell them,
Bring me here every man his ox, and every man
his sheep, and kill themhe re, and eat; and don't
sin against Yahweh in eating with the blood.
All the people brought every man his ox with
himt hat night, and killed themt here. 14:35Saul
built an altar to Yahweh: the same was the
first altar that he built to Yahweh. 14:36Saul
said, Let us go down after the Philistines by
night, and take spoil among them until the
morning light, and let us not leave a man of
them. They said, Do whatever seems good to
you. Then said the priest, Let us draw near
here to God. 14:37Saul asked counsel of God,
Shall I go down after the Philistines? will you
deliver themi nto the hand of Israel? But he
didn't answer himthat day. 14:38Saul said,
Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people;
and know and see in which this sin has been
this day. 14:39For, as Yahweh lives, who saves
Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall
surely die. But there was not a man among
all the people who answered him. 14:40Then
said he to all Israel, Be you on one side, and I
and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.
The people said to Saul, Do what seems good
to you. 14:41Therefore Saul said to Yahweh,
the God of Israel, Show the right. Jonathan
and Saul were taken by lot; but the people
escaped. 14:42Saul said, Cast lotsbetween me
and Jonathan my son. Jonathan was taken.
14:43Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what
you have done. Jonathan told him, and said, I
did certainly taste a little honey with the end
of the rod that was in my hand; and behold,
I m ust die. 14:44Saul said, God do so and
more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.
14:45The people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die,
who has worked this great salvation in Israel?
Far fromit : as Yahweh lives, there shall not
one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he
has worked with God this day. So the people
rescued Jonathan, that he didn't die. 14:46Then
Saul went up fromfollow ing the Philistines;
and the Philistines went to their own place.
14:47Now when Saul had taken the kingdom
over Israel, he fought against all his enemies
on every side, against Moab, and against the
children of Ammon, and against Edom, and
against the kings of Zobah, and against the
Philistines: and wherever he turned himself,
he put themto the worse. 14:48He did valiantly,
and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel
out of the hands of those who despoiled them.
14:49Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and
Ishvi, and Malchishua; and the names of his
two daughters were these: the name of the
firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger
Michal: 14:50and the name of Saul's wife was
Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name
of the captain of his army was Abner the son
of Ner, Saul's uncle. 14:51Kish was the father of
Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son
of Abiel. 14:52There was sore war against the
Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul
saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he
took himto him.
15:1Samuel said to Saul, Yahweh sent me to
anoint you to be king over his people, over
Israel: now therefore listen you to the voice of
the words of Yahweh. 15:2Thus says Yahweh of
Armies, I have marked that which Amalek did
to Israel, how he set himself against him in the
way, when he came up out of Egypt. 15:3Now
go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all
that they have, and don't spare them; but kill
both man and woman, infant and suckling,
ox and sheep, camel and donkey. 15:4Saul
summoned the people, and numbered them in
Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and
ten thousand men of Judah. 15:5Saul came
to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the
valley. 15:6Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart,
get you down from among the Amalekites,
lest I destroy you with them; for you showed
kindness to all the children of Israel, when
they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites
departed from among the Amalekites. 15:7Saul
struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you
go to Shur, that is before Egypt. 15:8He took
Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and
utterly destroyed all the people with the edge
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of the sword. 15:9But Saul and the people
spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of
the cattle, and of the fatlings, and the lambs,
and all that was good, and wouldn't utterly
destroy them: but everything that was vile and
refuse, that they destroyed utterly. 15:10Then
came the word of Yahweh to Samuel, saying,
15:11It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be
king; for he is turned back fromf ollowingme,
and has not performed my commandments.
Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all
night. 15:12Samuel rose early to meet Saul in
the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying,
Saul cam e to Carm el, and behold, he set him
up a monument, and turned, and passed on,
and went down to Gilgal. 15:13Samuel came to
Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed are you by
Yahweh: I have performed the commandment
of Yahweh. 15:14Samuel said,What means then
this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the
lowing of the cattlewhich I hear? 15:15Saul said,
They have brought themfr om the Amalekites:
for the people spared the best of the sheep
and of the cattle, to sacrifice to Yahweh your
God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
15:16Then Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will
tell you what Yahweh has said to me this night.
He said to him, Say on. 15:17Samuel said,
"Though you were little in your own sight,
weren't you made the head of the tribes of
Israel? Yahweh anointed you king over Israel;
15:18and Yahweh sent you on a journey, and
said, 'Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the
Amalekites, and fight against them until they
are consumed.' 15:19Why then didn't you obey
the voice of Yahweh, but flew on the spoil,
and did that which was evil in the sight of
Yahweh?" 15:20Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have
obeyed the voice of Yahweh, and have gone the
way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought
Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly
destroyed the Amalekites. 15:21But the people
took of the spoil, sheep and cattle, the chief of
the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your
God in Gilgal. 15:22Samuel said, Has Yahweh as
great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to
obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than
the fat of rams. 15:23For rebellion is as the sin of
witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and
teraphim. Because you have rejected the word
of Yahweh, he has also rejected you frombe ing
king. 15:24Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned;
for I have transgressed the commandment of
Yahweh, and your words, because I feared
the people, and obeyed their voice. 15:25Now
therefore, please pardon my sin, and turn
again with me, that I may worship Yahweh.
15:26Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with
you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh,
and Yahweh has rejected you frombe ing king
over Israel. 15:27As Samuel turned about to go
away, Saullaid hold on the skirt of his robe, and
it tore. 15:28Samuel said to him, Yahweh has
torn the kingdomof Israel fromyou this day,
and has given it to a neighbor of yours who
is better than you. 15:29Also the Strength of
Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a
man, that he should repent. 15:30Then he said, I
have sinned: yet honor me now, Please, before
the elders of my people, and before Israel, and
turn againwith me, that I may worship Yahweh
your God. 15:31So Samuel turned again after
Saul; and Saul worshiped Yahweh. 15:32Then
said Samuel, Bring you here to me Agag the
king of the Amalekites. Agag came to him
cheerfully. Agag said, Surely the bitterness of
death is past. 15:33Samuel said, As your sword
has madewomen childless, so your motherwill
be childless among women. Samuel cut Agag
in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal. 15:34Then
Samuelwent to Ramah; and Saul went up to his
house to Gibeah of Saul. 15:35Samuel came no
more to see Saul until the day of his death; for
Samuel mourned for Saul: and Yahweh grieved
that he had made Saul king over Israel.
16:1Yahweh said to Samuel, How long will
you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected
himfr om being king over Israel? fill your
horn with oil, and go: I will send you to
Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided
me a king among his sons. 16:2Samuel said,
How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill
me. Yahweh said, Take a heifer with you,
and say, I amco me to sacrifice to Yahweh.
16:3Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show
you what you shall do: and you shall anoint
to me himwho mI name to you. 16:4Samuel
did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to
Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet
him trembling, and said, Come you peaceably?
16:5He said, Peaceably; I amco me to sacrifice
to Yahweh: sanctify yourselves, and come with
me to the sacrifice. He sanctified Jesse and his
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sons, and called themto the sacrifice. 16:6It
happened, when they had come, that he looked
at Eliab, and said, Surely Yahweh's anointed
is before him. 16:7But Yahweh said to Samuel,
"Don't look on his face, or on the height of
his stature; because I have rejected him: for
Yahweh seesnot as man sees; for man looks at
the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at
the heart." 16:8Then Jesse called Abinadab,
and made him pass before Samuel. He said,
Neither has Yahweh chosen this. 16:9Then
Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said,
Neither has Yahweh chosen this. 16:10Jesse
m ade seven of his sons to pass before Sam uel.
Samuel said to Jesse, Yahweh has not chosen
these. 16:11Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all
your children? He said, There remains yet the
youngest, and behold, he is keeping the sheep.
Samuel said to Jesse, Send and get him; for we
will not sit down until he come here. 16:12He
sent, and brought himi n. Now he was ruddy,
and withal of a beautiful face, and goodly to
look on. Yahweh said, Arise, anoint him; for
this is he. 16:13Then Samuel took the horn of oil,
and anointed himin the midst of his brothers:
and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on
David fromthat day forward. So Samuel rose
up, and went to Ramah. 16:14Now the Spirit of
Yahweh departed fromS aul, and an evil spirit
fromYahweh troubled him. 16:15Saul's servants
said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God
troubles you. 16:16Let our lord now command
your servants who are before you, to seek out
a man who is a skillful player on the harp: and
it shall happen, when the evil spirit fromGo d
is on you, that he shall play with his hand, and
you shall be well. 16:17Saul said to his servants,
Provide me now a man who can play well, and
bring himt o me. 16:18Then answered one of
the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a
son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in
playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man
of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely
person; and Yahweh is with him. 16:19Therefore
Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send
me David your son, who is with the sheep.
16:20Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread,
and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them
by David his son to Saul. 16:21David came
to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved
him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.
16:22Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Please let David
stand before me; for he has found favor in my
sight. 16:23It happened, when the evilspirit from
Godwas on Saul, that David took the harp, and
played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed,
and was well, and the evil spirit departed from
him.
17:1Now the Philistines gathered together
their armies to battle; and they were gathered
together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah,
and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in
Ephesdammim. 17:2Saul and the men of Israel
were gathered together, and encamped in the
valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against
the Philistines. 17:3The Philistines stood on the
mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on
the mountain on the other side: and there was
a valley between them. 17:4There went out a
champion out of the camp of the Philistines,
named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six
cubits and a span. 17:5He had a helmet of
brass on his head, and he was clad with a coat
of mail; and the weight of the coat was five
thousand shekels of brass. 17:6He had brass
shin armor on his legs, and a javelin of brass
between his shoulders. 17:7The staff of his spear
was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head
weighedsix hundred shekels of iron: and his
shield bearer went before him. 17:8He stood
and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to
them, Why are you come out to set your battle
in array? amI not a Philistine, and you servants
to Saul? choose a man for you, and let him
come down to me. 17:9If he be able to fight
with me, and kill me, then will we be your
servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill
him, then you will be our servants, and serve
us. 17:10The Philistine said, I defy the armies
of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may
fight together. 17:11When Saul and all Israel
heard those words of the Philistine, they were
dismayed, and greatly afraid. 17:12Now David
was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem
Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had
eight sons: and the man was an old man in
the days of Saul, stricken in yearsamong men.
17:13The three eldest sons of Jesse had gone
after Saul to the battle: and the names of his
three sonswho went to the battle were Eliab the
firstborn, and next to himAbi nadab, and the
third Shammah. 17:14David was the youngest;
and the three eldest followed Saul. 17:15Now
Davidwent back and forth fromSaul to feed his
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father's sheep at Bethlehem. 17:16The Philistine
drewnear morning and evening, and presented
himself forty days. 17:17Jesse said to David his
son, Take now for your brothers an ephah of
this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and
carry themquickly to the cam pto your brothers;
17:18and bring these ten cheeses to the captain
of their thousand, and look how your brothers
fare, and take their pledge. 17:19Now Saul,
and they, and all the men of Israel, were in
the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
17:20David 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 place of the wagons, as the army
which was going forth to the fight shouted for
the battle. 17:21Israel and the Philistines put the
battle in array, army against army. 17:22David
left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of
the baggage, and ran to the army, and came
and greeted his brothers. 17:23As he talked with
them, behold, there came up the champion, the
Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the
ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according
to the same words: and David heard them.
17:24All the men of Israel, when they saw the
man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
17:25The men of Israel said, Have you seen this
man who is come up? surely to defy Israel
is he come up: and it shall be, that the man
who kills him, the king will enrich him with
great riches, and will give himhi s daughter,
and make his father's house free in Israel.
17:26David spoke to the men who stood by him,
saying,What shall be done to the manwho kills
this Philistine, and takes away the reproach
fromI srael? for who is this uncircumcised
Philistine, that he should defy the armies of
the living God? 17:27The people answered
himaf ter this manner, saying, So shall it be
done to the man who kills him. 17:28Eliab his
eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men;
and Eliab's anger was kindled against David,
and he said, Why are you come down? and
with whomhave you left those few sheep in
the wilderness? I know your pride, and the
naughtiness of your heart; for you have come
down that you might see the battle. 17:29David
said, What have I now done? Is there not a
cause? 17:30He turned away fromhi m toward
another, and spoke after the same manner:
and the people answered himag ain after the
former manner. 17:31When the words were
heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them
before Saul; and he sent for him. 17:32David
said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because
of him; your servant will go and fight with
this Philistine. 17:33Saul said to David, You are
not able to go against this Philistine to fight
with him; for you are but a youth, and he a
man of war from his youth. 17:34David said
to Saul, Your servant was keeping his father's
sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear,
and took a lamb out of the flock, 17:35I went
out after him, and struck him, and delivered it
out of his mouth; and when he arose against
me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him,
and killed him. 17:36Your servant struck both
the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised
Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has
defied the armies of the living God. 17:37David
said, Yahweh who delivered me out of the
paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the
bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this
Philistine. Saul said to David, Go, and Yahweh
shall be with you. 17:38Saul clad David with
his clothing, and he put a helmet of brass on
his head, and he clad himw ith a coat of mail.
17:39David girded his sword on his clothing,
and he tried to go; for he had not proved it.
David said to Saul, I can't go with these; for
I have not proved them. David put them off
him. 17:40He took his staff in his hand, and
chose himfi ve smooth stones out of the brook,
and put themi n the shepherd's bag which he
had, even in his wallet; and his sling was in
his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
17:41The Philistine came on and drew near to
David; and the man who bore the shield went
before him. 17:42When the Philistine looked
about, and saw David, he disdained him; for
he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a
fair face. 17:43The Philistine said to David, Am
I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? The
Philistine cursed David by his gods. 17:44The
Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I
will give your flesh to the birds of the sky,
and to the animals of the field. 17:45Then said
David to the Philistine, You come to me with
a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin:
but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of
Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom
you have defied. 17:46This day will Yahweh
deliver you into my hand; and I will strike
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you, and take your head fromof f you; and I
will give the dead bodies of the army of the
Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and
to the wild animals of the earth; that all the
earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
17:47and that all this assembly may know that
Yahweh doesn't save with sword and spear: for
the battle is Yahweh's, and he will give you into
our hand. 17:48It happened, when the Philistine
arose, and came and drew near to meet David,
that David hurried, and ran toward the army to
meet the Philistine. 17:49David put his hand in
his bag, and took there a stone, and slang it, and
struck the Philistine in his forehead; and the
stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his
face to the earth. 17:50So David prevailed over
the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and
struck the Philistine, and killed him; but there
was no sword in the hand of David. 17:51Then
David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and
took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath,
and killed him, and cut off his head therewith.
When the Philistines saw that their champion
was dead, they fled. 17:52The men of Israel and
of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the
Philistines, until you come to Gai, and to the
gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines
fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to
Gath, and to Ekron. 17:53The children of Israel
returned fromc hasing after the Philistines, and
they plundered their camp. 17:54David took
the head of the Philistine, and brought it to
Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.
17:55When Saul saw David go forth against
the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain
of the army, Abner, whose son is this youth?
Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I can't
tell. 17:56The king said, "Inquire whose son the
young man is!"
17:57As David returned from the slaughter
of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought
himb efore Saul with the head of the Philistine
in his hand. 17:58Saul said to him, Whose son
are you, you young man? David answered,
I amthe son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
18:1It happened, when he had made an end
of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan
was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan
loved hima s his own soul. 18:2Saul took him
that day, and would let him go no more home
to his father's house. 18:3Then Jonathan and
David made a covenant, because he loved him
as his own soul. 18:4Jonathan stripped himself
of the robe that was on him, and gave it to
David, and his clothing, even to his sword, and
to his bow, and to his sash. 18:5David went out
wherever Saul sent him, andbehaved himself
wisely: and Saul set himov er the men of war,
and it was good in the sight of all the people,
and also in the sight of Saul's servants. 18:6It
happened as they came, when David returned
fromt he slaughter of the Philistine, that the
women came out of all the cities of Israel,
singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with
tambourines, with joy, and with instruments
of music. 18:7The women sang one to another
as they played, and said, Saul has slain his
thousands, David his ten thousands. 18:8Saul
was very angry, and this saying displeased him;
and he said, They have ascribed to David ten
thousands, and to me they have ascribed but
thousands: and what can he have more but the
kingdom? 18:9Saul eyed David fromt hat day
and forward. 18:10It happened on the next day,
that an evil spirit from God came mightily on
Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the
house: and David played with his hand, as
he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his
hand; 18:11and Saul cast the spear; for he said,
I will strike David even to the wall. David
avoided out of his presence twice. 18:12Saul was
afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him,
and was departed fromSaul . 18:13Therefore
Saul removed him fromhim, and made him his
captain over a thousand; and he went out and
cam e in before the people. 18:14David behaved
himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh
was with him. 18:15When Saul saw that he
behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe
of him. 18:16But all Israel and Judah loved
David; for he went out and came in before
them. 18:17Saul said to David, Behold, my elder
daughter Merab, her will I give you as wife:
only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh's
battles. For Saul said, Don't let my hand be on
him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on
him. 18:18David said to Saul, Who amI, and
what is my life, ormy father's family in Israel,
that I should be son-in-law to the king? 18:19But
it happened at the time when Merab, Saul's
daughter, should have been given to David,
that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite
as wife. 18:20Michal, Saul's daughter, loved
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David: and they told Saul, and the thing
pleased him. 18:21Saul said, I will give her to
him, that she may be a snare to him, and that
the hand of the Philistines may be against him.
Therefore Saul said to David, You shall this
day be my son-in-law a second time. 18:22Saul
commanded his servants, saying, Com m u ne
with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king
has delight in you, and all his servants love
you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.
18:23Saul's servants spoke those words in the
ears of David. David said, Seems it to you a
light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing
that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
18:24The servants of Saul told him, saying, On
this manner spoke David. 18:25Saul said, Thus
you shall tell David, The king desires no dowry
except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines,
to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul
thought to make David fall by the hand of the
Philistines. 18:26When his servants told David
these words, it pleased David well to be the
king's son-in-law. The days were not expired;
18:27and David arose and went, he and his men,
and killed of the Philistines two hundred men;
and David brought their foreskins, and they
gave themi n full number to the king, that he
might be the king's son-in-law. Saul gave him
Michal his daughter as wife. 18:28Saul saw
and knew that Yahweh was with David; and
Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him. 18:29Saul
was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul
was David's enemy continually. 18:30Then the
princes of the Philistines went forth: and it
happened, as often as they went forth, that
David behaved himself morewisely than all the
servants of Saul; so that his name was much set
by.
19:1Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all
his servants, that they should kill David. But
Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.
19:2Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father
seeks to kill you: now therefore, please take
care of yourself in the morning, and live in a
secret place, and hide yourself: 19:3and I will
go out and stand beside my father in the field
where you are, and I will commune with my
father of you; and if I see anything, I will tell
you. 19:4Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul
his father, and said to him, Don't let the king
sin against his servant, against David; because
he has not sinned against you, and because
his works have been very good toward you:
19:5for he put his life in his hand, and struck the
Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory
for all Israel: you saw it, and did rejoice; why
then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill
David without a cause? 19:6Saul listened to the
voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As Yahweh
lives, he shall not be put to death. 19:7Jonathan
called David, and Jonathan showed himal l
those things. Jonathan brought David to Saul,
and he was in his presence, as before. 19:8There
was war again: and David went out, and
fought with the Philistines, and killed them
with a great slaughter; and they fled before
him. 19:9An evil spirit fromY ahweh was on
Saul, as he sat in his housewith his spear in his
hand; and David was playing with his hand.
19:10Saul sought to strike David even to the
wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of
Saul's presence, and he struck the spear into the
wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
19:11Saul sent messengers to David's house, to
watch him, and to kill him in the morning:
and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If
you don't save your life tonight, tomorrow you
will be slain. 19:12So Michal let David down
through the window: and he went, and fled,
and escaped. 19:13Michal took the teraphim,
and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of
goats' hairat its head, and covered it with the
clothes. 19:14When Saul sent messengers to take
David, she said, He is sick. 19:15Saul sent the
messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up
to me in the bed, that I may kill him. 19:16When
the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim
was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hairat
its head. 19:17Saul said to Michal, Why have
you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go,
so that he is escaped? Michal answered Saul,
He said to me, Let me go; why should I kill
you? 19:18Now David fled, and escaped, and
came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that
Saul had done to him. He and Samuelwent and
lived in Naioth. 19:19It was told Saul, saying,
Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. 19:20Saul
sent messengers to take David: and when they
saw the company of the prophets prophesying,
and Samuel standing as head over them,
the Spirit of God came on the messengers of
Saul, and they also prophesied. 19:21When it
was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and
they also prophesied. Saul sent messengers
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again the third time, and they also prophesied.
19:22Then went he also to Ramah, and came to
the great well that is in Secu: and he asked and
said, Where are Samuel and David? One said,
Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah. 19:23He
went there to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit
of God came on him also, and he went on, and
prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
19:24He also stripped off his clothes, and he
also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down
naked all that day and all that night. Therefore
they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"
20:1David fled fromNa ioth in Ramah, and
came and said before Jonathan, "What have I
done? What is my iniquity?" and "What is my
sin before your father, that he seeks my life?"
20:2He said to him, "Far fromit; you shall not
die: behold, my father does nothing either great
or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why
should my father hide this thing from me? It is
not so."
20:3David swore moreover, and said, "Your
father knows well that I have found favor in
your eyes; and he says, 'Don't let Jonathan
know this, lest he be grieved:' but truly as
Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is
but a step between me and death."
20:4Then said Jonathan to David, "Whatever
your soul desires, I will even do it for you."
20:5David said to Jonathan, "Behold, tomorrow
is the new moon, and I should not fail
to dine with the king; but let me go, that I
may hide myself in the field to the third day at
evening. 20:6If your father miss me at all, then
say, 'David earnestly asked leave of me that he
might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the
yearly sacrifice there for all the family.' 20:7If
he says, 'It is well;' your servant shall have
peace: but if he be angry, then know that evil is
determined by him. 20:8Therefore deal kindly
with your servant; for you have brought your
servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you:
but if there be in me iniquity, kill me yourself;
for why should you bring me to your father?"
20:9Jonathan said, "Far be it fromy ou; for if
I should at all know that evil were determined
by my father to come on you, then wouldn't I
tell you that?"
20:10Then said David to Jonathan, "Who
shall tell me if perchance your father answer
you roughly?"
20:11Jonathan said to David, "Come, and let
us go out into the field." They both went
out into the field. 20:12Jonathan said to David,
"Yahweh, the God of Israel, be witness: when
I have sounded my father about this time
tomorrow, orthe third day, behold, if there be
good toward David, shall I not then send to
you, and disclose it to you? 20:13Yahweh do so
to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my
father to do you evil, if I don't disclose it to you,
and send you away, that you may go in peace:
and Yahweh be with you, as he has been with
my father. 20:14You shall not only while yet I
live show me the loving kindness of Yahweh,
that I not die; 20:15but also you shall not cut off
your kindness fromm y house forever; no, not
when Yahweh has cut off the enemies of David
everyone fromthe surface of the earth." 20:16So
Jonathan made a covenant with the house of
David, saying, Yahweh will require it at the
hand of David's enemies. 20:17Jonathan caused
David to swear again, for the love that he had to
him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
20:18Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is
the new moon: and youwill be missed, because
your seat will be empty. 20:19When you have
stayed three days, you shall go down quickly,
and come to the place where you did hide
yourself when the business was in hand, and
shall remain by the stone Ezel. 20:20I will shoot
three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a
mark. 20:21Behold, I will send the boy, saying,
Go, find the arrows. If I tell the boy, Behold,
the arrows are on this side of you; take them,
and come; for there is peace to you and no
hurt, as Yahweh lives. 20:22But if I say thus
to the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond you;
go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.
20:23As touching the matter which you and I
have spoken of, behold, Yahweh is between
you and me forever. 20:24So David hid himself
in the field: and when the new moon was come,
the king sat himd own to eat food. 20:25The
king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on
the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up,
and Abner sat by Saul's side: but David's place
was empty. 20:26Nevertheless Saul didn't say
anything that day: for he thought, Something
has happened to him. He is not clean. Surely he
is not clean. 20:27It happened on the next day
after the new moon, which wasthe second day,
that David's place was empty: and Saul said to
Jonathan his son, Why doesn't the son of Jesse
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come to meat, neither yesterday, nor today?
20:28Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly
asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem: 20:29and
he said, Please let me go, for our family has
a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he has
commanded me to be there: and now, if I have
found favor in your eyes, let me get away, I
pray you, and see my brothers. Therefore he is
not come to the king's table. 20:30Then Saul's
anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he
said to him, You son of a perverse rebellious
woman, don't I know that you have chosen the
son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the
shame of your mother's nakedness? 20:31For
as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth,
you shall not be established, nor your kingdom.
Therefore now send and bring himt ome, for he
shall surely die.
20:32Jonathan answered Saul his father, and
said to him, "Why should he be put to death?
What has he done?"
20:33Saul cast his spear at himto strike him.
By this Jonathan knew that his father was
determined to put David to death. 20:34So
Jonathan arose fromthe table in fierce anger,
and ate no food the second day of the month;
for he was grieved for David, because his father
had done hims hame. 20:35It happened in
the morning, that Jonathan went out into the
field at the time appointed with David, and a
little boy with him. 20:36He said to his boy,
Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. As
the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
20:37When the boy was come to the place of the
arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried
after the boy, and said, Isn't the arrow beyond
you? 20:38Jonathan cried after the boy, Go fast!
Hurry! Don't delay! Jonathan's boy gathered
up the arrows, and came to his master. 20:39But
the boy didn't know anything: only Jonathan
and David knew the matter. 20:40Jonathan gave
his weapons to his boy, and said to him, Go,
carry themto the city. 20:41As soon as the boy
was gone, David arose out of a placetoward 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. 20:42Jonathan said to David,
Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us
in the name of Yahweh, saying, Yahweh shall
be between me and you, and between my seed
and your seed, forever. He arose and departed:
and Jonathan went into the city.
21:1Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech
the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David
trembling, and said to him, Why are you alone,
and no man with you? 21:2David said to Ahimelech
the priest, The king has commanded me a
business, and has said to me, Let no man know
anything of the business about which I send
you, and what I have commanded you: and
I have appointed the young men to such and
such a place. 21:3Now therefore what is under
your hand? give me five loaves of bread in
my hand, or whatever there is present. 21:4The
priest answered David, and said, There is no
common bread under my hand, but there is
holy bread; if only the young men have kept
themselves from women. 21:5David answered
the priest, and said to him, Of a truth women
have been kept fromus about these three days;
when I came out, the vessels of the young
m en were holy, though it was but a com m on
journey; how much more then today shall their
vessels be holy? 21:6So the priest gave himho ly
bread; for there was no bread there but the show
bread, that was taken frombe fore Yahweh, to
put hot bread in the day when it was taken
away. 21:7Now a certain man of the servants
of Saul was there that day, detained before
Yahweh; and his name was Doeg the Edomite,
the best of the herdsmen who belonged to
Saul. 21:8David said to Ahimelech, Isn't there
here under your hand spear or sword? for
I have neither brought my sword nor my
weapons with me, because the king's business
required haste. 21:9The priest said, The sword
of Goliath the Philistine, whomyou killed in
the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped
in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take
that, take it; for there is no other except that
here. David said, There is none like that; give
it to me. 21:10David arose, and fled that day
for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king
of Gath. 21:11The servants of Achish said to
him, "Isn't this David the king of the land?
Didn't they sing one to another about himi n
dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands,
David his ten thousands?'" 21:12David laid up
these words in his heart, and was very afraid
of Achish the king of Gath. 21:13He changed
his behavior before them, and feigned himself
mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors
of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his
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beard. 21:14Then said Achish to his servants,
Look, you see the man is mad; why then
have you brought himto me? 21:15Do I lack
madmen, that you have brought this fellow to
play the madman in my presence? shall this
fellow come into my house?
22:1David therefore departed there, and escaped
to the cave of Adullam: and when his
brothers and all his father's house heard it, they
went down there to him. 22:2Everyone who
was in distress, and everyone who was in debt,
and everyone who was discontented, gathered
themselves to him; and he became captain over
them: and there were with him about four
hundred men. 22:3David went there to Mizpeh
of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab,
Please let my father and my mother come forth,
and bewith you, until I know what God will
do for me. 22:4He brought thembe fore the
king of Moab: and they lived with himal l the
while that Davidwas in the stronghold. 22:5The
prophet Gad said to David, Don't stay in the
stronghold; depart, and get you into the land
of Judah. Then David departed, and came into
the forest of Hereth. 22:6Saul heard that David
was discovered, and the men who were with
him: now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under
the tamarisk tree in Ramah, with his spear in
his hand, and all his servants were standing
about him. 22:7Saul said to his servants who
stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites;
will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields
and vineyards, will he make you all captains
of thousands and captains of hundreds, 22:8that
all of you have conspired against me, and
there is none who discloses to m e when m y
son makes a league with the son of Jesse, and
there is none of you who is sorry for me, or
discloses to me that my son has stirred up my
servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
22:9Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who
stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw
the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech
the son of Ahitub. 22:10He inquired of Yahweh
for him, and gave himf ood, and gave himthe
sword of Goliath the Philistine. 22:11Then the
king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son
of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests
who were in Nob: and they came all of them
to the king. 22:12Saul said, Hear now, you son
of Ahitub. He answered, Here I am, my lord.
22:13Saul said to him, Why have you conspired
against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that
you have given himbre ad, and a sword, and
have inquired of God for him, that he should
rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
22:14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and
said,Who among all your servants is so faithful
as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is
taken into your council, and is honorable in
your house? 22:15Have I today begun to inquire
of God for him? be it far from me: don't let
the king impute anything to his servant, nor
to all the house of my father; for your servant
knows nothing of all this, less or more. 22:16The
king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you,
and all your father's house. 22:17The king said
to the guard who stood about him, Turn, and
kill the priests of Yahweh; because their hand
also is with David, and because they knew that
he fled, and didn't disclose it to me. But the
servants of the king wouldn't put forth their
hand to fall on the priests of Yahweh. 22:18The
king said to Doeg, Turn you, and fall on the
priests. Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell
on the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-
five personswho wore a linen ephod. 22:19Nob,
the city of the priests, struck he with the edge
of the sword, both men and women, children
and nursing babies, and cattle and donkeys and
sheep, with the edge of the sword. 22:20One
of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub,
named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
22:21Abiathar told David that Saul had slain
Yahweh's priests. 22:22David said to Abiathar,
I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite
was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have
occasioned the deathof all the persons of your
father's house. 22:23Abide you with me, don't
be afraid; for he who seeks my life seeks your
life: for with me you shall be in safeguard.
23:1They told David, saying, Behold, the
Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are
robbing the threshing floors. 23:2Therefore
David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go
and strike these Philistines? Yahweh said to
David, Go, and strike the Philistines, and save
Keilah. 23:3David's men said to him, Behold,
we are afraid here in Judah: how much more
then if we go to Keilah against the armies of
the Philistines? 23:4Then David inquired of
Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him,
and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I
will deliver the Philistines into your hand.
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23:5David and his men went to Keilah, and
fought with the Philistines, and brought away
their livestock, and killed themw ith a great
slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of
Keilah. 23:6It happened, when Abiathar the son
of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he
cam edown with an ephod in his hand. 23:7It
was told Saul that David was come to Keilah.
Saul said, God has delivered himin tomy hand;
for he is shut in, by entering into a town that
has gates and bars. 23:8Saul summoned all the
people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege
David and his men. 23:9David knew that Saul
was devising mischief against him; and he said
to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.
23:10Then said David, O Yahweh, the God of
Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul
seeks to com e to Keilah, to destroy the city for
m y sake. 23:11Will the men of Keilah deliver
me up into his hand? will Saul come down,
as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God
of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant. Yahweh
said,Hewill come down. 23:12Then said David,
Will the men of Keilah deliver up to me and
my men into the hand of Saul? Yahweh said,
They will deliver you up. 23:13Then David and
his men, who were about six hundred, arose
and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever
they could go. It was told Saul that David was
escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going
there. 23:14David abode in the wilderness in the
strongholds, and remained in the hill country
in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him
every day, but God didn't deliver himin to his
hand. 23:15David saw that Saul had come out to
seek his life: and David was in the wilderness
of Ziph in the wood. 23:16Jonathan, Saul's son,
arose, and went to David into the wood, and
strengthened his hand in God. 23:17He said
to him, Don't be afraid; for the hand of Saul
my father shall not find you; and you shall be
king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and
that also Saul my father knows. 23:18They two
made a covenant before Yahweh: and David
abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his
house. 23:19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul
to Gibeah, saying, Doesn't David hide himself
with us in the strongholds in the wood, in
the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south
of the desert? 23:20Now therefore, O king,
come down, according to all the desire of your
soul to come down; and our part shall be to
deliver himup into the king's hand. 23:21Saul
said, Blessed be you of Yahweh; for you have
had compassion on me. 23:22Please go make
yet more sure, and know and see his place
where his haunt is, andwho has seen himt here;
for it is told me that he deals very subtly.
23:23See therefore, and take knowledge of all
the lurking places where he hides himself, and
come you again to me of a certainty, and I will
go with you: and it shall happen, if he be in
the land, that I will search himo ut among all
the thousands of Judah. 23:24They arose, and
went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his
men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the
Arabah on the south of the desert. 23:25Saul
and his men went to seek him. When David
was told, he went down to the rock, and stayed
in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard
that, he pursued after David in the wilderness
of Maon. 23:26Saul 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
surrounded David and his men to take them.
23:27But there came a messenger to Saul, saying,
Haste you, and come; for the Philistines have
made a raid on the land. 23:28So Saul returned
fromp ursuing after David, and went against
the Philistines: therefore they called that place
Sela Hammahlekoth. 23:29David went up from
there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.
24:1It happened, when Saul was returned
fromfollow ing the Philistines, that it was told
him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness
of En Gedi. 24:2Then Saul took three thousand
chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek
David and his men on the rocks of the wild
goats. 24:3He came to the sheep pens by the
way, where there was a cave; and Saul went
in to relieve himself. Now David and his
men were abiding in the innermost parts of
the cave. 24:4The men of David said to him,
Behold, the day of which Yahweh said to you,
Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your
hand, and you shall do to himas it shall
seemgood to you. Then David arose, and
cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly. 24:5It
happened afterward, that David's heart struck
him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. 24:6He
said to his men, Yahweh forbid that I should
do this thing to my lord, Yahweh's anointed,
to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is
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Yahweh's anointed. 24:7So David checked his
men with these words, and didn't allow them
to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the
cave, and went on his way. 24:8David also arose
afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried
after Saul, saying,My lord the king. When Saul
looked behind him, David bowed with his face
to the earth, and did obeisance. 24:9David said
to Saul,Why listen you to men's words, saying,
Behold, David seeks your hurt? 24:10Behold,
this day your eyes have seen how that Yahweh
had delivered you today into my hand in the
cave: and som e bade m e kill you; but my
eyespared you; and I said, I will not put forth
my hand against my lord; for he is Yahweh's
anointed. 24:11Moreover, my father, behold,
yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in
that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn't
kill you, know you and see that there is neither
evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have
not sinned against you, though you hunt after
my life to take it. 24:12Yahweh judge between
me and you, and Yahweh avenge me of you;
but my hand shall not be on you. 24:13As says
the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked
comes forth wickedness; but my hand shall
not be on you. 24:14After whomi s the king of
Israel come out? after whom do you pursue?
after a dead dog, after a flea. 24:15Yahweh
therefore be judge, and give sentence between
me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and
deliver me out of your hand. 24:16It came to
pass,when David had made an end of speaking
these words to Saul, that Saul said, Is this your
voice, my son David? Saul lifted up his voice,
and wept. 24:17He said to David, You are more
righteous than I; for you have rendered to me
good, whereas I have rendered to you evil.
24:18You have declared this day how that you
have dealtwellwith me, becausewhen Yahweh
had deliveredme up into your hand, you didn't
kill me. 24:19For if a man finds his enemy, will
he let him go away unharmed? Therefore may
Yahweh reward you good for that which you
have done to me this day. 24:20Now, behold,
I know that you shall surely be king, and that
the kingdomo f Israel shall be established in
your hand. 24:21Swear now therefore to me by
Yahweh, that you will not cut off my seed after
me, and that you will not destroy my name out
of my father's house. 24:22David swore to Saul.
Saul went home; but David and his men got
themup to the stronghold.
25:1Samuel died; and all Israel gathered
themselves together, and lamented him, and
buried himi n his house at Ramah. David arose,
and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
25:2There 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. 25:3Now the name of the man was
Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and
the woman was of good understanding, and of
a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and
evil in his doings; and he was of the house of
Caleb. 25:4David heard in the wilderness that
Nabal was shearing his sheep. 25:5David sent
ten young men, and David said to the young
men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and
greet him in my name: 25:6and thus you shell
tell himw ho lives in prosperity, Peace be to
you, and peace be to your house, and peace
be to all that you have. 25:7Now I have heard
that you have shearers: your shepherds have
now been with us, and we did themno hurt,
neither was there anything missing to them, all
the while they were in Carmel. 25:8Ask your
young men, and they will tell you: therefore
let the young men find favor in your eyes; for
we come in a good day. Please give whatever
comes to your hand, to your servants, and
to your son David. 25:9When David's young
men came, they spoke to Nabal according to
all those words in the name of David, and
ceased. 25:10Nabal answered David's servants,
and said, Who is David? and who is the son of
Jesse? there are many servants who break away
fromthe ir masters these days. 25:11Shall I then
take my bread, and my water, and my meat
that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to
men who I don't know where they come from?
25:12So David's young men turned on their
way, and went back, and came and told him
according to all these words. 25:13David said
to his men, Gird you on every man his sword.
They girded on every man his sword; and
David also girded on his sword: and therewent
up after David about four hundred men; and
two hundred abode by the baggage. 25:14But
one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's
wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers
out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and
he railed at them. 25:15But the men were very
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good to us, and we were not hurt, neither
missed we anything, as long as we went with
them, when we were in the fields: 25:16they
were a wall to us both by night and by day,
all the while we were with themk eeping the
sheep. 25:17Now therefore know and consider
what you will do; for evil is determined against
our master, and against all his house: for he
is such a worthless fellow that one can't speak
to him. 25:18Then Abigail made haste, and
took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of
wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five
measures of parched grain, and one hundred
clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of
figs, and laid themo n donkeys. 25:19She said
to her young men, Go on before me; behold,
I come after you. But she didn't tell her
husband, Nabal. 25:20It was so, as she rode
on her donkey, and came down by the covert
of the mountain, that behold, David and his
men came down toward her; and she met them.
25:21Now David had said, Surely in vain have I
kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness,
so that nothing was missed of all that pertained
to him: and he has returned me evil for good.
25:22God do so to the enem ies of David, and
more also, if I leave of all that belongs to himby
the morning light so much as one who urinates
on a wall.a 25:23When Abigail saw David, she
hurried, and alighted fromhe r donkey, and fell
before David on her face, and bowed herself to
the ground. 25:24She fell at his feet, and said,
On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and
please let your handmaid speak in your ears.
Hear the words of your handmaid. 25:25Please
don't let my lord regard this worthless fellow,
even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal
is his name, and folly is with him: but I your
handmaid didn't see the young men of my
lord, whomyou did send. 25:26Now therefore,
my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul
lives, seeing Yahweh has withheld you from
blood guiltiness, and froma venging yourself
with your own hand, now therefore let your
enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord,
be as Nabal. 25:27Now this present which your
servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to
the young menwho follow my lord. 25:28Please
forgive the trespass of your handmaid: for
Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure
house, because my lord fights the battles of
Yahweh; and evil shall not be found in you
all your days. 25:29Though men be risen up
to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the
soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle
of life with Yahweh your God; and the souls
of your enemies, them shall he sling out, as
fromt he hollow of a sling. 25:30It shall come to
pass, when Yahweh shall have done to my lord
according to all the good that he has spoken
concerning you, and shall have appointed you
prince over Israel, 25:31that this shall be no
grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord,
either that you have shed blood without cause,
or that my lord has avenged himself. When
Yahweh shall have dealt well with my lord,
then remember your handmaid. 25:32David
said to Abigail, Blessed be Yahweh, the God
of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me:
25:33and blessed be your discretion, and blessed
be you, that have kept me this day from blood
guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my
own hand. 25:34For in very deed, as Yahweh,
the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me
fromh urting you, except you had hurried and
come to meet me, surely there wouldn't have
been left to Nabal by the morning light so
m uch as one who urinates on a wall.b 25:35So
David received of her hand that which she had
brought him: and he said to her, Go up in
peace to your house; behold, I have listened
to your voice, and have accepted your person.
25:36Abigail came toNabal; 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: therefore she told him
nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
25:37It happened in the morning,when the wine
was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him
these things, and his heart died within him,
and he became as a stone. 25:38It happened
about ten days after, that Yahweh struck Nabal,
so that he died. 25:39When David heard that
Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Yahweh,
who has pleaded the cause of my reproach
fromthe hand of Nabal, and has kept back his
servant fromev il: and the evildoing of Nabal
has Yahweh returned on his own head. David
sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her
a25:22 or, male.
b25:34 or, male.
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to himas wife. 25:40When the servants of David
were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to
her, saying, David has sent us to you, to take
you to hima s wife. 25:41She arose, and bowed
herself with her face to the earth, and said,
Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash
the feet of the servants of my lord. 25:42Abigail
hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey,
with five ladies of hers who followed her; and
she went after the messengers of David, and
became his wife. 25:43David also took Ahinoam
of Jezreel; and they became both of them his
wives. 25:44Now Saul had given Michal his
daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish,
who was of Gallim.
26:1The Ziphites cam e to Saul to Gibeah,
saying, Doesn't David hide himself in the hill of
Hachilah, which is before the desert? 26:2Then
Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness
of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of
Israelwith him, to seek David in the wilderness
of Ziph. 26:3Saul encamped in the hill of
Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the
way. But David abode in the wilderness,
and he saw that Saul came after him into
the wilderness. 26:4David therefore sent out
spies, and understood that Saul was come of
a certainty. 26:5David arose, and came to the
place where Saul had encamped; and David
saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the
son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul
lay within the place of the wagons, and the
people were encamped around him. 26:6Then
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? Abishai said,
I will go down with you. 26:7So David and
Abishai came to the people by night: and,
behold, Saul lay sleepingwithin the place of the
wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at
his head; and Abner and the people lay around
him. 26:8Then said Abishai to David, God has
delivered up your enemy into your hand this
day: now therefore please let me strike him
with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and
I will not strike himt he second time. 26:9David
said to Abishai, Don't destroy him; for who can
put forth his hand against Yahweh's anointed,
and be guiltless? 26:10David said, As Yahweh
lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day shall
come to die; or he shall go down into battle and
perish. 26:11Yahweh forbid that I should put
forth my hand against Yahweh's anointed: but
now please take the spear that is at his head,
and the jar of water, and let us go. 26:12So
David took the spear and the jar of water from
Saul's head; and they got themaway : and
no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any
awake; for they were all asleep, because a
deep sleep fromY ahweh was fallen on them.
26:13Then David went over to the other side,
and stood on the top of the mountain afar off;
a great space being between them; 26:14and
David cried to the people, and to Abner the son
of Ner, saying, Don't you answer, Abner? Then
Abner answered,Who are you who cries to the
king? 26:15David said to Abner, Aren't you a
valiantman? and who is like you in Israel? why
then have you not kept watch over your lord,
the king? for there came one of the people in to
destroy the king your lord. 26:16This thing isn't
good that you have done. As Yahweh lives,
you are worthy to die, because you have not
kept watch over your lord, Yahweh's anointed.
Now see where the king's spear is, and the
jar of water that was at his head. 26:17Saul
knew David's voice, and said, Is this your
voice, my son David? David said, It is my
voice, my lord, O king. 26:18He said, Why does
my lord pursue after his servant? for what
have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
26:19Now therefore, please let my lord the king
hear the words of his servant. If it be Yahweh
that has stirred you up against me, let him
accept an offering: but if it be the children of
men, cursed be they before Yahweh: for they
have driven me out this day that I shouldn't
cling to Yahweh's inheritance, saying, Go, serve
other gods. 26:20Now therefore, don't let my
blood fall to the earth away fromthe presence
of Yahweh: for the king of Israel is come
out to seek a flea, as when one does hunt
a partridge in the mountains. 26:21Then said
Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I
will no more do you harm, because my life was
precious in your eyes this day: behold, I have
played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
26:22David answered, Behold the spear, O king!
let then one of the young men come over and
get it. 26:23Yahweh will render to every man
his righteousness and his faithfulness; because
Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and
I wouldn't put forth my hand against Yahweh's
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anointed. 26:24Behold, as your life was much
set by this day in my eyes, so let my life be
much set by in the eyes of Yahweh, and let
himdeliv erme out of all oppression. 26:25Then
Saul said to David, Blessed be you, my son
David: you shall both do mightily, and shall
surely prevail. So Davidwent hisway, and Saul
returned to his place.
27:1David said in his heart, I shall nowperish
one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing
better for me than that I should escape into the
land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair
of me, to seek me any more in all the borders
of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
27:2David arose, and passed over, he and the
six hundred menwhowerewith him, to Achish
the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 27:3David lived
with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every
man with his household, even David with
his two wives, Ahinoamt he Jezreelitess, and
Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. 27:4It
was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and
he sought no more again for him. 27:5David
said to Achish, If now I have found favor in
your eyes, let themgiv e me a place in one
of the cities in the country, that I may dwell
there: for why should your servant dwell in
the royal city with you? 27:6Then Achish gave
himZ iklag that day: why Ziklag pertains to
the kings of Judah to this day. 27:7The number
of the days that David lived in the country
of the Philistines was a full year and four
months. 27:8David and his men went up, and
made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites,
and the Amalekites; for those nationswere the
inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as
you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
27:9David struck the land, and saved neither
man nor woman alive, and took away the
sheep, and the cattle, and the donkeys, and
the camels, and the clothing; and he returned,
and came to Achish. 27:10Achish said, Against
whomhave you made a raid today? David
said, Against the South of Judah, and against
the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the
South of the Kenites. 27:11David saved neither
man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath,
saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So
did David, and so has been his manner all
the while he has lived in the country of the
Philistines. 27:12Achish believed David, saying,
He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor
him; therefore he shall be my servant forever.
28:1It happened in those days, that the
Philistines gathered their armies together for
warfare, to fight with Israel. Achish said to
David, Know you assuredly, that you shall go
out with me in the army, you and your men.
28:2David said to Achish, Therefore you shall
know what your servant will do. Achish said
to David, Therefore will I make you keeper of
my head for ever. 28:3Now Samuel was dead,
and all Israel had lamented him, and buried
himin Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had
put away those who had familiar spirits, and
the wizards, out of the land. 28:4The Philistines
gathered themselves together, and came and
encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all
Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.
28:5When Saul saw the army of the Philistines,
he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
28:6When Saul inquired of Yahweh, Yahweh
didn't answer him, neither by dreams, nor by
Urim, nor by prophets. 28:7Then said Saul to his
servants, Seek me a woman who has a familiar
spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of
her. His servants said to him, Behold, there is
a woman who has a familiar spirit at Endor.
28:8Saul disguised himself, and put on other
clothing, and went, he and two men with him,
and they came to the woman by night: and he
said, Please divine to me by the familiar spirit,
and bring me up whoever I shall name to you.
28:9The woman said to him, Behold, you know
what Saul has done, how he has cut off those
who have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out
of the land: why then lay you a snare for my
life, to cause me to die? 28:10Saul swore to
her by Yahweh, saying, As Yahweh lives, there
shall no punishment happen to you for this
thing. 28:11Then said the woman, Whom shall I
bring up to you? He said, Bring me up Samuel.
28:12When the woman saw Samuel, she cried
with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to
Saul, saying, Why have you deceived me? for
you are Saul. 28:13The king said to her, Don't
be afraid: for what do you see? The woman
said to Saul, I see a god coming up out of the
earth. 28:14He said to her, What formi s he
of? She said, An old man comes up; and he
is covered with a robe. Saul perceived that it
was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the
ground, and did obeisance. 28:15Samuel said
to Saul, Why have you disquieted me, to bring
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me up? Saul answered, I am sore distressed;
for the Philistines make war against me, and
God is departed from me, and answers me
no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams:
therefore I have called you, that you may make
known to me what I shall do. 28:16Samuel said,
Why then do you ask of me, seeing Yahweh
is departed fromyou, and is become your
adversary? 28:17Yahweh has done to you, as
he spoke by me: and Yahweh has torn the
kingdomo ut of your hand, and given it to
your neighbor, even to David. 28:18Because you
didn't obey the voice of Yahweh, and didn't
execute his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore
has Yahweh done this thing to you this day.
28:19Moreover Yahweh will deliver Israel also
with you into the hand of the Philistines; and
tomorrow you and your sons will be with me:
Yahweh will deliver the army of Israel also
into the hand of the Philistines. 28:20Then Saul
fell immediately his full length 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. 28:21The woman came to Saul, and saw
that he was sore troubled, and said to him,
Behold, your handmaid has listened to your
voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and
have listened to your words which you spoke
to me. 28:22Now therefore, please listen also
to the voice of your handmaid, and let me set
a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that
you may have strength, when you go on your
way. 28:23But he refused, and said, I will not
eat. But his servants, together with the woman,
constrained him; and he listened to their voice.
So he arose fromthe earth, and sat on the
bed. 28:24The woman had a fattened calf in
the house; and she hurried, and killed it; and
she took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake
unleavened bread of it: 28:25and she brought it
before Saul, and before his servants; and they
ate. Then they rose up, and went away that
night.
29:1Now the Philistines gathered together
all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites
encamped by the spring which is in Jezreel.
29:2The lords of the Philistines passed on by
hundreds, and by thousands; and David and
his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.
29:3Then said the princes of the Philistines,
What dothese Hebrews here? Achish said to
the princes of the Philistines, Isn't this David,
the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has
been with me these days, or ratherthese years,
and I have found no fault in hims ince he fell
away to meto this day? 29:4But the princes of
the Philistines were angry with him; and the
princes of the Philistines said to him, Make
the man return, that he may go back to his
place where you have appointed him, and let
himno t go down with us to battle, lest in the
battle he become an adversary to us: for with
what should this fellowreconcile himself to his
lord? should it not be with the heads of these
men? 29:5Is not this David, of whomthe y
sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul has
slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?
29:6Then Achish called David, and said to him,
As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and
your going out and your coming in with me
in the army is good in my sight; for I have not
found evil in you since the day of your coming
to me to this day: nevertheless the lords don't
favor you. 29:7Therefore now return, and go in
peace, that you not displease the lords of the
Philistines. 29:8David said to Achish, Butwhat
have I done? and what have you found in your
servant so long as I have been before you to
this day, that I may not go and fight against
the enemies of my lord the king? 29:9Achish
answered David, I know that you are good in
my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding
the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall
not go up with us to the battle. 29:10Therefore
now rise up early in the morning with the
servants of your lord who have come with you;
and as soon as you are up early in the morning,
and have light, depart. 29:11So David rose up
early, he and his men, to depart in the morning,
to return into the land of the Philistines. The
Philistines went up to Jezreel.
30:1It happened, when David and his men
were come to Ziklag on the third day, that
the Amalekites had made a raid on the South,
and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and
burned it with fire, 30:2and had taken captive
the women and allwho were therein, both small
and great: they didn't kill any, but carried them
off, and went their way. 30:3When David and
his men came to the city, behold, it was burned
with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and
their daughters, were taken captive. 30:4Then
David and the peoplewho were with himl ifted
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up their voice and wept, until they had no
more power to weep. 30:5David's two wives
were taken captive, Ahinoamt he Jezreelitess,
and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
30:6David was greatly distressed; for the people
spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all
the people was grieved, every man for his sons
and for his daughters: but David strengthened
himself in Yahweh his God. 30:7David said
to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech,
Please bring me here the ephod. Abiathar
brought there the ephod to David. 30:8David
inquired of Yahweh, saying, If I pursue after
this troop, shall I overtake them? He answered
him, Pursue; for you shall surely overtake them,
and shall without fail recover all. 30:9So David
went, he and the six hundred men who were
with him, and came to the brook Besor, where
those who were left behind stayed. 30:10But
David pursued, he and four hundred men; for
two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint
that they couldn't go over the brook Besor.
30:11They found an Egyptian in the field, and
brought himto David, and gave himbre ad,
and he ate; and they gave himwate r to drink.
30:12They gave hima 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. 30:13David said to
him, To whom belong you? and whence are
you? He said, I ama young man of Egypt,
servant to an Amalekite; and my master left
me, because three days ago I fell sick. 30:14We
made a raid on the South of the Cherethites,
and on that which belongs to Judah, and on
the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with
fire. 30:15David said to him, Will you bring
me down to this troop? He said, Swear to
me by God, that you will neither kill me, nor
deliver me up into the hands of my master, and
I will bring you down to this troop. 30:16When
he had brought himd own, behold, they were
spread abroad over all the ground, 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.
30:17David struck themfr om the twilight even
to the evening of the next day: and there not
a man of them escaped, except four hundred
young men, who rode on camels and fled.
30:18David recovered all that the Amalekites
had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
30:19There was nothing lacking to them, neither
small nor great, neither sons nor daughters,
neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken
to them: David brought back all. 30:20David
took all the flocks and the herds, whichthey
drove before those otherlivestock, and said, This
is David's spoil. 30:21David came to the two
hundred men, who were so faint that they
could not follow David, whomal so they had
made to abide at the brook Besor; and they
went forth to meet David, and to meet the
people who were with him: and when David
came near to the people, he greeted them.
30:22Then answered all the wicked men and
base fellows, of those who went with David,
and said, Because they didn't go with us, we
will not give themany thing of the spoil that
we have recovered, except to every man his
wife and his children, that he may lead them
away, and depart. 30:23Then said David, You
shall not do so, my brothers, with that which
Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us,
and delivered the troop that came against us
into our hand. 30:24Who will listen to you in
this matter? for as his share is who goes down
to the battle, so shall his share be who tarries
by the baggage: they shall share alike. 30:25It
was so fromthat day forward, that he made it
a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
30:26When David came to Ziklag, he sent of the
spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends,
saying, Behold, a present for you of the spoil of
the enemies of Yahweh: 30:27To those who were
in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth
of the South, and to those who were in Jattir,
30:28and to those who were in Aroer, and to
those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who
were in Eshtemoa, 30:29and to those who were
in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of
the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the
cities of the Kenites, 30:30and to those who were
in Hormah, and to thosewho were in Borashan,
and to those who were in Athach, 30:31and to
those who were in Hebron, and to all the places
where David himself and his men used to stay.
31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel:
and the men of Israel fled from before
the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount
Gilboa. 31:2The Philistines followed hard on
Saul and on his sons; and the Philistines killed
Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the
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sons of Saul. 31:3The battle went sore against
Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he
was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.
31:4Then said Saul to his armor bearer, Draw
your sword, and thrust me through therewith,
lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me
through, and abuse me. But his armor bearer
would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore
Saul took his sword, and fell on it. 31:5When
his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he
likewise fell on his sword, and died with him.
31:6So Saul died, and his three sons, and his
armor bearer, and all his men, that same day
together. 31:7When the men of Israel who were
on the other side of the valley, and those who
were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of
Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were
dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and
the Philistines came and lived in them. 31:8It
happened on the next day, when the Philistines
came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and
his three sons fallen onMount Gilboa. 31:9They
cut off his head, and strippedoff his arm or, and
sent into the land of the Philistines all around,
to carry the news to the house of their idols, and
to the people. 31:10They put his armor in the
house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his
body to the wall of Beth Shan. 31:11When the
inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard concerning
himt hat which the Philistines had done to
Saul, 31:12all the valiant men arose, and went
all night, and took the body of Saul and the
bodies of his sons fromthe wall of Beth Shan;
and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
31:13They took their bones, and buried them
under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted
seven days.
The Second Book of
Samuel
1:1It happened after the death of Saul, when
David was returned fromthe slaughter of the
Amalekites, and David had abode two days in
Ziklag; 1:2it happened on the third day, that
behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul,
with his clothes torn, and earth on his head:
and so it was, when he came to David, that he
fell to the earth, and did obeisance. 1:3David
said to him, From whence come you? He said
to him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
1:4David said to him, How went the matter?
Please tell me. He answered, The people are
fled fromthe battle, and many of the people
also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan
his son are dead also. 1:5David said to the
young man who told him, How know you that
Saul and Jonathan his son are dead? 1:6The
young man who told him said, As I happened
by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was
leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots
and the horsemen followed hard after him.
1:7When he looked behind him, he saw me, and
called to me. I answered, Here am I. 1:8He said
to me, Who are you? I answered him, I am
an Amalekite. 1:9He said to me, Stand, I pray
you, beside me, and kill me; for anguish has
taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole
in me. 1:10So I stood beside him, and killed
him, because I was sure that he could not live
after that he was fallen: and I took the crown
that was on his head, and the bracelet that
was on his arm, and have brought them here
to my lord. 1:11Then David took hold on his
clothes, and tore them; and likewise all the men
who were with him : 1:12and they mourned,
and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and
for Jonathan his son, and for the people of
Yahweh, and for the house of Israel; because
they were fallen by the sword. 1:13David said
to the young man who told him, Whence are
you? He answered, I amt he son of a foreigner,
an Amalekite. 1:14David said to him, How were
you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy
Yahweh's anointed? 1:15David called one of the
young men, and said, Go near, and fall on him.
He struck him, so that he died. 1:16David said
to him, Your blood be on your head; for your
mouth has testified against you, saying, I have
slain Yahweh's anointed.
1:17David lamented with this lamentation
over Saul and over Jonathan his son 1:18(and he
bade themte ach the children of Judah the song
of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of
Jashar):
1:19Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high
places!
How the mighty have fallen!
1:20Don't tell it in Gath.
Don't publish it in the streets of
Ashkelon,
lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
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lest the daughters of the uncircumcised
triumph.
1:21You mountains of Gilboa,
let there be no dew nor rain on you,
neither fields of offerings;
For there the shield of the mighty was
vilely cast away,
The shield of Saul was not anointed with
oil.
1:22Fromt he blood of the slain,
fromthe fat of themighty,
Jonathan's bow didn't turn back.
Saul's sword didn't return empty.
1:23Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant
in their lives.
In their death, they were not divided.
They were swifter than eagles.
They were stronger than lions.
1:24You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
who clothed you in scarlet delicately,
who put ornaments of gold on your
clothing.
1:25How are the mighty fallen in the midst of
the battle!
Jonathan is slain on your high places.
1:26I amdist ressed for you, my brother
Jonathan.
You have been very pleasant to me.
Your love to me was wonderful,
passing the love of women.
1:27How are the mighty fallen,
and the weapons of war perished!
2:1It happened after this, that David inquired
of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go up into
any of the cities of Judah? Yahweh said to
him, Go up. David said, Where shall I go
up? He said, To Hebron. 2:2So David went
up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoamthe
Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the
Carmelite. 2:3His men who were with him did
David bring up, every man with his household:
and they lived in the cities of Hebron. 2:4The
men of Judah came, and there they anointed
David king over the house of Judah. They
told David, saying, The men of Jabesh Gilead
were those who buried Saul. 2:5David sent
messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and
said to them, Blessed be you of Yahweh, that
you have shown this kindness to your lord,
even to Saul, and have buried him. 2:6Now
Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to
you: and I also will requite you this kindness,
because you have done this thing. 2:7Now
therefore let your hands be strong, and be you
valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also
the house of Judah have anointed me king over
them. 2:8Now Abner the son of Ner, captain
of Saul's army, had taken Ishbosheth the son
of Saul, and brought himov er to Mahanaim;
2:9and he made him king over Gilead, and
over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over
Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all
Israel. 2:10Ishbosheth, Saul's son, was forty
years old when he began to reign over Israel,
and he reigned two years. But the house of
Judah followed David. 2:11The time that David
was king in Hebron over the house of Judah
was seven years and six months. 2:12Abner
the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth
the son of Saul, went out fromMa hanaim to
Gibeon. 2:13Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the
servants of David, went out, and met them by
the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one
on the one side of the pool, and the other on the
other side of the pool. 2:14Abner said to Joab,
Please let the young men arise and play before
us. Joab said, Let thema rise. 2:15Then they
arose and went over by number: twelve for
Benjamin, and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul,
and twelve of the servants of David. 2:16They
caught everyone his fellow by the head, and
thrusthis sword in his fellow's side; so they
fell down together: therefore that place was
called Helkath Hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
2:17The battle was very severe that day: and
Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before
the servants of David. 2:18The three sons of
Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and
Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a
wild gazelle. 2:19Asahel pursued after Abner;
and in going he didn't turn to the right hand
nor to the left fromf ollowing Abner. 2:20Then
Abner looked behind him, and said, Is it you,
Asahel? He answered, It is I. 2:21Abner said
to him, Turn you aside to your right hand
or to your left, and lay you hold on one of
the young men, and take you his armor. But
Asahel would not turn aside fromf ollowing
him. 2:22Abner said again to Asahel, Turn you
aside fromfollow ing me: why should I strike
you to the ground? how then should I hold
up my face to Joab your brother? 2:23However
he refused to turn aside: therefore Abner with
the hinder end of the spear struck himi n the
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body, so that the spear came out behind him;
and he fell down there, and died in the same
place: and it happened, that as many as came
to the place where Asahel fell down and died
stood still. 2:24But Joab and Abishai pursued
after Abner: and the sun went down when
they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lies
before Giah by the way of the wilderness of
Gibeon. 2:25The children of Benjamin gathered
themselves together after Abner, and became
one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
2:26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, "Shall
the sword devour forever? Don't you know
that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How
long shall it be then, before you bid the people
return fromf ollowing their brothers?" 2:27Joab
said, As God lives, if you had not spoken,
surely then in the morning the people had
gone away, nor followed everyone his brother.
2:28So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people
stood still, and pursued after Israel no more,
neither fought they any more. 2:29Abner and
his men went all that night through the Arabah;
and they passed over the Jordan, and went
through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.
2:30Joab returned fromfollow ing Abner: and
when he had gathered all the people together,
there lacked of David's servants nineteen men
and Asahel. 2:31But the servants of David had
struck of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so
thatthree hundred sixty men died. 2:32They
took up Asahel, and buried himi n the tomb of
his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and
his men went all night, and the day broke on
themat Hebron.
3:1Now there was long war between the
house of Saul and the house of David: and
David grew stronger and stronger, but the
house of Saul grew weaker and weaker. 3:2To
David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn
was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
3:3and 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; 3:4and the fourth, Adonijah the son
of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son
of Abital; 3:5and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah,
David's wife. These were born to David in
Hebron. 3:6It happened, while there was war
between the house of Saul and the house of
David, that Abner made himself strong in the
house of Saul. 3:7Now Saul had a concubine,
whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah:
and Ishboshethsaid to Abner, Why have you
gone in to my father's concubine? 3:8Then was
Abner very angry for the words of Ishbosheth,
and said, AmI a dog's head that belongs to
Judah? This day do I show kindness to the
house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and
to his friends, and have not delivered you into
the hand of David; and yet you charge me
this day with a fault concerning this woman.
3:9God do so to Abner, and m ore also, if, as
Yahweh has sworn to David, I don't do even
so to him; 3:10to transfer the kingdomf rom
the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of
David over Israel and over Judah, fromD an
even to Beersheba. 3:11He could not answer
Abner another word, because he feared him.
3:12Abner sent messengers to David on his
behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also,
Make your league with me, and behold, my
hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel
to you. 3:13He said, Well; I will make a league
with you; but one thing I require of you: that
is, you shall not see my face, except you first
bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come
to see my face. 3:14David sent messengers to
Ishbosheth, Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my
wife Michal, whomI pledged to be married to
me for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
3:15Ishbosheth sent, and took her fromhe r
husband, even fromP altiel the son of Laish.
3:16Her husband went with her, weeping as he
went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then said
Abner to him, Go, return: and he returned.
3:17Abner had communication with the elders
of Israel, saying, In times past you sought for
David to be king over you: 3:18now then do it;
for Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, By the
hand of my servantDavid I will save my people
Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out
of the hand of all their enemies. 3:19Abner also
spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went
also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all
that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole
house of Benjamin. 3:20SoAbner cam e toDavid
to Hebron, and twenty men with him. David
made Abner and the men who were with him
a feast. 3:21Abner said to David, I will arise
and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the
king, that they may make a covenant with you,
and that you may reign over all that your soul
desires. David sent Abner away; and he went
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in peace. 3:22Behold, the servants of David
and Joab came from a foray, 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. 3:23When
Joab and all the army who was with him had
come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son
of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him
away, and he is gone in peace. 3:24Then Joab
came to the king, and said, What have you
done? behold, Abner came to you; why is it
that you have sent himaway , and he is quite
gone? 3:25You know Abner the son of Ner,
that he came to deceive you, and to know your
going out and your coming in, and to know
all that you do. 3:26When Joab was come out
fromD avid, he sent messengers after Abner,
and they brought himback fromthe well of
Sirah: but David didn't know it. 3:27When
Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him
aside into the midst of the gate to speak with
himq uietly, and struck himthe re in the body,
so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his
brother. 3:28Afterward, when David heard it,
he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before
Yahweh forever of the blood of Abner the son
of Ner: 3:29let it fall on the head of Joab, and on
all his father's house; and let there not fail from
the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who
is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls
by the sword, or who lacks bread. 3:30So Joab
and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because
he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in
the battle. 3:31David said to Joab, and to all the
people who were with him, Tear your clothes,
and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before
Abner. King David followed the bier. 3:32They
buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted
up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner;
and all the people wept. 3:33The king lamented
for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool
dies? 3:34Your hands were not bound, nor your
feet put into fetters. As a man falls before the
children of iniquity, so you fell.
All the people wept again over him. 3:35All
the people came to cause David to eat bread
while it was yet day; but David swore, saying,
God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread,
or anything else, until the sun be down. 3:36All
the people took notice of it, and it pleased them;
as whatever the king did pleased all the people.
3:37So all the people and all Israel understood
that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner
the son of Ner. 3:38The king said to his servants,
"Don't you know that there a prince and a great
man has fallen this day in Israel? 3:39I am this
day weak, though anointed king; and these
men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me.
May Yahweh reward the evildoer according to
his wickedness."
4:1When Ishbosheth, Saul's son, heard that
Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became
feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
4:2Ishbosheth, Saul's son, hadtwo men who were
captains of bands: the name of the one was
Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the
sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children
of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is reckoned to
Benjamin: 4:3and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim,
and have lived as foreigners there until
this day). 4:4Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had
a son who was lame of his feet. He was five
years old when the news came of Saul and
Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse took
himu p, and fled: and it happened, as she
made haste to flee, that he fell, and became
lame. His name was Mephibosheth. 4:5The
sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and
Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the
day to the house of Ishbosheth, as he took
his rest at noon. 4:6They came there into the
midst of the house, as though they would have
fetchedwheat; and they struck himi n the body:
and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
4:7Now when they came into the house, as he
lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they struck
him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and
took his head, and went by the way of the
Arabah all night. 4:8They brought the head of
Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the
king, Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son
of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; and
Yahweh has avenged my lord the king this day
of Saul, and of his seed. 4:9David answered
Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of
Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As
Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out
of all adversity, 4:10when one told me, saying,
Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought
good news, I took hold of him, and killed him
in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave himf or
his news. 4:11How much more, when wicked
men have slain a righteous person in his own
house on his bed, shall I not now require his
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blood of your hand, and take you away from
the earth? 4:12David commanded his young
men, and they killed them, and cut off their
hands and their feet, and hanged themu p
beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the
head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the grave
of Abner in Hebron.
5:1Then came all the tribes of Israel to David
to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are
your bone and your flesh. 5:2In times past,
when Saul was king over us, it was you who
led out and brought in Israel: and Yahweh said
to you, You shall be shepherd of my people
Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.
5:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king
to Hebron; and king David made a covenant
with themi n Hebron before Yahweh: and they
anointed David king over Israel. 5:4David
was thirty years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned forty years. 5:5In Hebron
he reigned over Judah seven years and six
months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirtythree
years over all Israel and Judah. 5:6The
king and his men went to Jerusalem against
the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who
spoke to David, saying, Except you take away
the blind and the lame, you shall not come
in here; thinking, David can't come in here.
5:7Nevertheless David took the stronghold of
Zion; the same is the city of David. 5:8David
said on that day,Whoever strikes the Jebusites,
let himg et up to the watercourse, and strikethe
lame and the blind, who are hated of David's
soul. Therefore they say, There are the blind
and the lame; he can't come into the house.
5:9David lived in the stronghold, and called it
the city of David. David built around from
Millo and inward. 5:10David grew greater
and greater; for Yahweh, the God of Armies,
was with him. 5:11Hiramk ing of Tyre sent
messengers to David, and cedar trees, and
carpenters, and masons; and they built David
a house. 5:12David perceived that Yahweh
had established himk ing over Israel, and that
he had exalted his kingdomfor his people
Israel's sake. 5:13David took himm ore concubines
and wives out of Jerusalem, after he
was come from Hebron; and there were yet
sons and daughters born to David. 5:14These
are the names of those who were born to
him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab,
and Nathan, and Solomon, 5:15and Ibhar, and
Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 5:16and Elishama,
and Eliada, and Eliphelet. 5:17When
the Philistines heard that they had anointed
David king over Israel, all the Philistines went
up to seek David; and David heard of it, and
went down to the stronghold. 5:18Now the
Philistines had come and spread themselves
in the valley of Rephaim. 5:19David inquired
of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go up against the
Philistines? will you deliver themin to my
hand? Yahweh said to David, Go up; for I
will certainly deliver the Philistines into your
hand. 5:20David came to Baal Perazim, and
David struck themthe re; and he said, Yahweh
has broken my enemies before me, like the
breach of waters. Therefore he called the name
of that place Baal Perazim. 5:21They left their
images there; and David and his men took
themaway . 5:22The Philistines came up yet
again, and spread themselves in the valley of
Rephaim. 5:23When David inquired of Yahweh,
he said, You shall not go up: make a circuit
behind them, and come on them over against
the mulberry trees. 5:24It shall be, when you
hear the sound of marching in the tops of the
mulberry trees, that then you shall bestir yourself;
for then is Yahweh gone out before you to
strike the army of the Philistines. 5:25David did
so, as Yahweh commanded him, and struck the
Philistines fromGeb a until you come to Gezer.
6:1David again gathered together all the
chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 6:2David
arose, and went with all the people who were
with him, from Baale Judah, to bring up from
there the ark of God, which is called by the
Name, even the name of Yahweh of Armies
who sits abovethe cherubim. 6:3They set the
ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out
of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill:
and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab,
drove the new cart. 6:4They brought it out of
the house of Abinadab, which was in the hill,
with the ark of God: and Ahio went before the
ark. 6:5David and all the house of Israel played
before Yahweh with all manner of instruments
made of fir wood, and with harps, and with
stringed instruments, and with tambourines,
and with castanets, and with cymbals. 6:6When
they came to the threshing floor of Nacon,
Uzzah put forth his handto the ark of God, and
took hold of it; for the cattle stumbled. 6:7The
anger of Yahweh was kindled against Uzzah;
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and God struck himt here for his error; and
there he died by the ark of God. 6:8David was
displeased, because Yahweh had broken forth
on Uzzah; and he called that place PerezUzzah,
to this day. 6:9David was afraid of Yahweh
that day; and he said, How shall the ark of
Yahweh come to me? 6:10So David would not
remove the ark of Yahweh to him into the city
of David; but David carried it aside into the
house of Obed-Edomthe Gittite. 6:11The ark of
Yahweh remained in the house of Obed-Edom
the Gittite three months: and Yahweh blessed
Obed-Edom, and all his house. 6:12It was told
king David, saying, Yahweh has blessed the
house of Obed-Edom, and all that pertains to
him, because of the ark of God. David went
and brought up the ark of God fromthe house
of Obed-Edomi nto the city of David with joy.
6:13It was so, that, when those who bore the
ark of Yahweh had gone six paces, he sacrificed
an ox and a fattened calf. 6:14David danced
before Yahweh with all his might; and David
was girded with a linen ephod. 6:15So David
and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of
Yahweh with shouting, and with the sound of
the trumpet. 6:16It was so, as the ark of Yahweh
came into the city of David, that Michal the
daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and
saw king David leaping and dancing before
Yahweh; and she despised himi n her heart.
6:17They brought in the ark of Yahweh, and set
it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David
had pitched for it; and David offered burnt
offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
6:18When David had made an end of offering
the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he
blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of
Armies. 6:19He dealt among all the people,
even among the whole multitude of Israel, both
to men and women, to everyone a cake of
bread, and a portion of flesh, and a cake of
raisins. So all the people departed everyone to
his house. 6:20Then David returned to bless his
household. Michal the daughter of Saul came
out to meet David, and said, How gloriouswas
the king of Israel today,who uncovered himself
today in the eyes of the handmaids of his
servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly
uncovers himself! 6:21David said to Michal, It
wasbefore Yahweh, who chose me above your
father, and above all his house, to appoint me
prince over the people of Yahweh, over Israel:
thereforewill I play before Yahweh. 6:22Iwill be
yet more vile than this, and will be base in my
own sight: but of the handmaids of whom you
have spoken, they shall honor me. 6:23Michal
the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of
her death.
7:1It happened, when the king lived in his
house, and Yahweh had given himre st from
all his enemies all around, 7:2that the king said
to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in
a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells
within curtains. 7:3Nathan said to the king, Go,
do all that is in your heart; for Yahweh is with
you. 7:4It happened the same night, that the
word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying, 7:5Go
and tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh,
Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?
7:6for I have not lived in a house since the day
that I brought up the children of Israel out of
Egypt, even to this day, but have moved around
in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7:7In all places
in which I have walked with all the children
of Israel, spoke I a word with any of the tribes
of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd
of my people Israel, saying, Why have you not
built me a house of cedar? 7:8Now therefore
thus you shall tell my servant David, Thus says
Yahweh of Armies, I took you from the sheep
pen, fromf ollowing the sheep, that you should
be prince over my people, over Israel; 7:9and
I have been with you wherever you went, and
have cut off all your enemies from before you;
and I will make you a great name, like the name
of the great ones who are in the earth. 7:10I
will appoint a place for my people Israel, and
will plant them, that they may dwell in their
own place, and be moved no more; neither
shall the children of wickedness afflict them
any more, as at the first, 7:11and asfromt he
day that I commanded judges to be over my
people Israel; and I will cause you to rest from
all your enemies. Moreover Yahweh tells you
that Yahweh will make you a house. 7:12When
your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep
with your fathers, I will set up your seed after
you, who shall proceed out of your bowels,
and I will establish his kingdom. 7:13He shall
build a house for my name, and I will establish
the throne of his kingdom forever. 7:14I 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
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of men; 7:15but my loving kindness shall not
depart fromh im, as I took it fromS aul, whomI
put away before you. 7:16Your house and your
kingdoms hall be made sure for ever before
you: your throne shall be established forever.
7:17According to all these words, and according
to all this vision, so didNathan speak to David.
7:18Then David the king went in, and sat before
Yahweh; and he said, Who amI, Lord Yahweh,
and what is my house, that you have brought
m e thus far? 7:19This was yet a small thing
in your eyes, Lord Yahweh; but you have
spoken also of your servant's house for a great
while to come; and this tooafter the manner
of men, Lord Yahweh! 7:20What can David
say more to you? for you know your servant,
Lord Yahweh. 7:21For your word's sake, and
according to your own heart, have you worked
all this greatness, to make your servant know
it. 7:22Therefore you are great, Yahweh God:
for there is none like you, neither is there any
God besides you, according to all that we have
heard with our ears. 7:23What one nation in the
earth is like your people, even like Israel,whom
God went to redeemt o himself for a people,
and to make him a name, and to do great
things for you, and awesome things for your
land, before your people, whomyou redeem
to you out of Egypt, fromthe nations and their
gods? 7:24You did establish to yourself your
people Israel to be a people to you forever;
and you, Yahweh, became their God. 7:25Now,
Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken
concerning your servant, and concerning his
house, confirmyou it forever, and do as you
have spoken. 7:26Let your nam e be m agnified
forever, saying, Yahweh of Arm ies is God over
Israel; and the house of your servant David
shall be established before you. 7:27For you,
Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, have
revealed to your servant, saying, I will build
you a house: therefore has your servant found
in his heart to pray this prayer to you. 7:28Now,
O Lord Yahweh, you are God, and your words
are truth, and you have promised this good
thing to your servant: 7:29now therefore let it
please you to bless the house of your servant,
that it may continue forever before you; for
you, Lord Yahweh, have spoken it: and with
your blessing let the house of your servant be
blessed forever.
8:1After this it happened that David struck
the Philistines, and subdued them: and David
took the bridle of the mother city out of the
hand of the Philistines. 8:2He struckMoab, and
measured them with the line, making them to
lie down on the ground; and he measured two
lines to put to death, and one full line to keep
alive. The Moabites became servants to David,
and brought tribute. 8:3David struck also
Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as
he went to recover his dominion at the River.
8:4David took fromh im one thousand seven
hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen:
and David hamstrung all the chariot
horses, but reserved of themf or one hundred
chariots. 8:5When the Syrians of Damascus
came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David
struck of the Syrians two and twenty thousand
men. 8:6Then David put garrisons in Syria of
Damascus; and the Syrians became servants
to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave
victory to David wherever he went. 8:7David
took the shields of gold that were on the
servants of Hadadezer, and brought themto
Jerusalem. 8:8FromB etah and from Berothai,
cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding
much brass. 8:9When Toi king of Hamath
heard that David had struck all the army of
Hadadezer, 8:10then Toi sent Joramhi s son to
king David, to Greet him, and to bless him,
because he had fought against Hadadezer and
struck him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi.
Jorambrought with himv essels of silver, and
vessels of gold, and vessels of brass: 8:11These
also did king David dedicate to Yahweh, with
the silver and gold that he dedicated of all
the nations which he subdued; 8:12of 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. 8:13David got hima name when he
returned fromsm iting the Syrians in the Valley
of Salt, even eighteen thousand men. 8:14He
put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom
put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became
servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to
David wherever he went. 8:15David reigned
over all Israel; and David executed justice and
righteousness to all his people. 8:16Joab the son
of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat
the son of Ahilud was recorder; 8:17and Zadok
the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of
Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;
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8:18and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was overthe
Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's
sons were chief ministers.
9:1David said, Is there yet any who is left
of the house of Saul, that I may show him
kindness for Jonathan's sake? 9:2There was of
the house of Saul a servant whose name was
Ziba, and they called himto David; and the
king said to him, Are you Ziba? He said, Your
servant is he. 9:3The king said, Is there not yet
any of the house of Saul, that I may show the
kindness of God to him? Ziba said to the king,
Jonathan has yet a son, who is lame of his feet.
9:4The king said to him, Where is he? Ziba said
to the king, Behold, he is in the house ofMachir
the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar. 9:5Then king
David sent, and fetched himout of the house
of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.
9:6Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son
of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face, and
did obeisance. David said, Mephibosheth. He
answered, Behold, your servant! 9:7David said
to him, "Don't be afraid of him; for I will surely
show you kindness for Jonathan your father's
sake, and will restore you all the land of Saul
your father; and you shall eat bread at my table
continually." 9:8He did obeisance, and said,
"What is your servant, that you should look on
such a dead dog as I am?" 9:9Then the king
called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him,
"All that pertained to Saul and to all his house
have I given to your master's son. 9:10You
shall till the land for him, you, and your sons,
and your servants; and you shall bring in the
fruits, that your master's son may have bread
to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son
shall eat bread always at my table." Now Ziba
had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 9:11Then
said Ziba to the king, According to all that my
lord the king commands his servant, so your
shall servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said
the king, he shall eat at m ytable, as one of the
king's sons. 9:12Mephibosheth had a young
son, whose name wasMica. All that lived in the
house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.
9:13So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem; for he
ate continually at the king's table. He was lame
in both his feet.
10:1It happened after this, that the king of
the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his
son reigned in his place. 10:2David said, I will
show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as
his father showed kindness to me. So David
sent by his servants to comfort him concerning
his father. David's servants came into the land
of the children of Ammon. 10:3But the princes
of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their
lord, Do you think that David honors your
father, in that he has sent comforters to you?
Hasn't David sent his servants to you to search
the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow
it? 10:4So 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 themaway . 10:5When
they told it to David, he sent to meet them; for
the men were greatly ashamed. The king said,
Wait at Jericho until your beards are grown,
and then return. 10:6When the children of
Ammon saw that they were become odious to
David, the children of Ammon sent and hired
the Syrians of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians of
Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king
of Maacah with one thousand men, and the
men of Tob twelve thousand men. 10:7When
David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the
army of the mighty men. 10:8The children of
Ammon came out, and put the battle in array
at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians
of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob
and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
10:9Now when Joab saw that the battle was
set against himb efore and behind, he chose of
all the choice men of Israel, and put them in
array against the Syrians: 10:10The rest of the
people he committed into the hand of Abishai
his brother; and he put themi n array against
the children of Ammon. 10:11He said, If the
Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall
help me; but if the children of Ammon are
too strong for you, then I will come and help
you. 10:12Be of good courage, and let us be
strong for our people, and for the cities of our
God: and Yahweh do that which seems him
good. 10:13So Joab and the people who were
with himd rew near to the battle against the
Syrians: and they fled before him. 10:14When
the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians
had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai,
and entered into the city. Then Joab returned
from the children of Ammon, and came to
Jerusalem. 10:15When the Syrians saw that
they were defeated by Israel, they gathered
themselves together. 10:16Hadadezer sent, and
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brought out the Syrians who were beyond the
River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach
the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their
head. 10:17It was told David; and he gathered
all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan,
and came to Helam. The Syrians set themselves
in array against David, and fought with him.
10:18The Syrians fled before Israel; and David
killed of the Syrians the men of seven hundred
chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and
struck Shobach the captain of their army, so
that he died there. 10:19When all the kings who
were servants to Hadadezer saw that they were
defeated before Israel, they made peace with
Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared
to help the children of Ammon any more.
11:1It happened, at the return of the year, at
the tim e when kings go out 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 stayed
at Jerusalem. 11:2It happened at evening, that
David arose fromof f his bed, and walked on
the roof of the king's house: and fromt he roof
he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was
very beautiful to look on. 11:3David send and
inquired after the woman. One said, Is not this
Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of
Uriah the Hittite? 11:4David sent messengers,
and took her; and she came in to him, and
he lay with her (for she was purified fromh er
uncleanness); and she returned to her house.
11:5The woman conceived; and she sent and
told David, and said, I amwi th child. 11:6David
sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite.
Joab sent Uriah to David. 11:7When Uriah
was come to him, David asked of him how
Joab did, and how the people fared, and how
the war prospered. 11:8David said to Uriah,
Go down to your house, and wash your feet.
Uriah departed out of the king's house, and
there followed hima mess of foodfromt he king.
11:9But Uriah slept at the door of the king's
house with all the servants of his lord, and
didn't go down to his house. 11:10When they
had told David, saying, Uriah didn't go down
to his house, David said to Uriah, Haven't
you come from a journey? why did you not
go down to your house? 11:11Uriah said to
David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide
in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants
of my lord, are encamped in the open field;
shall I then go into my house, to eat and to
drink, and to lie with my wife? as you live,
and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.
11:12David said to Uriah, Stay here today also,
and tomorrow I will let you depart. So Uriah
abode in Jerusalemthat day, and the next day.
11:13When David had called him, he ate 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 didn't go down to his
house. 11:14It happened in the morning, that
David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by
the hand of Uriah. 11:15He wrote in the letter,
saying, Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest
battle, and retire you from him, that he may
be struck, and die. 11:16It happened, when
Joab kept watch on the city, that he assigned
Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant
men were. 11:17The men of the city went out,
and fought with Joab: and there fell some of
the people, even of the servants of David; and
Uriah the Hittite died also. 11:18Then Joab sent
and told David all the things concerning the
war; 11:19and he commanded the messenger,
saying, "When you have made an end of telling
all the things concerning the war to the king,
11:20it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise,
and he tells you, 'Why did you go so near to
the city to fight? Didn't you know that they
would shoot fromt he wall? 11:21who struck
Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn't a
woman cast an upper millstone on him from
the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did
you go so near the wall?' then you shall say,
'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'"
11:22So the messenger went, and came and
showed David all that Joab had sent himf or.
11:23The messenger said to David, The men
prevailed against us, and came out to us into
the field, and we were on themev en to the
entrance of the gate. 11:24The shooters shot
at your servants fromo ff the wall; and some
of the king's servants are dead, and your
servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 11:25Then
David said to the messenger, Thus you shall
tell Joab, Don't let this thing displease you,
for the sword devours one as well as another;
make your battle more strong against the city,
and overthrow it: and encourage you him.
11:26When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah
her husband was dead, she made lamentation
for her husband. 11:27When the mourning was
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past, David sent and took her home to his
house, and she became his wife, and bore him
a son. But the thing that David had done
displeased Yahweh.
12:1Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came
to him, and said to him, "There were two men
in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
12:2The rich man had very many flocks and
herds, 12:3but the poor man had nothing, except
one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and
raised. It grew up together with him, and with
his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his
own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him
like a daughter. 12:4A traveler came to the rich
man, and he spared to take of his own flock and
of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man
who had come to him, but took the poor man's
lamb, and dressed it for the man who had come
to him."
12:5David's anger was greatly kindled
against the man, and he said to Nathan, "As
Yahweh lives, the man who has done this is
worthy to die! 12:6He shall restore the lamb
fourfold, because he did this thing, and because
he had no pity!"
12:7Nathan said to David, "You are the man.
This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'I
anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered
you out of the hand of Saul. 12:8I gave you your
master's house, and your master's wives into
your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel
and of Judah; and if that would have been too
little, I would have added to you many more
such things. 12:9Why have you despised the
word of Yahweh, to do that which is evil in
his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite
with the sword, and have taken his wife to be
your wife, and have slain himwi th the sword
of the children of Ammon. 12:10Now therefore
the sword will never depart fromy our house,
because you have despised me, and have taken
the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'
12:11This is what Yahweh says: 'Behold, I will
raise up evil against you out of your own
house; and I will take your wives before your
eyes, and give themto your neighbor, and he
will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
12:12For you did it secretly, but I will do this
thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'"
12:13David said to Nathan, "I have sinned
against Yahweh."
Nathan said to David, "Yahweh also has put
away your sin. You will not die. 12:14However,
because by this deed you have given great
occasion to Yahweh's enemies to blaspheme,
the child also who is born to you shall surely
die." 12:15Nathan departed to his house.
Yahweh struck the child that Uriah's wife
bore to David, and it was very sick. 12:16David
therefore begged God for the child; and David
fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the
earth. 12:17The elders of his house arose, and
stoodbeside him, to raise him up fromthe earth:
but he would not, neither did he eat bread with
them. 12:18It happened on the seventh day, that
the child died. The servants of David feared to
tell himthat the child was dead; for they said,
Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke
to him, and he didn't listen to our voice: how
will he then harmh imself, if we tell himt hat
the child is dead! 12:19But when David saw that
his servants were whispering together, David
perceived that the child was dead; and David
said to his servants, Is the child dead? They
said, He is dead. 12:20Then David arose from
the earth, and washed, and anointed himself,
and changed his clothing; and he came into
the house of Yahweh, and worshiped: then he
came to his own house; and when he required,
they set bread before him, and he ate. 12:21Then
said his servants to him, What thing is this that
you have done? you did fast and weep for the
child, while it was alive; but when the child
was dead, you did rise and eat bread. 12:22He
said,While the child was yet alive, I fasted and
wept: for I said, Who knows whether Yahweh
will not be gracious to me, that the child may
live? 12:23But now he is dead, why should I
fast? can I bring himback again? I shall go
to him, but he will not return to me. 12:24David
comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to
her, and lay with her: and she bore a son, and
he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved
him; 12:25and he sent by the hand of Nathan
the prophet; and he named him Jedidiah, for
Yahweh's sake. 12:26Now Joab fought against
Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took
the royal city. 12:27Joab sent messengers to
David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah;
yes, I have taken the city of waters. 12:28Now
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.
12:29David gathered all the people together, and
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went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took
it. 12:30He took the crown of their king fromof f
his head; and its weight was a talent of gold,
and in it wereprecious stones; and it was set on
David's head. He brought forth the spoil of
the city, exceeding much. 12:31He brought forth
the people who were therein, and put them
under saws, and under iron picks, and under
axes of iron, and made them pass through the
brick kiln: and he did so to all the cities of the
children of Ammon. David and all the people
returned to Jerusalem.
13:1It happened after this, that Absalomthe
son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name
was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved
her. 13:2Amnon was so troubled that he fell
sick because of his sister Tamar; for she was
a virgin; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do
anything to her. 13:3But Amnon had a friend,
whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah,
David's brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle
man. 13:4He said to him, Why, son of the king,
are you thus lean fromd ay to day? Won't you
tell me? Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my
brother Absalom's sister. 13:5Jonadab said to
him, Lay you down on your bed, and feign
yourself sick: and when your father comes to
see you, tell him, Please let my sister Tamar
come and give me bread to eat, and dress the
food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat
it fromh er hand. 13:6So Amnon lay down,
and feigned himself sick: and when the king
was come to see him, Amnon said to the king,
Please let her sister Tamar come, and make me
a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat
fromh er hand. 13:7Then David sent home to
Tamar, saying, Go now to your brother Amnon's
house, and dress himf ood. 13:8So Tamar
went to her brother Amnon's house; and he
was laid down. She took dough, and kneaded
it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the
cakes. 13:9She took the pan, and poured them
out before him; but he refused to eat. Amnon
said, Have out all men from me. They went
out every man from him. 13:10Amnon said to
Tamar, Bring the food into the chamber, that I
may eat from your hand. Tamar took the cakes
which she had made, and brought them into
the chamber to Amnon her brother. 13:11When
she had brought themne ar to himto eat, he
took hold of her, and said to her, Come, lie
with me, my sister. 13:12She answered him,
No, m ybrother, do not force m e; for no such
thing ought to be done in Israel. Don't you
do this folly. 13:13I, where shall I carry my
shame? and as for you, you will be as one of
the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak
to the king; for he will not withhold me from
you. 13:14However he would not listen to her
voice; but being stronger than she, he forced
her, and lay with her. 13:15Then Amnon hated
her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred
with which he hated her was greater than the
love with which he had loved her. Amnon said
to her, Arise, be gone. 13:16She said to him,
Not so, because this great wrong in putting me
forth is worsethan the other that you did to me.
But he would not listen to her. 13:17Then he
called his servant who ministered to him, and
said, Put now this woman out from me, and
bolt the door after her. 13:18She had a garment
of various colors on her; for with such robes
were the king's daughters who were virgins
dressed. Then his servant brought her out, and
bolted the door after her. 13:19Tamar put ashes
on her head, and tore her garment of various
colors that was on her; and she laid her hand
on her head, and went her way, crying aloud
as she went. 13:20Absalomh er brother said to
her, Has Amnon your brother been with you?
but now hold your peace, my sister: he is your
brother; don't take this thing to heart. So Tamar
remained desolate in her brother Absalom's
house. 13:21But when king David heard of all
these things, he was very angry. 13:22Absalom
spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for
Absalomhate d Amnon, because he had forced
his sister Tamar. 13:23It happened after two full
years, that Absalomhad sheepshearers in Baal
Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom
invited all the king's sons. 13:24Absalomcam e
to the king, and said, See now, your servant has
sheepshearers; let the king, I pray you, and his
servants go with your servant. 13:25The king
said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all
go, lest we be burdensom e to you. He pressed
him: however he would not go, but blessed
him. 13:26Then said Absalom, If not, please let
m ybrother Am non go with us. The king said
to him, Why should he go with you? 13:27But
Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and
all the king's sons go with him. 13:28Absalom
commanded his servants, saying, Mark you
now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine;
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and when I tell you, Smite Amnon, then kill
him; don't be afraid; haven't I commanded
you? be courageous, and be valiant. 13:29The
servants of Absalomd id to Amnon as Absalom
had commanded. Then all the king's sons
arose, and every man got him up on his mule,
and fled. 13:30It happened, while they were in
the way, that the news came to David, saying,
Absalomhas slain all the king's sons, and there
is not one of theml eft. 13:31Then the king
arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the
earth; and all his servants stood by with their
clothes torn. 13:32Jonadab, the son of Shimeah,
David's brother, answered, Don't let my lord
suppose that they have killed all the young
men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead;
for by the appointment of Absalom this has
been determined from the day that he forced
his sister Tamar. 13:33Now therefore don't let
my lord the king take the thing to his heart,
to think that all the king's sons are dead; for
Amnon only is dead. 13:34But Absalomfl ed.
The young man who kept the watch lifted up
his eyes, and looked, and behold, many people
were coming by way of the hillside behind
him. 13:35Jonadab said to the king, Behold, the
king's sons are come: as your servant said, so it
is. 13:36It happened, 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. 13:37But Absalomfl ed, and went to
Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur.
Davidmourned for his son every day. 13:38So
Absalomfle d, and went to Geshur, and was
there three years. 13:39the soul of king David
longed to go forth to Absalom: for he was
comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was
dead.
14:1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived
that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
14:2Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a
wise woman, and said to her, please act like
a mourner, and put on mourning clothing,
Please, and don't anoint yourself with oil, but
be as a woman who has a long time mourned
for the dead: 14:3and go in to the king, and
speak on this manner to him. So Joab put the
words in her mouth. 14:4When the woman of
Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face
to the ground, and did obeisance, and said,
Help, O king. 14:5The king said to her, What
ails you? She answered, Of a truth I ama
widow, and my husband is dead. 14:6Your
handmaid had two sons, and they two strove
together in the field, and there was none to
part them, but the one struck the other, and
killed him. 14:7Behold, the whole family is risen
against your handmaid, and they say, Deliver
himwho struck his brother, that we may kill
himfor the life of his brother whom he killed,
and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they
quench my coal which is left, and will leave
to my husband neither name nor remainder on
the surface of the earth. 14:8The king said to
the woman, Go to your house, and I will give
a command concerning you. 14:9The woman
of Tekoa said to 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.
14:10The king said, Whoever says anything to
you, bring himt o me, and he shall not touch
you any more. 14:11Then said she, Please let
the king remember Yahweh your God, that the
avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest
they destroy my son. He said, As Yahweh
lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall
to the earth. 14:12Then the woman said, Please
let your handmaid speak a word to my lord
the king. He said, Say on. 14:13The woman
said, Why then have you devised such a thing
against the people of God? for in speaking
this word the king is as one who is guilty, in
that the king does not bring home again his
banished one. 14:14For we must needs die, and
are as water split on the ground, which can't be
gathered up again; neither does God take away
life, but devises means, that he who is banished
not be an outcast fromhim. 14:15Now therefore
seeing that I have come to speak this word to
my lord the king, it is because the people have
made me afraid: and your handmaid said, I
will now speak to the king; it may be that the
king will performthe request of his servant.
14:16For the king will hear, to deliver his servant
out of the hand of the man who would destroy
me and my son together out of the inheritance
of God. 14:17Then your handmaid said, Please
let the word of my lord the king be comfortable;
for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to
discern good and bad: and Yahweh your God
be with you. 14:18Then the king answered the
woman, Please don't hide anything from me
that I shall ask you. The woman said, Let my
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lord the king now speak. 14:19The king said,
Is the hand of Joab with you in all this? The
woman answered, As your soul lives, my lord
the king, none can turn to the right hand or
to the left fromany thing that my lord the king
has spoken; for your servant Joab, he bade me,
and he put all these words in the mouth of
your handmaid; 14:20to change the face of the
matter has your 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. 14:21The king said to Joab, Behold
now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring
the young man Absalom back. 14:22Joab fell
to the ground on his face, and did obeisance,
and blessed the king: and Joab said, Today
your servant knows that I have found favor in
your sight, my lord, king, in that the king has
performed the request of his servant. 14:23So
Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought
Absalomt o Jerusalem. 14:24The king said, Let
himtu rn to his own house, but let himno t see
my face. So Absalom turned to his own house,
and didn't see the king's face. 14:25Now in all
Israel there was none to be so much praised as
Absalomf or his beauty: from the sole of his
foot even to the crown of his head there was no
blemish in him. 14:26When he cut the hair of his
head (now it was at every year's end that he
cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore
he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at
two hundred shekels, after the king's weight.
14:27To Absalomt here were born three sons,
and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she
was a woman of a beautiful face. 14:28Absalom
lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he didn't
see the king's face. 14:29Then Absalomsen t for
Joab, to send himto the king; but he would
not come to him: and he sent again a second
tim e, but he would not com e. 14:30Therefore
he said to his servants, Behold, Joab's field is
near mine, and he has barley there; go and set
it on fire. Absalom's servants set the field on
fire. 14:31Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom
to his house, and said to him, Why have your
servants set my field on fire? 14:32Absalom
answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying,
Come here, that I may send you to the king,
to say, Why amI come from Geshur? it were
better for me to be there still. Now therefore let
me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity
in me, let him kill me. 14:33So 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.
15:1It happened after this, that Absalomp repared
hima chariot and horses, and fifty men
to run before him. 15:2Absalomr ose up early,
and stood beside theway of the gate: and it was
so, that when any man had a suit which should
come to the king for judgment, then Absalom
called to him, and said, Of what city are you?
He said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of
Israel. 15:3Absalomsa id to him, Behold, your
matters are good and right; but there is no man
deputized of the king to hear you. 15:4Absalom
said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in
the land, that every man who has any suit or
cause might come to me, and I would do him
justice! 15:5It was so, that when any man came
near to do himo beisance, he put forth his hand,
and took hold of him, and kissed him. 15:6In
this manner Absalomdid to all Israel who came
to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the
hearts of the men of Israel. 15:7It happened at
the end of forty years, that Absaloms aid to
the king, please let me go and pay my vow,
which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.
15:8For your servant vowed a vow while I
abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If Yahweh
shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then
I will serve Yahweh. 15:9The king said to him,
Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
15:10But Absalomsen t spies throughout all the
tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as you hear
the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say,
Absalomis king in Hebron. 15:11With Absalom
went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, who
were invited, and went in their simplicity; and
they didn't know anything. 15:12Absalomsen t
for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor,
fromh is city, even fromGiloh , while he was
offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was
strong; for the people increased continually
with Absalom. 15:13There came a messenger
to David, saying, The hearts of the men of
Israel are after Absalom. 15:14David said to all
his servants who were with himat Jerusalem,
Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall
escape from Absalom: make speed to depart,
lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil
on us, and strike the city with the edge of the
sword. 15:15The king's servants said to the king,
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Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever
my lord the king shall choose. 15:16The king
went forth, and all his household after him.
The king left tenwomen, whowere concubines,
to keep the house. 15:17The king went forth,
and all the people after him; and they stayed
in Beth Merhak. 15:18All his servants passed
on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all
the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred
men who came after him from Gath, passed
on before the king. 15:19Then said the king
to Ittai the Gittite, Why go you also with us?
return, and abide with the king: for you are a
foreigner, and also an exile; returnto your own
place. 15:20Whereas you came but yesterday,
should I this day make you go up and down
with us, seeing I go where I may? return you,
and take back your brothers; mercy and truth
be with you. 15:21Ittai answered the king, and
said, As Yahweh lives, and as my lord the king
lives, surely in what place my lord the king
shall be,whether for death or for life, even there
also will your servant be. 15:22David said to
Ittai, Go and pass over. Ittai the Gittite passed
over, and all his men, and all the little ones who
were with him. 15:23All 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. 15:24Behold, Zadok
also came, and all the Levites 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. 15:25The king said to Zadok, Carry
back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find
favor in the eyes of Yahweh, he will bring me
again, and show me both it, and his habitation:
15:26but if he say thus, I have no delight in you;
behold, here am I, let him do to me as seems
good to him. 15:27The king said also to Zadok
the priest, "Aren't you a seer? Return into
the city in peace, and your two sons with you,
Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of
Abiathar. 15:28Behold, I will stay at the fords of
the wilderness, until word comes from you to
informm e." 15:29Zadok therefore and Abiathar
carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and
they abode there. 15:30David went up by the
ascent of the Mount ofOlives, and wept as he
went up; and he had his head covered, and
went barefoot: and all the people who were
with himco vered everyman his head, and they
went up, weeping as they went up. 15:31One
told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the
conspirators with Absalom. David said, Yahweh,
please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into
foolishness. 15:32It happened that when David
had come to the top of the ascent, where God
was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite
came to meet him with his coat torn, and earth
on his head. 15:33David said to him ,If you
pass on with me, then you will be a burden
to me: 15:34but if you return to the city, and
tell Absalom, I will be your servant, O king;
as I have been your father's servant in time
past, so will I now be your servant; then will
you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
15:35Don't you have Zadok and Abiathar the
priests there with you? therefore it shall be, that
whatever thing you shall hear out of the king's
house, you shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar
the priests. 15:36Behold, they have there with
themthe ir two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son,
and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and by themy ou
shall send to me everything that you shall hear.
15:37So Hushai, David's friend, came into the
city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
16:1When David was a little past the top of
the ascent, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth
met him, with a couple of donkeys
saddled, and on themt wo hundred loaves of
bread, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and
one hundred summer fruits, and a bottle of
wine. 16:2The king said to Ziba, What do you
mean by these? Ziba said, The donkeys are for
the king's household to ride on; and the bread
and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and
thewine, that such as are faint in thewilderness
may drink. 16:3The king said, Where is your
master's son? Ziba said to the king, Behold, he
abides at Jerusalem; for he said, Today will the
house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my
father. 16:4Then said the king to Ziba, Behold,
all that pertains toMephibosheth is yours. Ziba
said, I do obeisance; let me find favor in your
sight, my lord, O king. 16:5When king David
came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family
of the house of Saul came out, whose name was
Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out, and
cursed still as he came. 16:6He 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. 16:7Thus said
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Shimei when he cursed, Be gone, be gone, you
man of blood, and base fellow: 16:8Yahweh has
returned on you all the blood of the house of
Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and
Yahweh has delivered the kingdomin to the
hand of Absalomy our son; and behold, you are
takenin your own mischief, because you are a
man of blood. 16:9Then said Abishai the son of
Zeruiah to the king, "Why should this dead dog
curse m y lord the king? Please let m e go over
and take off his head." 16:10The king said,What
have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah?
Because he curses, and because Yahweh has
said to him, Curse David; who then shall say,
Why have you done so? 16:11David said to
Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son,
who came forth from my bowels, seeks my life:
how much more maythis Benjamite now do it?
let hima lone, and let himc urse; for Yahweh
has invited him. 16:12It may be that Yahweh
will look on the wrong done to me, and that
Yahweh will requite me good for hiscursing of
m e this day. 16:13So David and his men went by
the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside
over against him, and cursed as he went, and
threw stones at him, and cast dust. 16:14The
king, and all the people who were with him,
came weary; and he refreshed himself there.
16:15Absalom, and all the people, the men
of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel
with him. 16:16It happened, when Hushai the
Archite, David's friend, was come to Absalom,
that Hushai said to Absalom, Longlive the king,
Longlive the king. 16:17Absalomsa id to Hushai,
Is this your kindness to your friend? Why
didn't you go with your friend? 16:18Hushai
said to Absalom, No; but whom Yahweh, and
this people, and all the men of Israel have
chosen, his will I be, and with himw ill I abide.
16:19Again, whomsh ould I serve? Shouldn't
I serve in the presence of his son? as I have
served in your father's presence, so will I be
in your presence. 16:20Then said Absalomt o
Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall
do. 16:21Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in
to your father's concubines, that he has left to
keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you
are abhorred of your father: then will the hands
of all who are with you be strong. 16:22So they
spread Absaloma tent on the top of the house;
and Absalomwe nt in to his father's concubines
in the sight of all Israel. 16:23The counsel of
Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was
as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: sowas
all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David
and with Absalom.
17:1Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom,
Let me now choose out twelve thousand men,
and I will arise and pursue after David this
night: 17:2and I will come on him while he
is weary and exhausted, and will make him
afraid; and all the people who are with him
shall flee; and I will strike the king only; 17:3and
I will bring back all the people to you: the man
whomyou seek is as if all returned: soall the
people shall be in peace. 17:4The saying pleased
Absalomw ell, and all the elders of Israel.
17:5Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the
Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he
says. 17:6When Hushai was com e to Absalom ,
Absalomspoke to him, saying, Ahithophel has
spoken after this manner: shall we do afterhis
saying? if not, speak up. 17:7Hushai said
to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has
given this time is not good. 17:8Hushai said
moreover, You know your father and his men,
that they are mighty men, and they are fierce
in their minds, as a bear robbed of her cubs in
the field; and your father is a man of war, and
will not lodge with the people. 17:9Behold, he
is hid now in some pit, or in some otherplace:
and it will happen, when some of them are
fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will
say, There is a slaughter among the people who
follow Absalom. 17:10Even he who is valiant,
whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly
melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a
mighty man, and those who are with him are
valiant men. 17:11But I counsel that all Israel
be gathered together to you, fromD an even to
Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for
multitude; and that you go to battle in your
own person. 17:12So shall we com e on him
in some place where he shall be found, and
we will light on hima s the dew falls on the
ground; and of himand of all the men who
are with himw e will not leave so much as
one. 17:13Moreover, 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 not
be one small stone found there. 17:14Absalom
and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of
Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel
of Ahithophel. For Yahweh had ordained
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to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to
the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on
Absalom. 17:15Then Hushai said to Zadok and
to Abiathar the priests, Ahithophel counseled
Absalomand the elders of Israel that way; and
I have counseled this way. 17:16Now therefore
send quickly, and tell David, saying, Don't
lodge this night at the fords of the wilderness,
but by all means pass over; lest the king be
swallowed up, and all the people who are with
him. 17:17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were
staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used
to go and tell them; and they went and told
king David: for they might not be seen to come
into the city. 17:18But a boy saw them, and told
Absalom: and they went both of them away
quickly, and cam e to the house of a m an in
Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they
went down there. 17:19The woman took and
spread the covering over the well's mouth, and
strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing
was known. 17:20Absalom's servants came to
the woman to the house; and they said, Where
are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? The woman said
to them, They have gone over the brook of
water. When they had sought and could not
find them, they returned to Jerusalem. 17:21It
happened, after they had departed, that they
came up out of the well, and went and told
king David; and they said to David, Arise you,
and pass quickly over the water; for thus has
Ahithophel counseled against you. 17:22Then
David arose, and all the people who were
with him, and they passed over the Jordan:
by the morning light there lacked not one
of themwho had not gone over the Jordan.
17:23When Ahithophel saw that his counselwas
not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose,
and got himhome, to his city, and set his house
in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and
was buried in the tomb of his father. 17:24Then
David came to Mahanaim. Absalom passed
over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel
with him. 17:25Absalomset Amasa over the
army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son
of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite,
who went in to Abigail the daughter ofNahash,
sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother. 17:26Israel
and Absalome ncamped in the land of Gilead.
17:27It happened, 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 Lodebar, and Barzillai
the Gileadite of Rogelim, 17:28brought beds,
and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat,
and barley, and meal, and parched grain, and
beans, and lentils, and parched pulse, 17:29and
honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of
the herd, for David, and for the people who
were with him, to eat: for they said, The
people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in
the wilderness.
18:1David num bered the people who were
with him, and set captains of thousands and
captains of hundreds over them. 18:2David sent
forth the people, a third part under the hand of
Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai
the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third
part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. The king
said to the people, I will surely go forth with
you myself also. 18:3But the people said, You
shall 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 you are worth ten thousand of
us; therefore now it is better that you are ready
to help us out of the city. 18:4The king said to
them, What seems you best I will do. The king
stood beside the gate, and all the people went
out by hundreds and by thousands. 18:5The
king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai,
saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young
man, even with Absalom. All the people heard
when the king commanded all the captains
concerning Absalom. 18:6So the people went
out into the field against Israel: and the battle
was in the forest of Ephraim. 18:7The people
of Israel were struck there before the servants
of David, and there was a great slaughter there
that day of twenty thousand men. 18:8For
the battle was there spread over the surface
of all the country; and the forest devoured
more people that day than the sword devoured.
18:9Absalomhap pened to meet the servants of
David. Absalomw as riding on his mule, and
the mule went under the thick boughs of a
great oak, and his head caught hold of the
oak, and he was taken up between the sky
and earth; and the mule that was under him
went on. 18:10A certain man saw it, and told
Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalomhang ing
in an oak. 18:11Joab said to the man who
told him, Behold, you saw it, and why didn't
you strike himthe re to the ground? and I
would have given you ten pieces of silver, and
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a sash. 18:12The man said to Joab, Though
I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in
my hand, I still wouldn't put forth my hand
against the king's son; for in our hearing the
king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai,
saying, Beware that none touch the young man
Absalom. 18:13Otherwise if I had dealt falsely
against his life (and there is no matter hid from
the king), then you yourself would have set
yourself against me. 18:14Then said Joab, I may
not wait thus with you. He took three darts in
his hand, and thrust themthro ugh the heart of
Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of
the oak. 18:15Ten young men who bore Joab's
armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and
killed him. 18:16Joab blew the trumpet, and
the people returned fromp ursuing after Israel;
for Joab held back the people. 18:17They took
Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the
forest, and raised over hima very great heap of
stones: and all Israel fled everyone to his tent.
18:18Now Absalomin his lifetime had taken
and reared up for himself the pillar, which is
in the king's dale; for he said, I have no son
to keep my name in memory: and he called
the pillar after his own name; and it is called
Absalom's monument, to this day. 18:19Then
said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now
run, and bear the king news, how that Yahweh
has avenged himo f his enemies. 18:20Joab said
to him, You shall not be the bearer of news this
day, but you shall bear news another day; but
this day you shall bear no news, because the
king's son is dead. 18:21Then said Joab to the
Cushite, Go, tell the king what you have seen.
The Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran.
18:22Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet
again to Joab, But come what may, Please let
me also run after the Cushite. Joab said, Why
will you run, my son, seeing that you will have
no reward for the news? 18:23But come what
may, said he, I will run. He said to him, Run.
Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and
outran the Cushite. 18:24Now David was sitting
between the two gates: and the watchman went
up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and
lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a
man running alone. 18:25The watchman cried,
and told the king. The king said, If he be
alone, there is news in his mouth. He came
apace, and drew near. 18:26The watchman saw
another man running; and the watchman called
to the porter, and said, Behold, anotherman
running alone. The king said, He also brings
news. 18:27The watchman said, I think the
running of the foremost is like the running of
Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. The king said, He
is a good man, and comes with good news.
18:28Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, All
is well. He bowed himself before the king
with his face to the earth, and said, Blessed be
Yahweh your God, who has delivered up the
men who lifted up their hand against my lord
the king. 18:29The king said, Is it well with
the young man Absalom? Ahimaaz answered,
When Joab sent the king's servant, even me
your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I don't
know what it was. 18:30The king said, Turn
aside, and stand here. He turned aside, and
stood still. 18:31Behold, the Cushite came; and
the Cushite said, News for my lord the king; for
Yahweh has avenged you this day of all those
who rose up against you. 18:32The king said
to the Cushite, Is it well with the young man
Absalom? The Cushite answered, The enemies
of my lord the king, and all who rise up against
you to do you hurt, be as that young man is.
18:33The king was much moved, and went up
to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and
as he went, thus he said, my son Absalom, my
son, my son Absalom! would I had died for
you,Absalom ,m y son, m y son!
19:1It was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps
and mourns for Absalom. 19:2The victory that
daywas turned into mourning to all the people;
for the people heard say that day, The king
grieves for his son. 19:3The people got them
by stealth that day into the city, as people
who are ashamed steal away when they flee in
battle. 19:4The king covered his face, and the
king cried with a loud voice, my son Absalom,
Absalom ,m y son, m y son! 19:5Joab came into
the house to the king, and said, You have
shamed this day the faces of all your servants,
who this day have saved your life, and the
lives of your sons and of your daughters, and
the lives of your wives, and the lives of your
concubines; 19:6in that you love those who
hate you, and hate those who love you. For
you have declared this day, that princes and
servants are nothing to you: for this day I
perceive that if Absalomh ad lived, and all we
had died this day, then it had pleased you well.
19:7Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak
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comfortably to your servants; for I swear by
Yahweh, if you don't go forth, there will not
stay a man with you this night: and that will be
worse to you than all the evil that has happened
to you fromyou r youth until now. 19:8Then the
king arose, and sat in the gate. They told to all
the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting
in the gate: and all the people came before the
king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.
19:9All the people were at strife throughout all
the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered
us out of the hand of our enemies, and he
saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and
now he is fled out of the land fromAbs alom.
19:10Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is
dead in battle. Now therefore why don't
you speak a word of bringing the king back?
19:11King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar
the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah,
saying, Why are you the last to bring the king
back to his house? seeing the speech of all
Israel is come to the king, to bring himto his
house. 19:12You are my brothers, you are my
bone and my flesh: why then are you the last
to bring back the king? 19:13Say you to Amasa,
Aren't you my bone and my flesh? God do so to
me, and more also, if you aren't captain of the
army before me continually in the room of Joab.
19:14He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah,
even as the heart of one man; so that they sent
to the king, saying, Return you, and all your
servants. 19:15So the king returned, and came
to the Jordan. Judah came to Gilgal, to go to
meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.
19:16Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite,
who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down
with the men of Judah to meet king David.
19:17There 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 through the
Jordan in the presence of the king. 19:18A ferry
boat went to bring over the king's household,
and to do what he thought good. Shimei
the son of Gera fell down before the king,
when he was come over the Jordan. 19:19He
said to the king, Don't let my lord impute
iniquity to me, neither do you remember that
which your servant did perversely the day that
my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that
the king should take it to his heart. 19:20For
your servant does know that I have sinned:
therefore, behold, I amco me this day the first
of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet
my lord the king. 19:21But Abishai the son
of Zeruiah answered, Shall Shimei not be put
to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh's
anointed? 19:22David said, What have I to do
with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should
this day be adversaries to me? shall there any
man be put to death this day in Israel? for
don't I knowthat I amthi s day king over Israel?
19:23The king said to Shimei, You shall not die.
The king swore to him. 19:24Mephibosheth the
son of Saul came down to meet the king; and
he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed
his beard, nor washed his clothes, fromt he
day the king departed until the day he came
home in peace. 19:25It happened, when he was
come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the
king said to him, Why didn't you go with me,
Mephibosheth? 19:26He answered, My lord, O
king, my servant deceived me: for your servant
said, I will saddle me a donkey, that I may
ride thereon, and go with the king; because
your servant is lame. 19:27He has slandered
your servant to my lord the king; but my lord
the king is as an angel of God: do therefore
what is good in your eyes. 19:28For all my
father's house were but dead men before my
lord the king; yet you set your servant among
those who ate at your own table. What right
therefore have I yet that I should cry any more
to the king? 19:29The king said to him, Why
speak you any more of your matters? I say, You
and Ziba divide the land. 19:30Mephibosheth
said to the king, yes, let himt ake all, because
my lord the king is come in peace to his own
house. 19:31Barzillai the Gileadite came down
fromR ogelim; and he went over the Jordan
with the king, to conduct himo ver the Jordan.
19:32Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even
eighty years old: and he had provided the king
with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for
he was a very great man. 19:33The king said to
Barzillai, Come you over with me, and I will
sustain you with me in Jerusalem. 19:34Barzillai
said to the king, How many are the days of the
years of my life, that I should go up with the
king to Jerusalem? 19:35I amt his day eighty
years old: can I discern between good and bad?
can your servant taste what I eat or what I
drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing
men and singing women? why then should
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your servant be yet a burden to m y lord the
king? 19:36Your servant would but just go over
the Jordan with the king: and why should the
king recompense it me with such a reward?
19:37Please let your servant turn back again,
that I may die in my own city, by the grave
of my father and my mother. But behold, your
servant Chimham; let himgo over with my lord
the king; and do to himwhat shall seem good
to you. 19:38The king answered, Chimham shall
go over with me, and I will do to him that
which shall seemg ood to you: and whatever
you shall require of me, that will I do for
you. 19:39All the people went over the Jordan,
and the king went over: and the king kissed
Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to
his own place. 19:40So the king went over to
Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him: and
all the people of Judah brought the king over,
and also half the people of Israel. 19:41Behold,
all the men of Israel came to the king, and
said to the king, Why have our brothers the
men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the
king, and his household, over the Jordan, and
all David's men with him? 19:42All the men
of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because
the king is a close relative to us: why then are
you angry for this matter? have we eaten at
all at the king's cost? or has he given us any
gift? 19:43The men of Israel answered the men
of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the
king, and we have also more rightin David than
you: why then did you despise us, that our
advice should not be first had in bringing back
our king? The words of the men of Judah were
fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
20:1There happened to be there a base fellow,
whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a
Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said,
We have no portion in David, neither have we
inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to
his tents, Israel. 20:2So all the men of Israel
went up fromfollow ing David, and followed
Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah
joined with their king, fromthe Jordan even
to Jerusalem. 20:3David cam e to his house at
Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women
his concubines, whomhe had left to keep the
house, and put themi n custody, and provided
themwi th sustenance, but didn't go in to them.
So they were shut up to the day of their death,
living in widowhood. 20:4Then said the king
to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together
within three days, and be here present. 20:5So
Amasa went to call the men of Judah together;
but he stayed longer than the set time which
he had appointed him. 20:6David said to
Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us
more harm than did Absalom: take your lord's
servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him
fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.
20:7There went out after himJ oab'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. 20:8When
they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon,
Amasa came to meet them. Joab was girded
with his apparel of war that he had put on, and
thereon was a sash with a sword fastened on
his waist in its sheath; and as he went forth
it fell out. 20:9Joab said to Amasa, Is it well
with you, my brother? Joab took Amasa by the
beard with his right hand to kiss him. 20:10But
Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in
Joab's hand: so he struck himthe rewith in the
body, and shed out his bowels to the ground,
and didn't strike himag ain; and he died. Joab
and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba
the son of Bichri. 20:11There stood by himon e
of Joab's young men, and said, He who favors
Joab, and he who is for David, let himfollow
Joab. 20:12Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in
the midst of the highway. When the man saw
that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa
out of the highway into the field, and cast a
garment over him, when he saw that everyone
who came by him stood still. 20:13When he
was removed out of the highway, all the people
went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the
son of Bichri. 20:14He went through all the
tribes of Israel to Abel, and to BethMaacah, and
all the Berites: and theywere gathered together,
and went also after him. 20:15They came and
besieged himi n Abel of Beth Maacah, and they
cast up a mound against the city, and it stood
against the rampart; and all the people who
were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it
down. 20:16Then cried a wise woman out of the
city, "Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, 'Come near
here, that I may speakwith you.'" 20:17He came
near to her; and the woman said, Are you Joab?
He answered, I am. Then she said to him, Hear
the words of your handmaid. He answered,
I do hear. 20:18Then she spoke, saying, They
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were wont to speak in old time, saying, They
shall surely ask counselat Abel: and so they
ended the matter. 20:19I amof those who are
peaceable and faithful in Israel: you seek to
destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why will
you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh?
20:20Joab answered, Far be it, far be it fromme,
that I should swallow up or destroy. 20:21The
matter is not so: but a man of the hill country of
Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has
lifted up his hand against the king, even against
David; deliver himon ly, and I will depart from
the city. The woman said to Joab, Behold, his
head shall be thrown to you over the wall.
20:22Then the woman went to all the people in
her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the
son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew
the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the
city, every man to his tent. Joab returned to
Jerusalemto the king. 20:23Now Joab was over
all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the
Pelethites; 20:24and Adoramwas over the men
subject to forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son
of Ahilud was the recorder; 20:25and Sheva was
scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
20:26and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister
to David.
21:1There was a famine in the days of David
three years, year after year; and David sought
the face of Yahweh. Yahweh said, It is for
Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put
to death the Gibeonites. 21:2The king called
the Gibeonites, and said to them( now the
Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel,
but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the
children of Israel had sworn to them: and
Saul sought to kill themi n his zeal for the
children of Israel and Judah); 21:3and David
said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for
you? And with what shall I make atonement,
that you may bless the inheritance of Yahweh?
21:4The Gibeonites said to him, It is no matter
of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his
house; neither is it for us to put any man to
death in Israel. He said, What you shall say,
that will I do for you. 21:5They said to the
king, The man who consumed us, and who
devised against us, thatwe should be destroyed
fromre maining in any of the borders of Israel,
21:6let seven men of his sons be delivered to
us, and we will hang themu p to Yahweh in
Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh. The
king said, I will give them. 21:7But the king
spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the
son of Saul, because of Yahweh's oath that was
between them, between David and Jonathan
the son of Saul. 21:8But the king took the two
sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whoms he
bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and
the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul,
whomsh e bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai
theMeholathite: 21:9He delivered themin to the
hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them
in the mountain before Yahweh, and they fell
allseven together. They were put to death in
the days of harvest, in the first days, at the
beginning of barley harvest. 21:10Rizpah the
daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread
it for her on the rock, fromt he beginning of
harvest until water was poured on themf rom
the sky; and she allowed neither the birds of the
sky to rest on themby day, nor the animals of
the field by night. 21:11It was told David what
Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine
of Saul, had done. 21:12David went and took
the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan
his son fromt he men of Jabesh Gilead, who
had stolen themf rom the street of Beth Shan,
where the Philistines had hanged them, in the
day that the Philistines killed Saul in Gilboa;
21:13and he brought up fromthe re the bones of
Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son: and
they gathered the bones of those who were
hanged. 21:14They buried the bones of Saul and
Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin
in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father: and
they performed all that the king commanded.
After that God was entreated for the land.
21:15The Philistines had war again with Israel;
and David went down, and his servants with
him, and fought against the Philistines. David
grew faint; 21:16and Ishbibenob, who was of the
sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear
was three hundred shekelsof brass in weight,
he being girded with a new sword, thought to
have slain David. 21:17But Abishai the son of
Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine,
and killed him. Then the men of David swore
to him, saying, You shall go no more out with
us to battle, that you don't quench the lamp of
Israel. 21:18It came to pass after this, that there
was again war with the Philistines at Gob: then
Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was
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of the sons of the giant. 21:19There was again
war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan
the son of Jaareoregimt he Bethlehemite killed
Goliath the Gittite's brother, the staff of whose
spear was like a weaver's beam. 21:20There
was again war at Gath, where there was a man
of great stature, who 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. 21:21When he defied Israel, Jonathan
the son of Shimei, David's brother, killed him.
21:22These four were born to the giant in Gath;
and they fell by the hand of David, and by the
hand of his servants.
22:1David spoke to Yahweh the words of this
song in the day that Yahweh delivered himo ut
of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the
hand of Saul: 22:2and he said,
Yahweh is my rock,
my fortress,
and my deliverer, even mine;
22:3God, my rock, in him I will take refuge;
my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
my high tower, and my refuge.
My savior, you save me from violence.
22:4I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be
praised:
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
22:5For the waves of death surrounded me.
The floods of ungodliness made me
afraid.
22:6The cords of Sheol were around me.
The snares of death caught me.
22:7In my distress I called on Yahweh.
Yes, I called to my God.
He heard my voice out of his temple.
My cry cameinto his ears.
22:8Then the earth shook and trembled.
The foundations of heaven quaked and
were shaken,
because he was angry.
22:9Smoke went up out of his nostrils.
Fire out of his mouth devoured.
Coals were kindled by it.
22:10He bowed the heavens also, and came
down.
Thick darkness was under his feet.
22:11He rode on a cherub, and flew.
Yes, he was seen on the wings of the
wind.
22:12He made darkness pavilions around himself:
gathering of waters, and thick clouds of
the skies.
22:13At the brightness before him,
coals of fire were kindled.
22:14Yahweh thundered fromhe aven.
The Most High uttered his voice.
22:15He sent out arrows, and scattered them;
lightning, and confused them.
22:16Then the channels of the sea appeared.
The foundations of the world were laid
bare by the rebuke of Yahweh,
At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
22:17He sent fromon high and he tookme.
He drew me out of many waters.
22:18He delivered me from my strong enemy,
fromtho se who hated me, for they were
too mighty for me.
22:19They cam e on m e i n the day of m y
calamity,
but Yahweh was my support.
22:20He also brought me out into a large place.
He delivered me, because he delighted in
me.
22:21Yahweh rewarded me according to my
righteousness.
He rewarded me according to the cleanness
of my hands.
22:22For I have kept the ways of Yahweh,
and have not wickedly departed frommy
God.
22:23For all his ordinances were before me.
As for his statutes, I did not depart from
them.
22:24I was also perfect toward him.
I kept myself from my iniquity.
22:25Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according
to my righteousness,
According to my cleanness in his eyesight.
22:26With the merciful you will show yourself
merciful.
With the perfect man you will show
yourself perfect.
22:27With the pure youwill show yourself
pure.
With the crooked you will show yourself
shrewd.
22:28You will save the afflicted people,
But your eyes are on the haughty, that
you may bring them down.
22:29For you are my lamp, Yahweh.
Yahweh will light up my darkness.
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22:30For by you, I run against a troop.
By my God, I leap over a wall.
22:31As for God, hisway is perfect.
The word of Yahweh is tested.
He is a shield to all those who take refuge
in him.
22:32For who is God, besides Yahweh?
Who is a rock, besides our God?
22:33God is m y strong fortress.
He makes my way perfect.
22:34He makes his feet like hinds' feet,
and sets m e on m y high places.
22:35He teaches my hands to war,
so that my arms bend a bow of brass.
22:36You have also given me the shield of your
salvation.
Your gentleness has made me great.
22:37You have enlarged my steps under me.
My feet have not slipped.
22:38I have pursued my enemies and destroyed
them.
I didn't turn again until they were consumed.
22:39I have consumed them,
and struck themthro ugh,
so that they can't arise.
Yes, they have fallen under my feet.
22:40For you have armed me with strength for
the battle.
You have subdued under me those who
rose up against me.
22:41You have also made my enemies turn their
backs to me,
that I might cut off those who hate me.
22:42They looked, but there was none to save;
even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer
them.
22:43Then I beat themas small as the dust of the
earth.
I crushed thema s the mire of the streets,
and spread themabro ad.
22:44You also have delivered me from the strivings
of my people.
You have kept me to be the head of the
nations.
A people whomI have not known will
serve me.
22:45The foreigners will submit themselves to
me.
As soon as they hear of me, they will obey
me.
22:46The foreigners will fade away,
and will come trembling out of their close
places.
22:47Yahweh lives!
Blessed be my rock!
Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
22:48even the God who executes
vengeance for me,
who brings down peoples under me,
22:49who brings me away from my enemies.
Yes, you lift m e up above those who rise up
against me.
You deliver me from the violent man.
22:50Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh,
among the nations.
Will sing praises to your name.
22:51He gives great deliverance to his king,
and shows loving kindness to his
anointed,
to David and to his seed, forevermore.
23:1Now these are the last words of David.
David the son of Jesse says,
the man who was raised on high says,
the anointed of the God of Jacob,
the sweet psalmist of Israel:
23:2The Spirit of Yahweh spoke by me.
His word was on my tongue.
23:3The God of Israel said,
the Rock of Israel spoke to me,
one who rules over men righteously,
who rules in the fear of God,
23:4He shall beas the light of the morning, when
the sun rises,
a morning without clouds,
Whenthe tender grass springsout of the
earth,
Through clear shining after rain.
23:5Most certainly m y house is not sowithGod,
yet he has made with me an everlasting
covenant,
ordered in all things, and sure,
for it is all my salvation, and all mydesire,
although he doesn't make it grow.
23:6But all of the ungodly shall be as thorns to
be thrust away,
because they can't be taken with the
hand,
23:7But the man who touches them must be
armed with iron and the staff of a
spear.
They shall be utterly burned with fire in
theirplace.
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23:8These are the names of the mighty
men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth a
Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same
was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred
slain at one time. 23:9After himwas Eleazar
the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of
the three mighty men with David, when they
defied the Philistines who were there gathered
together to battle, and the men of Israel were
gone away. 23:10He arose, and struck the
Philistines until his hand was weary, and his
hand froze to the sword; and Yahweh worked a
great victory that day; and the people returned
after himo nly to take spoil. 23:11After him
was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite.
The Philistines were gathered together into a
troop, where there was a plot of ground full of
lentils; and the people fled fromt he Philistines.
23:12But he stood in the midst of the plot, and
defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh
worked a great victory. 23:13Three of the
thirty chief men went down, and came to David
in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam; and
the troop of the Philistineswas encamped in the
valley of Rephaim. 23:14David was then in the
stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines
was then in Bethlehem. 23:15David longed,
and said, Oh that one would give me water
to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is
by the gate! 23:16The three mighty men broke
through the army of the Philistines, and drew
water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by
the gate, and took it, and brought it to David:
but he would not drink of it, but poured it out
to Yahweh. 23:17He said, Be it far fromm e,
Yahweh, that I should do this: shall I drinkthe
blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their
lives? therefore he would not drink it. These
things did the three mighty men. 23:18Abishai,
the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was
chief of the three. He lifted up his spear against
three hundred and killed them, and had a
name among the three. 23:19Wasn't he most
honorable of the three? therefore he was made
their captain: however he didn't attain to the
firstthree. 23:20Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the
son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done
mighty deeds, he killed the two sons ofAriel
of Moab: he went down also and killed a lion
in the midst of a pit in time of snow. 23:21He
killed an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the
Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went
down to himwi th a staff, and plucked the
spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed
himwi th his own spear. 23:22These things did
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name
among the three mighty men. 23:23He was
more honorable than the thirty, but he didn't
attain to the firstthree. David set himov er his
guard. 23:24Asahel the brother of Joab was one
of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
23:25Shammah the Harodite, Elika the
Harodite, 23:26Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of
Ikkesh the Tekoite, 23:27Abiezer the Anathothite,
Mebunnai the Hushathite, 23:28Zalmon the
Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, 23:29Heleb
the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the
son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of
Benjamin, 23:30Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai
of the brooks of Gaash. 23:31Abialbon the Arbathite,
Azmaveth the Barhumite, 23:32Eliahba
the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
23:33Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of
Sharar the Ararite, 23:34Eliphelet the son of
Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliamthe
son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 23:35Hezro the
Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, 23:36Igal the son
of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 23:37Zelek
the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor
bearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah, 23:38Ira the
Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 23:39Uriah the Hittite:
thirty-seven in all.
24:1Again the anger of Yahweh was kindled
against Israel, and he moved David against
them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.
24:2The king said to Joab the captain of the
army, who was with him, Go now back and
forth through all the tribes of Israel, fromD an
even to Beersheba, and number you the people,
that I may know the sum of the people. 24:3Joab
said to the king, Now Yahweh your God add
to the people, however many they may be, one
hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord
the king see it: but why does my lord the king
delight in this thing? 24:4Notwithstanding,
the king's word prevailed against Joab, and
against the captains of the army. Joab and
the captains of the army went out from the
presence of the king, to number the people of
Israel. 24:5They passed over the Jordan, and
encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city
that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to
Jazer: 24:6then they came to Gilead, and to the
land of TahtimHo dshi; and they came to Dan
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Jaan, and around to Sidon, 24:7and came to the
stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the
Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went
out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba. 24:8So
when they had gone back and forth through all
the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of
nine months and twenty days. 24:9Joab gave up
the sumo f the numbering of the people to the
king: and there were in Israel eight hundred
thousand valiant men who drew the sword;
and the men of Judah were five hundred
thousand men. 24:10David's heart struck him
after that he had numbered the people. David
said to Yahweh, I have sinned greatly in that
which I have done: but now, Yahweh, put away,
I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for
I have done very foolishly. 24:11When David
rose up in the morning, the word of Yahweh
came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
24:12Go and speak to David, Thus says Yahweh,
I offer you three things: choose one of them,
that I may do it to you. 24:13So Gad came to
David, and told him, and said to him, Shall
seven years of famine come to you in your
land? or will you flee three months before your
foes while they pursue you? or shall there be
three days' pestilence in your land? now advise
you, and consider what answer I shall return
to himw ho sent me. 24:14David said to Gad, I
ami n distress. Let us fall now into the hand of
Yahweh; for his mercies are great; and let me
not fall into the hand of man. 24:15So Yahweh
sent a pestilence on Israel fromthe morning
even to the time appointed; and there died of
the people fromDan even to Beersheba seventy
thousand men. 24:16When the angel stretched
out his hand toward Jerusalemto destroy it,
Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the
angel who destroyed the people, It is enough;
now stay your hand. The angel of Yahweh was
by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
24:17David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the
angel who struck the people, and said, Behold,
I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but
these sheep, what have they done? Please let
your hand be against me, and against my father's
house. 24:18Gad came that day to David,
and said to him, Go up, rear an altar to Yahweh
in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
24:19David went up according to the saying of
Gad, as Yahweh commanded. 24:20Araunah
looked forth, and saw the king and his servants
coming on toward him: and Araunah went
out, and bowed himself before the king with
his face to the ground. 24:21Araunah said,
Why is m y lord the king com e to his servant?
David said, To buy the threshing floor of you,
to build an altar to Yahweh, that the plague
may be stopped from afflicting the people.
24:22Araunah said to David, Let my lord the
king take and offer up what seems good to
him: behold, the cattle for the burnt offering,
and the threshing instruments and the yokes
of the oxen for the wood: 24:23all this, king,
does Araunah give to the king. Araunah said
to the king, Yahweh your God accept you.
24:24The king said to Araunah, No; but I will
most certainly buy it of you at a price. Neither
will I offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God
which cost me nothing. So David bought the
threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels
of silver. 24:25David built there an altar to
Yahweh, and offered burnt offerings and peace
offerings. So Yahweh was entreated for the
land, and the plague was stayed fromIs rael.
The First Book of
Kings
1:1Now king David was old and stricken in
years; and they covered himwi th clothes, but
he got no heat. 1:2Therefore his servants said to
him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a
young virgin: and let her stand before the king,
and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom,
that my lord the king may keep warm. 1:3So
they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout
all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag
the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
1:4The young lady was very beautiful; and she
cherished the king, and ministered to him; but
the king didn't know her intimately. 1:5Then
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. 1:6His father had not displeased
himat any time in saying,Why have you done
so? and he was also a very goodly man; and
he was born after Absalom. 1:7He conferred
with Joab the son of Zeruiah, andwith Abiathar
the priest: and they following Adonijah helped
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him. 1:8But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet,
and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who
belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
1:9Adonijah killed sheep and cattle and fatlings
by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En
Rogel; and he called all his brothers, the king's
sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's
servants: 1:10but Nathan the prophet, and
Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his
brother, he didn't call. 1:11Then Nathan spoke
to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying,
Haven't you heard that Adonijah the son of
Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn't
know it? 1:12Now therefore come, please let
me give you counsel, that you may save your
own life, and the life of your son Solomon.
1:13Go and get you in to king David, and tell
him, Didn't you, my lord, king, swear to your
handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your
son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on
my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?
1:14Behold, while you yet talk there with the
king, I also will come in after you, and confirm
your words. 1:15Bathsheba went in to the king
into the chamber: and the king was very old;
and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering
to the king. 1:16Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance
to the king. The king said, What would
you? 1:17She said to him, My lord, you swore
by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, saying,
Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after
me, and he shall sit on my throne. 1:18Now,
behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord
the king, don't know it: 1:19and he has slain
cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance,
and has called all the sons of the king, and
Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of
the army; but he hasn't called Solomon your
servant. 1:20You, my lord the king, the eyes of
all Israel are on you, that you should tell them
who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king
after him. 1:21Otherwise it will happen, when
my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers,
that I and my son Solomon shall be counted
offenders. 1:22Behold, while she yet talked
with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
1:23They told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan
the prophet. When he was com ein before the
king, he bowed himself before the king with
his face to the ground. 1:24Nathan said, My
lord, king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign
after me, and he shall sit on my throne? 1:25For
he is gone down this day, and has slain cattle
and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has
called all the king's sons, and the captains of
the army, and Abiathar the priest; and behold,
they are eating and drinking before him, and
say, Longlive king Adonijah. 1:26But he hasn't
called me, even me your servant, and Zadok
the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and
your servant Solomon. 1:27Is this thing done
by my lord the king, and you haven't shown
to your servants who should sit on the throne
of my lord the king after him? 1:28Then king
David answered, Call to me Bathsheba. She
came into the king's presence, and stood before
the king. 1:29The king swore, and said, As
Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out
of all adversity, 1:30most certainly as I swore
to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying,
Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after
me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place;
most certainly so will I do this day. 1:31Then
Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth,
and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my
lord king David live forever. 1:32King David
said, Call to me Zadok the priest, and Nathan
the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.
They came before the king. 1:33The king said to
them, Take with you the servants of your lord,
and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own
mule, and bring him down to Gihon: 1:34and
let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet
anoint himthe re king over Israel; and blowyou
the trumpet, and say, Longlive king Solomon.
1:35Then you shall come up after him, and he
shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall
be king in my place; and I have appointed
himto be prince over Israel and over Judah.
1:36Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the
king, and said, Amen: Yahweh, the God of my
lord the king, say so too. 1:37As Yahweh has
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. 1:38So 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 on king David's mule, and brought him
to Gihon. 1:39Zadok the priest took the horn
of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon.
They blew the trumpet; and all the people said,
Longlive king Solomon. 1:40All the people came
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up after him, and the people piped with pipes,
and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth
shook with the sound of them. 1:41Adonijah
and all the guests who were with himhe ard
it as they had made an end of eating. When
Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said,
Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
1:42While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the
son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah
said, Come in; for you are a worthy man,
and bring good news. 1:43Jonathan answered
Adonijah, Most certainly our lord king David
has made Solomon king: 1:44and the king has
sent with himZ adok the priest, and Nathan
the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and
they have caused himto ride on the king's
mule; 1:45and Zadok the priest and Nathan
the prophet have anointed himk ing in Gihon;
and they are come up from there rejoicing, so
that the city rang again. This is the noise that
you have heard. 1:46Also Solomon sits on the
throne of the kingdom. 1:47Moreover the king's
servants came to bless our lord king David,
saying, Your God make the name of Solomon
better than your name, and make his throne
greater than your throne: and the king bowed
himself on the bed. 1:48Also thus said the
king, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
who has given one to sit on my throne this
day, my eyes even seeing it. 1:49All the guests
of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and
went every man his way. 1:50Adonijah feared
because of Solomon; and he arose, and went,
and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 1:51It
was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah
fears king Solomon; for, behold, he has laid
hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king
Solomon swear to me first that he will not kill
his servant with the sword. 1:52Solomon said,
If he shall show himself a worthy man, there
shall not a hair of himf all to the earth; but
if wickedness be found in him, he shall die.
1:53So king Solomon sent, and they brought
himd own from the altar. He came and did
obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said
to him, Go to your house.
2:1Now the days of David drew near that
he should die; and he commanded Solomon
his son, saying, 2:2I amgoin g the way of all
the earth: be you strong therefore, and show
yourself a man; 2:3and keep the instruction of
Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep
his statutes, andhis commandments, and his
ordinances, and his testimonies, according to
that which is written in the law of Moses, that
you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever
you turn yourself. 2:4That Yahweh may
establish his word which he spoke concerning
me, saying, If your 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 you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
2:5Moreover you know also what Joab the son
of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the
two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner
the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether,
whomh e killed, and shed the blood of war in
peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that
was about his waist, and in his shoes that were
on his feet. 2:6Do therefore according to your
wisdom, and don't let his gray head go down
to Sheol in peace. 2:7But show kindness to
the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them
be of those who eat at your table; for so they
came to me when I fled from Absalom your
brother. 2:8Behold, there is with you Shimei
the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim,
who cursed me with a grievous curse in the
day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came
down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore
to himby Yahweh, saying, I will not put you
to death with the sword. 2:9Now therefore
don't hold himguilt less, for you are a wise
man; and you will know what you ought to
do to him, and you shall bring his gray head
down to Sheol with blood. 2:10David slept
with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David. 2:11The days that David reigned over
Israel were forty years; seven years reigned he
in Hebron, and thirty-three years reigned he
in Jerusalem. 2:12Solomon sat on the throne
of David his father; and his kingdomwas
established greatly. 2:13Then Adonijah the son
of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of
Solomon. She said, Come you peaceably?
He said, Peaceably. 2:14He said moreover, I
have somewhat to tell you. She said, Say on.
2:15He said, You know that the kingdomwas
mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me,
that I should reign: however the kingdomis
turned about, and is become my brother's; for
it was his fromY ahweh. 2:16Now I ask one
petition of you; don't deny me. She said to
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him, Say on. 2:17He said, "Please speak to
Solomon the king (for he will not tell you 'no'),
that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as
wife." 2:18Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak
for you to the king. 2:19Bathsheba therefore
went to king Solomon, to speak to him for
Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and
bowed himself to her, and sat down on his
throne, and caused a throne to be set for the
king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
2:20Then she said, I ask one small petition of
you; don't deny me. The king said to her, Ask
on, my mother; for I will not deny you. 2:21She
said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given
to Adonijah your brother as wife. 2:22King
Solomon answered his mother, Why do you ask
Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask
for himt he kingdom also; for he is my elder
brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the
priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. 2:23Then
king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, God
do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not
spoken this word against his own life. 2:24Now
therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established
me, and set me on the throne of David my
father, and who has made me a house, as he
promised, surelyAdonijah shall be put to death
this day. 2:25King Solomon sent by Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so
that he died. 2:26To Abiathar the priest said
the king, Get you to Anathoth, to your own
fields; for you are worthy of death: but I will
not at this time put you to death, because you
bear the ark of the Lord Yahweh before David
my father, and because you were afflicted in
all in which my father was afflicted. 2:27So
Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest
to Yahweh, that he might fulfill the word of
Yahweh, which he spoke concerning the house
of Eli in Shiloh. 2:28The news cam e to Joab;
for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he
didn't turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent
of Yahweh, and caught hold on the horns of
the altar. 2:29It was told king Solomon, Joab
is fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and behold, he
is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him.
2:30Benaiah came to the Tent of Yahweh, and
said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. He
said, No; but I will die here. Benaiah brought
the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab,
and thus he answered me. 2:31The king said
to him, Do as he has said, and fall on him,
and bury him; that you may take away the
blood,which Joab shed without cause, fromme
and fromm y father's house. 2:32Yahweh will
return his blood on his own head, because he
fell on two men more righteous and better than
he, and killed themw ith the sword, and my
father David didn't know it, to wit, Abner the
son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and
Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army
of Judah. 2:33So shall their blood return on
the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed
forever: but toDavid, and to his seed, and to his
house, and to his throne, shall there be peace
for ever fromY ahweh. 2:34Then Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada went up, and fell on him, and
killed him; and he was buried in his own house
in the wilderness. 2:35The king put Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada in his roomov er the army;
and Zadok the priest did the king put in the
roomof Abiathar. 2:36The king sent and called
for Shimei, and said to him, Build yourself a
house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and don't
go forth fromt here any where. 2:37For on
the day you go out, and pass over the brook
Kidron, know you for certain that you shall
surely die: your blood shall be on your own
head. 2:38Shimei said to the king, The saying is
good: as my lord the king has said, so will your
servant do. Shimei lived in Jerusalem many
days. 2:39It happened at the end of three years,
that two of the servants of Shimei ran away
to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. They
told Shimei, saying, Behold, your servants are
in Gath. 2:40Shimei arose, and saddled his
donkey, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek
his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his
servants fromGath. 2:41It was told Solomon
that Shimei had gone fromJ erusalemto Gath,
and was come again. 2:42The king sent and
called for Shimei, and said to him, Didn't I
adjure you by Yahweh, and protest to you,
saying, Know for certain, that on the day
you go out, and walk abroad any where, you
shall surely die? and you said to me, The
saying that I have heard is good. 2:43Why then
have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and
the commandment that I have instructed you
with? 2:44The king said moreover to Shimei,
You know all the wickedness which your heart
is privy to, that you did to David my father:
therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness
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on your own head. 2:45But king Solomon shall
be blessed, and the throne of David shall be
established before Yahweh forever. 2:46So the
king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada;
and he went out, and fell on him, so that he
died. The kingdomwas established in the hand
of Solomon.
3:1Solomon 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 Yahweh, and the wall of
Jerusalemal l around. 3:2Only the people
sacrificed in the high places, because there was
no house built for the name of Yahweh until
those days. 3:3Solomon loved Yahweh, walking
in the statutes of David his father: only he
sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
3:4The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there;
for that was the great high place: a thousand
burnt offerings did Solomon offer on that altar.
3:5In Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a
dreamby night; and God said, Ask what I shall
give you. 3:6Solomon said, You have shown
to your servant David my father great loving
kindness, according as he walked before you in
truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness
of heart with you; and you have kept for him
this great loving kindness, that you have given
him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
3:7Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your
servant king instead of David my father: and
I amb ut a little child; I don't know how to go
out or come in. 3:8Your servant is in the midst
of your people which you have chosen, a great
people, that can't be numbered nor counted for
multitude. 3:9Give your servant therefore an
understanding heart to judge your people, that
I may discern between good and evil; for who
is able to judge this your great people? 3:10The
speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had
asked this thing. 3:11God said to him ,Because
you have asked this thing, and have not asked
for yourself long life, neither have asked riches
for yourself, nor have asked the life of your
enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding
to discern justice; 3:12behold, I have
done according to your word: behold, I have
given you a wise and an understanding heart;
so that there has been none like you before you,
neither after you shall any arise like you. 3:13I
have also given you that which you have not
asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall
not be any among the kings like you, all your
days. 3:14If you will walk in my ways, to keep
my statutes and my commandments, as your
father David did walk, then I will lengthen
your days. 3:15Solomon awoke; and behold, it
was a dream: and he came to Jerusalem, and
stood before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh,
and offered up burnt offerings, and offered
peace offerings, and made a feast to all his
servants. 3:16Then there came two women who
were prostitutes, to the king, and stood before
him. 3:17The one woman said, Oh, my lord, I
and this woman dwell in one house; and I was
delivered of a child with her in the house. 3:18It
happened the third day after 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. 3:19This
woman's child died in the night, because she
lay on it. 3:20She arose at midnight, and took
my son from beside me, while your handmaid
slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her
dead child in my bosom. 3:21When I rose in
the morning to give my child suck, behold, it
was dead; but when I had looked at it in the
morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I
bore. 3:22The other woman said, No; but the
living is my son, and the dead is your son.
This said, No; but the dead is your son, and
the living is m y son. Thus they spoke before
the king. 3:23Then said the king, The one says,
This is my son who lives, and your son is the
dead: and the other says, No; but your son is
the dead, and my son is the living. 3:24The king
said, Get me a sword. They brought a sword
before the king. 3:25The king said, Divide the
living child in two, and give half to the one, and
half to the other. 3:26Then spoke the woman
whose the living child was to the king, for her
heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh,
my lord, give her the living child, and in no
way kill it. But the other said, It shall be neither
mine nor yours; divide it. 3:27Then the king
answered, Give her the living child, and in no
way kill it: she is its mother. 3:28All Israel heard
of the judgment which the king had judged;
and they feared the king: for they saw that the
wisdomof God was in him, to do justice.
4:1King Solomon was king over all Israel.
4:2These were the princes whomhe
had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
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4:3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha,
scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the
recorder; 4:4and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar
were priests; 4:5and Azariah the son of Nathan
was over the officers; and Zabud the son
of Nathan was chief minister, andthe king's
friend; 4:6and Ahishar was over the household;
and Adoniramthe son of Abda was over the
men subject to forced labor. 4:7Solomon had
twelve officers over all Israel, who provided
food for the king and his household: each
man had to make provision for a month in
the year. 4:8These are their names: Ben
Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim; 4:9Ben
Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth
Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan; 4:10Ben Hesed,
in Arubboth (to him pertainedSocoh, and all the
land of Hepher); 4:11Ben Abinadab, in all the
height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of
Solomon as wife); 4:12Baana the son of Ahilud,
in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shean
which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel,
fromB eth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as
beyond Jokmeam; 4:13Ben Geber, in Ramoth
Gilead (to him pertainedthe towns of Jair the
son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; evento
him pertainedthe region of Argob, which is in
Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze
bars); 4:14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
4:15Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took
Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
4:16Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and
Bealoth; 4:17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in
Issachar; 4:18Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
4:19Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead,
the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and
of Og king of Bashan; and he wasthe only
officer who was in the land. 4:20Judah and
Israel were many as the sand which is by
the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and
making merry. 4:21Solomon ruled over all the
kingdoms from the River to the land of the
Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they
brought tribute, and served Solomon all the
days of his life. 4:22Solomon's provision for one
day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty
measures of meal, 4:23ten head of fat cattle, and
twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and
one hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles,
and roebucks, and fattened fowl. 4:24For he
had dominion over all the regionon this side the
River, fromT iphsah even to Gaza, over all the
kings on this side the River: and he had peace
on all sides around him. 4:25Judah and Israel
lived safely, every man under his vine and
under his fig tree, fromDa n even to Beersheba,
all the days of Solomon. 4:26Solomon had forty
thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and
twelve thousand horsemen. 4:27Those officers
provided food for king Solomon, and for all
who came to king Solomon's table, every man
in his month; they let nothing be lacking.
4:28Barley also and straw for the horses and
swift steeds brought they to the place where
the officerswere, every man according to his
duty. 4:29God gave Solomon wisdom and
understanding exceeding much, and very great
understanding, even as the sand that is on the
seashore. 4:30Solomon's wisdom excelled the
wisdomo f all the children of the east, and all
the wisdomo f Egypt. 4:31For he was wiser
than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and
Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of
Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations all
around. 4:32He spoke three thousand proverbs;
and his songs were one thousand five. 4:33He
spoke of trees, fromthe cedar that is in Lebanon
even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall;
he spoke also of animals, and of birds, and of
creeping things, and of fish. 4:34There came
of all peoples to hear the wisdomo f Solomon,
fromal l kings of the earth, who had heard of
his wisdom.
5:1Hiramk ing of Tyre sent his servants to
Solomon; for he had heard that they had
anointed himkin g in the room of his father: for
Hiramwas ever a lover of David. 5:2Solomon
sent to Hiram, saying, 5:3You know how that
David m y father could not build a house for the
name of Yahweh his God for the wars which
were about himon every side, until Yahweh
put themu nder the soles of his feet. 5:4But
now Yahweh my God has given me rest on
every side; there is neither adversary, nor evil
occurrence. 5:5Behold, I purpose to build a
house for the name of Yahweh my God, as
Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, Your
son, whomI will set on your throne in your
room, he shall build the house for my name.
5:6Now therefore command you that they cut
me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants
shall be with your servants; and I will give
you hire for your servants according to all that
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you shall say: for you know that there is not
among us any who knows how to cut timber
like the Sidonians. 5:7It happened, when Hiram
heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced
greatly, and said, Blessed be Yahweh this day,
who has given to David a wise son over this
great people. 5:8Hirams ent to Solomon, saying,
I have heard the messagewhich you have sent
to me: I will do all your desire concerning
timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
5:9My servants shall bring themd own from
Lebanon to the sea; and I will make them
into rafts to go by sea to the place that you
shall appoint me, and will cause them to be
broken up there, and you shall receive them;
and you shall accomplish my desire, in giving
food for my household. 5:10So Hiramg ave
Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir
according to all his desire. 5:11Solomon gave
Hiramtwe nty thousandmeasures of wheat for
food to his household, and twenty measures of
pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by
year. 5:12Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he
promised him; and there was peace between
Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a
league together. 5:13King Solomon raised a
levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty
thousand men. 5:14He sent themto Lebanon,
ten thousand a month by courses; a month they
were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and
Adoniramw as over the men subject to forced
labor. 5:15Solomon had seventy thousand who
bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were
stone cutters in the mountains; 5:16besides
Solomon's chief officers who were over the
work, three thousand and three hundred, who
bore rule over the people who labored in the
work. 5:17The king commanded, and they
cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the
foundation of the house with worked stone.
5:18Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders
and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared
the timber and the stones to build the
house.
6:1It happened 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
Ziv, which is the second month, that he began
to build the house of Yahweh. 6:2The house
which king Solomon built for Yahweh, its
length was sixty cubits, and its breadth twenty
cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 6:3The porch
before the temple of the house, twenty cubits
was its length, according to the breadth of the
house; andten cubits was its breadth before the
house. 6:4For the house he m ade windows
of fixed lattice work. 6:5Against the wall of
the house he built stories all around, against
the walls of the house all around, both of
the temple and of the oracle; and he made
side chambers all around. 6:6The nethermost
story was five cubits broad, and the middle
was six cubits broad, and the third was seven
cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets
in the wallof the house all around, that the
beamsshould not have hold in the walls of the
house. 6:7The house, when it was in building,
was built of stone made ready at the quarry;
and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any
tool of iron heard in the house, while it was
in building. 6:8The door for the middle side
chambers was in the right side of the house:
and they went up by winding stairs into the
middle story, and out of the middle into the
third. 6:9So he built the house, and finished
it; and he covered the house with beams and
planks of cedar. 6:10He built the stories against
all the house, each five cubits high: and they
rested on the house with timber of cedar.
6:11The word of Yahweh came to Solomon,
saying, 6:12Concerning this house which you
are building, if you will walk in my statutes,
and execute my ordinances, and keep all my
commandments to walk in them; then will I
establish my word with you, which I spoke
to David your father. 6:13I will dwell among
the children of Israel, and will not forsake my
people Israel. 6:14So Solomon built the house,
and finished it. 6:15He built the walls of the
house within with boards of cedar: fromthe
floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling,
he covered themo n the inside with wood; and
he covered the floor of the house with boards
of fir. 6:16He built twenty cubits on the hinder
part of the house with boards of cedar fromthe
floor to the walls of the ceiling: he built themfor
it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy
place. 6:17The house, that is, the temple before
the oracle, was forty cubits long. 6:18There was
cedar on the house within, carved with buds
and open flowers: all was cedar; there was
no stone seen. 6:19He prepared an oracle in
the midst of the house within, to set there the
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ark of the covenant of Yahweh. 6:20Within the
oraclewas a space of twenty cubits in length, and
twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in
its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold:
and he covered the altar with cedar. 6:21So
Solomon overlaid the house within with pure
gold: and he drew chains of gold across before
the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. 6:22The
whole house he overlaidwith gold, until all the
house was finished: also the whole altar that
belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.
6:23In the oracle he m ade two cherubim of olive
wood, each ten cubits high. 6:24Five cubits was
the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the
other wing of the cherub: fromthe uttermost
part of the one wing to the uttermost part of
the other were ten cubits. 6:25The other cherub
was ten cubits: both the cherubimw ere of one
measure and one form. 6:26The height of the
one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the
other cherub. 6:27He set the cherubimw ithin
the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim
were stretched forth, 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.
6:28He overlaid the cherubimwith gold. 6:29He
carved all the walls of the house around with
carved figures of cherubima nd palmt rees and
open flowers, inside and outside. 6:30The floor
of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and
outside. 6:31For the entrance of the oracle he
made doors of olive wood: the lintel anddoor
posts were a fifth part of the wall. 6:32So he
madetwo doors of olive wood; and he carved
on themcar vings of cherubimand palm trees
and open flowers, and overlaid themwi th
gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim,
and on the palmtre es. 6:33So also made he
for the entrance of the temple door posts of
olive wood, out of a fourth part of the wall;
6:34and two doors of fir wood: the two leaves
of the one door were folding, and the two
leaves of the other door were folding. 6:35He
carved thereoncherubimand palm trees and
open flowers; and he overlaid themw ith gold
fitted on the engraved work. 6:36He built the
inner court with three courses of cut stone, and
a course of cedar beams. 6:37In the fourth year
was the foundation of the house of Yahweh
laid, in the month Ziv. 6:38In the eleventh year,
in the month Bul, which is the eighth month,
was the house finished throughout all its parts,
and according to all its fashion. So was he
seven years in building it.
7:1Solomonwas building his own house thirteen
years, and he finished all his house. 7:2For
he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its
length was one hundred cubits, and its breadth
fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four
rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the
pillars. 7:3It was coveredwith cedar above over
the forty-five beams, that were on the pillars;
fifteen in a row. 7:4There were beams in three
rows, and window was over against window
in three ranks. 7:5All the doors and posts were
made square with beams: and window was
over against window in three ranks. 7:6He
made the porch of pillars; its length was fifty
cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits; and a
porch before them; and pillars and a threshold
before them. 7:7He made the porch of the
throne where he was to judge, even the porch
of judgment: and it was covered with cedar
fromfl oor to floor. 7:8His house where he was
to dwell, the other court within the porch, was
of the like work. He made also a house for
Pharaoh's daughter (whomSo lomon had taken
as wife), like this porch. 7:9All these were of
costly stones, even of cut stone, according to
measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside,
even fromthe foundation to the coping, and
so on the outside to the great court. 7:10The
foundation was of costly stones, even great
stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight
cubits. 7:11Above were costly stones, even cut
stone, according to measure, and cedar wood.
7:12The great court around had three courses
of cut stone, and a course of cedar beams; like
as the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and
the porch of the house. 7:13King Solomon sent
and fetched Hiramout of Tyre. 7:14He was the
son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his
father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and
he was filled with wisdoma nd understanding
and skill, to work all works in brass. He came
to king Solomon, and performed all his work.
7:15For he fashioned the two pillars of brass,
eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve
cubits encircled either of themabo ut. 7:16He
made two capitals of molten brass, to set on
the tops of the pillars: the height of the one
capital was five cubits, and the height of the
other capital was five cubits. 7:17There were
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nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain
work, for the capitals which were on the top of
the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven
for the other capital. 7:18So he made the pillars;
and there were two rows around on the one
network, to cover the capitals that were on the
top of the pillars: and so did he for the other
capital. 7:19The capitals that were on the top
of the pillars in the porch were of lily work,
four cubits. 7:20There were capitals above also
on the two pillars, close by the belly which
was beside the network: and the pomegranates
were two hundred, in rows around on the other
capital. 7:21He set up the pillars at the porch of
the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and
called its name Jachin; and he set up the left
pillar, and called its name Boaz. 7:22On the top
of the pillars was lily work: so was the work
of the pillars finished. 7:23He made the molten
sea of ten cubits frombr im to brim, round in
compass, and its height was five cubits; and a
line of thirty cubits encircled it. 7:24Under its
brima round there were buds which encircled
it, for ten cubits, encircling the sea: the buds
were in two rows, cast when it was cast. 7:25It
stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward
the north, and three looking toward the west,
and three looking toward the south, and three
looking toward the east; and the sea was set
on themabo ve, and all their hinder parts were
inward. 7:26It was a handbreadth thick: and its
brimw as worked like the brimof a cup, like
the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.
7:27He made the ten bases of brass; four cubits
was the length of one base, and four cubits its
breadth, and three cubits its height. 7:28The
work of the bases was on this manner: they
had panels; and there were panels between the
ledges; 7:29and on the panels that were between
the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and
on the ledges there was a pedestal above; and
beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of
hanging work. 7:30Every base had four bronze
wheels, and axles of brass; and the four feet of it
had supports: beneath the basin were the supports
molten, with wreaths at the side of each.
7:31The mouth of it within the capital and above
was a cubit: and its mouth was round after
the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and
also on its mouth were engravings, and their
panels were foursquare, not round. 7:32The
four wheels were underneath the panels; and
the axles of the wheelswere in the base: and the
height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
7:33The work of the wheels was like the work of
a chariot wheel: their axles, and their rims, and
their spokes, and their naves, were all molten.
7:34Therewere four supports at the four corners
of each base: its supportswere of the base itself.
7:35In the top of the base was there a round
compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the
base its stays and its panels were of the same.
7:36On the plates of its stays, and on its panels,
he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees,
according to the space of each, with wreaths all
around. 7:37After this manner he made the ten
bases: all of themhad one casting, onemeasure,
and one form. 7:38He made ten basins of brass:
one basin contained forty baths; and every
basin was four cubits; and on very one of the
ten bases one basin. 7:39He set the bases, five 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, toward the south.
7:40Hiramm ade the basins, and the shovels,
and the basins. So Hirammade an end of doing
all the work that he worked for king Solomon
in the house of Yahweh: 7:41the two pillars,
and the two bowls of the capitals that were on
the top of the pillars; and the two networks
to cover the two bowls of the capitals that
were on the top of the pillars; 7:42and the four
hundred pomegranates for the two networks;
two rows of pomegranates for each network, to
cover the two bowls of the capitals that were
on the pillars; 7:43and the ten bases, and the ten
basins on the bases; 7:44and the one sea, and
the twelve oxen under the sea; 7:45and the pots,
and the shovels, and the basins: even all these
vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon,
in the house of Yahweh, were of burnished
brass. 7:46In the plain of the Jordan did the king
cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth
and Zarethan. 7:47Solomon left all the vessels
unweighed, because they were exceeding many:
the weight of the brass could not be found out.
7:48Solomon made all the vessels that were in
the house of Yahweh: the golden altar, and
the table whereupon the show bread was, of
gold; 7:49and the lampstands, five on the right
side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of
pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and
the tongs, of gold; 7:50and the cups, and the
snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and
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the fire pans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both
for the doors of the inner house, the most holy
place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of
the temple, of gold. 7:51Thus all the work that
king Solomon worked in the house of Yahweh
was finished. Solomon brought in the things
which David his father had dedicated, eventhe
silver, and the gold, and the vessels, and put
themi n the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.
8:1Then Solomon assembled the elders of
Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes
of the fathers' housesof the children of Israel,
to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the
ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city
of David, which is Zion. 8:2All the men of
Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon
at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is
the seventh month. 8:3All the elders of Israel
came, and the priests took up the ark. 8:4They
brought up the ark of Yahweh, and the Tent
of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were
in the Tent; even these did the priests and the
Levites bring up. 8:5King Solomon and all the
congregation of Israel, who were assembled to
him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing
sheep and cattle, that could not be counted
nor numbered for multitude. 8:6The priests
brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh
to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the
most holy place, even under the wings of the
cherubim. 8:7For the cherubimspr ead forth
their wings over the place of the ark, and the
cherubimc overed the ark and its poles above.
8:8The poles were so long that the ends of the
poles were seen fromt he holy place before the
oracle; but they were not seen outside: and
there they are to this day. 8:9There was nothing
in the ark save the two tables of stone which
Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made
a covenant with the children of Israel, when
they came out of the land of Egypt. 8:10It came
to pass, when the priests were come out of the
holy place, that the cloud filled the house of
Yahweh, 8:11so that the priests could not stand
to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory
of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh. 8:12Then
spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that hewould
dwell in the thick darkness. 8:13I have surely
built you a house of habitation, a place for you
to dwell in forever. 8:14The king turned his face
about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel:
and all the assembly of Israel stood. 8:15He
said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,who
spokewith his mouth to David your father, and
has with his hand fulfilled it, saying, 8:16Since
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 a house, that my name
might be there; but I chose David to be over
m y people Israel. 8:17Now it was in the heart of
David my father to build a house for the name
of Yahweh, the God of Israel. 8:18But Yahweh
said to David my father,Whereas it was in your
heart to build a house for my name, you did
well that it was in your heart: 8:19nevertheless
you shall not build the house; but your son
who shall come forth out of your body, he shall
build the house for my name. 8:20Yahweh has
established his word that he spoke; for I am
risen up in the roomof David my father, and
sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised,
and have built the house for the name of
Yahweh, the God of Israel. 8:21There have I set
a place for the ark, in which is the covenant
of Yahweh, which he made with our fathers,
when he brought themo ut of the land of Egypt.
8:22Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh
in the presence of all the assembly of Israel,
and spread forth his hands toward heaven;
8:23and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel,
there is noGod like you, in heaven above, or on
earth beneath; who keep covenant and loving
kindness with your servants, who walk before
youwith all their heart; 8:24who have keptwith
your servant David my father that which you
did promise him: yes, you spoke with your
mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as
it is this day. 8:25Now therefore, Yahweh, the
God of Israel, keep with your servant David
my father that which you have promised him,
saying, There shall not fail you a man in my
sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your
children take heed to their way, to walk before
me as you have walked before me. 8:26Now
therefore, God of Israel, Please let your word
be verified, which you spoke to your servant
David my father. 8:27But will God in very
deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and
the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how
much less this house that I have built! 8:28Yet
have respect for the prayer of your servant,
and for his supplication, Yahweh my God, to
listen to the cry and to the prayer which your
servant prays before you this day; 8:29that your
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eyes may be open toward this house night and
day, even toward the place of which you have
said, My name shall be there; to listen to the
prayer which your servant shall pray toward
this place. 8:30Listen you to the supplication
of your servant, and of your people Israel,
when they shall pray toward this place: yes,
hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when
you hear, forgive. 8:31If a man sin against his
neighbor, and an oath be laid on himto cause
himto swear, and he come andswear before
your altar in this house; 8:32then hear you in
heaven, and do, and judge your servants, condemning
the wicked, to bring his way on his
own head, and justifying the righteous, to give
hima ccording to his righteousness. 8:33When
your people Israel are struck down before the
enemy, because they have sinned against you;
if they turn again to you, and confess your
name, and pray and make supplication to you
in this house: 8:34then hear you in heaven, and
forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring
themag ain to the land which you gave to their
fathers. 8:35When the sky is shut up, and there
is no rain, because they have sinned against
you; if they pray toward this place, and confess
your name, and turn from their sin, when you
do afflict them: 8:36then hear in heaven, and
forgive the sin of your servants, and of your
people Israel, when you teach themt he good
way in which they should walk; and send rain
on your land, which you have given to your
people for an inheritance. 8:37If there be in
the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there
is blight ormildew, locust orcaterpillar; if their
enemy besiege them in the land of their cities;
whatever plague, whatever sickness there be;
8:38whatever prayer and supplication be made
by any man, orby all your people Israel, who
shall know every man the plague of his own
heart, and spread forth his hands toward this
house: 8:39then hear in heaven, your dwelling
place, and forgive, and do, and render to every
man according to all his ways, whose heart you
know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts
of all the children of men;) 8:40that they may
fear you all the days that they live in the land
which you gave to our fathers. 8:41Moreover
concerning the foreigner, who is not of your
people Israel, when he shall come out of a far
country for your name's sake 8:42(for they shall
hear of your great name, and of your mighty
hand, and of your outstretched arm); when
he shall come and pray toward this house;
8:43hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and
do according to all that the foreigner calls to
you for; that all the peoples of the earth may
know your name, to fear you, as does your
people Israel, and that they may know that
this house which I have built is called by my
name. 8:44If your people go out to battle against
their enemy, by whatever way you shall send
them, and they pray to Yahweh toward the city
which you have chosen, and toward the house
which I have built for your name; 8:45then hear
in heaven their prayer and their supplication,
and maintain their cause. 8:46If they sin against
you (for there is no man who doesn't sin), and
you are angry with them, and deliver them
to the enemy, so that they carry them away
captive to the land of the enemy, far off or
near; 8:47yet if they shall repent themselves in
the land where they are carried captive, and
turn again, and make supplication to you in the
land of those who carried themc aptive, saying,
We have sinned, and have done perversely,
we have dealt wickedly; 8:48if they return to
you with all their heart and with all their
soul in the land of their enemies, who carried
themcap tive, and pray to you toward their
land, which you gave to their fathers, the city
which you have chosen, and the house which
I have built for your nam e: 8:49then hear you
their prayer and their supplication in heaven,
your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;
8:50and forgive your people who have sinned
against you, and all their transgressions in
which they have transgressed against you; and
give themcompassion before thosewho carried
them captive, that they may have compassion
on them 8:51(for they are your people, and your
inheritance, which you brought forth out of
Egypt, fromt he midst of the furnace of iron);
8:52that your eyes may be open to the supplication
of your servant, and to the supplication of
your people Israel, to listen to themw henever
they cry to you. 8:53For you did separate them
fromam ong all the peoples of the earth, to
be your inheritance, as you spoke by Moses
your servant, when you brought our fathers
out of Egypt, Lord Yahweh. 8:54It was so, that
when Solomon had made an end of praying
all this prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he
arose frombe fore the altar of Yahweh, from
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kneeling on his knees with his hands spread
forth toward heaven. 8:55He stood, and blessed
all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice,
saying, 8:56Blessed be Yahweh, who has given
rest to his people Israel, according to all that
he promised: there has not failed one word of
all his good promise, which he promised by
Moses his servant. 8:57Yahweh our God be with
us, as he was with our fathers: let himno t
leave us, nor forsake us; 8:58that he may incline
our hearts to him , to walk in all his ways, and
to keep his commandments, and his statutes,
and his ordinances, which he commanded our
fathers. 8:59Let these my words, with which
I have made supplication before Yahweh, be
near to Yahweh our God day and night, that
he maintain the cause of his servant, and the
cause of his people Israel, as every day shall
require; 8:60that all the peoples of the earth may
know that Yahweh, he is God; there is none
else. 8:61Let your heart therefore be perfectwith
Yahweh our God, to walk in his statutes, and to
keep his com m andm ents, as at this day. 8:62The
king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice
before Yahweh. 8:63Solomon offered for the
sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered
to Yahweh, two and twenty thousand head
of cattle, and one hundred twenty thousand
sheep. So the king and all the children of
Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh. 8:64The
same day did the king make the middle of
the court holy that was before the house of
Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offering,
and the meal offering, and the fat of the peace
offerings, because the bronze altar that was
before Yahweh was too little to receive the
burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the
fat of the peace offerings. 8:65So Solomon held
the feast at that time, and all Israel with him,
a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath
to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our
God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen
days. 8:66On the eighth day he sent the people
away; and they blessed the king, and went to
their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the
goodness that Yahweh had shown to David his
servant, and to Israel his people.
9:1It happened, when Solomon had finished
the building of the house of Yahweh, and the
king's house, and all Solomon's desirewhich he
was pleased to do, 9:2that Yahweh appeared to
Solomon the second time, as he had appeared
to himat Gibeon. 9:3Yahweh said to him, I
have heard your prayer and your supplication,
that you have made before me: I have made
this house holy, which you have built, to put
my name there forever; and my eyes and my
heart shall be there perpetually. 9:4As for you,
if you will walk before me, as David your
father walked, in integrity of heart, and in
uprightness, to do according to all that I have
commanded you, and will keep my statutes
and my ordinances; 9:5then I will establish the
throne of your kingdomov er Israel forever,
according as I promised to David your father,
saying, There shall not fail you a man on the
throne of Israel. 9:6But if you shall turn away
fromfollow ing me, you or your children, and
not keep my commandments and my statutes
which I have set before you, but shall go and
serve other gods, and worship them; 9:7then
will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have
given them; and this house, which I have made
holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight;
and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword
among all peoples. 9:8Though this house is so
high, yet shall everyone who passes by it be
astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say,
Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to
this house? 9:9and they shall answer, Because
they forsook Yahweh their God, who brought
forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt,
and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped
them, and served them: therefore has Yahweh
brought all this evil on them. 9:10It happened
at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon
had built the two houses, the house of Yahweh
and the king's house 9:11(now Hiramt he king
of Tyre had furnished Solomonwith 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. 9:12Hiram
came out from Tyre to see the cities which
Solomon had given him; and they didn't please
him. 9:13He said, What cities are these which
you have given me, my brother? He called
themthe land of Cabul to this day. 9:14Hiram
sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of
gold. 9:15This is the reason of the levy which
king Solomon raised, to build the house of
Yahweh, and his own house, andMillo, and the
wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo,
and Gezer. 9:16Pharaoh king of Egypt had
gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with
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fire, and slain the Canaanites who lived in the
city, and given it for a portion to his daughter,
Solomon's wife. 9:17Solomon built Gezer, and
Beth Horon the lower, 9:18and Baalath, and
Tamar in the wilderness, in the land, 9:19and
all the storage cities that Solomon had, and
the cities for his chariots, and the cities for
his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired
to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in
Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
9:20As for all the people who were left of
the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the
Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the
children of Israel; 9:21their children who were
left after themi n the land, whom the children
of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of
themdid Solomon raise a levy of bondservants
to this day. 9:22But of the children of Israel
did Solomon make no bondservants; but they
were the men of war, and his servants, and
his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his
chariots and of his horsemen. 9:23These were
the chief officers who were over Solomon's
work, five hundred fifty, who bore rule over
the people who labored in the work. 9:24But
Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city
of David to her house which Solomonhad built
for her: then did he build Millo. 9:25Three
times a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings
and peace offerings on the altar which he built
to Yahweh, burning incense therewith, on the
altarthat was before Yahweh. So he finished
the house. 9:26King Solomon made a navy of
ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth,
on the shore of the Red Seaa, in the land of
Edom. 9:27Hirams ent in the navy his servants,
sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the
servants of Solomon. 9:28They came to Ophir,
and fetched fromt here gold, four hundred and
twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
10:1When the queen of Sheba heard of the
fame of Solomon concerning the name of
Yahweh, she came to prove him with hard
questions. 10:2She came to Jerusalem with a
very great train, with camels that bore spices,
and very much gold, and precious stones;
and when she was come to Solomon, she
talked with himo f all that was in her heart.
10:3Solomon told her all her questions: there
was not anything hidden fromthe king which
he didn't tell her. 10:4When the queen of Sheba
had seen all the wisdomof Solomon, and the
house that he had built, 10:5and the food of his
table, and the sitting of his servants, and the
attendance of his ministers, and their clothing,
and his cup bearers, and his ascent by which he
went up to the house of Yahweh; there was no
more spirit in her. 10:6She said to the king, It
was a true report that I heard in my own land
of your acts, and of your wisdom. 10:7However
I didn't believe the words, until I came, and
my eyes had seen it: and behold, the half
was not told me; your wisdom and prosperity
exceed the fame which I heard. 10:8Happy
are your men, happy are these your servants,
who stand continually before you, andwho hear
your wisdom. 10:9Blessed be Yahweh your
God, who delighted in you, to set you on the
throne of Israel: because Yahweh loved Israel
forever, therefore made he you king, to do
justice and righteousness. 10:10She gave the
king one hundred 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. 10:11The navy also of Hiram,
that brought gold fromOph ir, brought in from
Ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious
stones. 10:12The king m ade of the alm ug
trees pillars for the house of Yahweh, and
for the king's house, harps also and stringed
instruments for the singers: there came no
such almug trees, nor were seen, to this day.
10:13King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba
all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that
which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty.
So she turned, and went to her own land,
she and her servants. 10:14Now the weight of
gold that came to Solomon in one year was six
hundred sixty-six talents of gold, 10:15besides
that whichthe traders brought, and the traffic
of the merchants, and of all the kings of the
mixed people, and of the governors of the
country. 10:16King Solomon made two hundred
bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekelsof
gold went to one buckler. 10:17he madethree
hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas
of gold went to one shield: and the king put
themi n the house of the forest of Lebanon.
10:18Moreover the king made a great throne
of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
a9:26 or, Sea of Reeds
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10:19There were six steps to the throne, and
the top of the throne was round behind; and
there were stays on either side by the place
of the seat, and two lions standing beside the
stays. 10:20Twelve lions stood there on the
one side and on the other on the six steps:
there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.
10:21All 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. 10:22For the king
had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy
of Hiram: once every three years came the
navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver,
ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 10:23So king
Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in
riches and in wisdom. 10:24All the earth sought
the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom,
which God had put in his heart. 10:25They
brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver,
and vessels of gold, and clothing, and armor,
and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by
year. 10:26Solomon gathered together chariots
and horsemen: and he had a thousand and
four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand
horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot
cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 10:27The
king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones,
and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees
that are in the lowland, for abundance. 10:28The
horses which Solomon had were brought out of
Egypt; and the king's merchants received them
in droves, each drove at a price. 10:29A chariot
came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred
shekelsof silver, and a horse for one hundred
fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and
for the kings of Syria, did they bring themout
by their means.
11:1Now king Solomon loved many foreign
women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh,
women of theMoabites, Ammonites, Edomites,
Sidonians, and Hittites; 11:2of the nations concerning
which Yahweh said to the children of
Israel, You shall not go among them, neither
shall they come among you; for surely they
will turn away your heart after their gods:
Solomon joined to these in love. 11:3He had
seven hundred wives, princesses, and three
hundred concubines; and his wives turned
away his heart. 11:4For it happened, when
Solomon was old, that his wives turned away
his heart after other gods; and his heart was
not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the
heart of David his father. 11:5For Solomon went
after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians,
and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
11:6Solomon did that which was evil
in the sight of Yahweh, and didn't go fully after
Yahweh, as did David his father. 11:7Then did
Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the
abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is
before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination
of the children of Ammon. 11:8So did
he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense
and sacrificed to their gods. 11:9Yahweh was
angry with Solomon, because his heart was
turned away fromY ahweh, the God of Israel,
who had appeared to himtwi ce, 11:10and had
commanded him concerning this thing, that
he should not go after other gods: but he
didn't keep that which Yahweh commanded.
11:11Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, Because
this is done of you, and you have not kept
my covenant and my statutes, which I have
commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom
fromy ou, and will give it to your servant.
11:12Notwithstanding in your days I will not do
it, for David your father's sake: but I will tear it
out of the hand of your son. 11:13However I will
not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give
one tribe to your son, for David my servant's
sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have
chosen. 11:14Yahweh raised up an adversary
to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of
the king's seed in Edom. 11:15For it happened,
when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain
of the army was gone up to bury the slain, and
had struck every male in Edom 11:16(for Joab
and all Israel remained there six months, until
he had cut off every male in Edom); 11:17that
Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his
father's servants with him, to go into Egypt,
Hadad being yet a little child. 11:18They arose
out of Midian, and came to Paran; and they
took men with them out of Paran, and they
came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who
gave hima house, and appointed himf ood, and
gave himl and. 11:19Hadad found great favor
in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him
as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of
Tahpenes the queen. 11:20The sister of Tahpenes
bore himG enubath his son, whomT ahpenes
weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath
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was in Pharaoh's house among the sons of
Pharaoh. 11:21When Hadad heard in Egypt that
David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the
captain of the army was dead, Hadad said to
Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to my
own country. 11:22Then Pharaoh said to him,
Butwhat have you lacked with me, that behold,
you seek to go to your own country? He answered,
Nothing: however only let me depart.
11:23God raised up anotheradversary to him,
Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from
his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah. 11:24He
gathered men to him, and became captain over
a troop, when David killed them of Zobah: and
they went to Damascus, and lived therein, and
reigned in Damascus. 11:25He was an adversary
to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides
the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred
Israel, and reigned over Syria. 11:26Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a
servant of Solomon, whose mother's name was
Zeruah, a widow, he also lifted up his hand
against the king. 11:27This was the reason why
he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon
built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city
of David his father. 11:28The man Jeroboam
was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw
the young man that he was industrious, and
he put himin charge of all the labor of the
house of Joseph. 11:29It happened at that time,
when Jeroboamw ent out of Jerusalem, that
the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him
in the way; now Ahijahhad clad himself with
a new garment; and they two were alone in
the field. 11:30Ahijah laid hold of the new
garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve
pieces. 11:31He said to Jeroboam, Take ten
pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,
Behold, I will tear the kingdomout of the
hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to
you 11:32(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); 11:33because that they have
forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth
the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god
of Moab, and Milcomt he god of the children
of Ammon; and they have not walked in my
ways, to do that which is right in my eyes,
and to keepmy statutes and my ordinances, as
did David his father. 11:34However I will not
take the whole kingdomout of his hand; but
I will make him prince all the days of his life,
for David my servant's sake whom I chose,
who kept my commandments and my statutes;
11:35but I will take the kingdomo ut of his son's
hand, and will give it to you, even ten tribes.
11:36To his son will I give one tribe, that David
my servant may have a lamp always before me
in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me
to put my name there. 11:37I will take you, and
you shall reign according to all that your soul
desires, and shall be king over Israel. 11:38It
shall be, if you will listen to all that I command
you, and will walk in my ways, and do that
which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes
and my commandments, as David my servant
did; that I will be with you, and will build you
a sure house, as I built for David, and will give
Israel to you. 11:39I will for this afflict the seed
of David, but not forever. 11:40Solomon sought
therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose,
and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt,
and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
11:41Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all
that he did, and his wisdom, aren't theywritten
in the book of the acts of Solomon? 11:42The
time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all
Israel was forty years. 11:43Solomon slept with
his fathers, and was buried in the city of David
his father: and Rehoboamhi s son reigned in his
place.
12:1Rehoboamwe nt to Shechem: for all
Israel were come to Shechem to make him
king. 12:2It happened, when Jeroboamthe son
of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt,
where he had fled fromthe presence of king
Solomon, and Jeroboam lived in Egypt, 12:3and
they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and
all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to
Rehoboam, saying, 12:4Your father made our
yoke grievous: now therefore make you the
grievous service of your father, and his heavy
yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we
will serve you. 12:5He said to them, Depart
yet for three days, then come again to me.
The people departed. 12:6King Rehoboamto ok
counsel with the old men, who had stood
before Solomon his father while he yet lived,
saying, What counsel give you me to return
answer to this people? 12:7They spoke to him,
saying, If you will be a servant to this people
this day, and will serve them, and answer them,
and speak good words to them, then they will
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be your servants forever. 12:8But he forsook
the counsel of the old men which they had
given him, and took counsel with the young
men who had grown up with him, who stood
before him. 12:9He said to them, What counsel
do you give, that we may return answer to this
people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make
the yoke that your father did put on us lighter?
12:10The young men who had grown up with
himspoke to him, saying, Thus you shall tell
this people who spoke to you, saying, Your
father made our yoke heavy, but make you it
lighter to us; thus you shall speak to them, My
little finger is thicker than my father's waist.
12:11Now whereas my father did lade you with
a heavy yoke, Iwill add to your yoke: my father
chastised you with whips, but I will chastise
you with scorpions. 12:12So Jeroboamand all
the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as
the king bade, saying, Come to me again the
third day. 12:13The king answered the people
roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old
men which they had given him, 12:14and spoke
to themaf ter the counsel of the young men,
saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but
I will add to your yoke: my father chastised
you with whips, but I will chastise you with
scorpions. 12:15So the king didn't listen to
the people; for it was a thing brought about
of Yahweh, that he might establish his word,
which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite
to Jeroboamthe son of Nebat. 12:16When all
Israel saw that the king didn't listen to 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,
Israel: now see to your own house, David.
So Israel departed to their tents. 12:17But as
for the children of Israel who lived in the
cities of Judah, Rehoboamre igned over them.
12:18Then king Rehoboams ent Adoram, who
was over the men subject to forced labor; and
all Israel stoned himto death with stones. King
Rehoboamm ade speed to get himup to his
chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 12:19So Israel
rebelled against the house of David to this
day. 12:20It happened, when all Israel heard
that Jeroboamwas returned, that they sent
and called himto the congregation, and made
himk ing over all Israel: there was none who
followed the house of David, but the tribe of
Judah only. 12:21When Rehoboamw as come
to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of
Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred
and eighty thousand chosen men, who were
warriors, to fight against the house of Israel,
to bring the kingdomag ain to Rehoboam the
son of Solomon. 12:22But the word of God
came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
12:23Speak to Rehoboamt he son of Solomon,
king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and
Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,
12:24Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up,
nor fight against your brothers the children of
Israel: return every man to his house; for this
thing is of me. So they listened to the word
of Yahweh, and returned and went their way,
according to the word of Yahweh. 12:25Then
Jeroboamb uilt Shechem in the hill country of
Ephraim, and lived therein; and he went out
fromt here, and built Penuel. 12:26Jeroboam
said in his heart, Now will the kingdomr eturn
to the house of David: 12:27if this people go
up to offer sacrifices in the house of Yahweh
at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people
turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboamk ing
of Judah; and they will kill me, and return
to Rehoboamk ing of Judah. 12:28Whereupon
the king took counsel, and made two calves of
gold; and he said to them, It is too much for
you to go up to Jerusalem: see your gods, Israel,
which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
12:29He set the one in Bethel, and the other put
he in Dan. 12:30This thing became a sin; for the
people went to worshipbefore the one, even to
Dan. 12:31He made houses of high places, and
made priests from among all the people, who
were not of the sons of Levi. 12:32Jeroboam
ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the
fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is
in Judah, and he went up to the altar; so did
he in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he
had m ade: and he placed in Bethel the priests
of the high places that he had made. 12:33He
went up to the altar which he had made in
Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month,
even in the month which he had devised of
his own heart: and he ordained a feast for the
children of Israel, and went up to the altar, to
burn incense.
13:1Behold, there came a man of God out of
Judah by the word of Yahweh to Beth El: and
Jeroboamwas standing by the altar to burn
incense. 13:2He cried against the altar by the
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word of Yahweh, and said, altar, altar, thus
says Yahweh: Behold, a son shall be born to
the house of David, Josiah by name; and on
you shall he sacrifice the priests of the high
places who burn incense on you, and men's
bones shall they burn on you. 13:3He gave
a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign
which Yahweh has spoken: Behold, the altar
shall be torn, and the ashes that are on it shall
be poured out. 13:4It happened, when the king
heard the saying of the man of God, which he
cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam
put forth his hand fromthe altar, saying, Lay
hold on him. His hand, which he put forth
against him, dried up, so that he could not
draw it back again to him. 13:5The altar also
was torn, and the ashes poured out fromthe
altar, according to the sign which the man of
God had given by the word of Yahweh. 13:6The
king answered the man of God, Entreat nowthe
favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me,
that my hand may be restored me again. The
man of God entreated Yahweh, and the king's
hand was restored himag ain, and became as
it was before. 13:7The king said to the m an
of God, Come home with me, and refresh
yourself, and I will give you a reward. 13:8The
man of God said to the king, If you will give
me half your house, I will not go in with you,
neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this
place; 13:9for so was it commanded me by the
word of Yahweh, saying, You shall eat no bread,
nor drink water, neither return by the way that
you came. 13:10So he went another way, and
didn't return by the way that he came to Bethel.
13:11Now there lived an old prophet in Bethel;
and one of his sons came and told him all the
works that the man of God had done that day
in Bethel: the words which he had spoken to
the king, themal so they told to their father.
13:12Their father said to them, Which way did
he go? Now his sons had seen which way
the man of God went, who came from Judah.
13:13He said to his sons, Saddle me the donkey.
So they saddled himthe donkey; and he rode
thereon. 13:14He went after the man of God,
and found hims itting under an oak; and he
said to him, Are you the man of God who came
fromJuda h? He said, I am. 13:15Then he said
to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
13:16He said, I may not return with you, nor
go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor
drink water with you in this place: 13:17for it
was said to me by the word of Yahweh, You
shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor
turn again to go by the way that you came.
13:18He said to him, I also am a prophet as you
are; and an angel spoke to me by the word
of Yahweh, saying, Bring himb ack with you
into your house, that he may eat bread and
drink water. Buthe lied to him. 13:19So he went
back with him, and ate bread in his house, and
drank water. 13:20It happened, as they sat at
the table, that the word of Yahweh came to
the prophet who brought himback ; 13:21and
he cried to the man of God who came from
Judah, saying, Thus says Yahweh, Because you
have been disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh,
and have not kept the commandment which
Yahweh your God commanded you, 13:22but
came back, and have eaten bread and drunk
water in the place of which he said to you,
Eat no bread, and drink no water; your body
shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.
13:23It happened, after he had eaten bread, and
after he had drunk, that he saddled for him
the donkey, to wit, for the prophet whomh e
had brought back. 13:24When he was gone,
a lion met him by the way, and killed him:
and his body was cast in the way, and the
donkey stood by it; the lion also stood by the
body. 13:25Behold, men passed by, and saw
the body cast in the way, and the lion standing
by the body; and they came and told it in the
city where the old prophet lived. 13:26When
the prophet who brought himback from the
way heard of it, he said, It is the man of God,
who was disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh:
therefore Yahweh has delivered himto the lion,
which has torn him, and slain him, according
to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke to him.
13:27He spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me
the donkey. They saddled it. 13:28He went and
found his body cast in the way, and the donkey
and the lion standing by the body: the lion
had not eaten the body, nor torn the donkey.
13:29The prophet took up the body of the man of
God, and laid it on the donkey, and brought it
back; and he came to the city of the old prophet,
to mourn, and to bury him. 13:30He laid his
body in his own grave; and they mourned over
him, saying, Alas, m ybrother! 13:31It happened,
after he had buried him, that he spoke to his
sons, saying,When I amd ead, then buryme in
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the tomb in which the man of God is buried;
lay my bones beside his bones. 13:32For the
saying which he cried by the word of Yahweh
against the altar in Bethel, and against all the
houses of the high places which are in the cities
of Samaria, shall surely happen. 13:33After this
thing Jeroboamdidn 't return fromh is evil way,
but made again from among all the people
priests of the high places: whoever would, he
consecrated him, that there might be priests of
the high places. 13:34This thing became sin to
the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to
destroy it fromo ff the surface of the earth.
14:1At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam
fell sick. 14:2Jeroboams aid to his wife, Please
get up and disguise yourself, that you not be
known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get you
to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet,
who spoke concerning me that I should be
king over this people. 14:3Take with you ten
loaves, and cakes, and a jar of honey, and go
to him: he will tell you what shall become
of the child. 14:4Jeroboam's wife did so, and
arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the
house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see;
for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
14:5Yahweh said to Ahijah, Behold, the wife of
Jeroboamco mes to inquire of you concerning
her son; for he is sick: thus and thus you
shall tell her; for it will be, when she comes
in, that she will feign herself to be another
woman. 14:6It was so, when Ahijah heard the
sound of her feet, as she came in at the door,
that he said, Come in, you wife of Jeroboam;
why feign you yourself to be another? for I
ams ent to you with heavy news. 14:7Go, tell
Jeroboam, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel:
Because I exalted you fromamong the people,
and made you prince over my people Israel,
14:8and tore the kingdomaway fromthe house
of David, and gave it you; and yet you have
not been as my servant David, who kept my
commandments, and who followed me with
all his heart, to do that only which was right
in my eyes, 14:9but have done evil above all
who were before you, and have gone and made
you other gods, and molten images, to provoke
me to anger, and have cast me behind your
back: 14:10therefore, behold, I will bring evil on
the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from
Jeroboame veryone who urinates on a wall,b
himwho is shut up and himwho is left at
large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away
the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away
dung, until it be all gone. 14:11Himwho dies
of Jeroboami n the city shall the dogs eat; and
himwho dies in the field shall the birds of the
sky eat: for Yahweh has spoken it. 14:12Arise
you therefore, get you to your house: andwhen
your feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
14:13All Israel shall m ourn for him ,and bury
him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the
grave, because in himt here is found some good
thing toward Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the
house of Jeroboam. 14:14Moreover Yahweh will
raise himup a king over Israel, who shall cut
off the house of Jeroboamthat day: but what?
even now. 14:15For Yahweh will strike Israel, as
a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root
up Israel out of this good land which he gave to
their fathers, and will scatter thembe yond the
River, because they have m ade their Asherim ,
provoking Yahweh to anger. 14:16He will give
Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam,which
he has sinned, and with which he has made
Israel to sin. 14:17Jeroboam's wife arose, and
departed, and came to Tirzah: andas she came
to the threshold of the house, the child died.
14:18All Israel buried him ,and m ourned for
him, according to the word of Yahweh, which
he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet.
14:19The 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. 14:20The days which Jeroboam
reigned were two and twenty years: and he
slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son
reigned in his place. 14:21Rehoboamthe son
of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was
forty-one years oldwhen he began to reign, and
he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the
city which Yahweh had chosen out of all the
tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his
mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
14:22Judah did that which was evil in the sight
of Yahweh, and they provoked himto jealousy
with their sins which they committed, above
all that their fathers had done. 14:23For they
also built themh igh places, and pillars, and
Asherim, on every high hill, and under every
green tree; 14:24and there were also sodomites
b14:10 or, male
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in the land: they did according to all the
abominations of the nations which Yahweh
drove out before the children of Israel. 14:25It
happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam,
that Shishak king of Egypt came up against
Jerusalem; 14:26and he took away the treasures
of the house of Yahweh, 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. 14:27King Rehoboammade
in their place shields of brass, and committed
themto the hands of the captains of the guard,
who kept the door of the king's house. 14:28It
was so, that as often as the king went into the
house of Yahweh, the guard bore them, and
brought themback into the guard chamber.
14:29Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam,
and all that he did, aren't they written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
14:30There was war between Rehoboama nd
Jeroboamc ontinually. 14:31Rehoboamslept
with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David: and his mother's
name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam
his son reigned in his place.
15:1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboamt
he son of Nebat began Abijamt o reign
over Judah. 15:2Three years reigned he in
Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah
the daughter of Abishalom. 15:3He walked in
all the sins of his father, which he had done
before him; and his heart was not perfect with
Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his
father. 15:4Nevertheless for David's sake did
Yahweh his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem,
to set up his son after him, and to establish
Jerusalem; 15:5because David did that which
was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and didn't
turn aside from anything that he commanded
hima ll the days of his life, except only in the
matter of Uriah the Hittite. 15:6Now there was
war between Rehoboama nd Jeroboam all the
days of his life. 15:7The rest of the acts of
Abijam, and all that he did, aren't they written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah? There was war between Abijama nd
Jeroboam. 15:8Abijamslept with his fathers;
and they buried himin the city of David:
and Asa his son reigned in his place. 15:9In
the twentieth year of Jeroboamk ing of Israel
began Asa to reign over Judah. 15:10Fortyone
years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name was Maacah the daughter of
Abishalom. 15:11Asa did that which was right
in the eyes of Yahweh, as did David his father.
15:12He put away the sodomites out of the
land, and removed all the idols that his fathers
had made. 15:13Also Maacah his mother he
removed from being queen, because she had
made an abominable image for an Asherah;
and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it
at the brook Kidron. 15:14But the high places
were not taken away: nevertheless the heart
of Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days.
15:15He brought into the house of Yahweh the
things that his father had dedicated, and the
things that himself had dedicated, silver, and
gold, and vessels. 15:16There was war between
Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
15:17Baasha king of Israel went up against
Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not
allowanyone to go out or com ein to Asa king
of Judah. 15:18Then Asa took all the silver
and the gold that were left in the treasures
of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of
the king's house, and delivered themi nto the
hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them
to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son
of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus,
saying, 15:19There isa league between me
and you, between my father and your father:
behold, I have sent to you a present of silver
and gold; go, break your league with Baasha
king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
15:20Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent
the captains of his armies against the cities of
Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth
Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land
of Naphtali. 15:21It happened, when Baasha
heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and
lived in Tirzah. 15:22Then king Asa made a
proclamation to all Judah; none was exempted:
and they carried away the stones of Ramah,
and its timber, with which Baasha had built;
and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin,
and Mizpah. 15:23Now the rest of all the acts of
Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and
the cities which he built, aren't they written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
But in the time of his old age he was diseased in
his feet. 15:24Asa slept with his fathers, and was
buried with his fathers in the city of David his
father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his
place. 15:25Nadab the son of Jeroboamb egan to
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reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king
of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.
15:26He did that which was evil in the sight of
Yahweh, and walked in the way of his father,
and in his sin with which he made Israel to
sin. 15:27Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house
of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha
struck himat Gibbethon, which belonged to
the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were
laying siege to Gibbethon. 15:28Even in the
third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha kill
him, and reigned in his place. 15:29It happened
that, as soon as he was king, he struck all the
house of Jeroboam: he didn't leave to Jeroboam
any who breathed, until he had destroyed
him; according to the saying of Yahweh, which
he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;
15:30for the sins of Jeroboamwhi ch he sinned,
and with which he made Israel to sin, because
of his provocation with which he provoked
Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger. 15:31Now
the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel? 15:32There was war
between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their
days. 15:33In the third year of Asa king of Judah
began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all
Israel in Tirzah, and reignedtwenty-four years.
15:34He did that which was evil in the sight of
Yahweh, and walked in the way of Jeroboam,
and in his sin with which he m ade Israel to sin.
16:1The word of Yahweh came to Jehu
the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
16:2Because I exalted you out of the dust, and
made you prince over my people Israel, and
you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and
have m ade m ypeople Israel to sin, to provoke
m e to anger with their sins; 16:3behold, I will
utterly sweep away Baasha and his house;
and I will make your house like the house of
Jeroboamthe son of Nebat. 16:4Himwho dies
of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and
himw ho dies of his in the field shall the birds
of the sky eat. 16:5Now the rest of the acts of
Baasha, and what he did, and his might, aren't
they written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel? 16:6Baasha slept with his
fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah
his son reigned in his place. 16:7Moreover by
the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the
word of Yahweh against Baasha, and against
his house, both because of all the evil that he
did in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him
to anger with the work of his hands, in being
like the house of Jeroboam, and because he
struck him. 16:8In the twenty-sixth year of Asa
king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha
to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and reignedtwo
years. 16:9His servant Zimri, captain of half
his chariots, conspired against him. Now he
was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the
house of Arza, who was over the household in
Tirzah: 16:10and Zimri went in and struck him,
and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of
Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
16:11It happened, when he began to reign, as
soon as he sat on his throne, that he struck
all the house of Baasha: he didn't leave hima
single one who urinates on a wall,c neither of
his relatives, nor of his friends. 16:12Thus Zimri
destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to
the word of Yahweh, which he spoke against
Baasha by Jehu the prophet, 16:13for all the sins
of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which
they sinned, and with which they made Israel
to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel,
to anger with their vanities. 16:14Now the rest
of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, aren't
they written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel? 16:15In the twenty-seventh
year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign
seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were
encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged
to the Philistines. 16:16The people who were
encamped heard say, Zimri has conspired, and
has also struck the king: therefore all Israel
made Omri, the captain of the army, king over
Israel that day in the camp. 16:17Omri went
up fromGi bbethon, and all Israel with him,
and they besieged Tirzah. 16:18It happened,
when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that
he went into the castle of the king's house, and
burnt the king's house over himwi th fire, and
died, 16:19for his sins which he sinned in doing
that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh,
in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in
his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
16:20Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his
treason that he did, aren't they written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
16:21Then were the people of Israel divided into
c16:11 or, male
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two parts: half of the people followed Tibni
the son of Ginath, to make him king; and
half followed Omri. 16:22But the people who
followed Omri prevailed against the people
who followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni
died, and Omri reigned. 16:23In the thirty-first
year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign
over Israel, and reignedtwelve years: six years
reigned he in Tirzah. 16:24He bought the hill
Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and
he built on the hill, and called the name of the
city which he built, after the name of Shemer,
the owner of the hill, Samaria. 16:25Omri did
that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and
dealt wickedly above all who were before him.
16:26For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, and in his sins with which he
m ade Israel to sin, to provokeYahweh, theGod
of Israel, to anger with their vanities. 16:27Now
the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and
his might that he showed, aren't they written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel? 16:28So Omri slept with his fathers,
and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son
reigned in his place. 16:29In the thirty-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 twentytwo
years. 16:30Ahab the son of Omri did that
which was evil in the sight of Yahweh above
all that were before him. 16:31It happened, as
if it had been a light thing for himt o walk in
the sins of Jeroboamthe son of Nebat, that he
took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal
king of the Sidonians, and went and served
Baal, and worshiped him. 16:32He reared up
an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which
he had built in Samaria. 16:33Ahab made the
Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke
Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger than all the
kings of Israel who were before him. 16:34In
his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he
laid its foundation with the loss of Abiramhi s
firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of
his youngest son Segub, according to the word
of Yahweh, which he spoke by Joshua the son
of Nun.
17:1Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners
of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Yahweh,
the God of Israel, lives, before whomI stand,
there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but
according tomyword. 17:2Theword of Yahweh
came to him, saying, 17:3Get you hence, and
turn you eastward, and hide yourself by the
brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. 17:4It
shall be, that you shall drink of the brook;
and I have commanded the ravens to feed you
there. 17:5So he went and did according to
the word of Yahweh; for he went and lived
by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
17:6The ravens brought himbre ad and flesh
in the morning, and bread and flesh in the
evening; and he drank of the brook. 17:7It
happened after awhile, that the brook dried up,
because there was no rain in the land. 17:8The
wordofYahweh cam e to him ,saying, 17:9Arise,
get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon,
and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a
widow there to sustain you. 17:10So he arose
and went to Zarephath; and when he came to
the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there
gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said,
Please get me a little water in a vessel, that I
may drink. 17:11As she was going to get it,
he called to her, and said, Please bring me a
morsel of bread in your hand. 17:12She said, As
Yahweh your God lives, I don't have a cake, but
a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the
jar: and behold, I amg athering two sticks, that
I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that
we may eat it, and die. 17:13Elijah said to her,
Don't be afraid; go and do as you have said; but
make me of it a little cake first, and bring it forth
to me, and afterward make for you and for your
son. 17:14For thus says Yahweh, the God of
Israel, The jar of meal shall not empty, neither
shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that Yahweh
sends rain on the earth. 17:15She went and did
according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and
he, and her house, ate manydays. 17:16The jar
of meal didn't empty, neither did the jar of oil
fail, according to the word of Yahweh, which
he spoke by Elijah. 17:17It happened 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.
17:18She said to Elijah, What have I to do with
you, you man of God? You have come to me
to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!
17:19He said to her, Give me your son. He took
himo ut of her bosom, and carried himup into
the cham ber, where he abode, and laid him on
his own bed. 17:20He cried to Yahweh, and
said, Yahweh my God, have you also brought
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evil on the widow with whomI sojourn, by
killing her son? 17:21He stretched himself on
the child three times, and cried to Yahweh, and
said, Yahweh my God, please let this child's
soul come into him again. 17:22Yahweh listened
to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child
came into himagain, and he revived. 17:23Elijah
took the child, and brought himdow n out of
the chamber into the house, and delivered him
to his mother; and Elijah said, Behold, your son
lives. 17:24The woman said to Elijah, Now I
know that you are a man of God, and that the
word of Yahweh in your mouth is truth.
18:1It happened after many days, that the
word of Yahweh came to Elijah, in the third
year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab; and
I will send rain on the earth. 18:2Elijah went
to show himself to Ahab. The famine was
sore in Samaria. 18:3Ahab called Obadiah, who
was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared
Yahweh greatly: 18:4for it was so, when Jezebel
cut off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah
took one hundred prophets, and hid themby
fifty in a cave, and fed themwi th bread and
water.) 18:5Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through
the land, to all the springs of water, and to all
the brooks: peradventure we may find grass
and save the horses and mules alive, that we
not lose all the animals. 18:6So they divided the
land between themto pass throughout it: Ahab
went one way by himself, and Obadiah went
another way by himself. 18:7As Obadiah was in
the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew
him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it you,
my lord Elijah? 18:8He answered him, It is I:
go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 18:9He
said, Wherein have I sinned, that you would
deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to
kill me? 18:10As Yahweh your God lives, there
is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not
sent to seek you: and when they said, He is
not here, he took an oath of the kingdomand
nation, that they didn't find you. 18:11Now you
say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
18:12It will happen, as soon as I amg one from
you, that the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you
I don't know where; and so when I come and
tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me:
but I your servant fear Yahweh frommy youth.
18:13Wasn't it told my lord what I did when
Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, how I
hid one hundred men of Yahweh's prophets
by fifty in a cave, and fed themwi th bread
and water? 18:14Now you say, Go, tell your
lord, Behold, Elijah is here; and he will kill me.
18:15Elijah said, As Yahweh of Armies lives,
before whomI stand, I will surely showmyself
to himto day. 18:16So Obadiah went to meet
Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet
Elijah. 18:17It happened, when Ahab saw Elijah,
that Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler of
Israel? 18:18He answered, I have not troubled
Israel; but you, and your father's house, in
that you have forsaken the commandments
of Yahweh, and you have followed the Baals.
18:19Now therefore send, and gather to me all
Israel to Mount Carmel, and the prophets of
Baal four hundred fifty, and the prophets of
the Asherah four hundred, who eat at Jezebel's
table. 18:20So Ahab sent to all the children of
Israel, and gathered the prophets together to
Mount Carmel. 18:21Elijah came near to all the
people, and said, "How long will you waver
between the two sides? If Yahweh is God,
follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." The
people answered himn ot a word. 18:22Then
Elijah said to the people, "I, even I only, amleft
a prophet of Yahweh; but Baal's prophets are
four hundred fifty men. 18:23Let themt herefore
give us two bulls; and let themc hoose one bull
for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it
on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will
dress the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and
put no fire under. 18:24You call on the name
of your god, and I will call on the name of
Yahweh; and the God who answers by fire, let
himbe God."
All the people answered, "It is well said."
18:25Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose
one bull for yourselves, and dress it first; for
you are many; and call on the name of your
god, but put no fire under it."
18:26They took the bull which was given
them, and they dressed it, and called on the
name of Baal from morning even until noon,
saying, Baal, hear us. But there was no voice,
nor any who answered. They leaped about
the altar which was made. 18:27It happened at
noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry
aloud; for he is a god: either he is musing,
or he is gone aside, or he is on a journey, or
peradventure he sleeps and must be awakened.
18:28They cried aloud, and cut themselves after
their manner with knives and lances, until the
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blood gushed out on them. 18:29It was so, when
midday was past, that they prophesied until
the tim e of the offering of the eveningoffering;
but there was neither voice, nor any to answer,
nor any who regarded. 18:30Elijah said to all the
people, Come near to me; and all the people
came near to him. He repaired the altar of
Yahweh that was thrown down. 18:31Elijah took
twelve stones, according to the number of the
tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whomthe word
of Yahweh came, saying, Israel shall be your
name. 18:32With the stones he built an altar
in the name of Yahweh; and he made a trench
about the altar, as great as would contain two
measures of seed. 18:33He put the wood in
order, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on
the wood. He said, Fill four jars with water, and
pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood.
18:34He said, Do it the second time; and they
did it the second time. He said, Do it the third
time; and they did it the third time. 18:35The
water ran around the altar; and he filled the
trench also with water. 18:36It happened at the
time of the offering of the eveningoffering, that
Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Yahweh,
the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let
it be known this day that you are God in Israel,
and that I amy our servant, and that I have
done all these things at your word. 18:37Hear
me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may
know that you, Yahweh, are God, and thatyou
have turned their heart back again. 18:38Then
the fire of Yahweh fell, and consumed the burnt
offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the
dust, and licked up the water that was in the
trench. 18:39When all the people saw it, they
fell on their faces: and they said, Yahweh, he is
God; Yahweh, he is God. 18:40and Elijah said to
them, Take the prophets of Baal; don't let one
of themesc ape. They took them; and Elijah
brought themdow n to the brook Kishon, and
killed themt here. 18:41Elijah said to Ahab, Get
you up, eat and drink; for there is the sound
of abundance of rain. 18:42So Ahab went up
to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top
of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on
the earth, and put his face between his knees.
18:43He said to his servant, Go up now, look
toward the sea. He went up, and looked, and
said, There is nothing. He said, Go again seven
times. 18:44It happened at the seventh time, that
he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's
hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, Go
up, tell Ahab, Make ready your chariot, and get
you down, that the rain not stop you. 18:45It
happened in a little while, that the sky grew
black with clouds and wind, and there was a
great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel:
18:46and the hand of Yahweh was on Elijah; and
he girded up his waist, and ran before Ahab to
the entrance of Jezreel.
19:1Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had
done, and how he had killed all the prophets
with the sword. 19:2Then Jezebel send a messenger
to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to
me, and more also, if I don't make your life
as the life of one of themby tomorrow about
this time. 19:3When he saw that, he arose, and
went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which
belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
19:4But 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 Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not
better than my fathers. 19:5He lay down and
slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel
touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
19:6He looked, and behold, there was at his
head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of
water. He ate and drink, and laid himd own
again. 19:7The angel of Yahweh came again the
second time, and touched him, and said, Arise
and eat, because the journey is too great for
you. 19:8He arose, and ate and drink, and went
in the strength of that food forty days and forty
nights to Horeb theMount of God. 19:9He came
there to a cave, and lodged there; and behold,
theword of Yahweh came to him, and he said to
him, What are you doing here, Elijah? 19:10He
said, I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the
God of Armies; for the children of Israel have
forsaken your covenant, thrown down your
altars, and slain your prophets with the sword:
and I, even I only, amleft ; and they seek my
life, to take it away. 19:11He said, Go forth, and
stand on the mountain before Yahweh. Behold,
Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind
tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the
rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in
the wind: and after the wind an earthquake;
but Yahwehwas not in the earthquake: 19:12and
after the earthquake a fire; but Yahweh was
not in the fire: and after the fire a still small
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voice. 19:13It was so, when Elijah heard it,
that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and
went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave.
Behold, there came a voice to him, and said,
What are you doing here, Elijah? 19:14He said, I
have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of
Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken
your covenant, thrown down your altars, and
slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even
I only, aml eft; and they seek my life, to take
it away. 19:15Yahweh said to him, Go, return
on your way to the wilderness of Damascus:
and when you come, you shall anoint Hazael
to be king over Syria; 19:16and you shall anoint
Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel;
and you shall anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat
of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your room.
19:17It shall happen, that he who escapes from
the sword of Hazael shall Jehu kill; and he who
escapes fromt he sword of Jehu shall Elisha kill.
19:18Yet will I leave meseven thousand in Israel,
all the knees which have not bowed to Baal,
and every mouth which has not kissed him.
19:19So he departed there, and found Elisha
the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with
twelve yoke of oxenbefore him, and he with the
twelfth: and Elijah passed over to him, and cast
his mantle on him. 19:20He left the oxen, and
ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you,
kiss my father and my mother, and then I will
follow you. He said to him, Go back again;
for what have I done to you? 19:21He returned
fromf ollowing him, and took the yoke of oxen,
and killed them, and boiled their flesh with
the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the
people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went
after Elijah, and ministered to him.
20:1Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all
his army together; and there were thirty-two
kings with him, and horses and chariots: and
he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought
against it. 20:2He sent messengers to Ahab king
of Israel, into the city, and said to him, Thus
says Ben Hadad, 20:3Your silver and your gold
is mine; your wives also and your children,
even the best, are mine. 20:4The king of Israel
answered, It is according to your saying, my
lord, O king; I amy ours, and all that I have.
20:5The messengers came again, and said, Thus
speaks Ben Hadad, saying, I sent indeed to
you, saying, You shall deliver me your silver,
and your gold, and your wives, and your
children; 20:6but I will send my servants to you
tomorrowabout this time, and they shall search
your house, and the houses of your servants;
and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your
eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take
it away. 20:7Then the king of Israel called all
the elders of the land, and said, Please notice
how this man seeks mischief: for he sent to me
for my wives, and for my children, and for my
silver, and for my gold; and I didn't deny him.
20:8All the elders and all the people said to him,
Don't you listen, neither consent. 20:9Therefore
he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, Tell
my lord the king, All that you did send for to
your servant at the first I will do; but this thing
I may not do. The messengers departed, and
brought himwo rd again. 20:10Ben Hadad sent
to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and
more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice
for handfuls for all the people who follow
me. 20:11The king of Israel answered, Tell
him, Don't let him who girds on his armorboast
himself as he who puts it off. 20:12It happened,
when Ben Hadadheard this message, as he was
drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions,
that he said to his servants, Set yourselves in
array. They set themselves in arrayagainst the
city. 20:13Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab
king of Israel, and said, Thus says Yahweh,
Have you seen all this great multitude? behold,
I will deliver it into your hand this day; and
you shall know that I amY ahweh. 20:14Ahab
said, Bywhom? He said, Thus says Yahweh, By
the young men of the princes of the provinces.
Then he said, Who shall begin the battle? He
answered, You. 20:15Then he mustered the
young men of the princes of the provinces, and
they were two hundred and thirty-two: and
after themhe mustered all the people, even all
the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
20:16They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad
was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he
and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped
him. 20:17The 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 from Samaria. 20:18He said,
Whether they are come out for peace, take
thema live, or whether they are come out for
war, taken themal ive. 20:19So these went out
of the city, the young men of the princes of
the provinces, and the army which followed
1 Kings 20:20 301 1 Kings 21:2
them. 20:20They killed everyone his man; and
the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: and
Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a
horse with horsemen. 20:21The king of Israel
went out, and struck the horses and chariots,
and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
20:22The prophet came near to the king of Israel,
and said to him, Go, strengthen yourself, and
mark, and see what you do; for at the return of
the year the king of Syria will come up against
you. 20:23The servants of the king of Syria said
to him, Their god is a god of the hills; therefore
they were stronger than we: but let us fight
against themin the plain, and surely we shall
be stronger than they. 20:24Do this thing: take
the kings away, every man out of his place, and
put captains in their room; 20:25and number
you an army, like the army that you have lost,
horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; and
we will fight against themin the plain, and
surely we shall be stronger than they. He
listened to their voice, and did so. 20:26It
happened at the return of the year, that Ben
Hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to
Aphek, to fight against Israel. 20:27The children
of Israel were mustered, and were provisioned,
and went against them: and the children of
Israel encamped before them like two little
flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
20:28A man of God came near and spoke to the
king of Israel, and said, Thus says Yahweh,
Because the Syrians have said, Yahweh is a
god of the hills, but he is not a god of the
valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great
multitude into your hand, and you shall know
that I amY ahweh. 20:29They encamped one
over against the other seven days. So it was,
that in the seventh day the battle was joined;
and the children of Israel killed of the Syrians
one hundred thousand footmen in one day.
20:30But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city;
and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand
men who were left. Ben Hadad fled, and came
into the city, into an inner chamber. 20:31His
servants said to him, See now, we have heard
that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful
kings: let us, we pray you, put sackcloth on our
bodies, and ropes on our heads, and go out to
the king of Israel: peradventure he will save
your life. 20:32So they girded sackcloth on their
bodies, and putropes on their heads, and came
to the king of Israel, and said, Your servant Ben
Hadad says, please let me live. He said, Is
he yet alive? he is my brother. 20:33Now the
men observed diligently, and hurried to catch
whether it were his mind; and they said, Your
brother Ben Hadad. Then he said, Go you,
bring him. Then Ben Hadad came forth to him;
and he caused himto come up into the chariot.
20:34Ben Hadadsaid to him, The cities which my
father took fromy our father I will restore; and
you shall make streets for you in Damascus,
as my father made in Samaria. I, said Ahab,
will let you go with this covenant. So he made
a covenant with him, and let him go. 20:35A
certain man of the sons of the prophets said to
his fellow by the word of Yahweh, Please strike
me. The man refused to strike him. 20:36Then
said he to him, Because you have not obeyed
the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you
are departed fromm e, a lion shall kill you.
As soon as he was departed fromhi m, a lion
found him, and killed him. 20:37Then he found
another man, and said, Please strike me. The
man struck him, smiting and wounding him.
20:38So the prophet departed, and waited for
the king by the way, and disguised himself
with his headband over his eyes. 20:39As the
king passed by, he cried to the king; and he
said, Your servant went out into the midst of
the battle; and behold, a man turned aside,
and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this
man: if by any means he be missing, then your
life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay
a talent of silver. 20:40As your servant was
busy here and there, he was gone. The king
of Israel said to him, So your judgment shall
be; yourself have decided it. 20:41He hurried,
and took the headband away fromhi s eyes;
and the king of Israel discerned himthat he
was of the prophets. 20:42He said to him, Thus
says Yahweh, Because you have let go out of
your hand the man whom I had devoted to
destruction, therefore your life shall go for his
life, and your people for his people. 20:43The
king of Israel went to his house sullen and
angry, and came to Samaria.
21:1It happened after these things, that
Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which
was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king
of Samaria. 21:2Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying,
Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a
garden of herbs, because it is near to my house;
and I will give you for it a better vineyard
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than it: or, if it seemgood to you, I will give
you its worth in m oney. 21:3Naboth said to
Ahab, Yahweh forbid it me, that I should give
the inheritance of my fathers to you. 21:4Ahab
came into his house sullen and angry because
of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had
spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give
you the inheritance of my fathers. He laid him
down on his bed, and turned away his face,
and would eat no bread. 21:5But Jezebel his
wife came to him, and said to him,Why is your
spirit so sad, that you eat no bread? 21:6He said
to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite,
and said to him, Give me your vineyard for
money; or else, if it please you, I will give
you anothervineyard for it: and he answered,
I will not give you my vineyard. 21:7Jezebel
his wife said to him, Do you now govern the
kingdomo f Israel? arise, and eat bread, and
let your heart be merry: I will give you the
vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. 21:8So she
wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them
with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders
and to the nobles who were in his city, andwho
lived with Naboth. 21:9She wrote in the letters,
saying, Proclaima fast, and set Naboth on high
among the people: 21:10and set two men, base
fellows, before him, and let them testify against
him, saying, You did curse God and the king.
Then carry himo ut, and stone him to death.
21:11The men of his city, even the elders and the
nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had
sent to them, according as it was written in the
letters which she had sent to them. 21:12They
proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high
among the people. 21:13The two men, the base
fellows, came in and sat before him: and the
base fellows bore witness against him, even
against Naboth, in the presence of the people,
saying, Naboth did curse God and the king.
Then they carried himfort h out of the city, and
stoned himto death with stones. 21:14Then they
sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and
is dead. 21:15It happened, 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 you for money; for Naboth is
not alive, but dead. 21:16It happened, 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. 21:17The
word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite,
saying, 21:18Arise, go down to meet Ahab king
of Israel, who dwells in Samaria: behold, he
is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he is
gone down to take possession of it. 21:19You
shall speak to him, saying, Thus says Yahweh,
Have you killed and also taken possession?
You shall speak to him, saying, Thus says
Yahweh, In the place where dogs licked the
blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood,
even yours. 21:20Ahab said to Elijah, Have you
found me, my enemy? He answered, I have
found you, because you have sold yourself to
do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh.
21:21Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will
utterly sweep you away and will cut off from
Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall,d
and himwho is shut up and himwho is
left at large in Israel: 21:22and I will make
your house like the house of Jeroboamthe son
of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the
son of Ahijah for the provocation with which
you have provoked me to anger, and have
made Israel to sin. 21:23Of Jezebel also spoke
Yahweh, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by
the rampart of Jezreel. 21:24Himwho dies of
Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him
who dies in the field shall the birds of the sky
eat. 21:25(But there was none like Ahab, who
did sell himself to do that which was evil in the
sight of Yahweh, whomJ ezebel his wife stirred
up. 21:26He did very abominably in following
idols, according to all that the Amorites did,
whomY ahweh cast out before the children of
Israel.) 21:27It happened, when Ahab heard
those words, that he tore his clothes, and put
sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in
sackcloth, and went softly. 21:28The word of
Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
21:29See you how Ahab humbles himself before
me? because he humbles himself before me, I
will not bring the evil in his days; but in his
son's days will I bring the evil on his house.
22:1They continued three years without war
between Syria and Israel. 22:2It happened in
the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah came down to the king of Israel. 22:3The
king of Israel said to his servants, "You know
that Ramoth Gilead is ours, and we are still,
d21:21 or, male
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and don't take it out of the hand of the king
of Syria?" 22:4He said to Jehoshaphat, Will
you go with me to battle to Ramoth Gilead?
Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am
as you are, my people as your people, my
horses as your horses. 22:5Jehoshaphat said
to the king of Israel, Please inquire first for
the word of Yahweh. 22:6Then the king of
Israel gathered the prophets together, about
four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I
go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I
forbear? They said, Go up; for the Lord will
deliver it into the hand of the king. 22:7But
Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet
of Yahweh besides, that we may inquire of
him? 22:8The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat,
there is yet one man by whom we may inquire
of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah: but
I hate him; for he does not prophesy good
concerning me, but evil. Jehoshaphat said,
"Don't let the king say so." 22:9Then the king
of Israel called an officer, and said, Get quickly
Micaiah the son of Imlah. 22:10Now the king
of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah
were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in
their robes, in an open place at the entrance
of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets
were prophesying before them. 22:11Zedekiah
the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron,
and said, Thus says Yahweh, With these you
shall push the Syrians, until they are consumed.
22:12All the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go
up to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper; for Yahweh
will deliver it into the hand of the king. 22:13The
messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to
him, saying, See now, the words of the prophets
declaregood to the king with one mouth: please
let your word be like the word of one of them,
and speak you good. 22:14Micaiah said, As
Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me, that
will I speak. 22:15When he was come to the
king, the king said to him, Micaiah, shall we go
to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?
He answered him, Go up and prosper; and
Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.
22:16The king said to him, How many times
shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing
but the truth in the name of Yahweh? 22:17He
said, I sawall Israel scattered on the mountains,
as sheep that have no shepherd: and Yahweh
said, These have no master; let them return
every man to his house in peace. 22:18The king
of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Didn't I tell you
that he would not prophesy good concerning
me, but evil? 22:19Micaiahsaid, "Therefore hear
the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting
on his throne, and all the army of heaven
standing by himo n his right hand and on his
left. 22:20Yahweh said, 'Who shall entice Ahab,
that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?'
One said on this manner; and another said on
that manner. 22:21There came forth a spirit, and
stood before Yahweh, and said, 'I will entice
him.' 22:22Yahweh said to him, 'How?' He said,
'I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the
mouth of all his prophets.' He said, 'You shall
entice him, and shall prevail also: go forth, and
do so.' 22:23Now therefore, behold, Yahweh
has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these
your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken evil
concerning you." 22:24Then Zedekiah the son
of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah
on the cheek, and said, Which way went the
Spirit of Yahweh fromm e to speak to you?
22:25Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that
day, when you shall go into an inner chamber
to hide yourself. 22:26The king of Israel said,
Take Micaiah, and carry himback to Amon the
governor of the city, and to Joash the king's
son; 22:27and say, Thus says the king, Put this
fellow in the prison, and feed himwi th bread
of affliction and with water of affliction, until I
come in peace. 22:28Micaiah said, If you return
at all in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me.
He said, Hear, you peoples, all of you. 22:29So
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead. 22:30The king
of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise
myself, and go into the battle; but put you
on your robes. The king of Israel disguised
himself, and went into the battle. 22:31Now the
king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two
captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither
with small nor great, save only with the king
of Israel. 22:32It happened, 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. 22:33It happened, when the captains
of the chariots saw that it was not the king
of Israel, that they turned back fromp ursuing
him. 22:34A certain man drew his bow at a
venture, and struck the king of Israel between
the joints of the armor: therefore he said to
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the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand, and
carry me out of the army; for I am severely
wounded. 22:35The 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 bottomof
the chariot. 22:36There went a cry throughout
the army about the going down of the sun,
saying, Every man to his city, and every man
to his country. 22:37So the king died, and was
brought to Samaria; and they buried the king
in Samaria. 22:38They washed the chariot by
the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his
blood (now the prostitutes washed themselves
there); according to the word of Yahweh which
he spoke. 22:39Now the rest of the acts of Ahab,
and all that he did, and the ivory house which
he built, and all the cities that he built, aren't
they written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel? 22:40So Ahab slept with
his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his
place. 22:41Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began
to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab
king of Israel. 22:42Jehoshaphat was thirty-
five years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His
mother's name was Azubah the daughter of
Shilhi. 22:43He walked in all the way of Asa
his father; He didn't turn aside fromi t, doing
that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh:
however the high places were not taken away;
the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in
the high places. 22:44Jehoshaphat made peace
with the king of Israel. 22:45Now the rest of
the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he
showed, and how he warred, aren't they written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah? 22:46The remnant of the sodomites, that
remained in the days of his father Asa, he put
away out of the land. 22:47There was no king
in Edom: a deputy was king. 22:48Jehoshaphat
made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold:
but they didn't go; for the ships were broken at
Ezion Geber. 22:49Then said Ahaziah the son of
Ahab to Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with
your servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat
would not. 22:50Jehoshaphat slept with his
fathers, and was buried with his fathers in
the city of David his father; Jehoramhi s son
reigned in his place. 22:51Ahaziah the son of
Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in
the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of
Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
22:52He did that which was evil in the sight of
Yahweh, and walked in the way of his father,
and in the way of his mother, and in the
way of Jeroboamt he son of Nebat, in which
he made Israel to sin. 22:53He served Baal,
and worshiped him, and provoked to anger
Yahweh, the God of Israel, according to all that
his father had done.
The Second Book of
Kings
1:1Moab rebelled against Israel after the
death of Ahab. 1:2Ahaziah fell down through
the lattice in his upper chamber that was in
Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers,
and said to them, Go, inquire of Baal Zebub,
the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of
this sickness. 1:3But the angel of Yahweh said
to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the
messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell
them, Is it because there is no God in Israel,
that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god
of Ekron? 1:4Now therefore thus says Yahweh,
You shall not come down from the bed where
you are gone up, but shall surely die. Elijah
departed. 1:5The messengers returned to him,
and he said to them, Why is it that you have
returned? 1:6They said to him, There came up a
man to meet us, and said to us, Go, turn again
to the king who sent you, and tell him, Thus
says Yahweh, Is it because there is no God in
Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub,
the god of Ekron? therefore you shall not
come down from the bed where you are gone
up, but shall surely die. 1:7He said to them,
What manner of man was he who came up to
meet you, and told you these words? 1:8They
answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt
with a belt of leather about his waist. He said,
It is Elijah the Tishbite. 1:9Then the kingsent to
hima captain of fifty with his fifty. He went up
to him: and behold, he was sitting on the top of
the hill. He spoke to him, man of God, the king
has said, Come down. 1:10Elijah answered to
the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, let fire
come down from the sky, and consume you and
your fifty. Fire came down from the sky, and
consumed him and his fifty. 1:11Again he sent
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to himano ther captain of fifty and his fifty. He
answered him, man of God, thus has the king
said, Come down quickly. 1:12Elijah answered
them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down
fromt he sky, and consume you and your fifty.
The fire of God came down from the sky, and
consumed him and his fifty. 1:13Again he sent
the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The
third captain of fiftywent up, and came and fell
on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and
said to him, man of God, please let my life, and
the life of these fifty your servants, be precious
in your sight. 1:14Behold, fire came down from
the sky, and consumed the two former captains
of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be
precious in your sight. 1:15The angel of Yahweh
said to Elijah, Go down with him: don't be
afraid of him. He arose, and went down with
himto the king. 1:16He said to him, Thus says
Yahweh, Because you have sent messengers to
inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it
because there is no God in Israel to inquire of
his word? therefore you shall not come down
fromt he bed where you are gone up, but shall
surely die. 1:17So he died according to the word
of Yahweh which Elijah had spoken. Jehoram
began to reign in his place in the second year of
Jehoramthe son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah;
because he had no son. 1:18Now the rest of
the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren't they
written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel?
2:1It happened, when Yahweh would take
up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven, that
Elijah went with Elisha fromGilga l. 2:2Elijah
said to Elisha, Please wait here, for Yahweh has
sent me as far as Bethel. Elisha said, As Yahweh
lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave
you. So they went down to Bethel. 2:3The sons
of the prophets who were at Bethel came forth
to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that
Yahweh will take away your master from your
head today?"
He said, "Yes, I know it; hold your peace."
2:4Elijah said to him, Elisha, please wait
here, for Yahweh has sent me to Jericho. He
said, As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives,
I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho.
2:5The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho
came near to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you
know that Yahweh will take away your master
fromy our head today?"
He answered, "Yes, I know it. Hold your
peace."
2:6Elijah said to him, "Please wait here, for
Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan."
He said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your soul
lives, I will not leave you." They two went
on. 2:7Fifty men of the sons of the prophets
went, and stood over against themaf ar off: and
they two stood by the Jordan. 2:8Elijah took his
mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the
waters, and they were divided here and there,
so that they two went over on dry ground.
2:9It happened, when they had gone over, that
Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for
you, before I amt aken from you. Elisha said,
please let a double portion of your spirit be on
me. 2:10He said, You have asked a hard thing:
nevertheless, if you see mewhen I am taken from
you, it shall be so to you; but if not, it shall not
be so. 2:11It happened, as they still went on,
and talked, that behold, there appeareda chariot
of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them
both apart; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind
into heaven. 2:12Elisha saw it, and he cried,
My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and
its horsemen! He saw him no more: and he
took hold of his own clothes, and tore themin
two pieces. 2:13He took up also the mantle of
Elijah that fell fromhi m, and went back, and
stood by the bank of the Jordan. 2:14He took
the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and
struck the waters, and said, Where is Yahweh,
the God of Elijah? and when he also had struck
the waters, they were divided here and there;
and Elisha went over. 2:15When the sons of the
prophets who were at Jericho over against him
saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah does
rest on Elisha. They came to meet him, and
bowed themselves to the ground before him.
2:16They said to him, See now, there are with
your servants fifty strong men; let them go, we
pray you, and seek your master, lest the Spirit
of Yahweh has taken himu p, and cast himo n
some mountain, or into some valley. He said,
You shall not send. 2:17When they urged him
until he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent
therefore fifty men; and they sought three days,
but didn't find him. 2:18They cam e back to him ,
while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them,
"Didn't I tell you, 'Don't go?'" 2:19The men of
the city said to Elisha, Behold, we pray you, the
situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees:
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but the water is bad, and the land miscarries.
2:20He said, Bring me a new jar, and put salt
therein. They brought it to him. 2:21He went
forth to the spring of the waters, and cast salt
therein, and said, Thus says Yahweh, I have
healed these waters; there shall not be from
there any more death or miscarrying. 2:22So
the waters were healed to this day, according
to the word of Elisha which he spoke. 2:23He
went up fromthe re to Bethel; and as he was
going up by the way, some youths came out
of the city and mocked him, and said to him,
Go up, you baldy; go up, you baldhead. 2:24He
looked behind himand saw them, and cursed
them in the name of Yahweh. Two female bears
came out of the woods, and mauled forty-two
of those youths. 2:25He went fromthere to
Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to
Samaria.
3:1Now Jehoramt he son of Ahab began to
reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth
year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned
twelve years. 3:2He did that which was evil in
the sight of Yahweh, but not like his father, and
like his mother; for he put away the pillar of
Baal that his father had made. 3:3Nevertheless
he cleaved to the sins of Jeroboamthe son of
Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; he
didn't depart fromit . 3:4Now Mesha king of
Moab was a sheep breeder; and he rendered
to the king of Israel the wool of one hundred
thousand lambs, and of one hundred thousand
rams. 3:5But it happened, when Ahab was
dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against
the king of Israel. 3:6King Jehoramwe nt out of
Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
3:7He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled
against me: will you go with me against Moab
to battle? He said, I will go up: I amas you
are, my people as your people, my horses as
your horses. 3:8He said,Which way shall we go
up? He answered, The way of the wilderness
of Edom. 3:9So the king of Israel went, and
the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and
they made a circuit of seven days' journey:
and there was no water for the army, nor for
the animals that followed them. 3:10The king
of Israel said, Alas! for Yahweh has called
these three kings together to deliver themin to
the hand of Moab. 3:11But Jehoshaphat said,
Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we
may inquire of Yahweh by him? One of the
king of Israel's servants answered, Elisha the
son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on
the hands of Elijah. 3:12Jehoshaphat said, The
word of Yahweh is with him. So the king of
Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom
went down to him. 3:13Elisha said to the king
of Israel, What have I to do with you? get
you to the prophets of your father, and to the
prophets of your mother. The king of Israel said
to him, No; for Yahweh has called these three
kings together to deliver themi nto the hand of
Moab. 3:14Elisha said, As Yahweh of Armies
lives, before whomI stand, surely, were it not
that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah, I would not look toward you,
nor see you. 3:15But now bring me a minstrel.
It happened, when the minstrel played, that the
hand of Yahweh came on him. 3:16He said,
Thus says Yahweh, Make this valley full of
trenches. 3:17For thus says Yahweh, You shall
not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that
valley shall be filled with water, and you shall
drink, both you and your livestock and your
animals. 3:18This is but a light thing in the sight
of Yahweh: he will also deliver the Moabites
into your hand. 3:19You shall strike every
fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell
every good tree, and stop all springs of water,
and mar every good piece of land with stones.
3:20It happened in the morning, about the time
of offering the offering, that behold, there came
water by the way of Edom, and the country
was filled with water. 3:21Now when all the
Moabites heard that the kings had come up to
fight against them, they gathered themselves
together, all whowere able to put on armor, and
upward, and stood on the border. 3:22They rose
up early in the morning, and the sun shone on
the water, and the Moabites saw the water over
against themas red as blood: 3:23and they said,
This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed,
and they have struck each man his fellow: now
therefore, Moab, to the spoil. 3:24When they
came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose
up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled
before them; and they went forward into the
land smiting the Moabites. 3:25They beat down
the cities; and on every good piece of land they
cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they
stopped all the springs of water, and felled all
the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth onlythey
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left its stones; however the men armed with
slings went about it, and struck it. 3:26When the
king ofMoab saw that the battle was too severe
for him, he took with him seven hundred men
who drew sword, to break through to the king
of Edom; but they could not. 3:27Then he took
his eldest son who would have reigned in his
place, and offered himfor a burnt offering on
the wall. There was great wrath against Israel:
and they departed fromhi m, and returned to
their own land.
4:1Now there cried a certain woman of the
wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha,
saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and
you know that your servant did fear Yahweh:
and the creditor is come to take to him my two
children to be bondservants. 4:2Elisha said to
her,What shall I do for you? tell me; what have
you in the house? She said, Your handmaid
has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.
4:3Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad
of all your neighbors, even empty vessels;
borrow not a few. 4:4You shall go in, and shut
the door on you and on your sons, and pour out
into all those vessels; and you shall set aside
that which is full. 4:5So she went fromhi m,
and shut the door on her and on her sons; they
brought the vesselsto her, and she poured out.
4:6It happened, when the vessels were full, that
she said to her son, Bring me yet a vessel. He
said to her, There isn't another vessel. The oil
stayed. 4:7Then she came and told the man
of God. He said, Go, sell the oil, and pay
your debt, and live you and your sons of the
rest. 4:8It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to
Shunem, where there was a great woman; and
she constrained himto eat bread. So it was,
that as often as he passed by, he turned in there
to eat bread. 4:9She said to her husband, See
now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God,
that passes by us continually. 4:10Let us make,
Please, a little chamber on the wall; and let us
set for himthe re a bed, and a table, and a seat,
and a lamp stand: and it shall be, when he
comes to us, that he shall turn in there. 4:11It
fell on a day, that he came there, and he turned
into the chamber and lay there. 4:12He said
to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite.
When he had called her, she stood before him.
4:13He said to him, Say now to her, Behold, you
have been careful for us with all this care; what
is to be done for you? would you be spoken
for to the king, or to the captain of the army?
She answered, I dwell among my own people.
4:14He said, What then is to be done for her?
Gehazi answered, Most certainly she has no
son, and her husband is old. 4:15He said, Call
her. When he had called her, she stood in the
door. 4:16He said, At this season, when the time
comes round, you shall embrace a son. She
said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie
to your handmaid. 4:17The woman conceived,
and bore a son at that season, when the tim e
came round, as Elisha had said to her. 4:18When
the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he
went out to his father to the reapers. 4:19He said
to his father, My head, my head. He said to his
servant, Carry himto hismother. 4:20When he
had taken him, and brought him to his mother,
he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.
4:21She went up and laid himon the bed of the
man of God, and shut the dooron him, and went
out. 4:22She called to her husband, and said,
Please send me one of the servants, and one
of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of
God, and come again. 4:23He said, Why will
you go to himt oday? it is neither new moon
nor Sabbath. She said, It shall be well. 4:24Then
she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant,
Drive, and go forward; don't slacken me the
riding, except I bid you. 4:25So she went, and
cam e to the m an of God to Mount Carm el. It
happened, when the man of God saw her afar
off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold,
yonder is the Shunammite: 4:26please run now
to meet her, and ask her, Is it well with you?
is it well with your husband? is it well with
the child? She answered, It is well. 4:27When
she came to the man of God to the hill, she
caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to
thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let
her alone: for her soul is troubled within her;
and Yahweh has hid it fromm e, and has not
told me. 4:28Then she said, Did I desire a son
of my lord? Didn't I say, Do not deceive me?
4:29Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your waist,
and take my staff in your hand, and go your
way: if you meet any man, Don't greet him;
and if anyone greets you, don't answer him
again: and lay my staff on the face of the child.
4:30The mother of the child said, As Yahweh
lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave
you. He arose, and followed her. 4:31Gehazi
passed on before them, and laid the staff on the
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face of the child; but there was neither voice,
nor hearing. Therefore he returned to meet
him, and told him, saying, The child has not
awakened. 4:32When Elisha was come into the
house, behold, the child was dead, and laid
on his bed. 4:33He went in therefore, and shut
the door on thembo th, and prayed to Yahweh.
4:34He went up, and lay on the child, and put
his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his
eyes, and his hands on his hands: and he
stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the
child grew warm. 4:35Then he returned, and
walked in the house once back and forth; and
went up, and stretched himself on him: and
the child sneezed seven times, and the child
opened his eyes. 4:36He called Gehazi, and
said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her.
When she was com ein to him , he said, Take up
your son. 4:37Then she went in, and fell at his
feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she
took up her son, and went out. 4:38Elisha came
again to Gilgal. There was a dearth in the land;
and the sons of the prophets were sitting before
him; and he said to his servant, Set on the great
pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.
4:39One went out into the field to gather herbs,
and found a wild vine, and gathered of it wild
gourds his lap full, and came and shred them
into the pot of stew; for they didn't recognize
them. 4:40So they poured out for the men to eat.
It happened, as they were eating of the stew,
that they cried out, and said, man of God, there
is death in the pot. They could not eat of it.
4:41But he said, Then bring meal. He cast it into
the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people,
that they may eat. There was no harm in the
pot. 4:42There came a man fromBaal Shalishah,
and brought the man of God bread of the first
fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of
grain in his sack. He said, Give to the people,
that they may eat. 4:43His servant said, What,
should I set this before a hundred men? But
he said, Give the people, that they may eat;
for thus says Yahweh, They shall eat, and shall
leave of it. 4:44So he set it before them, and
they ate, and left of it, according to the word
of Yahweh.
5:1Now Naaman, captain of the army of the
king of Syria, was a great man with his master,
and honorable, because by himY ahweh had
given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty
man of valor, but he wasa leper. 5:2The Syrians
had gone out in bands, and had brought away
captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden;
and she waited on Naaman's wife. 5:3She said
to her mistress, Would that my lord were with
the prophet who is in Samaria! then would he
recover himo f his leprosy. 5:4One went in, and
told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the
maiden who is of the land of Israel. 5:5The king
of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter
to the king of Israel. He departed, and took
with himte n talents of silver, and six thousand
piecesof gold, and ten changes of clothing. 5:6He
brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying,
Now when this letter is come to you, behold, I
have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you
may recover him of his leprosy. 5:7It happened,
when the king of Israel had read the letter, that
he tore his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill
and to make alive, that this man does send
to me to recover a man of his leprosy? but
consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks a
quarrel against me. 5:8It was so, when Elisha
the man of God heard that the king of Israel had
torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying,
Why have you torn your clothes? let himcome
now to me, and he shall know that there is a
prophet in Israel. 5:9So Naaman came with his
horses and with his chariots, and stood at the
door of the house of Elisha. 5:10Elisha sent a
messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the
Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come
again to you, and you shall be clean. 5:11But
Naaman was angry, and went away, and said,
Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to
me, and stand, and call on the name of Yahweh
his God, and wave his hand over the place,
and recover the leper. 5:12Aren't Abanah and
Pharpar, the 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. 5:13His servants came near, and spoke to
him, and said,My father, if the prophet had bid
you do some great thing, wouldn't you have
done it? how much rather then, when he says
to you, Wash, and be clean? 5:14Then went he
down, and dipped himself seven times in the
Jordan, according to the saying of the man of
God; and his flesh came again like the flesh of a
little child, and he was clean. 5:15He returned
to the man of God, he and all his company,
and came, and stood before him; and he said,
See now, I know that there is no God in all
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the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, please
take a present fromy our servant. 5:16But he
said, As Yahweh lives, before whomI stand,
I will receive none. He urged himt o take
it; but he refused. 5:17Naaman said, If not,
yet, please let there be given to your servant
two mules' burden of earth; for your servant
will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor
sacrifice to other gods, but to Yahweh. 5:18In
this thing Yahweh pardon your servant: when
my master goes into the house of Rimmon to
worship there, and he leans on my hand, and
I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I
bow myself in the house of Rimmon, Yahweh
pardon your servant in this thing. 5:19He said
to him, Go in peace. So he departed fromhim a
little way. 5:20But Gehazi the servant of Elisha
the man of God, said, Behold, my master has
spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving
at his hands that which he brought: as Yahweh
lives, I will run after him, and take somewhat
of him. 5:21So Gehazi followed after Naaman.
When Naaman saw one running after him, he
alighted from the chariot to meet him, and
said, Is all well? 5:22He said, All is well. My
master has sent me, saying, Behold, even now
there are com e to m e from the hill country of
Ephraimtwo young men of the sons of the
prophets; please give thema talent of silver,
and two changes of clothing. 5:23Naaman said,
Be pleased to take two talents. He urged him,
and bound two talents of silver in two bags,
with two changes of clothing, and laid them
on two of his servants; and they bore them
before him. 5:24When he came to the hill, he
took themf romtheir hand, and bestowed them
in the house; and he let the men go, and they
departed. 5:25But he went in, and stood before
his master. Elisha said to him, Whence come
you, Gehazi? He said, Your servant went no
where. 5:26He said to him, Didn't my heart
go with you, when the man turned from his
chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive
money, and to receive garments, and olive
groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle,
and male servants and female servants? 5:27The
leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave to
you, and to your seed forever. He went out
fromhi s presence a leper as whiteas snow.
6:1The sons of the prophets said to Elisha,
See now, the place where we dwell before you
is too strait for us. 6:2Let us go, we pray you, to
the Jordan, and take there every man a beam,
and let us make us a place there, where we may
dwell. He answered, Go you. 6:3One said, Be
pleased, I pray you, to go with your servants.
He answered, I will go. 6:4So he went with
them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut
down wood. 6:5But as one was felling a beam,
the axe head fell into the water; and he cried,
and said, Alas, my master! for itwas borrowed.
6:6The man of God asked, "Where did it fall?"
He showed himthe place. He cut down a stick,
threw it in there, and made the iron float. 6:7He
said, "Take it." So he put out his hand and took
it.
6:8Now the king of Syria was warring
against Israel; and he took counsel with his
servants, saying, In such and such a place shall
be my camp. 6:9The man of God sent to the
king of Israel, saying, Beware that you not pass
such a place; for there the Syrians are coming
down. 6:10The king of Israel sent to the place
which the man of God told him and warned
himo f; and he saved himself there, not once
nor twice. 6:11The heart of the king of Syriawas
sore troubled for this thing; and he called his
servants, and said to them,Won't you show me
which of us is for the king of Israel? 6:12One
of his servants said, No, my lord, O king; but
Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the
king of Israel the words that you speak in your
bedchamber. 6:13He said, Go and see where he
is, that I may send and get him. It was told him,
saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. 6:14Therefore
sent he there horses, and chariots, and a great
army: and they came by night, and surrounded
the city. 6:15When the servant of the man of
God was risen early, and gone forth, behold,
an army with horses and chariots was around
the city. His servant said to him, Alas, my
master! how shall we do? 6:16He answered,
Don't be afraid; for those who are with us are
more than those who are with them. 6:17Elisha
prayed, and said, Yahweh, Please open his
eyes, that he may see. Yahweh opened the eyes
of the young man; and he saw: and behold,
the mountain was full of horses and chariots of
fire around Elisha. 6:18When they came down
to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh, and said,
Please smite this people with blindness. He
struck themwi th blindness according to the
word of Elisha. 6:19Elisha said to them, This
is not the way, neither is this the city: follow
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me, and I will bring you to the man whom
you seek. He led themt o Samaria. 6:20It
happened, when they were come into Samaria,
that Elisha said, Yahweh, open the eyes of these
men, that they may see. Yahweh opened their
eyes, and they saw; and behold, they were in
the midst of Samaria. 6:21The king of Israel
said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father,
shall I strike them? shall I strike them? 6:22He
answered, You shall not strike them: would
you strike those whomy ou have taken captive
with your sword and with your bow? set
bread and water before them, that they may
eat and drink, and go to their master. 6:23He
prepared great provision for them; and when
they had eaten and drunk, he sent themaway ,
and they went to their master. The bands of
Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
6:24It happened after this, that Benhadad king
of Syria gathered all his army, and went up,
and besieged Samaria. 6:25There was a great
famine in Samaria: and behold, they besieged
it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty
piecesof silver, and the fourth part of a kab of
dove's dung for five piecesof silver. 6:26As the
king of Israel was passing by on the wall, there
cried a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord,O
king. 6:27He said, If Yahweh doesn't help you,
whence shall I help you? out of the threshing
floor, or out of the winepress? 6:28The king
said to her, What ails you? She answered, This
woman said to me, Give your son, that we
may eat him today, and we will eat my son
tomorrow. 6:29So we boiled my son, and ate
him: and I said to her on the next day, Give
your son, that we may eat him; and she has hid
her son. 6:30It happened, when the king heard
the words of thewoman, that he tore his clothes
(now he was passing by on the wall); and the
people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth
within on his flesh. 6:31Then he said, God do
so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha
the son of Shaphat shall stand on himthi s day.
6:32But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the
elders were sitting with him; and the kingsent a
man from before him: but before the messenger
cam e to him , he said to the elders, See you how
this son of a murderer has sent to take away my
head? behold,when the messenger comes, shut
the door, and hold the door fast against him:
isn't the sound of his master's feet behind him?
6:33While he was yet talking with them, behold,
the messenger came down to him: and he said,
Behold, this evil is of Yahweh; why should I
wait for Yahweh any longer?
7:1Elisha said, Hear you the word of Yahweh:
thus says Yahweh, Tomorrow about this
time shall a measure of fine flour be soldfor a
shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel,
in the gate of Samaria. 7:2Then the captain on
whose hand the king leaned answered the man
of God, and said, Behold, if Yahweh should
make windows in heaven, might this thing be?
He said, Behold, you shall see itwith your eyes,
but shall not eat of it. 7:3Now there were four
leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and
they said one to another, Why sit we here until
we die? 7:4If 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 to the army of the
Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and
if they kill us, we shall but die. 7:5They rose up
in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians;
andwhen theywere come to the outermost part
of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no
man there. 7:6For the Lord had made the army
of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a
noise of horses, even the noise of a great army:
and they said one to another, Behold, the king
of Israel has hired against us the kings of the
Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come
on us. 7:7Therefore they arose and fled in the
twilight, and left their tents, and their horses,
and their donkeys, even the camp as itwas, and
fled for their life. 7:8When these lepers came
to the outermost part of the camp, they went
into one tent, and ate and drink, and carried
there silver, and gold, and clothing, and went
and hid it; and they came back, and entered
into another tent, and carried there also, and
went and hid it. 7:9Then they said one to
another, We aren't doing right. This day is a
day of good news, and we hold our peace: if
we wait until the morning light, punishment
will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go
and tell the king's household. 7:10So they came
and called to 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 the horses tied, and
the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.
7:11He called the porters; and they told it to the
king's household within. 7:12The king arose in
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the night, and said to his servants, I will now
show you what the Syrians have done to us.
They know that we are hungry; therefore are
they gone out of the camp to hide themselves
in the field, saying, When they come out of
the city, we shall take themal ive, and get into
the city. 7:13One of his servants answered,
Please let some take five of the horses that
remain, which are left in the city (behold, they
are as all the multitude of Israel who are left
in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of
Israel who are consumed); and let us send and
see. 7:14They took therefore two chariots with
horses; and the king sent after the army of the
Syrians, saying, Go and see. 7:15They went
after themto the Jordan: and behold, all the
way was full of garments and vessels, which
the Syrians had cast away in their haste. The
messengers returned, and told the king. 7:16The
people went out, and plundered the camp of
the Syrians. So a m easure of fine flour was
soldfor a shekel, and two measures of barley
for a shekel, according to the word of Yahweh.
7:17The king appointed the captain on whose
hand he leaned to be in charge of the gate:
and the people trod on himi n the gate, and
he died as the man of God had said, who
spoke when the king came down to him. 7:18It
happened, 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 tomorrow about this time in the gate
of Samaria; 7:19and that captain answered the
man of God, and said, Now, behold, if Yahweh
should make windows in heaven, might such
a thing be? and he said, Behold, you shall see
it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it: 7:20it
happened even so to him; for the people trod
on himi n the gate, and he died.
8:1Now Elisha had spoken to the woman,
whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise,
and go you and your household, and sojourn
wherever you can sojourn: for Yahweh has
called for a famine; and it shall also come on
the land seven years. 8:2The woman arose,
and did according to the word of the man of
God; and she went with her household, and
sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven
years. 8:3It happened at the seven years' end,
that the woman returned out of the land of the
Philistines: and she went forth to cry to the
king for her house and for her land. 8:4Now
the king was talking with Gehazi the servant
of the man of God, saying, Please tell me all
the great things that Elisha has done. 8:5It
happened, as he was telling the king how he
had restored to life himwho was dead, that
behold, the woman, whose son he had restored
to life, cried to the king for her house and for
her land. Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is
the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha
restored to life. 8:6When the king asked the
woman, she told him. So the king appointed
to her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that
was hers, and all the fruits of the field since
the day that she left the land, even until now.
8:7Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the
king of Syria was sick; and it was told him,
saying, The man of God is come here. 8:8The
king said to Hazael, Take a present in your
hand, and go, meet the man ofGod, and inquire
of Yahweh by him, saying, Shall I recover of
this sickness? 8:9So Hazael went to meet him,
and took a present with him, even of every
good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden,
and came and stood before him, and said, Your
son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to
you, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness?
8:10Elisha said to him, Go, tell him, You shall
surely recover; however Yahweh has shown me
that he shall surely die. 8:11He settled his gaze
steadfastly on him, until he was ashamed: and
the man of God wept. 8:12Hazael said, Why
weeps my lord? He answered, Because I know
the evil that you will do to the children of Israel:
their strongholds will you set on fire, and their
young men will you kill with the sword, and
will dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up
their women with child. 8:13Hazael said, But
what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he
should do this great thing? Elisha answered,
Yahweh has shown me that you shall be king
over Syria. 8:14Then he departed fromElish a,
and came to his master; who said to him, What
said Elisha to you? He answered, He told me
that you would surely recover. 8:15It happened
on the next day, that he took the coverlet, and
dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so
that he died: and Hazael reigned in his place.
8:16In the fifth year of Joramthe son of Ahab
king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of
Judah, Jehoramthe son of Jehoshaphat king of
Judah began to reign. 8:17Thirty-two years old
was he when he began to reign; and he reigned
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eight years in Jerusalem. 8:18He walked in the
way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of
Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab as wife;
and he did that which was evil in the sight
of Yahweh. 8:19However Yahweh would not
destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as
he promised himto give to hima lamp for his
children always. 8:20In his days Edom revolted
fromu nder the hand of Judah, and made a
king over themselves. 8:21Then Jorampa ssed
over to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and
he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites
who surrounded him, and the captains of the
chariots; and the people fled to their tents.
8:22So Edomre volted from under the hand of
Judah to this day. Then did Libnah revolt
at the same time. 8:23The rest of the acts of
Joram, and all that he did, aren't they written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah? 8:24Jorams lept with his fathers, and
was buried with his fathers in the city of David;
and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place. 8:25In
the twelfth year of Joramthe son of Ahab king
of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoramk ing
of Judah begin to reign. 8:26Twenty-two years
old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and
he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's
name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king
of Israel. 8:27He walked in the way of the house
of Ahab, and did that which was evil in the
sight of Yahweh, as did the house of Ahab; for
he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
8:28He went with Joramthe son of Ahab to war
against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead:
and the Syrians wounded Joram. 8:29King
Joramre turned to be healed in Jezreel of the
wounds which the Syrians had given himat
Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king
of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoramk ing of
Judah went down to see Joramt he son of Ahab
in Jezreel, because he was sick.
9:1Elisha the prophet called one of the sons
of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up your
waist, and take this vial of oil in your hand, and
go to Ramoth Gilead. 9:2When you come there,
look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the
son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise
up fromamong his brothers, and carry him to
an inner chamber. 9:3Then take the vial of oil,
and pour it on his head, and say, Thus says
Yahweh, I have anointed you king over Israel.
Then open the door, and flee, and don't wait.
9:4So the young man, even the young man the
prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead. 9:5When he
came, behold, the captains of the army were
sitting; and he said, I have an errand to you,
captain. Jehu said, To which of us all? He said,
To you, O captain. 9:6He arose, and went into
the house; and he poured the oil on his head,
and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of
Israel, I have anointed you king over the people
of Yahweh, even over Israel. 9:7You shall strike
the house of Ahab your master, that I may
avenge the blood of my servants the prophets,
and the blood of all the servants of Yahweh, at
the hand of Jezebel. 9:8For the whole house
of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from
Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall,a
and himwho is shut up and himwho is left at
large in Israel. 9:9I will make the house of Ahab
like the house of Jeroboamt he son of Nebat,
and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.
9:10The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of
Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.
He opened the door, and fled. 9:11Then Jehu
came forth to the servants of his lord: and one
said to him, Is all well? why came this mad
fellowto you? He said to them ,You know the
man and what his talk was. 9:12They said, It
is false; tell us now. He said, Thus and thus
spoke he to me, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I
have anointed you king over Israel. 9:13Then
they hurried, and took every man his garment,
and put it under himo n the top of the stairs,
and blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is king.
9:14So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of
Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram
was keeping Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel,
because of Hazael king of Syria; 9:15but king
Joramw as returned to be healed in Jezreel of
the wounds which the Syrians had given him,
when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.)
Jehu said, If this be your mind, then let none
escape and go forth out of the city, to go to tell
it in Jezreel. 9:16So Jehu rode in a chariot, and
went to Jezreel; for Joraml ay there. Ahaziah
king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
9:17Now the watchman was standing on the
tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of
Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company.
Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet
a9:8 or, male
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them, and let him say, Is it peace? 9:18So
there went one on horseback to meet him, and
said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? Jehu
said, What have you to do with peace? turn
you behind me. The watchman told, saying,
The messenger came to them, but he isn't
coming back. 9:19Then he sent out a second
on horseback, who came to them, and said,
Thus says the king, Is it peace? Jehu answered,
What have you to do with peace? turn you
behind me. 9:20The watchman told, saying, He
came even to them, and isn't coming back: and
the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son
of Nimshi; for he drives furiously. 9:21Joram
said,Make ready. They made ready his chariot.
Joramk ing of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah
went out, each in his chariot, and they went out
to meet Jehu, and found him in the portion of
Naboth the Jezreelite. 9:22It happened, when
Jorams aw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace,
Jehu? He answered, What peace, so long as
the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and
her witchcraft abound? 9:23Joramt urned his
hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is
treachery, Ahaziah. 9:24Jehu drew his bow with
his full strength, and struck Jorambe tween his
arms; and the arrow went out at his heart,
and he sunk down in his chariot. 9:25Then
said Jehuto Bidkar his captain, Take up, and
cast himi n the portion of the field of Naboth
the Jezreelite; for remember how that, when I
and you rode together after Ahab his father,
Yahweh laid this burden on him: 9:26Surely
I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth,
and the blood of his sons, says Yahweh; and
I will requite you in this plat, says Yahweh.
Now therefore take and cast himi nto the plat
of ground, according to the word of Yahweh.
9:27But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw
this, he fled by the way of the garden house.
Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him
also in the chariot: and they struck himat the
ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled
to Megiddo, and died there. 9:28His servants
carried himi n a chariot to Jerusalem, and
buried himin his tomb with his fathers in the
city of David. 9:29In the eleventh year of Joram
the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over
Judah. 9:30When Jehu was come to Jezreel,
Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes,
and attired her head, and looked out at the
window. 9:31As Jehu entered in at the gate,
she said, Is it peace, you Zimri, your master's
murderer? 9:32He lifted up his face to the
window, and said, Who is on my side? who?
There looked out to himt wo or three eunuchs.
9:33He said, Throw her down. So they threw
her down; and some of her bloodwas sprinkled
on the wall, and on the horses: and he trod
her under foot. 9:34When he was come in, he
ate and drink; and he said, See now to this
cursedwoman, and bury her; for she is a king's
daughter. 9:35They went to bury her; but they
found no more of her than the skull, and the
feet, and the palms of her hands. 9:36Therefore
they came back, and told him. He said, This
is the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by
his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the
portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of
Jezebel; 9:37and the body of Jezebel shall be as
dung on the face of the field in the portion of
Jezreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
10:1Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria.
Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to
the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and to
those who brought up the sons of Ahab, saying,
10:2Nowas soon as this letter comes to you, seeing
your master's sons are with you, and there
are with you chariots and horses, a fortified
city also, and armor; 10:3look you out the best
and meet of your master's sons, and set him on
his father's throne, and fight for your master's
house. 10:4But they were exceedingly afraid,
and said, Behold, the two kings didn't stand
before him: how then shall we stand? 10:5He
who was over the household, and he who was
over the city, the elders also, and those who
brought up the children, sent to Jehu, saying,We
are your servants, and will do all that you shall
bid us; we will not make any man king: you
do that which is good in your eyes. 10:6Then he
wrote a letter the second time to them, saying,
If you be on my side, and if you will listen
to my voice, take the heads of the men your
master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by
tomorrowthis time. Nowthe king's sons, being
seventy persons,werewith the great men of the
city, who brought themu p. 10:7It happened,
when the letter came to them, that they took
the king's sons, and killed them, even seventy
persons, and put their heads in baskets, and
sent themto him to Jezreel. 10:8There came
a messenger, and told him, saying, They have
brought the heads of the king's sons. He said,
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Lay you themi n two heaps at the entrance of
the gate until the morning. 10:9It happened
in the morning, that he went out, and stood,
and said to all the people, You are righteous:
behold, I conspired against my master, and
killed him; but who struck all these? 10:10Know
now that there shall fall to the earth nothing
of the word of Yahweh, which Yahweh spoke
concerning the house of Ahab: for Yahweh
has done that which he spoke by his servant
Elijah. 10:11So Jehu struck all that remained of
the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great
men, and his familiar friends, and his priests,
until he left himno ne remaining. 10:12He arose
and departed, and went to Samaria. As he was
at the shearing house of the shepherds in the
way, 10:13Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah
king of Judah, and said, Who are you? They
answered, We are the brothers of Ahaziah: and
we go down to Greet the children of the king
and the children of the queen. 10:14He said,
Take thema live. They took them alive, and
killed thema t the pit of the shearing house,
even two and forty men; neither left he any
of them. 10:15When he was departed there, he
lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming
to meet him; and he greeted him, and said to
him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with
your heart? Jehonadab answered, It is. If it
be, give m e your hand. He gave him his hand;
and he took himup to himi nto the chariot.
10:16He said, Come with me, and see my zeal
for Yahweh. So they made him ride in his
chariot. 10:17When he came to Samaria, he
struck all who remained to Ahab in Samaria,
until he had destroyed him, according to the
word of Yahweh, which he spoke to Elijah.
10:18Jehu gathered all the people together, and
said to them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu
will serve himm uch. 10:19Now therefore call to
me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers,
and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I
have a great sacrifice to doto Baal; whoever shall
be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in
subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the
worshippers of Baal. 10:20Jehu said, Sanctify
a solemn assembly for Baal. They proclaimed
it. 10:21Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the
worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not
a man left that didn't come. They came into
the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was
filled fromo ne end to another. 10:22He said
to himwho was over the vestry, Bring forth
vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. He
brought themfort h vestments. 10:23Jehu went,
and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the
house of Baal; and he said to the worshippers
of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with
you none of the servants of Yahweh, but the
worshippers of Baal only. 10:24They went in
to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now
Jehu had appointed hime ighty men outside,
and said, If any of the men whom I bring into
your hands escape, he who lets him go, his life
shall be for the life of him. 10:25It happened,
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 kill them; let
none come forth. They struck them with the
edge of the sword; and the guard and the
captains cast themo ut, and went to the city
of the house of Baal. 10:26They brought forth
the pillars that were in the house of Baal, and
burned them. 10:27They broke down the pillar
of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal,
and made it a latrine, to this day. 10:28Thus
Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. 10:29However
fromt he sins of Jeroboamt he son of Nebat,
with which he made Israel to sin, Jehu didn't
depart fromaf ter them, to wit, the golden calves
that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
10:30Yahweh said to Jehu, Because you have
done well in executing that which is right in
m y eyes, andhave done to the house of Ahab
according to all that was in my heart, your
sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the
throne of Israel. 10:31But Jehu took no heed to
walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel,
with all his heart: he didn't depart fromthe
sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel
to sin. 10:32In those days Yahweh began to
cut off fromIs rael: and Hazael struck them in
all the borders of Israel; 10:33fromt he Jordan
eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites,
and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from
Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon,
even Gilead and Bashan. 10:34Now the rest of
the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all
his might, aren't they written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 10:35Jehu
slept with his fathers; and they buried himin
Samaria. Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.
10:36The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in
Samaria was twenty-eight years.
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11:1Now when Athaliah the mother of
Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose
and destroyed all the seed royal. 11:2But
Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister
of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and
stole himaway from among the king's sons
who were slain, even hima nd his nurse, and
put themin the bedchamber; and they hid him
fromAthal iah, so that he was not slain; 11:3He
was with her hid in the house of Yahweh six
years. Athaliah reigned over the land. 11:4In
the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the
captains over hundreds of the Carites and of
the guard, and brought themto himi nto the
house of Yahweh; and he made a covenant
with them, and took an oath of them in the
house of Yahweh, and showed themthe king's
son. 11:5He commanded them, saying, This
is the thing that you shall do: a third part
of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall
be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
11:6A third part shall be at the gate Sur; and
a third part at the gate behind the guard: so
you shall keep the watch of the house, and be
a barrier. 11:7The two companies of you, even
all who go forth on the Sabbath, shall keep
the watch of the house of Yahweh about the
king. 11:8You shall surround the king, every
man with his weapons in his hand; and he who
comes within the ranks, let him be slain: and be
you with the king when he goes out, and when
he comes in. 11:9The captains over hundreds
did according to all that Jehoiada the priest
commanded; and they took every man his men,
those who were to come in on the Sabbath,
with those who were to go out on the Sabbath,
and came to Jehoiada the priest. 11:10The priest
delivered to the captains over hundreds the
spears and shields that had been king David's,
which were in the house of Yahweh. 11:11The
guard stood, every man with his weapons in
his hand, fromthe right side of the house to
the left side of the house, along by the altar
and the house, around the king. 11:12Then he
brought out the king's son, and put the crown
on him, and gave himthe testimony; and they
made him king, and anointed him; and they
clapped their hands, and said, Longlive the
king. 11:13When Athaliah heard the noise of
the guard and of the people, she came to the
people into the house of Yahweh: 11:14and she
looked, and behold, the king stood by the pillar,
as the manner was, and the captains and the
trumpets by the king; and all the people of
the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then
Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason!
treason! 11:15Jehoiada the priest commanded
the captains of hundreds who were set over the
army, and said to them, Have her forth between
the ranks; and himwho follows her kill with
the sword. For the priest said, Don't let her
be slain in the house of Yahweh. 11:16So they
made way for her; and she went by the way of
the horses' entry to the king's house: and there
was she slain. 11:17Jehoiada made a covenant
between Yahweh and the king and the people,
that they should be Yahweh's people; between
the king also and the people. 11:18All the people
of the land went to the house of Baal, and
broke it down; his altars and his images broke
they in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan
the priest of Baal before the altars. The priest
appointed officers over the house of Yahweh.
11:19He took the captains over hundreds, and
the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of
the land; and they brought down the king from
the house of Yahweh, and came by the way of
the gate of the guard to the king's house. He
sat on the throne of the kings. 11:20So all the
people of the land rejoiced, and the city was
quiet. Athaliah they had slainwith the sword at
the king's house. 11:21Jehoash was seven years
old when he began to reign.
12:1In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash
to reign; and he reigned forty years
in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was
Zibiah of Beersheba. 12:2Jehoash did that which
was right in the eyes of Yahweh all his days
in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
12:3However the high places were not taken
away; the people still sacrificed and burnt
incense in the high places. 12:4Jehoash said to
the priests, All the money of the holy things
that is brought into the house of Yahweh, in
current money, the money of the persons for
whom each man is rated, and all the money
that it comes into any man's heart to bring into
the house of Yahweh, 12:5let the priests take
it to them, every man from his acquaintance;
and they shall repair the breaches of the house,
wherever any breach shall be found. 12:6But it
was so, that in the three and twentieth year of
king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the
breaches of the house. 12:7Then king Jehoash
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called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the
otherpriests, and said to them, Why don't you
repair the breaches of the house? now therefore
take no moremoney from your acquaintance,
but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
12:8The priests consented that they should take
no moremoney from the people, neither repair
the breaches of the house. 12:9But Jehoiada
the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in
its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right
side as one comes into the house of Yahweh:
and the priests who kept the threshold put
therein all the money that was brought into
the house of Yahweh. 12:10It 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 counted
the money that was found in the house of
Yahweh. 12:11They gave the money that was
weighed out into the hands of those who did
the work, who had the oversight of the house of
Yahweh: and they paid it out to the carpenters
and the builders, who worked on the house of
Yahweh, 12:12and to the masons and the stone
cutters, and for buying timber and cut stone
to repair the breaches of the house of Yahweh,
and for all that was laid out for the house to
repair it. 12:13But there were not made for
the house of Yahweh cups of silver, snuffers,
basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels
of silver, of the money that was brought into
the house of Yahweh; 12:14for they gave that
to those who did the work, and repaired
therewith the house of Yahweh. 12:15Moreover
they didn't demand an accounting from the
men intowhose hand they delivered the money
to give to those who did the work; for they
dealt faithfully. 12:16The money for the trespass
offerings, and the money for the sin offerings,
was not brought into the house of Yahweh:
it was the priests'. 12:17Then Hazael king of
Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and
took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to
Jerusalem. 12:18Jehoash king of Judah took all
the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram
and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had
dedicated, and his own holy things, and all
the gold that was found in the treasures of the
house of Yahweh, and of the king's house, and
sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went
away fromJ erusalem. 12:19Now the rest of
the acts of Joash, and all that he did, aren't
they written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah? 12:20His servants arose,
and made a conspiracy, and struck Joash at
the house of Millo, on the waythat goes down
to Silla. 12:21For Jozacar the son of Shimeath,
and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants,
struck him, and he died; and they buried him
with his fathers in the city of David: and
Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
13:1In 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 reignedseventeen years. 13:2He did
that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh,
and followed the sins of Jeroboamthe son
of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin;
he didn't depart fromit . 13:3The anger of
Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he
delivered themi nto the hand of Hazael king
of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the
son ofHazael, continually. 13:4Jehoahaz begged
Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him; for he
saw the oppression of Israel, how that the
king of Syria oppressed them. 13:5(Yahweh
gave Israel a savior, so that they went out
fromu nder the hand of the Syrians; and the
children of Israel lived in their tents as before.
13:6Nevertheless they didn't depart fromt he
sins of the house of Jeroboam, with which he
made Israel to sin, but walked therein: and
there remained the Asherah also in Samaria.)
13:7For he didn't leave to Jehoahaz of the people
save fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and
ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria
destroyed them, and made them like the dust
in threshing. 13:8Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel? 13:9Jehoahaz slept with
his fathers; and they buried himin Samaria:
and Joash his son reigned in his place. 13:10In
the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah
began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign
over Israel in Samaria, and reignedsixteen years.
13:11He did that which was evil in the sight
of Yahweh; he didn't depart fromal l the sins
of Jeroboamthe son of Nebat, with which
he made Israel to sin; but he walked therein.
13:12Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and
all that he did, and his might with which he
fought against Amaziah king of Judah, aren't
they written in the book of the chronicles of
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the kings of Israel? 13:13Joash slept with his
fathers; and Jeroboams at on his throne: and
Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of
Israel. 13:14Now Elisha was fallen sick of his
sickness of which he died: and Joash the king
of Israel came down to him, and wept over
him, and said,My father, my father, the chariots
of Israel and its horsemen! 13:15Elisha said to
him, Take bow and arrows; and he took to him
bow and arrows. 13:16He said to the king of
Israel, Put your hand on the bow; and he put
his hand on it. Elisha laid his hands on the
king's hands. 13:17He said, Open the window
eastward; and he opened it. Then Elisha said,
Shoot; and he shot. He said, Yahweh's arrow
of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria;
for you shall strike the Syrians in Aphek, until
you have consumed them. 13:18He said, Take
the arrows; and he took them. He said to
the king of Israel, Smite on the ground; and
he struck thrice, and stayed. 13:19The man
of God was angry with him, and said, You
should have struck five or six times: then had
you struck Syria until you had consumed it,
whereas now you shall strike Syria but thrice.
13:20Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the
bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the
coming in of the year. 13:21It happened, as they
were burying a man, that behold, they spied
a band; and they cast the man into the tomb
of Elisha: and as soon as the man touched the
bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on
his feet. 13:22Hazael king of Syria oppressed
Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 13:23But Yahweh
was gracious to them, and had compassion on
them, and had respect to them, because of his
covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and
would not destroy them, neither cast he them
fromhi s presence as yet. 13:24Hazael king of
Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in
his place. 13:25Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took
again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of
Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the
hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times
did Joash strike him, and recovered the cities of
Israel.
14:1In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz
king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash
king of Judah to reign. 14:2He was twenty-
five years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and
his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.
14:3He did that which was right in the eyes of
Yahweh, yet not like David his father: he did
according to all that Joash his father had done.
14:4However the high places were not taken
away: the people still sacrificed and burnt
incense in the high places. 14:5It happened,
as soon as the kingdomwas established in his
hand, that he killed his servants who had slain
the king his father: 14:6but the children of the
murderers he didn't put to death; according
to that which is written in the book of the
law of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying,
The fathers shall not be put to death for the
children, nor the children be put to death for
the fathers; but every man shall die for his own
sin. 14:7He killed of Edomin the Valley of
Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and
called its name Joktheel, to this day. 14:8Then
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.
14:9Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah
king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in
Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon,
saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife:
and there passed by a wild animal that was in
Lebanon, and trod down the thistle. 14:10You
have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has
lifted you up: glory of it, and abide at home;
for why should you meddle to yourhurt, that
you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?
14:11But Amaziah would not hear. So Jehoash
king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah
king of Judah looked one another in the face
at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
14:12Judah was defeated by Israel; and they fled
every man to his tent. 14:13Jehoash king of
Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of
Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh,
and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the
wall of Jerusalem fromthe gate of Ephraimto
the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 14:14He
took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels
that were found in the house of Yahweh, and in
the treasures of the king's house, the hostages
also, and returned to Samaria. 14:15Now the
rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his
might, and how he fought with Amaziah king
of Judah, aren't they written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel? 14:16Jehoash
slept with his fathers, and was buried in
Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam
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his son reigned in his place. 14:17Amaziah
the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the
death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel
fifteen years. 14:18Now the rest of the acts of
Amaziah, aren't they written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 14:19They
made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem;
and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him
to Lachish, and killed himt here. 14:20They
brought himo n horses; and he was buried at
Jerusalemwi th his fathers in the city of David.
14:21All the people of Judah took Azariah, who
was sixteen years old, and made him king in
the roomo f his father Amaziah. 14:22He built
Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the
king slept with his fathers. 14:23In the fifteenth
year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah
Jeroboamthe son of Joash king of Israel began
to reign in Samaria, and reignedforty-one years.
14:24He did that which was evil in the sight
of Yahweh: he didn't depart fromal l the sins
of Jeroboamthe son of Nebat, with which he
made Israel to sin. 14:25He restored the border
of Israel fromthe entrance of Hamath to the
sea of the Arabah, according to the word of
Yahweh, the God of Israel, which he spoke
by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the
prophet, who was of Gath Hepher. 14:26For
Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was
very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left
at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.
14:27Yahweh didn't say that he would blot out
the name of Israel from under the sky; but he
saved themb y the hand of Jeroboamthe son of
Joash. 14:28Now 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 had belongedto Judah, for Israel,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel? 14:29Jeroboamslept with
his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and
Zechariah his son reigned in his place.
15:1In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam
king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah
king of Judah to reign. 15:2Sixteen years old
was he when he began to reign; and he reigned
fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 15:3He did
that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh,
according to all that his father Amaziah had
done. 15:4However the high places were not
taken away: the people still sacrificed and
burnt incense in the high places. 15:5Yahweh
struck the king, so that he was a leper to the
day of his death, and lived in a separate house.
Jothamthe king's son was over the household,
judging the people of the land. 15:6Now the
rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he
did, aren't they written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? 15:7Azariah
slept with his fathers; and they buried him
with his fathers in the city of David: and
Jothamhi s son reigned in his place. 15:8In
the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah
did Zechariah the son of Jeroboamre ign over
Israel in Samaria six months. 15:9He did that
which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as his
fathers had done: he didn't depart fromthe
sins of Jeroboamthe son of Nebat, with which
he made Israel to sin. 15:10Shallumt he son of
Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him
before the people, and killed him, and reigned
in his place. 15:11Now the rest of the acts
of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
15:12This was the word of Yahweh which he
spoke to Jehu, saying, Your sons to the fourth
generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. So it
came to pass. 15:13Shallumt he son of Jabesh
began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year
of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned the
space of a month in Samaria. 15:14Menahem
the son of Gadi went up fromT irzah, and
came to Samaria, and struck Shallum the son of
Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him, and reigned
in his place. 15:15Now 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. 15:16Then
Menahems truck Tiphsah, and all who were
therein, and its borders, fromT irzah: because
they didn't open to him, therefore he struck
it; and all the women therein who were with
child he ripped up. 15:17In the nine and
thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began
Menahemthe son of Gadi to reign over Israel,
and reignedten years in Samaria. 15:18He did
that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh:
he didn't depart all his days fromt he sins
of Jeroboamthe son of Nebat, with which he
made Israel to sin. 15:19There cam e against the
land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem
gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that
his hand might be with himto confirmthe
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kingdomi n his hand. 15:20Menaheme xacted
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 didn't stay
there in the land. 15:21Now the rest of the
acts of Menahem, and all that he did, aren't
they written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel? 15:22Menahems lept with
his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his
place. 15:23In the fiftieth year of Azariah king
of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahemb egan
to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reignedtwo
years. 15:24He did that which was evil in the
sight of Yahweh: he didn't depart fromt he
sins of Jeroboamthe son of Nebat, with which
he made Israel to sin. 15:25Pekah the son of
Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him,
and struck himin Samaria, in the castle of the
king's house, with Argob and Arieh; and with
himwe re fifty men of the Gileadites: and he
killed him, and reigned in his place. 15:26Now
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. 15:27In the two
and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah
the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel
in Samaria, and reignedtwenty years. 15:28He
did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh:
he didn't depart fromt he sins of Jeroboamt he
son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to
sin. 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel
came Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and took
Ijon, and Abel Beth Maacah, and Janoah, and
Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee,
all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them
captive to Assyria. 15:30Hoshea the son of Elah
made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of
Remaliah, and struck him, and killed him, and
reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of
Jothamthe son of Uzziah. 15:31Now 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. 15:32In the second year
of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel
began Jothamt he son of Uzziah king of Judah
to reign. 15:33He was twenty-five years old
when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen
years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was
Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. 15:34He did
that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh;
he did according to all that his father Uzziah
had done. 15:35However the high places were
not taken away: the people still sacrificed and
burned incense in the high places. He built the
upper gate of the house of Yahweh. 15:36Now
the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Judah? 15:37In those days
Yahweh began to send against Judah Rezin the
king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
15:38Jothams lept with his fathers, and was
buried with his fathers in the city of David his
father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
16:1In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son
of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of
Judah began to reign. 16:2Twenty years old was
Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he didn't do
that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh his
God, like David his father. 16:3But he walked
in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made
his son to pass through the fire, according to
the abominations of the nations, whomYahweh
cast out frombe fore the children of Israel.
16:4He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high
places, and on the hills, and under every green
tree. 16:5Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah
son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to
Jerusalemto war: and they besieged Ahaz,
but could not overcom ehim . 16:6At that time
Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria,
and drove the Jews fromE lath; and the Syrians
came to Elath, and lived there, to this day.
16:7So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser
king of Assyria, saying, I amyour servant and
your son: come up, and save me out of the hand
of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the
king of Israel,who rise up against me. 16:8Ahaz
took the silver and gold that was found in
the house of Yahweh, and in the treasures of
the king's house, and sent it for a present to
the king of Assyria. 16:9The king of Assyria
listened to him; and the king of Assyria went
up against Damascus, and took it, and carried
the people of it captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
16:10King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet
Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the
altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent
to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and
its pattern, according to all its workmanship.
16:11Urijah the priest built an altar: according to
all that king Ahaz had sent fromD amascus, so
didUrijah the priest make it against the coming
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of king Ahaz fromDa mascus. 16:12When the
king was come from Damascus, the king saw
the altar: and the king drew near to the altar,
and offered thereon. 16:13He burnt his burnt
offering and his meal offering, and poured his
drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his
peace offerings, on the altar. 16:14The bronze
altar, which was before Yahweh, he brought
fromt he forefront of the house, fromb etween
his altar and the house of Yahweh, and put it
on the north side of his altar. 16:15King Ahaz
commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the
great altar burn the morning burnt offering,
and the evening meal offering, and the king's
burnt offering, and his meal offering, with the
burnt offering of all the people of the land, and
their meal offering, and their drink offerings;
and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt
offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but
the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.
16:16Urijah the priest did so, according to all
that king Ahaz commanded. 16:17King Ahaz
cut off the panels of the bases, and removed
the basin fromof f them, and took down the sea
fromoff the bronze oxen that were under it, and
put it on a pavement of stone. 16:18The covered
way for the Sabbath that they had built in the
house, and the king's entry outside, turned he
to the house of Yahweh, because of the king of
Assyria. 16:19Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz
which he did, aren't they written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 16:20Ahaz
slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his
son reigned in his place.
17:1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of
Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign
in Samaria over Israel, and reignednine years.
17:2He did that which was evil in the sight
of Yahweh, yet not as the kings of Israel
who were before him. 17:3Against himcam e
up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea
became his servant, and brought him tribute.
17:4The king of Assyria found conspiracy in
Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king
of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of
Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore
the king of Assyria shut himup, and bound
himin prison. 17:5Then the king of Assyria
came up throughout all the land, and went
up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of
Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away
to Assyria, and placed themi n Halah, and
on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the
cities of the Medes. 17:7It was so, because the
children of Israel had sinned against Yahweh
their God,who brought themu p out of the land
of Egypt fromu nder the hand of Pharaoh king
of Egypt, and had feared other gods, 17:8and
walked in the statutes of the nations, whom
Yahweh cast out frombe fore the children of
Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they
made. 17:9The children of Israel did secretly
things that were not right against Yahweh their
God: and they built themhi gh places in all their
cities, fromthe tower of the watchmen to the
fortified city; 17:10and they set themup pillars
and Asherimon every high hill, and under
every green tree; 17:11and there they burnt
incense in all the high places, as did the nations
whomYahweh carried away before them; and
they worked wicked things to provoke Yahweh
to anger; 17:12and they served idols, of which
Yahweh had said to them, You shall not do
this thing. 17:13Yet Yahweh testified to Israel,
and to Judah, by every prophet, and every
seer, saying, Turn you fromyou r 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. 17:14Notwithstanding,
they would not hear, but hardened their neck,
like the neck of their fathers, who didn't believe
in Yahweh their God. 17:15They rejected his
statutes, and his covenant that he made with
their fathers, and his testimonies which he
testified to them; and they followed vanity, and
became vain, and wentafter the nations that
were around them, concerning whom Yahweh
had commanded them that they should not do
like them. 17:16They forsook all the commandments
of Yahweh their God, and made them
molten images, even two calves, and made an
Asherah, and worshiped all the army of the
sky, and served Baal. 17:17They caused their
sons and their daughters to pass through the
fire, and used divination and enchantments,
and sold themselves to do that which was
evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him
to anger. 17:18Therefore Yahweh was very
angry with Israel, and removed them out of
his sight: there was none left but the tribe
of Judah only. 17:19Also Judah didn't keep
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the commandments of Yahweh their God, but
walked in the statutes of Israel which they
made. 17:20Yahweh 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. 17:21For he tore Israel fromthe
house of David; and they made Jeroboam the
son of Nebat king: and Jeroboamd rove Israel
fromf ollowing Yahweh, and made them sin a
great sin. 17:22The children of Israel walked
in all the sins of Jeroboamw hich he did; they
didn't depart fromt hem; 17:23until Yahweh
removed Israel out of his sight, as he spoke
by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was
carried away out of their own land to Assyria
to this day. 17:24The king of Assyria brought
men fromBabylon, and fromCuthah, and from
Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and
placed themi n the cities of Samaria instead
of the children of Israel; and they possessed
Samaria, and lived in the cities of it. 17:25So it
was, at the beginning of their dwelling there,
that they didn't fear Yahweh: therefore Yahweh
sent lions among them, which killed some of
them. 17:26Therefore they spoke to the king
of Assyria, saying, The nations which you
have carried away, and placed in the cities of
Samaria, don't know the law of the god of the
land: therefore he has sent lions among them,
and behold, they kill them, because they don't
know the law of the god of the land. 17:27Then
the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry
there one of the priests whomy ou brought
fromt here; and let them go and dwell there,
and let himte ach themthe law of the god of
the land. 17:28So one of the priests whomthe y
had carried away fromSamaria came and lived
in Bethel, and taught themho w they should
fear Yahweh. 17:29However every nation made
gods of their own, and put themi n the houses
of the high places which the Samaritans had
made, every nation in their cities in which they
lived. 17:30The men of Babylon made Succoth
Benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal,
and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 17:31and
the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the
Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to
Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of
Sepharvaim. 17:32So they feared Yahweh, and
made to them from among themselves priests
of the high places, who sacrificed for themin
the houses of the high places. 17:33They feared
Yahweh, and served their own gods, after the
manner of the nations from among whom they
had been carried away. 17:34To this day they
do after the former manner: they don't fear
Yahweh, neither do they after their statutes, or
after their ordinances, or after the law or after
the commandment which Yahweh commanded
the children of Jacob, whomhe named Israel;
17:35with whomYahweh hadmade a covenant,
and commanded them, saying, You shall not
fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them,
nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: 17:36but
Yahweh, who brought you up out of the land
of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched
arm, him you shall fear, and to him
you shall bow yourselves, and to himyou shall
sacrifice: 17:37and the statutes and the ordinances,
and the law and the commandment,
which he wrote for you, you shall observe to
do forevermore; and you shall not fear other
gods: 17:38and the covenant that I have made
with you you shall not forget; neither shall
you fear other gods: 17:39but you shall fear
Yahweh your God; and he will deliver you out
of the hand of all your enemies. 17:40However
they did not listen, but they did after their
former manner. 17:41So these nations feared
Yahweh, and served their engraved images;
their children likewise, and their children's
children, as did their fathers, so do they to this
day.
18:1Now it happened in the third year
of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that
Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began
to reign. 18:2He was twenty-five years old
when he began to reign; and he reigned twentynine
years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name
was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. 18:3He did
that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh,
according to all that David his father had done.
18:4He removed the high places, and broke the
pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he
broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses
had made; for to those days the children of
Israel did burn incense to it; and he called
it Nehushtan. 18:5He trusted in Yahweh, the
God of Israel; so that after himwas none like
himam ong all the kings of Judah, nor among
themthat were before him. 18:6For he joined
with Yahweh; he didn't depart fromf ollowing
him, but kept his commandments, which Yahweh
commanded Moses. 18:7Yahweh was with
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him; wherever he went forth he prospered: and
he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and
didn't serve him. 18:8He struck the Philistines
to Gaza and its borders, fromthe tower of the
watchmen to the fortified city. 18:9It happened
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. 18:10At
the end of three years they took it: in the sixth
year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year
of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
18:11The king of Assyria carried Israel away to
Assyria, and put themi n Halah, and on the
Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of
the Medes, 18:12because they didn't obey the
voice of Yahweh their God, but transgressed
his covenant, even all that Moses the servant
of Yahweh commanded, and would not hear it,
nor do it. 18:13Now in the fourteenth year of
king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria
come up against all the fortified cities of Judah,
and took them. 18:14Hezekiah king of Judah
sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying,
I have offended; return fromm e: that which
you put on me will I bear. The king of Assyria
appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three
hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of
gold. 18:15Hezekiah gave himall the silver that
was found in the house of Yahweh, and in
the treasures of the king's house. 18:16At that
time did Hezekiah cut off the gold fromthe doors
of the temple of Yahweh, and fromthe pillars
which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid,
and gave it to the king of Assyria. 18:17The
king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and
Rabshakeh fromLachish to kingHezekiahwith
a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and
came to Jerusalem. 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. 18:18When they had called to the
king, there came out to them Eliakim the son
of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and
Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph
the recorder. 18:19Rabshakeh said to them, Say
you now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king,
the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in
which you trust? 18:20You say (but they are but
vain words), There iscounsel and strength for
the war. Now on whomdo you trust, that you
have rebelled against me? 18:21Now, behold,
you trust on the staff of this bruised reed, even
on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go
into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king
of Egypt to all who trust on him . 18:22But if
you tell me, We trust in Yahweh our God; isn't
that he whose high places and whose altars
Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah
and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before
this altar in Jerusalem? 18:23Now therefore,
Please give pledges to my master the king of
Assyria, and I will give you two thousand
horses, if you are able on your part to set
riders on them. 18:24How then can you turn
away the face of one captain of the least of my
master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt
for chariots and for horsemen? 18:25AmI now
come up without Yahweh against this place to
destroy it? Yahweh said to me, Go up against
this land, and destroy it. 18:26Then said Eliakim
the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah,
to Rabshakeh, Please speak to your servants
in the Syrian language; for we understand it:
and don't speak with us in the Jews' language,
in the ears of the people who are on the
wall. 18:27But Rabshakeh said to them, Has
my master sent me to your master, and to you,
to speak these words? Hasn't he sent me to
the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own
dung, and to drink their own water with you?
18:28Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a
loud voice in the Jews' language, and spoke,
saying,Hear you the word of the great king, the
king of Assyria. 18:29Thus says the king, Don't
letHezekiah deceive you; for hewill not be able
to deliver you out of his hand: 18:30neither let
Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying,
Yahweh will surely deliver us, and this city
shall not be given into the hand of the king of
Assyria. 18:31Don't listen to Hezekiah: for thus
says the king of Assyria, Make your peace with
me, and come out to me; and eat you everyone
of his vine, and everyone of his fig tree, and
everyone drink the waters of his own cistern;
18:32Until I come and take you away to a land
like your own land, a land of grain and new
wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land
of olive trees and of honey, that you may live,
and not die: and don't listen to Hezekiah, when
he persuades you, saying, Yahweh will deliver
us. 18:33Has any of the gods of the nations
ever delivered his land out of the hand of the
king of Assyria? 18:34Where are the gods of
2 Kings 18:35 323 2 Kings 19:25
Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods
of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they
delivered Samaria out of my hand? 18:35Who
are they among all the gods of the countries,
that have delivered their country out of my
hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem
out of my hand? 18:36But the people held
their peace, and answered himn ot a word; for
the king's commandment was, saying, Don't
answer him. 18:37Then came Eliakim the son
of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph
the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes
torn, and told himthe words of Rabshakeh.
19:1It happened, when king Hezekiah heard
it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself
with sackcloth, and went into the house of
Yahweh. 19:2He sent Eliakim, who was over
the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the
elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to
Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 19:3They
said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a
day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection;
for the children are come to the birth, and
there is not strength to bring forth. 19:4It may
be Yahweh your God will hear all the words
of Rabshakeh, whomthe king of Assyria his
master has sent to defy the living God, and
will rebuke the wordswhich Yahweh your God
has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for
the remnant that is left. 19:5So the servants
of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 19:6Isaiah
said to them, Thus you shall tell your master,
Thus says Yahweh, Don't be afraid of the words
that you have heard, with which the servants
of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
19:7Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he
shall hear news, and shall return to his own
land; and I will cause himt o fall by the sword
in his own land. 19:8So Rabshakeh returned,
and found the king of Assyria warring against
Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed
fromLa chish. 19:9When he heard say of
Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come
out to fight against you, he sent messengers
again to Hezekiah, saying, 19:10Thus you shall
speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Don't
let your God in whomyou trust deceive you,
saying, Jerusalems hall not be given into the
hand of the king of Assyria. 19:11Behold, you
have heard what the kings of Assyria have
done to all lands, by destroying themutte rly:
and shall you be delivered? 19:12Have the
gods of the nations delivered them, which my
fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran,
and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that
were in Telassar? 19:13Where is the king of
Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the
king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and
Ivvah? 19:14Hezekiah received the letter from
the hand of the messengers, and read it; and
Hezekiah went up to the house of Yahweh, and
spread it before Yahweh. 19:15Hezekiah prayed
before Yahweh, and said, Yahweh, the God of
Israel, who sit abovethe cherubim, you are the
God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of
the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
19:16Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear; open
your eyes, Yahweh, and see; and hear the
words of Sennacherib, with which he has sent
himt o defy the living God. 19:17Of a truth,
Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste
the nations and their lands, 19:18and 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. 19:19Now
therefore, Yahweh our God, save you us, I beg
you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms
of the earth may know that you Yahweh are
God alone. 19:20Then Isaiah the son of Amoz
sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says Yahweh,
the God of Israel, Whereas you have prayed to
me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have
heard you. 19:21This is the word that Yahweh
has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter
of Zion has despised you and ridiculed
you; the daughter of Jerusalemhas shaken her
head at you. 19:22Whomh ave you defied and
blasphemed? and against whom have you
exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes
on high? evenagainst the Holy One of Israel.
19:23By your messengers you have defied the
Lord, and have said, With the multitude of
my chariots am I come up to the height of the
mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon;
and I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and
the choice fir trees of it; and I will enter into his
farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful
field. 19:24I have dug and drunk strangewaters,
and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the
rivers of Egypt. 19:25Haven't you heard how I
have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient
times? now have I brought it to pass, that it
should be yours to lay waste fortified cities into
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ruinous heaps. 19:26Therefore 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 grain blasted before it is
grown up. 19:27But I know your sitting down,
and your going out, and your coming in, and
your raging against me. 19:28Because of your
raging against me, and because your arrogance
is come up into my ears, therefore will I put
my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your
lips, and I will turn you back by the way by
which you came. 19:29This shall be the sign to
you: You shall eat this year that which grows of
itself, and in the second year that which springs
of the same; and in the third year sow you,
and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat its fruit.
19:30The remnant that has escaped of the house
of Judah shall again take root downward, and
bear fruit upward. 19:31For out of Jerusalem
shall go forth a remnant, and out ofMount Zion
those who shall escape: the zeal of Yahweh
shall performthi s. 19:32Therefore thus says
Yahweh concerning the king of Assyria, He
shall not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow
there, neither shall he come before it with
shield, nor cast up a mound against it. 19:33By
the way that he came, by the same shall he
return, and he shall not come to this city, says
Yahweh. 19:34For I will defend this city to
save it, for my own sake, and for my servant
David's sake. 19:35It happened that night, that
the angel of Yahweh went forth, and struck in
the camp of the Assyrians one hundred eighty-
five thousand: and when men arose early in the
morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
19:36So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed,
and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh.
19:37It happened, as he was worshipping in the
house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech
and Sharezer struck himwi th the sword: and
they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar
Haddon his son reigned in his place.
20:1In those days was Hezekiah sick to
death. Isaiah the prophet the son ofAmoz came
to him, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Set
your house in order: for you shall die, and not
live. 20:2Then he turned his face to the wall,
and prayed to Yahweh, saying, 20:3Remember
now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked
before you in truth and with a perfect heart,
and have done that which is good in your sight.
Hezekiah wept sore. 20:4It happened, before
Isaiah was gone out into the middle part of
the city, that the word of Yahweh came to him,
saying, 20:5Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the
prince of my people, Thus says Yahweh, the
God of David your father, I have heard your
prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will
heal you; on the third day you shall go up to
the house of Yahweh. 20:6I will add to your
days fifteen years; and I will deliver you and
this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria;
and I will defend this city for my own sake, and
for my servant David's sake. 20:7Isaiah said,
Take a cake of figs. They took and laid it on
the boil, and he recovered. 20:8Hezekiah said
to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that Yahweh
will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house
of Yahweh the third day? 20:9Isaiah said, This
shall be the sign to you fromY ahweh, that
Yahweh will do the thing that he has spoken:
shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go
back ten steps? 20:10Hezekiah answered, It
is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten
steps: nay, but let the shadow return backward
ten steps. 20:11Isaiah the prophet cried to
Yahweh; and he brought the shadow ten steps
backward, by which it had gone down on
the dial of Ahaz. 20:12At that time Berodach
Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon,
sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for
he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
20:13Hezekiah listened to them, and showed
themal l the house of his precious things, the
silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the
precious oil, and the house of his armor, and
all that was found in his treasures: there was
nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion,
that Hezekiah didn't show them. 20:14Then
came Isaiah the prophet to king Hezekiah,
and said to him, What said these men? and
fromw hence came they to you? Hezekiah
said, They are come from a far country, even
fromBa bylon. 20:15He said, What have they
seen in your house? Hezekiah answered, All
that is in my house have they seen: there is
nothing among my treasures that I have not
shown them. 20:16Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear
the word of Yahweh. 20:17Behold, the days
come, that all that is in your house, and that
which your fathers have laid up in store to
this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing
shall be left, says Yahweh. 20:18Of your sons
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who shall issue fromyou, whom you shall
father, shall they take away; and they shall be
eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
20:19Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the
word of Yahweh which you have spoken. He
said moreover, Isn't it so, if peace and truth
shall be in my days? 20:20Now the rest of
the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and
how he made the pool, and the conduit, and
brought water into the city, aren't they written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah? 20:21Hezekiah slept with his fathers;
and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
21:1Manasseh was twelve years old when
he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five
years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was
Hephzibah. 21:2He did that which was evil
in the sight of Yahweh, after the abominations
of the nations whomY ahweh cast out before
the children of Israel. 21:3For he built again
the high places which Hezekiah his father had
destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal,
and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of
Israel, and worshiped all the army of the sky,
and served them. 21:4He built altars in the
house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, In
Jerusalem will I put my name. 21:5He built
altars for all the army of the sky in the two
courts of the house of Yahweh. 21:6He made
his son to pass through the fire, and practiced
sorcery, and used enchantments, and dealt
with those who had familiar spirits, and with
wizards: he worked m uch evil in the sight of
Yahweh, to provoke himto anger. 21:7He set
the engraved image of Asherah, that he had
made, in the house of which Yahweh said to
David and to Solomon his son, In this house,
and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of
all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name
forever; 21:8neither will I cause the feet of Israel
to wander any more out of the land which I
gave their fathers, if only they will observe
to do according to all that I have commanded
them, and according to all the law that my
servant Moses commanded them. 21:9But they
didn't listen: and Manasseh seduced themto
do that which is evil more than did the nations
whomYahweh destroyed before the children of
Israel. 21:10Yahweh spoke by his servants the
prophets, saying, 21:11Because Manasseh king
of Judah has done these abominations, and has
done wickedly above all that the Amorites did,
who were before him, and has made Judah
also to sin with his idols; 21:12therefore thus
says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring
such evil on Jerusalema nd Judah, that whoever
hears of it, both his ears shall tingle. 21:13I
will stretch over Jerusalemthe line of Samaria,
and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and
I will wipe Jerusalema s a man wipes a dish,
wiping it and turning it upside down. 21:14I
will cast off the remnant of my inheritance, and
deliver themin to the hand of their enemies;
and they shall become a prey and a spoil to
all their enemies; 21:15because they have done
that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked
me to anger, since the day their fathers
came forth out of Egypt, even to this day.
21:16Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood
very much, until he had filled Jerusalem from
one end to another; besides his sin with which
he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was
evil in the sight of Yahweh. 21:17Now the rest
of the acts ofManasseh, and all that he did, and
his sin that he sinned, aren't they written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
21:18Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was
buried in the garden of his own house, in the
garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in
his place. 21:19Amon was twenty-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.
21:20He did that which was evil in the sight of
Yahweh, as did Manasseh his father. 21:21He
walked in all the way that his father walked in,
and served the idols that his father served, and
worshiped them: 21:22and he forsook Yahweh,
the God of his fathers, and didn't walk in the
way of Yahweh. 21:23The servants of Amon
conspired against him, and put the king to
death in his own house. 21:24But the people
of the land killed all those who had conspired
against king Amon; and the people of the land
made Josiah his son king in his place. 21:25Now
the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren't
they written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah? 21:26He was buried in his
tomb in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son
reigned in his place.
22:1Josiah was eight years old when he began
to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in
Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jedidah
the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. 22:2He did
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that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh,
and walked in all the way of David his father,
and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to
the left. 22:3It happened 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 Yahweh, saying, 22:4Go
up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum
the money which is brought into the house of
Yahweh, which the keepers of the threshold
have gathered of the people: 22:5and let them
deliver it into the hand of the workmen who
have the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and
let themgiv e it to the workmen who are in the
house of Yahweh, to repair the breaches of the
house, 22:6to the carpenters, and to the builders,
and to the masons, and for buying timber and
cut stone to repair the house. 22:7However
there was no reckoning made with them of
the money that was delivered into their hand;
for they dealt faithfully. 22:8Hilkiah the high
priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found
the book of the law in the house of Yahweh.
Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and
he read it. 22:9Shaphan the scribe came to
the king, and brought the king word again,
and said, Your servants have emptied out the
money that was found in the house, and have
delivered it into the hand of the workmen who
have the oversight of the house of Yahweh.
22:10Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying,
Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book.
Shaphan read it before the king. 22:11It happened,
when the king had heard the words of
the book of the law, that he tore his clothes.
22:12The king commanded Hilkiah the priest,
and Ahikamthe son of Shaphan, and Achbor
the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe,
and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, 22:13Go
you, inquire of Yahweh for me, and for the
people, and for all Judah, concerning the words
of this book that is found; for great is the wrath
of Yahweh that is kindled against us, because
our fathers have not listened to the words of
this book, to do according to all that which
is written concerning us. 22:14So Hilkiah the
priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan,
and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess,
the wife of Shallumthe son of Tikvah, the son
of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she
lived in Jerusalemin the second quarter); and
they talked with her. 22:15She said to them ,
Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Tell
you the man who sent you to me, 22:16Thus
says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on
this place, and on its inhabitants, even all the
words of the book which the king of Judah
has read. 22:17Because they have forsaken me,
and have burned incense to other gods, that
they might provoke me to anger with all the
work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall
be kindled against this place, and it shall not
be quenched. 22:18But to the king of Judah,
who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, thus you
shall tell him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of
Israel: As touching the words which you have
heard, 22:19because your heart was tender, and
you did humble yourself before Yahweh, when
you heard what I spoke against this place, and
against its inhabitants, that they should become
a desolation and a curse, and have torn your
clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard
you, says Yahweh. 22:20Therefore, behold, Iwill
gather you to your fathers, and you shall be
gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall
your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on
this place. They brought the king word again.
23:1The king sent, and they gathered to him
all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. 23:2The
king went up to the house of Yahweh, and
all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants
of Jerusalemwi th 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 Yahweh. 23:3The king
stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before
Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his
commandments, and his testimonies, and his
statutes, with all hisheart, and all hissoul, to
confirmthe words of this covenant that were
written in this book: and all the people stood
to the covenant. 23:4The king commanded
Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the
second order, and the keepers of the threshold,
to bring forth out of the temple of Yahweh all
the vessels that were made for Baal, and for
the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky,
and he burned themo utside of Jerusalemi n the
fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of
themto Bethel. 23:5He put down the idolatrous
priests, whomt he kings of Judah had ordained
to burn incense in the high places in the cities
of Judah, and in the places around Jerusalem;
2 Kings 23:6 327 2 Kings 23:28
those also who burned incense to Baal, to the
sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to
all the army of the sky. 23:6He brought out the
Asherah fromt he house of Yahweh, outside of
Jerusalem, to the brookKidron, and burned it at
the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast
its dust on the graves of the common people.
23:7He broke down the houses of the sodomites,
that were in the house of Yahweh, where the
women wove hangings for the Asherah. 23:8He
brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah,
and defiled the high places where the priests
had burned incense, fromGeb a to Beersheba;
and he broke down the high places of the gates
that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua
the governor of the city, which were on a man's
left hand at the gate of the city. 23:9Nevertheless
the priests of the high places didn't come up
to the altar of Yahweh in Jerusalem, but they
ate unleavened bread among their brothers.
23:10He 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 toMolech. 23:11He took away the horses
that the kings of Judah had given to the sun,
at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, by the
chamber of NathanMelech the officer, who was
in the court; and he burned the chariots of the
sun with fire. 23:12The altars that were on the
roof 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 Yahweh, did the king break down, and
beat themdown fromthe re, and cast the dust
of themin to the brook Kidron. 23:13The high
places that were before Jerusalem, which were
on the right hand of the mountain of corruption,
which Solomon the king of Israel had built
for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians,
and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab,
and forMilcomthe abomination of the children
of Ammon, did the king defile. 23:14He broke in
pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim,
and filled their places with the bones of men.
23:15Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and
the high place which Jeroboamt he son of
Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even
that altar and the high place he broke down;
and he burned the high place and beat it to
dust, and burned the Asherah. 23:16As Josiah
turned himself, he spied the tombs that were
there in the mountain; and he sent, and took
the bones out of the tombs, and burned themon
the altar, and defiled it, according to the word
of Yahweh which the man of God proclaimed,
who proclaimed these things. 23:17Then he
said,What m onum ent is that which I see? The
men of the city told him, It is the tomb of
the man of God, who came from Judah, and
proclaimed these things that you have done
against the altar of Bethel. 23:18He said, Let
him be; let no man move his bones. So they let
his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet
who came out of Samaria. 23:19All the houses
also of the high places that were in the cities
of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made
to provoke Yahwehto anger, Josiah took away,
and did to themacco rding to all the acts that
he had done in Bethel. 23:20He killed all the
priests of the high places that were there, on
the altars, and burned men's bones on them;
and he returned to Jerusalem. 23:21The king
commanded all the people, saying, Keep the
Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written
in this book of the covenant. 23:22Surely there
was not kept such a Passover fromt he days of
the judgeswho judged Israel, nor in all the days
of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
23:23but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah
was this Passover kept to Yahweh in Jerusalem.
23:24Moreover those who had familiar spirits,
and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the
idols, and all the abominations that were seen
in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did
Josiah put away, that he might confirm the
words of the law which were written in the
book that Hilkiah the priest found in the
house of Yahweh. 23:25Like himwas there
no king before him, who turned to Yahweh
with all his heart, and with all his soul, and
with all his might, according to all the law
of Moses; neither after himaro se there any
like him. 23:26Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn't
turn fromthe fierceness of his great wrath, with
which his anger was kindled against Judah,
because of all the provocation with which
Manasseh had provoked him. 23:27Yahweh
said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight,
as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off
this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem,
and the house of which I said, My name shall
be there. 23:28Now the rest of the acts of
Josiah, and all that he did, aren't they written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
2 Kings 23:29 328 2 Kings 24:19
Judah? 23:29In his days Pharaoh Necoh king
of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria
to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went
against him; and Pharaoh Necohkilled hima t
Megiddo, when he had seen him. 23:30His
servants carried himin a chariot dead from
Megiddo, and brought himt o Jerusalem, and
buried himi n his own tomb. The people
of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah,
and anointed him, and made him king in his
father's place. 23:31Jehoahaz was twenty-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. 23:32He did that which was
evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that
his fathers had done. 23:33Pharaoh Necoh put
himin bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath,
that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put
the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of
silver, and a talent of gold. 23:34Pharaoh Necoh
made Eliakimthe son of Josiah king in the room
of Josiah his father, and changed his name to
Jehoiakim: but he took Jehoahaz away; and he
came to Egypt, and died there. 23:35Jehoiakim
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 everyone according to his taxation, to
give it to Pharaoh Necoh. 23:36Jehoiakimw as
twenty-five years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and
his mother's name was Zebidah the daughter
of Pedaiah of Rumah. 23:37He did that which
was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to
all that his fathers had done.
24:1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his
servant three years: then he turned and rebelled
against him. 24:2Yahweh sent against
himband s of the Chaldeans, and bands of
the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and
bands of the children of Ammon, and sent
themag ainst Judah to destroy it, according
to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by
his servants the prophets. 24:3Surely at the
commandment of Yahweh came this on Judah,
to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of
Manasseh, according to all that he did, 24:4and
also for the innocent blood that he shed; for
he filled Jerusalemwi th innocent blood: and
Yahweh would not pardon. 24:5Now the rest
of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did,
aren't they written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Judah? 24:6So Jehoiakims lept
with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned
in his place. 24:7The king of Egypt didn't come
again out of his land any more; for the king of
Babylon had taken, fromthe brook of Egypt
to the river Euphrates, all that pertained to
the king of Egypt. 24:8Jehoiachin was eighteen
years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned in Jerusalemthre e months: and his
mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of
Elnathan of Jerusalem. 24:9He did that which
was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according
to all that his father had done. 24:10At that
time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city
was besieged. 24:11Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon came to the city, while his servants
were besieging it; 24:12and 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 himin the eighth year of his
reign. 24:13He carried out there all the treasures
of the house of Yahweh, 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 Yahweh, as Yahweh
had said. 24:14He carried away all Jerusalem,
and all the princes, and all the mighty men
of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all
the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained,
save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
24:15He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon;
and the king's mother, and the king's wives,
and his officers, and the chief men of the
land, carried he into captivity fromJer usalem
to Babylon. 24:16All the men of might, even
seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the
smiths one thousand, all of them strong and
apt for war, even themthe king of Babylon
brought captive to Babylon. 24:17The king of
Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin'sfather's
brother, king is his place, and changed his
name to Zedekiah. 24:18Zedekiah was twentyone
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. 24:19He did that which
was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to
2 Kings 24:20 329 2 Kings 25:26
all that Jehoiakimhad done. 24:20For through
the anger of Yahweh did it happen in Jerusalem
and Judah, until he had cast themo ut fromhis
presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of
Babylon.
25:1It happened 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 army, against Jerusalem,
and encamped against it; and they built forts
against it around it. 25:2So the citywas besieged
to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 25:3On
the ninth day of the fourthmonth the famine
was sore in the city, so that there was no
bread for the people of the land. 25:4Then a
breach was made in the city, and all the men
of war fledby night by the way of the gate
between the two walls, which was by the king's
garden (now the Chaldeans were against the
city around it); and the kingwent by the way of
the Arabah. 25:5But the army of the Chaldeans
pursued after the king, and overtook himi n the
plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered
fromh im. 25:6Then they took the king, and
carried himup to the king of Babylon to Riblah;
and they gave judgment on him. 25:7They
killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and
put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him
in fetters, and carried himto Babylon. 25:8Now
in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the
month, which was the nineteenth year of king
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan
the captain of the guard, a servant of
the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem. 25:9He burnt
the house of Yahweh, and the king's house; and
all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great
house, burnt he with fire. 25:10All the army of
the Chaldeans, who were withthe captain of the
guard, broke down thewalls around Jerusalem.
25:11The residue of the people who were left
in the city, and those who fell away, who fell
to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the
multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the
guard carry away captive. 25:12But the captain
of the guard left of the poorest of the land to
work the vineyards and fields. 25:13The pillars
of brass that were in the house of Yahweh,
and the bases and the bronze sea that were
in the house of Yahweh, did the Chaldeans
break in pieces, and carried the brass of them
to Babylon. 25:14The pots, and the shovels, and
the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels
of brass with which they ministered, took they
away. 25:15The fire pans, and the basins, that
which was of gold, in gold, and that which was
of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took
away. 25:16The two pillars, the one sea, and
the bases, which Solomon had made for the
house of Yahweh, the brass of all these vessels
was without weight. 25:17The height of the one
pillarwas eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass
was on it; and the height of the capital was
three cubits, with network and pomegranates
on the capital around it, all of brass: and like
to these had the second pillar with network.
25:18The captain of the guard took Seraiah the
chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest,
and the three keepers of the threshold: 25:19and
out of the city he took an officer who was set
over the men of war; and five men of those
who saw the king's face, who were found in
the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army,
who mustered the people of the land; and sixty
men of the people of the land, who were found
in the city. 25:20Nebuzaradan the captain of
the guard took them, and brought them to the
king of Babylon to Riblah. 25:21The king of
Babylon struck them, and put them to death at
Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was
carried away captive out of his land. 25:22As
for the people who were left in the land of
Judah, whomNe buchadnezzar king of Babylon
had left, even over themh emade Gedaliah the
son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor.
25:23Now when all the captains of the forces,
they and their men, heard that the king of
Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they
came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son
of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth
the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the
Maacathite, they and their men. 25:24Gedaliah
swore to themand to their men, and said to
them, Don't be afraid because of the servants
of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve
the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with
you. 25:25But it happened in the seventh month,
that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son
of Elishama, of the royal seed came, and ten
men with him, and struck Gedaliah, so that
he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that
were with himat Mizpah. 25:26All the people,
both small and great, and the captains of the
forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were
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afraid of the Chaldeans. 25:27It happened 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 Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in
the year that he began to reign, did lift up
the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of
prison; 25:28and he spoke kindly to him, and
set his throne above the throne of the kings who
were with himi n Babylon, 25:29and changed his
prison garments. Jehoiachinate bread before him
continually all the days of his life: 25:30and for
his allowance, there was a continual allowance
given himo f the king, every day a portion, all
the days of his life.
The First Book of
Chronicles
1:1Adam, Seth, Enosh, 1:2Kenan, Mahalalel,
Jared, 1:3Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
1:4Noah, Shem , Ham , and Japheth. 1:5The
sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and
Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech,
and Tiras. 1:6The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz,
and Diphath, and Togarmah. 1:7The sons
of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and
Rodanim. 1:8The sons of Ham: Cush, and
Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 1:9The sons of
Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and
Raama, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah:
Sheba, and Dedan. 1:10Cush became the father
of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one
in the earth. 1:11Mizraimbe came the father
of Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and
Naphtuhim, 1:12and Pathrusim, and Casluhim
(fromw hence came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.
1:13Canaan became the father of Sidon
his firstborn, and Heth, 1:14and the Jebusite,
and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 1:15and
the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
1:16and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the
Hamathite. 1:17The sons of Shem: Elam, and
Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram,
and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
1:18Arpachshad became the father of Shelah,
and Shelah became the father of Eber. 1:19To
Eber were born two sons: the name of the
one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was
divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
1:20Joktan became the father of Almodad, and
Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 1:21and
Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 1:22and Ebal,
and Abimael, and Sheba, 1:23and Ophir, and
Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons
of Joktan. 1:24Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
1:25Eber, Peleg, Reu, 1:26Serug, Nahor, Terah,
1:27Abram (the same is Abraham). 1:28The sons
of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael. 1:29These
are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael,
Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
1:30Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad,
and Tema, 1:31Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
These are the sons of Ishmael. 1:32The sons
of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore
Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian,
and Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan:
Sheba, and Dedan. 1:33The sons of Midian:
Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida,
and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
1:34Abrahambe came the father of Isaac. The
sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel. 1:35The sons of
Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and
Korah. 1:36The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and
Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna,
and Amalek. 1:37The sons of Reuel: Nahath,
Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. 1:38The sons of
Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. 1:39The
sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna
was Lotan's sister. 1:40The sons of Shobal:
Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and
Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah.
1:41The sons of Anah: Dishon. The sons of
Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and
Cheran. 1:42The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and
Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and
Aran. 1:43Now these are the kings who reigned
in the land of Edom, before there resigned any
king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of
Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
1:44Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of
Bozrah reigned in his place. 1:45Jobab died, and
Hushamo f the land of the Temanites reigned
in his place. 1:46Hushamd ied, and Hadad the
son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of
Moab, reigned in his place; and the nam e of his
city was Avith. 1:47Hadad died, and Samlah of
Masrekah reigned in his place. 1:48Samlah died,
and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in
his place. 1:49Shaul died, and Baal Hanan the
son of Achbor reigned in his place. 1:50Baal
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Hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his place;
and the name of his city was Pai: and his wife's
name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred,
the daughter of Mezahab. 1:51Hadad died. The
chiefs of Edomwe re: chief Timna, chief Aliah,
chief Jetheth, 1:52chief Oholibamah, chief Elah,
chief Pinon, 1:53chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief
Mibzar, 1:54chiefMagdiel, chief Iram. These are
the chiefs of Edom.
2:1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben,
Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
2:2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali,
Gad, and Asher. 2:3The sons of Judah: Er,
and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born
to himo f Shua's daughter the Canaanitess.
Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight
of Yahweh; and he killed him. 2:4Tamar his
daughter-in-law bore himPe rez and Zerah. All
the sons of Judah were five. 2:5The sons of
Perez: Hezron, and Hamul. 2:6The sons of
Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and
Calcol, and Dara; five of themin all. 2:7The
sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel,
who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
2:8The sons of Ethan: Azariah. 2:9The sons also
of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel,
and Ram, and Chelubai. 2:10Ramb ecame
the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab
became the father of Nahshon, prince of the
children of Judah; 2:11and Nahshon became the
father of Salma, and Salma became the father
of Boaz, 2:12and Boaz became the father of
Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse;
2:13and Jesse became the father of his firstborn
Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea
the third, 2:14Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the
fifth, 2:15Ozemthe sixth, David the seventh;
2:16and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail.
The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and
Asahel, three. 2:17Abigail bore Amasa; and
the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
2:18Caleb the son of Hezron became the father
of childrenof Azubah hiswife, and of Jerioth; and
these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and
Ardon. 2:19Azubah died, and Caleb took to him
Ephrath, who bore himHu r. 2:20Hur became
the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of
Bezalel. 2:21Afterward Hezron went in to the
daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom
he took as wifewhen he was sixty years old;
and she bore himSe gub. 2:22Segub became the
father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the
land of Gilead. 2:23Geshur and Aramto ok the
towns of Jair fromthe m, with Kenath, and its
villages, even sixty cities. All these were the
sons of Machir the father of Gilead. 2:24After
that Hezron was dead in Caleb Ephrathah,
then Abijah Hezron's wife bore himAs hhur
the father of Tekoa. 2:25The sons of Jerahmeel
the firstborn of Hezron were Ramthe firstborn,
and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.
2:26Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name
was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
2:27The sons of Ramthe firstborn of Jerahmeel
were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 2:28The sons
of Onam were Shammai, and Jada. The sons of
Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur. 2:29The name
of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she
bore himAhban, and Molid. 2:30The sons of
Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; but Seled died
without children. 2:31The sons of Appaim:
Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The sons
of Sheshan: Ahlai. 2:32The sons of Jada the
brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan; and
Jether died without children. 2:33The sons of
Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were the
sons of Jerahmeel. 2:34Now Sheshan had no
sons, but daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an
Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 2:35Sheshan
gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife;
and she bore himAttai . 2:36Attai became
the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the
father of Zabad, 2:37and Zabad became the
father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father
of Obed, 2:38and Obed became the father of
Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah,
2:39and Azariah became the father of Helez,
andHelez became the father of Eleasah, 2:40and
Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai
became the father of Shallum, 2:41and Shallum
became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah
became the father of Elishama. 2:42The sons
of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha
his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and
the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
2:43The sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah,
and Rekem, and Shema. 2:44Shema became the
father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and
Rekem became the father of Shammai. 2:45The
son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was
the father of Beth Zur. 2:46Ephah, Caleb's
concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez;
and Haran became the father of Gazez. 2:47The
sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jothan, and Geshan,
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and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 2:48Maacah,
Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
2:49She bore also Shaaph the father ofMadmannah,
Sheva the father of Machbena, and the
father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was
Achsah. 2:50These were the sons of Caleb, the
son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal
the father of Kiriath Jearim, 2:51Salma the father
of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
2:52Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearimhad sons:
Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth. 2:53The families
of Kiriath Jearim: The Ithrites, and the Puthites,
and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of
themcam e the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
2:54The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the
Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of
the Manahathites, the Zorites. 2:55The families
of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites,
the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the
Kenites who came of Hammath, the father of
the house of Rechab.
3:1Now these were the sons of David, who
were born to himi n Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon,
of Ahinoamt he Jezreelitess; the second,
Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; 3:2the third,
Absalomthe son of Maacah the daughter of
Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah
the son of Haggith; 3:3the fifth, Shephatiah of
Abital; the sixth, Ithreamby Eglah his wife:
3:4six were born to himin Hebron; and there
he reigned seven years and six months. In
Jerusalemhe reigned thirty-three years; 3:5and
these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea,
and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four,
of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel; 3:6and
Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 3:7and
Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 3:8and Elishama,
and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 3:9All
these were the sons of David, besides the sons
of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.
3:10Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah
his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
3:11Joramhi s son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his
son, 3:12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son,
Jothamhi s son, 3:13Ahaz his son, Hezekiah
his son, Manasseh his son, 3:14Amon his son,
Josiah his son. 3:15The sons of Josiah: the firstborn
Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third
Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. 3:16The sons of
Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
3:17The sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel
his son, 3:18and Malchiram, and Pedaiah, and
Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
3:19The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and
Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam,
and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;
3:20and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah,
and Hasadiah, Jushab Hesed, five. 3:21The
sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the
sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons
of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah. 3:22The
sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. The sons of
Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and
Neariah, and Shaphat, six. 3:23The sons of
Neariah: Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam,
three. 3:24The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, and
Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan,
and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
4:1The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and
Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 4:2Reaiah the
son of Shobal became the father of Jahath;
and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and
Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
4:3These were the sons ofthe father
of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and
the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;
4:4and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer
the father of Hushah. These are the sons of
Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of
Bethlehem. 4:5Ashhur the father of Tekoa had
two wives, Helah and Naarah. 4:6Naarah bore
him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and
Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
4:7The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and
Ethnan. 4:8Hakkoz became the father of Anub,
and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the
son of Harum. 4:9Jabez was more honorable
than his brothers: and his mother named him
Jabez, saying, Because I bore himwi th sorrow.
4:10Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh
that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge
my border, and that your hand might be with
me, and that you would keep me from evil,
that it not be to my sorrow! God granted him
that which he requested. 4:11Chelub the brother
of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, who
was the father of Eshton. 4:12Eshton became
the father of Beth Rapha, and Paseah, and
Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash. These are
the men of Recah. 4:13The sons of Kenaz:
Othniel, and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel:
Hathath. 4:14Meonothai became the father of
Ophrah: and Seraiah became the father of
Joab the father of Ge Harashim; for they were
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craftsmen. 4:15The sons of Caleb the son of
Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons
of Elah; and Kenaz. 4:16The sons of Jehallelel:
Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. 4:17The
sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher,
and Jalon; and she bore Miriam, and Shammai,
and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 4:18His
wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor,
and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the
father of Zanoah. These are the sons of Bithiah
the daughter of Pharaoh, whomM ered took.
4:19The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of
Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite,
and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. 4:20The sons
of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben Hanan,
and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben
Zoheth. 4:21The sons of Shelah the son of Judah:
Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father
of Mareshah, and the families of the house of
those who worked fine linen, of the house of
Ashbea; 4:22and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba,
and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion
in Moab, and Jashubilehem. The records are
ancient. 4:23These were the potters, and the
inhabitants of Netaimand Gederah: there they
lived with the king for his work. 4:24The sons
of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah,
Shaul; 4:25Shallumh is son, Mibsam his son,
Mishma his son. 4:26The sons of Mishma:
Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei
his son. 4:27Shimei had sixteen sons and six
daughters; but his brothers didn't have many
children, neither did all their family multiply
like the children of Judah. 4:28They lived
at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
4:29and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
4:30and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at
Ziklag, 4:31and at Beth Marcaboth, and Hazar
Susim, and at Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These
were their cities to the reign of David. 4:32Their
villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and
Tochen, and Ashan, five cities; 4:33and all their
villages that were around the same cities, to
Baal. These were their habitations, and they
have their genealogy. 4:34Meshobab, and Jamlech,
and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 4:35and
Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son
of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 4:36and Elioenai,
and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah,
and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 4:37and
Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the
son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of
Shemaiah 4:38these mentioned by name were
princes in their families: and their fathers'
houses increased greatly. 4:39They went to the
entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the
valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 4:40They
found fat pasture and good, and the land was
wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for those who
lived there before were of Ham. 4:41These
written by name came in the days of Hezekiah
king of Judah, and struck their tents, and the
Meunimw ho were found there, and destroyed
themutte rly to this day, and lived in their
place; because there was pasture there for their
flocks. 4:42Some of them, even of the sons of
Simeon, five hundred men, went toMount Seir,
having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah,
and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
4:43They struck the remnant of the Amalekites
who escaped, and have lived there to this day.
5:1The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel
(for he was the firstborn; but, because he
defiled his father's couch, his birthright was
given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel;
and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after
the birthright. 5:2For Judah prevailed above
his brothers, and of himcam e the prince; but
the birthright was Joseph's:) 5:3the sons of
Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and
Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 5:4The sons of Joel:
Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5:5Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
5:6Beerah his son, whomT ilgath Pilneser king
of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince
of the Reubenites. 5:7His brothers by their fam -
ilies, when the genealogy of their generations
was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
5:8and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema,
the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to
Nebo and Baal Meon: 5:9and eastward he lived
even to the entrance of the wilderness fromthe
river Euphrates, because their livestock were
multiplied in the land of Gilead. 5:10In the days
of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who
fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents
throughout all the landeast of Gilead. 5:11The
sons of Gad lived over against them, in the land
of Bashan to Salecah: 5:12Joel the chief, and
Shaphamthe second, and Janai, and Shaphat
in Bashan. 5:13Their brothers of their fathers'
houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba,
and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
5:14These were the sons of Abihail, the son of
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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; 5:15Ahi the son of Abdiel,
the son of Guni, chief of their fathers' houses.
5:16They lived in Gilead in Bashan, and in its
towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far
as their borders. 5:17All these were reckoned
by genealogies in the days of Jothamk ing of
Judah, and in the days of Jeroboamk ing of
Israel. 5:18The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites,
and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men,
men able to bear buckler and sword, and to
shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were fortyfour
thousand seven hundred and sixty, that
were able to go forth to war. 5:19They made
war with the Hagrites,with Jetur, and Naphish,
and Nodab. 5:20They were helped against
them, and the Hagrites were delivered into
their hand, and all who were with them; for
they cried to God in the battle, and he was
entreated of them, because they put their trust
in him. 5:21They took away their livestock; of
their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two
hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys two
thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.
5:22For there fell many slain, because the war
was of God. They lived in their place until
the captivity. 5:23The children of the half-tribe
of Manasseh lived in the land: they increased
fromB ashan to Baal Hermon and Senir and
Mount Hermon. 5:24These were the heads of
their fathers' houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and
Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah,
and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous
men, heads of their fathers' houses. 5:25They
trespassed against the God of their fathers,
and played the prostitute after the gods of
the peoples of the land, whomGo d destroyed
before them. 5:26The God of Israel stirred up
the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit
of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he
carried thema way, even the Reubenites, and
the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
and brought themto Halah, and Habor, and
Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
6:1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and
Merari. 6:2The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar,
and Hebron, and Uzziel. 6:3The children of
Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The
sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar,
and Ithamar. 6:4Eleazar became the father
of Phinehas, Phinehas became the father of
Abishua, 6:5and Abishua became the father of
Bukki, and Bukki became the father of Uzzi,
6:6and Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah,
and Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth,
6:7Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and
Amariah became the father of Ahitub, 6:8and
Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok
became the father of Ahimaaz, 6:9and Ahimaaz
became the father of Azariah, and Azariah
became the father of Johanan, 6:10and Johanan
became the father of Azariah, (he it is who
executed the priest's office in the house that
Solomon built in Jerusalem), 6:11and Azariah
became the father of Amariah, and Amariah
became the father of Ahitub, 6:12and Ahitub
became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became
the father of Shallum, 6:13and Shallumb ecame
the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah became
the father of Azariah, 6:14and Azariah became
the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah became the
father of Jehozadak; 6:15Jehozadak went into
captivity, when Yahweh carried away Judah
and Jerusalemby the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
6:16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath,
and Merari. 6:17These are the names of the
sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. 6:18The
sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and
Hebron, and Uzziel. 6:19The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of
the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
6:20Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son,
Zimmah his son, 6:21Joah his son, Iddo his son,
Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. 6:22The sons
of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son,
Assir his son, 6:23Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph
his son, and Assir his son, 6:24Tahath his son,
Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
6:25The sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth.
6:26As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai
his son, and Nahath his son, 6:27Eliab his son,
Jerohamhi s son, Elkanah his son. 6:28The
sons of Samuel: the firstborn Joel, and the
second Abijah. 6:29The sons of Merari: Mahli,
Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
6:30Shim ea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his
son. 6:31These are they whomDa vid set over
the service of song in the house of Yahweh,
after that the ark had rest. 6:32They ministered
with song before the tent of the Tent ofMeeting,
until Solomon had built the house of Yahweh
in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office
according to their order. 6:33These are those
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who waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the
Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel,
the son of Samuel, 6:34the son of Elkanah, the
son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
6:35the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son
of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 6:36the son of
Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the
son of Zephaniah, 6:37the son of Tahath, the son
of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
6:38the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son
of Levi, the son of Israel. 6:39His brother Asaph,
who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the
son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, 6:40the
son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son
of Malchijah, 6:41the son of Ethni, the son of
Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 6:42the son of Ethan,
the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 6:43the
son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of
Levi. 6:44On the left hand their brothers the
sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the
son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 6:45the son
of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of
Hilkiah, 6:46the son of Amzi, the son of Bani,
the son of Shemer, 6:47the son of Mahli, the son
of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
6:48Their brothers the Levites were appointed
for all the service of the tent of the house of
God. 6:49But Aaron and his sons offered on
the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of
incense, for all the work of the most holy place,
and to make atonement for Israel, according
to all that Moses the servant of God had
commanded. 6:50These are the sons of Aaron:
Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his
son, 6:51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah
his son, 6:52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son,
Ahitub his son, 6:53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz
his son. 6:54Now these are their dwelling
places according to their encampments in their
borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of
the Kohathites (for theirs was the firstlot), 6:55to
themthe y gave Hebron in the land of Judah,
and its suburbs around it; 6:56but the fields of
the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the
son of Jephunneh. 6:57To the sons of Aaron they
gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also
with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with
its suburbs, 6:58and Hilen with its suburbs,
Debir with its suburbs, 6:59and Ashan with its
suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs;
6:60and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with
its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs,
and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities
throughout their families were thirteen cities.
6:61To the rest of the sons of Kohath were
givenby lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of
the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
6:62To the sons of Gershom, according to their
families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out
of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of
Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in
Bashan, thirteen cities. 6:63To the sons ofMerari
were givenby lot, according to their families,
out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the
tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun,
twelve cities. 6:64The children of Israel gave
to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.
6:65They gave by lot out of the tribe of the
children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the
children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the
children of Benjamin, these cities which are
mentioned by name. 6:66Some of the families
of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders
out of the tribe of Ephraim. 6:67They gave to
themt he cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill
country of Ephraimwith its suburbs; Gezer
also with its suburbs, 6:68and Jokmeam with
its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs,
6:69and Aijalon with its suburbs, and Gath
Rimmon with its suburbs; 6:70and out of the
half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs,
and Bileamwi th its suburbs, for the rest of the
family of the sons of Kohath. 6:71To the sons
of Gershom were given, out of the family of the
half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with
its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs;
6:72and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with
its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs, 6:73and
Ramoth with its suburbs, and Anem with its
suburbs; 6:74and out of the tribe of Asher,
Mashal with its suburbs, and Abdon with its
suburbs, 6:75and Hukok with its suburbs, and
Rehob with its suburbs; 6:76and out of the tribe
of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs,
and Hammon with its suburbs, and Kiriathaim
with its suburbs. 6:77To the rest of the Levites,
the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe
of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Tabor
with its suburbs; 6:78and beyond the Jordan at
Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given
them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the
wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with
its suburbs, 6:79and Kedemothwith its suburbs,
and Mephaath with its suburbs; 6:80and out
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of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with
its suburbs, and Mahanaimwith its suburbs,
6:81and Heshbon with its suburbs, and Jazer
with its suburbs.
7:1Of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah,
Jashub, and Shimron, four. 7:2The sons of
Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and
Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their
fathers' houses, to wit, of Tola; mighty men of
valor in their generations: their number in the
days of David was twenty-two thousand six
hundred. 7:3The sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The
sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and
Joel, Isshiah, five; all of themc hiefmen. 7:4With
them, by their generations, after their fathers'
houses, were bands of the army for war, thirtysix
thousand; for they had many wives and
sons. 7:5Their brothers among all the families
of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in
all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.
7:6The sons ofBenjamin: Bela, and Becher, and
Jediael, three. 7:7The sons of Bela: Ezbon,
and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri,
five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of
valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy
twenty-two thousand thirty-four. 7:8The sons
of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and
Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah,
and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were
the sons of Becher. 7:9They were reckoned
by genealogy, after their generations, heads
of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor,
twenty thousand two hundred. 7:10The sons
of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush,
and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and
Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 7:11All
these were sons of Jediael, according to the
heads of their fathers' houses, m ighty m en of
valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred,
who were able to go forth in the arm yfor war.
7:12Shuppima lso, and Huppim, the sons of
Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher. 7:13The sons of
Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and
Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. 7:14The sons of
Manasseh: Asriel, whomhi s concubine the
Aramitess bore: she bore Machir the father
of Gilead: 7:15and Machir took a wife of
Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name
was Maacah; and the name of the second was
Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
7:16Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and
she named him Peresh; and the name of his
brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam
and Rakem. 7:17The sons of Ulam: Bedan.
These were the sons of Gilead the son of
Machir, the son of Manasseh. 7:18His sister
Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, and Abiezer, and
Mahlah. 7:19The sons of Shemida were Ahian,
and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. 7:20The
sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his
son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son,
and Tahath his son, 7:21and Zabad his son,
and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead,
whomt he men of Gath who were born in the
land killed, because they came down to take
away their livestock. 7:22Ephraimthe ir father
mourned many days, and his brothers came to
comfort him. 7:23He went in to his wife, and
she conceived, and bore a son, and he named
himB eriah, because it went evil with his house.
7:24His daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth
Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen
Sheerah. 7:25Rephah was his son, and Resheph,
and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, 7:26Ladan
his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
7:27Nun his son, Joshua his son. 7:28Their
possessions and habitations were Bethel and its
towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward
Gezer, with its towns; Shechemal so and its
towns, to Azzah and its towns; 7:29and by
the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth
Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns,
Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In
these lived the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
7:30The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah,
and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
7:31The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel,
who was the father of Birzaith. 7:32Heber
became the father of Japhlet, and Shomer, and
Hotham, and Shua their sister. 7:33The sons
of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath.
These are the children of Japhlet. 7:34The sons
of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and
Aram. 7:35The sons of Helemh is brother:
Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
7:36The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher,
and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, 7:37Bezer, and
Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran,
and Beera. 7:38The sons of Jether: Jephunneh,
and Pispa, and Ara. 7:39The sons of Ulla: Arah,
and Hanniel, and Rizia. 7:40All these were the
children of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses,
choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the
princes. The number of them reckoned by
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genealogy for service in war was twenty-six
thousand men.
8:1Benjamin became the father of Bela his
firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the
third, 8:2Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the
fifth. 8:3Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and
Abihud, 8:4and Abishua, and Naaman, and
Ahoah, 8:5and Gera, and Shephuphan, and
Huram. 8:6These are the sons of Ehud: these
are the heads of fathers' housesof the inhabitants
of Geba, and they carried themc aptive to
Manahath: 8:7and Naaman, and Ahijah, and
Gera, he carried themc aptive: and he became
the father of Uzza and Ahihud. 8:8Shaharaim
became the father of children in the field of
Moab, after he had sent themaway ; Hushim
and Baara were his wives. 8:9He became the
father ofHodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and
Mesha, andMalcam, 8:10and Jeuz, and Shachia,
and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of
fathers' houses. 8:11Of Hushimhe became the
father of Abitub and Elpaal. 8:12The sons of
Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who
built Ono and Lod, with its towns; 8:13and
Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers'
housesof the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put
to flight the inhabitants of Gath; 8:14and Ahio,
Shashak, and Jeremoth, 8:15and Zebadiah, and
Arad, and Eder, 8:16and Michael, and Ishpah,
and Joha, the sons of Beriah, 8:17and Zebadiah,
and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,
8:18and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the
sons of Elpaal, 8:19and Jakim, and Zichri, and
Zabdi, 8:20and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,
8:21and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the
sons of Shimei, 8:22and Ishpan, and Eber, and
Eliel, 8:23and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
8:24and Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothijah,
8:25and Iphdeiah, and Penuel, the sons of
Shashak, 8:26and Shamsherai, and Shehariah,
and Athaliah, 8:27and Jaareshiah, and Elijah,
and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. 8:28These were
heads of fathers' housesthroughout their generations,
chief men: these lived in Jerusalem.
8:29In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon,
Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah; 8:30and
his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish,
and Baal, and Nadab, 8:31and Gedor, and Ahio,
and Zecher. 8:32Mikloth became the father of
Shimeah. They also lived with their brothers in
Jerusalem, over against their brothers. 8:33Ner
became the father of Kish; and Kish became
the father of Saul; and Saul became the father
of Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab,
and Eshbaal. 8:34The son of Jonathan was
Merib Baal; and Merib Baal became the father
of Micah. 8:35The sons of Micah: Pithon, and
Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. 8:36Ahaz became
the father of Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah
became the father of Alemeth, and Azmaveth,
and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of
Moza. 8:37Moza became the father of Binea;
Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his
son. 8:38Azel had six sons, whose names are
these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and
Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these
were the sons of Azel. 8:39The sons of Eshek his
brother: Ulamhi s firstborn, Jeush the second,
and Eliphelet the third. 8:40The sons of Ulam
were mighty men of valor, archers, and had
many sons, and sons' sons, one hundred fifty.
All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
9:1So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies;
and behold, they are written in the book
of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried
away captive to Babylon for their disobedience.
9:2Now the first inhabitants who lived
in their possessions in their cities were Israel,
the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim. 9:3In
Jerusalemliv ed of the children of Judah, and
of the children of Benjamin, and of the children
of Ephraimand Manasseh: 9:4Uthai the son of
Am m i hud, the son of Om ri, the son of Im ri,
the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the
son of Judah. 9:5Of the Shilonites: Asaiah the
firstborn, and his sons. 9:6Of the sons of Zerah:
Jeuel, and their brothers, six hundred ninety.
9:7Of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of
Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of
Hassenuah, 9:8and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham,
and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son ofMichri, and
Meshullamthe son of Shephatiah, the son of
Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 9:9and their brothers,
according to their generations, nine hundred
fifty-six. All these men were heads of fathers'
housesby their fathers' houses. 9:10Of the
priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin, 9:11and
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;
9:12and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son
of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai
the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son
of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the
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son of Immer; 9:13and their brothers, heads
of their fathers' houses, one thousand seven
hundred sixty; very able men for the work of
the service of the house of God. 9:14Of the
Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the
son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the
sons of Merari; 9:15and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and
Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son
of Zichri, the son of Asaph, 9:16and Obadiah
the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son
of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the
son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of
the Netophathites. 9:17The porters: Shallum,
and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and
their brothers (Shallumwas the chief), 9:18who
hitherto waitedin the king's gate eastward: they
were the porters for the camp of the children
of Levi. 9:19Shallumt he son of Kore, the
son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his
brothers, of his father's house, the Korahites,
were over the work of the service, keepers of
the thresholds of the tent: and their fathers had
been over the camp of Yahweh, keepers of the
entry. 9:20Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler
over themi n time past, andYahweh was with
him. 9:21Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah
was porter of the door of the Tent of Meeting.
9:22All these who were chosen to be porters in
the thresholds were two hundred and twelve.
These were reckoned by genealogy in their
villages, whomDa vid and Samuel the seer did
ordain in their office of trust. 9:23So they and
their children had the oversight of the gates of
the house of Yahweh, even the house of the
tent, by wards. 9:24On the four sides were
the porters, toward the east, west, north, and
south. 9:25Their brothers, in their villages,
were to come in every seven days from time
to time to be with them: 9:26for the four chief
porters, who were Levites, were in an office
of trust, and were over the chambers and over
the treasuries in the house of God. 9:27They
lodged around the house of God, because that
duty was on them; and to them pertained its
opening morning by morning. 9:28Certain of
themwe re in charge of the vessels of service;
for by count were these brought in and by count
were these taken out. 9:29Some of them also
were appointed over the furniture, and over
all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the
fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the
frankincense, and the spices. 9:30Some of the
sons of the priests prepared the confection of
the spices. 9:31Mattithiah, one of the Levites,
who was the firstborn of Shallumthe Korahite,
had the office of trust over the things that were
baked in pans. 9:32Some of their brothers, of
the sons of the Kohathites, were over the show
bread, to prepare it every Sabbath. 9:33These
are the singers, heads of fathers' housesof the
Levites, who livedin the chambers and werefree
from other service; for they were employed in
their work day and night. 9:34These were
heads of fathers' housesof the Levites, throughout
their generations, chief men: these lived
at Jerusalem. 9:35In Gibeon there lived the
father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was
Maacah: 9:36and his firstborn son Abdon, and
Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
9:37and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and
Mikloth. 9:38Mikloth became the father of
Shimeam. They also livedwith their brothers in
Jerusalem, over against their brothers. 9:39Ner
became the father of Kish; and Kish became
the father of Saul; and Saul became the father
of Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab,
and Eshbaal. 9:40The son of Jonathan was
Merib Baal; and Merib Baal became the father
of Micah. 9:41The sons of Micah: Pithon,
and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz. 9:42Ahaz
became the father of Jarah; and Jarah became
the father of Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and
Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza;
9:43and Moza became the father of Binea; and
Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
9:44Azel had six sons, whose names are these:
Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah,
and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons
of Azel.
10:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel:
and the men of Israel fled from before
the Philistines, and fell down slain on
Mount Gilboa. 10:2The Philistines followed
hard after Saul and after his sons; and the
Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and
Malchishua, the sons of Saul. 10:3The battle
went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook
him; and he was distressed by reason
of the archers. 10:4Then said Saul to his
armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust
me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised
come and abuse me. But his armor bearer
would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore
Saul took his sword, and fell on it. 10:5When
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his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he
likewise fell on his sword, and died. 10:6So
Saul died, and his three sons; and all his house
died together. 10:7When all the men of Israel
who were in the valley saw that they fled, and
that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook
their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came
and lived in them. 10:8It happened on the
next day, when the Philistines came to strip
the slain, that they found Saul and his sons
fallen on Mount Gilboa. 10:9They stripped
him, and took his head, and his armor, and
sent into the land of the Philistines all around,
to carry the news to their idols, and to the
people. 10:10They put his armor in the house
of their gods, and fastened his head in the
house of Dagon. 10:11When all Jabesh Gilead
heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
10:12all the valiant men arose, and took away
the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons,
and brought themto Jabesh, and buried their
bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven
days. 10:13So Saul died for his trespass which
he committed against Yahweh, because of the
word of Yahweh, which he didn't keep; and
also because he asked counsel of one who had
a familiar spirit, to inquire thereby, 10:14and
didn't inquire of Yahweh: therefore he killed
him, and turned the kingdom to David the son
of Jesse.
11:1Then all Israel gathered themselves to
David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your
bone and your flesh. 11:2In times past, even
when Saul was king, it was you who led out
and brought in Israel: and Yahweh your God
said to you, You shall be shepherd of my people
Israel, and you shall be prince over my people
Israel. 11:3So all the elders of Israel came to the
king to Hebron; and David made a covenant
with themi n Hebron before Yahweh; and they
anointed David king over Israel, according to
the word of Yahweh by Samuel. 11:4David
and all Israel went to Jerusalem( the same is
Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of
the land, were there. 11:5The inhabitants of
Jebus said to David, You shall not come in
here. Nevertheless David took the stronghold
of Zion; the same is the city of David. 11:6David
said,Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be
chief and captain. Joab the son of Zeruiah went
up first, and was made chief. 11:7David lived
in the stronghold; therefore they called it the
city of David. 11:8He built the city all around,
fromMillo even around; and Joab repaired the
rest of the city. 11:9David grew greater and
greater; for Yahweh of Armies was with him.
11:10Now these are the chief of the mighty men
whomDa vid had, who showed themselves
strong with himi n his kingdom, together with
all Israel, to make him king, according to the
word of Yahweh concerning Israel. 11:11This is
the number of the mighty men whom David
had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the
chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against
three hundred and killed thema t one time.
11:12After himwas Eleazar the son of Dodo, the
Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.
11:13He was with David at Pasdammim, and
there the Philistines were gathered together to
battle, where there was a plot of ground full
of barley; and the people fled fromb efore the
Philistines. 11:14They stood in the midst of the
plot, and defended it, and killed the Philistines;
and Yahweh saved themby a great victory.
11:15Three of the thirty chief men went down
to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam;
and the army of the Philistines were encamped
in the valley of Rephaim. 11:16David was
then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the
Philistines was then in Bethlehem. 11:17David
longed, and said, Oh that one would give me
water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which
is by the gate! 11:18The three broke through
the army of the Philistines, and drew water
out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the
gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but
David would not drink of it, but poured it
out to Yahweh, 11:19and said, My God forbid
it me, that I should do this: shall I drink the
blood of these men who 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 the three mighty men.
11:20Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief
of the three; for he lifted up his spear against
three hundred and killed them, and had a name
among the three. 11:21Of the three, he was
more honorable than the two, and was made
their captain: however he didn't attain to the
firstthree. 11:22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the
son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done
mighty deeds, he killed the two sons ofAriel of
Moab: he went down also and killed a lion in
the midst of a pit in time of snow. 11:23He killed
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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
himwi th a staff, and plucked the spear out of
the Egyptian's hand, and killed himw ith his
own spear. 11:24These things did Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the
three mighty men. 11:25Behold, he was more
honorable than the thirty, but he didn't attain to
the firstthree: and David set himo ver his guard.
11:26Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel
the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of
Bethlehem, 11:27Shammoth the Harorite, Helez
the Pelonite, 11:28Ira the son of Ikkesh the
Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite, 11:29Sibbecai
the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, 11:30Maharai
the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah
the Netophathite, 11:31Ithai the son of Ribai of
Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah
the Pirathonite, 11:32Hurai of the brooks of
Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, 11:33Azmaveth the
Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 11:34the
sons of Hashemthe Gizonite, Jonathan the
son of Shagee the Hararite, 11:35Ahiamthe
son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son
of Ur, 11:36Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah
the Pelonite, 11:37Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai
the son of Ezbai, 11:38Joel the brother of
Nathan, Mibhar the son ofHagri, 11:39Zelek the
Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor
bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 11:40Ira
the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 11:41Uriah the
Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, 11:42Adina
the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the
Reubenites, and thirty with him, 11:43Hanan
the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
11:44Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel
the sons of Hothamt he Aroerite, 11:45Jediael
the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the
Tizite, 11:46Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and
Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the
Moabite, 11:47Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the
Mezobaite.
12:1Now these are those who 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, his helpers in
war. 12:2They were armed with bows, and
could use both the right hand and the left in
slinging stones and in shooting arrows from
the bow: they were of Saul's brothers of
Benjamin. 12:3The chief was Ahiezer; then
Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, and
Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and
Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite, 12:4and Ishmaiah
the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the
thirty, and over the thirty, and Jeremiah, and
Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite,
12:5Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah,
and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
12:6Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and
Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites, 12:7and
Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham
of Gedor. 12:8Of the Gadites there separated
themselves to David to the stronghold in the
wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained
for war, that could handle shield and spear;
whose faces were like the faces of lions, and
they were as swift as the roes on the mountains;
12:9Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second,
Eliab the third, 12:10Mishmannah the fourth,
Jeremiah the fifth, 12:11Attai the sixth, Eliel
the seventh, 12:12Johanan the eighth, Elzabad
the ninth, 12:13Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai
the eleventh. 12:14These of the sons of Gad
were captains of the army: he who was least
was equal to one hundred, and the greatest to
one thousand. 12:15These are those who went
over the Jordan in the first month, when it
had overflowed all its banks; and they put to
flight all themo f the valleys, both toward the
east, and toward the west. 12:16There came
of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the
stronghold to David. 12:17David went out to
meet them, and answered them, If you be come
peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be
knit to you; but if you be cometo betray me to
my adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my
hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and
rebuke it. 12:18Then the Spirit came on Amasai,
who was chief of the thirty, and he said, "We
are yours, David, and on your side, you son of
Jesse: peace, peace be to you, and peace be to
your helpers; for your God helps you." Then
David received them, and made them captains
of the band. 12:19Of Manasseh also there fell
away some to David, when he came with
the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they
didn't help them; for the lords of the Philistines
sent himaway after consultation, saying, He
will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy
of our heads. 12:20As he went to Ziklag, there
fell to himo f Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad,
and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and
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Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands who
were of Manasseh. 12:21They helped David
against the band of rovers: for they were all
mighty men of valor, and were captains in the
army. 12:22For from day to day men came
to David to help him, until there was a great
army, like the army of God. 12:23These are the
numbers of the heads of those who were armed
for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn
the kingdomof Saul to him, according to the
word of Yahweh. 12:24The children of Judah
who bore shield and spear were six thousand
and eight hundred, armed for war. 12:25Of the
children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the
war, seven thousand and one hundred. 12:26Of
the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
12:27Jehoiada was the leader of the house
ofAaron; and with himwe re three thousand
and seven hundred, 12:28and Zadok, a young
man mighty of valor, and of his father's house
twenty-two captains. 12:29Of the children of
Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand:
for hitherto the greatest part of themhad kept
their allegiance to the house of Saul. 12:30Of
the children of Ephraimtwe nty thousand eight
hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men
in their fathers' houses. 12:31Of the half-tribe
of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were
mentioned by name, to come and make David
king. 12:32Of the children of Issachar, men who
had understanding of the times, to know what
Israel ought to do, the heads of themw ere two
hundred; and all their brothers were at their
commandment. 12:33Of Zebulun, such as were
able to go out in the army, who could set the
battle in array, with all manner of instruments
of war, fifty thousand, and who could order
the battle array, and werenot of double heart.
12:34Of Naphtali one thousand captains, and
with themwi th shield and spear thirty-seven
thousand. 12:35Of the Danites who could set
the battle in array, twenty-eight thousand six
hundred. 12:36Of Asher, such as were able to
go out in the army, who could set the battle
in array, forty thousand. 12:37On the other
side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the
Gadites, and of the half-tribe ofManasseh, with
all manner of instruments of war for the battle,
one hundred twenty thousand. 12:38All these
being men of war, who could order the battle
array, 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. 12:39They were there with David three
days, eating and drinking; for their brothers
had made preparation for them. 12:40Moreover
those who were near to them, evenas far as
Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought
bread on donkeys, and on camels, and on
mules, and on oxen, food of meal, cakes of figs,
and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and
cattle, and sheep in abundance: for there was
joy in Israel.
13:1David consulted with the captains of
thousands and of hundreds, even with every
leader. 13:2David said to all the assem bly of
Israel, If it seemg ood to you, and if it be of Yahweh
ourGod, let us send abroad everywhere to
our brotherswho are left in all the land of Israel,
with whomthe priests and Levites are in their
cities that have suburbs, that they may gather
themselves to us; 13:3and let us bring again the
ark of our God to us: for we didn't seek it in
the days of Saul. 13:4All the assembly said that
they would do so; for the thing was right in the
eyes of all the people. 13:5So David assembled
all Israel together, fromthe Shihor the brookof
Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring
the ark of God fromKi riath Jearim. 13:6David
went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to
Kiriath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to
bring up fromthe re the ark of God Yahweh
that sits abovethe cherubim, that is called by
the Name. 13:7They carried the ark of God
on a new cart, and brought itout of the house
of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the
cart. 13:8David and all Israel played before
God with all their might, even with songs, and
with harps, and with stringed instruments, and
with tambourines, and with cymbals, and with
trumpets. 13:9When they came to the threshing
floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold
the ark; for the oxen stumbled. 13:10The anger
of Yahweh was kindled against Uzza, and he
struck him, because he put forth his hand to the
ark; and there he died before God. 13:11David
was displeased, because Yahweh had broken
forth on Uzza; and he called that place Perez
Uzza, to this day. 13:12David was afraid of
God that day, saying, How shall I bring the
ark of God home to me? 13:13So David didn't
move the ark to him into the city of David,
but carried it aside into the house of Obed-
Edomthe Gittite. 13:14The ark of God remained
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with the family of Obed-Edom in his house
three months: and Yahweh blessed the house
of Obed-Edom, and all that he had.
14:1Hiramk ing of Tyre sent messengers to
David, and cedar trees, and masons, and
carpenters, to build hima house. 14:2David
perceived that Yahweh had established him
king over Israel; for his kingdomw as exalted
on high, for his people Israel's sake.
14:3David took more wives at Jerusalem; and
David became the father of more sons and
daughters. 14:4These are the names of the
childrenwhomhe had in Jerusalem: Shammua,
and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 14:5and
Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpelet, 14:6and Nogah,
and Nepheg, and Japhia, 14:7and Elishama,
and Beeliada, and Eliphelet. 14:8When 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. 14:9Now the Philistines
had come and made a raid in the valley of
Rephaim. 14:10David inquired of God, saying,
Shall I go up against the Philistines? and
will you deliver themin to my hand? Yahweh
said to him, Go up; for I will deliver them
into your hand. 14:11So they came up to Baal
Perazim, and David struck them there; and
David said, God has broken my enemies by
my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore
they called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
14:12They left their gods there; and David gave
commandment, and they were burned with
fire. 14:13The Philistines yet again made a raid
in the valley. 14:14David inquired again of God;
and God said to him, You shall not go up after
them: turn away fromthem, and come on them
over against the mulberry trees. 14:15It shall be,
when you hear the sound of marching in the
tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall
go out to battle; for God is gone out before you
to strike the army of the Philistines. 14:16David
did as God commanded him: and they struck
the army of the Philistines fromGibeon even to
Gezer. 14:17The fame of David went out into all
lands; and Yahweh brought the fear of himo n
all nations.
15:1Davidmade him houses in the city of
David; and he prepared a place for the ark
of God, and pitched for it a tent. 15:2Then
David said, None ought to carry the ark of God
but the Levites: for themhas Yahweh chosen
to carry the ark of God, and to minister to
himf orever. 15:3David assembled all Israel at
Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Yahweh to its
place, which he had prepared for it. 15:4David
gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the
Levites: 15:5of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the
chief, and his brothers one hundred twenty;
15:6of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief,
and his brothers two hundred twenty; 15:7of
the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his
brothers one hundred thirty; 15:8of the sons of
Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers
two hundred; 15:9of the sons of Hebron, Eliel
the chief, and his brothers eighty; 15:10of the
sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his
brothers one hundred twelve. 15:11David called
for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the
Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah,
and Eliel, and Amminadab, 15:12and said to
them, You are the heads of the fathers' housesof
the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and
your brothers, that you may bring up the ark
of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to the placethat
I have prepared for it. 15:13For because you
didn't carry it at the first, Yahweh our God
made a breach on us, because we didn't seek
himacco rding to the ordinance. 15:14So the
priests and the Levites sanctified themselves
to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of
Israel. 15:15The children of the Levites bore
the ark of God on their shoulders with the
poles thereon, as Moses commanded according
to the word of Yahweh. 15:16David spoke
to the chief of the Levites to appoint their
brothers the singers,with instruments of music,
stringed instruments and harps and cymbals,
sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with
joy. 15:17So the Levites appointed Heman the
son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son
of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their
brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 15:18and
with themt heir brothers of the second degree,
Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth,
and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah,
and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu,
and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the
doorkeepers. 15:19So the singers, Heman, Asaph,
and Ethan, were appointedwith cymbals of
brass to sound aloud; 15:20and Zechariah, and
Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni,
and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with
stringed instruments set to Alamoth; 15:21and
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Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and
Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with
harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.
15:22Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over
the song: he instructed about the song, because
he was skillful. 15:23Berechiah and Elkanah
were doorkeepers for the ark. 15:24Shebaniah,
and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai,
and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the
priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark
of God: and Obed-Edoma nd Jehiah were
doorkeepers for the ark. 15:25So David, and
the elders of Israel, and the captains over
thousands, went to bring up the ark of the
covenant of Yahweh out of the house of Obed-
Edomw ith joy. 15:26It happened, when God
helped the Levites who bore the ark of the
covenant of Yahweh, that they sacrificed seven
bulls and seven rams. 15:27David was clothed
with a robe of fine linen, and all the Leviteswho
bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah
the master of the song withthe singers: and
David had on himan ephod of linen. 15:28Thus
all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of
Yahweh with shouting, and with sound of the
cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals,
sounding aloud with stringed instruments and
harps. 15:29It happened, as the ark of the
covenant of Yahweh came to the city of David,
that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at
the window, and saw king David dancing and
playing; and she despised himin her heart.
16:1They brought in the ark of God, and
set it in the midst of the tent that David had
pitched for it: and they offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings before God. 16:2When
David had made an end of offering the burnt
offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the
people in the name of Yahweh. 16:3He dealt
to everyone of Israel, both man and woman,
to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion of
flesh, and a cake of raisins. 16:4He appointed
certain of the Levites to minister before the ark
of Yahweh, and to celebrate and to thank and
praise Yahweh, the God of Israel: 16:5Asaph the
chief, and second to himZec hariah, Jeiel, and
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and
Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel,
with stringed instruments and with harps; and
Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud; 16:6and
Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets
continually, before the ark of the covenant of
God.
16:7Then on that day David first ordained to
give thanks to Yahweh, by the hand of Asaph
and his brothers.
16:8Oh give thanks to Yahweh.
Call on his name.
Make his doings known among the peoples.
16:9Sing to him.
Sing praises to him.
Tell of all his marvelous works.
16:10Glory in his holy name.
Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh
rejoice.
16:11Seek you Yahweh and his strength.
Seek his face forever more.
16:12Remember his marvelous works that he
has done,
his wonders, and the judgments of his
mouth,
16:13you seed of Israel his servant,
you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
16:14He is Yahweh our God.
His judgments are in all the earth.
16:15Remember his covenant forever,
the word which he commanded to a
thousand generations,
16:16the covenantwhich he made with
Abraham,
his oath to Isaac.
16:17He confirmed the same to Jacob for a
statute,
and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
16:18saying, I will you give the land of Canaan,
The lot of your inheritance,
16:19when you were but a few men in
number,
yes, very few, and foreigners were in it.
16:20They went about fromnati on to nation,
fromon e kingdomt o another people.
16:21He allowed no man to do them wrong.
Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
16:22saying, Don't touch my anointed ones!
Do my prophets no harm.
16:23Sing to Yahweh, all the earth!
Display his salvation fromda y to day.
16:24Declare his glory among the nations,
and his marvelous works among all the
peoples.
16:25For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be
praised.
He also is to be feared above all gods.
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16:26For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but Yahweh made the heavens.
16:27Honor and majesty are before him.
Strength and gladness are in his place.
16:28Ascribe to Yahweh, you relatives of the
peoples,
ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength!
16:29Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his
name.
Bring an offering, and come before him.
Worship Yahweh in holy array.
16:30Tremble before him, all the earth.
The world also is established that it can't
be moved.
16:31Let the heavens be glad,
and let the earth rejoice!
Let thems ay among the nations, Yahweh
reigns.
16:32Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
Let the field exult, and all that is therein!
16:33Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy
before Yahweh,
for he comes to judge the earth.
16:34Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
16:35Say, Save us, God of our salvation!
Gather us together and deliver us from
the nations,
to give thanks to your holy name,
to triumph in your praise.
16:36Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
fromev erlasting even to everlasting.
All the people said, Amen, and praised
Yahweh.
16:37So he left there, before the ark of the
covenant of Yahweh, Asaph and his brothers,
to minister before the ark continually, as every
day'swork required; 16:38and Obed-Edomw ith
their brothers, sixty-eight; Obed-Edomal so the
son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;
16:39and Zadok the priest, and his brothers the
priests, before the tent of Yahweh in the high
place that was at Gibeon, 16:40to offer burnt
offerings to Yahweh on the altar of burnt offering
continually morning and evening, even
according to all that is written in the law
of Yahweh, which he commanded to Israel;
16:41and with themHe man and Jeduthun, and
the restwho were chosen,who were mentioned
by name, to give thanks to Yahweh, because his
loving kindness endures forever; 16:42and with
themHe man and Jeduthun withtrumpets and
cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and
withinstruments for the songs of God; and the
sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate. 16:43All the
people departed every man to his house: and
David returned to bless his house.
17:1It happened, when David lived in his
house, that David said to Nathan the prophet,
Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the
ark of the covenant of Yahweh dwellsunder
curtains. 17:2Nathan said to David, Do all that
is in your heart; for God is with you. 17:3It
happened the same night, that the word of God
came to Nathan, saying, 17:4Go and tell David
my servant, Thus says Yahweh, You shall not
build me a house to dwell in: 17:5for I have not
lived in a house since the day that I brought
up Israel, to this day, but have gone fromte nt
to tent, and from onetent to another. 17:6In all
places in which I have walked with all Israel,
spoke I a word with any of the judges of Israel,
whom I commanded to be shepherd of my
people, saying, Why have you not built me a
house of cedar? 17:7Now therefore thus you
shall tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh
of Armies, I took you from the sheep pen,
fromfollow ing the sheep, that you should be
prince over my people Israel: 17:8and I have
been with you wherever you have gone, and
have cut off all your enemies from before you;
and I will make you a name, like the name
of the great ones who are in the earth. 17:9I
will appoint a place for my people Israel, and
will plant them, that they may dwell in their
own place, and be moved no more; neither
shall the children of wickedness waste them
any more, as at the first, 17:10and asfromthe day
that I commanded judges to be over my people
Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies.
Moreover I tell you that Yahweh will build you
a house. 17:11It shall happen, when your days
are fulfilled that you must go to be with your
fathers, that I will set up your seed after you,
who shall be of your sons; and I will establish
his kingdom. 17:12He shall build me a house,
and I will establish his throne forever. 17:13I
will be his father, and he shall be my son: and
I will not take my loving kindness away from
him, as I took it from him that was before you;
17:14but I will settle himin my house and in
my kingdom forever; and his throne shall be
established forever. 17:15According to all these
words, and according to all this vision, so did
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Nathan speak to David. 17:16Then David the
king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he
said, Who amI, Yahweh God, and what is
my house, that you have brought me thus far?
17:17This was a small thing in your eyes, God;
but you have spoken of your servant's house
for a great while to come, and have regarded
me according to the estate of a man of high
degree, Yahweh God. 17:18What can David
sayyet more to you concerning the honor which
is done to your servant? for you know your
servant. 17:19Yahweh, for your servant's sake,
and according to your own heart, have you
worked all this greatness, to make known all
thesegreat things. 17:20Yahweh, there is none
like you, neither is there any God besides you,
according to all that we have heard with our
ears. 17:21What one nation in the earth is like
your people Israel, whomGod went to redeem
to himself for a people, to make you a name
by great and awesome things, in driving out
nations frombe fore your people, whom you
redeemout of Egypt? 17:22For your people
Israel did you make your own people forever;
and you, Yahweh, became their God. 17:23Now,
Yahweh, let the word that you have spoken
concerning your servant, and concerning his
house, be established forever, and do as you
have spoken. 17:24Let your name be established
and magnified forever, saying, Yahweh
of Armies is the God of Israel, even a God to
Israel: and the house of David your servant is
established before you. 17:25For you, my God,
have revealed to your servant that you will
build hima house: therefore has your servant
found in his heartto pray before you. 17:26Now,
Yahweh, you are God, and have promised this
good thing to your servant: 17:27and now it has
pleased you to bless the house of your servant,
that it may continue forever before you: for
you, Yahweh, have blessed, and it is blessed
forever.
18:1After this it happened, that David struck
the Philistines, and subdued them, and took
Gath and its towns out of the hand of
the Philistines. 18:2He struck Moab; and
the Moabites became servants to David, and
brought tribute. 18:3David struck Hadadezer
king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to
establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
18:4David took fromh im one thousand chariots,
and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty
thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all
the chariot horses, but reserved of themfor
one hundred chariots. 18:5When the Syrians
of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of
Zobah, David struck of the Syrians twenty-two
thousand men. 18:6Then David put garrisonsin
Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became
servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh
gave victory to David wherever he went.
18:7David took the shields of gold that were on
the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them
to Jerusalem. 18:8FromT ibhath and fromCun,
cities of Hadadezer, David took very much
brass, with which Solomon made the bronze
sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
18:9When Tou king ofHamath heard that David
had struck all the army of Hadadezer king of
Zobah, 18:10he sent Hadoramhi s son to king
David, to Greet him, and to bless him, because
he had fought against Hadadezer and struck
him; (for Hadadezer had wars with Tou;) and
he had with himall manner of vessels of gold and
silver and brass. 18:11These also did king David
dedicate to Yahweh, with the silver and the
gold that he carried away fromal l the nations;
from Edom, and fromMoa b, and fromt he
children of Ammon, and from the Philistines,
and fromAm alek. 18:12Moreover Abishai the
son of Zeruiah struck of the Edomites in the
Valley of Salt eighteen thousand. 18:13He put
garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became
servants to David. Yahweh gave victory
to David wherever he went. 18:14David reigned
over all Israel; and he executed justice and righteousness
to all his people. 18:15Joab the son of
Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat
the son of Ahilud was recorder; 18:16and Zadok
the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of
Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
18:17and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over
the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons
of David were chief about the king.
19:1It happened after this, that Nahash the
king of the children of Ammon died, and his
son reigned in his place. 19:2David said, I will
show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash,
because his father showed kindness to me. So
David sent messengers to comfort him concerning
his father. David's servants came into
the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun,
to comfort him. 19:3But the princes of the
children of Ammon said to Hanun, Think you
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that David does honor your father, in that he
has sent comforters to you? Aren't his servants
come to you to search, and to overthrow, and
to spy out the land? 19:4So Hanun took David's
servants, and shaved them, and cut off their
garments in the middle, even to their buttocks,
and sent themaway . 19:5Then there went certain
persons, and told David how the men were
served. He sent to meet them; for the men were
greatly ashamed. The king said, Stay at Jericho
until your beards are grown, and then return.
19:6When the children of Ammon saw that
they had made themselves odious to David,
Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one
thousand talents of silver to hire themchar iots
and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of
Arammaacah, and out of Zobah. 19:7So they
hired themthi rty-two thousand chariots, and
the king of Maacah and his people, who came
and encamped before Medeba. The children
of Ammon gathered themselves together from
their cities, and came to battle. 19:8When David
heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of
the mighty men. 19:9The children of Ammon
came out, and put the battle in array at the
gate of the city: and the kings who had come
were by themselves in the field. 19:10Nowwhen
Joab saw that the battle was set against him
before and behind, he chose of all the choice
men of Israel, and put them in array against
the Syrians. 19:11The rest of the people he
committed into the hand of Abishai his brother;
and they put themselves in array against the
children of Ammon. 19:12He said, If the Syrians
are too strong for me, then you shall help me;
but if the children of Am m o n are too strong
for you, then I will help you. 19:13Be of good
courage, and let us be strong for our people,
and for the cities of our God: and Yahweh
do that which seems him good. 19:14So Joab
and the people who were with himdr ew near
before the Syrians to the battle; and they fled
before him. 19:15When the children of Ammon
saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled
before Abishai his brother, and entered into the
city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. 19:16When
the Syrians saw that they were defeated by
Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth
the Syrians who were beyond the River, with
Shophach the captain of the army ofHadadezer
at their head. 19:17It was told David; and he
gathered all Israel together, and passed over
the Jordan, and came on 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. 19:18The Syrians fled
before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians
the men of seven thousand chariots, and forty
thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the
captain of the army. 19:19When the servants
of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated
by Israel, they made peace with David, and
served him: neither would the Syrians help the
children of Ammon any more.
20:1It happened, at the time of the return of
the year, at the time when kings go out to battle,
that Joab led forth the army, and wasted the
country of the children of Ammon, and came
and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at
Jerusalem. Joab struck Rabbah, and overthrew
it. 20:2David took the crown of their king from
off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of
gold, and therewere precious stones in it; and it
was set on David's head: and he brought forth
the spoil of the city, exceeding much. 20:3He
brought forth the peoplewho were therein, and
cut themwith saws, and with iron picks, and
with axes. David did so to all the cities of the
children of Ammon. David and all the people
returned to Jerusalem. 20:4It happened after
this, that there arose war at Gezer with the
Philistines: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed
Sippai, of the sons of the giant; and they were
subdued. 20:5There was again war with the
Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair killed
Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the
staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
20:6There was again war at Gath, where there
was a man of great stature, whose fingers and
toes were twenty-four, six on each hand, and six
on each foot; and he also was born to the giant.
20:7When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of
Shimea David's brother killed him. 20:8These
were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell
by the hand of David, and by the hand of his
servants.
21:1Satan stood up against Israel, and moved
David to number Israel. 21:2David said to
Joab and to the princes of the people, Go,
number Israel fromBeersheba even to Dan; and
bring me word, that I may know the sum of
them. 21:3Joab said, Yahweh make his people
a hundred times as many as they are: but, my
lord the king, aren't they all my lord's servants?
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Why does my lord require this thing? Why will
he be a cause of guilt to Israel? 21:4Nevertheless
the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore
Joab departed, and went throughout all
Israel, and came to Jerusalem. 21:5Joab gave
up the sumof the numbering of the people to
David. All those of Israel were one million one
hundred thousand men who drew sword: and
in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand
men who drew sword. 21:6But he didn't count
Levi and Benjamin among them; for the king's
word was abominable to Joab. 21:7God was
displeased with this thing; therefore he struck
Israel. 21:8David said to God, I have sinned
greatly, in that I have done this thing: but now,
put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant;
for I have done very foolishly. 21:9Yahweh
spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying, 21:10Go and
speak to David, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I
offer you three things: choose one of them, that
I may do it to you. 21:11So Gad came to David,
and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Take your
choice: 21:12either three years of famine; or
three months to be consumed before your foes,
while the sword of your enemies overtakes
you; or else three days the sword of Yahweh,
even pestilence in the land, and the angel of
Yahweh destroying throughout all the borders
of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer
I shall return to himwho sent me. 21:13David
said to Gad, I amin distress. Let me fall, I
pray, into the hand of Yahweh; for very great
are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand
of man. 21:14So Yahweh sent a pestilence on
Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand
men. 21:15God sent an angel to Jerusalemt o
destroy it: and as he was about to destroy,
Yahweh saw, and he relented of the disaster,
and said to the destroying angel, It is enough;
now stay your hand. The angel of Yahweh
was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan
the Jebusite. 21:16David lifted up his eyes, and
saw the angel of Yahweh standing between
earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in
his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then
David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell
on their faces. 21:17David said to God, Isn't it I
who commanded the people to be numbered?
It is even I who have sinned and done very
wickedly; but these sheep, what have they
done? Please let your hand, OYahweh my God,
be against me, and against my father's house;
but not against your people, that they should
be plagued. 21:18Then the angel of Yahweh
commanded Gad to tell David, that David
should go up, and raise an altar to Yahweh
in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
21:19Davidwent up at the saying ofGad,which
he spoke in the name of Yahweh. 21:20Ornan
turned back, and saw the angel; and his four
sons who were with himhi d themselves. Now
Ornan was threshing wheat. 21:21As David
came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David,
and went out of the threshing floor, and bowed
himself to David with his face to the ground.
21:22Then David said to Ornan, Give me the
place of this threshing floor, that I may build
thereon an altar to Yahweh: for the full price
you shall give it to me, that the plague may be
stopped froma fflicting the people. 21:23Ornan
said to David, Take it to yourself, and let my
lord the king do that which is good in his eyes:
behold, I give youthe oxen for burnt offerings,
and the threshing instruments for wood, and
the wheat for the meal offering; I give it all.
21:24King David said to Ornan, No; but I will
most certainly buy it for the full price: for I
will not take that which is yours for Yahweh,
nor offer a burnt offering without cost. 21:25So
David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred
shekels of gold by weight. 21:26David built
there an altar to Yahweh, and offered burnt
offerings and peace offerings, and called on
Yahweh; and he answered himf romthe sky by
fire on the altar of burnt offering. 21:27Yahweh
commanded the angel; and he put up his sword
again into its sheath. 21:28At that time, when
David saw that Yahweh had answered himi n
the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then
he sacrificed there. 21:29For the tent of Yahweh,
which Moses made in the wilderness, and the
altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the
high place at Gibeon. 21:30But David couldn't
go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid
because of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.
22:1Then David said, This is the house of
Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt
offering for Israel. 22:2David com m a nded to
gather together the foreigners who were in
the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut
worked stones to build the house of God.
22:3David prepared iron in abundance for the
nails for the doors of the gates, and for the
couplings; and brass in abundance without
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weight; 22:4and cedar trees without number:
for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought
cedar trees in abundance to David. 22:5David
said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and
the house that is to be built for Yahweh must
be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of
glory throughout all countries: I will therefore
make preparation for it. So David prepared
abundantly before his death. 22:6Then he called
for Solomon his son, and commanded him to
build a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel.
22:7David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it
was in my heart to build a house to the name of
Yahweh my God. 22:8But the word of Yahweh
came to me, saying, You have shed blood
abundantly, and have made great wars: you
shall not build a house to my name, because
you have shed much blood on the earth in my
sight. 22:9Behold, a son shall be born to you,
who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him
rest froma ll his enemies all around; for his
name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace
and quietness to Israel in his days: 22:10he shall
build a house for my name; and he shall be
my son, and I will be his father; and I will
establish the throne of his kingdomo ver Israel
for ever. 22:11Now, my son, Yahweh be with
you; and prosper you, and build the house of
Yahweh your God, as he has spoken concerning
you. 22:12May Yahweh give you discretion
and understanding, and put you in charge of
Israel; that so you may keep the law of Yahweh
your God. 22:13Then you shall prosper, if you
observe to do the statutes and the ordinances
which Yahweh gave Moses concerning Israel.
Be strong, and of good courage. Don't be
afraid, neither be dismayed. 22:14Now, behold,
in my affliction I have prepared for the house of
Yahweh one hundred thousand talents of gold,
and one million talents of silver, and of brass
and iron without weight; for it is in abundance:
timber also and stone have I prepared; and
you may add to them. 22:15There are also
workmen with you in abundance, cutters and
workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of
men who are skillful in every kind of work:
22:16of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and
the iron, there is no number. Arise and be
doing, and Yahweh be with you. 22:17David
also commanded all the princes of Israel to help
Solomon his son, saying, 22:18Isn't Yahweh your
God with you? Hasn't he given you rest on
every side? for he has delivered the inhabitants
of the land into my hand; and the land is
subdued before Yahweh, and before his people.
22:19Now set your heart and your soul to seek
after Yahweh your God; arise therefore, and
build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring
the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and the holy
vessels of God, into the house that is to be built
to the name of Yahweh.
23:1Now David was old and full of days;
and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
23:2He gathered together all the princes of
Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 23:3The
Levites were numbered from thirty years old
and upward: and their number by their polls,
man by man, was thirty-eight thousand. 23:4Of
these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee
the work of the house of Yahweh; and six
thousand were officers and judges; 23:5and
four thousand were doorkeepers; and four
thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments
which I made, said David, for giving praise.
23:6David divided themin to divisions according
to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and
Merari. 23:7Of the Gershonites: Ladan and
Shimei. 23:8The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief,
and Zetham, and Joel, three. 23:9The sons of
Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran,
three. These were the heads of the fathers'
housesof Ladan. 23:10The sons of Shimei: Jahath,
Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were
the sons of Shimei. 23:11Jahath was the chief,
and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah
didn't have many sons; therefore they became
a fathers' house in one reckoning. 23:12The
sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and
Uzziel, four. 23:13The sons of Amram: Aaron
and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he
should sanctify the most holy things, he and his
sons, forever, to burn incense before Yahweh,
to minister to him, and to bless in his name,
forever. 23:14But as for Moses the man of God,
his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
23:15The sons of Moses: Gershoma nd Eliezer.
23:16The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
23:17The sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the
chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the
sons of Rehabiah were very many. 23:18The
sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief. 23:19The
sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the
second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the
fourth. 23:20The sons of Uzziel: Micah the
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chief, and Isshiah the second. 23:21The sons of
Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli:
Eleazar and Kish. 23:22Eleazar died, and had
no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers
the sons of Kish took them to wife. 23:23The
sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth,
three. 23:24These were the sons of Levi after
their fathers' houses, even the heads of the
fathers' houses of those who were counted
individually, in the number of names by their
polls, who did the work for the service of the
house of Yahweh, fromtwe nty years old and
upward. 23:25For David said, Yahweh, the God
of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he
dwells in Jerusalemfor ever: 23:26and also the
Levites shall no more have need to carry the
tent and all its vessels for its service. 23:27For
by the lastwords of David the sons of Leviwere
numbered, fromtwenty years old and upward.
23:28For their office was to wait on the sons of
Aaron for the service of the house of Yahweh,
in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the
purifying of all holy things, even the work of
the service of the house of God; 23:29for the
show bread also, and for the fine flour for a
meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers,
or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that
which is soaked, and for all manner of measure
and size; 23:30and to stand every morning to
thank and praise Yahweh, and likewise in the
evening; 23:31and to offer all burnt offerings to
Yahweh, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons,
and on the set feasts, in number according
to the ordinance concerning them, continually
before Yahweh; 23:32and that they should keep
the duty of the Tent of Meeting, and the duty
of the holy place, and the duty of the sons
of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the
house of Yahweh.
24:1These were the divisions of the sons of
Aaron. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu,
Eleazar and Ithamar. 24:2But Nadab and Abihu
died before their father, and had no children:
therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the
priest's office. 24:3David with Zadok of the
sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of
Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering
in their service. 24:4There were m ore chief
men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the
sons of Ithamar; and thuswere they divided: of
the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of
fathers' houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according
to their fathers' houses, eight. 24:5Thus
were they divided impartially by drawing lots;
for there were princes of the sanctuary, and
princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar,
and of the sons of Ithamar. 24:6Shemaiah the
son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the
Levites, wrote themi n the presence of the
king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest,
and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the
heads of the fathers' housesof the priests and of
the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for
Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. 24:7Now
the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second
to Jedaiah, 24:8the third to Harim, the fourth to
Seorim, 24:9the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to
Mijamin, 24:10the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth
to Abijah, 24:11the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth
to Shecaniah, 24:12the eleventh to Eliashib, the
twelfth to Jakim, 24:13the thirteenth to Huppah,
the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 24:14the fifteenth to
Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 24:15the seventeenth
to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
24:16the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth
to Jehezkel, 24:17the twenty-first to Jachin,
the twenty-second to Gamul, 24:18the twentythird
to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
24:19This was the ordering of themin their
service, to come into the house of Yahweh according
to the ordinance givento themby Aaron
their father, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had
commanded him. 24:20Of the rest of the sons
of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the
sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. 24:21Of Rehabiah:
of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.
24:22Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons
of Shelomoth, Jahath. 24:23The sons of Hebron:
Jeriah the chief , Amariah the second, Jahaziel
the third, Jekameam the fourth. 24:24The sons
of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
24:25The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons
of Isshiah, Zechariah. 24:26The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah: Beno.
24:27The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno, and
Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. 24:28Of Mahli:
Eleazar, who had no sons. 24:29Of Kish; the
sons of Kish: Jerahmeel. 24:30The sons of
Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These
were the sons of the Levites after their fathers'
houses. 24:31These likewise cast lots even as
their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence
of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech,
and the heads of the fathers' housesof the priests
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and of the Levites; the fathers' housesof the chief
even as those of his younger brother.
25:1Moreover, David and the captains of the
army set apart for the service certain of the sons
of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who
should prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments,
and with cymbals: and the number
of those who did the work according to their
service was: 25:2of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur,
and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah,
the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph,
who prophesied after the order of the
king. 25:3Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun:
Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah,
and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their
father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied
in giving thanks and praising Yahweh. 25:4Of
Heman; the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah,
Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah,
Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-Ezer,
Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.
25:5All these were the sons of Heman the king's
seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn.
God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three
daughters. 25:6All these were under the hands
of their father for song in the house of Yahweh,
with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps,
for the service of the house of God; Asaph,
Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order
of the king. 25:7The number of them, with
their brothers who were instructed in singing
to Yahweh, even all who were skillful, was two
hundred eighty-eight. 25:8They cast lots for
their offices, all alike, as well the small as the
great, the teacher as the scholar. 25:9Now the
first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the
second to Gedaliah; he and his brothers and
sons were twelve: 25:10the third to Zaccur, his
sons and his brothers, twelve: 25:11the fourth to
Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve: 25:12the
fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers,
twelve: 25:13the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons
and his brothers, twelve: 25:14the seventh to
Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
25:15the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his
brothers, twelve: 25:16the ninth to Mattaniah,
his sons and his brothers, twelve: 25:17the
tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers,
twelve: 25:18the eleventh to Azarel, his sons
and his brothers, twelve: 25:19the twelfth to
Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
25:20for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and
his brothers, twelve: 25:21for the fourteenth,
Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
25:22for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and
his brothers, twelve: 25:23for the sixteenth to
Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
25:24for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his
sons and his brothers, twelve: 25:25for the
eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers,
twelve: 25:26for the nineteenth to Mallothi,
his sons and his brothers, twelve: 25:27for
the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his
brothers, twelve: 25:28for the one and twentieth
to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
25:29for the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his
sons and his brothers, twelve: 25:30for the
three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons
and his brothers, twelve: 25:31for the four and
twentieth to Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his
brothers, twelve.
26:1For the divisions of the doorkeepers: of
the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of
the sons of Asaph. 26:2Meshelemiah had sons:
Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah
the third, Jathniel the fourth, 26:3Elam
the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the
seventh. 26:4Obed-Edomh ad sons: Shemaiah
the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the
third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel
the fifth, 26:5Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the
seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed
him. 26:6Also to Shemaiah his son were sons
born, who ruled over the house of their father;
for they were mighty men of valor. 26:7The
sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and
Obed, Elzabad, whose brothers were valiant
men, Elihu, and Semachiah. 26:8All these
were of the sons of Obed-Edom: they and
their sons and their brothers, able men in
strength for the service; sixty-two of Obed-
Edom. 26:9Meshelemiah had sons and brothers,
valiant men, eighteen. 26:10Also Hosah, of
the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the
chief, (for though he was not the firstborn,
yet his father made him chief), 26:11Hilkiah
the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the
fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah
were thirteen. 26:12Of these were the divisions
of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men,
having offices like their brothers, to minister in
the house of Yahweh. 26:13They cast lots, the
small as well as the great, according to their
fathers' houses, for every gate. 26:14The lot
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eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah
his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his
lot came out northward. 26:15To Obed-Edom
southward; and to his sons the storehouse.
26:16To Shuppimand Hosah westward, by the
gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes
up, watch against watch. 26:17Eastward were
six Levites, northward four a day, southward
four a day, and for the storehouse two and
two. 26:18For Parbar westward, four at the
causeway, and two at Parbar. 26:19These were
the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons of
the Korahites, and of the sons ofMerari. 26:20Of
the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of
the house of God, and over the treasures of
the dedicated things. 26:21The sons of Ladan,
the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan,
the heads of the fathers' housesbelonging to
Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli. 26:22The sons of
Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the
treasures of the house of Yahweh. 26:23Of the
Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites,
of the Uzzielites: 26:24and Shebuel the son of
Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over
the treasures. 26:25His brothers: of Eliezer
cameRehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son,
and Joramhi s son, and Zichri his son, and
Shelomoth his son. 26:26This Shelomoth and
his brothers were over all the treasures of the
dedicated things, which David the king, and
the heads of the fathers' houses, the captains
over thousands and hundreds, and the captains
of the army, had dedicated. 26:27Out of the
spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair
the house of Yahweh. 26:28All that Samuel the
seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the
son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had
dedicated, whoever had dedicated anything,
it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of
his brothers. 26:29Of the Izharites, Chenaniah
and his sons were for the outward business
over Israel, for officers and judges. 26:30Of
the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers,
men of valor, one thousand seven hundred,
had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan
westward, for all the business of Yahweh,
and for the service of the king. 26:31Of the
Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the
Hebronites, according to their generations by
fathers' houses. In the fortieth year of the
reign of David they were sought for, and there
were found among them mighty men of valor
at Jazer of Gilead. 26:32His brothers, men
of valor, were two thousand seven hundred,
heads of fathers' houses, whomk ing David
made overseers over the Reubenites, and the
Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites,
for every matter pertaining to God, and for the
affairs of the king.
27:1Now the children of Israel after their
number, the heads of fathers' housesand the
captains of thousands and of hundreds, and
their officers who served the king, in any matter
of the divisions which came in and went out
month by month throughout all the months
of the year of every division were twentyfour
thousand. 27:2Over the first division for
the first month was Jashobeam the son of
Zabdiel: and in his division were twenty-four
thousand. 27:3He wasof the children of Perez,
the chief of all the captains of the army for
the first month. 27:4Over the division of the
second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his
division; and Mikloth the ruler: and in his
division were twenty-four thousand. 27:5The
third captain of the army for the third month
was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest,
chief: and in his division were twenty-four
thousand. 27:6This is that Benaiah, who was the
mighty man of the thirty, and over the thirty:
and ofhis division was Ammizabad his son.
27:7The fourth captainfor the fourth month was
Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his
son after him: and in his division were twentyfour
thousand. 27:8The fifth captain for this fifth
month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his
division were twenty-four thousand. 27:9The
sixth captainfor the sixth month was Ira the
son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his division
were twenty-four thousand. 27:10The seventh
captainfor the seventh month was Helez the
Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his
division were twenty-four thousand. 27:11The
eighth captainfor the eighth month was Sibbecai
the Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his
division were twenty-four thousand. 27:12The
ninth captainfor the ninth month was Abiezer
the Anathothite, of the Benjamites: and in his
division were twenty-four thousand. 27:13The
tenth captainfor the tenth month was Maharai
the Netophathite, of the Zerahites: and in his
division were Twenty-four thousand. 27:14The
eleventh captainfor the eleventh month was
Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of
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Ephraim: and in his division were twentyfour
thousand. 27:15The twelfth captainfor the
twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of
Othniel: and in his division were twenty-four
thousand. 27:16Furthermore over the tribes of
Israel: of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of
Zichri the ruler: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah
the son of Maacah: 27:17of Levi, Hashabiah
the son of Kemuel: of Aaron, Zadok: 27:18of
Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David:
of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: 27:19of
Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of
Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel: 27:20of
the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of
Azaziah: of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel
the son of Pedaiah: 27:21of the half-tribe of
Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah:
of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: 27:22of
Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the
captains of the tribes of Israel. 27:23But David
didn't take the number of them from twenty
years old and under, because Yahweh had said
he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.
27:24Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number,
but didn't finish; and there came wrath for
this on Israel; neither was the number put into
the account in the chronicles of king David.
27:25Over the king's treasures was Azmaveth
the son of Adiel: and over the treasures in
the fields, in the cities, and in the villages,
and in the towers, was Jonathan the son of
Uzziah: 27:26Over those who did the work of
the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the
son of Chelub: 27:27and over the vineyards was
Shimei the Ramathite: and over the increase of
the vineyards for the winecellars was Zabdi the
Shiphmite: 27:28and over the olive trees and the
sycamore trees that were in the lowland was
Baal Hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of
oil was Joash: 27:29and 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: 27:30and over the camels
was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the donkeys
was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: and over the
flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite. 27:31All these
were the rulers of the substance whichwas king
David's. 27:32Also Jonathan, David's uncle,
was a counselor, a man of understanding, and
a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was
with the king's sons: 27:33Ahithophel was the
king's counselor: and Hushai the Archite was
the king's friend: 27:34and after Ahithophel was
Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and
the captain of the king's army was Joab.
28:1David assembled all the princes of Israel,
the princes of the tribes, and the captains of
the companies who served the king by division,
and the captains of thousands, and the
captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all
the substance and possessions of the king and
of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty
men, even all the mighty men of valor, to
Jerusalem. 28:2Then David the king stood up
on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers,
and my people: as for me, it was in my heart to
build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant
of Yahweh, and for the footstool of our God;
and I had made ready for the building. 28:3But
God said to me, You shall not build a house
for my name, because you are a man of war,
and have shed blood. 28:4However Yahweh,
the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house
of my father to be king over Israel forever: for
he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in the
house of Judah, the house of my father; and
among the sons of my father he took pleasure
in me to make me king over all Israel; 28:5Of
all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many
sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit
on the throne of the kingdomo f Yahweh over
Israel. 28:6He said to me, Solomon your son,
he shall build my house and my courts; for I
have chosen himto bemy son, and I will be his
father. 28:7I will establish his kingdomfor ever,
if he be constant to do my commandments
and my ordinances, as at this day. 28:8Now
therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly
of Yahweh, and in the audience of our God,
observe and seek out all the commandments
of Yahweh your God; that you may possess
this good land, and leave it for an inheritance
to your children after you forever. 28:9You,
Solomon my son, know the God of your father,
and serve himwi th a perfect heart and with a
willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts,
and understands all the imaginations of the
thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of
you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off
forever. 28:10Take heed now; for Yahweh has
chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary:
be strong, and do it. 28:11Then David gave to
Solomon his son the pattern of the porch of the
temple, and of its houses, and of its treasuries,
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and of the upper rooms of it, and of the inner
chambers of it, and of the place of the mercy
seat; 28:12and the pattern of all that he had
by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of
Yahweh, and for all the surrounding rooms, for
the treasuries of the house of God, and for the
treasuries of the dedicated things; 28:13also for
the divisions of the priests and the Levites, and
for all the work of the service of the house of
Yahweh, and for all the vessels of service in
the house of Yahweh; 28:14of gold by weight
for the vessels of gold, for all vessels of every
kind of service; of silverfor all the vessels of
silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of
service; 28:15by weight also for the lampstands
of gold, and for its lamps, of gold, by weight
for every lampstand and for its lamps; and for
the lampstands of silver, silverby weight for
everylampstand and for its lamps, according to
the use of every lampstand; 28:16and the gold
by weight for the tables of show bread, for
every table; and silver for the tables of silver;
28:17and the forks, and the basins, and the cups,
of pure gold; and for the golden bowls by
weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls
by weight for every bowl; 28:18and for the altar
of incense refined gold by weight; and gold
for the pattern of the chariot, eventhe cherubim,
that spread out their wings, and covered the
ark of the covenant of Yahweh. 28:19All this,
said David, have I been made to understand
in writing fromt he hand of Yahweh, even
all the works of this pattern. 28:20David said
to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good
courage, and do it: don't be afraid, nor be
dismayed; for Yahweh God, even my God, is
with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you,
until all the work for the service of the house
of Yahweh is finished. 28:21Behold, there are
the divisions of the priests and the Levites, for
all the service of the house of God: and there
shall be with you in all manner of work every
willing man who has skill, for any manner of
service: also the captains and all the peoplewill
be entirely at your command.
29:1David the king said to all the assembly,
Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen,
is yet young and tender, and the work is great;
for the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh
God. 29:2Now I have prepared with all my
might for the house of my God the gold for
the things of gold, and the silver for the things
of silver, and the brass for the things of brass,
the iron for the things of iron, and wood for
the things ofwood; onyx stones, and stonesto
be set, stones for inlaid work, and of various
colors, and all manner of precious stones, and
marble stones in abundance. 29:3In addition,
because I have set my affection on the house
of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of
my own of gold and silver, I give it to the
house of my God, over and above all that
I have prepared for the holy house, 29:4even
three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of
Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined
silver, with which to overlay the walls of the
houses; 29:5of gold for the things of gold, and of
silver for the things of silver, and for all manner
of work to be madeby the hands of artificers.
Who then offers willingly to consecrate himself
this day to Yahweh? 29:6Then the princes
of the fathers' houses, and the princes of the
tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands
and of hundreds, with the rulers over the
king's work, offered willingly; 29:7and they
gave for the service of the house of God of
gold five thousand talents and ten thousand
darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and
of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron
a hundred thousand talents. 29:8They with
whom preciousstones were found gave themto
the treasure of the house of Yahweh, under
the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. 29:9Then
the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly,
because with a perfect heart they offered
willingly to Yahweh: and David the king also
rejoiced with great joy. 29:10Therefore David
blessed Yahweh before all the assembly; and
David said, You are blessed, Yahweh, the God
of Israel our father, forever and ever. 29:11Yours,
Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory,
the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in
the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours
is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted
as head above all. 29:12Both riches and honor
com e of you, and you rule over all; and in your
hand is power and might; and it is in your
hand to make great, and to give strength to
all. 29:13Nowtherefore, our God, we thank you,
and praise your glorious name. 29:14But who
amI, and what ismy people, that we should be
able to offer so willingly as this? For all things
come of you, and of your own have we given
you. 29:15For we are strangers before you, and
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foreigners, as all our fathers were: our days
on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no
abiding. 29:16Yahweh our God, all this store
that we have prepared to build you a house for
your holy name comes of your hand, and is all
your own. 29:17I know also, my God, that you
try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness.
As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have
willingly offered all these things: and now have
I seen with joy your people, that are present
here, offer willingly to you. 29:18Yahweh, the
God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our
fathers, keep this forever in the imagination
of the thoughts of the heart of your people,
and prepare their heart to you; 29:19and give to
Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your
commandments, your testimonies, and your
statutes, and to do all these things, and to build
the palace, for which I have made provision.
29:20David said to all the assembly, Now bless
Yahweh your God. All the assembly blessed
Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed
down their heads and prostrated themselves
before Yahweh and the king. 29:21They sacri-
ficed sacrifices to Yahweh, and offered burnt
offerings to Yahweh, on the next day after that
day, even one thousand bulls, one thousand
rams, and one thousand lambs,with their drink
offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all
Israel, 29:22and ate and drink before Yahweh
on that day with great gladness. They made
Solomon the son of David king the second time,
and anointed himto Yahweh to be prince, and
Zadok to be priest. 29:23Then Solomon sat on
the throne of Yahweh as king instead of David
his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed
him. 29:24All the princes, the mighty men, and
also all of the sons of king David submitted
themselves to Solomon the king. 29:25Yahweh
magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight
of all Israel, and bestowed on hims uch royal
majesty as had not been on any king before
himi n Israel. 29:26Now David the son of
Jesse reigned over all Israel. 29:27The time
that he reigned over Israel was forty years;
he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirtythree
yearsreigned he in Jerusalem. 29:28He died
in a good old age, full of days, riches, and
honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his
place. 29:29Now the acts of David the king, first
and last, behold, they are written in the history
of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan
the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
29:30with 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
Chronicles
1:1Solomon the son of David was strengthened
in his kingdom, and Yahweh his God
was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
1:2Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of
thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges,
and to every prince in all Israel, the heads
of the fathers' houses. 1:3So Solomon, and all
the assembly with him, went to the high place
that was at Gibeon; for there was the Tent of
Meeting of God, which Moses the servant of
Yahweh had made in the wilderness. 1:4But
David had brought the ark of God up from
Kiriath Jearimto the place that David had
prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for
it at Jerusalem. 1:5Moreover the bronze altar,
that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had
made, was there before the tent of Yahweh:
and Solomon and the assembly were seeking
counsel there. 1:6Solomon went up there to
the bronze altar before Yahweh, which was at
the Tent of Meeting, and offered one thousand
burnt offerings on it. 1:7In that night God
appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask
what I shall give you." 1:8Solomon said to
God, You have shown great loving kindness
to David my father, and have made me king
in his place. 1:9Now, Yahweh God, let your
promise to David my father be established; for
you have made me king over a people like
the dust of the earth in multitude. 1:10Give
me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may
go out and come in before this people; for
who can judge this your people, that is so
great? 1:11God said to Solomon, Because this
was in your heart, and you have not asked
riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of those
who hate you, neither yet have asked long
life; but have asked wisdoma nd knowledge
for yourself, that you may judge my people,
over whomI havemade you king: 1:12wisdom
and knowledge is granted to you; and I will
give you riches, and wealth, and honor, such
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as none of the kings have had who have been
before you; neither shall there any after you
have the like. 1:13So Solomon came from the
high place that was at Gibeon, frombe fore the
Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem; and he reigned
over Israel. 1:14Solomon gathered chariots and
horsemen: and he had one thousand four hundred
chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen,
that he placed in the chariot cities, and with
the king at Jerusalem. 1:15The king made silver
and gold to be in Jerusalemas stones, and
cedars m ade he to be as the sycam ore trees
that are in the lowland, for abundance. 1:16The
horses which Solomon had were brought out
of Egypt and fromKue ; the king's merchants
purchased themf rom Kue. 1:17They brought
up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six
hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one
hundred fifty: and so for all the kings of the
Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring
themout by theirmeans.
2:1Now Solomon purposed to build a house
for the name of Yahweh, and a house for his
kingdom. 2:2Solomon counted out seventy
thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty
thousand men who were stone cutters in the
mountains, and three thousand and six hundred
to oversee them. 2:3Solomon sent to
Huramt he king of Tyre, saying, As you dealt
with David my father, and sent him cedars to
build hima house inwhich to dwell, even so deal
with me. 2:4Behold, I ama bout to build a house
for the name of Yahweh my God, to dedicate it
to him, and to burn before himincense of sweet
spices, and for the continual show bread, and
for the burnt offerings morning and evening,
on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and
on the set feasts of Yahweh our God. This is an
ordinanceforever to Israel. 2:5The house which
I build is great; for great is our God above all
gods. 2:6But who is able to build hima house,
seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens can't
contain him? who am I then, that I should build
hima house, save only to burn incense before
him? 2:7Now therefore send me a man skillful
to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and
in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue,
and who knows how to engrave all manner
of engravings, to bewith the skillful men who
are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom
David my father did provide. 2:8Send me also
cedar trees, fir trees, and algumt rees, out of
Lebanon; for I know that your servants know
how to cut timber in Lebanon: and behold, my
servants shall be with your servants, 2:9even
to prepare me timber in abundance; for the
house which I amabo ut to build shall be
great and wonderful. 2:10Behold, I will give
to your servants, the cutters who 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. 2:11Then Huramt he king
of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to
Solomon, "Because Yahweh loves his people,
he has made you king over them." 2:12Huram
continued, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of
Israel, that made heaven and earth, who has
given to David the king a wise son, endowed
with discretion and understanding, that should
build a house for Yahweh, and a house for
his kingdom. 2:13Now I have sent a skillful
man, endowed with understanding, of Huram
my father's, 2:14the son of a woman of the
daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of
Tyre, skillful 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 engrave any manner of engraving, and to
devise any device; that there may be a place
appointed to himw ith your skillful men, and
with the skillful men of my lord David your
father. 2:15Now therefore the wheat and the
barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord
has spoken of, let hims end to his servants:
2:16and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as
much as you shall need; and we will bring
it to you in floats by sea to Joppa; and you
shall carry it up to Jerusalem." 2:17Solomon
numbered all the foreigners who were in the
land of Israel, after the numbering with which
David his father had numbered them; and they
were found one hundred fifty-three thousand
six hundred. 2:18He set seventy thousand of
themto bear burdens, and eighty thousand
who were stone cutters in the mountains, and
three thousand six hundred overseers to set the
people at work.
3:1Then Solomon began to build the house of
Yahweh at Jerusalemon Mount Moriah, where
Yahwehappeared to David his father, which
he made ready in the place that David had
appointed, in the threshing floor of Ornan the
Jebusite. 3:2He began to build in the second
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dayof the second month, in the fourth year of
his reign. 3:3Now these are the foundations
which Solomon laid for the building of the
house of God. The length by cubits after the
first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth
twenty cubits. 3:4The porch that was before the
house, its length, according to the breadth of
the house, was twenty cubits, and the height
one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within
with pure gold. 3:5The greater house he made
a ceiling with fir wood, which he overlaid
with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm
trees and chains. 3:6He garnished the house
with precious stones for beauty: and the gold
was gold of Parvaim. 3:7He overlaid also
the house, the beams, the thresholds, and its
walls, and its doors, with gold; and engraved
cherubimon the walls. 3:8He made the most
holy house: its length, according to the breadth
of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth
twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine
gold, amounting to six hundred talents. 3:9The
weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He
overlaid the upper chambers with gold. 3:10In
the most holy house he made two cherubim of
image work; and they overlaid them with gold.
3:11The wings of the cherubimwe re twenty
cubits long: the wing of the one cherubwas five
cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and
the other wing was likewisefive cubits, reaching
to the wing of the other cherub. 3:12The 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. 3:13The wings of these cherubim
spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and
they stood on their feet, and their faces were
toward the house. 3:14He made the veil of
blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen,
and ornamented it with cherubim. 3:15Also he
made before the house two pillars of thirty-
five cubits high, and the capital that was on
the top of each of themw as five cubits. 3:16He
made chains in the oracle, and put themon the
tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred
pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
3:17He set up the pillars before the temple, one
on the right hand, and the other on the left; and
called the name of that on the right hand Jachin,
and the name of that on the left Boaz.
4:1Then he made an altar of brass, twenty
cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth,
and ten cubits its height. 4:2Also he made the
molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim,
round in compass; and its height was five
cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.
4:3Under it was the likeness of oxen, which
encircled it, for ten cubits, encircling the sea.
The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was
cast. 4:4It stood on twelve oxen, three looking
toward the north, and three looking toward
the west, and three looking toward the south,
and three looking toward the east: and the sea
was set on themabo ve, and all their hinder
parts were inward. 4:5It was a handbreadth
thick; and its brimw as worked like the brim
of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received
and held three thousand baths. 4:6He made
also ten basins, and put five on the right hand,
and five on the left, to wash in them; such
things as belonged to the burnt offering they
washed in them; but the sea was for the priests
to wash in. 4:7He made the ten lampstands
of gold according to the ordinance concerning
them; and he set them in the temple, five on
the right hand, and five on the left. 4:8He
made also ten tables, and placed them in the
temple, five on the right side, and five on the
left. He made one hundred basins of gold.
4:9Furthermore he made the court of the priests,
and the great court, and doors for the court, and
overlaid the doors of themw ith brass. 4:10He
set the sea on the right side of the houseeastward,
toward the south. 4:11Huramm ade the pots,
and the shovels, and the basins. So Huram
made an end of doing the work that he did
for king Solomon in the house of God: 4:12the
two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals
which were on the top of the pillars, and the
two networks to cover the two bowls of the
capitals that were on the top of the pillars,
4:13and the four hundred pomegranates for the
two networks; two rows of pomegranates for
each network, to cover the two bowls of the
capitals that were on the pillars. 4:14He made
also the bases, and the basins made he on the
bases; 4:15one sea, and the twelve oxen under
it. 4:16The pots also, and the shovels, and
the forks, and all its vessels, did Huramhi s
father make for king Solomon for the house
of Yahweh of bright brass. 4:17In the plain
of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the
clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
4:18Thus Solomon made all these vessels in
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great abundance: for the weight of the brass
could not be found out. 4:19Solomon made all
the vessels that were in the house of God, the
golden altar also, and the tables with the show
bread on them; 4:20and the lampstands with
their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance
before the oracle, of pure gold; 4:21and the
flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold,
and that perfect gold; 4:22and the snuffers, and
the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of
pure gold: and as for the entry of the house, the
inner doors of it for the most holy place, and
the doors of the main hall of the temple were of
gold.
5:1Thus all the work that Solomon did for
the house of Yahweh was finished. Solomon
brought in the things that David his father had
dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and all
the vessels, and put themi n the treasuries of
the house of God. 5:2Then Solomon assembled
the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the
tribes, the princes of the fathers' housesof the
children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the
ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city
of David, which is Zion. 5:3And all the men of
Israel assembled themselves to the king at the
feast, which was inthe seventh month. 5:4All
the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took
up the ark; 5:5and they brought up the ark, and
the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels
that were in the Tent; these did the priests the
Levites bring up. 5:6King Solomon and all the
congregation of Israel, that were assembled to
him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and
cattle, that could not be counted nor numbered
for multitude. 5:7The priests brought in the
ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into
the oracle of the house, to the most holy place,
even under the wings of the cherubim. 5:8For
the cherubims pread forth their wings over the
place of the ark, and the cherubimco vered the
ark and its poles above. 5:9The poles were
so long that the ends of the poles were seen
fromt he ark before the oracle; but they were
not seen outside: and there it is to this day.
5:10There was nothing in the ark save the two
tables which Moses put thereat Horeb, when
Yahweh made a covenant with the children of
Israel, when they came out of Egypt. 5:11It
happened, when the priests were come out of
the holy place, (for all the priests who were
present had sanctified themselves, and did not
keep their divisions; 5:12also the Levites who
were the singers, all of them, even Asaph,
Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their
brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals
and stringed instruments and harps, stood at
the east end of the altar, and with themo ne
hundred twenty priests sounding with trumpets;)
5:13it happened, when the trumpeters
and singers were as one, to make one sound
to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh;
and when they lifted up their voice with the
trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music,
and praised Yahweh, saying, For he is good;
for his loving kindness endures forever; that
then the house was filledwith a cloud, even the
house of Yahweh, 5:14so that the priests could
not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for
the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
6:1Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said
that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
6:2But I have built you a house of habitation,
and a place for you to dwell in forever. 6:3The
king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly
of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel
stood. 6:4He said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God
of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David
my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it,
saying, 6:5Since the day that I brought forth
my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose
no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a
house in, that my name might be there; neither
chose I any man to be prince over my people
Israel: 6:6but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my
name might be there; and have chosen David
to be over my people Israel. 6:7Now it was
in the heart of David my father to build a
house for the name of Yahweh, the God of
Israel. 6:8But Yahweh said to David my father,
Whereas it was in your heart to build a house
for my name, you did well that it was in your
heart: 6:9nevertheless you shall not build the
house; but your son who shall come forth out
of your body, he shall build the house for my
name. 6:10Yahweh has performed his word
that he spoke; for I amr isen up in the room
of David my father, and sit on the throne of
Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the
house for the name of Yahweh, the God of
Israel. 6:11There have I set the ark, in which
is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made
with the children of Israel. 6:12He stood before
the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the
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assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands
6:13(for Solomon had made a bronze scaffold,
five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and
three cubits high, and had set it in the midst
of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled
down on his knees before all the assembly
of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward
heaven;) 6:14and he said, Yahweh, the God of
Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven,
or on earth; who keep covenant and loving
kindness with your servants, who walk before
you with all their heart; 6:15who have keptwith
your servant David my father that which you
did promise him: yes, you spoke with your
mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as
it is this day. 6:16Now therefore, Yahweh, the
God of Israel, keep with your servant David
my father that which you have promised him,
saying, There shall not fail you a man in my
sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only
your children take heed to their way, to walk
in my law as you have walked before me.
6:17Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel,
let your word be verified, which you spoke to
your servant David. 6:18But will God indeed
dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven
and the heaven of heavens can't contain you;
how much less this house which I have built!
6:19Yet have you respect to the prayer of your
servant, and to his supplication, Yahweh my
God, to listen to the cry and to the prayerwhich
your servant prays before you; 6:20that your
eyes may be open toward this house day and
night, even toward the place where you have
said that you would put your name; to listen
to the prayer which your servant shall pray
toward this place. 6:21Listen to the petitions of
your servant, and of your people Israel, when
they shall pray toward this place: yes, hear
fromyour dwelling place, even fromh eaven;
and when you hear, forgive. 6:22If a man sin
against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on
himto cause him to swear, and he comes and
swears before your altar in this house; 6:23then
hear fromhe aven, and do, and judge your
servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to
bring his way on his own head; and justifying
the righteous, to give hima ccording to his
righteousness. 6:24If your people Israel be
struck down before the enemy, because they
have sinned against you, and shall turn again
and confess your name, and pray and make
supplication before you in this house; 6:25then
hear fromhe aven, and forgive the sin of your
people Israel, and bring themag ain to the land
which you gave to themand to their fathers.
6:26When the sky is shut up, and there is no
rain, because they have sinned against you;
if they pray toward this place, and confess
your name, and turn from their sin, when you
do afflict them: 6:27then hear in heaven, and
forgive the sin of your servants, and of your
people Israel, when you teach themt he good
way in which they should walk; and send rain
on your land, which you have given to your
people for an inheritance. 6:28If there be in the
land famine, if there be pestilence, if there is
blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their
enemies besiege them in the land of their cities;
whatever plague or whatever sickness there be;
6:29whatever prayer and supplication be made
by any man, or by all your people Israel, who
shall know every man his own plague and his
own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands
toward this house: 6:30then hear fromhe aven,
your dwelling place and forgive, and render
to every man according to all his ways, whose
heart you know; (for you, even you only, know
the hearts of the children of men;) 6:31that they
may fear you, to walk in your ways, so long
as they live in the land which you gave to our
fathers. 6:32Moreover concerning the foreigner,
who is not of your people Israel, when he
shall come from a far country for your great
name's sake, and your mighty hand, and your
outstretched arm; when they shall come and
pray toward this house: 6:33then hear from
heaven, even fromyour dwelling place, and
do according to all that the foreigner calls to
you for; that all the peoples of the earth may
know your name, and fear you, as does your
people Israel, and that they may know that
this house which I have built is called by your
name. 6:34If your people go out to battle against
their enemies, by whatever way you shall send
them, and they pray to you toward this city
which you have chosen, and the house which
I have built for your nam e; 6:35then hear from
heaven their prayer and their supplication, and
maintain their cause. 6:36If they sin against you
(for there is no man who doesn't sin), and you
are angry with them, and deliver them to the
enemy, so that they carry them away captive to
a land far off or near; 6:37yet if they shall repent
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themselves in the land where they are carried
captive, and turn again, and make supplication
to you in the land of their captivity, saying,
We have sinned, we have done perversely, and
have dealt wickedly; 6:38if they return to you
with all their heart and with all their soul in the
land of their captivity, where they have carried
themcap tive, and pray toward their land,
which you gave to their fathers, and the city
which you have chosen, and toward the house
which I have built for your name: 6:39then hear
fromh eaven, even from your dwelling place,
their prayer and their petitions, and maintain
their cause, and forgive your people who have
sinned against you. 6:40Now, m yGod, let, I
beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears
be attentive, to the prayer that is made in this
place. 6:41Now therefore arise, Yahweh God,
into your resting place, you, and the ark of
your strength: let your priests, Yahweh God,
be clothed with salvation, and let your saints
rejoice in goodness. 6:42Yahweh God, don't
turn away the face of your anointed: remember
yourloving kindnesses to David your servant.
7:1Now 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 Yahweh filled the
house. 7:2The priests could not enter into
the house of Yahweh, because the glory of
Yahweh filled Yahweh's house. 7:3All the
children of Israel looked on, when the fire
came down, and the glory of Yahweh was on
the house; and they bowed themselves with
their faces to the ground on the pavement,
and worshiped, and gave thanks to Yahweh,
saying, For he is good; for his loving kindness
endures for ever. 7:4Then the king and all
the people offered sacrifice before Yahweh.
7:5King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twentytwo
thousand head of cattle, and a hundred
and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and
all the people dedicated the house of God.
7:6The priests stood, according to their offices;
the Levites also with instruments of music of
Yahweh, which David the king had made to
give thanks to Yahweh, (for his loving kindness
endures for ever), when David praised by their
ministry: and the priests sounded trumpets
before them; and all Israel stood. 7:7Moreover
Solomon made the middle of the court holy that
was before the house of Yahweh; for there he
offered the burnt offerings, and the fat of the
peace offerings, because the bronze altar which
Solomon had made was not able to receive the
burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the
fat. 7:8So Solomon held the feast at that time
seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great
assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the
brook of Egypt. 7:9On the eighth day they held
a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication
of the altar seven days, and the feast seven
days. 7:10On the three and twentieth day of the
seventh month he sent the people away to their
tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness
that Yahweh had shown to David, and to
Solomon, and to Israel his people. 7:11Thus
Solomon finished the house of Yahweh, and the
king's house: and he successfully completed
all that came into Solomon's heart to make in
the house of Yahweh, and in his own house.
7:12Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and
said to him, I have heard your prayer, and
have chosen this place to myself for a house of
sacrifice. 7:13If I shut up the sky so that there is
no rain, or if I command the locust to devour
the land, or if I send pestilence among my
people; 7:14if my people, who are called by my
name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and
seek my face, and turn fromtheir wicked ways;
then will I hear fromh eaven, and will forgive
their sin, and will heal their land. 7:15Now my
eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive, to
the prayer that is made in this place. 7:16For
now have I chosen and made this house holy,
that my name may be there forever; and my
eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
7:17As for you, if you will walk before me as
David your father walked, and do according
to all that I have commanded you, and will
keep my statutes and my ordinances; 7:18then
I will establish the throne of your kingdom,
according as I covenanted with David your
father, saying, There shall not fail you a man to
be ruler in Israel. 7:19But if you 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; 7:20then
will I pluck themup by the roots out of my
land which I have given them; and this house,
which I have made holy for my name, will
I cast out of my sight, and I will make it
a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
7:21This house, which is so high, everyone who
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passes by it shall be astonished, and shall say,
Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and
to this house? 7:22They shall answer, Because
they abandoned Yahweh, the God of their
fathers, who brought themf orth out of the land
of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and
worshiped them, and served them: therefore
has he brought all this evil on them.
8:1It happened at the end of twenty years, in
which Solomon had built the house of Yahweh,
and his own house, 8:2that the cities which
Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built
them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell
there. 8:3Solomon went to Hamath Zobah,
and prevailed against it. 8:4He built Tadmor
in the wilderness, and all the storage cities,
which he built in Hamath. 8:5Also he built
Beth Horon the upper, and Beth Horon the
lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and
bars; 8:6and Baalath, and all the storage cities
that Solomon had, and all the cities for his
chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and all
that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure
in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the
land of his dominion. 8:7As for all the people
who were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites,
and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
Jebusites, who were not of Israel; 8:8of their
children who were left after themi n the land,
whomt he children of Israel didn't consume,
of themdid Solomon conscripted forced labor
to this day. 8:9But 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 rulers of his chariots and of his
horsemen. 8:10These were the chief officers of
king Solom on, even two-hundred fifty, who
ruled over the people. 8:11Solomon brought
up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city
of David to the house that he had built for
her; for he said, My wife shall not dwell in
the house of David king of Israel, because the
places where the ark of Yahweh has come are
holy. 8:12Then Solomon offered burnt offerings
to Yahweh on the altar of Yahweh, which he
had built before the porch, 8:13even as the duty
of every day required, offering according to
the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbaths,
and on the new moons, and on the set feasts,
three times in the year, evenin the feast of
unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks,
and in the feast of tents. 8:14He appointed,
according to the ordinance of David his father,
the divisions of the priests to their service,
and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and
to minister before the priests, as the duty of
every day required; the doorkeepers also by
their divisions at every gate: for so had David
the man of God commanded. 8:15They didn't
depart from the commandment of the king to
the priests and Levites concerning any matter,
or concerning the treasures. 8:16Now all the
work of Solomon was prepared to the day of
the foundation of the house of Yahweh, and
until it was finished. Sothe house of Yahweh
was completed. 8:17Then went Solomon to
Ezion Geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in
the land of Edom. 8:18Hurams ent him ships
and servants who had knowledge of the sea by
the hands of his servants; and they came with
the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched
fromthe re four hundred fifty talents of gold,
and brought themto king Solomon.
9:1When the queen of Sheba heard of the
fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon
with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a
very great train, and camels that bore spices,
and gold in abundance, and precious stones:
and when she was come to Solomon, she
talked with himo f all that was in her heart.
9:2Solomon told her all her questions; and there
was not anything hid fromSo lomon which he
didn't tell her. 9:3When the queen of Sheba
had seen the wisdomof Solomon, and the
house that he had built, 9:4and the food of his
table, and the sitting of his servants, and the
attendance of his ministers, and their clothing,
his cup bearers also, and their clothing, and
his ascent by which he went up to the house
of Yahweh; there was no more spirit in her.
9:5She said to the king, It was a true report
that I heard in my own land of your acts, and
of your wisdom. 9:6However I didn't believe
their words, until I came, and my eyes had
seen it; and behold, the half of the greatness
of your wisdomw as not told me: you exceed
the fame that I heard. 9:7Happy are your
men, and happy are these your servants, who
stand continually before you, and hear your
wisdom. 9:8Blessed be Yahweh your God, who
delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to
be king for Yahweh your God: because your
God loved Israel, to establish themfor ever,
therefore made he you king over them, to do
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justice and righteousness. 9:9She gave the king
one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and
spices in great abundance, and precious stones:
neither was there any such spice as the queen of
Sheba gave to king Solomon. 9:10The servants
also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon,
who brought gold fromO phir, brought algum
trees and precious stones. 9:11The king made
of the algumtre es terraces for the house of
Yahweh, and for the king's house, and harps
and stringed instruments for the singers: and
there were none like these seen before in the
land of Judah. 9:12King Solomon gave to the
queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she
asked, besides that which she had brought to
the king. So she turned, and went to her
own land, she and her servants. 9:13Now the
weight of gold that came to Solomon in one
year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of
gold, 9:14besides that which the traders and
merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia
and the governors of the country brought gold
and silver to Solomon. 9:15King Solomon
made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold;
six hundred shekelsof beaten gold went to one
buckler. 9:16he madethree hundred shields of
beaten gold; three hundred shekelsof gold went
to one shield: and the king put themi n the
house of the forest of Lebanon. 9:17Moreover
the king made a great throne of ivory, and
overlaid it with pure gold. 9:18And there were
six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold,
which were fastened to the throne, and stays
on either side by the place of the seat, and two
lions standing beside the stays. 9:19Twelve lions
stood there on the one side and on the other on
the six steps: there was nothing like it made in
any kingdom. 9:20All king Solomon's drinking
vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of
the house of the forest of Lebanon were of
pure gold: silver was nothing accounted of
in the days of Solomon. 9:21For the king had
ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of
Huram; once every three years came the ships
of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory,
and apes, and peacocks. 9:22So king Solomon
exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and
wisdom. 9:23All the kings of the earth sought
the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom,
which God had put in his heart. 9:24They
brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver,
and vessels of gold, and clothing, armor, and
spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
9:25Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses
and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen,
that he stationed in the chariot cities, and with
the king at Jerusalem. 9:26He ruled over all the
kings fromthe River even to the land of the
Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. 9:27The
king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones,
and he made cedars to be as the sycamore
trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
9:28They brought horses for Solomon out of
Egypt, and out of all lands. 9:29Now the
rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last,
aren't they written in the history of Nathan
the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah
the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the
seer concerning Jeroboamthe son of Nebat?
9:30Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel
forty years. 9:31Solomon slept with his fathers,
and he was buried in the city of David his
father: and Rehoboamhi s son reigned in his
place.
10:1Rehoboamwe nt to Shechem; for all Israel
were come to Shechem to make him king.
10:2It happened, when Jeroboamthe son of
Nebat heard of it, (for he was in Egypt, where
he had fled fromt he presence of king Solomon),
that Jeroboamre turned out of Egypt. 10:3They
sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all
Israel came, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
10:4Your father made our yoke grievous:
now therefore make you the grievous service
of your father, and his heavy yoke which he
put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.
10:5He said to them, Come again to me after
three days. The people departed. 10:6King
Rehoboamto ok counsel with the oldmen, who
had stood before Solomon his father while he
yet lived, saying, What counsel give you me to
return answer to this people? 10:7They spoke
to him, saying, If you are kind to this people,
and please them, and speak good words to
them, then they will be your servants forever.
10:8But he forsook the counsel of the old men
which they had given him, and took counsel
with the young men who had grown up with
him, who stood before him. 10:9He said to
them, What counsel give you, that we may
return answer to this people, who have spoken
to me, saying, Make the yoke that your father
did put on us lighter? 10:10The young men who
had grown up with hims poke to him, saying,
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Thus you shall tell the people who spoke to
you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy,
but make you it lighter to us; thus you shall
say to them, My little finger is thicker than my
father's waist. 10:11Now whereas my father
did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to
your yoke: my father chastised you with whips,
but I will chastise youwith scorpions. 10:12So
Jeroboamand all the people came to Rehoboam
the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to
m e again the third day. 10:13The king answered
themr oughly; and king Rehoboamforsook the
counsel of the old men, 10:14and spoke to them
after the counsel 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 youwith scorpions.
10:15So the king didn't listen to the people;
for it was brought about of God, that Yahweh
might establish his word, which he spoke by
Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboamthe son of
Nebat. 10:16When all Israel saw that the king
didn't listen to them, the people answered the
king, saying, What portion have we in David?
neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse:
every man to your tents, Israel: now see to your
own house, David. So all Israel departed to
their tents. 10:17But as for the children of Israel
who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam
reigned over them. 10:18Then king Rehoboam
sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject
to forced labor; and the children of Israel stoned
himto death with stones. King Rehoboam
made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee
to Jerusalem. 10:19So Israel rebelled against the
house of David to this day.
11:1When Rehoboamwas come to Jerusalem,
he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin,
one hundred eighty thousand chosen men,
who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to
bring the kingdomag ain to Rehoboam. 11:2But
the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the
man of God, saying, 11:3Speak to Rehoboam
the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all
Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 11:4Thus
says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight
against your brothers: return every man to his
house; for this thing is of me. So they listened
to the words of Yahweh, and returned from
going against Jeroboam. 11:5Rehoboamliv ed
in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in
Judah. 11:6He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and
Tekoa, 11:7Beth Zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
11:8and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, 11:9and
Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 11:10and
Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in
Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities. 11:11He
fortified the strongholds, and put captains in
them, and stores of food, and oil and wine.
11:12In every city he putshields and spears,
and made them exceeding strong. Judah and
Benjamin belonged to him. 11:13The priests
and the Levites who were in all Israel resorted
to himo ut of all their border. 11:14For the
Levites left their suburbs and their possession,
and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam
and his sons cast themo ff, that they should not
execute the priest's office to Yahweh; 11:15and
he appointed himpriest s for the high places,
and for the male goats, and for the calves
which he had made. 11:16After them, out of
all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts
to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to
Jerusalemt o sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of
their fathers. 11:17So they strengthened the
kingdomof Judah, and made Rehoboam the
son of Solomon strong, three years; for they
walked three years in the way of David and
Solomon. 11:18Rehoboamto ok hima wife,
Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son
of David, and ofAbihail the daughter of Eliab
the son of Jesse; 11:19and she bore hims ons:
Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham. 11:20After
her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom;
and she bore himAbi jah, and Attai, and Ziza,
and Shelomith. 11:21Rehoboaml oved Maacah
the daughter of Absalomabo ve all his wives
and his concubines: (for he took eighteen
wives, and sixty concubines, and became the
father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)
11:22Rehoboamap pointed Abijah the son
of Maacah to be chief, eventhe prince among
his brothers; for he was mindedto make him
king. 11:23He dealt wisely, and dispersed of
all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah
and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he
gave themf ood in abundance. He sought for
themmany wives.
12:1It happened, when the kingdomo f Rehoboamwas
established, and he was strong,
that he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all
Israel with him. 12:2It happened in the fifth
year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king
of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because
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they had trespassed against Yahweh, 12:3with
twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand
horsemen. The people were without number
who came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim,
the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians. 12:4He took
the fortified cities which pertained to Judah,
and came to Jerusalem. 12:5Now Shemaiah
the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the
princes of Judah, who were gathered together
to Jerusalemb ecause of Shishak, and said to
them, Thus says Yahweh, You have forsaken
me, therefore have I also left you in the hand
of Shishak. 12:6Then the princes of Israel and
the king humbled themselves; and they said,
Yahweh is righteous. 12:7When Yahweh saw
that they humbled themselves, the word of
Yahweh came to Shemaiah, saying, They have
humbled themselves: I will not destroy them;
but I will grant themsom e deliverance, and
my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem
by the hand of Shishak. 12:8Nevertheless they
shall be his servants, that they may know my
service, and the service of the kingdoms of
the countries. 12:9So Shishak king of Egypt
came up against Jerusalem, and took away
the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the
treasures of the king's house: he took all away:
he took away also the shields of gold which
Solomon had made. 12:10King Rehoboammade
in their place shields of brass, and committed
themto the hands of the captains of the guard,
who kept the door of the king's house. 12:11It
was so, that as often as the king entered
into the house of Yahweh, the guard came
and bore them, and brought them back into
the guard chamber. 12:12When he humbled
himself, the wrath of Yahweh turned from him,
so as not to destroy himal together: and moreover
in Judah there were good things found.
12:13So king Rehoboams trengthened himself
in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was
forty-one years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem,
the city which Yahweh had chosen out of all
the tribes of Israel, to put his name there:
and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
12:14He did that which was evil,
because he didn't set his heart to seek Yahweh.
12:15Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last,
aren't they written in the histories of Shemaiah
the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the
manner of genealogies? There were wars
between Rehoboamand Jeroboamcontinually.
12:16Rehoboams lept with his fathers, and was
buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son
reigned in his place.
13:1In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam
began Abijah to reign over Judah. 13:2Three
years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of
Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and
Jeroboam. 13:3Abijah joined battle with an
army of valiant men of war, even four hundred
thousand chosen men: and Jeroboam set the
battle in array against himwi th eight hundred
thousand chosen men, who were mighty
men of valor. 13:4Abijah stood up on Mount
Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of
Ephraim, and said, Hear me, Jeroboam and all
Israel: 13:5Ought you not to know that Yahweh,
the God of Israel, gave the kingdomov er Israel
to David forever, even to hima nd to his sons
by a covenant of salt? 13:6Yet Jeroboamt he son
of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of
David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord.
13:7There were gathered to himw orthlessmen,
base fellows, who strengthened themselves
against Rehoboamt he son of Solomon, when
Rehoboamw as young and tenderhearted, and
could not withstand them. 13:8Now you think
to withstand the kingdomo f Yahweh in the
hand of the sons of David; and you are a
great multitude, and there are with you the
golden calves which Jeroboamm ade you for
gods. 13:9Haven't you driven out the priests
of Yahweh, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites,
and made you priests after the manner of the
peoples of otherlands? so that whoever comes
to consecrate himself with a young bull and
seven rams, the same may be a priest of those
who areno gods. 13:10But as for us, Yahweh
is our God, and we have not forsaken him;
and we havepriests ministering to Yahweh, the
sons of Aaron, and the Levites in their work:
13:11and they burn to Yahweh every morning
and every evening burnt offerings and sweet
incense: the show bread also set theyin order
on the pure table; and the lampstand of gold
with its lamps, to burn every evening: for we
keep the instruction of Yahweh our God; but
you have forsaken him. 13:12Behold, God is
with us at our head, and his priests with the
trumpets of alarmto sound an alarmag ainst
you. Children of Israel, don't you fight against
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Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you
shall not prosper. 13:13But Jeroboamca used an
ambush to come about behind them: so they
were before Judah, and the ambush was behind
them. 13:14When Judah looked back, behold,
the battle was before and behind them; and
they cried to Yahweh, and the priests sounded
with the trumpets. 13:15Then the men of Judah
gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted,
it happened, that God struck Jeroboamand
all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 13:16The
children of Israel fled before Judah; and God
delivered themin to their hand. 13:17Abijah and
his people killed themw ith a great slaughter:
so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred
thousand chosen men. 13:18Thus the children
of Israel were brought under at that time, and
the children of Judah prevailed, because they
relied on Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
13:19Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took
cities fromhi m, Bethel with its towns, and
Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephron with
its towns. 13:20Neither did Jeroboamr ecover
strength again in the days of Abijah: and Yahweh
struck him, and he died. 13:21But Abijah
grew mighty, and took to himself fourteen
wives, and became the father of twenty-two
sons, and sixteen daughters. 13:22The rest of the
acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings,
are written in the commentary of the prophet
Iddo.
14:1So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they
buried himin the city of David; and Asa his
son reigned in his place. In his days the land
was quiet ten years. 14:2Asa did that which
was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh
his God: 14:3for he took away the foreign
altars, and the high places, and broke down
the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, 14:4and
commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God
of their fathers, and to do the law and the
commandment. 14:5Also he took away out of
all the cities of Judah the high places and the
sun images: and the kingdom was quiet before
him. 14:6He built fortified cities in Judah; for
the land was quiet, and he had no war in
those years, because Yahweh had given him
rest. 14:7For he said to Judah, Let us build
these cities, and make about them walls, and
towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before
us, because we have sought Yahweh our God;
we have sought him, and he has given us rest
on every side. So they built and prospered.
14:8Asa had an army that bore bucklers and
spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand;
and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and
drew bows, two hundred eighty thousand: all
thesewere mighty men of valor. 14:9There came
out against themZera h the Ethiopian with an
army of a million troops, and three hundred
chariots; and he came to Mareshah. 14:10Then
Asa went out to meet him, and they set the
battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at
Mareshah. 14:11Asa cried to Yahweh his God,
and said, Yahweh, there is none besides you to
help, between the mighty and him who has no
strength: help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely
on you, and in your name are we come against
this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God; don't
let man prevail against you. 14:12So Yahweh
struck the Ethiopians before Asa, and before
Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. 14:13Asa and
the people who were with himp ursued them
to Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so
many that they could not recover themselves;
for they were destroyed before Yahweh, and
before his army; and they carried away very
much booty. 14:14They struck all the cities
around Gerar; for the fear of Yahweh came
on them: and they despoiled all the cities; for
there was much spoil in them. 14:15They struck
also the tents of livestock, and carried away
sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned
to Jerusalem.
15:1The Spirit of God came on Azariah the
son of Oded: 15:2and he went out to meet
Asa, and said to him, Hear you me, Asa, and
all Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you,
while you are with him; and if you seek him,
he will be found of you; but if you forsake him,
he will forsake you. 15:3Now for a long season
Israel was without the true God, and without a
teaching priest, and without law: 15:4But when
in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the
God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of
them. 15:5In those times there was no peace to
himwho went out, nor to himwho came in; but
great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the
lands. 15:6They were broken in pieces, nation
against nation, and city against city; for God
troubled themwi th all adversity. 15:7But be you
strong, and don't let your hands be slack; for
your work shall be rewarded. 15:8When Asa
heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded
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the prophet, he took courage, and put away the
abominations out of all the land of Judah and
Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had
taken fromthe hill country of Ephraim; and he
renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before
the porch of Yahweh. 15:9He gathered all Judah
and Benjamin, and those who sojourned with
themo ut of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out
of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel
in abundance, when they saw that Yahweh
his God was with him . 15:10So they gathered
themselves together at Jerusalem in the third
month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of
Asa. 15:11They sacrificed to Yahweh in that
day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven
hundred head of cattle and seven thousand
sheep. 15:12They entered into the covenant to
seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all
their heart and with all their soul; 15:13and that
whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of
Israel, should be put to death, whether small
or great, whether man or woman. 15:14They
swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, and with
shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
15:15All 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 Yahweh gave them rest all around.
15:16Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king,
he removed from being queen, because she had
made an abominable image for an Asherah;
and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of
it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 15:17But the
high places were not taken away out of Israel:
nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his
days. 15:18He brought into the house ofGod the
things that his father had dedicated, and that
he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and
vessels. 15:19There was no more war to the five
and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
16:1In the six and thirtieth year of the reign
of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against
Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not
allow anyone to go out or com ein to Asa
king of Judah. 16:2Then Asa brought out silver
and gold out of the treasures of the house
of Yahweh and of the king's house, and sent
to Ben Hadad king of Syria, who lived at
Damascus, saying, 16:3There isa league between
m e and you, as there wasbetween my father
and your father: behold, I have sent you silver
and gold; go, break your league with Baasha
king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
16:4Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent
the captains of his armies against the cities of
Israel; and they struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel
Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.
16:5It happened, when Baasha heard of it, that
he left off building Ramah, and let his work
cease. 16:6Then Asa the king took all Judah; and
they carried away the stones of Ramah, and its
timber, with which Baasha had built; and he
built therewith Geba and Mizpah. 16:7At that
timeHanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah,
and said to him, Because you have relied on the
king of Syria, and have not relied on Yahweh
your God, therefore is the army of the king of
Syria escaped out of your hand. 16:8Weren't the
Ethiopians and the Lubima huge army, with
chariots and horsemen exceeding many? yet,
because you did rely on Yahweh, he delivered
themi nto your hand. 16:9For the eyes of
Yahweh run back and forth throughout the
whole earth, to show himself strong in the
behalf of themw hose heart is perfect toward
him. Herein you have done foolishly; for from
henceforth you shall have wars. 16:10Then Asa
was angry with the seer, and put himi n the
prison; for he was in a ragewith himb ecause of
this thing. Asa oppressed some of the people at
the same time. 16:11Behold, the acts of Asa, first
and last, behold, they are written in the book
of the kings of Judah and Israel. 16:12In the
thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased
in his feet; his disease was exceeding great: yet
in his disease he didn't seek Yahweh, but to
the physicians. 16:13Asa slept with his fathers,
and died in the one and fortieth year of his
reign. 16:14They buried himin his own tombs,
which he had dug out for himself in the city
of David, and laid himi n the bed which was
filled with sweet odors and various kinds of
spicesprepared by the perfumers' art: and they
made a very great burning for him.
17:1Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place,
and strengthened himself against Israel. 17:2He
placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah,
and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and
in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father
had taken. 17:3Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat,
because he walked in the first ways of his father
David, and didn't seek the Baals, 17:4but sought
to the God of his father, and walked in his
commandments, and not after the doings of
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Israel. 17:5Therefore Yahweh established the
kingdomin his hand; and all Judah brought
to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches and
honor in abundance. 17:6His heart was lifted
up in the ways of Yahweh: and furthermore
he took away the high places and the Asherim
out of Judah. 17:7Also in the third year of
his reign he sent his princes, even Ben Hail,
and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel,
and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
17:8and with themthe Levites, even Shemaiah,
and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and
Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah,
and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and
with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.
17:9They taught in Judah, having the book of
the law of Yahweh with them; and they went
about throughout all the cities of Judah, and
taught among the people. 17:10The fear of
Yahweh fell on all the kingdoms of the lands
that were around Judah, so that they made
no war against Jehoshaphat. 17:11Some of the
Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and
silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought
himflo cks, seven thousand and seven hundred
rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred
male goats. 17:12Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly;
and he built in Judah castles and
cities of store. 17:13He had many works in
the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty
men of valor, in Jerusalem. 17:14This was the
numbering of them according to their fathers'
houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands:
Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men
of valor three hundred thousand; 17:15and next
to himJ ehohanan the captain, and with him
two hundred eighty thousand; 17:16and next
to himA masiah the son of Zichri, who willingly
offered himself to Yahweh; and with him
two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.
17:17Of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor,
and with himtwo hundred thousand armed
with bow and shield; 17:18and next to him
Jehozabad and with himo ne hundred eighty
thousand ready prepared for war. 17:19These
were those who waited on the king, besides
those whomthe king put in the fortified cities
throughout all Judah.
18:1Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor
in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab.
18:2After certain years he went down to Ahab
to Samaria. Ahab killed sheep and cattle for
himi n abundance, and for the peoplewho were
with him, and moved him to go up with himto
Ramoth Gilead. 18:3Ahab king of Israel said to
Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Will you go with
me to Ramoth Gilead? He answered him, I am
as you are, and my people as your people; and
we will bewith you in the war. 18:4Jehoshaphat
said to the king of Israel, Please inquire first
for the word of Yahweh. 18:5Then the king
of Israel gathered the prophets together, four
hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go
to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?
They said, Go up; for God will deliver it into
the hand of the king. 18:6But Jehoshaphat said,
Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh besides,
that we may inquire of him? 18:7The king of
Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man
by whomwe may inquire of Yahweh: but I hate
him; for he never prophesies good concerning
me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the
son of Imla. Jehoshaphat said, Don't let the
king say so. 18:8Then the king of Israel called
an officer, and said, Get quickly Micaiah the
son of Imla. 18:9Now the king of Israel and
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his
throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were
sitting in an open place at the entrance of the
gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were
prophesying before them. 18:10Zedekiah the
son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron,
and said, Thus says Yahweh, With these you
shall push the Syrians, until they be consumed.
18:11All the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go
up to Ramoth Gilead, and prosper; for Yahweh
will deliver it into the hand of the king. 18:12The
messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to
him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets
declaregood to the king with one mouth: let
your word therefore, Please be like one of
theirs, and speak you good. 18:13Micaiah said,
As Yahweh lives, what my God says, that will
I speak. 18:14When he was come to the king,
the king said to him, Micaiah, shall we go to
Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? He
said, Go up, and prosper; and they shall be
delivered into your hand. 18:15The king said to
him, How many times shall I adjure you that
you speak to me nothing but the truth in the
name of Yahweh? 18:16He said, I saw all Israel
scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have
no shepherd: and Yahweh said, These have
no master; let them return every man to his
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house in peace. 18:17The king of Israel said to
Jehoshaphat, Didn't I tell you that he would
not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?
18:18Micaiahsaid, "Therefore hear you the word
of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne,
and all the army of heaven standing on his
right hand and on his left. 18:19Yahweh said,
'Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he
may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One
spoke saying after this manner, and another
saying after that manner. 18:20There came forth
a spirit, and stood before Yahweh, and said, 'I
will entice him.' Yahweh said to him, 'How?'
18:21He said, 'I will go forth, and will be a lying
spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' He
said, 'You shall entice him, and shall prevail
also: go forth, and do so.' 18:22Now therefore,
behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the
mouth of these your prophets; and Yahweh
has spoken evil concerning you." 18:23Then
Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and
struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which
way went the Spirit of Yahweh fromm e to
speak to you? 18:24Micaiah said, Behold, you
shall see on that day, when you shall go into
an inner chamber to hide yourself. 18:25The
king of Israel said, TakeMicaiah, and carry him
back to Amon the governor of the city, and to
Joash the king's son; 18:26and say, Thus says
the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed
himwi th bread of affliction and with water of
affliction, until I return in peace. 18:27Micaiah
said, If you return at all in peace, Yahweh
has not spoken by me. He said, Hear, you
peoples, all of you. 18:28So the king of Israel
and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up
to Ramoth Gilead. 18:29The king of Israel said
to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go
into the battle; but put you on your robes.
So the king of Israel disguised himself; and
they went into the battle. 18:30Now the king
of Syria had commanded the captains of his
chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor
great, save only with the king of Israel. 18:31It
happened, when the captains of the chariots
saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king
of Israel. Therefore they turned about to fight
against him: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and
Yahweh helped him; and God moved them to
departfromh im. 18:32It happened, when the
captains of the chariots saw that it was not
the king of Israel, that they turned back from
pursuing him. 18:33A certain man drew his
bow at a venture, and struck the king of Israel
between the joints of the armor. Therefore he
said to the driver of the chariot, Turn your
hand, and carry me out of the army; for I am
sore wounded. 18:34The battle increased that
day: however the king of Israel stayed himself
up in his chariot against the Syrians until the
even; and about the time of the going down of
the sun he died.
19:1Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned
to his house in peace to Jerusalem. 19:2Jehu the
son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him,
and said to king Jehoshaphat, Should you help
the wicked, and love those who hate Yahweh?
for this thing wrath is on you frombe fore
Yahweh. 19:3Nevertheless there are good things
found in you, in that you have put away the
Asheroth out of the land, and have set your
heart to seek God. 19:4Jehoshaphat lived at
Jerusalem: and he went out again among the
people fromBeersh eba to the hill country of
Ephraim, and brought them back to Yahweh,
the God of their fathers. 19:5He set judges in the
land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah,
city by city, 19:6and said to the judges, Consider
what you do: for you don't judge for man, but
for Yahweh; and he iswith you in the judgment.
19:7Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on
you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity
with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons,
nor taking of bribes. 19:8Moreover in Jerusalem
did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the
priests, and of the heads of the fathers' housesof
Israel, for the judgment of Yahweh, and for controversies.
They returned to Jerusalem. 19:9He
commanded them, saying, Thus you shall do
in the fear of Yahweh, faithfully, and with a
perfect heart. 19:10Whenever any controversy
shall come to you from your brothers who
dwell in their cities, between blood and blood,
between law and commandment, statutes and
ordinances, you shall warn them, that they not
be guilty towards Yahweh, and so wrath come
on you and on your brothers: this do, and
you shall not be guilty. 19:11Behold, Amariah
the chief priest is over you in all matters of
Yahweh; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the
ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king's
matters: also the Levites shall be officers before
you. Deal courageously, and Yahweh be with
the good.
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20:1It happened after this, that the children
ofMoab, and the children of Ammon, and with
them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat
to battle. 20:2Then there came some
who told Jehoshaphat, saying, There comes a
great multitude against you from beyond the
sea fromSy ria; and behold, they are inHazazon
Tamar (the same is En Gedi). 20:3Jehoshaphat
feared, and set himself to seek to Yahweh;
and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
20:4Judah gathered themselves together, to seek
helpof Yahweh: even out of all the cities of Judah
they came to seek Yahweh. 20:5Jehoshaphat
stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem,
in the house of Yahweh, before the new court;
20:6and he said, Yahweh, the God of our fathers,
aren't you God in heaven? and aren't you ruler
over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in
your hand is power and might, so that none
is able to withstand you. 20:7Did not you,
our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land
before your people Israel, and give it to the
seed of Abrahamy our friend forever? 20:8They
lived therein, and have built you a sanctuary
therein for your name, saying, 20:9If evil come
on us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or
famine, we will stand before this house, and
before you, (for your name is in this house),
and cry to you in our affliction, and you will
hear and save. 20:10Now, behold, the children
of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom
you would not let Israel invade, when they
came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned
aside from them, and didn't destroy them;
20:11behold, how they reward us, to come to
cast us out of your possession, which you have
given us to inherit. 20:12Our God, will you not
judge them? for we have no might against this
great company that comes against us; neither
know we what to do: but our eyes are on
you. 20:13All Judah stood before Yahweh, with
their little ones, their wives, and their children.
20:14Then on Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the
son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of
Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph,
came the Spirit of Yahweh in the midst of
the assembly; 20:15and he said, Listen you, all
Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and
you king Jehoshaphat: Thus says Yahweh to
you, Don't be afraid you, neither be dismayed
by reason of this great multitude; for the battle
is not yours, but God's. 20:16Tomorrow go you
down against them: behold, they come up by
the ascent of Ziz; and you shall find themat
the end of the valley, before the wilderness of
Jeruel. 20:17You shall not need to fight in this
battle: set yourselves, stand you still, and see
the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and
Jerusalem; don't be afraid, nor be dismayed:
tomorrow go out against them: for Yahweh is
with you. 20:18Jehoshaphat bowed his head
with his face to the ground; and all Judah
and the inhabitants of Jerusalemf ell down
before Yahweh, worshipping Yahweh. 20:19The
Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of
the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise
Yahweh, the God of Israel, with an exceeding
loud voice. 20:20They rose early in the morning,
and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa:
and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and
said, Hear me, Judah, and you inhabitants of
Jerusalem: believe in Yahweh your God, so
you shall be established; believe his prophets,
so you shall prosper. 20:21When he had taken
counsel with the people, he appointed those
who should sing to Yahweh, and give praise
in holy array, as they went out before the
army, and say, Give thanks to Yahweh; for his
loving kindness endures forever. 20:22When
they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set
ambushers against the children of Ammon,
Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against
Judah; and they were struck. 20:23For the
children of Ammon andMoab stood up against
the inhabitants ofMount Seir, utterly to kill and
destroy them: and when they had made an
end of the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped
to destroy another. 20:24When Judah came
to the place overlooking the wilderness, they
looked at the multitude; and behold, they were
dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were
none who escaped. 20:25When Jehoshaphat
and his people came to take the spoil of them,
they found among them in abundance both
riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels,
which they stripped off for themselves, more
than they could carry away: and they were
three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.
20:26On the fourth day they assembled themselves
in the valley of Beracah; for there they
blessed Yahweh: therefore the name of that
place was called The valley of Beracah to this
day. 20:27Then they returned, every man of
Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the
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forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem
with joy; for Yahweh had made them to rejoice
over their enemies. 20:28They came to
Jerusalemwi th stringed instruments and harps
and trumpets to the house of Yahweh. 20:29The
fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the
countries, when they heard that Yahweh fought
against the enemies of Israel. 20:30So the realm
of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave
himre st all around. 20:31Jehoshaphat reigned
over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when
he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five
years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was
Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 20:32He walked
in the way of Asa his father, and didn't turn
aside fromi t, doing that which was right in
the eyes of Yahweh. 20:33However the high
places were not taken away; neither as yet
had the people set their hearts to the God of
their fathers. 20:34Now the rest of the acts of
Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are
written in the history of Jehu the son ofHanani,
which is inserted in the book of the kings of
Israel. 20:35After this did Jehoshaphat king
of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of
Israel; the same did very wickedly: 20:36and he
joined himself with him to make ships to go
to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion
Geber. 20:37Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu
of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat,
saying, Because you have joined yourself with
Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works.
The ships were broken, so that they were not
able to go to Tarshish.
21:1Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and
was buried with his fathers in the city of
David: and Jehoramhi s son reigned in his
place. 21:2He had brothers, 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. 21:3Their father gave themgr eat
gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of precious
things, with fortified cities in Judah: but the
kingdomg ave he to Jehoram, because he was
the firstborn. 21:4Now when Jehoramwas risen
up over the kingdomof his father, and had
strengthened himself, he killed all his brothers
with the sword, and various also of the princes
of Israel. 21:5Jehoramw as thirty-two years
old when he began to reign; and he reigned
eight years in Jerusalem. 21:6He walked in the
way of the kings of Israel, as did the house
of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab as
wife: and he did that which was evil in the
sight of Yahweh. 21:7However Yahweh would
not destroy the house of David, because of the
covenant that he had made with David, and as
he promised to give a lamp to him and to his
children always. 21:8In his days Edom revolted
fromu nder the hand of Judah, and made a
king over themselves. 21:9Then Jehorampa ssed
over with his captains, and all his chariots with
him: and he rose up by night, and struck the
Edomites who surrounded him, along with the
captains of the chariots. 21:10So Edomr evolted
fromu nder the hand of Judah to this day: then
did Libnah revolt at the same time from under
his hand, because he had forsaken Yahweh, the
God of his fathers. 21:11Moreover he made high
places in the mountains of Judah, and made the
inhabitants of Jerusalemto play the prostitute,
and led Judah astray. 21:12There cam e awriting
to himf rom Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus
says Yahweh, the God of David your father,
Because you have not walked in the ways
of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways
of Asa king of Judah, 21:13but have walked
in the way of the kings of Israel, and have
made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
to play the prostitute, like as the house of Ahab
did, and also have slain your brothers of your
father's house, who were better than yourself:
21:14behold, Yahweh will strike with a great
plague your people, and your children, and
your wives, and all your substance; 21:15and
you shall have great sickness by disease of
your bowels, until your bowels fall out by
reason of the sickness, day by day. 21:16Yahweh
stirred up against Jehoramt he spirit of the
Philistines, and of the Arabians who are beside
the Ethiopians: 21:17and they came up against
Judah, and broke 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. 21:18After all this
Yahweh struck himi n his bowels with an
incurable disease. 21:19It happened, in process
of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels
fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of
sore diseases. His people made no burning for
him, like the burning of his fathers. 21:20Thirtytwo
years old was he when he began to reign,
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and he reigned in Jerusalemeigh t years: and
he departed without being desired; and they
buried himin the city of David, but not in the
tombs of the kings.
22:1The inhabitants of Jerusalemm ade
Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place; for
the band of men who came with the Arabians
to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah
the son of Jehoramkin g of Judah reigned.
22:2Forty-two 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. 22:3He also
walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for
his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.
22:4He did that which was evil in the sight of
Yahweh, as did the house of Ahab; for they
were his counselors after the death of his father,
to his destruction. 22:5He walked also after
their counsel, and went with Jehoramthe son
of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael
king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead: and the Syrians
wounded Joram. 22:6He returned to be healed
in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given
himat Ramah, when he fought against Hazael
king of Syria. Azariah the son of Jehoramk ing
of Judah went down to see Jehoramt he son of
Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. 22:7Now
the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, in that
he went to Joram: for when he was come, he
went out with Jehoramag ainst Jehu the son of
Nimshi, whom Yahweh had anointed to cut off
the house of Ahab. 22:8It happened, when Jehu
was executing judgment on the house of Ahab,
that he found the princes of Judah, and the
sons of the brothers of Ahaziah, ministering
to Ahaziah, and killed them. 22:9He sought
Ahaziah, and they caught him( now he was
hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to
Jehu, and killed him; and they buried him,
for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat,
who sought Yahweh with all his heart. The
house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the
kingdom. 22:10Now when Athaliah the mother
of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she
arose and destroyed all the royal seed of the
house of Judah. 22:11But Jehoshabeath, the
daughter of the king, took Joash the son of
Ahaziah, and stole himaway from among the
king's sons who were slain, and put himand
his nurse in the bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath,
the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of
Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of
Ahaziah), hid himf rom Athaliah, so that she
didn't kill him. 22:12He was with themhi d
in the house of God six years: and Athaliah
reigned over the land.
23:1In 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. 23:2They went about in Judah,
and gathered the Levites out of all the cities
of Judah, and the heads of fathers' housesof
Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 23:3All the
assembly made a covenant with the king in the
house of God. He said to them ,Behold, the
king's son shall reign, as Yahweh has spoken
concerning the sons of David. 23:4This is the
thing that you shall do: a third part of you,who
come in on the Sabbath, of the priests and of
the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds;
23:5and 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 Yahweh. 23:6But let none come into the
house of Yahweh, save the priests, and those
who minister of the Levites; they shall come
in, for they are holy: but all the people shall
keep the instruction of Yahweh. 23:7The Levites
shall surround the king, every man with his
weapons in his hand; and whoever comes into
the house, let himbe slain: and be you with the
king when he comes in, and when he goes out.
23:8So the Levites and all Judah did according
to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and
they took every man his men, those who were
to come in on the Sabbath; with those who
were to go out on the Sabbath; for Jehoiada
the priest didn't dismiss the shift. 23:9Jehoiada
the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds
the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had
been king David's, which were in the house
of God. 23:10He set all the people, every man
with his weapon in his hand, fromthe right
side of the house to the left side of the house,
along by the altar and the house, around the
king. 23:11Then they brought out the king's son,
and put the crown on him, and gave himthe
testimony, and made him king: and Jehoiada
and his sons anointed him; and they said,
Longlive the king. 23:12When Athaliah heard
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the noise of the people running and praising
the king, she came to the people into the house
of Yahweh: 23:13and she looked, and, behold,
the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and
the captains and the trumpets by the king; and
all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew
trumpets; the singers also playedon instruments
of music, and led the singing of praise. Then
Athaliah tore her clothes, and said, Treason!
treason! 23:14Jehoiada the priest brought out
the captains of hundreds who were set over the
army, and said to them, Have her forth between
the ranks; and whoever follows her, let him
be slain with the sword: for the priest said,
Don't kill her in the house of Yahweh. 23:15So
they made way for her; and she went to the
entrance of the horse gate to the king's house:
and they killed her there. 23:16Jehoiada made a
covenant between himself, and all the people,
and the king, that they should be Yahweh's
people. 23:17All the people went to the house
of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars
and his images in pieces, and killedMattan the
priest of Baal before the altars. 23:18Jehoiada
appointed the officers of the house of Yahweh
under the hand of the priests the Levites,whom
David had distributed in the house of Yahweh,
to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, as it
is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing
and with singing, according to the order of
David. 23:19He set the porters at the gates of the
house of Yahweh, that no one who was unclean
in anything should enter in. 23:20He 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 fromthe
house of Yahweh: and they came through the
upper gate to the king's house, and set the king
on the throne of the kingdom. 23:21So all the
people of the land rejoiced, and the city was
quiet. Athaliah they had slain with the sword.
24:1Joash was seven years old when he began
to reign; and he reigned forty years in
Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zibiah,
of Beersheba. 24:2Joash did that which was
right in the eyes of Yahweh all the days of
Jehoiada the priest. 24:3Jehoiada took for him
two wives; and he became the father of sons
and daughters. 24:4It happened after this,
that Joash was minded to restore the house of
Yahweh. 24:5He gathered together the priests
and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the
cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money
to repair the house of your God fromy ear
to year; and see that you hasten the matter.
However the Levites didn't hurry. 24:6The king
called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him,
Why haven't you required of the Levites to
bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem
the tax of Moses the servant of Yahweh, and
of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the
testimony? 24:7For the sons of Athaliah, that
wicked woman, had broken up the house of
God; and also all the dedicated things of the
house of Yahweh did they bestow on the Baals.
24:8So the king commanded, and they made a
chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house
of Yahweh. 24:9They made a proclamation
through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for
Yahweh the tax that Moses the servant of God
laid on Israel in the wilderness. 24:10All the
princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought
in, and cast into the chest, until they had
made an end. 24:11It was so, that whenever
the chest was brought to the king's officers by
the hand of the Levites, and when they saw
that there was much money, the king's scribe
and the chief priest's officer came and emptied
the chest, and took it, and carried it to its
place again. Thus they did day by day, and
gathered money in abundance. 24:12The king
and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work
of the service of the house of Yahweh; and
they hired masons and carpenters to restore
the house of Yahweh, and also such as worked
iron and brass to repair the house of Yahweh.
24:13So the workmen worked, and the work
of repairing went forward in their hands, and
they set up the house of God in its state, and
strengthened it. 24:14When they had made
an end, they brought the rest of the money
before the king and Jehoiada, of which were
made vessels for the house of Yahweh, even
vessels with which to minister and to offer, and
spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. They
offered burnt offerings in the house of Yahweh
continually all the days of Jehoiada. 24:15But
Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and
he died; one hundred thirty years old was he
when he died. 24:16They buried himin the
city of David among the kings, because he had
done good in Israel, and toward God and his
house. 24:17Now after the death of Jehoiada
came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance
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to the king. Then the king listened to them.
24:18They forsook the house of Yahweh, the
God of their fathers, and served the Asherim
and the idols: and wrath came on Judah and
Jerusalemfor this their guiltiness. 24:19Yet he
sent prophets to them, to bring them again to
Yahweh; and they testified against them: but
they would not give ear. 24:20The Spirit of
God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada
the priest; and he stood above the people, and
said to them, Thus says God, Why disobey
you the commandments of Yahweh, so that
you can't prosper? because you have forsaken
Yahweh, he has also forsaken you. 24:21They
conspired against him, and stoned him with
stones at the commandment of the king in the
court of the house of Yahweh. 24:22Thus Joash
the king didn't remember the kindness which
Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed
his son. When he died, he said, Yahweh look
on it, and require it. 24:23It happened at the
end of the year, that the army of the Syrians
came up against him: and they came to Judah
and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of
the people fromam ong the people, and sent
all the spoil of themto the king of Damascus.
24:24For the army of the Syrians came with a
small company of men; and Yahweh delivered
a very great army into their hand, because
they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their
fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.
24:25When they were departed for him(for
they left himve ry sick), his own servants
conspired against himfor the blood of the sons
of Jehoiada the priest, and killed himon his
bed, and he died; and they buried himin the
city of David, but they didn't bury himin
the tombs of the kings. 24:26These are those
who conspired against him: Zabad the son
of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad
the son of Shimrith the Moabitess. 24:27Now
concerning his sons, and the greatness of the
burdens laidon him, and the rebuilding of the
house of God, behold, they are written in the
commentary of the book of the kings. Amaziah
his son reigned in his place.
25:1Amaziah was twenty-five years old
when he began to reign; and he reigned twentynine
years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name
was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem. 25:2He did that
which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, but
not with a perfect heart. 25:3Now it happened,
when the kingdomw as established to him, that
he killed his servants who had killed the king
his father. 25:4But he didn't put their children
to death, but did according to that which
is written in the law in the book of Moses,
as Yahweh commanded, saying, The fathers
shall not die for the children, neither shall the
children die for the fathers; but every man shall
die for his own sin. 25:5Moreover Amaziah
gathered Judah together, and ordered thema ccording
to their fathers' houses, under captains
of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all
Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them
fromtwe nty years old and upward, and found
themt hree hundred thousand chosenmen, able
to go forth to war, who could handle spear
and shield. 25:6He hired also one hundred
thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel
for one hundred talents of silver. 25:7But there
came a man of God to him, saying, O king,
don't let the army of Israel go with you; for
Yahweh is not with Israel, to wit, with all the
children of Ephraim. 25:8But if you will go, do
valiantly, be strong for the battle: God will cast
you down before the enemy; for God has power
to help, and to cast down. 25:9Amaziah said to
the man of God, But what shall we do for the
hundred talents which I have given to the army
of Israel? The man of God answered, Yahweh is
able to give you much more than this. 25:10Then
Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that
had com e to him out of Ephraim ,to go hom e
again: therefore their anger was greatly kindled
against Judah, and they returned home in fierce
anger. 25:11Amaziah took courage, and led
forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt,
and struck of the children of Seir ten thousand.
25:12otherten thousand did the children of Judah
carry away alive, and brought themto the top
of the rock, and cast themd own from the top
of the rock, so that they all were broken in
pieces. 25:13But the men of the army whom
Amaziah sent back, that they should not go
with himto battle, fell on the cities of Judah,
fromSam aria even to Beth Horon, and struck
of themthre e thousand, and took much spoil.
25:14Now it happened, after that Amaziah was
come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that
he brought the gods of the children of Seir,
and set themup to be his gods, and bowed
down himself before them, and burned incense
to them. 25:15Therefore the anger of Yahweh
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was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to
hima prophet, who said to him, Why have
you sought after the gods of the people, which
have not delivered their own people out of your
hand? 25:16It happened, as he talked with him,
that the kingsaid to him, Have we made you
of the king's counsel? Stop! Why should you
be struck down? Then the prophet stopped,
and said, I know that God has determined to
destroy you, because you have done this, and
have not listened to my counsel. 25:17Then
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 look one
another in the face. 25:18Joash king of Israel sent
to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle
that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was
in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my
son as wife: and there passed by a wild animal
that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.
25:19You say, Behold, you have struck Edom;
and your heart lifts you up to boast: abide now
at home; why should you meddle to yourhurt,
that you should fall, even you, and Judah with
you? 25:20But Amaziah would not hear; for it
was of God, that he might deliver them into the
hand of their enemies, because they had sought
after the gods of Edom. 25:21So Joash king of
Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of
Judah looked one another in the face at Beth
Shemesh, which belongs to Judah. 25:22Judah
was defeated by Israel; and they fled every
man to his tent. 25:23Joash king of Israel took
Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the
son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh, and brought
himto Jerusalem, and broke down the wall
of Jerusalemf rom the gate of Ephraimto the
corner gate, four hundred cubits. 25:24He tookall
the gold and 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.
25:25Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah
lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz
king of Israel fifteen years. 25:26Now the rest
of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold,
aren't they written in the book of the kings
of Judah and Israel? 25:27Now fromth e time
that Amaziah did turn away from following
Yahweh they made a conspiracy against him
in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they
sent after himt o Lachish, and killed himt here.
25:28They brought himon horses, and buried
himwi th his fathers in the city of Judah.
26:1All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who
was sixteen years old, and made him king in
the roomo f his father Amaziah. 26:2He built
Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the
king slept with his fathers. 26:3Sixteen years
old was Uzziah when he began to reign; and
he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and
his mother's name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem.
26:4He did that which was right in the eyes
of Yahweh, according to all that his father
Amaziah had done. 26:5He set himself to
seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had
understanding in the vision of God: and as
long as he sought Yahweh, God made him to
prosper. 26:6He went forth and warred against
the Philistines, and broke down the wall of
Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall
of Ashdod; and he built cities in the country
ofAshdod, and among the Philistines. 26:7God
helped hima gainst the Philistines, and against
the Arabians who lived in Gur Baal, and the
Meunim. 26:8The Ammonites gave tribute to
Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to
the entrance of Egypt; for he grew exceeding
strong. 26:9Moreover Uzziah built towers in
Jerusalemat the corner gate, and at the valley
gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified
them. 26:10He built towers in the wilderness,
and dug out many cisterns, for he had much
livestock; in the lowland also, and in the plain:
and he hadfarmers and vineyard keepers in the
mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he
loved farming. 26:11Moreover Uzziah had an
army of fighting men, who went out to war
by bands, according to the number of their
reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah
the officer, under the hand of Hananiah,
one of the king's captains. 26:12The whole
number of the heads of fathers' houses, even the
mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six
hundred. 26:13Under their hand was an army,
three hundred thousand and seven thousand
and five hundred, who made war with mighty
power, to help the king against the enemy.
26:14Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the
army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and
coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.
26:15He made in Jerusalem engines, invented
by skillful men, to be on the towers and on
the battlements, with which to shoot arrows
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and great stones. His name spread far abroad;
for he was marvelously helped, until he was
strong. 26:16But when he was strong, his heart
was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and
he trespassed against Yahweh his God; for he
went into the temple of Yahweh to burn incense
on the altar of incense. 26:17Azariah the priest
went in after him, and with him eighty priests
of Yahweh, who were valiant men: 26:18and
they withstood Uzziah the king, and said to
him, It pertains not to you, Uzziah, to burn
incense to Yahweh, but to the priests the sons of
Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense: go
out of the sanctuary; for you have trespassed;
neither shall it be for your honor fromYahweh
God. 26:19Then Uzziah was angry; and he had
a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while
he was angry with the priests, the leprosy broke
forth in his forehead before the priests in the
house of Yahweh, beside the altar of incense.
26:20Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests,
looked on him, and behold, he was leprous in
his forehead, and they thrust himo ut quickly
fromthe re; yes, himself hurried also to go out,
because Yahweh had struck him. 26:21Uzziah
the king was a leper to the day of his death,
and lived in a separate house, being a leper;
for he was cut off fromt he house of Yahweh:
and Jothamhi s son was over the king's house,
judging the people of the land. 26:22Now the
rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did
Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
26:23So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they
buried himwi th his fathers in the field of burial
which belonged to the kings; for they said, He
is a leper: and Jothamhi s son reigned in his
place.
27:1Jothamwas twenty-five years old when
he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen
years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was
Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. 27:2He did
that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh,
according to all that his father Uzziah had
done: however he didn't enter into the temple
of Yahweh. The people did yet corruptly.
27:3He built the upper gate of the house of
Yahweh, and on the wall of Ophel he built
much. 27:4Moreover he built cities in the hill
country of Judah, and in the forests he built
castles and towers. 27:5He fought also with the
king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed
against them. The children of Ammon gave
himthe same year one hundred talents of silver,
and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten
thousand of barley. So much did the children
of Ammon render to him, in the second year
also, and in the third. 27:6So Jothambe came
mighty, because he ordered his ways before
Yahweh his God. 27:7Now the rest of the acts of
Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold,
they are written in the book of the kings of
Israel and Judah. 27:8He was five and twenty
years old when he began to reign, and reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem. 27:9Jothams lept
with his fathers, and they buried himi n the city
of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
28:1Ahaz was twenty years old when he
began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years
in Jerusalem: and he didn't do that which
was right in the eyes of Yahweh, like David
his father; 28:2but he walked in the ways of
the kings of Israel, and made also molten
images for the Baals. 28:3Moreover he burnt
incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom,
and burnt his children in the fire, according to
the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh
cast out before the children of Israel. 28:4He
sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places,
and on the hills, and under every green tree.
28:5Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him
into the hand of the king of Syria; and they
struck him, and carried away of his a great
multitude of captives, and brought them to
Damascus. He was also delivered into the
hand of the king of Israel, who struck himwi th
a great slaughter. 28:6For Pekah the son of
Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred twenty
thousand in one day, all of themv aliant men;
because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God
of their fathers. 28:7Zichri, a mighty man of
Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son, and
Azrikamthe ruler of the house, and Elkanah
who was next to the king. 28:8The children
of Israel carried away captive of their brothers
two hundred thousand, women, sons, and
daughters, and took also away much spoil from
them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. 28:9But
a prophet of Yahweh was there, whose name
was Oded: and he went out to meet the army
that came to Samaria, and said to them, Behold,
because Yahweh, the God of your fathers, was
angry with Judah, he has delivered themi nto
your hand, and you have slain themi n a rage
which has reached up to heaven. 28:10Now you
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purpose to keep under the children of Judah
and Jerusalemfor bondservants and bondmaids
to you: butaren't there even with you
trespasses of your own against Yahweh your
God? 28:11Now hear me therefore, and send
back the captives, that you have taken captive
of your brothers; for the fiercewrath of Yahweh
is on you. 28:12Then 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 those who
cam e from the war, 28:13and said to them, You
shall not bring in the captives here: for you
purpose that which will bring on us a trespass
against Yahweh, to add to our sins and to our
trespass; for our trespass is great, and there is
fierce wrath against Israel. 28:14So the armed
men left the captives and the spoil before the
princes and all the assembly. 28:15The men who
have been mentioned by name rose up, and
took the captives, and with the spoil clothed
all who 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 themon donkeys, and brought
themto Jericho, the city of palm trees, to
their brothers: then they returned to Samaria.
28:16At that time did king Ahaz send to the
kings of Assyria to help him. 28:17For again
the Edomites had come and struck Judah, and
carried away captives. 28:18The Philistines also
had invaded the cities of the lowland, and
of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth
Shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco
with its towns, and Timnah with its towns,
Gimzo also and its towns: and they lived
there. 28:19For Yahweh brought Judah low
because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he had dealt
wantonly in Judah, and trespassed severely
against Yahweh. 28:20Tilgath Pilneser king of
Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but
didn't strengthen him. 28:21For Ahaz took
away a portion out of the house of Yahweh, and
out of the house of the king and of the princes,
and gave it to the king of Assyria: but it didn't
help him. 28:22In the time of his distress did
he trespass yet more against Yahweh, this same
king Ahaz. 28:23For he sacrificed to the gods
of Damascus, which struck him; and he said,
Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped
them, thereforewill I sacrifice to them, that they
may help me. But they were the ruin of him,
and of all Israel. 28:24Ahaz 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 Yahweh; and he
made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
28:25In every city of Judah he made high places
to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to
anger Yahweh, the God of his fathers. 28:26Now
the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and
last, behold, they are written in the book of the
kings of Judah and Israel. 28:27Ahaz slept with
his fathers, and they buried himin the city, even
in Jerusalem; for they didn't bring him into the
tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his
son reigned in his place.
29:1Hezekiah began to reign when he was
twenty-five years old; and he reigned twentynine
years in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
29:2He did that which was right in the eyes of
Yahweh, according to all that David his father
had done. 29:3He in the first year of his reign,
in the first month, opened the doors of the
house of Yahweh, and repaired them. 29:4He
brought in the priests and the Levites, and
gathered themto gether into the broad place on
the east, 29:5and said to them, Hear me, you
Levites; now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify
the house of Yahweh, the God of your fathers,
and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy
place. 29:6For our fathers have trespassed, and
done that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh
our God, and have forsaken him, and have
turned away their faces fromthe habitation of
Yahweh, and turned their backs. 29:7Also they
have shut up the doors of the porch, and put
out the lamps, and have not burned incense
nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place
to the God of Israel. 29:8Therefore the wrath
of Yahweh was on Judah and Jerusalem, and
he has delivered themto be tossed back and
forth, to be an astonishment, and a hissing,
as you see with your eyes. 29:9For, behold,
our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our
sons and our daughters and our wives are in
captivity for this. 29:10Now it is in my heart
to make a covenant with Yahweh, the God
of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away
fromus. 29:11My sons, don't be negligent now;
for Yahweh has chosen you to stand before
him, to minister to him, and that you should
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be his ministers, and burn incense. 29:12Then
the Levites arose, Mahath, the son of Amasai,
and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of
the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari,
Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son
of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the
son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;
29:13and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and
Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah
and Mattaniah; 29:14and of the sons of Heman,
Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun,
Shemaiah and Uzziel. 29:15They gathered their
brothers, and sanctified themselves, and went
in, according to the commandment of the king
by the words of Yahweh, to cleanse the house
of Yahweh. 29:16The priests went in to the inner
part of the house of Yahweh, to cleanse it, and
brought out all the uncleanness that they found
in the temple of Yahweh into the court of the
house of Yahweh. The Levites took it, to carry
it out abroad to the brook Kidron. 29:17Now
they began on the first dayof the first month to
sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month
came they to the porch of Yahweh; and they
sanctified the house of Yahweh in eight days:
and on the sixteenth day of the first month
they made an end. 29:18Then they went in to
Hezekiah the king within the palace, and said,
We have cleansed all the house of Yahweh, and
the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels,
and the table of show bread, with all its vessels.
29:19Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz
in his reign did cast away when he trespassed,
have we prepared and sanctified; and behold,
they are before the altar of Yahweh. 29:20Then
Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the
princes of the city, and went up to the house
of Yahweh. 29:21They brought seven bulls, and
seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven male
goats, for a sin offering for the kingdomand for
the sanctuary and for Judah. He commanded
the priests the sons of Aaron to offer themo n
the altar of Yahweh. 29:22So they killed the
bulls, and the priests received the blood, and
sprinkled it on the altar: and they killed the
rams, and sprinkled the blood on the altar:
they killed also the lambs, and sprinkled the
blood on the altar. 29:23They brought near the
male goats for the sin offering before the king
and the assembly; and they laid their hands
on them: 29:24and the priests killed them, and
they made a sin offering with their blood on
the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for
the king commanded thatthe burnt offering and
the sin offering should be madefor all Israel.
29:25He set the Levites in the house of Yahweh
with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and
with harps, according to the commandment of
David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan
the prophet; for the commandment was of
Yahweh by his prophets. 29:26The Levites stood
with the instruments of David, and the priests
with the trumpets. 29:27Hezekiah commanded
to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When
the burnt offering began, the song of Yahweh
began also, and the trumpets, together with the
instruments of David king of Israel. 29:28All the
assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and
the trumpeters sounded; all this continueduntil
the burnt offering was finished. 29:29When they
had made an end of offering, the king and all
who were present with himbo wed themselves
and worshiped. 29:30Moreover Hezekiah the
king and the princes commanded the Levites
to sing praises to Yahweh with the words of
David, and of Asaph the seer. They sang
praises with gladness, and they bowed their
heads and worshiped. 29:31Then Hezekiah answered,
Now you have consecrated yourselves
to Yahweh; come near and bring sacrifices
and thank offerings into the house of Yahweh.
The assembly brought in sacrifices and thank
offerings; and as many as were of a willing
heart broughtburnt offerings. 29:32The number
of the burnt offerings which the assembly
brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams,
and two hundred lambs: all these were for a
burnt offering to Yahweh. 29:33The consecrated
things were six hundred head of cattle and
three thousand sheep. 29:34But the priests were
too few, so that they could not flay all the
burnt offerings: therefore their brothers the
Levites helped them, until the workwas ended,
and until the priests had sanctified themselves;
for the Levites were more upright in heart to
sanctify themselves than the priests. 29:35Also
the burnt offerings were in abundance, with
the fat of the peace offerings, and with the
drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the
service of the house of Yahweh was set in order.
29:36Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people,
because of that which God had prepared for the
people: for the thing was done suddenly.
30:1Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah,
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and wrote letters also to Ephraimand Manasseh,
that they should come to the house of
Yahweh at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to
Yahweh, the God of Israel. 30:2For the king
had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the
assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the Passover
in the second month. 30:3For they could not
keep it at that time, because the priests had
not sanctified themselves in sufficient number,
neither had the people gathered themselves
together to Jerusalem. 30:4The thing was
right in the eyes of the king and of all the
assembly. 30:5So they established a decree to
make proclamation throughout all Israel, from
Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come
to keep the Passover to Yahweh, the God of
Israel, at Jerusalem: for they had not kept it
in great numbers in such sort as it is written.
30:6So the posts went with the letters fromthe
king and his princes throughout all Israel and
Judah, and according to the commandment
of the king, saying, You children of Israel,
turn again to Yahweh, the God of Abraham,
Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to the
remnant that have escaped of you out of the
hand of the kings of Assyria. 30:7Don't be you
like your fathers, and like your brothers, who
trespassed against Yahweh, the God of their
fathers, so that he gave themup to desolation,
as you see. 30:8Now don't you be stiff-necked,
as your fathers were; but yield yourselves to
Yahweh, and enter into his sanctuary, which
he has sanctified forever, and serve Yahweh
your God, that his fierce anger may turn away
fromyou. 30:9For if you turn again to Yahweh,
your brothers and your children shall find
compassion before those who led them captive,
and shall come again into this land: for Yahweh
your God is gracious and merciful, and will
not turn away his face fromy ou, if you return
to him. 30:10So the posts passed fromci ty
to city through the country of Ephraimand
Manasseh, even to Zebulun: but they ridiculed
them, and mocked them. 30:11Nevertheless
certain men of Asher and Manasseh and of
Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to
Jerusalem. 30:12Also on Judah came the hand
of God to give them one heart, to do the
commandment of the king and of the princes
by the word of Yahweh. 30:13There assembled
at Jerusalemm uch people to keep the feast
of unleavened bread in the second month, a
very great assembly. 30:14They arose and took
away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and
all the altars for incense took they away, and
cast themi nto the brook Kidron. 30:15Then
they killed the Passover on the fourteenth dayof
the second month: and the priests and the
Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves,
and brought burnt offerings into the
house of Yahweh. 30:16They stood in their place
after their order, according to the law of Moses
the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood
which they receivedof the hand of the Levites.
30:17For there were many in the assembly who
had not sanctified themselves: therefore the
Levites were in charge of killing the Passovers
for everyone who was not clean, to sanctify
themto Yahweh. 30:18For 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 is written. For Hezekiah had prayed
for them, saying, The good Yahweh pardon
everyone 30:19who sets his heart to seek God,
Yahweh, the God of his fathers, though not
cleansedaccording to the purification of the
sanctuary. 30:20Yahweh listened to Hezekiah,
and healed the people. 30:21The children of
Israel who were present at Jerusalemkept the
feast of unleavened bread seven days with
great gladness; and the Levites and the priests
praised Yahweh day by day, singingwith loud
instruments to Yahweh. 30:22Hezekiah spoke
comfortably to all the Levites who had good
understanding in the serviceof Yahweh. So they
ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering
sacrifices of peace offerings, and making
confession to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
30:23The whole assembly took counsel to keep
other seven days; and they kept otherseven
days with gladness. 30:24For Hezekiah king
of Judah did give to the assembly for offerings
one thousand bulls and seven thousand
sheep; and the princes gave to the assembly a
thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep: and a
great number of priests sanctified themselves.
30:25All the assembly of Judah, with the priests
and the Levites, and all the assemblywho came
out of Israel, and the foreigners who came
out of the land of Israel, and who lived in
Judah, rejoiced. 30:26So there was great joy in
Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son
of David king of Israel there was not the like
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in Jerusalem. 30:27Then the priests the Levites
arose and blessed the people: and their voice
was heard, andtheir prayer cam e upto his holy
habitation, even to heaven.
31:1Now when all this was finished, all Israel
who were present went out to the cities of
Judah, and broke in pieces the pillars, and
cut down the Asherim, and broke down the
high places and the altars out of all Judah and
Benjamin, in Ephraim also andManasseh, until
they had destroyed thema ll. Then all the
children of Israel returned, every man to his
possession, into their own cities. 31:2Hezekiah
appointed the divisions of the priests and
the Levites after their divisions, every man
according to his service, both the priests and
the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace
offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and
to praise in the gates of the camp of Yahweh.
31:3He appointedalso 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 Yahweh. 31:4Moreover he
commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem
to give the portion of the priests and the
Levites, that they might give themselves to
the law of Yahweh. 31:5As soon as the commandment
came abroad, the children of Israel
gave in abundance the first fruits of grain,
new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the
increase of the field; and the tithe of all things
brought they in abundantly. 31:6The children
of Israel and Judah, who lived in the cities
of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of
cattle and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated
things which were consecrated to Yahweh their
God, and laid themby heaps. 31:7In the third
month they began to lay the foundation of
the heaps, and finished themi n the seventh
month. 31:8When Hezekiah and the princes
came and saw the heaps, they blessed Yahweh,
and his people Israel. 31:9Then Hezekiah questioned
the priests and the Levites concerning
the heaps. 31:10Azariah the chief priest, of
the house of Zadok, answered himand said,
Since the peoplebegan to bring the offerings into
the house of Yahweh, we have eaten and had
enough, and have left plenty: for Yahweh has
blessed his people; and that which is left is this
great store. 31:11Then Hezekiah commanded
to prepare chambers in the house of Yahweh;
and they prepared them. 31:12They brought in
the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated
things faithfully: and over themC onaniah the
Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was
second. 31:13Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath,
and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and
Eliel, and Ismachiah, andMahath, and Benaiah,
were overseers under the hand of Conaniah
and Shimei his brother, by the appointment
of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler
of the house of God. 31:14Kore the son of
Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east gate,
was over the freewill offerings of God, to
distribute the offerings of Yahweh, and the
most holy things. 31:15Under himw ere Eden,
and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah,
Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the
priests, in their office of trust, to give to their
brothers by divisions, as well to the great
as to the small: 31:16besides those who were
reckoned by genealogy of males, from three
years old and upward, even everyone who
entered into the house of Yahweh, as the duty
of every day required, for their service in their
offices according to their divisions; 31:17and
those who were reckoned by genealogy of the
priests by their fathers' houses, and the Levites
fromtwe nty years old and upward, in their
offices by their divisions; 31:18and those who
were reckoned by genealogy of all their little
ones, their wives, and their sons, and their
daughters, through all the congregation: for in
their office of trust they sanctified themselves
in holiness. 31:19Also for the sons of Aaron the
priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs
of their cities, in every city, there were men
who were mentioned by name, to give portions
to all the males among the priests, and to all
who were reckoned by genealogy among the
Levites. 31:20Hezekiah did so throughout all
Judah; and he worked that which was good
and right and faithful before Yahweh his God.
31:21In 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.
32:1After these things, and this faithfulness,
Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered
into Judah, and encamped against the fortified
cities, and thought to win themf or himself.
32:2When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was
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come, and that hewas purposed to fight against
Jerusalem, 32:3he took counsel with his princes
and his mighty men to stop the waters of the
springs which were outside of the city; and
they helped him. 32:4So there was gathered
much people together, and they stopped all the
springs, and the brook that flowed through the
midst of the land, saying,Why should the kings
of Assyria come, and find much water? 32:5He
took courage, and built up all the wall that was
broken down, and raised itup to the towers,
and the other wall outside, and strengthened
Millo inthe city of David, and made weapons
and shields in abundance. 32:6He set captains
of war over the people, and gathered them
together to himi n the broad place at the gate of
the city, and spoke comfortably to them, saying,
32:7Be strong and of good courage, don't be
afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor
for all the multitude who is with him; for there
is a greater with us than with him: 32:8with
himi s an arm of flesh; but with us is Yahweh
our God to help us, and to fight our battles.
The people rested themselves on the words
of Hezekiah king of Judah. 32:9After this did
Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants
to Jerusalem, (now he was before Lachish,
and all his power with him), to Hezekiah
king of Judah, and to all Judah who were at
Jerusalem, saying, 32:10Thus says Sennacherib
king of Assyria, Whereon do you trust, that
you abide the siege in Jerusalem? 32:11Does not
Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die
by famine and by thirst, saying, Yahweh our
God will deliver us out of the hand of the king
of Assyria? 32:12Has not the same Hezekiah
taken away his high places and his altars, and
commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You
shall worship before one altar, and on it you
shall burn incense? 32:13 Don't you know what
I and my fathers have done to all the peoples
of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of
the lands in any wise able to deliver their land
out of my hand? 32:14Who was there among
all the gods of those nations which my fathers
utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people
out of my hand, that your God should be able
to deliver you out of my hand? 32:15Now
therefore don't let Hezekiah deceive you, nor
persuade you after this manner, neither believe
you him; for no god of any nation or kingdom
was able to deliver his people out of my hand,
and out of the hand of my fathers: how much
less shall yourGod deliver you out of my hand?
32:16His servants spoke yet more against Yahweh
God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
32:17He wrote also letters, to rail on Yahweh,
the God of Israel, and to speak against him,
saying, As the gods of the nations of the lands,
which have not delivered their people out of
my hand, so shall the God of Hezekiah not
deliver his people out of my hand. 32:18They
cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language to
the people of Jerusalemw ho were on the wall,
to frighten them, and to trouble them; that they
might take the city. 32:19They spoke of the God
of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of
the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
32:20Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet
the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and
cried to heaven. 32:21Yahweh sent an angel,
who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and
the leaders and captains, in the camp of the
king of Assyria. So he returned with shame
of face to his own land. When he was come
into the house of his god, those who came forth
fromh is own bowels killed him there with
the sword. 32:22Thus Yahweh saved Hezekiah
and the inhabitants of Jerusalemf romthe hand
of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from
the hand of all others, and guided themon
every side. 32:23Many brought gifts to Yahweh
to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah
king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the
sight of all nations fromthe nceforth. 32:24In
those days Hezekiah was sick even to death:
and he prayed to Yahweh; and he spoke to
him, and gave him a sign. 32:25But Hezekiah
didn't render again according to the benefit
done to him; for his heart was lifted up:
therefore there waswrath on him, and on Judah
and Jerusalem. 32:26Notwithstanding Hezekiah
humbled himself for the pride of his heart,
both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so
that the wrath of Yahweh didn't come on them
in the days of Hezekiah. 32:27Hezekiah had
exceeding much riches and honor: and he
provided himt reasuries for silver, and for gold,
and for precious stones, and for spices, and for
shields, and for all manner of goodly vessels;
32:28storehouses also for the increase of grain
and new wine and oil; and stalls for all manner
of animals, and flocks in folds. 32:29Moreover
he provided himci ties, and possessions of
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flocks and herds in abundance; for God had
given himve ry much substance. 32:30This
same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring
of the waters of Gihon, and brought them
straight down on the west side of the city of
David. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
32:31However in the business of the ambassadors
of the princes of Babylon, who sent to himt o
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. 32:32Now the
rest of the acts ofHezekiah, and his good deeds,
behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah
the prophet the son of Amoz, in the book of the
kings of Judah and Israel. 32:33Hezekiah slept
with his fathers, and they buried himi n the
ascent of the tombs of the sons of David: and all
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalemd id him
honor at his death. Manasseh his son reigned
in his place.
33:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he
began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years
in Jerusalem. 33:2He did that which was evil
in the sight of Yahweh, after the abominations
of the nations whomY ahweh cast out before
the children of Israel. 33:3For he built again
the high places which Hezekiah his father had
broken down; and he reared up altars for the
Baals, and made Asheroth, and worshiped all
the army of the sky, and served them. 33:4He
built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which
Yahweh said, In Jerusalem shall my name be
forever. 33:5He built altars for all the army
of the sky in the two courts of the house of
Yahweh. 33:6He also made his children to pass
through the fire in the valley of the son of
Hinnom; and he practiced sorcery, and used
enchantments, and practiced sorcery, and dealt
with those who had familiar spirits, and with
wizards: he worked m uch evil in the sight of
Yahweh, to provoke himto anger. 33:7He set
the engraved image of the idol, which he had
made, in the house of God, of which God said
to David and to Solomon his son, In this house,
and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all
the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever:
33:8neither will I any more remove the foot of
Israel fromo ff the land which I have appointed
for your fathers, if only they will observe to
do all that I have commanded them, even all
the law and the statutes and the ordinances
givenby Moses. 33:9Manasseh seduced Judah
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they
did evil more than did the nations whom
Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel.
33:10Yahweh spoke to Manasseh, and to his
people; but they gave no heed. 33:11Therefore
Yahweh brought on themthe captains of the
army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh
in chains, and bound himwi th fetters,
and carried himto Babylon. 33:12When he was
in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and
humbled himself greatly before the God of his
fathers. 33:13He prayed to him; and he was
entreated of him, and heard his supplication,
and brought himag ain to Jerusalem into his
kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Yahweh
he was God. 33:14Now after this he built an
outer wall to the city of David, on the west side
of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at
the fish gate; and he encircled Ophel with it,
and raised it up to a very great height: and
he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities
of Judah. 33:15He took away the foreign gods,
and the idol out of the house of Yahweh, and
all the altars that he had built in the mountain
of the house of Yahweh, and in Jerusalem, and
cast themout of the city. 33:16He built up the
altar of Yahweh, and offered thereon sacrifices
of peace offerings and of thanksgiving, and
commanded Judah to serve Yahweh, the God of
Israel. 33:17Nevertheless the people sacrificed
still in the high places, but only to Yahweh their
God. 33:18Now the rest of the acts ofManasseh,
and his prayer to his God, and the words of the
seerswho spoke to him in the name of Yahweh,
the God of Israel, behold, they are written
among the acts of the kings of Israel. 33:19His
prayer also, and how Godwas entreated of him,
and all his sin and his trespass, and the places
in which he built high places, and set up the
Asherima nd the engraved images, before he
humbled himself: behold, they are written in
the history of Hozai. 33:20So Manasseh slept
with his fathers, and they buried himi n his
own house: and Amon his son reigned in his
place. 33:21Amon was twenty-two years old
when he began to reign; and he reigned two
years in Jerusalem. 33:22He did that which was
evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did Manasseh
his father; and Amon sacrificed to all the
engraved images which Manasseh his father
had made, and served them. 33:23He didn't
humble himself before Yahweh, as Manasseh
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his father had humbled himself; but this same
Amon trespassed more and more. 33:24His
servants conspired against him, and put him
to death in his own house. 33:25But the people
of the land killed all those who had conspired
against king Amon; and the people of the land
made Josiah his son king in his place.
34:1Josiah was eight years old when he began
to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in
Jerusalem. 34:2He did that which was right in
the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in the ways of
David his father, and didn't turn aside to the
right hand or to the left. 34:3For 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 Jerusalemf rom the high places, and the
Asherim, and the engraved images, and the
molten images. 34:4They broke down the altars
of the Baals in his presence; and the incense
altars that were on high above themhe cut
down; and the Asherim, and the engraved
images, and the molten images, he broke in
pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed
it on the graves of thosewho had sacrificed to
them. 34:5He burnt the bones of the priests on
their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
34:6So did hein the cities of Manasseh and
Ephraimand Simeon, even to Naphtali, around
in their ruins. 34:7He broke down the altars,
and beat the Asherimand the engraved images
into powder, and cut down all the incense altars
throughout all the land of Israel, and returned
to Jerusalem. 34:8Now 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 Yahweh his God. 34:9They came
to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the
money that was brought into the house of God,
which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold,
had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and
Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of
all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants
of Jerusalem. 34:10They delivered it into the
hand of the workmen who had the oversight
of the house of Yahweh; and the workmen
who labored in the house of Yahweh gave it
to mend and repair the house; 34:11even to the
carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to
buy cut stone, and timber for couplings, and
to make beams for the houses which the kings
of Judah had destroyed. 34:12The men did the
work faithfully: and the overseers of themwe re
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
others of the Levites, all who were skillful with
instruments of music. 34:13Also they were over
the bearers of burdens, and set forward all who
did the work in every manner of service: and of
the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and
porters. 34:14When they brought out the money
that was brought into the house of Yahweh,
Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of
Yahweh givenby Moses. 34:15Hilkiah answered
Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book
of the law in the house of Yahweh. Hilkiah
delivered the book to Shaphan. 34:16Shaphan
carried the book to the king, and moreover
brought back word to the king, saying, All
that was committed to your servants, they
are doing. 34:17They have emptied out the
money that was found in the house of Yahweh,
and have delivered it into the hand of the
overseers, and into the hand of the workmen.
34:18Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying,
Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book.
Shaphan read therein before the king. 34:19It
happened, when the king had heard the words
of the law, that he tore his clothes. 34:20The
king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the
son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah,
and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's
servant, saying, 34:21Go you, inquire of Yahweh
for me, and for those who are left in Israel and
in Judah, concerning the words of the book that
is found; for great is thewrath of Yahweh that is
poured out on us, because our fathers have not
kept the word of Yahweh, to do according to
all that is written in this book. 34:22So Hilkiah,
and they whomthe king had commanded, went
to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum
the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper
of the wardrobe; (now she lived in Jerusalem
in the second quarter;) and they spoke to her
to that effect. 34:23She said to them, Thus says
Yahweh, the God of Israel: Tell you the man
who sent you to me, 34:24Thus says Yahweh,
Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and
on its inhabitants, even all the curses that are
written in the book which they have read before
the king of Judah. 34:25Because they have
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forsaken me, and have burned incense to other
gods, that they might provoke me to anger
with all the works of their hands; therefore
is my wrath poured out on this place, and it
shall not be quenched. 34:26But to the king
of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh,
thus you shall tell him, Thus says Yahweh, the
God of Israel: As touching the words which
you have heard, 34:27because your heart was
tender, and you did humble yourself before
God, when you heard his words against this
place, and against its inhabitants, and have
humbled yourself before me, and have torn
your clothes, and wept before me; I also have
heard you, says Yahweh. 34:28Behold, I will
gather you to your fathers, and you shall be
gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall
your eyes see all the evil that I will bring on
this place, and on its inhabitants. They brought
back word to the king. 34:29Then the king sent
and gathered together all the elders of Judah
and Jerusalem. 34:30The king went up to the
house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests,
and the Levites, and all the people, both 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 Yahweh. 34:31The king
stood in his place, and made a covenant before
Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep
his commandments, and his testimonies, and
his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his
soul, to performt he words of the covenant that
were written in this book. 34:32He caused all
who were found in Jerusalema nd Benjamin
to stand to it. The inhabitants of Jerusalem
did according to the covenant of God, the
God of their fathers. 34:33Josiah took away all
the abominations out of all the countries that
pertained to the children of Israel, and made all
who were found in Israel to serve, even to serve
Yahweh their God. All his days they didn't
depart fromf ollowing Yahweh, the God of their
fathers.
35:1Josiah kept a Passover to Yahweh in
Jerusalem: and they killed the Passover on the
fourteenth dayof the first month. 35:2He set the
priests in their offices, and encouraged them
to the service of the house of Yahweh. 35:3He
said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who
were holy to Yahweh, Put the holy ark in the
house which Solomon the son of David king
of Israel did build; there shall no more be a
burden on your shoulders: now serve Yahweh
your God, and his people Israel. 35:4Prepare
yourselves after your fathers' houses by your
divisions, according to the writing of David
king of Israel, and according to the writing
of Solomon his son. 35:5Stand in the holy
place according to the divisions of the fathers'
houses of your brothers the children of the
people, and let there be for eacha portion of
a fathers' house of the Levites. 35:6Kill the
Passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare
for your brothers, to do according to the word
of Yahweh by Moses. 35:7Josiah gave to the
children of the people, of the flock, lambs and
kids, all of them for the Passover offerings, to
all who were present, to the number of thirty
thousand, and three thousand bulls: these were
of the king's substance. 35:8His princes gave for
a freewill offering to the people, to the priests,
and to the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and
Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave
to the priests for the Passover offerings two
thousand and six hundred small livestock, and
three hundred head of cattle. 35:9Conaniah
also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers,
and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the
chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the
Passover offerings five thousand small livestock,
and five hundred head of cattle. 35:10So the
service was prepared, and the priests stood
in their place, and the Levites by their divisions,
according to the king's commandment.
35:11They killed the Passover, and the priests
sprinkled the blood which they receivedof their
hand, and the Levites flayed them. 35:12They
removed the burnt offerings, that they might
give themacco rding to the divisions of the
fathers' houses of the children of the people, to
offer to Yahweh, as it is written in the book of
Moses. So did they with the cattle. 35:13They
roasted the Passover with fire according to
the ordinance: and the holy offerings boiled
they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans,
and carried themq uickly to all the children
of the people. 35:14Afterward they prepared
for themselves, and for the priests, because the
priests the sons of Aaron were busiedin offering
the burnt offerings and the fat until night:
therefore the Levites prepared for themselves,
and for the priests the sons of Aaron. 35:15The
singers the sons of Asaph were in their place,
2 Chronicles 35:16 383 2 Chronicles 36:15
according to the commandment of David, and
Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's
seer; and the porters were at every gate: they
didn't need to depart fromt heir service; for
their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
35:16So all the service of Yahweh was prepared
the same day, to keep the Passover, and to
offer burnt offerings on the altar of Yahweh,
according to the commandment of king Josiah.
35:17The children of Israel who were present
kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of
unleavened bread seven days. 35:18There was
no Passover like that kept in Israel fromt he
days of Samuel the prophet; neither did any
of the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as
Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites,
and all Judah and Israel who were present,
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 35:19In the
eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this
Passover kept. 35:20After all this, when Josiah
had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt
went up to fight against Carchemish by the
Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
35:21But he sent ambassadors to him, saying,
What have I to do with you, you king of Judah?
I comenot against you this day, but against
the house with which I have war; and God
has commanded me to make haste: forbear
you from meddling withGod, who is with me,
that he not destroy you. 35:22Nevertheless
Josiah would not turn his face fromhi m, but
disguised himself, that he might fight with him,
and didn't listen to the words of Neco from
the mouth of God, and came to fight in the
valley of Megiddo. 35:23The archers shot at
king Josiah; and the king said to his servants,
Have me away; for I am sore wounded. 35:24So
his servants took himo ut of the chariot, and
put himi n the second chariot that he had,
and brought himto Jerusalem; and he died,
and was buried in the tombs of his fathers.
All Judah and Jerusalemm ourned for Josiah.
35:25Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the
singing men and singing women spoke of
Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and
they made them an ordinance in Israel: and
behold, they are written in the lamentations.
35:26Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his
good deeds, according to that which is written
in the law of Yahweh, 35:27and his acts, first and
last, behold, they are written in the book of the
kings of Israel and Judah.
36:1Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz
the son of Josiah, and made him king
in his father's place in Jerusalem. 36:2Joahaz
was twenty-three years old when he began
to reign; and he reigned three months in
Jerusalem. 36:3The king of Egypt deposed
himat Jerusalem, and fined the land one
hundred talents of silver and a talent of
gold. 36:4The king of Egypt made Eliakim his
brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and
changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took
Joahaz his brother, and carried himto Egypt.
36:5Jehoiakimwas Twenty-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 Yahweh his God. 36:6Against him
came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and
bound himi n fetters, to carry himto Babylon.
36:7Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels
of the house of Yahweh to Babylon, and put
themin his temple at Babylon. 36:8Now the rest
of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations
which he did, and that which was found in
him, behold, they are written in the book of
the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin
his son reigned in his place. 36:9Jehoiachin
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 Yahweh. 36:10At the return of the
year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought
himto Babylon, with the goodly vessels of
the house of Yahweh, and made Zedekiah
his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
36:11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when
he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years
in Jerusalem: 36:12and he did that which was
evil in the sight of Yahweh his God; he didn't
humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet
speakingfromt he mouth of Yahweh. 36:13He
also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar,
who had made him swear by God: but he
stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart
against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
36:14Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and
the people, trespassed very greatly after all the
abominations of the nations; and they polluted
the house of Yahweh which he had made
holy in Jerusalem. 36:15Yahweh, the God of
their fathers, sent to themby his messengers,
rising up early and sending, because he had
compassion on his people, and on his dwelling
2 Chronicles 36:16 384 Ezra 2:8
place: 36:16but they mocked the messengers of
God, and despised his words, and scoffed at
his prophets, until the wrath of Yahweh arose
against his people, until there was no remedy.
36:17Therefore he brought on themt he king of
the Chaldeans, who killed their young men
with the sword in the house of their sanctuary,
and had no compassion on young man or virgin,
old man or gray-headed: he gave them all
into his hand. 36:18All the vessels of the house
of God, great and small, and the treasures of
the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the
king, and of his princes, all these he brought
to Babylon. 36:19They burnt the house of God,
and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and
burnt all its palaces with fire, and destroyed
all the goodly vessels of it. 36:20He carried
those who had escaped fromthe sword away
to Babylon; and they were servants to him
and his sons until the reign of the kingdomo f
Persia: 36:21to fulfill the word of Yahweh by the
mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed
its Sabbaths: foras long as it lay desolate it
kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years. 36:22Now
in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that
the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah
might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the
spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made
a proclamation throughout all his kingdom,
and put italso in writing, saying, 36:23Thus
says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms
of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven,
given me; and he has commanded me to build
hima house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Whoever there is among you of all his people,
Yahweh his God be with him, and let him go
up.
Ezra
1:1Now in the first year of Cyrus king of
Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth
of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh
stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia,
so that he made a proclamation throughout all
his kingdom , and put italso in writing, saying,
1:2Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the
kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of
heaven, given me; and he has commanded me
to build hima house in Jerusalem, which is in
Judah. 1:3Whoever there is 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 Yahweh, the God of Israel (he is
God), which is in Jerusalem. 1:4Whoever is left,
in any place where he sojourns, let the men of
his place help himw ith silver, and with gold,
and with goods, and with animals, besides the
freewill offering for the house of God which
is in Jerusalem. 1:5Then rose up the heads of
fathers' housesof Judah and Benjamin, and the
priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit
God had stirred to go up to build the house of
Yahwehwhich is in Jerusalem. 1:6All those who
were around thems trengthened their hands
with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods,
and with animals, and with precious things,
besides all that was willingly offered. 1:7Also
Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the
house of Yahweh, which Nebuchadnezzar had
brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put
in the house of his gods; 1:8even those did
Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of
Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them
to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 1:9This
is the number of them: thirty platters of gold,
one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine
knives, 1:10thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls
of a second sort four hundred and ten, and
other vessels one thousand. 1:11All the vessels
of gold and of silver were five thousand and
four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring
up, when they of the captivity were brought up
fromBa bylon to Jerusalem.
2:1Now these are the children of the
province, who went up out of the captivity
of those who had been carried away, whom
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried
away to Babylon, and who returned to
Jerusalemand Judah, everyone to his city;
2:2who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah,
Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan,
Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number
of the men of the people of Israel: 2:3The
children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred
seventy-two. 2:4The children of Shephatiah,
three hundred seventy-two. 2:5The children
of Arah, seven hundred seventy-five. 2:6The
children of Pahathmoab, of the children of
Jeshua andJoab, two thousand eight hundred
twelve. 2:7The children of Elam, one thousand
two hundred fifty-four. 2:8The children of
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Zattu, nine hundred forty-five. 2:9The children
of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty. 2:10The children
of Bani, six hundred forty-two. 2:11The children
of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three. 2:12The
children of Azgad, one thousand two hundred
twenty-two. 2:13The children of Adonikam, six
hundred sixty-six. 2:14The children of Bigvai,
two thousand fifty-six. 2:15The children of
Adin, four hundred fifty-four. 2:16The children
of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight. 2:17The
children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-three.
2:18The children of Jorah, one hundred twelve.
2:19The children of Hashum, two hundred
Twenty-three. 2:20The children of Gibbar,
ninety-five. 2:21The children of Bethlehem,
one hundred twenty-three. 2:22The men of
Netophah, fifty-six. 2:23The men of Anathoth,
one hundred twenty-eight. 2:24The children
of Azmaveth, forty-two. 2:25The children of
Kiriath Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven
hundred forty-three. 2:26The children of Ramah
and Geba, six hundred twenty-one. 2:27The
men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.
2:28The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred
twenty-three. 2:29The children of Nebo, fiftytwo.
2:30The children of Magbish, one hundred
fifty-six. 2:31The children of the other Elam, one
thousand two hundred fifty-four. 2:32The children
of Harim, three hundred twenty. 2:33The
children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred
twenty-five. 2:34The children of Jericho,
three hundred forty-five. 2:35The children of
Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.
2:36The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of
the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventythree.
2:37The children of Immer, one thousand
fifty-two. 2:38The children of Pashhur, one
thousand two hundred forty-seven. 2:39The
children of Harim, one thousand seventeen.
2:40The Levites: the children of Jeshua and
Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventyfour.
2:41The singers: the children of Asaph,
one hundred twenty-eight. 2:42The 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 one hundred thirtynine.
2:43The Nethinim: the children of Ziha,
the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
2:44the children of Keros, the children
of Siaha, the children of Padon, 2:45the children
of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the
children of Akkub, 2:46the children of Hagab,
the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan,
2:47the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
the children of Reaiah, 2:48the children of
Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children
of Gazzam, 2:49the children of Uzza, the children
of Paseah, the children of Besai, 2:50the
children of Asnah, the children of Meunim,
the children of Nephisim, 2:51the children of
Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children
of Harhur, 2:52the children of Bazluth, the
children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
2:53the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera,
the children of Temah, 2:54the children
of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. 2:55The
children of Solomon's servants: the children
of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the
children of Peruda, 2:56the children of Jaalah,
the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
2:57the children of Shephatiah, the children of
Hattil, the children of Pochereth Hazzebaim,
the children of Ami. 2:58All the Nethinim, and
the children of Solomon's servants, were three
hundred ninety-two. 2:59These were those who
went up fromT el Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub,
Addan, andImmer; but they could not show
their fathers' houses, and their seed, whether
they were of Israel: 2:60the children of Delaiah,
the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda,
six hundred fifty-two. 2:61Of the children
of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the
children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai,
who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai
the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
2:62These sought their register amongthose who
were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not
found: therefore were they deemed polluted
and put fromthe priesthood. 2:63The governor
said to them, that they should not eat of the
most holy things, until there stood up a priest
with Urim and with Thummim. 2:64The whole
assembly together was forty-two thousand
three hundred sixty, 2:65besides their male servants
and their female servants, of whom there
were seven thousand three hundred thirtyseven:
and they had two hundred singing
men and singing women. 2:66Their horses
were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules,
two hundred forty-five; 2:67their camels, four
hundred thirty-five; theirdonkeys, six thousand
seven hundred and twenty. 2:68Some of the
heads of fathers' houses, when they came to the
Ezra 2:69 386 Ezra 4:8
house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem, offered
willingly for the house of God to set it up in its
place: 2:69they gave after their ability into the
treasury of the work sixty-one thousand darics
of gold, and five thousand minas of silver,
and one hundred priests' garments. 2:70So
the priests, and the Levites, and some of the
people, and the singers, and the porters, and
the Nethinim, lived in their cities, and all Israel
in their cities.
3:1When the seventh month was come, and
the children of Israel were in the cities, the
people gathered themselves together as one
man to Jerusalem. 3:2Then stood up Jeshua the
son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests,
and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his
brothers, and built 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.
3:3They set the altar on its base; for fear was on
thembe cause of the peoples of the countries:
and they offered burnt offerings thereon to
Yahweh, even burnt offerings morning and
evening. 3:4They kept the feast of tents, as it is
written, and offeredthe daily burnt offerings by
number, according to the ordinance, as the duty
of every day required; 3:5and afterward the
continual burnt offering, and the offeringsof the
new moons, and of all the set feasts of Yahweh
that were consecrated, and of everyone who
willingly offered a freewill offering to Yahweh.
3:6Fromthe first day of the seventh month
began they to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh:
but the foundation of the temple of Yahweh
was not yet laid. 3:7They gave money also to
the masons, and to the carpenters; and food,
and drink, and oil, to themo f Sidon, and to
themof Tyre, to bring cedar trees fromLebanon
to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that
they had of Cyrus king of Persia. 3:8Now in
the second year of their coming to the house of
God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the
son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers
the priests and the Levites, and all those who
were come out of the captivity to Jerusalem,
and appointed the Levites, fromtwe nty years
old and upward, to have the oversight of the
work of the house of Yahweh. 3:9Then stood
Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel
and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to
have the oversight of the workmen in the house
of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons
and their brothers the Levites. 3:10When the
builders laid the foundation of the temple of
Yahweh, they set the priests in their clothing
with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of
Asaph with cymbals, to praise Yahweh, after
the order of David king of Israel. 3:11They sang
one to another in praising and giving thanks to
Yahweh, saying, For he is good, for his loving
kindness endures forever toward Israel. All the
people shouted with a great shout, when they
praised Yahweh, because the foundation of the
house of Yahweh was laid. 3:12But many of the
priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses,
the old men who had seen the first house, when
the foundation of this house was laid before
their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many
shouted aloud for joy: 3:13so that the people
could not discern the noise of the shout of joy
fromt he noise of the weeping of the people; for
the people shouted with a loud shout, and the
noise was heard afar off.
4:1Now when the adversaries of Judah and
Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity
were building a temple to Yahweh, the God
of Israel; 4:2then they drew near to Zerubbabel,
and to the heads of fathers' houses, and said
to them, Let us build with you; for we seek
your God, as you do; and we sacrifice to him
since the days of Esar Haddon king of Assyria,
who brought us up here. 4:3But Zerubbabel,
and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers'
housesof Israel, said to them, You have nothing
to do with us in building a house to our God;
butwe ourselves togetherwill build to Yahweh,
the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of
Persia has commanded us. 4:4Then the people
of the land weakened the hands of the people
of Judah, and troubled themin building, 4:5and
hired counselors against them, to frustrate their
purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia,
even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
4:6In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of
his reign, wrote they an accusation against the
inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. 4:7In the
days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath,
Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, to
Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of
the letter was written in the Syrian character,
and set forth in the Syrian language. 4:8Rehum
the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote
a letter against Jerusalemto Artaxerxes the
Ezra 4:9 387 Ezra 5:12
king in this sort: 4:9then wroteRehumt he
chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the
rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the
Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites,
the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites,
the Dehaites, the Elamites, 4:10and the
rest of the nations whomthe great and noble
Osnappar brought over, and set in the city of
Samaria, and in the rest of the countrybeyond
the River, and so forth. 4:11This is the copy of
the letter that they sent to Artaxerxes the king:
Your servants the men beyond the River, and
so forth. 4:12Be it known to the king, that the
Jews who came up from you are come to us
to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious
and the bad city, and have finished the walls,
and repaired the foundations. 4:13Be it known
now to the king that if this city is built, and
the walls finished, they will not pay tribute,
custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful
to the kings. 4:14Now because we eat the salt
of the palace, and it is not appropriate for us to
see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent
and informed the king; 4:15that search may be
made in the book of the records of your fathers:
so you shall find in the book of the records,
and know that this city is a rebellious city, and
hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they
have moved sedition within the same of old
time; for which cause was this city laid waste.
4:16We informt he king that, if this city be built,
and the walls finished, by this means you shall
have no portion beyond the River. 4:17Thensent
the king an answer to Rehumthe chancellor,
and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of
their companions who dwell in Samaria, and in
the rest of the countrybeyond the River: Peace,
and so forth. 4:18The letterwhich you sent to us
has been plainly read before me. 4:19I decreed,
and search has been made, and it is found
that this city of old time has made insurrection
against kings, and that rebellion and sedition
have been made therein. 4:20There have been
mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have
ruled over all the countrybeyond the River; and
tribute, custom, and toll, was paid to them.
4:21Make you now a decree to cause these
men to cease, and that this city not be built,
until a decree shall be made by me. 4:22Take
heed that you not be slack herein: why should
dam age growto the hurt of the kings? 4:23Then
when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was
read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe,
and their companions, they went in haste to
Jerusalemto the Jews, andmade themto cease
by force and power. 4:24Then ceased the work
of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and
it ceased until the second year of the reign of
Darius king of Persia.
5:1Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet,
and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to
the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem; in
the name of the God of Israel prophesied theyto
them. 5:2Then 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. 5:3At the same time came to
themT attenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shetharbozenai, and their companions,
and said thus to them, Who gave you a decree
to build this house, and to finish this wall?
5:4Then we told themaf ter this manner, what
the names of the men were who were making
this building. 5:5But the eye of their God was
on the elders of the Jews, and they did not make
them cease, until the matter should come to
Darius, and then answer should be returned by
letter concerning it. 5:6The copy of the letter
that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shetharbozenai, and his companions the
Apharsachites, who were beyond the River,
sent to Darius the king; 5:7they sent a letter
to him, in which was written thus: To Darius
the king, all peace. 5:8Be it known to the
king, that we went into the province of Judah,
to the house of the great God, which is built
with great stones, and timber is laid in the
walls; and this work goes on with diligence
and prospers in their hands. 5:9Then asked we
those elders, and said to themthus , Who gave
you a decree to build this house, and to finish
this wall? 5:10We asked themthe ir names also,
to inform you that we might write the names
of the men who were at the head of them.
5:11Thus they returned us answer, saying, We
are the servants of the God of heaven and earth,
and are building the house that was built these
many years ago, which a great king of Israel
built and finished. 5:12But after that our fathers
had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he
gave themi nto the hand of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed
this house, and carried the people away into
Ezra 5:13 388 Ezra 6:20
Babylon. 5:13But in the first year of Cyrus king
of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to
build this house of God. 5:14The gold and
silver vessels also of the house of God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that
was in Jerusalem, and brought into the temple
of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of
the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered
to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom
he had made governor; 5:15and he said to him,
Take these vessels, go, put themin the temple
that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God
be built in its place. 5:16Then came the same
Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the
house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since
that time even until nowhas it been in building,
and yet it is not completed. 5:17Now therefore,
if it seemgood 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.
6:1Then Darius the king made a decree, and
search was made in the house of the archives,
where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
6:2There was found at Achmetha, in the palace
that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and
therein was thus written for a record: 6:3In
the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the
king made a decree: Concerning the house of
God at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the
place where they offer sacrifices, and let its
foundations be strongly laid; its height sixty
cubits, and its breadth sixty cubits; 6:4with
three courses of great stones, and a course of
new timber: and let the expenses be given
out of the king's house. 6:5Also let the gold
and silver vessels of the house of God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple
which is at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon,
be restored, and brought again to the temple
which is at Jerusalem, everyone to its place;
and you shall put themi n the house of God.
6:6Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond
the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions
the Apharsachites, who are beyond the
River, be you far fromthe re: 6:7let the work
of this house of God alone; let the governor
of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build
this house of God in its place. 6:8Moreover
I make a decree what you shall do to these
elders of the Jews for the building of this house
of God: that of the king's goods, even of the
tribute beyond the River, expenses be given
with all diligence to these men, that they be
not hindered. 6:9That which they have need
of, both young bulls, and rams, and lambs, for
burnt offerings to the God of heaven; alsowheat,
salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of
the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given
themd ay by day without fail; 6:10that they
may offer sacrifices of pleasant aroma to the
God of heaven, and pray for the life of the
king, and of his sons. 6:11Also I have made a
decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let a
beamb e pulled out from his house, and let him
be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his
house be made a dunghill for this: 6:12and the
God who has caused his name to dwell there
overthrow all kings and peoples who shall put
forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy
this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I
Darius have m ade a decree; let it be done with
all diligence. 6:13Then Tattenai, the governor
beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their
companions, because that Darius the king had
sent, did accordingly with all diligence. 6:14The
elders of the Jews built and prospered, through
the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and
Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and
finished it, according to the commandment of
the God of Israel, and according to the decree
of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of
Persia. 6:15This house was finished on the third
day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth
year of the reign of Darius the king. 6:16The
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.
6:17They offered at the dedication of this house
of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams,
four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for
all Israel, twelve male goats, according to the
number of the tribes of Israel. 6:18They 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. 6:19The children of the captivity kept
the Passover on the fourteenth dayof the first
month. 6:20For the priests and the Levites had
purified themselves together; all of them were
pure: and they killed the Passover for all the
children of the captivity, and for their broth
Ezra 6:21 389 Ezra 7:28
ers the priests, and for themselves. 6:21The
children of Israel who had come again out of
the captivity, and all such as had separated
themselves to them from the filthiness of the
nations of the land, to seek Yahweh, the God of
Israel, ate, 6:22and kept the feast of unleavened
bread seven days with joy: for Yahweh had
made them joyful, and had turned the heart of
the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their
hands in the work of the house of God, the God
of Israel.
7:1Now after these things, in the reign of
Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of
Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
7:2the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the
son of Ahitub, 7:3the son of Amariah, the son
of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 7:4the son of
Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
7:5the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the
son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest;
7:6this Ezra went up fromB abylon: and he was
a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh,
the God of Israel, had given; and the king
granted himal l his request, according to the
hand of Yahweh his God on him. 7:7There went
up som eof the children of Israel, and of the
priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and
the porters, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in
the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. 7:8He
came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which
was in the seventh year of the king. 7:9For on
the first dayof the first month began he to go up
fromB abylon; and on the first dayof the fifth
month came he to Jerusalem, according to the
good hand of his God on him. 7:10For Ezra
had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh,
and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and
ordinances. 7:11Now this is the copy of the
letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the
priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words
of the commandments of Yahweh, and of his
statutes to Israel: 7:12Artaxerxes, king of kings,
to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the
God of heaven, perfect and so forth. 7:13I m ake
a decree, that all those of the people of Israel,
and their priests and the Levites, in my realm,
who are minded of their own free will to go
to Jerusalem, go with you. 7:14Because you
are sent of the king and his seven counselors,
to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem,
according to the law of your God which is
in your hand, 7:15and to carry the silver and
gold, which the king and his counselors have
freely offered to the God of Israel, whose
habitation is in Jerusalem, 7:16and all the silver
and gold that you shall 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;
7:17therefore you shall with all diligence buy
with this money bulls, rams, lambs, with their
meal offerings and their drink offerings, and
shall offer themo n the altar of the house of
your God which is in Jerusalem. 7:18Whatever
shall seemg ood to you and to your brothers
to do with the rest of the silver and the gold,
that do you after the will of your God. 7:19The
vessels that are given you for the service of
the house of your God, deliver you before the
God of Jerusalem. 7:20Whatever more shall
be needful for the house of your God, which
you shall have occasion to bestow, bestow it
out of the king's treasure house. 7:21I, even I
Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all
the treasurers who are beyond the River, that
whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law
of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it
be done with all diligence, 7:22to one hundred
talents of silver, and to one hundred measures
of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine,
and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt
without prescribing how much. 7:23Whatever
is commanded by the God of heaven, let it
be done exactly for the house of the God of
heaven; for why should there be wrath against
the realmo f the king and his sons? 7:24Also
we informy ou, that touching any of the priests
and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim,
or servants of this house of God, it shall not
be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll,
on them. 7:25You, Ezra, after the wisdom
of your God who is in your hand, appoint
magistrates and judges, who may judge all the
people who are beyond the River, all such as
know the laws of your God; and teach you
himw ho doesn't know them. 7:26Whoever
will not do the law of your God, and the
law of the king, let judgment be executed on
himw ith all diligence, whether it be to death,
or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods,
or to imprisonment. 7:27Blessed be Yahweh,
the God of our fathers, who has put such a
thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the
house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem; 7:28and
Ezra 8:1 390 Ezra 8:33
has extended loving kindness to me before the
king, and his counselors, and before all the
king's mighty princes. I was strengthened
according to the hand of Yahweh my God on
me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief
men to go up with me.
8:1Now these are the heads of their fathers'
houses, and this is the genealogy of those who
went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of
Artaxerxes the king: 8:2Of the sons of Phinehas,
Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of
the sons of David, Hattush. 8:3Of the sons of
Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah;
and with himw ere reckoned by genealogy of
the males one hundred fifty. 8:4Of the sons of
Pahathmoab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah;
and with himtwo hundred males. 8:5Of the
sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with
himthre e hundred males. 8:6Of the sons of
Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him
fifty males. 8:7Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah
the son of Athaliah; and with himsev enty
males. 8:8Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah
the son of Michael; and with hime ightymales.
8:9Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of
Jehiel; and with himtwo hundred and eighteen
males. 8:10Of the sons of Shelomith, the son
of Josiphiah; and with himon e hundred sixty
males. 8:11Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah
the son of Bebai; and with himtwe nty-eight
males. 8:12Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the
son of Hakkatan; and with himo ne hundred
ten males. 8:13Of the sons of Adonikam,
who werethe last; and these are their names:
Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them
sixty males. 8:14Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and
Zabbud; and with thems eventy males. 8:15I
gathered themto gether to the river that runs
to Ahava; and there we encamped three days:
and I viewed the people, and the priests, and
found there none of the sons of Levi. 8:16Then
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, who were teachers. 8:17I sent them
forth to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia;
and I told themwhat they should tell Iddo,
andhis brothers the Nethinim, at the place
Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers
for the house of our God. 8:18According to the
good hand of our God on us they brought us a
man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son
of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with
his sons and his brothers, eighteen; 8:19and
Hashabiah, and with himJ eshaiah of the sons
of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;
8:20and of the Nethinim, whom David and
the princes had given for the service of the
Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all
of them were mentioned by name. 8:21Then I
proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that
we might humble ourselves before our God, to
seek of hima straight way for us, and for our
little ones, and for all our substance. 8:22For
I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of
soldiers and horsemen to help us against the
enemy in the way, because we had spoken to
the king, saying, The hand of our God is on all
those who seek him, for good; but his power
and his wrath is against all those who forsake
him. 8:23So we fasted and begged our God for
this: and he was entreated of us. 8:24Then I set
apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even
Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers
with them, 8:25and weighed to themthe silver,
and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering
for the house of our God, which the king, and
his counselors, and his princes, and all Israel
there present, had offered: 8:26I weighed into
their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver,
and silver vessels one hundred talents; of gold
one hundred talents; 8:27and twenty bowls of
gold, of one thousand darics; and two vessels
of fine bright brass, precious as gold. 8:28I
said to them, You are holy to Yahweh, and the
vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold
are a freewill offering to Yahweh, the God of
your fathers. 8:29Watch you, and keep them,
until you weigh thembe fore the chiefs of the
priests and the Levites, and the princes of the
fathers' housesof Israel, at Jerusalem, in the
chambers of the house of Yahweh. 8:30So the
priests and the Levites received the weight of
the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring
themto Jerusalem to the house of our God.
8:31Then we departed fromt he river Ahava
on the twelfth dayof the first month, to go to
Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was on us,
and he delivered us fromt he hand of the enemy
and the bandit by the way. 8:32We came to
Jerusalem, and abode there three days. 8:33On
the fourth day the silver and the gold and the
vessels were weighed in the house of our God
Ezra 8:34 391 Ezra 10:4
into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah
the priest; and with himwas Eleazar the son of
Phinehas; and with themwas Jozabad the son
of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the
Levite; 8:34thewhole by number and by weight:
and all the weight was written at that time.
8:35The children of the captivity, who had come
out of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God
of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six
rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male
goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt
offering to Yahweh. 8:36They delivered the
king's commissions to the king's satraps, and
to the governors beyond the River: and they
furthered the people and the house of God.
9:1Now when these things were done, the
princes drew near to me, saying, The people
of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have
not separated themselves from the peoples of
the lands, doingaccording to their abominations,
even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the
Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the
Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
9:2For they have taken of their daughters for
themselves and for their sons, so that the holy
seed have mixed themselves with the peoples
of the lands: yes, the hand of the princes and
rulers has been chief in this trespass. 9:3When
I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my
robe, and plucked off the hair of my head
and of my beard, and sat down confounded.
9:4Then were assembled to me everyone who
trembled at the words of the God of Israel,
because of the trespass of themo f the captivity;
and I sat confounded until the evening offering.
9:5At the evening offering I arose up fromm y
humiliation, even with my garment and my
robe torn; and I fell on my knees, and spread
out my hands to Yahweh my God; 9:6and I said,
my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up
my face to you, my God; for our iniquities are
increased over our head, and our guiltiness is
grown up to the heavens. 9:7Since the days of
our fathers we have been exceeding guilty to
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 plunder, and to confusion
of face, as it is this day. 9:8Now for a little
moment grace has been shown from Yahweh
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. 9:9For we are
bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken
us in our bondage, but has extended loving
kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia,
to give us a reviving, to set up the house of
our God, and to repair its ruins, and to give
us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. 9:10Now,
our God, what shall we say after this? for we
have forsaken your commandments, 9:11which
you have commanded by your servants the
prophets, saying, The land, to which you
go to possess it, is an unclean land through
the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands,
through their abominations, which have filled
it fromon e end to another with their filthiness:
9:12now therefore don't give your daughters to
their sons, neither take their daughters to your
sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity
forever; that you may be strong, and eat the
good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance
to your children forever. 9:13After all that is
come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great
guilt, seeing that you our God have punished
us less than our iniquities deserve, and have
given us such a remnant, 9:14shall we again
break your commandments, and join in affinity
with the peoples that do these abominations?
would not you be angry with us until you
had consumed us, so that there should be no
remnant, nor any to escape? 9:15Yahweh, the
God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are
left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day:
behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for
none can stand before you because of this.
10:1Now while Ezra prayed and made confession,
weeping and casting himself down
before the house of God, there was gathered
together to himo ut of Israel a very great
assembly of men and women and children; for
the people wept very sore. 10:2Shecaniah the
son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered
Ezra,We have trespassed against our God, and
have married foreign women of the peoples
of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel
concerning this thing. 10:3Now 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 who tremble at the commandment of
our God; and let it be done according to the
law. 10:4Arise; for the matter belongs to you,
Ezra 10:5 392 Ezra 10:44
and we are with you: be of good courage,
and do it. 10:5Then arose Ezra, and made
the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all
Israel, to swear that they would do according
to this word. So they swore. 10:6Then Ezra
rose up fromb efore the house of God, and
went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son
of Eliashib: and whenhe came there, he ate
no bread, nor drank water; for he mourned
because of the trespass of themo f the captivity.
10:7They made proclamation throughout Judah
and Jerusalemto all the children of the captivity,
that they should gather themselves together
to Jerusalem; 10:8and that whoever didn't 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 assembly of the captivity. 10:9Then all the
men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves
together to Jerusalemwi thin the three
days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth
dayof the month: and all the people sat in the
broad place before the house of God, trembling
because of this matter, and for the great rain.
10:10Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them,
You have trespassed, and have married foreign
women, to increase the guilt of Israel. 10:11Now
therefore make confession to Yahweh, the God
of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and
separate yourselves fromthe peoples of the
land, and fromthe foreign women. 10:12Then
all the assembly answered with a loud voice,
As you have said concerning us, so mustwe do.
10:13But the people are many, and it is a time of
much rain, andwe are not able to stand outside:
neither is this a work of one day or two; for
we have greatly transgressed in this matter.
10:14Let now our princes be appointed for all
the assembly, and let all those who are in our
cities who have married foreign women come
at appointed times, and with them the elders of
every city, and its judges, until the fierce wrath
of our God be turned fromus , until thismatter
be dispatched. 10:15Only Jonathan the son of
Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood
up against this matter: and Meshullama nd
Shabbethai the Levite helped them. 10:16The
children of the captivity did so. Ezra the
priest, withcertain heads of fathers' houses, after
their fathers' houses, and all of themby their
names, were set apart; and they sat down in
the first day of the tenth month to examine the
matter. 10:17They made an end with all the
men who had married foreign women by the
first day of the first month. 10:18Among the
sons of the priests there were found who had
married foreign women: namely, of the sons of
Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers,
Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
10:19They gave their hand that they would put
away their wives; and being guilty, they offereda
ramof the flock for their guilt. 10:20Of the
sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah. 10:21Of
the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and
Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. 10:22Of the
sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael,
Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah. 10:23Of the
Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (the
same is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
10:24Of the singers: Eliashib. Of the porters:
Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. 10:25Of Israel:
Of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Izziah,
and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and
Malchijah, and Benaiah. 10:26Of the sons of
Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and
Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah. 10:27Of the sons
of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth,
and Zabad, and Aziza. 10:28Of the sons
of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.
10:29Of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch,
and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, Jeremoth.
10:30Of the sons of Pahathmoab: Adna, and
Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel,
and Binnui, and Manasseh. 10:31of the sons of
Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah,
Shimeon, 10:32Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.
10:33Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah,
Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh,
Shimei. 10:34Of the sons of Bani: Maadai,
Amram, and Uel, 10:35Benaiah, Bedeiah,
Cheluhi, 10:36Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
10:37Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu, 10:38and
Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, 10:39and Shelemiah,
and Nathan, and Adaiah, 10:40Machnadebai,
Shashai, Sharai, 10:41Azarel, and Shelemiah,
Shemariah, 10:42Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.
10:43Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah,
Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah. 10:44All
these had taken foreign wives; and some of
themhad wives by whomthe y had children.
Nehemiah
Nehemiah 1:1 393 Nehemiah 2:16
1:1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.
Now it happened in the month Chislev,
in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the
palace, 1:2that Hanani, one of my brothers,
came, he and certain men out of Judah; and
I asked themco ncerning the Jews who had
escaped, who were left of the captivity, and
concerning Jerusalem. 1:3They said to me,
The remnant who are left of the captivity
there in the province are in great affliction
and reproach: the wall of Jerusalemal so is
broken down, and its gates are burned with
fire. 1:4It happened, when I heard these
words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned
certain days; and I fasted and prayed before
the God of heaven, 1:5and said, I beg you,
Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and
awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving
kindness with those who love himand keep
his commandments: 1:6Let your ear now be
attentive, and your eyes open, that you may
listen to the prayer of your servant, which I
pray before you at this time, day and night,
for the children of Israel your servants while
I confess the sins of the children of Israel,
which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and
my father's house have sinned: 1:7we have
dealt very corruptly against you, and have
not kept the commandments, nor the statutes,
nor the ordinances, which you commanded
your servant Moses. 1:8Remember, I beg you,
the word that you commanded your servant
Moses, saying, If you trespass, I will scatter
you abroad among the peoples: 1:9but if you
return to me, and keep my commandments
and do them, though your outcasts were in
the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I
gather themf rom there, and will bring them
to the place that I have chosen, to cause my
name to dwell there. 1:10Now these are your
servants and your people, whomy ou have
redeemed by your great power, and by your
strong hand. 1:11Lord, I beg you, let now your
ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant,
and to the prayer of your servants, who delight
to fear your name; and please prosper your
servant this day, and grant himm ercy in the
sight of this man. Now I was cup bearer to the
king.
2:1It happened in the month Nisan, in the
twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when
wine was before him, that I took up the wine,
and gave it to the king. Now I had not been
beforesad in his presence. 2:2The king said to
me, Why is your face sad, seeing you are not
sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart.
Then I was very sore afraid. 2:3I said to the
king, Let the king live forever: why should
not my face be sad, when the city, the place
of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its gates
are consumed with fire? 2:4Then the king said
to me, For what do you make request? So I
prayed to the God of heaven. 2:5I said to the
king, If it please the king, and if your servant
have found favor in your sight, that you would
send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers'
tombs, that I may build it. 2:6The king said to
me (the queen also sitting by him), For how
long shall your journey be? and when will
you return? So it pleased the king to send
me; and I set him a time. 2:7Moreover I said
to the king, If it please the king, let letters be
given me to the governors beyond the River,
that they may let me pass through until I come
to Judah; 2:8and a letter to Asaph the keeper of
the king's forest, that he may give me timber
to make beams for the gates of the castle which
appertains to the house, and for the wall of the
city, and for the house that I shall enter into.
The king granted me, according to the good
hand of my God on me. 2:9Then I cam e to the
governors beyond the River, and gave themthe
king's letters. Now the king had sent with me
captains of the army and horsemen. 2:10When
Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant,
the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them
exceedingly, because a man had come to seek
the welfare of the children of Israel. 2:11So I
came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
2:12I arose in the night, I and some few men
with me; neither told I any man what my God
put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither
was there any animal with me, except the
animal that I rode on. 2:13I went out by night by
the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well,
and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls
of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and
its gates were consumed with fire. 2:14Then I
went on to the spring gate and to the king's
pool: but there was no place for the animal that
was under me to pass. 2:15Then went I up in
the night by the brook, and viewed the wall;
and I turned back, and entered by the valley
gate, and so returned. 2:16The rulers didn't
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know where 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 who did the work. 2:17Then said
I to them, You see the evil case that we are
in, how Jerusalemlies waste, and its gates are
burned with fire: come, and let us build up
the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a
reproach. 2:18I told themof the hand ofmy God
which was good on me, as also of the king's
words that he had spoken to me. They said,
Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened
their hands for the good work. 2:19But when
Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant,
the Ammonite, and Geshemthe Arabian, heard
it, they ridiculed us, and despised us, and said,
What is this thing that you do? will you rebel
against the king? 2:20Then answered I them,
and said to them, The God of heaven, he will
prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise
and build: but you have no portion, nor right,
nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
3:1Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with
his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep
gate; they sanctified it, and set up its doors;
even to the tower of Hammeah they sanctified
it, to the tower of Hananel. 3:2Next to him
built the men of Jericho. Next to them built
Zaccur the son of Imri. 3:3The fish gate did the
sons of Hassenaah build; they laid its beams,
and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
3:4Next to themre paired Meremoth the son
of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz. Next to them
repaired Meshullamt he son of Berechiah, the
son of Meshezabel. Next to themr epaired
Zadok the son of Baana. 3:5Next to themthe
Tekoites repaired; but their nobles didn't put
their necks to the work of their lord. 3:6The
old gate repaired Joiada the son of Paseah and
Meshullamt he son of Besodeiah; they laid its
beams, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and
its bars. 3:7Next to themre paired Melatiah the
Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men
of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, that appertainedto
the throne of the governor beyond the River.
3:8Next to himre paired Uzziel the son of
Harhaiah, goldsmiths. Next to him repaired
Hananiah one of the perfumers, and they fortified
Jerusaleme ven to the broad wall. 3:9Next
to themre paired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the
ruler of half the district of Jerusalem. 3:10Next
to themre paired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph,
over against his house. Next to himre paired
Hattush the son of Hashabneiah. 3:11Malchijah
the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of
Pahathmoab, repaired another portion, and the
tower of the furnaces. 3:12Next to himr epaired
Shallumt he son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half
the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
3:13The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the
inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set
up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and one
thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate.
3:14The dung gate repaired Malchijah the son
of Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth
Haccherem; he built it, and set up its doors, its
bolts, and its bars. 3:15The spring gate repaired
Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the
district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it,
and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars,
and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the
king's garden, even to the stairs that go down
fromthe city of David. 3:16After himr epaired
Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half
the district of Beth Zur, to the place over against
the tombs of David, and to the pool that was
made, and to the house of the mighty men.
3:17After himr epaired the Levites, Rehum the
son of Bani. Next to himre paired Hashabiah,
the ruler of half the district of Keilah, for his
district. 3:18After himre paired their brothers,
Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half
the district of Keilah. 3:19Next to himr epaired
Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah,
another portion, over against the ascent to the
armory at the turning of the wall. 3:20After him
Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired
another portion, fromt he turning of the wallto
the door of the house of Eliashib the high
priest. 3:21After himr epaired Meremoth the
son ofUriah the son of Hakkoz another portion,
fromt he door of the house of Eliashib even
to the end of the house of Eliashib. 3:22After
himr epaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
3:23After themre paired Benjamin and Hasshub
over against their house. After themre paired
Azariah the son ofMaaseiah the son of Ananiah
beside his own house. 3:24After himr epaired
Binnui the son of Henadad another portion,
fromthe house of Azariah to the turning of
the wall, and to the corner. 3:25Palal the son
of Uzai repairedover against the turning of the
wall, and the tower that stands out fromthe
upper house of the king, which is by the
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court of the guard. After himPe daiah the
son of Parosh repaired. 3:26(Now the Nethinim
lived in Ophel, to the place over against the
water gate toward the east, and the tower that
stands out.) 3:27After himthe Tekoites repaired
another portion, over against the great tower
that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.
3:28Above the horse gate repaired the priests,
everyone over against his own house. 3:29After
them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over
against his own house. After himre paired
Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of
the east gate. 3:30After himr epaired Hananiah
the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth
son of Zalaph, another portion. After him
repaired Meshullamt he son of Berechiah over
against his chamber. 3:31After himr epaired
Malchijah one of the goldsmiths to the house
of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, over
against the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the
ascent of the corner. 3:32Between the ascent
of the corner and the sheep gate repaired the
goldsmiths and the merchants.
4:1But it happened that when Sanballat
heard that we were building the wall, he was
angry, and took great indignation, and mocked
the Jews. 4:2He spoke before his brothers and
the army of Samaria, and said, What are these
feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves?
will they sacrifice? will they make an end
in a day? will they revive the stones out of
the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?
4:3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and
he said, Even that which they are building, if a
fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.
4:4Hear, our God; for we are despised: and turn
back their reproach on their own head, and give
themup for a spoil in a land of captivity; 4:5and
don't cover their iniquity, and don't let their
sin be blotted out fromb efore you; for they
have provoked youto anger before the builders.
4:6So we built the wall; and all the wall was
joined together to half the heightof it: for the
people had a mind to work. 4:7But it happened
that when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the
Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that
the repairing of the walls of Jerusalemwe nt
forward, andthat the breaches began to be
stopped, then they were very angry; 4:8and
they conspired all of themto gether to come and
fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion
therein. 4:9But we made our prayer to our God,
and set a watch against themd ay and night,
because of them. 4:10Judah 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. 4:11Our adversaries said, They shall
not know, neither see, until we come into the
midst of them, and kill them, and cause the
work to cease. 4:12It happened that when the
Jews who lived by themc ame, they said to us
ten times from all places, You must return to
us. 4:13Therefore set I in the lowest parts of
the space behind the wall, in the open places,
I set therethe people after their families with
their swords, their spears, and their bows. 4:14I
looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and
to the rulers, and to the rest of the people,Don't
be you afraid of them: remember the Lord,
who is great and awesome, and fight for your
brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your
wives, and your houses. 4:15It happened, when
our enemies heard that it was known to us, and
God had brought their counsel to nothing, that
we returned all of us to the wall, everyone to
his work. 4:16It happened fromthat time forth,
that half of my servants worked in the work,
and half of themhe ld the spears, the shields,
and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the
rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
4:17They all built the wall and those who bore
burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one
of his hands worked in the work, and with the
other held his weapon; 4:18and the builders,
everyone had his sword girded by his side, and
so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by
me. 4:19I said to the nobles, and to the rulers
and to the rest of the people, The work is great
and large, and we are separated on the wall,
one far froma nother: 4:20in whatever place
you hear the sound of the trumpet, resort you
there to us; our God will fight for us. 4:21So
we worked in the work: and half of themhe ld
the spears fromthe rising of the morning until
the stars appeared. 4:22Likewise at the same
time said I to the people, Let everyone with
his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the
night they may be a guard to us, and may labor
in the day. 4:23So neither I, nor my brothers,
nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who
followed me, none of us put off our clothes,
everyone went withhis weapon tothe water.
5:1Then there arose a great cry of the people
and of their wives against their brothers the
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Jews. 5:2For there were that said, We, our sons
and our daughters, are many: let us get grain,
that we may eat and live. 5:3Some also there
were that said, We are mortgaging our fields,
and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get
grain, because of the dearth. 5:4There were also
that said, We have borrowed money for the
king's tribute onour fields and our vineyards.
5:5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our
brothers, our children as their children: and
behold, we bring into bondage our sons and
our daughters to be servants, and some of our
daughters are brought into bondage already:
neither is it in our power to help it; for other
men have our fields and our vineyards. 5:6I
was very angry when I heard their cry and
these words. 5:7Then I consulted with myself,
and contended with the nobles and the rulers,
and said to them, You exact usury, everyone
of his brother. I held a great assembly against
them. 5:8I said to them, We after our ability
have redeemed our brothers the Jews, that were
sold to the nations; and would you even sell
your brothers, and should they be sold to us?
Then held they their peace, and found never
a word. 5:9Also I said, The thing that you
do is not good: ought you not to walk in the
fear of our God, because of the reproach of
the nations our enemies? 5:10I likewise, my
brothers and my servants, do lend them money
and grain. Please let us leave off this usury.
5:11Please restore to them, even this day, their
fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and
their houses, also the hundredth part of the
money, and of the grain, the new wine, and
the oil, that you exact of them. 5:12Then said
they, We will restore them, and will require
nothing of them; so will we do, even as you
say. Then I called the priests, and took an
oath of them, that they would do according
to this promise. 5:13Also I shook out my lap,
and said, So God shake out every man from his
house, and fromhi s labor, that doesn't perform
this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and
emptied. All the assembly said, Amen, and
praised Yahweh. The people did according to
this promise. 5:14Moreover fromt he time that I
was appointed to be their governor in the land
of Judah, fromthe twentieth year even to the
two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king,
that is, twelve years, I and my brothers have
not eaten the bread of the governor. 5:15But
the former governorswho were before mewere
supported by the people, and took bread and
wine fromt hem, besides forty shekels of silver;
yes, even their servants ruled over the people:
but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.
5:16Yes, also I continued in the work of this
wall, neither bought we any land: and all
my servants were gathered there to the work.
5:17Moreover there were at my table, of the
Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men,
besides those who came to us from among the
nations that were around us. 5:18Now that
which was prepared for one day was one ox
and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared
for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts
of wine: yet for all this I didn't demand the
bread of the governor, because the bondage
was heavy on this people. 5:19Remember to me,
my God, for good, all that I have done for this
people.
6:1Now it happened, when it was reported
to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshemthe
Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I
had built the wall, and that there was no breach
left therein; (though even to that time I had not
set up the doors in the gates;) 6:2that Sanballat
and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us
meet together in one of the villages in the plain
ofOno. But they thought to do me mischief. 6:3I
sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing
a great work, so that I can't come down: why
should the work cease, while I leave it, and
come down to you? 6:4They sent to me four
times after this sort; and I answered them after
the same manner. 6:5Then sent Sanballat his
servant to me in like manner the fifth time with
an open letter in his hand, 6:6in which was
written, It is reported among the nations, and
Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews think
to rebel; for which cause you are building the
wall: and you would be their king, according
to these words. 6:7You have also appointed
prophets to preach of you 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. 6:8Then I sent to him, saying, There
are no such things done as you say, but you
feign themout of your own heart. 6:9For they
all would have made us afraid, saying, Their
hands shall be weakened fromthe work, that it
not be done. But now, God, strengthen you m y
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hands. 6:10I went to the house of Shemaiah the
son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, 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 kill you; yes, in the night will they come to
kill you. 6:11I said, Should such a man as I flee?
and who is there that, being such as I, would
go into the temple to save his life? I will not
go in. 6:12I discerned, and behold, God had
not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy
against me: and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired
him. 6:13For this cause 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. 6:14Remember, my
God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these
their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah,
and the rest of the prophets, that would have
put me in fear. 6:15So the wall was finished in
the twenty-fifth dayof themonthElul, in fifty-two
days. 6:16It happened, when all our enemies
heard of it, that all the nations that were about
us feared, and were much cast down in their
own eyes; for they perceived that this work
was worked of our God. 6:17Moreover in those
days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to
Tobiah, and the lettersof Tobiah came to them.
6:18For there were many in Judah sworn to him,
because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah
the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had
taken the daughter of Meshullamthe son of
Berechiah as wife. 6:19Also they spoke of his
good deeds before me, and reported my words
to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
7:1Now it happened, when the wall was
built, and I had set up the doors, and the
porters and the singers and the Levites were
appointed, 7:2that I put my brother Hanani,
and Hananiah the governor of the castle, in
charge of Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man,
and feared God above many. 7:3I said to them ,
Don't let the gates of Jerusalemb e opened
until the sun be hot; and while they stand on
guard, let thems hut the doors, and bar you
them: and appointwatches of the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, and everyone
to beover against his house. 7:4Now the city
was wide and large; but the people were few
therein, and the houses were not built. 7:5My
God put into my heart to gather together the
nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that
they might be reckoned by genealogy. I found
the book of the genealogy of those who came
up at the first, and I found written therein:
7:6These are the children of the province, who
went up out of the captivity of those who had
been carried away, whomNe buchadnezzar the
king of Babylon had carried away, and who
returned to Jerusalemand to Judah, everyone
to his city; 7:7who came with Zerubbabel,
Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani,
Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai,
Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the
people of Israel: 7:8The children of Parosh, two
thousand one hundred seventy-two. 7:9The
children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventytwo.
7:10The children of Arah, six hundred
fifty-two. 7:11The children of Pahathmoab, of
the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand
eight hundred andeighteen. 7:12The children
of Elam, one thousand two hundred fiftyfour.
7:13The children of Zattu, eight hundred
forty-five. 7:14The children of Zaccai, seven
hundred sixty. 7:15The children of Binnui, six
hundred forty-eight. 7:16The children of Bebai,
six hundred twenty-eight. 7:17The children of
Azgad, two thousand three hundred twentytwo.
7:18The children of Adonikam, six hundred
sixty-seven. 7:19The children of Bigvai,
two thousand sixty-seven. 7:20The children of
Adin, six hundred fifty-five. 7:21The children
of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight. 7:22The
children of Hashum, three hundred Twentyeight.
7:23The children of Bezai, three hundred
twenty-four. 7:24The children of Hariph, one
hundred twelve. 7:25The children of Gibeon,
ninety-five. 7:26The men of Bethlehem and
Netophah, one hundred eighty-eight. 7:27The
men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
7:28The men of Beth Azmaveth, forty-two.
7:29The men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and
Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three. 7:30The
men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twentyone.
7:31The men of Michmas, one hundred
and twenty-two. 7:32The men of Bethel and
Ai, a hundred twenty-three. 7:33The men of
the other Nebo, fifty-two. 7:34The children of
the other Elam, one thousand two hundred
fifty-four. 7:35The children of Harim, three
hundred twenty. 7:36The children of Jericho,
three hundred forty-five. 7:37The children of
Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twentyone.
7:38The children of Senaah, three thousand
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nine hundred thirty. 7:39The priests: The
children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua,
nine hundred seventy-three. 7:40The children
of Immer, one thousand fifty-two. 7:41The children
of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred
forty-seven. 7:42The children of Harim, one
thousand andseventeen. 7:43The Levites: the
children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children
of Hodevah, seventy-four. 7:44The singers: the
children of Asaph, one hundred forty-eight.
7:45The 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, one hundred thirty-eight.
7:46The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the
children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
7:47the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the
children of Padon, 7:48the children of Lebana,
the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai,
7:49the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel,
the children of Gahar, 7:50the children of
Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of
Nekoda, 7:51the children of Gazzam, the children
of Uzza, the children of Paseah. 7:52The
children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the
children of Nephushesim, 7:53the children of
Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children
of Harhur, 7:54the children of Bazlith, the children
of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 7:55the
children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the
children of Temah, 7:56the children of Neziah,
the children of Hatipha. 7:57The children of
Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the
children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
7:58the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon,
the children of Giddel, 7:59the children of
Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children
of Pochereth Hazzebaim, the children of
Amon. 7:60All the Nethinim, and the children
of Solomon's servants, were three hundred
ninety-two. 7:61These were those who went up
fromT el Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon,
and Immer; but they could not show their
fathers' houses, nor their seed, whether they
were of Israel: 7:62The children of Delaiah, the
children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda,
six hundred forty-two. 7:63Of the priests: the
children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz,
the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of
the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and
was called after their name. 7:64These sought
their register amongthose who were reckoned
by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore
were they deemed polluted and put from the
priesthood. 7:65The governor said to them,
that they should not eat of the most holy
things, until there stood up a priest with Urim
and Thummim. 7:66The whole assembly together
was forty-two thousand three hundred
sixty, 7:67besides their male servants and their
female servants, of whom there were seven
thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they
had two hundred forty-five singing men and
singing women. 7:68Their horses were seven
hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred
forty-five; 7:69theircamels, four hundred thirty-
five; theirdonkeys, six thousand seven hundred
twenty. 7:70Some from among the heads of
fathers' housesgave to the work. The governor
gave to the treasury one thousand darics of
gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty
priests' garments. 7:71Some of the heads of
fathers' housesgave into the treasury of the
work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two
thousand two hundred minas of silver. 7:72That
which the rest of the people gave was twenty
thousand darics of gold, and two thousand
minas of silver, and sixty-seven priests' garments.
7:73So the priests, and the Levites, and
the porters, and the singers, and some of the
people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, lived
in their cities. When the seventh month was
come, the children of Israel were in their cities.
8:1All the people gathered themselves together
as one man into the broad place that
was before the water gate; and they spoke
to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the
law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded
to Israel. 8:2Ezra the priest brought the law
before the assembly, both men and women,
and all who could hear with understanding,
on the first day of the seventh month. 8:3He
read therein before the broad place that was
before the water gate frome arlymorning until
midday, in the presence of the men and the
women, and of those who could understand;
and the ears of all the people were attentiveto
the book of the law. 8:4Ezra the scribe stood on
a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the
purpose; and beside hims tood Mattithiah, and
Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah,
and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his
left hand, Pedaiah, andMishael, andMalchijah,
and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah,
Nehemiah 8:5 399 Nehemiah 9:11
andMeshullam. 8:5Ezra 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: 8:6and Ezra blessed Yahweh,
the great God. All the people answered,
Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands:
and they bowed their heads, and worshiped
Yahweh with their faces to the ground. 8:7Also
Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub,
Shabbethai, Hodiah,Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah,
Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites,
caused the people to understand the law: and
the people stoodin their place. 8:8They read in
the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and
they gave the sense, so that they understood the
reading. 8:9Nehemiah, who was the governor,
and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites
who taught the people, said to all the people,
This day is holy to Yahweh your God; don't
mourn, nor weep. For all the people wept,
when they heard the words of the law. 8:10Then
he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and
drink the sweet, and send portions to himf or
whomno thing is prepared; for this day is holy
to our Lord. Don't be grieved; for the joy of
Yahweh is your strength. 8:11So the Levites
stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace,
for the day is holy; neither be you grieved.
8:12All 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 to them. 8:13On the
second day were gathered together the heads
of fathers' housesof all the people, the priests,
and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to give
attention to the words of the law. 8:14They
found written in the law, how that Yahweh
had commanded by Moses, that the children
of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of
the seventh month; 8:15and that they should
publish and proclaimin all their cities, and in
Jerusalem, saying, Go forth to the mountain,
and get olive branches, and branches of wild
olive, and myrtle branches, and palmbranches,
and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as
it is written. 8:16So the people went forth, and
brought them, and made themselves booths,
everyone on the roof of his house, and in their
courts, and in the courts of the house of God,
and in the broad place of the water gate, and in
the broad place of the gate of Ephraim. 8:17All
the assembly of those who were come again
out of the captivity made booths, and lived in
the booths; for since the days of Jeshua the son
of Nun to that day the children of Israel had
not done so. There was very great gladness.
8:18Also day by day, fromthe first day to the
last day, he read in the book of the law of God.
They kept the feast seven days; and on the
eighth day was a solemn assembly, according
to the ordinance.
9:1Now in the twenty-fourth day of this
month the children of Israel were assembled
with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth
on them. 9:2The seed of Israel separated
themselves from all foreigners, and stood and
confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their
fathers. 9:3They stood up in their place, and
read in the book of the law of Yahweh their
God a fourth part of the day; and anotherfourth
part they confessed, and worshiped Yahweh
their God. 9:4Then stood up on the stairs of
the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah,
Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, andChenani, and
cried with a loud voice to Yahweh their God.
9:5Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani,
Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah,
andPethahiah, said, Stand up and bless Yahweh
your God fromev erlasting to everlasting; and
blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted
above all blessing and praise. 9:6You are Yahweh,
even you alone; you have made heaven,
the heaven of heavens, with all their army,
the earth and all things that are thereon, the
seas and all that is in them, and you preserve
themal l; and the army of heaven worships you.
9:7You are Yahweh the God, who did choose
Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the
Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham,
9:8and found his heart faithful before you, and
made a covenant with him to give the land of
the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the
Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite,
to give it to his seed, and have performed
your words; for you are righteous. 9:9You
saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and
heard their cry by the Red Seaa, 9:10and showed
signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his
servants, and on all the people of his land; for
you knew that they dealt proudly against them,
and did get you a name, as it is this day. 9:11You
a9:9 or, Sea of Reeds
Nehemiah 9:12 400 Nehemiah 9:33
divided the sea before them, so that they went
through the midst of the sea on the dry land;
and their pursuers you did cast into the depths,
as a stone into the mighty waters. 9:12Moreover
in a pillar of cloud you led themb y day; and
in a pillar of fire by night, to give themligh t
in the way in which they should go. 9:13You
cam edown also on Mount Sinai, and spoke
with themf rom heaven, and gave themr ight
ordinances and true laws, good statutes and
commandments, 9:14and made known to them
your holy Sabbath, and commanded them
commandments, and statutes, and a law, by
Moses your servant, 9:15and gave thembre ad
fromthe sky for their hunger, and brought forth
water for themo ut of the rock for their thirst,
and commanded those who they should go in
to possess the land which you had sworn to
give them. 9:16But they and our fathers dealt
proudly and hardened their neck, and didn't
listen to your commandments, 9:17and refused
to obey, neither were mindful of your wonders
that you did among them, but hardened their
neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain
to return to their bondage. But you are a God
ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow
to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and
didn't forsake them. 9:18Yes, when they had
made them a molten calf, and said, This is your
God who brought you up out of Egypt, and
had committed awful blasphemies; 9:19yet you
in your manifold mercies didn't forsake them
in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud didn't
depart fromo ver them by day, to lead them
in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night,
to show theml ight, and the way in which
they should go. 9:20You gave also your good
Spirit to instruct them, and didn't withhold
your manna from their mouth, and gave them
water for their thirst. 9:21Yes, forty years did
you sustain themi n the wilderness, andthey
lacked nothing; their clothes didn't grow old,
and their feet didn't swell. 9:22Moreover you
gave themkin gdoms and peoples, which you
did allot after their portions: so they possessed
the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of
Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
9:23Their children also multiplied you as the
stars of the sky, and brought themi nto the land
concerning which you did say to their fathers,
that they should go in to possess it. 9:24So the
children went in and possessed the land, and
you subdued before themthe inhabitants of
the land, the Canaanites, and gave themi nto
their hands, with their kings, and the peoples
of the land, that they might do with them
as they would. 9:25They took fortified cities,
and a fat land, and possessed houses full of
all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards,
and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance:
so they ate, and were filled, and became fat,
and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
9:26Nevertheless they were disobedient,
and rebelled against you, and cast your law
behind their back, and killed your prophets
that testified against themto turn themag ain
to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.
9:27Therefore you delivered themin to the hand
of their adversaries, who distressed them: and
in the time of their trouble, when they cried
to you, you heard fromhe aven; and according
to your manifold mercies you gave them
saviors who saved themo ut of the hand of
their adversaries. 9:28But after they had rest,
they did evil again before you; therefore left
you themin the hand of their enemies, so
that they had the dominion over them: yet
when they returned, and cried to you, you
heard from heaven; and many times did you
deliver thema ccording to yourmercies, 9:29and
testified against them, that you might bring
themag ain to your law. Yet they dealt proudly,
and didn't listen to your commandments, but
sinned against your ordinances, (which if a
man do, he shall live in them), and withdrew
the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and
would not hear. 9:30Yet many years did you
bear with them, and testified against them by
your Spirit through your prophets: yet would
they not give ear: therefore gave you them
into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
9:31Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you
did not make a full end of them, nor forsake
them; for you are a gracious and merciful
God. 9:32Now therefore, our God, the great,
the mighty, and the awesome God, who keep
covenant and loving kindness, don't let all the
travail seeml ittle before you, that has come
on us, on our kings, on our princes, and on
our priests, and on our prophets, and on our
fathers, and on all your people, since the time
of the kings of Assyria to this day. 9:33However
you are just in all that is come on us; for you
have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;
Nehemiah 9:34 401 Nehemiah 11:1
9:34neither have our kings, our princes, our
priests, nor our fathers, kept your law, nor
listened to your commandments and your testimonies
with which you did testify against
them. 9:35For they have not served you in
their kingdom, and in your great goodness that
you gave them, and in the large and fat land
which you gave before them, neither turned
they fromthe ir wicked works. 9:36Behold, we
are servants this day, and as for the land that
you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its
good, behold, we are servants in it. 9:37It yields
much increase to the kings whom you have set
over us because of our sins: also they have
power over our bodies, and over our livestock,
at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
9:38Yet for all thiswe make a sure covenant, and
write it; and our princes, our Levites, andour
priests, seal to it.
10:1Now those who sealed were: Nehemiah
the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and
Zedekiah, 10:2Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
10:3Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, 10:4Hattush,
Shebaniah, Malluch, 10:5Harim, Meremoth,
Obadiah, 10:6Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
10:7Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 10:8Maaziah,
Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.
10:9The Levites: namely, Jeshua the son of Azaniah,
Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;
10:10and their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah,
Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 10:11Mica, Rehob,
Hashabiah, 10:12Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
10:13Hodiah, Bani, Beninu. 10:14The chiefs of
the people: Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zattu,
Bani, 10:15Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 10:16Adonijah,
Bigvai, Adin, 10:17Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
10:18Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, 10:19Hariph,
Anathoth, Nobai, 10:20Magpiash, Meshullam,
Hezir, 10:21Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
10:22Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 10:23Hoshea,
Hananiah, Hasshub, 10:24Hallohesh, Pilha,
Shobek, 10:25Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
10:26and Ahiah, Hanan, Anan, 10:27Malluch,
Harim, Baanah. 10:28The rest of the people,
the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers,
the Nethinim, and all those who had separated
themselves from the peoples of the lands to
the law of God, their wives, their sons, and
their daughters, everyonewho had knowledge,
and understanding; 10:29They joined with their
brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse,
and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which
was given by Moses the servant of God, and
to observe and do all the commandments of
Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his
statutes; 10:30and that we would not give our
daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take
their daughters for our sons; 10:31and if the
peoples of the land bring wares or any grain
on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not
buy of themo n the Sabbath, or on a holy day;
and that we would forego the seventh year, and
the exaction of every debt. 10:32Also 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; 10:33for the show bread,
and for the continual meal offering, and for the
continual burnt offering, for the Sabbaths, for
the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the
holy things, and for the sin offerings to make
atonement for Israel, and for all the work of
the house of our God. 10:34We cast lots, the
priests, the Levites, and the people, for the
wood offering, to bring it into the house of our
God, according to our fathers' houses, at times
appointed, year by year, to burn on the altar
of Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law;
10:35and to bring the first fruits of our ground,
and the first fruits of all fruit of all manner of
trees, year by year, to the house of Yahweh;
10:36also the firstborn of our sons, and of our
livestock, as it is written in the law, and the
firstborn of our herds and of our flocks, to bring
to the house of our God, to the priests who
minister in the house of our God; 10:37and that
we should bring the first fruits of our dough,
and our wave offerings, and the fruit of all
manner of trees, the new wine and the oil, to
the priests, to the chambers of the house of
our God; and the tithes of our ground to the
Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in
all the cities of our tillage. 10:38The 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 to the house
of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure
house. 10:39For the children of Israel and the
children of Levi shall bring the wave offering
of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil,
to the chambers, where are the vessels of the
sanctuary, and the priests who minister, and
the porters, and the singers: and we will not
forsake the house of our God.
11:1The princes of the people lived in
Nehemiah 11:2 402 Nehemiah 12:8
Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast
lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem
the holy city, and nine parts in the othercities.
11:2The people blessed all the men who willingly
offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.
11:3Now these are the chiefs of the province
who lived in Jerusalem: but in the cities
of Judah lived everyone in his possession in
their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the
Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children
of Solomon's servants. 11:4In Jerusalemliv ed
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 Mahalalel, of the children
of Perez; 11:5and Maaseiah the son of Baruch,
the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the
son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of
Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite. 11:6All the
sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalemw ere four
hundred sixty-eight valiant men. 11:7These
are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of
Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah,
the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the
son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah. 11:8After
himG abbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty-eight.
11:9Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer;
and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second
over the city. 11:10Of the priests: Jedaiah the
son of Joiarib, Jachin, 11:11Seraiah 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, 11:12and their
brothers who did the work of the house, eight
hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of
Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi,
the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the
son of Malchijah, 11:13and his brothers, chiefs
of fathers' houses, two hundred forty-two; and
Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai,
the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
11:14and their brothers, mighty men of valor,
one hundred twenty-eight; and their overseer
was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim. 11:15Of
the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub,
the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah,
the son of Bunni; 11:16and Shabbethai and
Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had
the oversight of the outward business of the
house of God; 11:17and Mattaniah the son of
Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph,
who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving
in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among
his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua,
the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 11:18All
the Levites in the holy city were two hundred
eighty-four. 11:19Moreover the porters, Akkub,
Talmon, and their brothers, who kept watch
at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.
11:20The residue of Israel, of the priests, the
Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone
in his inheritance. 11:21But the Nethinimliv ed
in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa were over the
Nethinim. 11:22The overseer also of the Levites
at Jerusalemwas Uzzi the son of Bani, the son
of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of
Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over
the business of the house of God. 11:23For there
was a commandment fromthe king concerning
them, and a settled provision for the singers,
as every day required. 11:24Pethahiah the son
of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the
son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all
matters concerning the people. 11:25As for the
villages, with their fields, some of the children
of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its towns,
and in Dibon and its towns, and in Jekabzeel
and its villages, 11:26and in Jeshua, and in
Moladah, and Beth Pelet, 11:27and in Hazar
Shual, and in Beersheba and its towns, 11:28and
in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in its towns,
11:29and in En Rimmon, and in Zorah, and
in Jarmuth, 11:30Zanoah, Adullam, and their
villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and
its towns. So they encamped from Beersheba
to the valley of Hinnom. 11:31The children of
Benjamin also livedfromGeb a onward, at Michmash
and Aija, and at Bethel and its towns,
11:32at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 11:33Hazor,
Ramah, Gittaim, 11:34Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
11:35Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
11:36Of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah
were joinedto Benjamin.
12:1Now these are the priests and the
Levites who went up with Zerubbabel
the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah,
Jeremiah, Ezra, 12:2Amariah,Malluch, Hattush,
12:3Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 12:4Iddo,
Ginnethoi, Abijah, 12:5Mijamin, Maadiah,
Bilgah, 12:6Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah.
12:7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These
were the chiefs of the priests and of their
brothers in the days of Jeshua. 12:8Moreover the
Nehemiah 12:9 403 Nehemiah 12:45
Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah,
Judah, andMattaniah, who was over the
thanksgiving, he and his brothers. 12:9Also
Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were
over against themacco rding to their offices.
12:10Jeshua became the father of Joiakim,
and Joiakimbe came the father of Eliashib,
and Eliashib became the father of Joiada,
12:11and Joiada became the father of Jonathan,
and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.
12:12In the days of Joiakimwe re priests, heads
of fathers' houses: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of
Jeremiah, Hananiah; 12:13of Ezra, Meshullam;
of Amariah, Jehohanan; 12:14of Malluchi,
Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; 12:15of Harim,
Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; 12:16of Iddo,
Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; 12:17of
Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah,
Piltai; 12:18of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah,
Jehonathan; 12:19and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of
Jedaiah, Uzzi; 12:20of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok,
Eber; 12:21of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah,
Nethanel. 12:22As for the Levites, in the days
of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua,
there were recorded the heads of fathers'
houses; also the priests, in the reign of Darius
the Persian. 12:23The sons of Levi, heads of
fathers' houses, were written in the book of the
chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the
son of Eliashib. 12:24The chiefs of the Levites:
Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of
Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them,
to praise and give thanks, according to the
commandment ofDavid the man of God, watch
next to watch. 12:25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah,
Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were
porters keeping the watch at the storehouses
of the gates. 12:26These were in the days of
Joiakimthe son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak,
and in the days of Nehemiah the governor,
and of Ezra the priest the scribe. 12:27At the
dedication of the wall of Jerusalemthe y sought
the Levites out of all their places, to bring
themto Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with
gladness, both with giving thanks, and with
singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments,
and with harps. 12:28The sons of the singers
gathered themselves together, both out of the
plain around Jerusalem, and from the villages
of theNetophathites; 12:29also fromBeth Gilgal,
and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth:
for the singers had built themv illages around
Jerusalem. 12:30The priests and the Levites
purified themselves; and they purified the
people, and the gates, and the wall. 12:31Then
I brought up the princes of Judah on the wall,
and appointed two great companies who gave
thanks and went in procession. One wenton the
right hand on the wall toward the dung gate;
12:32and after themwe nt Hoshaiah, and half
of the princes of Judah, 12:33and Azariah, Ezra,
and Meshullam, 12:34Judah, and Benjamin, and
Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, 12:35and certain of
the priests' sons with trumpets: Zechariah the
son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son
of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of
Zaccur, the son of Asaph; 12:36and his brothers,
Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai,
Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical
instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra
the scribe was before them. 12:37By the spring
gate, and straight before them, they went up
by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent
of the wall, above the house of David, even
to the water gate eastward. 12:38The other
company of those who gave thanks went to
meet them, and I after them, with the half of
the people, on the wall, above the tower of
the furnaces, even to the broad wall, 12:39and
above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old
gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of
Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to
the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate
of the guard. 12:40So stood the two companies
of those who gave thanks in the house of
God, and I, and the half of the rulers with
me; 12:41and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah,
Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and
Hananiah, with trumpets; 12:42and Maaseiah,
and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and
Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer.
The singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their
overseer. 12:43They offered great sacrifices that
day, and rejoiced; for God had made them
rejoice with great joy; and the women also
and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of
Jerusalemw as heard even afar off. 12:44On that
day were men appointed over the chambers
for the treasures, for the wave offerings, for
the first fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into
them, according to the fields of the cities, the
portions appointed by the law for the priests
and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests
and for the Levites who waited. 12:45They
Nehemiah 12:46 404 Nehemiah 13:25
performed the duty of their God, and the duty
of the purification, and so didthe singers and
the porters, according to the commandment of
David, and of Solomon his son. 12:46For in the
days of David and Asaph of old there was a
chief of the singers, and songs of praise and
thanksgiving to God. 12:47All Israel in the days
of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah,
gave the portions of the singers and the porters,
as every day required: and they set apart that
which wasfor the Levites; and the Levites set
apart that which wasfor the sons of Aaron.
13:1On that day they read in the book of
Moses in the audience of the people; and
therein was found written, that an Ammonite
and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly
of God forever, 13:2because they didn't
meet the children of Israel with bread and with
water, but hired Balaamag ainst them, to curse
them: however our God turned the curse into
a blessing. 13:3It came to pass, when they had
heard the law, that they separated fromIs rael
all the mixed multitude. 13:4Now before this,
Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over
the chambers of the house of our God, being
allied to Tobiah, 13:5had prepared for hima
great chamber, where before they laid the meal
offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and
the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the
oil, which were given by commandment to the
Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and
the wave offerings for the priests. 13:6But in
all this timeI was not at Jerusalem; for in the
two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of
Babylon I went to the king: and after certain
days asked I leave of the king, 13:7and I came
to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that
Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him
a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
13:8It grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth
all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the
chamber. 13:9Then I commanded, and they
cleansed the chambers: and there brought I
again the vessels of the house of God, with
the meal offerings and the frankincense. 13:10I
perceived that the portions of the Levites had
not been given them; so that the Levites and the
singers, who did the work, had fled everyone
to his field. 13:11Then contended I with the
rulers, and said, Why is the house of God
forsaken? I gathered themto gether, and set
themi n their place. 13:12Then brought all Judah
the tithe of the grain and the new wine and
the oil to the treasuries. 13:13I made treasurers
over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and
Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah:
and next to themwas Hanan the son of Zaccur,
the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted
faithful, and their business was to distribute
to their brothers. 13:14Remember me, my God,
concerning this, and don't wipe out my good
deeds that I have done for the house of my
God, and for its observances. 13:15In those days
saw I in Judah some men treading winepresses
on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and
loading donkeys therewith; as alsowine, grapes,
and figs, and all manner of burdens, which
they brought into Jerusalemo n the Sabbath
day: and I testified against themin the day in
which they sold food. 13:16There lived men of
Tyre also therein, who brought in fish, and all
manner ofwares, and sold on the Sabbath to the
children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 13:17Then I
contended with the nobles of Judah, and said
to them, What evil thing is this that you do,
and profane the Sabbath day? 13:18Didn't your
fathers do thus, and did not our God bring
all this evil on us, and on this city? yet you
bring more wrath on Israel by profaning the
Sabbath. 13:19It came to pass that, when the
gates of Jerusalembe gan to be dark before the
Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should
be shut, and commanded that they should
not be opened until after the Sabbath. I set
some of my servants over the gates, that no
burden should be brought in on the Sabbath
day. 13:20So the merchants and sellers of all
kinds of wares lodged outside of Jerusalem
once or twice. 13:21Then I testified against
them, and said to them, Why lodge you about
the wall? if you do so again, I will lay hands
on you. From that time forth came they no
more on the Sabbath. 13:22I com m a nded the
Levites that they should purify themselves, and
that they should come and keep the gates, to
sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember to me,
my God, this also, and spare me according to
the greatness of your loving kindness. 13:23In
those days also saw I the Jews who had married
women of Ashdod, of Ammon, andof Moab:
13:24and their children spoke half in the speech
of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews'
language, but according to the language of each
people. 13:25I contended with them, and cursed
Nehemiah 13:26 405 Esther 1:20
them, and struck certain of them, and plucked
off their hair, and made them swear by God,
saying, You shall not give your daughters to
their sons, nor take their daughters for your
sons, or for yourselves. 13:26Did not Solomon
king of Israel sin by these things? yet among
many nations was there no king like him, and
he was beloved of his God, and God made
himk ing over all Israel: nevertheless even him
did foreign women cause to sin. 13:27Shall we
then listen to you to do all this great evil, to
trespass against our God in marrying foreign
women? 13:28One of the sons of Joiada, the son
of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to
Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him
fromm e. 13:29Rem em ber them , m yGod, because
they have defiled the priesthood, and the
covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
13:30Thus cleansed I themfr om all foreigners,
and appointed duties for the priests and for the
Levites, everyone in his work; 13:31and for the
wood offering, at times appointed, and for the
first fruits. Remember me, my God, for good.
Esther
1:1Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus
(this is Ahasuerus who reigned from
India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred
twenty-seven provinces), 1:2that in those days,
when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of
his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
1:3in the third year of his reign, he made a feast
for all his princes and his servants; the power of
Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the
provinces, being before him. 1:4He displayed
the riches of his glorious kingdoma nd the
honor of his excellent majesty many days, even
one hundred eighty days. 1:5When these days
were fulfilled, the king made a seven day feast
for all the people who were present in Shushan
the palace, both great and small, in the court of
the garden of the king's palace. 1:6There were
hangings of white, green, and blue material,
fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to
silver rings and marble pillars. The couches
were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red,
white, yellow, and black marble. 1:7They gave
themdrin ks in golden vessels of various kinds,
including royal wine in abundance, according
to the bounty of the king. 1:8In accordance with
the law, the drinking was not compulsory; for
so the king had instructed all the officials of his
house, that they should do according to every
man's pleasure. 1:9Also Vashti the queen made
a feast for the women in the royal house which
belonged to King Ahasuerus.
1:10On the seventh day, when the heart
of the king was merry with wine, he commanded
Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha,
and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcass, the seven
eunuchs who served in the presence of Ahasuerus
the king, 1:11to bring Vashti the queen
before the king with the royal crown, to show
the people and the princes her beauty; for
she was beautiful. 1:12But the queen Vashti
refused to come at the king's commandment
by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was very
angry, and his anger burned in him. 1:13Then
the king said to the wise men, who knew the
times, (for it was the king's custom to consult
those who knew law and judgment; 1:14and the
next to himwe re Carshena, Shethar, Admatha,
Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the
seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw
the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom),
1:15"What shall we do to the queen Vashti
according to law, because she has not done
the bidding of the King Ahasuerus by the
eunuchs?"
1:16Memucan answered before the king and
the princes, "Vashti the queen has not done
wrong to just the king, but also to all the
princes, and to all the people who are in all
the provinces of the King Ahasuerus. 1:17For
this deed of the queen will become known to
all women, causing them to show contempt
for their husbands, when it is reported, 'King
Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be
brought in before him, but she didn't come.'
1:18Today, the princesses of Persia and Media
who have heard of the queen's deed will tell
all the king's princes. This will cause much
contempt and wrath. 1:19If it please the king,
let a royal commandment go from him, and let
it be written among the laws of the Persians
and the Medes, so that it cannot be altered, that
Vashti may never again come before King Ahasuerus;
and let the king give her royal estate to
another who is better than she. 1:20When the
king's decree which he shall make is published
throughout all his kingdom( for it is great), all
Esther 1:21 406 Esther 2:22
the wives will give their husbands honor, both
great and small."
1:21This advice pleased the king and the
princes, and the king did according to the word
of Memucan: 1:22for he sent letters into all the
king's provinces, into every province according
to its writing, and to every people in their
language, that every man should rule his own
house, speaking in the language of his own
people.
2:1After these things, when the wrath of
King Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered
Vashti, and what she had done, and what
was decreed against her. 2:2Then the king's
servants who served himsa id, "Let beautiful
young virgins be sought for the king. 2:3Let
the king appoint officers in all the provinces
of his kingdom, that they may gather together
all the beautiful young virgins to the citadel of
Susa, to the women's house, to the custody of
Hegai the king's eunuch, keeper of the women.
Let cosmetics be given them; 2:4and let the
maiden who pleases the king be queen instead
of Vashti." The thing pleased the king, and he
did so.
2:5There was a certain Jew in the citadel
of Susa, whose name was Mordecai, the son
of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish,
a Benjamite, 2:6who had been carried away
fromJ erusalem with the captives who had
been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah,
whomNe buchadnezzar the king of Babylon
had carried away. 2:7He brought up Hadassah,
that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she
had neither father nor mother. The maiden
was fair and beautiful; and when her father
and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for
his own daughter. 2:8So it happened, when
the king's commandment and his decree was
heard, and when many maidens were gathered
together to the citadel of Susa, to the custody
of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's
house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the
women. 2:9The maiden pleased him, and she
obtained kindness fromhi m. He quickly gave
her cosmetics and her portions of food, and the
seven choice maidens who were to be given her
out of the king's house. He moved her and
her maidens to the best place in the women's
house. 2:10Esther had not made known her
people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had
instructed her that she should not make it
known. 2:11Mordecaiwalked every day in front
of the court of the women's house, to find out
how Esther did, and what would become of
her.
2:12Each young woman's turn came to go
in to King Ahasuerus after her purification for
twelve months (for so were the days of their
purification accomplished, six months with oil
of myrrh, and six months with sweet fragrances
and with preparations for beautifying women).
2:13The young woman then came to the king
like this: whatever she desired was given her
to go with her out of the women's house to the
king's house. 2:14In the evening she went, and
on the next day she returned into the second
women's house, to the custody of Shaashgaz,
the king's eunuch, who kept the concubines.
She came in to the king no more, unless the
king delighted in her, and she was called by
name. 2:15Now when the turn of Esther, the
daughter of Abihail the uncle ofMordecai, who
had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to
the king, she required nothing but what Hegai
the king's eunuch, the keeper of the women,
advised. Esther obtained favor in the sight of
all those who looked at her. 2:16So Esther was
taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal house
in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth,
in the seventh year of his reign. 2:17The king
loved Esther more than all the women, and
she obtained favor and kindness in his sight
more than all the virgins; so that he set the
royal crown on her head, and made her queen
instead of Vashti.
2:18Then the king made a great feast for
all his princes and his servants, even Esther's
feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the
provinces, and gave gifts according to the
king's bounty.
2:19When the virgins were gathered together
the second time, Mordecai was sitting in the
king's gate. 2:20Esther had not yet made known
her relatives nor her people, as Mordecai had
commanded her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai,
like she did when she was brought up by him.
2:21In those days, while Mordecai was sitting
in the king's gate, two of the king's eunuchs,
Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers,
were angry, and sought to lay hands on the
King Ahasuerus. 2:22This thing became known
to Mordecai, who informed Esther the queen;
and Esther informed the king in Mordecai's
Esther 2:23 407 Esther 4:8
name. 2:23When this matter was investigated,
and it was found to be so, they were both
hanged on a tree; and it was written in the book
of the chronicles in the king's presence.
3:1After these things King Ahasuerus promoted
Haman the son of Hammedatha the
Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat
above all the princeswho werewith him .3:2All
the king's servants who were in the king's gate
bowed down, and paid homage to Haman;
for the king had so commanded concerning
him. But Mordecai didn't bow down or pay
himho mage. 3:3Then the king's servants, who
were in the king's gate, said toMordecai, "Why
do you disobey the king's commandment?"
3:4Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily
to him, and he didn't listen to them, that they
told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's reason
would stand; for he had told themthat he was a
Jew. 3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai didn't
bow down, nor pay him homage, Haman was
full of wrath. 3:6But he scorned the thought
of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they
had made known to him Mordecai's people.
ThereforeHaman sought to destroy all the Jews
who were throughout the whole kingdomof
Ahasuerus, even the Mordecai's people.
3:7In the first month, which is the month
Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus,
they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman
fromda y to day, and frommonth tomonth, and
chose the twelfth month, which is the month
Adar. 3:8Haman said to King Ahasuerus,
"There is a certain people scattered abroad
and dispersed among the peoples in all the
provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are
different than other people's. They don't keep
the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the king's
profit to allow themto remain. 3:9If it pleases
the king, let it bewritten that they be destroyed;
and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver
into the hands of those who are in charge of
the king's business, to bring it into the king's
treasuries."
3:10The king took his ring fromhis hand, and
gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the
Agagite, the Jews' enemy. 3:11The king said to
Haman, "The silver is given to you, the people
also, to do with themas it seems good to you."
3:12Then the king's scribes were called in on the
first month, on the thirteenth day of the month;
and all that Haman commanded was written
to the king's satraps, and to the governors
who were over every province, and to the
princes of every people, to every province
according its writing, and to every people in
their language. It was written in the name of
King Ahasuerus, and it was sealed with the
king's ring. 3:13Letters were sent by couriers
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 on the thirteenth day of the
twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and
to plunder their possessions. 3:14A copy of
the letter, that the decree should be given out
in every province, was published to all the
peoples, that they should be ready against that
day. 3:15The couriers went forth in haste by
the king's commandment, and the decree was
given out in the citadel of Susa. The king
and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of
Shushan was perplexed.
4:1Now when Mordecai found out all that
was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put
on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into
the midst of the city, and wailed loudly and
a bitterly. 4:2He came even before the king's
gate, for no one is allowed inside the king's gate
clothed with sackcloth. 4:3In every province,
wherever 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.
4:4Esther's maidens and her eunuchs came and
told her this, and the queen was exceedingly
grieved. She sent clothing to Mordecai, to
replace his sackcloth; but he didn't receive
it. 4:5Then Esther called for Hathach, one of
the king's eunuchs, whomhe had appointed
to attend her, and commanded him to go to
Mordecai, to find out what this was, and why
it was. 4:6So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to
city square which was before the king's gate.
4:7Mordecai told himo f all that had happened
to him, and the exact sum of the money that
Haman had promised to pay to the king's
treasuries for the destruction of the Jews. 4:8He
also gave himthe copy of the writing of the
decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy
them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to
her, and to urge her to go in to the king, to make
supplication to him, and to make request before
him, for her people.
Esther 4:9 408 Esther 6:5
4:9Hathach came and told Esther the words
of Mordecai. 4:10Then Esther spoke to Hathach,
and gave hima message to Mordecai: 4:11"All
the king's servants, and the people of the king's
provinces, know, that whoever, whether man
or woman, comes to the king into the inner
court without being called, there is one law
for him, that he be put to death, except those
to whomt he king might hold out the golden
scepter, that he may live. I have not been called
to come in to the king these thirty days."
4:12They told to Mordecai Esther's words.
4:13Then Mordecai asked themre turn answer
to Esther, "Don't think to yourself that you will
escape in the king's house any more than all
the Jews. 4:14For if you remain silent now, then
relief and deliverance will come to the Jews
fromano ther place, but you and your father's
house will perish. Who knows if you haven't
come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
4:15Then Esther asked themto answer
Mordecai, 4:16"Go, gather together all the Jews
who are present in Shushan, and fast for me,
and neither eat nor drink three days, night or
day. I and my maidens will also fast the same
way. Then I will go in to the king, which is
against the law; and if I perish, I perish." 4:17So
Mordecai went his way, and did according to
all that Esther had commanded him.
5:1Now it happened on the third day that
Esther put on her royal clothing, and stood
in the inner court of the king's house, next to
the king's house. The king sat on his royal
throne in the royal house, next to the entrance
of the house. 5:2When the king saw Esther the
queen standing in the court, she obtained favor
in his sight; and the king held out to Esther
the golden scepter that was in his hand. So
Esther came near, and touched the top of the
scepter. 5:3Then the king asked her, "What
would you like, queen Esther? What is your
request? It shall be given you even to the half
of the kingdom."
5:4Esther said, "If it seems good to the king,
let the king and Haman come today to the
banquet that I have prepared for him."
5:5Then the king said, "Bring Haman
quickly, so that it may be done as Esther has
said." So the king and Haman came to the
banquet that Esther had prepared.
5:6The king said to Esther at the banquet
of wine, "What is your petition? It shall be
granted you. What is your request? Even to
the half of the kingdomi t shall be performed."
5:7Then Esther answered and said, "My
petition and my request is this. 5:8If I have
found favor 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 will prepare for
them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has
said."
5:9Then Haman went out that day joyful and
glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai
in the king's gate, that he didn't stand up
nor move for him, he was filled with wrath
against Mordecai. 5:10Nevertheless Haman
restrained himself, and went home. There, he
sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his
wife. 5:11Haman recounted to them the glory
of his riches, the multitude of his children, all
the things in which the king had promoted
him, and how he had advanced him above the
princes and servants of the king. 5:12Haman
also said, "Yes, Esther the queen let no man
come in with the king to the banquet that she
had prepared but myself; and tomorrow I am
also invited by her together with the king.
5:13Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I
seeMordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."
5:14Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends
said to him, "Let a gallows be made fifty cubits
high, and in the morning speak to the king
about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in
merrily with the king to the banquet." This
pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.
6:1On that night, the king couldn't sleep.
He commanded the book of records of the
chronicles to be brought, and they were read to
the king. 6:2It was found written that Mordecai
had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the
king's eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who
had tried to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.
6:3The king said, "What honor and dignity has
been bestowed on Mordecai for this?"
Then the king's servants who attended him
said, "Nothing has been done for him."
6:4The king said, "Who is in the court?"
Now Haman had come into the outer court of
the king's house, to speak to the king about
hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had
prepared for him.
6:5The king's servants said to him, "Behold,
Haman stands in the court."
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The king said, "Let himco me in." 6:6So
Haman came in. The king said to him, "What
shall be done to the man whom the king
delights to honor?"
Now Haman said in his heart, "Who would
the king delight to honor more than myself?"
6:7Haman said to the king, "For the man whom
the king delights to honor, 6:8let royal clothing
be broughtwhich the king uses towear, and the
horse that the king rides on, and on the head of
which a crown royal is set. 6:9Let the clothing
and the horse be delivered to the hand of one
of the king's most noble princes, that they may
array the man whom the king delights to honor
with them, and have him ride on horseback
through the city square, and proclaimbe fore
him, 'Thus shall it be done to the man whom
the king delights to honor!'"
6:10Then the king said to Haman, "Hurry
and take the clothing and the horse, as you
have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew,
who sits at the king's gate. Let nothing fail of
all that you have spoken."
6:11Then Haman took the clothing and the
horse, and arrayedMordecai, and had himride
through the city square, and proclaimed before
him, "Thus shall it be done to the man whom
the king delights to honor!"
6:12Mordecai came back to the king's gate,
but Haman hurried to his house, mourning
and having his head covered. 6:13Haman
recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends
everything that had happened to him. Then
his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him,
"If Mordecai, before whomy ou have begun to
fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail
against him, but you will surely fall before
him." 6:14While they were yet talking with
him, the king's eunuchs came, and hurried to
bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had
prepared.
7:1So the king and Haman came to banquet
with Esther the queen. 7:2The king said again
to Esther on the second day at the banquet of
wine, "What is your petition, queen Esther? It
shall be granted you. What is your request?
Even to the half of the kingdomi t shall be
performed."
7:3Then Esther the queen answered, "If I
have found favor in your sight, O king, and if
it please the king, let my life be given me at my
petition, and my people at my request. 7:4For
we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed,
to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been
sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I would
have held my peace, although the adversary
could not have compensated for the king's
loss."
7:5Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the
queen, "Who is he, and where is he who dared
presume in his heart to do so?"
7:6Esther said, "An adversary and an enemy,
even this wicked Haman!"
Then Haman was afraid before the king and
the queen. 7:7The king arose in his wrath from
the banquet of wine and went into the palace
garden. 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. 7:8Then the king returned out of the
palace garden into the place of the banquet
of wine; and Haman had fallen on the couch
where Esther was. Then the king said, "Will
he even assault the queen in front of me in the
house?" As the word went out of the king's
mouth, they covered Haman's face.
7:9Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who
were with the king said, "Behold, the gallows
fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for
Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is
standing at Haman's house."
The king said, "Hang himo n it!"
7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows
that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was
the king's wrath pacified.
8:1On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the
house of Haman, the Jews' enemy, to Esther
the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for
Esther had told what he was to her. 8:2The
king took off his ring, which he had taken from
Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set
Mordecai over the house of Haman. 8:3Esther
spoke yet again before the king, and fell down
at his feet, and begged himwi th tears to put
away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and
his device that he had devised against the Jews.
8:4Then the king held out to Esther the golden
scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the
king. 8:5She said, "If it pleases the king, and if
I have found favor in his sight, and the thing
seemr ight to the king, and I am pleasing in
his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters
devised by Haman, the son ofHammedatha the
Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews
Esther 8:6 410 Esther 9:15
who are in all the king's provinces. 8:6For how
can I endure to see the evil that would come
to my people? How can I endure to see the
destruction of my relatives?"
8:7Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the
queen and to Mordecai the Jew, "See, I have
given Esther the house ofHaman, and himthey
have hanged on the gallows, because he laid his
hand on the Jews. 8:8Write also to the Jews, as it
pleases 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 not be reversed by any man."
8:9Then the king's scribes were called at that
time, in the third month Sivan, on the twentythird
day of the month; and it was written
according to all that Mordecai commanded to
the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors
and princes of the provinces which are from
India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven
provinces, to every province according to its
writing, and to every people in their language,
and to the Jews in their writing, and in their
language. 8:10He wrote in the name of King
Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring,
and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding
on royal horses that were bread fromsw ift
steeds. 8:11In those letters, the king granted
the Jews who were in every city to gather
themselves together, and to defend their life, to
destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the
power of the people and province that would
assault them, their little ones and women, and
to plunder their possessions, 8:12on one day
in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on
the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which
is the month Adar. 8:13A copy of the letter,
that the decree should be given out in every
province, was published to all the peoples,
that the Jews should be ready for that day to
avenge themselves on their enemies. 8:14So
the couriers who rode on royal horses went
out, hastened and pressed on by the king's
commandment. The decree was given out in
the citadel of Susa.
8:15Mordecai went out of the presence of
the king in royal clothing of blue and white,
and with a great crown of gold, and with a
robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of
Susa shouted and was glad. 8:16The Jews had
light, gladness, joy, and honor. 8:17In every
province, and in every city, wherever the king's
commandment and his decree came, the Jews
had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day.
Many fromam ong the peoples of the land
became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen
on them.
9:1Now in the twelfth month, which is the
month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the
month, when the king's commandment and his
decree drew near to be put in execution, on
the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped
to conquer them, (but it was turned out the
opposite happened, that the Jews conquered
those who hated them), 9:2the Jews gathered
themselves together in their cities throughout
all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, to lay
hands on those who wanted to harmthem. No
one could withstand them, because the fear of
themh ad fallen on all the people. 9:3All the
princes of the provinces, the satraps, the governors,
and those who did the king's business
helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai
had fallen on them. 9:4For Mordecai was
great in the king's house, and his fame went
out throughout all the provinces; for the man
Mordecai grewgreater and greater. 9:5The Jews
struck all their enemies with the stroke of the
sword, andwith slaughter and destruction, and
didwhat theywanted to those who hated them.
9:6In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and
destroyed five hundred men. 9:7They killed
Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, 9:8Poratha,
Adalia, Aridatha, 9:9Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai,
and Vaizatha, 9:10the ten sons of Haman the
son of Hammedatha, the Jew's enemy, but they
didn't lay their hand on the plunder. 9:11On
that day, the number of those who were slain in
the citadel of Susa was brought before the king.
9:12The king said to Esther the queen, "The
Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred
men in the citadel of Susa, including the ten
sons of Haman; what then have they done in
the rest of the king's provinces! Now what is
your petition? It shall be granted you. What is
your further request? It shall be done."
9:13Then Esther said, "If it pleases the king,
let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan
to do tomorrow also according to this day's
decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged on
the gallows."
9:14The king commanded this to be done.
A decree was given out in Shushan; and they
hanged Haman's ten sons. 9:15The Jews who
Esther 9:16 411 Esther 10:3
were in Shushan gathered themselves together
on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar,
and killed three hundred men in Shushan; but
they didn't lay their hand on the spoil. 9:16The
other Jews who were in the king's provinces
gathered themselves together, defended their
lives, had rest fromt heir enemies, and killed
seventy-five thousand of those who hated
them; but they didn't lay their hand on the
plunder. 9:17This was done on the thirteenth
day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth
day of that month they rested and made it a
day of feasting and gladness. 9:18But the Jews
who were in Shushan assembled together on
the thirteenth and on the fourteenth days of
the month; and on the fifteenth day of that
month, they rested, and made it a day of
feasting and gladness. 9:19Therefore the Jews
of the villages, who live in the unwalled towns,
make the fourteenth day of the month Adar
a day of gladness and feasting, a good day,
and a day of sending presents of food to one
another. 9:20Mordecai wrote these things, and
sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the
provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both near and
far, 9:21to enjoin themthat they should keep
the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month
Adar yearly, 9:22as the days in which the Jews
had rest from their enemies, and the month
which was turned to themf rom sorrow to
gladness, and frommourning into a good day;
that they should make them days of feasting
and gladness, and of sending presents of food
to one another, and gifts to the needy. 9:23The
Jews accepted the customthat they had begun,
as Mordecai had written to them; 9:24because
Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite,
the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against
the Jews to destroy them, and had cast "Pur,"
that is the lot, to consume them, and to destroy
them; 9:25but when this became known to the
king, he commanded by letters that his wicked
device, which he had devised against the Jews,
should return on his own head, and that he
and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
9:26Therefore they called these days "Purim,a"
fromt he word "Pur." Therefore because of all
the words of this letter, and of that which they
had seen concerning this matter, and thatwhich
had come to them, 9:27the Jews established, and
imposed on themselves, and on their descendants,
and on all those who joined themselves
to them, so that it should not fail, that they
would keep these two days according to what
was written, and according to its appointed
time, every year; 9:28and that these days should
be remembered and kept throughout every
generation, every fam ily, every province, and
every city; and that these days of Purimsh ould
not fail from among the Jews, nor the memory
of themperish from their seed.
9:29Then Esther the queen, the daughter of
Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with
all authority to confirmthi s second letter of
Purim. 9:30He sent letters to all the Jews,
to the hundred twenty-seven provinces of the
kingdomo f Ahasuerus, with words of peace
and truth, 9:31to confirmthe se days of Purim
in their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew
and Esther the queen had decreed, and as
they had imposed upon themselves and their
descendants, in the matter of the fastings and
their cry. 9:32The commandment of Esther
confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was
written in the book.
10:1King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the
land, and on the islands of the sea. 10:2All the
acts of his power and of his might, and the full
account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which
the king advanced him, aren't they written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings ofMedia
and Persia? 10:3For Mordecai the Jew was next
to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews,
and accepted by the multitude of his brothers,
seeking the good of his people, and speaking
peace to all his descendants.
a9:26 Purimis the Hebrew plural for pur, whichmeans lot.
Job 1:1 412 Job 2:5
Job
1:1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose
name was Job. That man was blameless and
upright, and one who feared God, and turned
away frome vil. 1:2There were born to him
seven sons and three daughters. 1:3His possessions
also were seven thousand sheep, three
thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen,
five hundred female donkeys, and a very great
household; so that this man was the greatest of
all the children of the east. 1:4His sons went
and held a feast in the house of each one on
his birthday; and they sent and called for their
three sisters to eat and to drink with them. 1:5It
was so, when the days of their feasting had
run their course, that Job sent and sanctified
them, and rose up early in the morning, and
offered burnt offerings according to the number
of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my
sons have sinned, and renounced God in their
hearts." Job did so continually.
1:6Now it happened on the day when the
God's sons cam e to present them selves before
Yahweh, that Satan also came among them.
1:7Yahweh said to Satan, "Where have you
come from?"
Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said,
"Fromg oing back and forth in the earth, and
fromw alking up and down in it."
1:8Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered
my servant, Job? For there is none like him
in the earth, a blameless and an upright man,
one who fears God, and turns away fromev il."
1:9Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said,
"Does Job fear God for nothing? 1:10Haven't
you made a hedge around him, and around
his house, and around all that he has, on every
side? You have blessed the work of his hands,
and his substance is increased in the land.
1:11But put forth your hand now, and touch all
that he has, and he will renounce you to your
face."
1:12Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, all that
he has is in your power. Only on himself don't
put forth your hand."
So Satan went forth fromthe presence of
Yahweh. 1:13It fell on a day when his sons and
his daughters were eating and drinkingwine in
their eldest brother's house, 1:14that there came
a messenger to Job, and said, "The oxen were
plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
1:15and the Sabeans attacked, and took them
away. Yes, they have killed the servants with
the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped
to tell you."
1:16While he was still speaking, there also
came another, and said, "The fire of God has
fallen fromthe sky, and has burned up the
sheep and the servants, and consumed them,
and I alone have escaped to tell you."
1:17While he was still speaking, there came
also another, and said, "The Chaldeans made
three bands, and swept down on the camels,
and have taken thema way, yes, and killed the
servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone
have escaped to tell you."
1:18While he was still speaking, there came
also another, and said, "Your sons and your
daughters were eating and drinking wine in
their eldest brother's house, 1:19and behold,
there came a great wind from the wilderness,
and struck the four corners of the house, and
it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I
alone have escaped to tell you."
1:20Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and
shaved his head, and fell down on the ground,
and worshiped. 1:21He said, "Naked I came
out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I
return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has
taken away. Blessed be the name of Yahweh."
1:22In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God
with wrongdoing.
2:1Again it happened on the day when the
God's sons came to present themselves before
Yahweh, that Satan came also among them to
present himself before Yahweh. 2:2Yahweh said
to Satan, "Where have you come from?"
Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "From
going back and forth in the earth, and from
walking up and down in it."
2:3Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered
my servant Job? For there is none like him
in the earth, a blameless and an upright man,
one who fears God, and turns away fromev il.
He still maintains his integrity, although you
incited me against him, to ruin him without
cause."
2:4Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Skin
for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give
for his life. 2:5But put forth your hand now,
and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will
renounce you to your face."
Job 2:6 413 Job 4:3
2:6Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, he is in
your hand. Only spare his life."
2:7So Satan went forth fromthe presence of
Yahweh, and struck Jobwith painful sores from
the sole of his foot to his head. 2:8He took for
himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and
he sat among the ashes. 2:9Then his wife said
to him, "Do you still maintain your integrity?
Renounce God, and die."
2:10But he said to her, "You speak as one of
the foolish women would speak. What? Shall
we receive good at the hand of God, and shall
we not receive evil?"
In all this Job didn't sin with his lips.
2:11Now when Job's three friends heard of all
this evil that had come on him, they each came
fromh is own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad
the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite,
and they made an appointment together to
come to sympathize with him and to comfort
him. 2:12When they lifted up their eyes froma
distance, and didn't recognize him, they raised
their voices, and wept; and they each tore his
robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward
the sky. 2:13So they sat down with himon the
ground seven days and seven nights, and none
spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief
was very great.
3:1After this Job opened his mouth, and
cursed the day of his birth. 3:2Job answered:
3:3"Let the day perish in which I was born,
the night which said, 'There is a boy
conceived.'
3:4Let that day be darkness.
Don't let God froma bove seek for it,
neither let the light shine on it.
3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim
it for their own.
Let a cloud dwell on it.
Let all that makes black the day terrify it.
3:6As for that night, let thick darkness seize on
it.
Let it not rejoice among the days of the
year.
Let it not come into the number of the
months.
3:7Behold, let that night be barren.
Let no joyful voice come therein.
3:8Let themcu rse it who curse the day,
who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
3:9Let the stars of its twilight be dark.
Let it look for light, but have none,
neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
3:10because it didn't shut up the doors of my
mother's womb,
nor did it hide trouble frommy eyes.
3:11"Why didn't I die fromt he womb?
Why didn't I give up the spirit when my
mother bore me?
3:12Why did the knees receive me?
Or why the breast, that I should suck?
3:13For now should I have lain down and been
quiet.
I should have slept, then I would have
been at rest,
3:14with kings and counselors of the earth,
who built upwaste places for themselves;
3:15or with princes who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver:
3:16or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been,
as infants who never saw light.
3:17There the wicked cease fromt roubling.
There the weary are at rest.
3:18There the prisoners are at ease together.
They don't hear the voice of the taskmaster.
3:19The small and the great are there.
The servant is free fromh ismaster.
3:20"Why is light given to himw ho is inmisery,
life to the bitter in soul,
3:21Who long for death, but it doesn't come;
and dig for it more than for hidden
treasures,
3:22who rejoice exceedingly,
and are glad, when they can find the
grave?
3:23Why is light given to a man whose way is
hid,
whomGo d has hedged in?
3:24For my sighing comes before I eat.
My groanings are poured out like water.
3:25For the thing which I fear comes on me,
That which I am afraid of comes to me.
3:26I amn ot at ease, neither amI quiet, neither
have I rest;
but trouble comes."
4:1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
4:2"If someone ventures to talk with you, will
you be grieved?
But who can withhold himself from
speaking?
4:3Behold, you have instructed many,
you have strengthened the weak hands.
Job 4:4 414 Job 5:20
4:4Your words have supported himwho was
falling,
You have made firm the feeble knees.
4:5But now it is come to you, and you faint.
It touches you, and you are troubled.
4:6Isn't your piety your confidence?
Isn't the integrity of your ways your
hope?
4:7"Remember, now, whoever perished, being
innocent?
Or where were the upright cut off?
4:8According to what I have seen, those who
plow iniquity,
and sow trouble,
reap the same.
4:9By the breath of God they perish.
By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
4:10The roaring of the lion,
and the voice of the fierce lion,
the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
4:11The old lion perishes for lack of prey.
The cubs of the lioness are scattered
abroad.
4:12"Now a thing was secretly brought to me.
My ear received a whisper of it.
4:13In thoughts fromthe visions of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
4:14fear came on me, and trembling,
which made all my bones shake.
4:15Then a spirit passed before my face.
The hair of my flesh stood up.
4:16It stood still, but I couldn't discern its
appearance.
A formw as beforemy eyes.
Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
4:17'Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Shall a man be more pure than hisMaker?
4:18Behold, he puts no trust in his servants.
He charges his angels with error.
4:19How much more, those who dwell in
houses of clay,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed before the moth!
4:20Between morning and evening they are
destroyed.
They perish forever without any regarding
it.
4:21Isn't their tent cord plucked up within
them?
They die, and that without wisdom.'
5:1"Call now; is there any who will answer
you?
To which of the holy ones will you turn?
5:2For resentment kills the foolish man,
and jealousy kills the simple.
5:3I have seen the foolish taking root,
but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
5:4His children are far froms afety.
They are crushed in the gate.
Neither is there any to deliver them,
5:5whose harvest the hungry eats up,
and take it even out of the thorns.
The snare gapes for their substance.
5:6For affliction doesn't come forth from the
dust,
neither does trouble spring out of the
ground;
5:7but man is born to trouble,
as the sparks fly upward.
5:8"But as for me, I would seek God.
I would commit my cause to God,
5:9who does great things that can't be fathomed,
marvelous things without number;
5:10who gives rain on the earth,
and sends waters on the fields;
5:11so that he sets up on high thosewho are low,
those who mourn are exalted to safety.
5:12He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
So that their hands can't performthe ir
enterprise.
5:13He takes the wise in their own craftiness;
the counsel of the cunning is carried
headlong.
5:14They meet with darkness in the day time,
and grope at noonday as in the night.
5:15But he saves fromthe sword of theirmouth,
even the needy fromt he hand of the
mighty.
5:16So the poor has hope,
and injustice shuts her mouth.
5:17"Behold, happy is the man whom God
corrects.
Therefore do not despise the chastening
of the Almighty.
5:18For he wounds, and binds up.
He injures, and his hands make whole.
5:19He will deliver you in six troubles;
yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
5:20In famine he will redeemyou fromdea th;
in war, fromt he power of the sword.
Job 5:21 415 Job 6:30
5:21You shall be hidden fromthe scourge of the
tongue,
neither shall you be afraid of destruction
when it comes.
5:22At destruction and famine you shall laugh,
neither shall you be afraid of the animals
of the earth.
5:23For you shall be in league with the stones of
the field.
The animals of the field shall be at peace
with you.
5:24You shall know that your tent is in peace.
You shall visit your fold, and shall miss
nothing.
5:25You shall know also that your seed shall be
great,
Your offspring as the grass of the earth.
5:26You shall come to your grave in a full age,
like a shock of grain comes in its season.
5:27Look this, we have searched it, so it is.
Hear it, and know it for your good."
6:1Then Job answered,
6:2"Oh that my anguish were weighed,
and all my calamity laid in the balances!
6:3For now it would be heavier than the sand of
the seas,
therefore have my words been rash.
6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within
me.
My spirit drinks up their poison.
The terrors of God set themselves in array
against me.
6:5Does the wild donkey bray when he
has grass?
Or does the ox low over his fodder?
6:6Can that which has no flavor be eaten
without salt?
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
6:7My soul refuses to touch them.
They are as loathsome food to me.
6:8"Oh that I might have my request,
that Godwould grant the thing that I long
for,
6:9even that it would please God to crush me;
that he would let loose his hand, and cut
m e off!
6:10Be it still my consolation,
yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't
spare,
that I have not denied the words of the
Holy One.
6:11What is my strength, that I should wait?
What is my end, that I should be patient?
6:12Is my strength the strength of stones?
Or is my flesh of brass?
6:13Isn't it that I have no help in me,
That wisdomis driven quite fromme?
6:14"To himwho is ready to faint, kindness
should be shown fromh is friend;
even to himwho forsakes the fear of the
Almighty.
6:15My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a
brook,
as the channel of brooks that pass away;
6:16Which are black by reason of the ice,
in which the snow hides itself.
6:17In the dry season, they vanish.
When it is hot, they are consumed out of
their place.
6:18The caravans that travel beside themtur n
aside.
They go up into the waste, and perish.
6:19The caravans of Tema looked.
The companies of Sheba waited for them.
6:20They were distressed because they were
confident.
They came there, and were confounded.
6:21For now you are nothing.
You see a terror, and are afraid.
6:22Did I say, 'Give to me?'
or, 'Offer a present for me from your
substance?'
6:23or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?'
or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the
oppressors?'
6:24"Teach me, and I will hold my peace.
Cause me to understand wherein I have
erred.
6:25How forcible are words of uprightness!
But your reproof, what does it reprove?
6:26Do you intend to reprove words,
seeing that the speeches of one who is
desperate are as wind?
6:27Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless,
and make merchandise of your friend.
6:28Now therefore be pleased to look at me,
for surely I shall not lie to your face.
6:29Please return.
Let there be no injustice.
Yes, return again.
My cause is righteous.
6:30Is there injustice on my tongue?
Job 7:1 416 Job 8:16
Can't my taste discern mischievous
things?
7:1"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth?
Aren't his days like the days of a hired
hand?
7:2As a servant who earnestly desires the
shadow,
as a hireling who looks for his wages,
7:3so am I made to possess months of misery,
wearisome nights are appointed to me.
7:4When I lie down, I say,
'When shall I arise, and the night be
gone?'
I toss and turn until the dawning of the
day.
7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of
dust.
My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
7:6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle,
and are spent without hope.
7:7Oh remember that my life is a breath.
My eye shall no more see good.
7:8The eye of him who sees me shall see me no
more.
Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not
be.
7:9As the cloud is consumed and vanishes
away,
so he who goes down to Sheol shall come
up no more.
7:10He shall return no m ore to his house,
neither shall his place know himany
more.
7:11"Therefore I will not keep silent.
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit.
I will complain in the bitterness of my
soul.
7:12AmI a sea, or a seamonster,
that you put a guard over me?
7:13When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me.
My couch shall ease my complaint;'
7:14then you scare me with dreams,
and terrify me through visions:
7:15so that my soul chooses strangling,
death rather than my bones.
7:16I loathe my life.
I don't want to live forever.
Leave m e alone, for m ydays are but a
breath.
7:17What is man, that you should magnify him,
that you should set your mind on him,
7:18that you should visit hime verymorning,
and test him every moment?
7:19How long will you not look away fromm e,
nor leave me alone until I swallow down
my spittle?
7:20If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you
watcher of men?
Why have you set me as a mark for you,
so that I ama burden tomyself?
7:21Why do you not pardon my disobedience,
and take away my iniquity?
For now shall I lie down in the dust.
You will seek me diligently, but I shall not
be."
8:1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
8:2"How long will you speak these things?
Shall the words of your mouth be a
mighty wind?
8:3Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
8:4If your children have sinned against him,
He has delivered themi nto the hand of
their disobedience.
8:5If you want to seek God diligently,
make your supplication to the Almighty.
8:6If you were pure and upright,
surely now he would awaken for you,
and make the habitation of your righteousness
prosperous.
8:7Though your beginning was small,
yet your latter end would greatly increase.
8:8"Please inquire of past generations.
Find out about the learning of their fathers.
8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and know
nothing,
because our days on earth are a shadow.)
8:10Shall they not teach you, tell you,
and utter words out of their heart?
8:11"Can the papyrus grow up without mire?
Can the rushes grow without water?
8:12While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down,
it withers before any other reed.
8:13So are the paths of all who forget God.
The hope of the godless man shall perish,
8:14Whose confidence shall break apart,
Whose trust is a spider's web.
8:15He shall lean on his house, but it shall not
stand.
He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.
8:16He is green before the sun.
His shoots go forth over his garden.
Job 8:17 417 Job 10:1
8:17His roots are wrapped around the rock pile.
He sees the place of stones.
8:18If he is destroyed fromhi s place,
then it shall deny him, saying, 'I have not
seen you.'
8:19Behold, this is the joy of his way:
out of the earth, others shall spring.
8:20"Behold, Godwill not cast away a blameless
man,
neither will he uphold the evildoers.
8:21He will still fill your mouth with laughter,
your lips with shouting.
8:22Those who hate you shall be clothed with
shame.
The tent of the wicked shall be no more."
9:1Then Job answered,
9:2"Truly I know that it is so,
but how can man be just with God?
9:3If he is pleased to contend with him,
he can't answer himo ne time in a thousand.
9:4God who is wise in heart, and mighty in
strength:
who has hardened himself against him,
and prospered?
9:5He removes the mountains, and they don't
know it,
when he overturns themi n his anger.
9:6He shakes the earth out of its place.
Its pillars tremble.
9:7He commands the sun, and it doesn't rise,
and seals up the stars.
9:8He alone stretches out the heavens,
and treads on the waves of the sea.
9:9He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
and the chambers of the south.
9:10He does great things past finding out;
yes, marvelous things without number.
9:11Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him.
He passes on also, but I don't perceive
him.
9:12Behold, he snatches away.
Who can hinder him?
Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?'
9:13"God will not withdraw his anger.
The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.
9:14How much less shall I answer him,
And choose mywords to arguewith him?
9:15Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn't
answer him.
I would make supplication to my judge.
9:16If I had called, and he had answered me,
yet I wouldn't believe that he listened to
m y voice.
9:17For he breaks me with a storm,
and multiplies my wounds without
cause.
9:18He will not allow me to catch my breath,
but fills me with bitterness.
9:19If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is
mighty!
If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon
me?'
9:20Though I am righteous, my own mouth
shall condemn me.
Though I am blameless, it shall prove me
perverse.
9:21I amb lameless.
I don't regard myself.
I despise my life.
9:22"It is all the same.
Therefore I say he destroys the blameless
and the wicked.
9:23If the scourge kills suddenly,
he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
9:24The earth is given into the hand of the
wicked.
He covers the faces of its judges.
If not he, then who is it?
9:25"Now my days are swifter than a runner.
They flee away, they see no good,
9:26They have passed away as the swift ships,
as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
9:27If I say, 'I will forget my complaint,
I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;'
9:28I amaf raid of allmy sorrows,
I know that you will not hold me innocent.
9:29I shall be condemned.
Why then do I labor in vain?
9:30If Iwash m yselfwith snow,
and cleanse my hands with lye,
9:31yet you will plunge me in the ditch.
My own clothes shall abhor me.
9:32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should
answer him,
that we should come together in judgment.
9:33There is no umpire between us,
that might lay his hand on us both.
9:34Let himt ake his rod away fromme.
Let his terror not make me afraid;
9:35then I would speak, and not fear him,
for I amn ot so inmyself.
Job 10:2 418 Job 11:14
10:1"My soul is weary of my life.
I will give free course to my complaint.
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
10:2I will tell God, 'Do not condemn me.
Show me why you contend with me.
10:3Is it good to you that you should oppress,
that you should despise the work of your
hands,
and smile on the counsel of the wicked?
10:4Do you have eyes of flesh?
Or do you see as man sees?
10:5Are your days as the days of mortals,
or your years as man's years,
10:6that you inquire after my iniquity,
and search after my sin?
10:7Although you know that I amno t wicked,
there is no one who can deliver out of
your hand.
10:8"'Your hands have framed me and fashioned
me altogether,
yet you destroy me.
10:9Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned
me as clay.
Will you bring me into dust again?
10:10Haven't you poured me out like milk,
and curdled me like cheese?
10:11You have clothed me with skin and flesh,
and knit me together with bones and
sinews.
10:12You have granted me life and loving kindness.
Your visitation has preserved my spirit.
10:13Yet you hid these things in your heart.
I know that this is with you:
10:14if I sin, then you mark me.
You will not acquit me from my iniquity.
10:15If I amw icked, woe tome.
If I amrigh teous, I still shall not lift upmy
head,
being filled with disgrace,
and conscious of my affliction.
10:16If my head is held high, you hunt me like a
lion.
Again you show yourself powerful to me.
10:17You renew your witnesses against me,
and increase your indignation on me.
Changes and warfare are with me.
10:18"'Why, then, have you brought me forth
out of the womb?
I wish I had given up the spirit, and no
eye had seen me.
10:19I should have been as though I had not
been.
I should have been carried fromt he
womb to the grave.
10:20Aren't my days few?
Cease then.
Leave me alone, that I may find a little
comfort,
10:21before I go where I shall not return from,
to the land of darkness and of the shadow
of death;
10:22the land dark as midnight,
of the shadow of death,
without any order,
where the light is as midnight.'"
11:1Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
11:2"Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered?
Should a man full of talk be justified?
11:3Should your boastings make men hold their
peace?
When you mock, shall no man make you
ashamed?
11:4For you say, 'My doctrine is pure.
I amc lean in your eyes.'
11:5But oh that God would speak,
and open his lips against you,
11:6that he would show you the secrets of
wisdom!
For true wisdomh as two sides.
Know therefore that God exacts of you
less than your iniquity deserves.
11:7"Can you fathomthe mystery of God?
Or can you probe the limits of the
Almighty?
11:8They are high as heaven. What can you do?
They are deeper than Sheol. What can
you know?
11:9Its measure is longer than the earth,
and broader than the sea.
11:10If he passes by, or confines,
or convenes a court, then who can oppose
him?
11:11For he knows false men.
He sees iniquity also, even though he
doesn't consider it.
11:12An empty-headed man becomes wise
when a man is born as a wild donkey's
colt.
11:13"If you set your heart aright,
stretch out your hands toward him.
11:14If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away.
Job 11:15 419 Job 13:7
Don't let unrighteousness dwell in your
tents.
11:15Surely then you shall lift up your face
without spot;
Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not
fear:
11:16for you shall forget your misery.
You shall remember it as waters that are
passed away.
11:17Life shall be clearer than the noonday.
Though there is darkness, it shall be as the
morning.
11:18You shall be secure, because there is hope.
Yes, you shall search, and shall take your
rest in safety.
11:19Also you shall lie down, and none shall
make you afraid.
Yes, many shall court your favor.
11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail.
They shall have no way to flee.
Their hope shall be the giving up of the
spirit."
12:1Then Job answered,
12:2"No doubt, but you are the people,
and wisdoms hall die with you.
12:3But I have understanding as well as you;
I amno t inferior to you.
Yes, who doesn't know such things as
these?
12:4I aml ike one who is a joke to his neighbor,
I, who called on God, and he answered.
The just, the blameless man is a joke.
12:5In the thought of himwho is at ease there is
contempt for misfortune.
It is ready for themw hose foot slips.
12:6The tents of robbers prosper.
Those who provoke God are secure,
who carry their God in their hands.
12:7"But ask the animals, now, and they shall
teach you;
the birds of the sky, and they shall tell
you.
12:8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you.
The fish of the sea shall declare to you.
12:9Who doesn't know that in all these,
the hand of Yahweh has done this,
12:10in whose hand is the life of every living
thing,
and the breath of all mankind?
12:11Doesn't the ear try words,
even as the palate tastes its food?
12:12With aged men is wisdom,
in length of days understanding.
12:13"With God is wisdoma ndmight.
He has counsel and understanding.
12:14Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be
built again.
He imprisons a man, and there can be no
release.
12:15Behold, he withholds the waters, and they
dry up.
Again, he sends themo ut, and they
overturn the earth.
12:16With himi s strength and wisdom.
The deceived and the deceiver are his.
12:17He leads counselors away stripped.
He makes judges fools.
12:18He loosens the bond of kings.
He binds their waist with a belt.
12:19He leads priests away stripped,
and overthrows the mighty.
12:20He removes the speech of those who are
trusted,
and takes away the understanding of the
elders.
12:21He pours contempt on princes,
and loosens the belt of the strong.
12:22He uncovers deep things out of darkness,
and brings out to light the shadow of
death.
12:23He increases the nations, and he destroys
them.
He enlarges the nations, and he leads
themc aptive.
12:24He takes away understanding fromthe
chiefs of the people of the earth,
and causes themto wander in a wilderness
where there is no way.
12:25They grope in the dark without light.
He makes them stagger like a drunken
man.
13:1"Behold, my eye has seen all this.
My ear has heard and understood it.
13:2What you know, I know also.
I amno t inferior to you.
13:3"Surely I would speak to the Almighty.
I desire to reason with God.
13:4But you are forgers of lies.
You are all physicians of no value.
13:5Oh that you would be completely silent!
Then you would be wise.
13:6Hear now my reasoning.
Listen to the pleadings of my lips.
13:7Will you speak unrighteously for God,
Job 13:8 420 Job 14:18
and talk deceitfully for him?
13:8Will you show partiality to him?
Will you contend for God?
13:9Is it good that he should search you out?
Or as one deceives a man, will you
deceive him?
13:10He will surely reprove you
if you secretly show partiality.
13:11Shall not his majesty make you afraid,
And his dread fall on you?
13:12Your memorable sayings are proverbs of
ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.
13:13"Be silent, leave me alone, that I may
speak.
Let come on me what will.
13:14Why should I take m y flesh in m y teeth,
and put my life in my hand?
13:15Behold, he will kill me.
I have no hope.
Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways
before him.
13:16This also shall be my salvation,
that a godless man shall not come before
him.
13:17Hear diligently my speech.
Let my declaration be in your ears.
13:18See now, I have set my cause in order.
I know that I amr ighteous.
13:19Who is he who will contend with me?
For then would I hold my peace and give
up the spirit.
13:20"Only don't do two things to me;
then Iwill not hide myself fromyour face:
13:21withdraw your hand far fromme;
and don't let your terror make me afraid.
13:22Then call, and I will answer;
or let me speak, and you answer me.
13:23How many are my iniquities and sins?
Make me know my disobedience and my
sin.
13:24Why hide you your face,
and hold me for your enemy?
13:25Will you harass a driven leaf?
Will you pursue the dry stubble?
13:26For you write bitter things against me,
and make me inherit the iniquities of my
youth:
13:27You also put my feet in the stocks,
and mark all my paths.
You set a bound to the soles of my feet,
13:28though I amd ecaying like a rotten thing,
like a garment that is moth-eaten.
14:1"Man, who is born of a woman,
is of few days, and full of trouble.
14:2He comes forth like a flower, and is cut
down.
He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't
continue.
14:3Do you open your eyes on such a one,
and bring me into judgment with you?
14:4Who can bring a clean thing out of an
unclean?
Not one.
14:5Seeing his days are determined,
the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his bounds that
he can't pass;
14:6Look away from him, that he may rest,
until he shall accomplish, as a hireling,
his day.
14:7"For there is hope for a tree,
If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
that the tender branch of it will not cease.
14:8Though its root grows old in the earth,
and its stock dies in the ground,
14:9yet through the scent of water it will bud,
and put forth boughs like a plant.
14:10But man dies, and is laid low.
Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is
he?
14:11As the waters fail fromthe sea,
and the river wastes and dries up,
14:12so man lies down and doesn't rise.
Until the heavens are no more, they shall
not awake,
nor be roused out of their sleep.
14:13"Oh that youwould hide m ein Sheol,
that youwould keep me secret, until your
wrath is past,
that you would appoint me a set time,
and remember me!
14:14If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my warfare would I wait,
until my release should come.
14:15You would call, and I would answer you.
You would have a desire to the work of
your hands.
14:16But now you number my steps.
Don't you watch over my sin?
14:17My disobedience is sealed up in a bag.
You fasten up my iniquity.
14:18"But the mountain falling comes to nothing.
Job 14:19 421 Job 15:33
The rock is removed out of its place;
14:19The waters wear the stones.
The torrents of it wash away the dust of
the earth.
So you destroy the hope of man.
14:20You forever prevail against him, and he
departs.
You change his face, and send himaway.
14:21His sons come to honor, and he doesn't
know it.
They are brought low, but he doesn't
perceive it of them.
14:22But his flesh on himhas pain,
and his soul within himmourns."
15:1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
15:2"Should a wise man answer with vain
knowledge,
and fill himself with the east wind?
15:3Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
or with speecheswith which he can do no
good?
15:4Yes, you do away with fear,
and hinder devotion before God.
15:5For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the language of the crafty.
15:6Your own mouth condemns you, and not I.
Yes, your own lips testify against you.
15:7"Are you the first man who was born?
Or were you brought forth before the
hills?
15:8Have you heard the secret counsel of God?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
15:9What do you know, that we don't know?
What do you understand, which is not in
us?
15:10With us are both the gray-headed and the
very aged men,
much elder than your father.
15:11Are the consolations of God too small for
you,
even the word that is gentle toward you?
15:12Why does your heart carry you away?
Why do your eyes flash,
15:13That you turn your spirit against God,
and let such words go out of your mouth?
15:14What is man, that he should be clean?
What is he who is born of a woman, that
he should be righteous?
15:15Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones.
Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
15:16how much less one who is abominable and
corrupt,
a man who drinks iniquity like water!
15:17"I will show you, listen to me;
that which I have seen I will declare:
15:18(Which wise men have told by their fathers,
and have not hidden it;
15:19to whomal one the land was given,
and no stranger passed among them):
15:20the wicked man writhes in pain all his
days,
even the number of years that are laid up
for the oppressor.
15:21A sound of terrors is in his ears.
In prosperity the destroyer shall come on
him.
15:22He doesn't believe that he shall return out
of darkness.
He is waited for by the sword.
15:23He wanders abroad for bread, saying,
'Where is it?'
He knows that the day of darkness is
ready at his hand.
15:24Distress and anguish make him afraid.
They prevail against him, as a king ready
to the battle.
15:25Because he has stretched out his hand
against God,
and behaves himself proudly against the
Almighty;
15:26he runs at himwi th a stiff neck,
with the thick shields of his bucklers;
15:27because he has covered his face with his
fatness,
and gathered fat on his thighs.
15:28He has lived in desolate cities,
in houses which no one inhabited,
which were ready to become heaps.
15:29He shall not be rich, neither shall his
substance continue,
neither shall their possessions be extended
on the earth.
15:30He shall not depart out of darkness.
The flame shall dry up his branches.
By the breath of God's mouth shall he go
away.
15:31Let himn ot trust in emptiness, deceiving
himself;
for emptiness shall be his reward.
15:32It shall be accomplished before his time.
His branch shall not be green.
15:33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the
vine,
Job 15:34 422 Job 17:13
and shall cast off his flower as the olive
tree.
15:34For the company of the godless shall be
barren,
and fire shall consume the tents of
bribery.
15:35They conceive mischief, and bring forth
iniquity.
Their heart prepares deceit."
16:1Then Job answered,
16:2"I have heard many such things.
You are all miserable comforters!
16:3Shall vain words have an end?
Or what provokes you that you answer?
16:4I also could speak as you do.
If your soul were in my soul's place,
I could join words together against you,
and shake my head at you,
16:5but I would strengthen you with my mouth.
The solace of my lips would relieve you.
16:6"Though I speak, my grief is not subsided.
Though I forbear, what amI eased?
16:7But now, God, you have surely worn me
out.
You have made desolate all my company.
16:8You have shriveled me up. This is a witness
against me.
My leanness rises up against me.
It testifies to my face.
16:9He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted
me.
He has gnashed on me with his teeth.
My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
16:10They have gaped on me with their mouth.
They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully.
They gather themselves together against
me.
16:11God delivers me to the ungodly,
and casts me into the hands of the
wicked.
16:12I was at ease, and he broke me apart.
Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and
dashed me to pieces.
He has also set me up for his target.
16:13His archers surround me.
He splits my kidneys apart, and does not
spare.
He pours out my gall on the ground.
16:14He breaks m ewith breach on breach.
He runs on me like a giant.
16:15I have sewed sackcloth on my skin,
and have thrust my horn in the dust.
16:16My face is red with weeping.
Deep darkness is on my eyelids.
16:17Although there is no violence in my hands,
and my prayer is pure.
16:18"Earth, don't cover my blood.
Let my cry have no place to rest.
16:19Even now, behold, mywitness is in heaven.
He who vouches for me is on high.
16:20My friends scoff at me.
My eyes pour out tears to God,
16:21that he would maintain the right of a man
with God,
of a son of man with his neighbor!
16:22For when a few years are come,
I shall go the way fromwhe nce I shall not
return.
17:1"My spirit is consumed.
My days are extinct,
And the grave is ready for me.
17:2Surely there are mockers with me.
My eye dwells on their provocation.
17:3"Now give a pledge, be collateral for me
with yourself.
Who is there who will strike hands with
me?
17:4For you have hidden their heart fromu nderstanding,
Therefore you shall not exalt them.
17:5He who denounces his friends for a prey,
Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
17:6"But he has made me a byword of the
people.
They spit in my face.
17:7My eye also is dimb y reason of sorrow.
All my members are as a shadow.
17:8Upright men shall be astonished at this.
The innocent shall stir up himself against
the godless.
17:9Yet shall the righteous hold on his way.
He who has clean hands shall grow
stronger and stronger.
17:10But as for you all, come on now again;
I shall not find a wise man among you.
17:11My days are past, my plans are broken off,
as are the thoughts of my heart.
17:12They change the night into day,
saying 'The light is near' in the presence
of darkness.
17:13If I look for Sheol as my house,
if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
Job 17:14 423 Job 19:17
17:14If I have said to corruption, 'You are my
father;'
to theworm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;'
17:15where then is my hope?
as for my hope, who shall see it?
17:16Shall it go down with me to the gates of
Sheol,
or descend together into the dust?"
18:1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
18:2"How long will you hunt for words?
Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
18:3Why are we counted as animals,
which have become unclean in your
sight?
18:4You who tear yourself in your anger,
shall the earth be forsaken for you?
Or shall the rock be removed out of its
place?
18:5"Yes, the light of thewicked shall be put out,
The spark of his fire shall not shine.
18:6The light shall be dark in his tent.
His lamp above him shall be put out.
18:7The steps of his strength shall be shortened.
His own counsel shall cast himd own.
18:8For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
and he wanders into its mesh.
18:9A snare will take himb y the heel.
A trap will catch him.
18:10A noose is hidden for himin the ground,
a trap for himi n the way.
18:11Terrors shall make him afraid on every
side,
and shall chase himat his heels.
18:12His strength shall be famished.
Calamity shall be ready at his side.
18:13The members of his body shall be devoured.
The firstborn of death shall devour his
members.
18:14He shall be rooted out of his tent where he
trusts.
He shall be brought to the king of terrors.
18:15There shall dwell in his tent that which is
none of his.
Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation.
18:16His roots shall be dried up beneath.
Above shall his branch be cut off.
18:17His memory shall perish from the earth.
He shall have no name in the street.
18:18He shall be driven fromligh t into darkness,
and chased out of the world.
18:19He shall have neither son nor grandson
among his people,
nor any remaining where he sojourned.
18:20Those who come after shall be astonished
at his day,
as those who went before were frightened.
18:21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous.
This is the place of himwho doesn't know
God."
19:1Then Job answered,
19:2"How long will you torment me,
and crush me with words?
19:3You have reproached me ten times.
You aren't ashamed that you attack me.
19:4If it is true that I have erred,
my error remains with myself.
19:5If indeed you will magnify yourselves
against me,
and plead against me my reproach;
19:6know now that God has subverted me,
and has surrounded me with his net.
19:7"Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I amn ot
heard.
I cry for help, but there is no justice.
19:8He has walled up my way so that I can't
pass,
and has set darkness in my paths.
19:9He has stripped me of my glory,
and taken the crown frommy head.
19:10He has broken me down on every side, and
I am gone.
My hope he has plucked up like a tree.
19:11He has also kindled his wrath against me.
He counts me among his adversaries.
19:12His troops come on together,
build a siege ramp against me,
and encamp around my tent.
19:13"He has put my brothers far from me.
My acquaintances are wholly estranged
fromm e.
19:14My relatives have gone away.
My familiar friends have forgotten me.
19:15Those who dwell in my house, and my
maids, count me for a stranger.
I ama n alien in their sight.
19:16I call to my servant, and he gives me no
answer.
I beg him with my mouth.
19:17My breath is offensive to my wife.
Job 19:18 424 Job 20:24
I am loathsome to the children of my own
mother.
19:18Even young children despise me.
If I arise, they speak against me.
19:19All my familiar friends abhor me.
They whomI loved have turned against
me.
19:20My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh.
I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
19:21"Have pity on me, have pity on me, you
m y friends;
for the hand of God has touched me.
19:22Why do you persecute me as God,
and are not satisfied with my flesh?
19:23"Oh that my words were now written!
Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
19:24That with an iron pen and lead
they were engraved in the rock forever!
19:25But as for me, I know that my Redeemer
lives.
In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
19:26After my skin is destroyed,
then in my flesh shall I see God,
19:27WhomI , even I, shall see onmy side.
My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger.
"My heart is consumed within me.
19:28If you say, 'How we will persecute him!'
because the root of the matter is found in
me,
19:29be afraid of the sword,
for wrath brings the punishments of the
sword,
that you may know there is a judgment."
20:1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
20:2"Therefore do my thoughts give answer to
me,
even by reason of my haste that is in me.
20:3I have heard the reproof which puts me to
shame.
The spirit of my understanding answers
me.
20:4Don't you know this fromold time,
since man was placed on earth,
20:5that the triumphing of the wicked is short,
the joy of the godless but for a moment?
20:6Though his height mount up to the heavens,
and his head reach to the clouds,
20:7yet he shall perish forever like his own
dung.
Those who have seen hims hall say,
'Where is he?'
20:8He shall fly away as a dream ,and shall not
be found.
Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision
of the night.
20:9The eye which saw hims hall see him no
more,
neither shall his place any more see him.
20:10His children shall seek the favor of the
poor.
His hands shall give back his wealth.
20:11His bones are full of his youth,
but youth shall lie down with himi n the
dust.
20:12"Though wickedness is sweet in his
mouth,
though he hide it under his tongue,
20:13though he spare it, and will not let it go,
but keep it still within his mouth;
20:14yet his food in his bowels is turned.
It is cobra venomw ithin him.
20:15He has swallowed down riches, and he
shall vomit them up again.
God will cast themout of his belly.
20:16He shall suck cobra venom.
The viper's tongue shall kill him.
20:17He shall not look at the rivers,
the flowing streams of honey and butter.
20:18That for which he labored he shall restore,
and shall not swallow it down.
According to the substance that he has
gotten, he shall not rejoice.
20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the
poor.
He has violently taken away a house, and
he shall not build it up.
20:20"Because he knew no quietness within
him,
he shall not save anything of that in
which he delights.
20:21There was nothing left that he didn't devour,
therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
20:22In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress
shall overtake him.
The hand of everyone who is in misery
shall come on him.
20:23When he is about to fill his belly, God will
cast the fierceness of his wrath on him.
It will rain on himwhile he is eating.
20:24He shall flee fromthe iron weapon.
The bronze arrow shall strike him
through.
Job 20:25 425 Job 21:34
20:25He draws it forth, and it comes out of his
body.
Yes, the glittering point comes out of his
liver.
Terrors are on him.
20:26All darkness is laid up for his treasures.
An unfanned fire shall devour him.
It shall consume that which is left in his
tent.
20:27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity.
The earth shall rise up against him.
20:28The increase of his house shall depart.
They shall rush away in the day of his
wrath.
20:29This is the portion of a wicked man from
God,
the heritage appointed to himby God."
21:1Then Job answered,
21:2"Listen diligently to my speech.
Let this be your consolation.
21:3Allow me, and I also will speak;
After I have spoken, mock on.
21:4As for me, is my complaint to man?
Why shouldn't I be impatient?
21:5Look at me, and be astonished.
Lay your hand on your mouth.
21:6When I remember, I am troubled.
Horror takes hold of my flesh.
21:7"Why do the wicked live,
become old, yes, and grow mighty in
power?
21:8Their child is established with themin their
sight,
their offspring before their eyes.
21:9Their houses are safe fromfea r,
neither is the rod of God upon them.
21:10Their bulls breed without fail.
Their cows calve, and don't miscarry.
21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock.
Their children dance.
21:12They sing to the tambourine and harp,
and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
21:13They spend their days in prosperity.
In an instant they go down to Sheol.
21:14They tell God, 'Depart fromus,
for we don't want to know about your
ways.
21:15What is the Almighty, that we should serve
him?
What profit should we have, if we pray to
him?'
21:16Behold, their prosperity is not in their
hand.
The counsel of the wicked is far fromme.
21:17"How often is it that the lamp of the
wicked is put out,
that their calamity comes on them,
that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
21:18How often is it that they are as stubble
before the wind,
as chaff that the stormcar ries away?
21:19You say, 'God lays up his iniquity for his
children.'
Let him recompense it to himself, that he
may know it.
21:20Let his own eyes see his destruction.
Let himd rink of the wrath of the
Almighty.
21:21For what does he care for his house after
him,
when the number of his months is cut off?
21:22"Shall any teach God knowledge,
seeing he judges those who are high?
21:23One dies in his full strength,
being wholly at ease and quiet.
21:24His pails are full of milk.
The marrow of his bones is moistened.
21:25Another dies in bitterness of soul,
and never tastes of good.
21:26They lie down alike in the dust.
The wormcov ers them.
21:27"Behold, I know your thoughts,
the devices with which you would wrong
me.
21:28For you say, 'Where is the house of the
prince?
Where is the tent in which the wicked
lived?'
21:29Haven't you asked wayfaring men?
Don't you know their evidences,
21:30that the evil man is reserved to the day of
calamity,
That they are led forth to the day of
wrath?
21:31Who shall declare his way to his face?
Who shall repay himwhat he has done?
21:32Yet he will be borne to the grave.
Men shall keep watch over the tomb.
21:33The clods of the valley shall be sweet to
him.
All men shall draw after him,
as there were innumerable before him.
21:34So howcan you comfort mewith nonsense,
Job 22:1 426 Job 23:8
seeing that in your answers there remains
only falsehood?"
22:1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
22:2"Can a man be profitable to God?
Surely he who is wise is profitable to
himself.
22:3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you
are righteous?
Or does it benefit him, that you make
your ways perfect?
22:4Is it for your piety that he reproves you,
that he enters with you into judgment?
22:5Isn't your wickedness great?
Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
22:6For you have taken pledges fromyou r
brother for nothing,
and stripped the naked of their clothing.
22:7You haven't given water to the weary to
drink,
and you have withheld bread fromthe
hungry.
22:8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth.
The honorable man, he lived in it.
22:9You have sent widows away empty,
and the arms of the fatherless have been
broken.
22:10Therefore snares are around you.
Sudden fear troubles you,
22:11or darkness, so that you can not see,
and floods of waters cover you.
22:12"Isn't God in the heights of heaven?
See the height of the stars, how high they
are!
22:13You say, 'What does God know?
Can he judge through the thick darkness?
22:14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that
he doesn't see.
He walks on the vault of the sky.'
22:15Will you keep the old way,
which wicked men have trodden,
22:16who were snatched away before their time,
whose foundation was poured out as a
stream,
22:17who said to God, 'Depart from us;'
and, 'What can the Almighty do for us?'
22:18Yet he filled their houses with good things,
but the counsel of the wicked is far from
me.
22:19The righteous see it, and are glad.
The innocent ridicule them,
22:20saying, 'Surely those who rose up against
us are cut off.
The fire has consumed the remnant of
them.'
22:21"Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be
at peace.
Thereby good shall come to you.
22:22Please receive instruction fromh ismouth,
and lay up his words in your heart.
22:23If you return to the Almighty, you shall be
built up,
if you put away unrighteousness far from
your tents.
22:24Lay your treasure in the dust,
the gold of Ophir among the stones of the
brooks.
22:25The Almighty will be your treasure,
and precious silver to you.
22:26For then you will delight yourself in the
Almighty,
and shall lift up your face to God.
22:27You shall make your prayer to him, and he
will hear you.
You shall pay your vows.
22:28You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be
established to you.
Light shall shine on your ways.
22:29When they cast down, you shall say, 'be
lifted up.'
He will save the humble person.
22:30He will even deliver himw ho is not innocent.
Yes, he shall be delivered through the
cleanness of your hands."
23:1Then Job answered,
23:2"Even today my complaint is rebellious.
His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him!
That I might come even to his seat!
23:4I would set my cause in order before him,
and fill my mouth with arguments.
23:5I would know the words which he would
answer me,
and understand what he would tell me.
23:6Would he contend with me in the greatness
of his power?
No, but he would listen to me.
23:7There the upright might reason with him,
so I should be delivered forever frommy
judge.
23:8"If I go east, he is not there;
Job 23:9 427 Job 24:24
if west, I can't find him;
23:9He works to the north, but I can't see him.
He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse
of him.
23:10But he knows the way that I take.
When he has tried me, I shall come forth
like gold.
23:11My foot has held fast to his steps.
I have kept his way, and not turned aside.
23:12I haven't gone back from the commandment
of his lips.
I have treasured up the words of his
mouth more than my necessary food.
23:13But he stands alone, and who can oppose
him?
What his soul desires, even that he does.
23:14For he performs that which is appointed
for me.
Many such things are with him.
23:15Therefore I amt errified at his presence.
When I consider, I ama fraid of him.
23:16For God has made my heart faint.
The Almighty has terrified me.
23:17Because I was not cut off before the darkness,
neither did he cover the thick darkness
frommy face.
24:1"Why aren't times laid up by the Almighty?
Why don't those who know himsee his
days?
24:2There are people who remove the landmarks.
They violently take away flocks, and feed
them.
24:3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless,
and they take the widow's ox for a
pledge.
24:4They turn the needy out of the way.
The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
24:5Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert,
they go forth to their work, seeking diligently
for food.
The wilderness yields themb read for their
children.
24:6They cut their provender in the field.
They glean the vineyard of the wicked.
24:7They lie all night nakedwithout clothing,
and have no covering in the cold.
24:8They are wet with the showers of the
mountains,
and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
24:9There are those who pluck the fatherless
fromthe breast,
and take a pledge of the poor,
24:10So that they go around naked without
clothing.
Being hungry, they carry the sheaves.
24:11They make oil within the walls of these
men.
They treadwine presses, and suffer thirst.
24:12Fromout of the populous city,men groan.
The soul of the wounded cries out,
yet God doesn't regard the folly.
24:13"These are of those who rebel against the
light.
They don't know its ways,
nor abide in its paths.
24:14The murderer rises with the light.
He kills the poor and needy.
In the night he is like a thief.
24:15The eye also of the adulterer waits for the
twilight,
saying, 'No eye shall see me.'
He disguises his face.
24:16In the dark they dig through houses.
They shut themselves up in the daytime.
They don't know the light.
24:17For the morning is to all of them like thick
darkness,
for they know the terrors of the thick
darkness.
24:18"They are foamo n the surface of the
waters.
Their portion is cursed in the earth.
They don't turn into the way of the
vineyards.
24:19Drought and heat consume the snow waters,
so does Sheol those who have sinned.
24:20The womb shall forget him.
The wormsh all feed sweetly on him.
He shall be no more remembered.
Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
24:21He devours the barren who don't bear.
He shows no kindness to the widow.
24:22Yet God preserves the mighty by his
power.
He rises up who has no assurance of life.
24:23God gives thems ecurity, and they rest in it.
His eyes are on their ways.
24:24They are exalted; yet a littlewhile, and they
are gone.
Job 24:25 428 Job 27:15
Yes, they are brought low, they are taken
out of the way as all others,
and are cut off as the tops of the ears of
grain.
24:25If it isn't so now, who will prove me a liar,
and make my speech worth nothing?"
25:1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
25:2"Dominion and fear are with him.
He makes peace in his high places.
25:3Can his armies be counted?
On whomd oes his light not arise?
25:4How then can man be just with God?
Or how can he who is born of a woman
be clean?
25:5Behold, even the moon has no brightness,
and the stars are not pure in his sight;
25:6How much less man, who is a worm,
the son of man, who is a worm!"
26:1Then Job answered,
26:2"How have you helped himw ho is without
power!
How have you saved the armthat has no
strength!
26:3How have you counseled himw ho has no
wisdom,
and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
26:4To whomh ave you uttered words?
Whose spirit came forth from you?
26:5"Those who are deceased tremble,
those beneath the waters and all that live
in them.
26:6Sheola is naked before God,
and Abaddonb has no covering.
26:7He stretches out the north over empty
space,
and hangs the earth on nothing.
26:8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds,
and the cloud is not burst under them.
26:9He encloses the face of his throne,
and spreads his cloud on it.
26:10He has described a boundary on the surface
of the waters,
and to the confines of light and darkness.
26:11The pillars of heaven tremble
and are astonished at his rebuke.
26:12He stirs up the sea with his power,
and by his understanding he strikes
through Rahab.
26:13By his Spirit the heavens are garnished.
His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
26:14Behold, these are but the outskirts of his
ways.
How small a whisper do we hear of him!
But the thunder of his power who can
understand?"
27:1Job again took up his parable, and said,
27:2"As God lives, who has taken away my
right,
the Almighty, who has made my soul
bitter.
27:3(For the length of my life is still in me,
and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
27:4surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness,
neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
27:5Far be it fromme that I should justify you.
Until I die I will not put away my integrity
fromme.
27:6I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not
let it go.
My heart shall not reproach me so long as
I live.
27:7"Let my enemy be as the wicked.
Let himw ho rises up againstme be as the
unrighteous.
27:8For what is the hope of the godless, when
he is cut off, when God takes away his
life?
27:9Will God hear his cry when trouble
comes on him?
27:10Will he delight himself in the Almighty,
and call on God at all times?
27:11I will teach you about the hand of God.
Thatwhich iswith the Almightywill I not
conceal.
27:12Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves;
why then have you become altogether
vain?
27:13"This is the portion of a wicked man with
God,
the heritage of oppressors, which they
receive fromt he Almighty.
27:14If his children are multiplied, it is for the
sword.
His offspring shall not be satisfied with
bread.
27:15Those who remain of him shall be buried
in death.
a26:6 Sheol is the lower world or the grave.
b26:6 Abaddon means Destroyer.
Job 27:16 429 Job 29:3
His widows shall make no lamentation.
27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust,
and prepare clothing as the clay;
27:17he may prepare it, but the just shall put it
on,
and the innocent shall divide the silver.
27:18He builds his house as the moth,
as a booth which the watchman makes.
27:19He lies down rich, but he shall not do so
again.
He opens his eyes, and he is not.
27:20Terrors overtake himl ike waters.
A storms teals himaway in the night.
27:21The east wind carries himaway , and he
departs.
It sweeps himout of his place.
27:22For it hurls at him, and does not spare,
as he flees away fromhi s hand.
27:23Men shall clap their hands at him,
and shall hiss himo ut of his place.
28:1"Surely there is a mine for silver,
and a place for gold which they refine.
28:2Iron is taken out of the earth,
and copper is smelted out of the ore.
28:3Man sets an end to darkness,
and searches out, to the furthest bound,
the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
28:4He breaks open a shaft away fromw here
people live.
They are forgotten by the foot.
They hang far frommen, they swing back
and forth.
28:5As for the earth, out of it comes bread;
Underneath it is turned up as it were by
fire.
28:6Sapphires come from its rocks.
It has dust of gold.
28:7That path no bird of prey knows,
neither has the falcon's eye seen it.
28:8The proud animals have not trodden it,
nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
28:9He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock,
and he overturns the mountains by the
roots.
28:10He cuts out channels among the rocks.
His eye sees every precious thing.
28:11He binds the streams that they don't
trickle.
The thing that is hidden he brings forth to
light.
28:12"But where shall wisdombe found?
Where is the place of understanding?
28:13Man doesn't know its price;
Neither is it found in the land of the
living.
28:14The deep says, 'It isn't in me.'
The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'
28:15It can't be gotten for gold,
neither shall silver be weighed for its
price.
28:16It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir,
with the precious onyx, or the sapphirec.
28:17Gold and glass can't equal it,
neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of
fine gold.
28:18No mention shall be made of coral or of
crystal.
Yes, the price of wisdomis above rubies.
28:19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it,
Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
28:20Whence then comes wisdom?
Where is the place of understanding?
28:21Seeing it is hidden fromt he eyes of all
living,
and kept close fromthe birds of the sky.
28:22Destruction and Death say,
'We have heard a rumor of it with our
ears.'
28:23"God understands its way,
and he knows its place.
28:24For he looks to the ends of the earth,
and sees under the whole sky.
28:25He establishes the force of the wind.
Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
28:26When he made a decree for the rain,
and a way for the lightning of the thunder;
28:27then he saw it, and declared it.
He established it, yes, and searched it out.
28:28To man he said,
'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is
wisdom.
To depart fromev il is understanding.'"
29:1Job again took up his parable, and said,
29:2"Oh that I were as in the months of old,
as in the days when God watched over
me;
29:3when his lamp shone on my head,
c28:16 or, lapis lazuli
Job 29:4 430 Job 30:16
and by his light I walked through darkness,
29:4as I was in the ripeness of my days,
when the friendship of God was in my
tent,
29:5when the Almighty was yet with me,
and my children were around me,
29:6when my steps were washed with butter,
and the rock poured out streams of oil for
me,
29:7when I went forth to the city gate,
when I prepared my seat in the street.
29:8The young men saw me and hid themselves.
The aged rose up and stood.
29:9The princes refrained fromtal king,
and laid their hand on their mouth.
29:10The voice of the nobles was hushed,
and their tongue stuck to the roof of their
mouth.
29:11For when the ear heard me, then it blessed
me;
and when the eye saw me, it commended
me:
29:12Because I delivered the poor who cried,
and the fatherless also, who had none to
help him,
29:13the blessing of himwho was ready to
perish came on me,
and I caused the widow's heart to sing for
joy.
29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me.
My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
29:15I was eyes to the blind,
and feet to the lame.
29:16I was a father to the needy.
The cause of himw ho I didn't know, I
searched out.
29:17I broke the jaws of the unrighteous,
and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
29:18Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house,
I shall number my days as the sand.
29:19My root is spread out to the waters.
The dew lies all night on my branch.
29:20My glory is fresh in me.
My bow is renewed in my hand.'
29:21"Men listened to me, waited,
and kept silence for my counsel.
29:22After my words they didn't speak again.
My speech fell on them.
29:23They waited for me as for the rain.
Their mouths drank as with the spring
rain.
29:24I smiled on them when they had no confi-
dence.
They didn't reject the light of my face.
29:25I chose out their way, and sat as chief.
I lived as a king in the army,
as one who comforts the mourners.
30:1"But now those who are younger than I
have me in derision,
whose fathers I would have disdained to
put with my sheep dogs.
30:2Of what use is the strength of their hands to
me,
men in whom ripe age has perished?
30:3They are gaunt froml ack and famine.
They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom
of waste and desolation.
30:4They pluck salt herbs by the bushes.
The roots of the brooma re their food.
30:5They are driven out from the midst of men.
They cry after themas after a thief;
30:6So that they dwell in frightful valleys,
and in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
30:7Among the bushes they bray;
and under the nettles they are gathered
together.
30:8They are children of fools, yes, children of
base men.
They were flogged out of the land.
30:9"Now I have become their song.
Yes, I ama byword to them.
30:10They abhor me, they stand aloof from me,
and don't hesitate to spit in my face.
30:11For he has untied his cord, and afflicted
me;
and they have thrown off restraint before
me.
30:12On my right hand rise the rabble.
They thrust aside my feet,
They cast up against me their ways of
destruction.
30:13They mar my path,
They set forward my calamity,
without anyone's help.
30:14As through a wide breach they come,
in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves
in.
30:15Terrors have turned on me.
They chase my honor as the wind.
My welfare has passed away as a cloud.
30:16"Now my soul is poured out within me.
Job 30:17 431 Job 31:24
Days of affliction have taken hold on me.
30:17In the night season my bones are pierced in
me,
and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.
30:18By great force is my garment disfigured.
It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
30:19He has cast me into the mire.
I have become like dust and ashes.
30:20I cry to you, and you do not answer me.
I stand up, and you gaze at me.
30:21You have turned to be cruel to me.
With the might of your hand you persecute
me.
30:22You lift me up to the wind, and drive me
with it.
You dissolve me in the storm.
30:23For I know that you will bring me to death,
To the house appointed for all living.
30:24"However doesn't one stretch out a hand
in his fall?
Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
30:25Didn't I weep for himw ho was in trouble?
Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy?
30:26When I looked for good, then evil came;
When I waited for light, there came darkness.
30:27My heart is troubled, and doesn't rest.
Days of affliction have come on me.
30:28I go mourning without the sun.
I stand up in the assembly, and cry for
help.
30:29I ama brother to jackals,
and a companion to ostriches.
30:30My skin grows black and peels fromme.
My bones are burned with heat.
30:31Therefore my harp has turned to mourning,
and my pipe into the voice of those who
weep.
31:1"I made a covenant with my eyes,
how then should I look lustfully at a
young woman?
31:2For what is the portion fromGod above,
and the heritage fromthe Almighty on
high?
31:3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous,
and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
31:4Doesn't he see my ways,
and number all my steps?
31:5"If I have walked with falsehood,
and my foot has hurried to deceit
31:6(let me be weighed in an even balance,
that God may know my integrity);
31:7if my step has turned out of the way,
if my heart walked after my eyes,
if any defilement has stuck to my hands,
31:8then let me sow, and let another eat.
Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted
out.
31:9"If my heart has been enticed to a woman,
and I have laid wait at my neighbor's
door,
31:10then let my wife grind for another,
and let others sleep with her.
31:11For that would be a heinous crime.
Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished
by the judges:
31:12For it is a fire that consumes to destruction,
and would root out all my increase.
31:13"If I have despised the cause of my male
servant
or of my female servant,
when they contended with me;
31:14What then shall I do when God rises up?
When he visits, what shall I answer him?
31:15Didn'thewho m ade m e inthewombm ake
him?
Didn't one fashion us in the womb?
31:16"If I have withheld the poor fromthe ir
desire,
or have caused the eyes of the widow to
fail,
31:17or have eaten my morsel alone,
and the fatherless has not eaten of it
31:18(no, from my youth he grew up with me as
with a father,
her have I guided from my mother's
womb);
31:19if I have seen any perish for want of
clothing,
or that the needy had no covering;
31:20if his heart hasn't blessed me,
if he hasn't beenwarmedwith my sheep's
fleece;
31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the
fatherless,
because I saw my help in the gate,
31:22then let my shoulder fall fromthe shoulder
blade,
andmy armb e broken fromt he bone.
31:23For calamity from God is a terror to me.
Because his majesty, I can do nothing.
31:24"If I have made gold my hope,
Job 31:25 432 Job 32:20
and have said to the fine gold, 'You are
m y confidence;'
31:25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was
great,
and because my hand had gotten much;
31:26if I have seen the sun when it shined,
or the moon moving in splendor,
31:27and my heart has been secretly enticed,
and my hand threw a kiss from my
mouth,
31:28this also would be an iniquity to be punished
by the judges;
for I should have denied the God who is
above.
31:29"If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him
who hated me,
or lifted up myself when evil found him;
31:30(yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin
by asking his life with a curse);
31:31if the men of my tent have not said,
'Who can find onewho has not been filled
with his meat?'
31:32(the foreigner has not lodged in the street,
but I have opened my doors to the traveler);
31:33if like AdamI have coveredmy transgressions,
by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
31:34because I feared the great multitude,
and the contempt of families terrified me,
so that I kept silence, and didn't go out of
the door
31:35oh that I had one to hear me!
(behold, here is my signature, let the
Almighty answer me);
let the accuser write my indictment!
31:36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder;
and I would bind it to me as a crown.
31:37I would declare to him the number of my
steps.
as a prince would I go near to him.
31:38If my land cries out against me,
and its furrows weep together;
31:39if I have eaten its fruits without money,
or have caused its owners to lose their
life,
31:40let briars grow instead of wheat,
and stinkweed instead of barley."
The words of Job are ended.
32:1So these three men ceased to answer Job,
because he was righteous in his own eyes.
32:2Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel,
the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled
against Job. His wrath was kindled because
he justified himself rather than God. 32:3Also
his wrath was kindled against his three friends,
because they had found no answer, and yet had
condemned Job. 32:4Now Elihu had waited to
speak to Job, because they were elder than he.
32:5When Elihu saw that there was no answer
in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was
kindled.
32:6Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite
answered,
"I amy oung, and you are very old;
Therefore I held back, and didn't dare
show you my opinion.
32:7I said, 'Days should speak,
and multitude of years should teach wisdom.'
32:8But there is a spirit in man,
and the breath of the Almighty gives
themund erstanding.
32:9It is not the great who are wise,
nor the aged who understand justice.
32:10Therefore I said, 'Listen to me;
I also will show my opinion.'
32:11"Behold, I waited for your words,
and I listened for your reasoning,
while you searched out what to say.
32:12Yes, I gave you my full attention,
but there was no one who convinced Job,
or who answered his words, among you.
32:13Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom,
God may refute him, not man;'
32:14for he has not directed his words against
me;
neither will I answer himw ith your
speeches.
32:15"They are amazed. They answer no more.
They don't have a word to say.
32:16Shall I wait, because they don't speak,
because they stand still, and answer no
more?
32:17I also will answer my part,
and I also will show my opinion.
32:18For I amfu ll of words.
The spiritwithin m e constrains m e.
32:19Behold, my breast is as wine which has no
vent;
like new wineskins it is ready to burst.
32:20I will speak, that I may be refreshed.
I will open my lips and answer.
Job 32:21 433 Job 34:4
32:21Please don't let me respect any man's
person,
neither will I give flattering titles to any
man.
32:22For I don't know how to give flattering
titles;
or else my Maker would soon take me
away.
33:1"However, Job, Please hear my speech,
and listen to all my words.
33:2See now, I have opened my mouth.
My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
33:3My words shall utter the uprightness of my
heart.
That which my lips knowthey shall speak
sincerely.
33:4The Spirit of God has made me,
and the breath of the Almighty gives me
life.
33:5If you can, answer me.
Set your words in order before me, and
stand forth.
33:6Behold, I amto ward God even as you are.
I amal so formed out of the clay.
33:7Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid,
neither shall my pressure be heavy on
you.
33:8"Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
I have heard the voice of your words,
saying,
33:9'I amc lean, without disobedience.
I ami nnocent, neither is there iniquity in
me.
33:10Behold, he finds occasions against me.
He counts me for his enemy.
33:11He puts my feet in the stocks.
He marks all my paths.'
33:12"Behold, I will answer you. In this you are
not just,
for God is greater than man.
33:13Why do you strive against him,
because he doesn't give account of any of
his matters?
33:14For God speaks once,
yes twice, though man pays no attention.
33:15In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
in slumbering on the bed;
33:16Then he opens the ears of men,
and seals their instruction,
33:17That he may withdraw man from his purpose,
and hide pride fromman.
33:18He keeps back his soul fromthe pit,
and his life fromperish ing by the sword.
33:19He is chastened also with pain on his bed,
with continual strife in his bones;
33:20So that his life abhors bread,
and his soul dainty food.
33:21His flesh is so consumed away, that it can't
be seen.
His bones that were not seen stick out.
33:22Yes, his soul draws near to the pit,
and his life to the destroyers.
33:23"If there is beside himan angel,
an interpreter, one among a thousand,
to show to man what is right for him;
33:24then God is gracious to him ,and says,
'Deliver himfr om going down to the pit,
I have found a ransom.'
33:25His flesh shall be fresher than a child's.
He returns to the days of his youth.
33:26He prays to God, and he is favorable to
him,
so that he sees his face with joy.
He restores to man his righteousness.
33:27He sings before men, and says,
'I have sinned, and perverted that which
was right,
and it didn't profit me.
33:28He has redeemed my soul from going into
the pit.
My life shall see the light.'
33:29"Behold, God works all these things,
twice, yes three times, with a man,
33:30to bring back his soul fromthe pit,
that he may be enlightened with the light
of the living.
33:31Mark well, Job, and listen to me.
Hold your peace, and I will speak.
33:32If you have anything to say, answer me.
Speak, for I desire to justify you.
33:33If not, listen to me.
Hold your peace, and I will teach you
wisdom."
34:1Moreover Elihu answered,
34:2"Hear my words, you wise men.
Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
34:3For the ear tries words,
as the palate tastes food.
34:4Let us choose for us that which is right.
Let us know among ourselves what is
good.
Job 34:5 434 Job 35:2
34:5For Job has said, 'I amr ighteous,
God has taken away my right:
34:6Notwithstanding my right I am considered
a liar.
My wound is incurable, though I am
without disobedience.'
34:7What man is like Job,
who drinks scorn like water,
34:8Who goes in company with the workers of
iniquity,
and walks with wicked men?
34:9For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing
that he should delight himself with God.'
34:10"Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding:
far be it fromGo d, that he should do
wickedness,
from the Almighty, that he should commit
iniquity.
34:11For the work of a man he will render to
him,
and cause every man to find according to
his ways.
34:12Yes surely, God will not do wickedly,
neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
34:13Who put himi n charge of the earth?
or who has appointed himo ver the whole
world?
34:14If he set his heart on himself,
If he gathered to himself his spirit and his
breath,
34:15all flesh would perish together,
and man would turn again to dust.
34:16"If now you have understanding, hear this.
Listen to the voice of my words.
34:17Shall even one who hates justice govern?
Will you condemn him who is righteous
and mighty?
34:18Who says to a king, 'Vile!'
or to nobles, 'Wicked!'?
34:19Who doesn't respect the persons of princes,
nor regards the rich more than the poor;
for they all are the work of his hands.
34:20In a m om ent they die, even at m idnight.
The people are shaken and pass away.
The mighty are taken away without a
hand.
34:21"For his eyes are on the ways of a man.
He sees all his goings.
34:22There is no darkness, nor thick gloom,
where the workers of iniquity may hide
themselves.
34:23For he doesn't need to consider a man
further,
that he should go before God in judgment.
34:24He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways
past finding out,
and sets others in their place.
34:25Therefore he takes knowledge of their
works.
He overturns themi n the night, so that
they are destroyed.
34:26He strikes thema s wickedmen
in the open sight of others;
34:27because they turned aside fromf ollowing
him,
and wouldn't pay attention to any of his
ways,
34:28so that they caused the cry of the poor to
come to him.
He heard the cry of the afflicted.
34:29When he gives quietness, who then can
condemn?
When he hides his face, who then can see
him?
Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,
34:30that the godless man may not reign,
that there be no one to ensnare the people.
34:31"For has any said to God,
'I amguilt y, but I will not offend any
more.
34:32Teach me that which I don't see.
If I have done iniquity, I will do it no
more'?
34:33Shall his recompense be as you desire, that
you refuse it?
For you must choose, and not I.
Therefore speak what you know.
34:34Men of understanding will tell me,
yes, every wise man who hears me:
34:35'Job speaks without knowledge.
His words are without wisdom.'
34:36I wish that Job were tried to the end,
because of his answering like wicked
men.
34:37For he adds rebellion to his sin.
He claps his hands among us,
and multiplies his words against God."
35:1Moreover Elihu answered,
35:2"Do you think this to be your right,
or do you say, 'My righteousness is more
than God's,'
Job 35:3 435 Job 36:21
35:3That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to
you?
What profit shall I have, more than if I
had sinned?'
35:4I will answer you,
and your companions with you.
35:5Look to the heavens, and see.
See the skies, which are higher than you.
35:6If you have sinned, what effect do you have
against him?
If your transgressions are multiplied,
what do you do to him?
35:7If you are righteous, what do you give him?
Or what does he receive fromy our hand?
35:8Your wickedness may hurt a man as you
are,
and your righteousness may profit a son
of man.
35:9"By reason of the multitude of oppressions
they cry out.
They cry for help by reason of the armof
the mighty.
35:10But none says, 'Where is God my Maker,
who gives songs in the night,
35:11who teaches us more than the animals of
the earth,
and makes us wiser than the birds of the
sky?'
35:12There they cry, but none gives answer,
because of the pride of evil m en.
35:13Surely God will not hear an empty cry,
neither will the Almighty regard it.
35:14How m uch less when you say you don't
see him.
The cause is before him, and you wait for
him!
35:15But now, because he has not visited in his
anger,
neither does he greatly regard arrogance.
35:16Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty
talk,
and he multiplies words without knowledge."
36:1Elihu also continued, and said,
36:2"Bear with me a little, and I will show you;
for I still have something to say on God's
behalf.
36:3I will get my knowledge from afar,
and will ascribe righteousness to my
Maker.
36:4For truly my words are not false.
One who is perfect in knowledge is with
you.
36:5"Behold, God is mighty, and doesn't despise
anyone.
He is mighty in strength of understanding.
36:6He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked,
but gives to the afflicted their right.
36:7He doesn't withdraw his eyes fromt he
righteous,
but with kings on the throne,
he sets themf orever, and they are exalted.
36:8If they are bound in fetters,
and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
36:9then he shows themthe ir work,
and their transgressions, that they have
behaved themselves proudly.
36:10He also opens their ears to instruction,
and commands that they return from
iniquity.
36:11If they listen and serve him,
they shall spend their days in prosperity,
and their years in pleasures.
36:12But if they don't listen, they shall perish by
the sword;
they shall die without knowledge.
36:13"But those who are godless in heart lay up
anger.
They don't cry for help when he binds
them.
36:14They die in youth.
Their life perishes among the unclean.
36:15He delivers the afflicted by their affliction,
and opens their ear in oppression.
36:16Yes, he would have allured you out of
distress,
into a broad place, where there is no
restriction.
That which is set on your table would be
full of fatness.
36:17"But you are full of the judgment of the
wicked.
Judgment and justice take hold of you.
36:18Don't let riches entice you to wrath,
neither let the great size of a bribe turn
you aside.
36:19Would your wealth sustain you in distress,
or all the might of your strength?
36:20Don't desire the night,
when people are cut off in their place.
36:21Take heed, don't regard iniquity;
Job 36:22 436 Job 38:3
for you have chosen this rather than
affliction.
36:22Behold, God is exalted in his power.
Who is a teacher like him?
36:23Who has prescribed his way for him?
Or who can say, 'You have committed
unrighteousness?'
36:24"Remember that you magnify his work,
whereof men have sung.
36:25All men have looked thereon.
Man sees it afar off.
36:26Behold, God is great, and we don't know
him.
The num ber of his years is unsearchable.
36:27For he draws up the drops of water,
which distill in rain fromh is vapor,
36:28Which the skies pour down
and which drop on man abundantly.
36:29Yes, can any understand the spreading of
the clouds,
and the thunderings of his pavilion?
36:30Behold, he spreads his light around him.
He covers the bottomo f the sea.
36:31For by these he judges the people.
He gives food in abundance.
36:32He covers his hands with the lightning,
and commands it to strike the mark.
36:33Its noise tells about him,
and the livestock also concerning the
stormthat comes up.
37:1"Yes, at this my heart trembles,
and is moved out of its place.
37:2Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice,
the sound that goes out of his mouth.
37:3He sends it forth under the whole sky,
and his lightning to the ends of the earth.
37:4After it a voice roars.
He thunders with the voice of his majesty.
He doesn't hold back anything when his
voice is heard.
37:5God thunders marvelously with his voice.
He does great things, which we can't
comprehend.
37:6For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth;'
likewise to the shower of rain,
and to the showers of his mighty rain.
37:7He seals up the hand of every man,
that all men whom he has made may
know it.
37:8Then the animals take cover,
and remain in their dens.
37:9Out of its chamber comes the storm,
and cold out of the north.
37:10By the breath of God, ice is given,
and the breadth of the waters is frozen.
37:11Yes, he loads the thick cloudwith moisture.
He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.
37:12It is turned around by his guidance,
that they may do whatever he commands
them
on the surface of the habitable world,
37:13Whether it is for correction, or for his land,
or for loving kindness, that he causes it to
come.
37:14"Listen to this, Job.
Stand still, and consider the wondrous
works of God.
37:15Do you know how God controls them,
and causes the lightning of his cloud to
shine?
37:16Do you know the workings of the clouds,
the wondrous works of himw ho is perfect
in knowledge?
37:17You whose clothing is warm,
when the earth is still by reason of the
south wind?
37:18Can you,with him ,spread out the sky,
which is strong as a cast metal mirror?
37:19Teach us what we shall tell him,
for we can't make our case by reason of
darkness.
37:20Shall it be told himthat I would speak?
Or should a man wish that he were
swallowed up?
37:21Now men don't see the light which is
bright in the skies,
but the wind passes, and clears them.
37:22Out of the north comes golden splendor.
With God is awesome majesty.
37:23We can't reach the Almighty.
He is exalted in power.
In justice and great righteousness, he will
not oppress.
37:24Therefore men revere him.
He doesn't regard any who are wise of
heart."
38:1Then Yahweh answered Job out of the
whirlwind,
38:2"Who is this who darkens counsel
by words without knowledge?
38:3Brace yourself like a m an,
for I will question you, then you answer
me!
Job 38:4 437 Job 39:2
38:4"Where were you when I laid the foundations
of the earth?
Declare, if you have understanding.
38:5Who determined its measures, if you know?
Or who stretched the line on it?
38:6Whereupon were its foundations fastened?
Or who laid its cornerstone,
38:7when the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
38:8"Or who shut up the sea with doors,
when it broke forth fromt he womb,
38:9when I made clouds its garment,
and wrapped it in thick darkness,
38:10marked out for it my bound,
set bars and doors,
38:11and said, 'Here you may come, but no
further.
Here your proud waves shall be stayed?'
38:12"Have you commanded the morning in
your days,
and caused the dawn to know its place;
38:13that it might take hold of the ends of the
earth,
and shake the wicked out of it?
38:14It is changed as clay under the seal,
and stands forth as a garment.
38:15Fromt he wicked, their light is withheld.
The high armis broken.
38:16"Have you entered into the springs of the
sea?
Or have you walked in the recesses of the
deep?
38:17Have the gates of death been revealed to
you?
Or have you seen the gates of the shadow
of death?
38:18Have you comprehended the earth in its
breadth?
Declare, if you know it all.
38:19"What is the way to the dwelling of light?
As for darkness, where is its place,
38:20that you should take it to its bound,
that you should discern the paths to its
house?
38:21Surely you know, for you were born then,
and the number of your days is great!
38:22Have you entered the treasuries of the
snow,
or have you seen the treasures of the hail,
38:23which I have reserved against the time of
trouble,
against the day of battle and war?
38:24By what way is the lightning distributed,
or the east wind scattered on the earth?
38:25Who has cut a channel for the flood water,
or the path for the thunderstorm;
38:26To cause it to rain on a landwhere no m an
is;
on the wilderness, in which there is no
man;
38:27to satisfy the waste and desolate ground,
to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
38:28Does the rain have a father?
Or who fathers the drops of dew?
38:29Out of whose womb came the ice?
The gray frost of the sky, who has given
birth to it?
38:30The waters become hard like stone,
when the surface of the deep is frozen.
38:31"Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades,
or loosen the cords of Orion?
38:32Can you lead forth the constellations in
their season?
Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
38:33Do you know the laws of the heavens?
Can you establish its dominion over the
earth?
38:34"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
That abundance of waters may cover
you?
38:35Can you send forth lightnings, that they
may go?
Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'
38:36Who has put wisdomi n the inward parts?
Or who has given understanding to the
mind?
38:37Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can pour out the bottles of the
sky,
38:38when the dust runs into a mass,
and the clods of earth stick together?
38:39"Can you hunt the prey for the lioness,
or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
38:40when they crouch in their dens,
and lie in wait in the thicket?
38:41Who provides for the raven his prey,
when his young ones cry to God,
and wander for lack of food?
39:1"Do you know the time when the mountain
goats give birth?
Do youwatchwhen the doe bears fawns?
39:2Can you number the months that they
fulfill?
Job 39:3 438 Job 40:10
Or do you know the time when they give
birth?
39:3They bow themselves, they bring forth their
young,
they end their labor pains.
39:4Their young ones become strong.
They grow up in the open field.
They go forth, and don't return again.
39:5"Who has set the wild donkey free?
Or who has loosened the bonds of the
swift donkey,
39:6Whose hom e Ihave m ade the wilderness,
and the salt land his dwelling place?
39:7He scorns the tumult of the city,
neither does he hear the shouting of the
driver.
39:8The range of the mountains is his pasture,
He searches after every green thing.
39:9"Will the wild ox be content to serve you?
Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
39:10Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow
with his harness?
Or will he till the valleys after you?
39:11Will you trust him, because his strength is
great?
Or will you leave to himyour labor?
39:12Will you confide in him, that he will bring
home your seed,
and gather the grain of your threshing
floor?
39:13"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly;
but are they the feathers and plumage of
love?
39:14For she leaves her eggs on the earth,
warms them in the dust,
39:15and forgets that the foot may crush them,
or that the wild animal may trample
them.
39:16She deals harshly with her young ones, as
if they were not hers.
Though her labor is in vain, she iswithout
fear,
39:17because God has deprived her of wisdom,
neither has he imparted to her understanding.
39:18When she lifts up herself on high,
she scorns the horse and his rider.
39:19"Have you given the horse might?
Have you clothed his neck with a quivering
mane?
39:20Have you made him to leap as a locust?
The glory of his snorting is awesome.
39:21He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his
strength.
He goes out to meet the armed men.
39:22He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed,
neither does he turn back fromthe sword.
39:23The quiver rattles against him,
the flashing spear and the javelin.
39:24He eats up the ground with fierceness and
rage,
neither does he stand still at the sound of
the trumpet.
39:25As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts,
'Aha!'
He smells the battle afar off,
the thunder of the captains, and the
shouting.
39:26"Is it by your wisdomthat the hawk soars,
and stretches her wings toward the
south?
39:27Is it at your command that the eagle
mounts up,
and makes his nest on high?
39:28On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home,
on the point of the cliff, and the
stronghold.
39:29Fromt here he spies out the prey.
His eyes see it afar off.
39:30His young ones also suck up blood.
Where the slain are, there he is."
40:1Moreover Yahweh answered Job,
40:2"Shall he who argues contend with the
Almighty?
He who argues with God, let hima nswer
it."
40:3Then Job answered Yahweh,
40:4"Behold, I amo f small account. What shall
I answer you?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
40:5I have spoken once, and I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."
40:6Then Yahweh answered Job out of the
whirlwind,
40:7"Now brace yourself like a man.
I will question you, and you will answer
me.
40:8Will you even annul my judgment?
Will you condemn me, that you may be
justified?
40:9Or do you have an armlike God?
Can you thunder with a voice like him?
40:10"Now deck yourself with excellency and
dignity.
Job 40:11 439 Job 41:26
Array yourself with honor and majesty.
40:11Pour out the fury of your anger.
Look at everyonewho is proud, and bring
himl ow.
40:12Look at everyone who is proud, and humble
him.
Crush the wicked in their place.
40:13Hide themi n the dust together.
Bind their faces in the hidden place.
40:14Then I will also admit to you
that your own right hand can save you.
40:15"See now, behemoth, which I made as well
as you.
He eats grass as an ox.
40:16Look now, his strength is in his thighs.
His force is in the muscles of his belly.
40:17He moves his tail like a cedar.
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
40:18His bones are like tubes of brass.
His limbs are like bars of iron.
40:19He is the chief of the ways of God.
He whomade himgiv es himh is sword.
40:20Surely the mountains produce food for
him,
where all the animals of the field play.
40:21He lies under the lotus trees,
in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
40:22The lotuses cover himw ith their shade.
The willows of the brook surround him.
40:23Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't
tremble.
He is confident, though the Jordan swells
even to his mouth.
40:24Shall any take himwhe n he is on the
watch,
or pierce through his nose with a snare?
41:1"Can you draw out Leviathand with a fishhook,
or press down his tongue with a cord?
41:2Can you put a rope into his nose,
or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
41:3Will he make many petitions to you,
or will he speak soft words to you?
41:4Will he make a covenant with you,
that you should take himf or a servant
forever?
41:5Will you play with hima s with a bird?
Or will you bind himfor your girls?
41:6Will traders barter for him?
Will they part him among the merchants?
41:7Can you fill his skin with barbed irons,
or his head with fish spears?
41:8Lay your hand on him.
Remember the battle, and do so no more.
41:9Behold, the hope of himi s in vain.
Won't one be cast down even at the sight
of him?
41:10None is so fierce that he dare stir himu p.
Who then is he who can stand before me?
41:11Who has first given to me, that I should
repay him?
Everything under the heavens is mine.
41:12"I will not keep silence concerning his
limbs,
nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly
frame.
41:13Who can strip off his outer garment?
Who shall come within his jaws?
41:14Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth is terror.
41:15Strong scales are his pride,
shut up together with a close seal.
41:16One is so near to another,
that no air can come between them.
41:17They are joined one to another.
They stick together, so that they can't be
pulled apart.
41:18His sneezing flashes out light.
His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
41:19Out of his mouth go burning torches.
Sparks of fire leap forth.
41:20Out of his nostrils a smoke goes,
as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.
41:21His breath kindles coals.
A flame goes forth from his mouth.
41:22There is strength in his neck.
Terror dances before him.
41:23The flakes of his flesh are joined together.
They are firmon him.
They can't be moved.
41:24His heart is as firmas a stone,
yes, firma s the lowermillstone.
41:25When he raises himself up, the mighty are
afraid.
They retreat before his thrashing.
41:26If one attacks himwi th the sword, it can't
prevail;
nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed
shaft.
d41:1 Leviathan is a name for a crocodile or similar creature.
Job 41:27 440 Job 42:17
41:27He counts iron as straw;
and brass as rotten wood.
41:28The arrow can't make him flee.
Sling stones are like chaff to him.
41:29Clubs are counted as stubble.
He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
41:30His undersides are like sharp potsherds,
leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing
sledge.
41:31He makes the deep to boil like a pot.
He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
41:32He makes a path shine after him.
One would think the deep had white hair.
41:33On earth there is not his equal,
that is made without fear.
41:34He sees everything that is high.
He is king over all the sons of pride."
42:1Then Job answered Yahweh,
42:2"I know that you can do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be
restrained.
42:3You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel
without knowledge?'
therefore I have uttered that which I did
not understand,
things too wonderful for me, which I
didn't know.
42:4You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak;
I will question you, and you will answer
me.'
42:5I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you.
42:6Therefore I abhor myself,
and repent in dust and ashes."
42:7It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken
these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the
Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you,
and against your two friends; for you have
not spoken of me the thing that is right, as
m y servant Job has. 42:8Now therefore, take to
yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go
to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves
a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray
for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal
with you according to your folly. For you have
not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my
servant Job has."
42:9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the
Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and
did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh
accepted Job.
42:10Yahweh turned the captivity of Job,
when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave
Job twice as much as he had before. 42:11Then
came there to him all his brothers, and all
his sisters, and all those who had been of his
acquaintance before, and ate bread with himi n
his house. They comforted him, and consoled
himco ncerning all the evil that Yahweh had
brought on him. Everyone also gave him a
piece of money,e and everyone a ring of gold.
42:12So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job
more than his beginning. He had fourteen
thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one
thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female
donkeys. 42:13He had also seven sons and three
daughters. 42:14He called the name of the first,
Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah;
and the name of the third, Keren Happuch.
42:15In all the land were no women found so
beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father
gave theman inheritance among their brothers.
42:16After this Job lived one hundred forty
years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, to
four generations. 42:17So Job died, being old
and full of days.
e42:11 literally, kesitah, a unit of money, probably silver
Psalms 1:1 441 Psalms 4:1
The Psalms
BOOK I
Psalm 1
1Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the
counsel of the wicked,
nor stand in the way of sinners,
nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
2but his delight is in Yahweh's law.
On his law he meditates day and night.
3He will be like a tree planted by the streams of
water,
that brings forth its fruit in its season,
whose leaf also does not wither.
Whatever he does shall prosper.
4The wicked are not so,
but are like the chaff which the wind
drives away.
5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the
judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the
righteous.
6For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Psalm 2
1Why do the nations rage,
and the peoples plot a vain thing?
2The kings of the earth take a stand,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against Yahweh, and against his
Anointed,a saying,
3"Let's break their bonds apart,
and cast their cords fromus ."
4He who sits in the heavens will laugh.
The Lord will have themin derision.
5Then he will speak to themi n his anger,
and terrify themi n his wrath:
6"Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of
Zion."
7I will tell of the decree.
Yahweh said to me, "You are my son.
Today I have become your father.
8Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your
inheritance,
the uttermost parts of the earth for your
possession.
9You shall break themw ith a rod of iron.
You shall dash themin pieces like a
potter's vessel."
10Now therefore be wise, you kings.
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
11Serve Yahweh with fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
12Give sincere homageb, lest he be angry, and
you perish in the way,
for his wrath will soon be kindled.
Blessed are all those who take refuge in
him.
Psalm 3
A Psalm by David, when he fled from
Absalomhi s son.
1Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased!
Many are those who rise up against me.
2Many there are who say of my soul,
"There is no help for himin God."
Selah.
3But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me,
my glory, and the one who lifts up my
head.
4I cry to Yahweh with my voice,
and he answers me out of his holy hill.
Selah.
5I laid myself down and slept.
I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.
6I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of
people
who have set themselves against me on
every side.
7Arise, Yahweh!
Save me, my God!
For you have struck all of my enemies on the
cheek bone.
You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
8Salvation belongs to Yahweh.
Your blessing be on your people.
Selah.
Psalm 4
For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments.
A Psalm by David.
a2:2 The word "Anointed" is the same as the word for "Messiah" or "Christ"
b2:12 or, Kiss the son
Psalms 4:2 442 Psalms 6:9
1Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness.
Give me relief from my distress.
Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
2You sons of men, how long shall my glory be
turned into dishonor?
Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood?
Selah.
3But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself
himwho is godly:
Yahweh will hear when I call to him.
4Stand in awe, and don't sin.
Search your own heart on your bed, and
be still.
Selah.
5Offer the sacrifices of righteousness.
Put your trust in Yahweh.
6Many say, "Who will show us any good?"
Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on
us.
7You have put gladness in my heart,
more than when their grain and their new
wine are increased.
8In peace Iwill both lay myself down and sleep,
for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in
safety.
Psalm 5
For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A
Psalmby David.
1Give ear to my words, Yahweh.
Consider my meditation.
2Listen to the voice of m y cry,m y King and m y
God;
for to you do I pray.
3Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my
voice.
In the morning I will lay my requests before
you, and will watch expectantly.
4For you are not a God who has pleasure in
wickedness.
Evil can't live with you.
5The arrogant shall not stand in your sight.
You hate all workers of iniquity.
6You will destroy those who speak lies.
Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful
man.
7But as for me, in the abundance of your loving
kindness I will come into your house.
I will bow toward your holy temple in
reverence of you.
8Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because
of my enemies.
Make your way straight before my face.
9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth.
Their heart is destruction.
Their throat is an open tomb.
They flatter with their tongue.
10Hold themguilt y, God.
Let themfa ll by their own counsels;
Thrust themo ut in the multitude of their
transgressions,
for they have rebelled against you.
11But let all those who take refuge in you
rejoice,
Let them always shout for joy, because
you defend them.
Let thema lso who love your name be joyful in
you.
12For you will bless the righteous.
Yahweh, you will surround himwi th favor as
with a shield.
Psalm 6
For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments,
upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm
by David.
1Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your anger,
neither discipline me in your wrath.
2Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint.
Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
3My soul is also in great anguish.
But you, Yahweh how long?
4Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul,
and save me for your loving kindness'
sake.
5For in death there is no memory of you.
In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
6I amweary withmy groaning.
Every night I flood my bed.
I drench m y couchwith m y tears.
7My eye wastes away because of grief.
It grows old because of all my adversaries.
8Depart fromme, all you workers of iniquity,
for Yahweh has heard the voice of my
weeping.
9Yahweh has heard my supplication.
Psalms 6:10 443 Psalms 8:7
Yahweh accepts my prayer.
10May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed.
They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced
suddenly.
Psalm 7
A meditation by David, which he sang to
Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the
Benjamite.
1Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you.
Save me from all those who pursue me,
and deliver me,
2lest they tear apart my soul like a lion,
ripping it in pieces, while there is none to
deliver.
3Yahweh, my God, if I have done this,
if there is iniquity in my hands,
4if I have rewarded evil to himwho was at
peace with me
(yes, if I have delivered himw ho without
cause was my adversary),
5let the enemy pursue my soul, and
overtake it;
yes, let himt readmy life down to the earth,
and lay my glory in the dust.
Selah.
6Arise, Yahweh, in your anger.
Lift up yourself against the rage of my
adversaries.
Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
7Let the congregation of the peoples surround
you.
Rule over themon high.
8Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples.
Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness,
and to my integrity that is in me.
9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to
an end,
but establish the righteous;
their minds and hearts are searched by
the righteous God.
10My shield is with God,
who saves the upright in heart.
11God is a righteous judge,
yes, a God who has indignation every
day.
12If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his
sword;
he has bent and strung his bow.
13He has also prepared for himself the instruments
of death.
He makes ready his flaming arrows.
14Behold, he travails with iniquity.
Yes, he has conceived mischief,
and brought forth falsehood.
15He has dug a hole,
and has fallen into the pit which he made.
16The trouble he causes shall return to his own
head.
His violence shall come down on the
crown of his own head.
17I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his
righteousness,
and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh
Most High.
Psalm 8
For the ChiefMusician; on an instrument of
Gath. A Psalmby David.
1Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name
in all the earth,
who has set your glory above the heavens!
2Fromthe lips of babes and infants you have
established strength,
because of your adversaries, that you
might silence the enemy and the
avenger.
3When I consider your heavens, the work of
your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have
ordained;
4what is man, that you think of him?
What is the son of man, that you care for
him?
5For you have made him a little lower than
God,c
and crowned himwi th glory and honor.
6You make him ruler over the works of your
hands.
You have put all things under his feet:
7All sheep and cattle,
c8:5 Hebrew: Elohim. The word Elohim, used here, usually means "God," but can also mean "gods,"
"princes," or "angels."
Psalms 8:8 444 Psalms 10:10
yes, and the animals of the field,
8The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea,
and whatever passes through the paths of
the seas.
9Yahweh, our Lord,
howmajestic is your name in all the earth!
Psalm 9
For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Death
of the Son." A Psalmb y David.
1I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole
heart.
I will tell of all your marvelous works.
2I will be glad and rejoice in you.
I will sing praise to your name, O Most
High.
3When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish in your presence.
4For you have maintained my just cause.
You sit on the throne judging righteously.
5You have rebuked the nations.
You have destroyed the wicked.
You have blotted out their name forever
and ever.
6The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin.
The very memory of the cities which you
have overthrown has perished.
7But Yahweh reigns forever.
He has prepared his throne for judgment.
8He will judge the world in righteousness.
He will administer judgment to the peoples
in uprightness.
9Yahweh will also be a high tower for the
oppressed;
a high tower in times of trouble.
10Those who know your name will put their
trust in you,
for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those
who seek you.
11Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion,
and declare among the people what he
has done.
12For he who avenges blood remembers them.
He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
13Have mercy on me, Yahweh.
See my affliction by those who hate me,
and lift me up from the gates of death;
14that I may show forth all your praise.
In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will
rejoice in your salvation.
15The nations have sunk down in the pit that
they made.
In the net which they hid, their own foot
is taken.
16Yahweh has made himself known.
He has executed judgment.
The wicked is snared by the work of his
own hands.
Meditation. Selah.
17The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol,
even all the nations that forget God.
18For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
19Arise, Yahweh! Don't let man prevail.
Let the nations be judged in your sight.
20Put themi n fear, Yahweh.
Let the nations know that they are only
men.
Selah.
Psalm 10
1Why do you stand far off, Yahweh?
Why do you hide yourself in times of
trouble?
2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak.
They are caught in the schemes that they
devise.
3For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings.
He blesses the greedy, and condemns
Yahweh.
4The wicked, in the pride of his face,
has no roomi n his thoughts for God.
5His ways are prosperous at all times.
He is haughty, and your laws are far from
his sight.
As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
6He says in his heart, "I shall not be
shaken.
For generations I shall have no trouble."
7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and
oppression.
Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
8He lies in wait near the villages.
From ambushes, he murders the innocent.
His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
9He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless.
He catches the helpless, when he draws
himi n his net.
10The helpless are crushed.
Psalms 10:11 445 Psalms 13:4
They collapse.
They fall under his strength.
11He says in his heart, "God has forgotten.
He hides his face.
He will never see it."
12Arise, Yahweh!
God, lift up your hand!
Don't forget the helpless.
13Why does the wicked person condemn God,
and say in his heart, "God won't call me
into account?"
14But you do see trouble and grief.
You consider it to take it into your hand.
You help the victimand the fatherless.
15Break the armo f the wicked.
As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness
until you find none.
16Yahweh is King forever and ever!
The nations will perish out of his land.
17Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the
humble.
You will prepare their heart.
You will cause your ear to hear,
18to judge the fatherless and the oppressed,
that man who is of the earth may terrify
no more.
Psalm 11
For the Chief Musician. By David.
1In Yahweh, I take refuge.
How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a
bird to your mountain!"
2For, behold, the wicked bend their bows.
They set their arrows on the strings,
that they may shoot in darkness at the
upright in heart.
3If the foundations are destroyed,
what can the righteous do?
4Yahweh is in his holy temple.
Yahweh is on his throne in heaven.
His eyes observe.
His eyes examine the children of men.
5Yahweh examines the righteous,
but the wicked and himwho loves violence
his soul hates.
6On the wicked he will rain blazing coals;
fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be
the portion of their cup.
7For Yahweh is righteous.
He loves righteousness.
The upright shall see his face.
Psalm 12
For the Chief Musician; upon an eightstringed
lyre. A Psalmof David.
1Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases.
For the faithful fail fromamong the children
of men.
2Everyone lies to his neighbor.
They speak with flattering lips, and with
a double heart.
3May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,
and the tongue that boasts,
4who have said, "With our tongue we will
prevail.
Our lips are our own.
Who is lord over us?"
5"Because of the oppression of the weak and
because of the groaning of the needy,
I will now arise," says Yahweh;
"I will set himin safety from those whomalign
him."
6The words of Yahweh are flawless words,
as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified
seven times.
7You will keep them, Yahweh.
You will preserve themfr om this generation
forever.
8The wicked walk on every side,
when what is vile is exalted among the
sons of men.
Psalm 13
For the Chief Musician. A Psalmb y David.
1How long, Yahweh?
Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from
me?
2How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
having sorrow in my heart every day?
How long shall m y enem y trium ph over
me?
3Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God.
Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
4Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed
against him;"
Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.
Psalms 13:5 446 Psalms 17:1
5But I trust in your loving kindness.
My heart rejoices in your salvation.
6I will sing to Yahweh,
because he has been good to me.
Psalm 14
For the Chief Musician. By David.
1The fool has said in his heart, "There is no
God."
They are corrupt.
They have done abominable works.
There is none who does good.
2Yahweh looked down fromh eaven on the
children of men,
to see if there were any who did understand,
who did seek after God.
3They have all gone aside.
They have together become corrupt.
There is nonewho does good, no, not one.
4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
who eat up my people as they eat bread,
and don't call on Yahweh?
5There they were in great fear,
for God is in the generation of the righteous.
6You frustrate the plan of the poor,
because Yahweh is his refuge.
7Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out
of Zion!
When Yahweh restores the fortunes of his
people,
then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be
glad.
Psalm 15
A Psalmby David.
1Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary?
Who shall live on your holy hill?
2He who walks blamelessly does what is right,
and speaks truth in his heart;
3He who doesn't slander with his tongue,
nor does evil to his friend,
nor casts slurs against his fellow man;
4In whose eyes a vile man is despised,
but who honors those who fear Yahweh;
he who keeps an oath even when it hurts,
and doesn't change;
5he who doesn't lend out his money for usury,
nor take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be
shaken.
Psalm 16
A Poem byDavid.
1Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.
2My soul, you have said to Yahweh, "You are
m y Lord.
Apart fromyou I have no good thing."
3As for the saints who are in the earth,
they are the excellent ones in whomis all
my delight.
4Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give
gifts to another god.
Their drink offerings of blood I will not
offer,
nor take their names on my lips.
5Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup.
You made my lot secure.
6The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places.
Yes, I have a good inheritance.
7I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel.
Yes, my heart instructs me in the night
seasons.
8I have set Yahweh always before me.
Because he is at my right hand, I shall not
be moved.
9Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue
rejoices.
My body shall also dwell in safety.
10For you will not leave my soul in Sheol,
neither will you allow your holy one to
see corruption.
11You will show me the path of life.
In your presence is fullness of joy.
In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
Psalm 17
A Prayer by David.
1Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea;
Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out
of deceitful lips.
Psalms 17:2 447 Psalms 18:15
2Let my sentence come forth from your presence.
Let your eyes look on equity.
3You have proved my heart.
You have visited me in the night.
You have tried me, and found nothing.
I have resolved that my mouth shall not
disobey.
4As for the works of men, by the word of your
lips,
I have kept myself from the ways of the
violent.
5My steps have held fast to your paths.
My feet have not slipped.
6I have called on you, for you will answer me,
God.
Turn your ear to me.
Hear my speech.
7Show your marvelous loving kindness,
you who save those who take refuge by
your right hand fromt heir enemies.
8Keep m e as the apple of your eye.
Hide m e under the shadow of your
wings,
9fromt he wicked who oppressme,
my deadly enemies, who surround me.
10They close up their callous hearts.
With their mouth they speak proudly.
11They have now surrounded us in our steps.
They set their eyes to cast us down to the
earth.
12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey,
as it were a young lion lurking in secret
places.
13Arise, Yahweh, confront him.
Cast himdown .
Deliver my soul from the wicked by your
sword;
14frommen by your hand, Yahweh,
frommen of the world, whose portion is in this
life.
You fill the belly of your cherished ones.
Your sons have plenty,
and they store up wealth for their children.
15As for m e, I shall see your face in righteousness.
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with
seeing your form.
Psalm 18
For the Chief Musician. By David the
servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the
words of this song in the day that Yahweh
delivered himfr om the hand of all his enemies,
and fromthe hand of Saul. He said,
1I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
2Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my
deliverer;
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
m y high tower.
3I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised;
and I am saved from my enemies.
4The cords of death surrounded me.
The floods of ungodliness made me
afraid.
5The cords of Sheol were around me.
The snares of death came on me.
6In my distress I called on Yahweh,
and cried to my God.
He heard my voice out of his temple.
My cry before himcam e into his ears.
7Then the earth shook and trembled.
The foundations also of the mountains
quaked and were shaken,
because he was angry.
8Smoke went out of his nostrils.
Consuming fire came out of his mouth.
Coals were kindled by it.
9He bowed the heavens also, and came down.
Thick darkness was under his feet.
10He rode on a cherub, and flew.
Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
11He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion
around him,
darkness of waters, thick clouds of the
skies.
12At the brightness before himhi s thick clouds
passed,
hailstones and coals of fire.
13Yahweh also thundered in the sky.
The Most High uttered his voice:
hailstones and coals of fire.
14He sent out his arrows, and scattered them;
Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed
them.
15Then the channels of waters appeared.
The foundations of the world were laid
bare at your rebuke, Yahweh,
Psalms 18:16 448 Psalms 18:50
at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
16He sent fromon high.
He took me.
He drew me out of many waters.
17He delivered me from my strong enemy,
fromtho se who hated me; for they were
too mighty for me.
18They cam eon m e in the day of m y calam ity,
but Yahweh was my support.
19He brought me forth also into a large place.
He delivered me, because he delighted in
me.
20Yahweh has rewarded me according to my
righteousness.
According to the cleanness of my hands
has he recompensed me.
21For I have kept the ways of Yahweh,
and have not wickedly departed frommy
God.
22For all his ordinances were before me.
I didn't put away his statutes fromme.
23I was also blameless with him.
I kept myself from my iniquity.
24Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according
to m y righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in
his eyesight.
25With the merciful you will show yourself
merciful.
With the perfect man, you will show
yourself perfect.
26With the pure, you will show yourself pure.
With the crooked you will show yourself
shrewd.
27For you will save the afflicted people,
but the haughty eyes you will bring
down.
28For you will light my lamp, Yahweh.
My God will light up my darkness.
29For by you, I advance through a troop.
By my God, I leap over a wall.
30As for God, hisway is perfect.
The word of Yahweh is tried.
He is a shield to all those who take refuge
in him.
31For who is God, except Yahweh?
Who is a rock, besides our God,
32the God who arm sm e with strength,
and makes my way perfect?
33He makes my feet like deer's feet,
and sets m e on m y high places.
34He teaches my hands to war,
so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
35You have also given me the shield of your
salvation.
Your right hand sustains me.
Your gentleness has made me great.
36You have enlarged my steps under me,
My feet have not slipped.
37Iwill pursuemy enemies, and overtake them.
Neither will I turn again until they are
consumed.
38I will strike themthro ugh, so that they will
not be able to rise.
They shall fall under my feet.
39For you have girded me with strength to the
battle.
You have subdued under me those who
rose up against me.
40You have also made my enemies turn their
backs to me,
that I might cut off those who hate me.
41They cried, but there was none to save;
even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer
them.
42Then I beat themsm all as the dust before the
wind.
I cast themo ut as themire of the streets.
43You have delivered me from the strivings of
the people.
You have made me the head of the nations.
A people whomI have not known shall serve
me.
44As soon as they hear of me they shall
obey me.
The foreigners shall submit themselves to
me.
45The foreigners shall fade away,
and shall come trembling out of their
close places.
46Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock.
Exalted be the God of my salvation,
47even the God who executes vengeance for
me,
and subdues peoples under me.
48He rescues me from my enemies.
Yes, you lift m e up above those who rise
up against me.
You deliver me from the violent man.
49Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh,
among the nations,
and will sing praises to your name.
50He gives great deliverance to his king,
Psalms 19:1 449 Psalms 21:7
and shows loving kindness to his
anointed,
to David and to his seed, forevermore.
Psalm 19
For the Chief Musician. A Psalmb y David.
1The heavens declare the glory of God.
The expanse shows his handiwork.
2Day after day they pour forth speech,
and night after night they display knowledge.
3There is no speech nor language,
where their voice is not heard.
4Their voice has gone out through all the earth,
their words to the end of the world.
In themh e has set a tent for the sun,
5which is as a bridegroomc oming out of
his chamber,
like a strong man rejoicing to run his
course.
6His going forth is fromthe end of the heavens,
his circuit to its ends;
There is nothing hidden fromi ts heat.
7Yahweh's law is perfect, restoring the soul.
Yahweh's testimony is sure, making wise
the simple.
8Yahweh's precepts are right, rejoicing the
heart.
Yahweh's commandment is pure, enlightening
the eyes.
9The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever.
Yahweh's ordinances are true, and righteous
altogether.
10More to be desired are they than gold, yes,
than much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey and the extract
of the honeycomb.
11Moreover by themi s your servant warned.
In keeping themthe re is great reward.
12Who can discern his errors?
Forgive me from hidden errors.
13Keep back your servant also frompr esumptuous
sins.
Let them not have dominion over me.
Then I will be upright.
I will be blameless and innocent of great
transgression.
14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation
of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.
Psalm 20
For the Chief Musician. A Psalmb y David.
1May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble.
May the name of the God of Jacob set you
up on high,
2send you help fromthe sanctuary,
grant you support fromZion ,
3remember all your offerings,
and accept your burnt sacrifice.
Selah.
4May He grant you your heart's desire,
and fulfill all your counsel.
5We will triumph in your salvation.
In the name of our God, we will set up
our banners.
May Yahweh grant all your requests.
6Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed.
He will answer himf romhis holy heaven,
with the saving strength of his right hand.
7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses,
but we trust the nam e of Yahweh our
God.
8They are bowed down and fallen,
but we rise up, and stand upright.
9Save, Yahweh!
Let the King answer us when we call!
Psalm 21
For the Chief Musician. A Psalmb y David.
1The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh!
How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!
2You have given himhi s heart's desire,
and have not withheld the request of his
lips.
Selah.
3For you meet him with the blessings of goodness.
You set a crown of fine gold on his head.
4He asked life of you, you gave it to him,
even length of days forever and ever.
5His glory is great in your salvation.
You lay honor and majesty on him.
6For you make him most blessed forever.
You make him glad with joy in your
presence.
7For the king trusts in Yahweh.
Psalms 21:8 450 Psalms 22:25
Through the loving kindness of the Most
High, he shall not be moved.
8Your hand will find out all of your enemies.
Your right hand will find out those who
hate you.
9You will make them as a fiery furnace in the
time of your anger.
Yahweh will swallow themup in his
wrath.
The fire shall devour them.
10You will destroy their descendants fromt he
earth,
their posterity fromam ong the children
of men.
11For they intended evil against you.
They plotted evil against you which cannot
succeed.
12For you will make them turn their back,
when you aimdra wn bows at their face.
13Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength,
so we will sing and praise your power.
Psalm 22
For the Chief Musician; set to "The Doe of
the Morning." A Psalmby David.
1My God, my God,why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far fromh elpingme, and
fromt he words ofmy groaning?
2My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't
answer;
in the night season, and amno t silent.
3But you are holy,
you who inhabit the praises of Israel.
4Our fathers trusted in you.
They trusted, and you delivered them.
5They cried to you, and were delivered.
They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.
6But I am a worm , and no m an;
a reproach of men, and despised by the
people.
7All those who see me mock me.
They insult me with their lips. They
shake their heads, saying,
8"He trusts in Yahweh;
let himdeliv er him.
Let himr escue him, since he delights in
him."
9But you brought me out of the womb.
You m ade m e t rust at m y m o ther's
breasts.
10I was thrown on you from my mother's
womb.
You are my God since my mother bore
me.
11Don't be far fromme, for trouble is near.
For there is none to help.
12Many bulls have surrounded me.
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
13They open their mouths wide against me,
lions tearing prey and roaring.
14I ampour ed out like water.
All my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax;
it is melted within me.
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd.
My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You have brought me into the dust of death.
16For dogs have surrounded me.
A company of evildoers have enclosed
me.
Like a lion, they pin my hands and feet.d
17I can count all of my bones.
They look and stare at me.
18They divide my garments among them.
They cast lots for my clothing.
19But don't be far off, Yahweh.
You are my help: hurry to help me.
20Deliver my soul from the sword,
my precious life from the power of the
dog.
21Save me from the lion's mouth!
Yes, fromt he horns of the wild oxen, you
have answered me.
22I will declare your name to my brothers.
In the midst of the assembly, I will praise
you.
23You who fear Yahweh, praise him!
All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him!
Stand in awe of him, all you descendants
of Israel!
24For he has not despised nor abhorred the
affliction of the afflicted,
Neither has he hidden his face fromhim;
but when he cried to him, he heard.
25Of you comes my praise in the great assembly.
d22:16 or, They have pierced my hands and feet. (DSS)
Psalms 22:26 451 Psalms 25:7
I will pay m y vows before thosewho fear
him.
26The humble shall eat and be satisfied.
They shall praise Yahweh who seek after
him.
Let your hearts live forever.
27All the ends of the earth shall remember and
turn to Yahweh.
All the relatives of the nations shall worship
before you.
28For the kingdomi s Yahweh's.
He is the ruler over the nations.
29All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and
worship.
All those who go down to the dust shall
bow before him,
even he who can't keep his soul alive.
30Posterity shall serve him.
Future generations shall be told about the
Lord.
31They shall come and shall declare his righteousness
to a people that shall be
born,
for he has done it.
Psalm 23
A Psalmby David.
1Yahweh is my shepherd:
I shall lack nothing.
2He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
3He restores my soul.
He guides me in the paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
4Even though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death,
I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
5You prepare a table before me in the presence
of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil.
My cup runs over.
6Surely goodness and loving kindness shall
follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in Yahweh's house forever.
Psalm 24
A Psalmby David.
1The earth is Yahweh's, with its fullness;
the world, and those who dwell therein.
2For he has founded it on the seas,
and established it on the floods.
3Who may ascend to Yahweh's hill?
Who may stand in his holy place?
4He who has clean hands and a pure heart;
who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood,
and has not sworn deceitfully.
5He shall receive a blessing fromYahweh,
righteousness fromt he God of his salvation.
6This is the generation of those who seek Him,
who seek your face even Jacob.
Selah.
7Lift up your heads, you gates!
Be lifted up, you everlasting doors,
and the King of glory will come in.
8Who is the King of glory?
Yahweh strong and mighty,
Yahweh mighty in battle.
9Lift up your heads, you gates;
yes, lift themup, you everlasting doors,
and the King of glory will come in.
10Who is this King of glory?
Yahweh of Armies is the King of glory!
Selah.
Psalm 25
By David.
1To you, Yahweh, do I lift up my soul.
2My God, I have trusted in you.
Don't let me be shamed.
Don't let my enemies triumph over me.
3Yes, no one who waits for you shall be
shamed.
They shall be shamed who deal treacherously
without cause.
4Show me your ways, Yahweh.
Teach me your paths.
5Guide me in your truth, and teach me,
For you are the God of my salvation,
I wait for you all day long.
6Yahweh, remember your tender mercies and
your loving kindness,
for they are fromold times.
7Don't remember the sins of my youth, nor my
transgressions.
Psalms 25:8 452 Psalms 27:7
Remember me according to your loving
kindness,
for your goodness' sake, Yahweh.
8Good and upright is Yahweh,
therefore he will instruct sinners in the
way.
9He will guide the humble in justice.
He will teach the humble his way.
10All the paths of Yahweh are loving kindness
and truth
to such as keep his covenant and his
testimonies.
11For your name's sake, Yahweh,
pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
12What man is he who fears Yahweh?
He shall instruct himi n the way that he
shall choose.
13His soul shall dwell at ease.
His seed shall inherit the land.
14The friendship of Yahweh is with those who
fear him.
He will show themhi s covenant.
15My eyes are ever on Yahweh,
for hewill pluck m y feet out of the net.
16Turn to me, and have mercy on me,
for I amd esolate and afflicted.
17The troubles of m y heart are enlarged.
Oh bring me out of my distresses.
18Consider my affliction and my travail.
Forgive all my sins.
19Consider my enemies, for they are many.
They hate me with cruel hatred.
20Oh keep my soul, and deliver me.
Let me not be disappointed, for I take
refuge in you.
21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,
for I wait for you.
22RedeemI srael, God,
out all of his troubles.
Psalm 26
By David.
1Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my
integrity.
I have trusted also in Yahweh without
wavering.
2Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me.
Try m y heart and m y m ind.
3For your loving kindness is before my eyes.
I have walked in your truth.
4I have not sat with deceitful men,
neither will I go in with hypocrites.
5I hate the assembly of evildoers,
and will not sit with the wicked.
6I will wash my hands in innocence,
so I will go about your altar, Yahweh;
7that I may make the voice of thanksgiving
to be heard,
and tell of all your wondrous works.
8Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house,
the place where your glory dwells.
9Don't gather my soul with sinners,
nor my life with bloodthirsty men;
10in whose hands is wickedness,
their right hand is full of bribes.
11But as for me, I will walk in my integrity.
Redeem me, and be merciful to me.
12My foot stands in an even place.
In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.
Psalm 27
By David.
1Yahweh is my light and my salvation.
Whoms hall I fear?
Yahweh is the strength of my life.
Of whoms hall I be afraid?
2When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh,
even my adversaries and my foes, they
stumbled and fell.
3Though an army should encamp against me,
my heart shall not fear.
Though war should rise against me,
even then I will be confident.
4One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will
seek after,
that I may dwell in the house of Yahweh
all the days of my life,
to see Yahweh's beauty,
and to inquire in his temple.
5For in the day of trouble he will keep me
secretly in his pavilion.
In the covert of his tent he will hide me.
He will lift me up on a rock.
6Now my head will be lifted up above my
enemies around me.
I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent.
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to
Yahweh.
7Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice.
Have mercy also on me, and answer me.
Psalms 27:8 453 Psalms 30:1
8When you said, "Seek my face,"
my heart said to you, "I will seek your
face, Yahweh."
9Don't hide your face fromme.
Don't put your servant away in anger.
You have been my help.
Don't abandon me,
neither forsake me, God of my salvation.
10When my father and my mother forsake me,
then Yahweh will take me up.
11Teach me your way, Yahweh.
Lead me in a straight path, because of my
enemies.
12Don't deliver me over to the desire of my
adversaries,
for false witnesses have risen up against
me,
such as breathe out cruelty.
13I amst ill confident of this:
I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the
land of the living.
14Wait for Yahweh.
Be strong, and let your heart take
courage.
Yes, wait for Yahweh.
Psalm 28
By David.
1To you, Yahweh, I call.
My rock, don't be deaf to me;
lest, if you are silent to me,
I would become like those who go down
into the pit.
2Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to
you,
when I lift up my hands toward your
Most Holy Place.
3Don't draw me away with the wicked,
with the workers of iniquity who speak
peace with their neighbors,
but mischief is in their hearts.
4Give themacco rding to their work, and according
to the wickedness of their
doings.
Give themacco rding to the operation of
their hands.
Bring back on themwhat they deserve.
5Because they don't regard the works of Yahweh,
nor the operation of his hands,
he will break themdow n and not build
themup .
6Blessed be Yahweh,
because he has heard the voice of my
petitions.
7Yahweh is my strength and my shield.
My heart has trusted in him, and I am
helped.
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices.
With my song I will thank him.
8Yahweh is their strength.
He is a stronghold of salvation to his
anointed.
9Save your people,
and bless your inheritance.
Be their shepherd also,
and bear themup forever.
Psalm 29
A Psalm by David.
1Ascribe to Yahweh, you sons of the mighty,
ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.
2Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name.
Worship Yahweh in holy array.
3Yahweh's voice is on the waters.
The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh
on many waters.
4Yahweh's voice is powerful.
Yahweh's voice is full of majesty.
5The voice of Yahweh breaks the cedars.
Yes, Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars
of Lebanon.
6He makes them also to skip like a calf;
Lebanon and Sirion like a young, wild ox.
7Yahweh's voice strikes with flashes of lightning.
8Yahweh's voice shakes the wilderness.
Yahweh shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
9Yahweh's voice makes the deer calve,
and strips the forests bare.
In his temple everything says, "Glory!"
10Yahweh sat enthroned at the Flood.
Yes, Yahweh sits as King forever.
11Yahweh will give strength to his people.
Yahweh will bless his people with peace.
Psalm 30
A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the
Temple. By David.
Psalms 30:2 454 Psalms 31:19
1I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised
m e up,
and have not made my foes to rejoice over
me.
2Yahweh my God, I cried to you,
and you have healed me.
3Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from
Sheol.
You have kept me alive, that I should not
go down to the pit.
4Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his.
Give thanks to his holy name.
5For his anger is but for a moment.
His favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may stay for the night,
but joy comes in the morning.
6As for me, I said in my prosperity,
"I shall never be moved."
7You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my
mountain stand strong;
but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
8I cried to you, Yahweh.
To Yahweh I made supplication:
9"What profit is there in my destruction, if I go
down to the pit?
Shall the dust praise you?
Shall it declare your truth?
10Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me.
Yahweh, be my helper."
11You have turned my mourning into dancing
for me.
You have removed my sackcloth, and
clothed me with gladness,
12To the end that my heart may sing
praise to you, and not be silent.
Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you
forever!
Psalm 31
For the Chief Musician. A Psalmb y David.
1In you, Yahweh, I take refuge.
Let me never be disappointed.
Deliver me in your righteousness.
2Bow down your ear to me.
Deliver me speedily.
Be to me a strong rock,
a house of defense to save me.
3For you are my rock and my fortress,
therefore for your name's sake lead me
and guide me.
4Pluck me out of the net that they have laid
secretly for me,
for you are my stronghold.
5Into your hand I commend my spirit.
You redeemm e, Yahweh, God of truth.
6I hate those who regard lying vanities,
but I trust in Yahweh.
7I will be glad and rejoice in your loving
kindness,
for you have seen my affliction.
You have known my soul in adversities.
8You have not shut me up into the hand of the
enemy.
You have set my feet in a large place.
9Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in
distress.
My eye, my soul, and my body waste
away with grief.
10For my life is spent with sorrow,
my years with sighing.
My strength fails because of my iniquity.
My bones are wasted away.
11Because of all my adversaries I have become
utterly contemptible to my neighbors,
A fear to my acquaintances.
Those who saw me on the street fled from
me.
12I amf orgotten from their hearts like a dead
man.
I amlike broken pottery.
13For I have heard the slander of many, terror
on every side,
while they conspire together against me,
they plot to take away my life.
14But I trust in you, Yahweh.
I said, "You are my God."
15My times are in your hand.
Deliver me fromthe hand of my enemies,
and fromtho se who persecuteme.
16Make your face to shine on your servant.
Save me in your loving kindness.
17Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I
have called on you.
Let the wicked be disappointed.
Let themb e silent in Sheol.
18Let the lying lips be mute,
which speak against the righteous insolently,
with pride and contempt.
19Oh how great is your goodness,
which you have laid up for those who
fear you,
Psalms 31:20 455 Psalms 33:13
which you have worked for those who
take refuge in you,
before the sons of men!
20In the shelter of your presence you will hide
themf romthe plotting ofman.
You will keep themsec retly in a dwelling
away fromthe strife of tongues.
21Praise be to Yahweh,
for he has shown me his marvelous loving
kindness in a strong city.
22As for me, I said in my haste, "I am cut off
fromb efore your eyes."
Nevertheless you heard the voice of my
petitions when I cried to you.
23Oh love Yahweh, all you his saints!
Yahweh preserves the faithful,
and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.
24Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
all you who hope in Yahweh.
Psalm 32
By David. A contemplative psalm.
1Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
2Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn't
impute iniquity,
in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away
through m y groaning all day long.
4For day and night your hand was heavy on
me.
My strength was sapped in the heat of
summer.
Selah.
5I acknowledged my sin to you.
I didn't hide my iniquity.
I said, I will confess my transgressions to
Yahweh,
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Selah.
6For this, let everyonewho is godly pray to you
in a time when you may be found.
Surely when the great waters overflow,
they shall not reach to him.
7You are my hiding place.
You will preserve me from trouble.
You will surround me with songs of
deliverance.
Selah.
8I will instruct you and teach you in the way
which you shall go.
I will counsel you with my eye on you.
9Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which
have no understanding,
who are controlled by bit and bridle, or
else they will not come near to you.
10Many sorrows come to the wicked,
but loving kindness shall surround him
who trusts in Yahweh.
11Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous!
Shout for joy, all you who are upright in
heart!
Psalm 33
1Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous!
Praise is fitting for the upright.
2Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre.
Sing praises to himwi th the harp of ten
strings.
3Sing to hima new song.
Play skillfully with a shout of joy!
4For the word of Yahweh is right.
All his work is done in faithfulness.
5He loves righteousness and justice.
The earth is full of the loving kindness of
Yahweh.
6By Yahweh's word, the heavens were made;
all their army by the breath of his mouth.
7He gathers the waters of the sea together as a
heap.
He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
8Let all the earth fear Yahweh.
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand
in awe of him.
9For he spoke, and it was done.
He commanded, and it stood firm.
10Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to
nothing.
He makes the thoughts of the peoples to
be of no effect.
11The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever,
the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
12Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh,
the people whomhe has chosen for his
own inheritance.
13Yahweh looks fromhe aven.
He sees all the sons of men.
Psalms 33:14 456 Psalms 35:3
14Fromthe place of his habitation he looks out
on all the inhabitants of the earth,
15he who fashions all of their hearts;
and he considers all of their works.
16There is no king saved by the multitude of an
army.
A mighty man is not delivered by great
strength.
17A horse is a vain thing for safety,
neither does he deliver any by his great
power.
18Behold, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear
him,
on thosewho hope in his loving kindness;
19to deliver their soul fromd eath,
to keep themal ive in famine.
20Our soul has waited for Yahweh.
He is our help and our shield.
21For our heart rejoices in him,
because we have trusted in his holy
name.
22Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh,
since we have hoped in you.
Psalm 34
By David; when he pretended to be insane
before Abimelech, who drove himaway, and he
departed.e
1I will bless Yahweh at all times.
His praise will always be in my mouth.
2My soul shall boast in Yahweh.
The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.
3Oh magnify Yahweh with me.
Let us exalt his nam etogether.
4I sought Yahweh, and he answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
5They looked to him, and were radiant.
Their faces shall never be covered with
shame.
6This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him,
and saved himo ut of all his troubles.
7The angel of Yahweh encamps around those
who fear him,
and delivers them.
8Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good.
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in
him.
9Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints,
for there is no lack with those who fear
him.
10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger,
but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack
any good thing.
11Come, you children, listen to me.
I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.
12Who is someone who desires life,
and loves many days, that he may see
good?
13Keep your tongue fromev il,
and your lips fromspea king lies.
14Depart fromev il, and do good.
seek peace, and pursue it.
15Yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous.
His ears listen to their cry.
16Yahweh's face is against those who do evil,
to cut off the memory of them from the
earth.
17The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears,
and delivers themout of all their troubles.
18Yahweh is near to those who have a broken
heart,
and saves those who have a crushed
spirit.
19Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but Yahweh delivers himout of thema ll.
20He protects all of his bones.
Not one of themis broken.
21Evil shall kill the wicked.
Those who hate the righteous shall be
condemned.
22Yahweh redeems the soul of his servants.
None of those who take refuge in him
shall be condemned.
Psalm 35
By David.
1Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend
with me.
Fight against those who fight against me.
2Take hold of shield and buckler,
and stand up for my help.
3Brandish the spear and block those who pursue
me.
Tell my soul, "I am your salvation."
e34:0 Psalm34 is an acrostic poem, with each verse starting with a letter of the alphabet (ordered from Alef
to Tav).
Psalms 35:4 457 Psalms 36:4
4Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed
and brought to dishonor.
Let those who plot m y ruin be turned
back and confounded.
5Let thembe as chaff before the wind,
Yahweh's angel driving themo n.
6Let their way be dark and slippery,
Yahweh's angel pursuing them.
7For without cause they have hidden their net
in a pit for me.
Without cause they have dug a pit for my
soul.
8Let destruction come on him unawares.
Let his net that he has hidden catch
himself.
Let himfa ll into that destruction.
9My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh.
It shall rejoice in his salvation.
10All my bones shall say, "Yahweh, who is like
you,
who delivers the poor fromh im who is
too strong for him;
yes, the poor and the needy fromhi m
who robs him?"
11Unrighteous witnesses rise up.
They ask me about things that I don't
know about.
12They reward me evil for good,
to the bereaving of my soul.
13But as for me, when they were sick, my
clothing was sackcloth.
I afflicted my soul with fasting.
My prayer returned into my own bosom.
14I behaved myself as though it had been my
friend or my brother.
I bowed down mourning, as one who
mourns his mother.
15But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered
themselves together.
The attackers gathered themselves together
against me, and I didn't know
it.
They tore at me, and didn't cease.
16Like the profane mockers in feasts,
they gnashed their teeth at me.
17Lord, how long will you look on?
Rescue my soul from their destruction,
my precious life from the lions.
18I will give you thanks in the great assembly.
I will praise you among many people.
19Don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully
rejoice over me;
neither let those who hate me without a
cause wink their eyes.
20For they don't speak peace,
but they devise deceitful words against
those who are quiet in the land.
21Yes, they opened their mouth wide against
me.
They said, "Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen
it!"
22You have seen it, Yahweh. Don't keep silent.
Lord, don't be far fromme.
23Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God!
My Lord, contend for me!
24Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to
your righteousness.
Don't let themgloa t overme.
25Don't let thems ay in their heart, "Aha! That's
the way we want it!"
Don't let thems ay, "We have swallowed
himu p!"
26Let thembe disappointed and confounded
together who rejoice at my calamity.
Let thembe clothed with shame and
dishonor who magnify themselves
against me.
27Let thems hout for joy and be glad, who favor
my righteous cause.
Yes, let thems ay continually, "Yahweh be
magnified,
who has pleasure in the prosperity of his
servant!"
28My tongue shall talk about your righteousness
and about your praise all day
long.
Psalm 36
For the Chief Musician. By David, the
servant of Yahweh.
1An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience
of the wicked:
"There is no fear of God before his eyes."
2For he flatters himself in his own eyes,
too much to detect and hate his sin.
3The words of his mouth are iniquity and
deceit.
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
4He plots iniquity on his bed.
He sets himself in a way that is not good.
He doesn't abhor evil.
Psalms 36:5 458 Psalms 37:27
5Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens.
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
6Your righteousness is like the mountains of
God.
Your judgments are like a great deep.
Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.
7How precious is your loving kindness, God!
The children of men take refuge under the
shadow of your wings.
8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the
abundance of your house.
You will make them drink of the river of
your pleasures.
9For with you is the spring of life.
In your light shall we see light.
10Oh continue your loving kindness to those
who know you,
your righteousness to the upright in
heart.
11Don't let the foot of pride come against me.
Don't let the hand of the wicked drive me
away.
12There the workers of iniquity are fallen.
They are thrust down, and shall not be
able to rise.
Psalm 37
By David.
1Don't fret because of evildoers,
neither be envious against those who
work unrighteousness.
2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
and wither like the green herb.
3Trust in Yahweh, and do good.
Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
4Also delight yourself in Yahweh,
and he will give you the desires of your
heart.
5Commit your way to Yahweh.
Trust also in him, and he will do this:
6he will make your righteousness go forth as
the light,
and your justice as the noon day sun.
7Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him.
Don't fret because of himwho prospers in
his way,
because of the man who makes wicked
plots happen.
8Cease fromang er, and forsake wrath.
Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.
9For evildoers shall be cut off,
but those who wait for Yahweh shall
inherit the land.
10For yet a little while, and the wicked will be
no more.
Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't
there.
11But the humble shall inherit the land,
and shall delight themselves in the abundance
of peace.
12The wicked plots against the just,
and gnashes at himwi th his teeth.
13The Lord will laugh at him,
for he sees that his day is coming.
14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and
have bent their bow,
to cast down the poor and needy,
to kill those who are upright in the way.
15Their sword shall enter into their own heart.
Their bows shall be broken.
16Better is a little that the righteous has,
than the abundance of many wicked.
17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
but Yahweh upholds the righteous.
18Yahweh knows the days of the perfect.
Their inheritance shall be forever.
19They shall not be disappointed in the time of
evil.
In the days of famine they shall be satis-
fied.
20But the wicked shall perish.
The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the
beauty of the fields.
They will vanish
vanish like smoke.
21The wicked borrow, and don't pay back,
but the righteous give generously.
22For such as are blessed by himsh all inherit
the land.
Those who are cursed by him shall be cut
off.
23A man's goings are established by Yahweh.
He delights in his way.
24Though he stumble, he shall not fall,
for Yahweh holds himup with his hand.
25I have been young, and now amo ld,
yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,
nor his children begging for bread.
26All day long he deals graciously, and lends.
His seed is blessed.
27Depart fromev il, and do good.
Psalms 37:28 459 Psalms 38:22
Live securely forever.
28For Yahweh loves justice,
and doesn't forsake his saints.
They are preserved forever,
but the children of the wicked shall be cut
off.
29The righteous shall inherit the land,
and live in it forever.
30The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.
His tongue speaks justice.
31The law of his God is in his heart.
None of his steps shall slide.
32The wicked watches the righteous,
and seeks to kill him.
33Yahweh will not leave himi n his hand,
nor condemn him when he is judged.
34Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way,
and he will exalt you to inherit the land.
When the wicked are cut off, you shall see
it.
35I have seen the wicked in great power,
spreading himself like a green tree in its
native soil.
36But he passed away, and behold, he was not.
Yes, I sought him, but he could not be
found.
37Mark the perfect man, and see the upright,
for there is a future for the man of peace.
38As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed
together.
The future of the wicked shall be cut off.
39But the salvation of the righteous is from
Yahweh.
He is their stronghold in the time of
trouble.
40Yahweh helps them, and rescues them.
He rescues themf rom the wicked, and
saves them,
Because they have taken refuge in him.
Psalm 38
A Psalm by David, for a memorial.
1Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath,
neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
2For your arrows have pierced me,
your hand presses hard on me.
3There is no soundness in my flesh because of
your indignation,
neither is there any health in my bones
because of my sin.
4For my iniquities have gone over my head.
As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for
me.
5My wounds are loathsome and corrupt,
because of my foolishness.
6I ampa ined and bowed down greatly.
I go mourning all day long.
7For my waist is filled with burning.
There is no soundness in my flesh.
8I amfa int and severely bruised.
I have groaned by reason of the anguish
of my heart.
9Lord, all my desire is before you.
My groaning is not hidden fromy ou.
10My heart throbs.
My strength fails me.
As for the light of my eyes, it has also left
me.
11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from
m y plague.
My kinsmen stand far away.
12They also who seek after my life lay snares.
Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous
things,
and meditate deceits all day long.
13But I, as a deaf m an, don't hear.
I am as a mute man who doesn't open his
mouth.
14Yes, I amas aman who doesn't hear,
in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15For in you, Yahweh, do I hope.
You will answer, Lord my God.
16For I said, "Don't let themgloa t overme,
or exalt themselves over me when my
foot slips."
17For I amre ady to fall.
My pain is continually before me.
18For I will declare my iniquity.
I will be sorry for my sin.
19But my enemies are vigorous and many.
Those who hate me without reason are
numerous.
20They who also render evil for good are
adversaries to me,
because I follow what is good.
21Don't forsake me, Yahweh.
My God, don't be far fromm e.
22Hurry to help me,
Lord, my salvation.
Psalms 39:1 460 Psalms 40:12
Psalm 39
For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A
Psalmby David.
1I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't
sin with m y tongue.
I will keep my mouth with a bridle while
the wicked is before me."
2I was mute with silence.
I held my peace, even from good.
My sorrow was stirred.
3My heart was hot within me.
While I meditated, the fire burned:
I spoke with my tongue:
4"Yahweh, show me my end,
what is the measure of my days.
Let me know how frail I am.
5Behold, you have made my days handbreadths.
My lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely every man stands as a breath."
Selah.
6"Surely every man walks like a shadow.
Surely they busy themselves in vain.
He heaps up, and doesn't knowwho shall
gather.
7Now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in you.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions.
Don't make me the reproach of the foolish.
9I was m ute.
I didn't open m ym outh,
because you did it.
10Remove your scourge away from me.
I amov ercome by the blow of your hand.
11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity,
You consume his wealth like a moth.
Surely every man is but a breath."
Selah.
12"Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my
cry.
Don't be silent at my tears.
For I ama stranger with you,
a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength,
before I go away, and exist no more."
Psalm 40
For the Chief Musician. A Psalmb y David.
1I waited patiently for Yahweh.
He turned to me, and heard my cry.
2He brought me up also out of a horrible pit,
out of the miry clay.
He set m y feet on a rock,
and gave me a firm place to stand.
3He has put a new song in my mouth, even
praise to our God.
Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust
in Yahweh.
4Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his
trust,
and doesn't respect the proud, nor such
as turn aside to lies.
5Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful
works which you have done,
and your thoughts which are toward us.
They can't be declared back to you.
If Iwould declare and speak of them, they
are more than can be numbered.
6Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire.
You have opened my ears.
You have not required burnt offering and
sin offering.
7Then I said, "Behold, I have come.
It is written about me in the book in the
scroll.
8I delight to do your will, my God.
Yes, your law is within my heart."
9I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness
in the great assembly.
Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh,
you know.
10I have not hidden your righteousness within
m y heart.
I have declared your faithfulness and
your salvation.
I have not concealed your loving kindness
and your truth fromthe great
assembly.
11Don'twithhold your tender mercies from me,
Yahweh.
Let your loving kindness and your truth
continually preserve me.
12For innumerable evils have surrounded me.
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that
I amn ot able to look up.
They are more than the hairs of my head.
Psalms 40:13 461 Psalms 42:9
My heart has failed me.
13Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me.
Hurry to help me, Yahweh.
14Let thembe disappointed and confounded
together who seek after my soul to
destroy it.
Let thembe turned backward and
brought to dishonorwho delight in my
hurt.
15Let thembe desolate by reason of their shame
that tell me, "Aha! Aha!"
16Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad
in you.
Let such as love your salvation say continually,
"Let Yahweh be exalted!"
17But I amp oor and needy.
May the Lord think about m e.
You are my help and my deliverer.
Don't delay, my God.
Psalm 41
For the Chief Musician. A Psalmb y David.
1Blessed is he who considers the poor.
Yahweh will deliver himin the day of
evil.
2Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him
alive.
He shall be blessed on the earth,
and he will not surrender himto the will
of his enemies.
3Yahweh will sustain himon his sickbed,
and restore himfr om his bed of illness.
4I said, "Yahweh, have mercy on me!
Heal me, for I have sinned against you."
5My enemies speak evil against me:
"When will he die, and his name perish?"
6If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood.
His heart gathers iniquity to itself.
When he goes abroad, he tells it.
7All who hate me whisper together against me.
They imagine the worst for me.
8"An evil disease," they say, "has afflicted him.
Now that he lies he shall rise up no
more."
9Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I
trusted,
who ate bread with me,
has lifted up his heel against me.
10But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and
raise m e up,
that I may repay them.
11By this I know that you delight in me,
because m y enem y doesn't trium ph over
me.
12As for me, you uphold me in my integrity,
and set me in your presence forever.
13Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
fromev erlasting and to everlasting!
Amen and amen.
BOOK II
Psalm 42
For the ChiefMusician. A contemplation by
the sons of Korah.
1As the deer pants for the water brooks,
so my soul pants after you, God.
2My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before
God?
3My tears have been my food day and night,
while they continually ask me, "Where is
your God?"
4These things I remember, and pour out my
soul within me,
how I used to go with the crowd, and led
themto the house of God,
with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude
keeping a holy day.
5Why are you in despair, my soul?
Why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God!
For I shall still praise himfor the saving
help of his presence.
6My God, my soul is in despair within me.
Therefore I remember you from the land
of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon, from the hill
Mizar.
7Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls.
All your waves and your billows have
swept over me.
8Yahweh will command his loving kindness in
the daytime.
In the night his song shall be with me:
a prayer to the God of my life.
9I will ask God, my rock, "Why have you
forgotten me?
Psalms 42:10 462 Psalms 44:22
Why do I go mourning because of the
oppression of the enemy?"
10Aswith a sword in my bones, my adversaries
reproach me,
while they continually ask me, "Where is
your God?"
11Why are you in despair, my soul?
Why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God! For I shall still praise him,
the saving help of my countenance, and
m y God.
Psalm 43
1Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause
against an ungodly nation.
Oh, deliver me fromdeceitful and wicked
men.
2For you are the God of my strength. Why have
you rejected me?
Why do I go mourning because of the
oppression of the enemy?
3Oh, send out your light and your truth.
Let themlea dme.
Let themb ringme to your holy hill,
To your tents.
4Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, m y exceeding joy.
I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
5Why are you in despair, my soul?
Why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God!
For I shall still praise him:
m y Savior, m y helper, and m yGod.
Psalm 44
For the Chief Musician. By the sons of
Korah. A contemplative psalm.
1We have heard with our ears, God;
our fathers have told us,
what work you did in their days,
in the days of old.
2You drove out the nations with your hand,
but you planted them.
You afflicted the peoples,
but you spread themabro ad.
3For they didn't get the land in possession by
their own sword,
neither did their own arms ave them;
but your right hand, and your arm, and the
light of your face,
because you were favorable to them.
4You are my King, God.
Command victories for Jacob!
5Through you, will we push down our adversaries.
Through your name, will we tread them
under who rise up against us.
6For I will not trust in my bow,
neither shall my sword save me.
7But you have saved us fromo ur adversaries,
and have shamed those who hate us.
8In God we have made our boast all day long,
we will give thanks to your name forever.
Selah.
9But now you rejected us, and brought us to
dishonor,
and don't go out with our armies.
10You make us turn back from the adversary.
Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
11You have made us like sheep for food,
and have scattered us among the nations.
12You sell your people for nothing,
and have gained nothing fromthe ir sale.
13You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
a scoffing and a derision to those who are
around us.
14You make us a byword among the nations,
a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15All day long my dishonor is before me,
and shame covers my face,
16At the taunt of one who reproaches and
verbally abuses,
because of the enemy and the avenger.
17All this has come on us,
yet have we not forgotten you,
Neither have we been false to your
covenant.
18Our heart has not turned back,
neither have our steps strayed fromy our
path,
19Though you have crushed us in the
haunt of jackals,
and covered us with the shadow of death.
20If we have forgotten the name of our God,
or spread forth our hands to a strange
god;
21won't God search this out?
For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long.
Psalms 44:23 463 Psalms 46:6
We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
23Wake up!
Why do you sleep, Lord?
Arise!
Don't reject us forever.
24Why do you hide your face,
and forget our affliction and our oppression?
25For our soul is bowed down to the dust.
Our body cleaves to the earth.
26Rise up to help us.
Redeem us for your loving kindness'
sake.
Psalm 45
For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Lilies."
A contemplation by the sons of Korah. A
wedding song.
1My heart overflows with a noble theme.
I recite my verses for the king.
My tongue is like the pen of a skillful
writer.
2You are the most excellent of the sons of men.
Grace has anointed your lips,
therefore God has blessed you forever.
3Gird your sword on your thigh, mighty one:
your splendor and your majesty.
4In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf
of truth, humility, and righteousness.
Let your right hand display awesome
deeds.
5Your arrows are sharp.
The nations fall under you, with arrows
in the heart of the king's enemies.
6Your throne, God, is forever and ever.
A scepter of equity is the scepter of your
kingdom.
7You have loved righteousness, and hated
wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed
you with the oil of gladness above
your fellows.
8All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and
cassia.
Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments
have made you glad.
9Kings' daughters are among your honorable
women.
At your right hand the queen stands in
gold of Ophir.
10Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear.
Forget your own people, and also your
father's house.
11So the king will desire your beauty,
honor him, for he is your lord.
12The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift.
The rich among the people entreat your
favor.
13The princess inside is all glorious.
Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
14She shall be led to the king in embroidered
work.
The virgins, her companions who follow
her, shall be brought to you.
15With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led.
They shall enter into the king's palace.
16Your sons will take the place of your fathers.
You shall make them princes in all the
earth.
17I will m ake your nam e to be rem em bered in
all generations.
Therefore the peoples shall give you
thanks forever and ever.
Psalm 46
For the Chief Musician. By the sons of
Korah. According to Alamoth.f
1God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
2Thereforewewon't be afraid, though the earth
changes,
though the mountains are shaken into the
heart of the seas;
3though its waters roar and are troubled,
though the mountains tremble with their
swelling.
Selah.
4There is a river, the streams of which make the
city of God glad,
the holy place of the tents of the Most
High.
5God is in her midst. She shall not be moved.
God will help her at dawn.
6The nations raged. The kingdoms were
moved.
He lifted his voice, and the earth melted.
f46:0 Alamoth is a musical term.
Psalms 46:7 464 Psalms 49:6
7Yahweh of Armies is with us.
The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Selah.
8Come, see Yahweh's works,
what desolations he has made in the
earth.
9He makes wars cease to the end of the earth.
He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear.
He burns the chariots in the fire.
10"Be still, and know that I amGod.
I will be exalted among the nations.
I will be exalted in the earth."
11Yahweh of Armies is with us.
The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Selah.
Psalm 47
For the ChiefMusician. A Psalmb y the sons
of Korah.
1Oh clap your hands, all you nations.
Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
2For Yahweh Most High is awesome.
He is a great King over all the earth.
3He subdues nations under us,
and peoples under our feet.
4He chooses our inheritance for us,
the glory of Jacob whomhe loved.
Selah.
5God has gone up with a shout,
Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet.
6Sing praise to God, sing praises.
Sing praises to our King, sing praises.
7For God is the King of all the earth.
Sing praises with understanding.
8God reigns over the nations.
God sits on his holy throne.
9The princes of the peoples are gathered together,
the people of the God of Abraham.
For the shields of the earth belong to God.
He is greatly exalted!
Psalm 48
A Song. A Psalmb y the sons of Korah.
1Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised,
in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
2Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole
earth,
is Mount Zion, on the north sides,
the city of the great King.
3God has shown himself in her citadels as a
refuge.
4For, behold, the kings assembled themselves,
they passed by together.
5They saw it, then they were amazed.
They were dismayed.
They hurried away.
6Trembling took hold of them there,
pain, as of a woman in travail.
7With the east wind, you break the ships of
Tarshish.
8As we have heard, so we have seen,
in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the
city of our God.
God will establish it forever.
Selah.
9We have thought about your loving kindness,
God,
in the midst of your temple.
10As is your name, God,
so is your praise to the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is full of righteousness.
11LetMount Zion be glad!
Let the daughters of Judah rejoice,
Because of your judgments.
12Walk about Zion, and go around her.
Number its towers.
13Mark well her bulwarks.
Consider her palaces,
that you may tell it to the next generation.
14For this God is our God forever and ever.
He will be our guide even to death.
Psalm 49
For the ChiefMusician. A Psalmb y the sons
of Korah.
1Hear this, all you peoples.
Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
2both low and high,
rich and poor together.
3My mouth will speak words of wisdom.
My heart shall utter understanding.
4I will incline my ear to a proverb.
I will open my riddle on the harp.
5Why should I fear in the days of evil,
when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
6Those who trust in their wealth,
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and boast in the multitude of their
riches
7none of themcan by any means redeem
his brother,
nor give God a ransomfor him.
8For the redemption of their life is costly,
no payment is ever enough,
9That he should live on forever,
that he should not see corruption.
10For he sees that wise men die;
likewise the fool and the senseless perish,
and leave their wealth to others.
11Their inward thought is that their houses will
endure forever,
and their dwelling places to all generations.
They name their lands after themselves.
12But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure.
He is like the animals that perish.
13This is the destiny of those who are foolish,
and of those who approve their sayings.
Selah.
14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol.
Death shall be their shepherd.
The upright shall have dominion over them in
the morning.
Their beauty shall decay in Sheol,
far from their mansion.
15But God will redeemm y soul fromt he power
of Sheol,
for he will receive me.
Selah.
16Don't be afraid when a man is made rich,
when the glory of his house is increased.
17Forwhen he dies he shall carry nothing away.
His glory shall not descend after him.
18Though while he lived he blessed his soul
and men praise youwhen you do well for
yourself
19he shall go to the generation of his
fathers.
They shall never see the light.
20A man who has riches without understanding,
is like the animals that perish.
Psalm 50
A Psalmby Asaph.
1The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks,
and calls the earth froms unrise to sunset.
2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines forth.
3Our God comes, and does not keep silent.
A fire devours before him .
It is very stormy around him.
4He calls to the heavens above,
to the earth, that he may judge his people:
5"Gather my saints together to me,
thosewho have made a covenant with me
by sacrifice."
6The heavens shall declare his righteousness,
for God himself is judge.
Selah.
7"Hear, my people, and I will speak;
Israel, and I will testify against you.
I amGod, your God.
8I don't rebuke you for your sacrifices.
Your burnt offerings are continually before
me.
9I have no need for a bull fromyour stall,
nor male goats from your pens.
10For every animal of the forest is mine,
and the livestock on a thousand hills.
11I know all the birds of the mountains.
The wild animals of the field are mine.
12If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
13Will I eat the flesh of bulls,
or drink the blood of goats?
14Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving.
Pay your vows to the Most High.
15Call on me in the day of trouble.
I will deliver you, and you will honor
me."
16But to the wicked God says,
"What right do you have to declare my
statutes,
that you have taken my covenant on your
lips,
17seeing you hate instruction,
and throw my words behind you?
18When you saw a thief, you consented with
him,
and have participated with adulterers.
19"You give your mouth to evil.
Your tongue frames deceit.
20You sit and speak against your brother.
You slander your own mother's son.
21You have done these things, and I kept silent.
You thought that the I was just like you.
I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front
of your eyes.
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22"Now consider this, you who forget God,
lest I tear you into pieces, and there be
none to deliver.
23Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving
glorifies me,
and prepares his way so that I will show
God's salvation to him."
Psalm 51
For the Chief Musician. A Psalmb y David,
when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he
had gone in to Bathsheba.
1Have mercy on me, God, according to your
loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender
mercies, blot out my transgressions.
2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
3For I know my transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
4Against you, and you only, have I sinned,
and done that which is evil in your sight;
that you may be proved right when you speak,
and justified when you judge.
5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity.
In sin my mother conceived me.
6Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts.
You teach mewisdom in the inmost place.
7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean.
Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8Let me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones which you have broken
may rejoice.
9Hide your face frommy sins,
and blot out all of my iniquities.
10Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
11Don't throw me from your presence,
and don't take your holy Spirit fromme.
12Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
13Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the
God of my salvation.
My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
15Lord, open my lips.
My mouth shall declare your praise.
16For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I
would give it.
You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you
will not despise.
18Do well in your good pleasure to Zion.
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
19Then you will delight in the sacrifices of
righteousness,
in burnt offerings and in whole burnt
offerings.
Then they will offer bulls on your altar.
Psalm 52
For the ChiefMusician. A contemplation by
David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told
Saul, "David has come to Abimelech's house."
1Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man?
God's loving kindness endures continually.
2Your tongue plots destruction,
like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3You love evil more than good,
lying rather than speaking the truth.
Selah.
4You love all devouring words,
you deceitful tongue.
5God will likewise destroy you forever.
He will take you up, and pluck you out of
your tent,
and root you out of the land of the living.
Selah.
6The righteous also will see it, and fear,
and laugh at him, saying,
7"Behold, this is the man who didn't make God
his strength,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches,
and strengthened himself in his wickedness."
8But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in
God's house.
I trust in God's loving kindness forever
and ever.
9I will give you thanks forever, because you
have done it.
I will hope in your name, for it is good,
in the presence of your saints.
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Psalm 53
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of
"Mahalath." A contemplation by David.
1The fool has said in his heart, "There is no
God."
They are corrupt, and have done abominable
iniquity.
There is no one who does good.
2God looks down fromh eaven on the children
of men,
to see if there are any who understood,
who seek after God.
3Every one of themh as gone back.
They have become filthy together.
There is no one who does good, no, not
one.
4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
who eat up my people as they eat bread,
and don't call on God?
5There they were in great fear, where no fear
was,
for God has scattered the bones of him
who encamps against you.
You have put themto shame,
because God has rejected them.
6Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out
of Zion!
When God brings back his people from
captivity,
then Jacob shall rejoice,
and Israel shall be glad.
Psalm 54
For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments.
A contemplation by David, when the
Ziphites came and said to Saul, "Isn't David
hiding himself among us?"
1Save me, God, by your name.
Vindicate me in your might.
2Hear my prayer, God.
Listen to the words of my mouth.
3For strangers have risen up against me.
Violent men have sought after my soul.
They haven't set God before them.
Selah.
4Behold, God is my helper.
The Lord is the onewho sustains my soul.
5He will repay the evil to my enemies.
Destroy themin your truth.
6With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you.
I will give thanks to your name, Yahweh,
for it is good.
7For he has delivered me out of all trouble.
My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.
Psalm 55
For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments.
A contemplation by David.
1Listen to my prayer, God.
Don't hide yourself fromm y supplication.
2Attend to me, and answer me.
I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
3Because of the voice of the enem y,
Because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they bring suffering on me.
In anger they hold a grudge against me.
4My heart is severely pained within me.
The terrors of death have fallen on me.
5Fearfulness and trembling have come on me.
Horror has overwhelmed me.
6I said, "Oh that I had wings like a dove!
Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
7Behold, then I would wander far off.
I would lodge in the wilderness."
Selah.
8"I would hurry to a shelter fromthe stormy
wind and storm."
9Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language,
for I have seen violence and strife in the
city.
10Day and night they prowl around on its
walls.
Malice and abuse are also within her.
11Destructive forces are within her.
Threats and lies don't depart fromh er
streets.
12For it was not an enemy who insulted me,
then I could have endured it.
Neither was it he who hated me who raised
himself up against me,
then I would have hid myself from him.
13But it was you, a m an like m e,
my companion, and my familiar friend.
14We took sweet fellowship together.
Wewalked in God's housewith company.
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15Let death come suddenly on them.
Let themg o down alive into Sheol.
Forwickedness is in their dwelling, in the
midst of them.
16As for me, I will call on God.
Yahweh will save me.
17Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out
in distress.
He will hear my voice.
18He has redeemed my soul in peace from the
battle that was against me,
although there are many who oppose me.
19God, who is enthroned forever,
will hear, and answer them.
Selah.
They never change,
who don't fear God.
20He raises his hands against his friends.
He has violated his covenant.
21His mouth was smooth as butter,
but his heart waswar.
His words were softer than oil,
yet they were drawn swords.
22Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will
sustain you.
He will never allow the righteous to be
moved.
23But you, God, will bring themdow n into the
pit of destruction.
Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not
live out half their days,
but I will trust in you.
Psalm 56
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of
"Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poemby
David, when the Philistines seized himin Gath.
1Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to
swallow me up.
All day long, he attacks and oppresses
me.
2My enemies want to swallow me up all day
long,
for they are many who fight proudly
against me.
3When I ama fraid,
I will put my trust in you.
4In God, I praise his word.
In God, I put my trust.
I will not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?
5All day long they twist my words.
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
6They conspire and lurk,
watching my steps, they are eager to take
my life.
7Shall they escape by iniquity?
In anger cast down the peoples, God.
8You number my wanderings.
You put my tears into your bottle.
Aren't they in your book?
9Then my enemies shall turn back in the day
that I call.
I know this, that God is for me.
10In God, I will praise his word.
In Yahweh, I will praise his word.
11I have put m y trust inGod.
I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12Your vows are on me, God.
I will give thank offerings to you.
13For you have delivered my soul from death,
and prevented my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God in the light of
the living.
Psalm 57
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do
Not Destroy." A poemb y David, when he fled
fromSa ul, in the cave.
1Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me,
for my soul takes refuge in you.
Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take
refuge,
until disaster has passed.
2I cry out to God Most High,
to God who accomplishes my requests for me.
3He will send fromhe aven, and saveme,
he rebukes the one who is pursuing me.
Selah.
God will send out his loving kindness and his
truth.
4My soul is among lions.
I lie among those who are set on fire,
even the sons of men, whose teeth are
spears and arrows,
and their tongue a sharp sword.
5Be exalted, God, above the heavens!
Let your glory be above all the earth!
6They have prepared a net for my steps.
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My soul is bowed down.
They dig a pit before me.
They fall into its midst themselves.
Selah.
7My heart is steadfast, God, my heart is steadfast.
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.
8Wake up, my glory! Wake up, psaltery and
harp!
I will wake up the dawn.
9I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the
peoples.
I will sing praises to you among the
nations.
10For your great loving kindness reaches to the
heavens,
and your truth to the skies.
11Be exalted, God, above the heavens.
Let your glory be over all the earth.
Psalm 58
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do
Not Destroy." A poemb y David.
1Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent
ones?
Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of
men?
2No, in your heart you plot injustice.
You measure out the violence of your
hands in the earth.
3The wicked go astray from the womb.
They are wayward as soon as they are
born, speaking lies.
4Their poison is like the poison of a snake;
like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
5which doesn't listen to the voice of
charmers,
no matter how skillful the charmer may
be.
6Break their teeth, God, in their mouth.
Break out the great teeth of the young
lions, Yahweh.
7Let themvani sh as water that flows away.
When they draw the bow, let their arrows
be made blunt.
8Let thembe like a snail which melts and
passes away,
like the stillborn child, who has not seen
the sun.
9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns,
he will sweep away the green and the
burning alike.
10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the
vengeance.
He shall wash his feet in the blood of the
wicked;
11so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is
a reward for the righteous.
Most certainly there is a God who judges
the earth."
Psalm 59
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do
Not Destroy." A poemb y David, when Saul
sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
1Deliver me from my enemies, my God.
Set me on high from those who rise up
against me.
2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity.
Save me from the bloodthirsty men.
3For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul.
The mighty gather themselves together
against me,
not for my disobedience, nor for my sin,
Yahweh.
4I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to
attack me.
Rise up, behold, and help me!
5You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel,
rouse yourself to punish the nations.
Show no mercy to the wicked traitors.
Selah.
6They return at evening, howling like dogs,
and prowl around the city.
7Behold, they spew with their mouth.
Swords are in their lips,
"For," they say, "who hears us?"
8But you, Yahweh, laugh at them.
You scoff at all the nations.
9Oh, my Strength, I watch for you,
for God is my high tower.
10My God will go before me with his loving
kindness.
God will let me look at my enemies in
triumph.
11Don't kill them, or my people may forget.
Scatter themby your power, and bring
themdow n, Lord our shield.
12For the sin of their mouth, and the words of
their lips,
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let thembe caught in their pride,
for the curses and lies which they utter.
13Consume them in wrath.
Consume them, and they will be no more.
Let themk now that God rules in Jacob,
to the ends of the earth.
Selah.
14At evening let themr eturn.
Let themho wl like a dog, and go around
the city.
15They shall wander up and down for food,
and wait all night if they aren't satisfied.
16But I will sing of your strength.
Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving
kindness in the morning.
For you have been my high tower,
a refuge in the day of m y distress.
17To you, my strength, I will sing praises.
For God is my high tower, the God of my
mercy.
Psalm 60
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The
Lily of the Covenant." A teaching poemby
David, when he fought with AramN aharaim
and with AramZ obah, and Joab returned, and
killed twelve thousand of Edomin the Valley of
Salt.
1God, you have rejected us.
You have broken us down.
You have been angry.
Restore us, again.
2You have made the land tremble.
You have torn it.
Mend its fractures,
for it quakes.
3You have shown your people hard things.
You have m ade us drink the wine that
makes us stagger.
4You have given a banner to those who fear
you,
that it may be displayed because of the
truth.
Selah.
5So that your beloved may be delivered,
save with your right hand, and answer
us.
6God has spoken fromh is sanctuary:
"I will triumph.
I will divide Shechem,
and measure out the valley of Succoth.
7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine.
Ephraimal so is the defense ofmy head.
Judah is my scepter.
8Moab is my wash basin.
I will throw my shoe on Edom.
I shout in triumph over Philistia."
9Who will bring me into the strong city?
Who has led me to Edom?
10Haven't you, God, rejected us?
You don't go out with our armies, God.
11Give us help against the adversary,
for the help of man is vain.
12Through God we shall do valiantly,
for it is he who will tread down our
adversaries.
Psalm 61
For the Chief Musician. For a stringed
instrument. By David.
1Hear my cry, God.
Listen to my prayer.
2Fromthe end of the earth, I will call to you,
when my heart is overwhelmed.
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
3For you have been a refuge for me,
a strong tower fromt he enemy.
4I will dwell in your tent forever.
I will take refuge in the shelter of your
wings.
Selah.
5For you, God, have heard my vows.
You have given me the heritage of those
who fear your name.
6You will prolong the king's life;
his years shall be for generations.
7He shall be enthroned in God's presence forever.
Appoint your loving kindness and truth,
that they may preserve him.
8So I will sing praise to your name forever,
that I may fulfill my vows daily.
Psalm 62
For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthan. A
Psalmby David.
1My soul rests in God alone.
My salvation is fromh im.
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2He alone is my rock and my salvation, my
fortress
I will never be greatly shaken.
3How long will you assault a man,
would all of you throw himdow n,
Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
4They fully intend to throw himdow n from his
lofty place.
They delight in lies.
They bless with their mouth, but they
curse inwardly.
Selah.
5My soul, wait in silence for God alone,
for my expectation is from him.
6He alone is my rock and my salvation, my
fortress.
I will not be shaken.
7With God is my salvation and my honor.
The rock of my strength, and my refuge,
is in God.
8Trust in hima t all times, you people.
Pour out your heart before him.
God is a refuge for us.
Selah.
9Surely men of low degree are just a breath,
and men of high degree are a lie.
In the balances they will go up.
They are together lighter than a breath.
10Don't trust in oppression.
Don't becom evain in robbery.
If riches increase,
don't set your heart on them.
11God has spoken once;
twice I have heard this,
that power belongs to God.
12Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness,
for you reward every man according to
his work.
Psalm 63
A Psalmby David, when he was in the
desert of Judah.
1God, you are my God.
I will earnestly seek you.
My soul thirsts for you.
My flesh longs for you,
in a dry and weary land, where there is
no water.
2So I have seen you in the sanctuary,
watching your power and your glory.
3Because your loving kindness is better than
life,
my lips shall praise you.
4So I will bless you while I live.
I will lift up my hands in your name.
5My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest
food.
My mouth shall praise you with joyful
lips,
6when I remember you on my bed,
and think about you in the night watches.
7For you have been my help.
Iwill rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
8My soul stays close to you.
Your right hand holds me up.
9But those who seek my soul, to destroy it,
shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
10They shall be given over to the power of the
sword.
They shall be jackal food.
11But the king shall rejoice in God.
Everyone who swears by himwi ll praise
him,
for the mouth of those who speak lies
shall be silenced.
Psalm 64
For the Chief Musician. A Psalmb y David.
1Hear my voice, God, in my complaint.
Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,
fromt he noisy crowd of the ones doing
evil;
3who sharpen their tongue like a sword,
and aimthe ir arrows, deadly words,
4to shoot innocent men from ambushes.
They shoot at hims uddenly and fearlessly.
5They encourage themselves in evil plans.
They talk about laying snares secretly.
They say, "Who will see them?"
6They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a
perfect plan!"
Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.
7But God will shoot at them.
They will be suddenly struck down with
an arrow.
8Their own tongues shall ruin them.
All who see themwi ll shake their heads.
9All mankind shall be afraid.
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They shall declare the work of God,
and shall wisely ponder what he has
done.
10The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh,
and shall take refuge in him.
All the upright in heart shall praise him!
Psalm 65
For the Chief Musician. A Psalmb y David.
A song.
1Praise waits for you, God, in Zion.
To you shall vows be performed.
2You who hear prayer,
to you all men will come.
3Sins overwhelmed me,
but you atoned for our transgressions.
4Blessed is one whomy ou choose, and cause to
come near,
that he may live in your courts.
We will be filled with the goodness of
your house,
your holy temple.
5By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer
us,
God of our salvation.
You who are the hope of all the ends of the
earth,
of those who are far away on the sea;
6Who by his power forms the mountains,
having armed yourself with strength;
7who stills the roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves,
and the turmoil of the nations.
8They also who dwell in faraway places are
afraid at your wonders.
You call the morning's dawn and the
evening with songs of joy.
9You visit the earth, and water it.
You greatly enrich it.
The river of God is full of water.
You provide themg rain, for so you have
ordained it.
10You drench its furrows.
You level its ridges.
You soften it with showers.
You bless it with a crop.
11You crown the year with your bounty.
Your carts overflow with abundance.
12The wilderness grasslands overflow.
The hills are clothed with gladness.
13The pastures are covered with flocks.
The valleys also are clothed with grain.
They shout for joy!
They also sing.
Psalm 66
For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm.
1Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
2Sing to the glory of his name!
Offer glory and praise!
3Tell God, "How awesome are your deeds!
Through the greatness of your power,
your enemies submit themselves to
you.
4All the earth will worship you,
and will sing to you;
they will sing to your name."
Selah.
5Come, and see God's deeds
awesome work on behalf of the children
of men.
6He turned the sea into dry land.
They went through the river on foot.
There, we rejoiced in him.
7He rules by his might forever.
His eyes watch the nations.
Don't let the rebellious rise up against
him.
Selah.
8Praise our God, you peoples!
Make the sound of his praise heard,
9who preserves our life among the living,
and doesn't allow our feet to be moved.
10For you, God, have tested us.
You have refined us, as silver is refined.
11You brought us into prison.
You laid a burden on our backs.
12You allowed men to ride over our heads.
We went through fire and through water,
but you brought us to the place of abundance.
13I will come into your temple with burnt
offerings.
I will pay my vows to you, 14which my
lips promised,
and my mouth spoke, when I was in
distress.
15I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat
animals,
with the offering of rams,
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I will offer bulls with goats.
Selah.
16Come, and hear, all you who fear God.
I will declare what he has done for my
soul.
17I cried to him with my mouth.
He was extolled with my tongue.
18If I cherished sin in my heart,
the Lord wouldn't have listened.
19But most certainly, God has listened.
He has heard the voice of my prayer.
20Blessed be God,who has not turned away my
prayer,
nor his loving kindness fromme.
Psalm 67
For the Chief Musician. With stringed
instruments. A Psalm. A song.
1May God be merciful to us, bless us,
and cause his face to shine on us.
Selah.
2That your way may be known on earth,
and your salvation among all nations,
3let the peoples praise you, God.
Let all the peoples praise you.
4Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you will judge the peoples with equity,
and govern the nations on earth.
Selah.
5Let the peoples praise you, God.
Let all the peoples praise you.
6The earth has yielded its increase.
God, even our own God, will bless us.
7God will bless us.
All the ends of the earth shall fear him.
Psalm 68
For the Chief Musician. A Psalmb y David.
A song.
1Let God arise!
Let his enemies be scattered!
Let themwho hate him also flee before
him.
2As smoke is driven away,
so drive themaway.
As wax melts before the fire,
so let the wicked perish at the presence of
God.
3But let the righteous be glad.
Let themre joice before God.
Yes, let themr ejoice with gladness.
4Sing to God! Sing praises to his name!
Extol himw ho rides on the clouds:
to Yah, his name!
Rejoice before him!
5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of
the widows,
is God in his holy habitation.
6God sets the lonely in families.
He brings out the prisoners with singing,
but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched
land.
7God,when youwent forth before your people,
when you marched through the wilderness...
Selah.
8The earth trembled.
The sky also poured down rain at the
presence of the God of Sinai
at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9You, God, sent a plentiful rain.
You confirmed your inheritance, when it
was weary.
10Your congregation lived therein.
You, God, prepared your goodness for
the poor.
11The Lord announced the word.
The ones who proclaimit are a great
company.
12"Kings of armies flee! They flee!"
She who waits at home divides the spoil,
13while you sleep among the campfires,
the wings of a dove sheathed with silver,
her feathers with shining gold.
14When the Almighty scattered kings in her,
it snowed on Zalmon.
15The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains.
The mountains of Bashan are rugged.
16Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains,
at the mountain where God chooses to
reign?
Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.
17The chariots of God are tens of thousands and
thousands of thousands.
The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into
the sanctuary.
18You have ascended on high.
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You have led away captives.
You have received gifts among men,
yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah
God might dwell there.
19Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our
burdens,
even the God who is our salvation.
Selah.
20God is to us a God of deliverance.
To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape
fromd eath.
21But God will strike through the head of his
enemies,
the hairy scalp of such a one as still
continues in his guiltiness.
22The Lord said, "I will bring you again from
Bashan,
I will bring you again fromthe depths of
the sea;
23That you may crush them, dipping your foot
in blood,
that the tongues of your dogs may have
their portion fromyour enemies."
24They have seen your processions, God,
even the processions of my God, my
King, into the sanctuary.
25The singers went before, the minstrels followed
after,
in the midst of the ladies playing with
tambourines,
26"Bless God in the congregations,
even the Lord in the assembly of Israel!"
27There is little Benjamin, their ruler,
the princes of Judah, their council,
the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of
Naphtali.
28Your God has commanded your strength.
Strengthen, God, that which you have
done for us.
29Because of your temple at Jerusalem,
kings shall bring presents to you.
30Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds,
the multitude of the bulls, with the calves
of the peoples.
Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver.
Scatter the nations that delight in war.
31Princes shall come out of Egypt.
Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her
hands to God.
32Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth!
Sing praises to the Lord!
Selah.
33To himw ho rides on the heaven of heavens,
which are of old;
behold, he utters his voice, a mighty
voice.
34Ascribe strength to God!
His excellency is over Israel,
his strength is in the skies.
35You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries.
The God of Israel gives strength and
power to his people.
Praise be to God!
Psalm 69
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of
"Lilies." By David.
1Save me, God,
for the waters have come up to my neck!
2I sink in deep mire,where there is no foothold.
I have come into deep waters, where the
floods overflow me.
3I amweary withmy crying.
My throat is dry.
My eyes fail, looking for my God.
4Those who hate me without a cause are more
than the hairs of my head.
Those who want to cut me off, being my
enemies wrongfully, are mighty.
I have to restore what I didn't take away.
5God, you know my foolishness.
My sins aren't hidden fromy ou.
6Don't let those who wait for you be shamed
through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies.
Don't let those who seek you be brought
to dishonor through me, God of Israel.
7Because for your sake, I have borne reproach.
Shame has covered my face.
8I have become a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother's children.
9For the zeal of your house consumes me.
The reproaches of those who reproach
you have fallen on me.
10When I wept and I fasted,
that was to my reproach.
11When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.
12Those who sit in the gate talk about me.
I am the song of the drunkards.
13But as for m e, m y prayer is to you, Yahweh,
in an acceptable time.
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God, in the abundance of your loving
kindness, answer me in the truth of
your salvation.
14Deliver me out of the mire, and don't let me
sink.
Let me be delivered from those who hate
me, and out of the deep waters.
15Don't let the flood waters overwhelmm e,
neither let the deep swallow me up.
Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me.
16Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness
is good.
According to the multitude of your tender
mercies, turn to me.
17Don't hide your face fromy our servant,
for I amin distress.
Answer me speedily!
18Draw near to my soul, and redeem it.
Ransom me because of my enemies.
19You know my reproach, my shame, and my
dishonor.
My adversaries are all before you.
20Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full
of heaviness.
I looked for some to take pity, but there
was none;
for comforters, but I found none.
21They also gave me gall for my food.
In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to
drink.
22Let their table before thembe come a snare.
May it become a retribution and a trap.
23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't
see.
Let their backs be continually bent.
24Pour out your indignation on them.
Let the fierceness of your anger overtake
them.
25Let their habitation be desolate.
Let no one dwell in their tents.
26For they persecute himwho m you have
wounded.
They tell of the sorrow of those whom
you have hurt.
27Charge them with crime upon crime.
Don't let themcome into your righteousness.
28Let themb e blotted out of the book of life,
and not be written with the righteous.
29But I amin pain and distress.
Let your salvation, God, protect me.
30I will praise the name of God with a song,
and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31It will please Yahweh better than an ox,
or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
32The humble have seen it, and are glad.
You who seek after God, let your heart
live.
33For Yahweh hears the needy,
and doesn't despise his captive people.
34Let heaven and earth praise him;
the seas, and everything that moves
therein!
35For God will save Zion, and build the cities of
Judah.
They shall settle there, and own it.
36The children also of his servants shall inherit
it.
Those who love his name shall dwell
therein.
Psalm 70
For the Chief Musician. By David. A
reminder.
1Hurry, God, to deliver me.
Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.
2Let thembe disappointed and confounded
who seek my soul.
Let those who desire my ruin be turned
back in disgrace.
3Let thembe turned because of their shame
Who say, "Aha! Aha!"
4Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad
in you.
Let those who love your salvation continually
say,
"Let God be exalted!"
5But I amp oor and needy.
Com e to m e quickly,God.
You are my help and my deliverer.
Yahweh, don't delay.
Psalm 71
1In you, Yahweh, I take refuge.
Never let me be disappointed.
2Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue
me.
Turn your ear to me, and save me.
3Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may
always go.
Give the command to save me,
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for you are my rock and my fortress.
4Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the
wicked,
fromthe hand of the unrighteous and
cruel man.
5For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh;
my confidence from my youth.
6I have relied on you fromt he womb.
You are he who took me out of my
mother's womb.
I will always praise you.
7I am a marvel to many,
but you are my strong refuge.
8My mouth shall be filled with your praise,
with your honor all the day.
9Don't reject me in my old age.
Don't forsake me when my strength fails.
10For my enemies talk about me.
Those who watch for my soul conspire
together,
11saying, "God has forsaken him.
Pursue and take him, for no one will
rescue him."
12God, don't be far fromm e.
My God, hurry to help me.
13Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed.
Let themb e covered with disgrace and
scorn who want to harmme.
14But I will always hope,
and will add to all of your praise.
15My mouth will tell about your righteousness,
and of your salvation all day,
though I don't know its full measure.
16I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord
Yahweh.
I will make mention of your righteousness,
even of yours alone.
17God, you have taught me from my youth.
Until now, I have declared your wondrous
works.
18Yes, even when I amold and gray-haired,
God, don't forsake me,
until I have declared your strength to the
next generation,
your might to everyone who is to come.
19Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the
heavens;
you have done great things.
God, who is like you?
20You, who have shown us many and bitter
troubles,
you will let me live.
You will bring us up again fromt he
depths of the earth.
21Increase my honor,
and comfort me again.
22I will also praise you with the harp for your
faithfulness, my God.
I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy
One of Israel.
23My lips shall shout for joy!
My soul, which you have redeemed,
sings praises to you!
24My tongue will also talk about your righteousness
all day long,
for they are disappointed, and they are
confounded,
who want to harmme.
Psalm 72
By Solomon.
1God, give the king your justice;
your righteousness to the royal son.
2He will judge your peoplewith righteousness,
and your poor with justice.
3The mountains shall bring prosperity to the
people.
The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
4He will judge the poor of the people.
He will save the children of the needy,
and will break the oppressor in pieces.
5They shall fear you while the sun endures;
and as long as the moon, throughout all
generations.
6He will come down like rain on the mown
grass,
as showers that water the earth.
7In his days, the righteous shall flourish,
and abundance of peace, until the moon
is no more.
8He shall have dominion also from sea to sea,
fromthe River to the ends of the earth.
9Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow
before him.
His enemies shall lick the dust.
10The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will
bring tribute.
The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer
gifts.
11Yes, all kings shall fall down before him.
All nations shall serve him.
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12For he will deliver the needy when he cries;
the poor, who has no helper.
13He will have pity on the poor and needy.
He will save the souls of the needy.
14He will redeemt heir soul from oppression
and violence.
Their blood will be precious in his sight.
15They shall live, and to himsh all be given of
the gold of Sheba.
Men shall pray for himc ontinually.
They shall bless himal l day long.
16There shall be abundance of grain throughout
the land.
Its fruit sways like Lebanon.
Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of
the field.
17His name endures forever.
His name continues as long as the sun.
Men shall be blessed by him.
All nations will call himb lessed.
18Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel,
who alone does marvelous deeds.
19Blessed be his glorious name forever!
Let the whole earth be filled with his
glory!
Amen and amen.
20This ends the prayers by David, the son of
Jesse.
BOOK III
Psalm 73
A Psalmby Asaph.
1Surely God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.
2But as for me, my feet were almost gone.
My steps had nearly slipped.
3For I was envious of the arrogant,
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4For there are no struggles in their death,
but their strength is firm.
5They are free frombu rdens ofmen,
neither are they plagued like other men.
6Therefore pride is like a chain around their
neck.
Violence covers themlike a garment.
7Their eyes bulge with fat.
Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
8They scoff and speak with malice.
In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
9They have set their mouth in the heavens.
Their tongue walks through the earth.
10Therefore their people return to them,
and they drink up waters of abundance.
11They say, "How does God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?"
12Behold, these are the wicked.
Being always at ease, they increase in
riches.
13Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart,
and washed my hands in innocence,
14For all day long have I been plagued,
and punished every morning.
15If I had said, "I will speak thus;"
behold, I would have betrayed the generation
of your children.
16When I tried to understand this,
it was too painful for me;
17Until I entered God's sanctuary,
and considered their latter end.
18Surely you set themin slippery places.
You throw themd own to destruction.
19How they are suddenly destroyed!
They are completely swept away with
terrors.
20As a dreamwhe n one wakes up,
so, Lord, when you awake, you will
despise their fantasies.
21For my soul was grieved.
I was embittered in my heart.
22I was so senseless and ignorant.
I was a brute beast before you.
23Nevertheless, I amc ontinually with you.
You have held my right hand.
24You will guide me with your counsel,
and afterward receive me to glory.
25Who do I have in heaven?
There is no one on earth who I desire
besides you.
26My flesh and my heart fails,
but God is the strength of my heart and
my portion forever.
27For, behold, those who are far fromy ou shall
perish.
You have destroyed all those who are
unfaithful to you.
28But it is good for me to come close to God.
I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge,
that I may tell of all your works.
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Psalm 74
A contemplation by Asaph.
1God, why have you rejected us forever?
Why does your anger smolder against the
sheep of your pasture?
2Remember your congregation,which you purchased
of old,
which you have redeemed to be the tribe
of your inheritance;
Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
3Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins,
all the evil that the enemy has done in the
sanctuary.
4Your adversaries have roared in the midst of
your assembly.
They have set up their standards as signs.
5They behaved like men wielding axes,
cutting through a thicket of trees.
6Now they break all its carved work down with
hatchet and hammers.
7They have burned your sanctuary to the
ground.
They have profaned the dwelling place of
your Name.
8They said in their heart, "We will crush them
completely."
They have burned up all the places in the
land where God was worshiped.
9We see no miraculous signs.
There is no longer any prophet,
neither is there among us anyone who
knows how long.
10How long, God, shall the adversary reproach?
Shall the enemy blaspheme your name
forever?
11Why do you draw back your hand, even your
right hand?
Take it out of your pocket and consume
them!
12Yet God is my King of old,
working salvation in the midst of the
earth.
13You divided the sea by your strength.
You broke the heads of the sea monsters
in the waters.
14You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces.
You gave himas food to people and
desert creatures.
15You opened up spring and stream.
You dried up mighty rivers.
16The day is yours, the night is also yours.
You have prepared the light and the sun.
17You have set all the boundaries of the earth.
You have made summer and winter.
18Remember this, that the enemy has mocked
you, Yahweh.
Foolish people have blasphemed your
name.
19Don't deliver the soul of your dove to wild
beasts.
Don't forget the life of your poor forever.
20Honor your covenant,
for haunts of violence fill the dark places
of the earth.
21Don't let the oppressed return ashamed.
Let the poor and needy praise your name.
22Arise, God! Plead your own cause.
Remember how the foolish man mocks
you all day.
23Don't forget the voice of your adversaries.
The tumult of those who rise up against
you ascends continually.
Psalm 75
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do
Not Destroy." A Psalmb y Asaph. A song.
1We give thanks to you, God.
We give thanks, for your Name is near.
Men tell about your wondrous works.
2When I choose the appointed time,
I will judge blamelessly.
3The earth and all its inhabitants quake.
I firmly hold its pillars.
Selah.
4I said to the arrogant, "Don't boast!"
I said to the wicked, "Don't lift up the
horn.
5Don't lift up your horn on high.
Don't speak with a stiff neck."
6For neither fromthe east, nor fromthe west,
nor yet fromthe south, comes exaltation.
7But God is the judge.
He puts down one, and lifts up another.
8For in the hand of Yahweh there is a cup,
full of foaming wine mixed with spices.
He pours it out.
Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and
drink it to its very dregs.
9But I will declare this forever:
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I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,
but the horns of the righteous shall be
lifted up.
Psalm 76
For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments.
A Psalm by Asaph. A song.
1In Judah, God is known.
His name is great in Israel.
2His tent is also in Salem ;
His dwelling place in Zion.
3There he broke the flam ing arrows of the bow,
the shield, and the sword, and the
weapons of war.
Selah.
4Glorious are you, and excellent,
more than mountains of game.
5Valiant men lie plundered,
they have slept their last sleep.
None of the men of war can lift their
hands.
6At your rebuke, God of Jacob,
both chariot and horse are cast into a deep
sleep.
7You, even you, are to be feared.
Who can stand in your sight when you
are angry?
8You pronounced judgment from heaven.
The earth feared, and was silent,
9when God arose to judgment,
to save all the afflicted ones of the earth.
Selah.
10Surely the wrath of man praises you.
The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
11Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill
them!
Let all of his neighbors bring presents to
himwho is to be feared.
12He will cut off the spirit of princes.
He is feared by the kings of the earth.
Psalm 77
For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A
Psalmby Asaph.
1My cry goes to God!
Indeed, I cry to God for help,
and for himto listen tome.
2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord.
My hand was stretched out in the night,
and didn't get tired.
My soul refused to be comforted.
3I remember God, and I groan.
I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed.
Selah.
4You hold my eyelids open.
I ams o troubled that I can't speak.
5I have considered the days of old,
the years of ancient times.
6I remember my song in the night.
I consider in my own heart;
my spirit diligently inquires:
7"Will the Lord reject us forever?
Will he be favorable no more?
8Has his loving kindness vanished forever?
Does his promise fail for generations?
9Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?"
Selah.
10Then I thought, "I will appeal to this:
the years of the right hand of the Most
High."
11I will remember Yah's deeds;
for I will remember your wonders of old.
12I will also meditate on all your work,
and consider your doings.
13Your way, God, is in the sanctuary.
What god is great like God?
14You are the God who does wonders.
You have made your strength known
among the peoples.
15You have redeemed your people with your
arm,
the sons of Jacob and Joseph.
Selah.
16The waters saw you, God.
The waters saw you, and they writhed.
The depths also convulsed.
17The clouds poured out water.
The skies resounded with thunder.
Your arrows also flashed around.
18The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind.
The lightnings lit up the world.
The earth trembled and shook.
19Your way was through the sea;
your paths through the great waters.
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Your footsteps were not known.
20You led your people like a flock,
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Psalm 78
A contemplation by Asaph.
1Hear my teaching, my people.
Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
2I will open my mouth in a parable.
I will utter dark sayings of old,
3Which we have heard and known,
and our fathers have told us.
4We will not hide themfr om their children,
telling to the generation to come the
praises of Yahweh,
his strength, and his wondrous works
that he has done.
5For he established a testimony in Jacob,
and appointed a teaching in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers,
that they should make them known to
their children;
6that the generation to come might know, even
the children who should be born;
who should arise and tell their children,
7that they might set their hope in God,
and not forget the works of God,
but keep his commandments,
8and might not be as their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation that didn't make their hearts
loyal,
whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
9The children of Ephraim, being armed and
carrying bows,
turned back in the day of battle.
10They didn't keep God's covenant,
and refused to walk in his law.
11They forgot his doings,
his wondrous works that he had shown
them.
12He did marvelous things in the sight of their
fathers,
in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13He split the sea, and caused themt o pass
through.
He made the waters stand as a heap.
14In the daytime he also led them with a cloud,
and all night with a light of fire.
15He split rocks in the wilderness,
and gave themd rink abundantly as out
of the depths.
16He brought streams also out of the rock,
and caused waters to run down like
rivers.
17Yet they still went on to sin against him,
to rebel against the Most High in the
desert.
18They tempted God in their heart
by asking food according to their desire.
19Yes, they spoke against God.
They said, "Can God prepare a table in
the wilderness?
20Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters
gushed out,
and streams overflowed.
Can he give bread also?
Will he provide flesh for his people?"
21Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry.
A fire was kindled against Jacob,
anger also went up against Israel,
22because they didn't believe in God,
and didn't trust in his salvation.
23Yet he commanded the skies above,
and opened the doors of heaven.
24He rained down manna on them to eat,
and gave themf ood fromthe sky.
25Man ate the bread of angels.
He sent themf ood to the full.
26He caused the east wind to blow in the sky.
By his power he guided the south wind.
27He rained also flesh on themas the dust;
winged birds as the sand of the seas.
28He let them fall in the midst of their camp,
around their habitations.
29So they ate, and were well filled.
He gave themthe ir own desire.
30They didn't turn fromt heir cravings.
Their food was yet in their mouths,
31when the anger of God went up against
them,
killed some of the fattest of them,
and struck down the young men of Israel.
32For all this they still sinned,
and didn't believe in his wondrous
works.
33Therefore he consumed their days in vanity,
and their years in terror.
34When he killed them, then they inquired after
him.
They returned and sought God earnestly.
35They remembered that God was their rock,
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the Most High God, their redeemer.
36But they flattered himwi th theirmouth,
and lied to himwi th their tongue.
37For their heart was not right with him,
neither were they faithful in his covenant.
38But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and
didn't destroy them.
Yes, many times he turned his anger
away,
and didn't stir up all his wrath.
39He remembered that they were but flesh,
a wind that passes away, and doesn't
come again.
40How often they rebelled against himin the
wilderness,
and grieved himin the desert!
41They turned again and tempted God,
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42They didn't remember his hand,
nor the day when he redeemed them
fromt he adversary;
43how he set his signs in Egypt,
his wonders in the field of Zoan,
44he turned their rivers into blood,
and their streams, so that they could not
drink.
45He sent among them swarms of flies, which
devoured them;
and frogs, which destroyed them.
46He gave also their increase to the caterpillar,
and their labor to the locust.
47He destroyed their vines with hail,
their sycamore fig trees with frost.
48He gave over their livestock also to the hail,
and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49He threw on themthe fierceness of his anger,
wrath, indignation, and trouble,
and a band of angels of evil.
50He made a path for his anger.
He didn't spare their soul fromdea th,
but gave their life over to the pestilence,
51and struck all the firstborn in Egypt,
the chief of their strength in the tents of
Ham.
52But he led forth his own people like sheep,
and guided themin the wilderness like a
flock.
53He led thems afely, so that they weren't
afraid,
but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54He brought themto the border of his sanctuary,
to this mountain, which his right hand
had taken.
55He also drove out the nations before them,
allotted themf or an inheritance by line,
and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in
their tents.
56Yet they tempted and rebelled against the
Most High God,
and didn't keep his testimonies;
57but turned back, and dealt treacherously like
their fathers.
They were turned aside like a deceitful
bow.
58For they provoked himt o anger with their
high places,
and moved him to jealousy with their
engraved images.
59When God heard this, he was angry,
and greatly abhorred Israel;
60So that he forsook the tent of Shiloh,
the tent which he placed among men;
61and delivered his strength into captivity,
his glory into the adversary's hand.
62He also gave his people over to the sword,
and was angry with his inheritance.
63Fire devoured their young men.
Their virgins had no wedding song.
64Their priests fell by the sword,
and their widows couldn't weep.
65Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep,
like a mighty man who shouts by reason
of wine.
66He struck his adversaries backward.
He put themto a perpetual reproach.
67Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph,
and didn't choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion which he loved.
69He built his sanctuary like the heights,
like the earth which he has established
forever.
70He also chose David his servant,
and took himfr om the sheepfolds;
71fromf ollowing the ewes that have their
young,
he brought himto be the shepherd of
Jacob, his people,
and Israel, his inheritance.
72So he was their shepherd according to the
integrity of his heart,
and guided themb y the skillfulness of his
hands.
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Psalm 79
A Psalmby Asaph.
1God, the nations have come into your inheritance.
They have defiled your holy temple.
They have laid Jerusalemin heaps.
2They have given the dead bodies of your
servants to be food for the birds of the
sky,
the flesh of your saints to the animals of
the earth.
3Their blood they have shed like water around
Jerusalem.
There was no one to bury them.
4We have become a reproach to our neighbors,
a scoffing and derision to those who are
around us.
5How long, Yahweh?
Will you be angry forever?
Will your jealousy burn like fire?
6Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't
know you;
on the kingdoms that don't call on your
name;
7For they have devoured Jacob,
and destroyed his homeland.
8Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers
against us.
Let your tender mercies speedily meet us,
for we are in desperate need.
9Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of
your name.
Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your
name's sake.
10Why should the nations say, "Where is their
God?"
Let it be known among the nations, before
our eyes,
that vengeance for your servants' blood is
being poured out.
11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before
you.
According to the greatness of your power,
preserve those who are sentenced to
death.
12Pay back to our neighbors seven times into
their bosom
their reproach with which they have reproached
you, Lord.
13So we, your people and sheep of your pasture,
will give you thanks forever.
We will praise you forever, to all generations.
Psalm 80
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The
Lilies of the Covenant." A Psalmb y Asaph.
1Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph like a flock,
you who sit above the cherubim, shine
forth.
2Before Ephraimand Benjamin and Manasseh,
stir up your might!
Com e to save us!
3Turn us again, God.
Cause your face to shine,
and we will be saved.
4Yahweh God of Armies,
How long will you be angry against the
prayer of your people?
5You have fed themwi th the bread of tears,
and given themte ars to drink in large
measure.
6You make us a source of contention to our
neighbors.
Our enemies laugh among themselves.
7Turn us again, God of Armies.
Cause your face to shine,
and we will be saved.
8You brought a vine out of Egypt.
You drove out the nations, and planted it.
9You cleared the ground for it.
It took deep root, and filled the land.
10The mountains were covered with its
shadow.
Its boughs were like God's cedars.
11It sent out its branches to the sea,
Its shoots to the River.
12Why have you broken down its walls,
so that all those who pass by the way
pluck it?
13The boar out of the wood ravages it.
The wild animals of the field feed on it.
14Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies.
Look down fromh eaven, and see, and
visit this vine,
15the stock which your right hand planted,
the branch that you made strong for
yourself.
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16It's burned with fire.
It's cut down.
They perish at your rebuke.
17Let your hand be on the man of your right
hand,
on the son of man whom you made
strong for yourself.
18So we will not turn away fromy ou.
Revive us, and we will call on your name.
19Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies.
Cause your face to shine, and we will be
saved.
Psalm 81
For the Chief Musician. On an instrument
of Gath. By Asaph.
1Sing aloud to God, our strength!
Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!
2Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine,
the pleasant lyre with the harp.
3Blow the trumpet at the New Moon,
at the full moon, on our feast day.
4For it is a statute for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony,
when he went out over the land of Egypt,
I heard a language that I didn't know.
6"I removed his shoulder from the burden.
His hands were freed fromthe basket.
7You called in trouble, and I delivered you.
I answered you in the secret place of
thunder.
I tested you at the waters of Meribah."
Selah.
8"Hear, my people, and I will testify to you,
Israel, if you would listen to me!
9There shall be no strange god in you,
neither shall you worship any foreign
god.
10I amYahweh, your God,
who brought you up out of the land of
Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11But my people didn't listen to my voice.
Israel desired none of me.
12So I let themg o after the stubbornness of their
hearts,
that they might walk in their own counsels.
13Oh that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would walk in my ways!
14I would soon subdue their enemies,
and turn my hand against their adversaries.
15The haters of Yahweh would cringe before
him,
and their punishment would last forever.
16But he would have also fed themwi th the
finest of the wheat.
I will satisfy you with honey out of the
rock."
Psalm 82
A Psalm by Asaph.
1God presides in the great assembly.
He judges among the gods.
2"How long will you judge unjustly,
and show partiality to the wicked?"
Selah.
3"Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless.
Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
4Rescue the weak and needy.
Deliver themo ut of the hand of the
wicked."
5They don't know, neither do they understand.
They walk back and forth in darkness.
All the foundations of the earth are
shaken.
6I said, "You are gods,
all of you are sons of the Most High.
7Nevertheless you shall die like men,
and fall like one of the rulers."
8Arise, God, judge the earth,
for you inherit all of the nations.
Psalm 83
A song. A Psalm by Asaph.
1God, don't keep silent.
Don't keep silent,
and don't be still, God.
2For, behold, your enemies are stirred up.
Those who hate you have lifted up their
heads.
3They conspire with cunning against your people.
They plot against your cherished ones.
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4"Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a
nation,
that the name of Israel may be remembered
no more."
5For they have conspired together with one
mind.
They forma n alliance against you.
6The tents of Edomand the Ishmaelites;
Moab, and the Hagrites;
7Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8Assyria also is joined with them.
They have helped the children of Lot.
Selah.
9Do to themas you did to Midian,
as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river
Kishon;
10who perished at Endor,
who became as dung for the earth.
11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb;
yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;
12who said, "Let us take possession of
God's pasturelands."
13My God, make them like tumbleweed;
like chaff before the wind.
14As the fire that burns the forest,
as the flame that sets the mountains on
fire,
15so pursue themwi th your tempest,
and terrify themwi th your storm.
16Fill their faces with confusion,
that they may seek your name, Yahweh.
17Let themb e disappointed and dismayed
forever.
Yes, let thembe confounded and perish;
18that they may know that you alone, whose
name is Yahweh,
are the Most High over all the earth.
Psalm 84
For the Chief Musician. On an instrument
of Gath. A Psalmby the sons of Korah.
1How lovely are your dwellings,
Yahweh of Armies!
2My soul longs, and even faints for the courts
of Yahweh.
My heart and my flesh cry out for the
living God.
3Yes, the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself, where
she may have her young,
near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my
King, and my God.
4Blessed are those who dwell in your house.
They are always praising you.
Selah.
5Blessed are those whose strength is in you;
who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
6Passing through the valley of Weeping, they
make it a place of springs.
Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
7They go froms trength to strength.
Everyone of thema ppears before God in
Zion.
8Yahweh, God of Armies, hear my prayer.
Listen, God of Jacob.
Selah.
9Behold, God our shield,
look at the face of your anointed.
10For a day in your courts is better than a
thousand.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the
house of my God,
than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield.
Yahweh will give grace and glory.
He withholds no good thing fromtho se
who walk blamelessly.
12Yahweh of Armies,
blessed is the man who trusts in you.
Psalm 85
For the ChiefMusician. A Psalmb y the sons
of Korah.
1Yahweh, you have been favorable to your
land.
You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.
2You have forgiven the iniquity of your people.
You have covered all their sin.
Selah.
3You have taken away all your wrath.
You have turned fromthe fierceness of
your anger.
4Turn us, God of our salvation,
and cause your indignation toward us to
cease.
5Will you be angry with us forever?
Psalms 85:6 485 Psalms 87:6
Will you draw out your anger to all
generations?
6Won't you revive us again,
that your people may rejoice in you?
7Show us your loving kindness, Yahweh.
Grant us your salvation.
8I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak,
for he will speak peace to his people, his
saints;
but let themn ot turn again to folly.
9Surely his salvation is near those who fear
him,
that glory may dwell in our land.
10Mercy and truth meet together.
Righteousness and peace have kissed
each other.
11Truth springs out of the earth.
Righteousness has looked down from
heaven.
12Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good.
Our land will yield its increase.
13Righteousness goes before him,
And prepares the way for his steps.
Psalm 86
A Prayer byDavid.
1Hear, Yahweh, and answer me,
for I amp oor and needy.
2Preserve my soul, for I am godly.
You, my God, save your servant who
trusts in you.
3Be merciful to me, Lord,
for I call to you all day long.
4Bring joy to the soul of your servant,
for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive;
abundant in loving kindness to all those
who call on you.
6Hear, Yahweh, my prayer.
Listen to the voice of my petitions.
7In the day of my trouble I will call on you,
for you will answer me.
8There is no one like you among the gods, Lord,
nor any deeds like your deeds.
9All nations you have made will come and
worship before you, Lord.
They shall glorify your name.
10For you are great, and do wondrous things.
You are God alone.
11Teach me your way, Yahweh.
I will walk in your truth.
Make my heart undivided to fear your
name.
12I will praise you, Lord my God, with my
whole heart.
I will glorify your name forevermore.
13For your loving kindness is great toward me.
You have delivered my soul from the
lowest Sheol.
14God, the proud have risen up against me.
A company of violent men have sought
after my soul,
and they don't hold regard for you before
them.
15But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious
God,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving
kindness and truth.
16Turn to me, and have mercy on me!
Give your strength to your servant.
Save the son of your handmaid.
17Show me a sign of your goodness,
that those who hate me may see it, and be
shamed,
because you, Yahweh, have helped me,
and comforted me.
Psalm 87
A Psalmb y the sons of Korah; a Song.
1His foundation is in the holy mountains.
2Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more
than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3Glorious things are spoken about you, city of
God.
Selah.
4I will record Rahabg and Babylon among those
who acknowledge me.
Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia:
"This one was born there."
5Yes, of Zion it will be said, "This one and that
one was born in her;"
the Most High himself will establish her.
6Yahweh will count, when he writes up the
peoples,
"This one was born there."
Selah.
g87:4 Rahab is a reference to Egypt.
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7Those who sing as well as those who dance
say,
"All my springs are in you."
Psalm 88
A Song. A Psalmb y the sons of Korah.
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The
Suffering of Affliction." A contemplation by
Heman, the Ezrahite.
1Yahweh, the God of my salvation,
I have cried day and night before you.
2Let my prayer enter into your presence.
Turn your ear to my cry.
3For m y soul is full of troubles.
My life draws near to Sheol.
4I amcoun ted among those who go down into
the pit.
I amlike aman who has no help,
5set apart among the dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more.
They are cut off fromyour hand.
6You have laid me in the lowest pit,
in the darkest depths.
7Your wrath lies heavily on me.
You have afflicted me with all your
waves.
Selah.
8You have taken my friends from me.
You have made me an abomination to
them.
I amco nfined, and I can't escape.
9My eyes are dimfr om grief.
I have called on you daily, Yahweh.
I have spread out my hands to you.
10Do you show wonders to the dead?
Do the dead rise up and praise you?
Selah.
11Is your loving kindness declared in the
grave?
Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
12Are your wonders made known in the dark?
Or your righteousness in the land of
forgetfulness?
13But to you, Yahweh, I have cried.
In the morning, my prayer comes before
you.
14Yahweh, why do you reject my soul?
Why do you hide your face fromme?
15I amaf flicted and ready to die frommy youth
up.
While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
16Your fierce wrath has gone over me.
Your terrors have cut me off.
17They came around me likewater all day long.
They completely engulfed me.
18You have put lover and friend far fromme,
and my friends into darkness.
Psalm 89
A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.
1I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh
forever.
With my mouth, I will make known your
faithfulness to all generations.
2I indeed declare, "Love stands firmf orever.
You established the heavens.
Your faithfulness is in them."
3"I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to David, my servant,
4'I will establish your seed forever,
and build up your throne to all generations.'"
Selah.
5The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh;
your faithfulness also in the assembly of
the holy ones.
6For who in the skies can be compared to
Yahweh?
Who among the sons of the heavenly
beings is like Yahweh,
7a very awesome God in the council of the holy
ones,
to be feared above all those who are
around him?
8Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one,
like you?
Yah, your faithfulness is around you.
9You rule the pride of the sea.
When its waves rise up, you calmt hem.
10You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of
the slain.
You have scattered your enemies with
your mighty arm.
11The heavens are yours.
The earth also is yours;
the world and its fullness.
You have founded them.
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12The north and the south, you have created
them.
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
13You have a mighty arm.
Your hand is strong, and your right hand
is exalted.
14Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of your throne.
Loving kindness and truth go before your
face.
15Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim
you.
They walk in the light of your presence,
Yahweh.
16In your name they rejoice all day.
In your righteousness, they are exalted.
17For you are the glory of their strength.
In your favor, our horn will be exalted.
18For our shield belongs to Yahweh;
our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19Then you spoke in vision to your saints,
and said, "I have bestowed strength on
the warrior.
I have exalted a young man from the
people.
20I have found David, my servant.
I have anointed himw ithmy holy oil,
21with whommy hand shall be established.
My armwi ll also strengthen him.
22No enemy will tax him.
No wicked man will oppress him.
23I will beat down his adversaries before him,
and strike those who hate him.
24But my faithfulness and my loving kindness
will be with him.
In my name, his horn will be exalted.
25I will set his hand also on the sea,
and his right hand on the rivers.
26He will call to me, 'You are my Father,
my God, and the rock of my salvation!'
27I will also appoint himm y firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.
28I will keep my loving kindness for him
forevermore.
My covenant will stand firmwi th him.
29I will also make his seed endure forever,
and his throne as the days of heaven.
30If his children forsake my law,
and don't walk in my ordinances;
31if they break my statutes,
and don't keep my commandments;
32then I will punish their sin with the rod,
and their iniquity with stripes.
33But I will not completely take my loving
kindness fromhim,
nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
34I will not break my covenant,
nor alter what my lips have uttered.
35Once have I sworn by my holiness,
I will not lie to David.
36His seed will endure forever,
his throne like the sun before me.
37It will be established forever like the moon,
the faithful witness in the sky."
Selah.
38But you have rejected and spurned.
You have been angry with your anointed.
39You have renounced the covenant of your
servant.
You have defiled his crown in the dust.
40You have broken down all his hedges.
You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
41All who pass by the way rob him.
He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
42You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries.
You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
43Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword,
and haven't supported himi n battle.
44You have ended his splendor,
and thrown his throne down to the
ground.
45You have shortened the days of his youth.
You have covered himwi th shame.
Selah.
46How long, Yahweh?
Will you hide yourself forever?
Will your wrath burn like fire?
47Remember how short my time is!
For what vanity have you created all the
children of men!
48What man is he who shall live and not see
death,
who shall deliver his soul fromt he power
of Sheol?
Selah.
49Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses,
which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
50Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants,
how I bear in my heart the taunts of all
the mighty peoples,
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51With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh,
with which they have mocked the footsteps
of your anointed one.
52Blessed be Yahweh forevermore.
Amen, and Amen.
BOOK IV
Psalm 90
A Prayer by Moses, the man of God.
1Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all
generations.
2Before the mountains were brought
forth,
before you had formed the earth and the
world,
even fromev erlasting to everlasting, you
are God.
3You turn man to destruction, saying,
"Return, you children of men."
4For a thousand years in your sight are just like
yesterday when it is past,
like a watch in the night.
5You sweep themaway as they sleep.
In the morning they sprout like new
grass.
6In the morning it sprouts and springs up.
By evening, it is withered and dry.
7For we are consumed in your anger.
We are troubled in your wrath.
8You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9For all our days have passed away in your
wrath.
We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
10The days of our years are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty
years;
yet their pride is but labor and sorrow,
for it passes quickly, and we fly away.
11Who knows the power of your anger,
your wrath according to the fear that is
due to you?
12So teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13Relent, Yahweh!
How long?
Have compassion on your servants!
14Satisfy us in the morning with your loving
kindness,
that we may rejoice and be glad all our
days.
15Make us glad for as many days as you have
afflicted us,
for as many years as we have seen evil.
16Let your work appear to your servants;
your glory to their children.
17Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;
establish the work of our hands for us;
yes, establish the work of our hands.
Psalm 91
1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most
High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my
fortress;
my God, in whom I trust."
3For he will deliver you fromt he snare of the
fowler,
and fromt he deadly pestilence.
4He will cover you with his feathers.
Under his wings you will take refuge.
His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
5You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
nor of the arrow that flies by day;
6nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
nor of the destruction that wastes at
noonday.
7A thousand may fall at your side,
and ten thousand at your right hand;
but it will not com enear you.
8You will only look with your eyes,
and see the recompense of the wicked.
9Because you have m ade Yahweh your refuge,
and the Most High your dwelling place,
10no evil shall happen to you,
neither shall any plague come near your
dwelling.
11For he will put his angels in charge of you,
to guard you in all your ways.
12They will bear you up in their hands,
so that you won't dash your foot against
a stone.
13You will tread on the lion and cobra.
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You will trample the young lion and the
serpent underfoot.
14"Because he has set his love on me, therefore
I will deliver him.
I will set himo n high, because he has
known my name.
15He will call on me, and I will answer him.
I will be with himin trouble.
I will deliver him, and honor him.
16I will satisfy himw ith long life,
and show himmy salvation."
Psalm 92
A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.
1It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh,
to sing praises to your name, Most High;
2to proclaimyour loving kindness in themorning,
and your faithfulness every night,
3with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp,
and with the melody of the lyre.
4For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through
your work.
Iwill triumph in the works of your hands.
5How great are your works, Yahweh!
Your thoughts are very deep.
6A senseless man doesn't know,
neither does a fool understand this:
7though the wicked spring up as the grass,
and all the evildoers flourish,
they will be destroyed forever.
8But you, Yahweh, are on high forevermore.
9For, behold, your enemies, Yahweh,
for, behold, your enemies shall perish.
All the evildoers will be scattered.
10But you have exalted my horn like that of the
wild ox.
I amano inted with fresh oil.
11My eye has also seen my enemies.
My ears have heard of the wicked enemies
who rise up against me.
12The righteous shall flourish like the palm
tree.
He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13They are planted in Yahweh's house.
They will flourish in our God's courts.
14They will still bring forth fruit in old age.
They will be full of sap and green,
15to show that Yahweh is upright.
He is my rock,
and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Psalm 93
1Yahweh reigns!
He is clothed with majesty!
Yahweh is armed with strength.
The world also is established.
It can't be moved.
2Your throne is established fromlon g ago.
You are fromev erlasting.
3The floods have lifted up, Yahweh,
the floods have lifted up their voice.
The floods lift up their waves.
4Above the voices of many waters,
the mighty breakers of the sea,
Yahweh on high is mighty.
5Your statutes stand firm.
Holiness adorns your house,
Yahweh, forevermore.
Psalm 94
1Yahweh, you God to whomve ngeance belongs,
you God to whomv engeance belongs,
shine forth.
2Rise up, you judge of the earth.
Pay back the proud what they deserve.
3Yahweh, how long will the wicked,
how long will the wicked triumph?
4They pour out arrogant words.
All the evildoers boast.
5They break your people in pieces, Yahweh,
and afflict your heritage.
6They kill the widow and the alien,
and murder the fatherless.
7They say, "Yah will not see,
neither will Jacob's God consider."
8Consider, you senseless among the people;
you fools, when will you be wise?
9He who implanted the ear, won't he hear?
He who formed the eye, won't he see?
10He who disciplines the nations, won't he
punish?
He who teaches man knows.
11Yahweh knows the thoughts of man,
that they are futile.
12Blessed is the manwhom you discipline, Yah,
and teach out of your law;
13that you may give him rest from the days of
adversity,
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until the pit is dug for the wicked.
14For Yahweh won't reject his people,
neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15For judgment will return to righteousness.
All the upright in heart shall follow it.
16Who will rise up for me against the wicked?
Who will stand up for me against the
evildoers?
17Unless Yahweh had been my help,
my soulwould have soon lived in silence.
18When I said, "My foot is slipping!"
Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me
up.
19In the multitude of my thoughts within me,
your comforts delight my soul.
20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship
with you,
which brings about mischief by statute?
21They gather themselves together against the
soul of the righteous,
and condemn the innocent blood.
22But Yahweh has been my high tower,
my God, the rock of my refuge.
23He has brought on themthe ir own iniquity,
andwill cut themof f in their ownwickedness.
Yahweh, our God, will cut themo ff.
Psalm 95
1Oh come, let's sing to Yahweh.
Let's shout aloud to the rock of our
salvation!
2Let's come before his presence with thanksgiving.
Let's extol himwi th songs!
3For Yahweh is a great God,
a great King above all gods.
4In his hand are the deep places of the earth.
The heights of the mountains are also his.
5The sea is his, and he made it.
His hands formed the dry land.
6Oh come, let's worship and bow down.
Let's kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,
7for he is our God.
We are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep in his care.
Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
8Don't harden your heart, as atMeribah,
as in the day ofMassah in the wilderness,
9when your fathers tempted me,
tested me, and saw my work.
10Forty long years I was grieved with that
generation,
and said, "It is a people that errs in their
heart.
They have not known my ways."
11Therefore I swore in my wrath,
"They won't enter into my rest."
Psalm 96
1Sing to Yahweh a new song!
Sing to Yahweh, all the earth.
2Sing to Yahweh!
Bless his name!
Proclaimhi s salvation fromday to day!
3Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples.
4For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised!
He is to be feared above all gods.
5For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but Yahweh made the heavens.
6Honor and majesty are before him.
Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
7Ascribe to Yahweh, you families of nations,
ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.
8Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name.
Bring an offering, and come into his
courts.
9Worship Yahweh in holy array.
Tremble before him, all the earth.
10Say among the nations, "Yahweh reigns."
The world is also established.
It can't be moved.
He will judge the peoples with equity.
11Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth
rejoice.
Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
12Let the field and all that is in it exult!
Then all the trees of the woods shall sing
for joy
13before Yahweh; for he comes,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
the peoples with his truth.
Psalm 97
1Yahweh reigns!
Let the earth rejoice!
Let the multitude of islands be glad!
2Clouds and darkness are around him.
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of his throne.
3A fire goes before him,
and burns up his adversaries on every
side.
4His lightning lights up the world.
The earth sees, and trembles.
5The mountains melt like wax at the presence
of Yahweh,
at the presence of the Lord of the whole
earth.
6The heavens declare his righteousness.
All the peoples have seen his glory.
7Let all themb e shamed who serve engraved
images,
who boast in their idols.
Worship him, all you gods!
8Zion heard and was glad.
The daughters of Judah rejoiced,
because of your judgments, Yahweh.
9For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the
earth.
You are exalted far above all gods.
10You who love Yahweh, hate evil.
He preserves the souls of his saints.
He delivers themo ut of the hand of the
wicked.
11Light is sown for the righteous,
and gladness for the upright in heart.
12Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people!
Give thanks to his holy Name.
Psalm 98
A Psalm .
1Sing to Yahweh a new song,
for he has done marvelous things!
His right hand, and his holy arm, have
worked salvation for him.
2Yahweh has made known his salvation.
He has openly shown his righteousness
in the sight of the nations.
3He has remembered his loving kindness and
his faithfulness toward the house of
Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen the
salvation of our God.
4Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth!
Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing
praises!
5Sing praises to Yahweh with the harp,
with the harp and the voice of melody.
6With trumpets and sound of the ram's horn,
make a joyful noise before the King,
Yahweh.
7Let the sea roar with its fullness;
the world, and those who dwell therein.
8Let the rivers clap their hands.
Let the mountains sing for joy together.
9Let thems ing before Yahweh,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with equity.
Psalm 99
1Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble.
He sits enthroned among the cherubim.
Let the earth be moved.
2Yahweh is great in Zion.
He is high above all the peoples.
3Let thempra ise your great and awesome
name.
He is Holy!
4The King's strength also loves justice.
You do establish equity.
You execute justice and righteousness in
Jacob.
5Exalt Yahweh our God.
Worship at his footstool.
He is Holy!
6Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
Sam uel am ong those who call on his
name;
they called on Yahweh, and he answered
them.
7He spoke to themin the pillar of cloud.
They kept his testimonies,
the statute that he gave them.
8You answered them, Yahweh our God.
You are a God who forgave them,
although you took vengeance for their
doings.
9Exalt Yahweh, our God.
Worship at his holy hill,
for Yahweh, our God, is holy!
Psalm 100
A Psalmo f thanksgiving.
1Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands!
2Serve Yahweh with gladness.
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Come before his presence with singing.
3Know that Yahweh, he is God.
It is he who has made us, and we are his.
We are his people, and the sheep of his
pasture.
4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,
into his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
5For Yahweh is good.
His loving kindness endures forever,
his faithfulness to all generations.
Psalm 101
A Psalmby David.
1I will sing of loving kindness and justice.
To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.
2I will be careful to live a blameless life.
When will you come to me?
I will walk within my house with a
blameless heart.
3I will set no vile thing before my eyes.
I hate the deeds of faithless men.
They will not cling to me.
4A perverse heart will be far fromme.
I will have nothing to do with evil.
5I will silence whoever secretly slanders his
neighbor.
I won't tolerate one who is haughty and
conceited.
6My eyes will be on the faithful of the land,
that they may dwell with me.
He who walks in a perfect way,
he will serve me.
7He who practices deceit won't dwell within
m y house.
He who speaks falsehood won't be established
before my eyes.
8Morning by morning, I will destroy all the
wicked of the land;
to cut off all the workers of iniquity from
Yahweh's city.
Psalm 102
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed
and pours out his complaint before
Yahweh.
1Hear my prayer, Yahweh!
Let my cry come to you.
2Don't hide your face fromm ein the day of m y
distress.
Turn your ear to me.
Answer me quickly in the daywhen I call.
3For my days consume away like smoke.
My bones are burned as a firebrand.
4My heart is blighted like grass, and withered,
for I forget to eat my bread.
5By reason of the voice of my groaning,
m y bones stick to m y skin.
6I amlike a pelican of the wilderness.
I have become as an owl of the waste
places.
7I watch, and have become like a sparrow
that is alone on the housetop.
8My enemies reproach me all day.
Those who are mad at me use my name
as a curse.
9For I have eaten ashes like bread,
and mixed my drink with tears,
10Because of your indignation and your wrath,
for you have taken me up, and thrown me
away.
11My days are like a long shadow.
I have withered like grass.
12But you, Yahweh, will abide forever;
your renown endures to all generations.
13You will arise and have mercy on Zion;
for it is tim e to have pity on her.
Yes, the set time has come.
14For your servants take pleasure in her stones,
and have pity on her dust.
15So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh;
all the kings of the earth your glory.
16For Yahweh has built up Zion.
He has appeared in his glory.
17He has responded to the prayer of the destitute,
and has not despised their prayer.
18This will be written for the generation to
come.
Apeoplewhichwill be createdwill praise
Yah.
19For he has looked down fromt he height of
his sanctuary.
Fromhe aven, Yahweh saw the earth;
20to hear the groans of the prisoner;
to free those who are condemned to
death;
21that men may declare the name of Yahweh in
Zion,
and his praise in Jerusalem;
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22when the peoples are gathered together,
the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.
23He weakened my strength along the course.
He shortened my days.
24I said, "My God, don't take me away in the
midst of my days.
Your years are throughout all generations.
25Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth.
The heavens are the work of your hands.
26They will perish, but you will endure.
Yes, all of themw ill wear out like a
garment.
You will change themlike a cloak, and
they will be changed.
27But you are the same.
Your years will have no end.
28The children of your servants will continue.
Their seed will be established before
you."
Psalm 103
By David.
1Praise Yahweh, my soul!
All that is within me, praise his holy
name!
2Praise Yahweh, my soul,
and don't forget all his benefits;
3who forgives all your sins;
who heals all your diseases;
4who redeems your life from destruction;
who crowns you with loving kindness
and tender mercies;
5who satisfies your desire with good things,
so that your youth is renewed like the
eagle's.
6Yahweh executes righteous acts,
and justice for all who are oppressed.
7He made known his ways to Moses,
his deeds to the children of Israel.
8Yahweh is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving
kindness.
9He will not always accuse;
neither will he stay angry forever.
10He has not dealt with us according to our
sins,
nor repaid us for our iniquities.
11For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so great is his loving kindness toward
those who fear him.
12As far as the east is fromt he west,
so far has he removed our transgressions
fromus.
13Like a father has compassion on his children,
so Yahweh has compassion on those who
fear him.
14For he knows how we are made.
He remembers that we are dust.
15As for man, his days are like grass.
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16For the wind passes over it, and it is gone.
Its place remembers it no more.
17But Yahweh's loving kindness is fromev erlasting
to everlasting with those who
fear him,
his righteousness to children's children;
18to those who keep his covenant,
to those who remember to obey his precepts.
19Yahweh has established his throne in the
heavens.
His kingdomr ules over all.
20Praise Yahweh, you angels of his,
who are mighty in strength, who fulfill
his word,
obeying the voice of his word.
21Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his,
you servants of his, who do his pleasure.
22Praise Yahweh, all you works of his,
in all places of his dominion.
Praise Yahweh, my soul!
Psalm 104
1Bless Yahweh, my soul.
Yahweh, my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty.
2He covers himself with light as with a garment.
He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
3He lays the beams of his chambers in the
waters.
He makes the clouds his chariot.
He walks on the wings of the wind.
4He makes his messengersh winds;
his servants flames of fire.
h104:4 or, angels
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5He laid the foundations of the earth,
that it should not be moved forever.
6You covered it with the deep as with a cloak.
The waters stood above the mountains.
7At your rebuke they fled.
At the voice of your thunder they hurried
away.
8The mountains rose,
the valleys sank down,
to the place which you had assigned to
them.
9You have set a boundary that they may not
pass over;
that they don't turn again to cover the
earth.
10He sends forth springs into the valleys.
They run among the mountains.
11They give drink to every animal of the field.
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12The birds of the sky nest by them.
They sing among the branches.
13He waters the mountains from his chambers.
The earth is filled with the fruit of your
works.
14He causes the grass to grow for the livestock,
and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth food out of the
earth:
15wine that makes glad the heart of man,
oil to make his face to shine,
and bread that strengthens man's heart.
16Yahweh's trees are well watered,
the cedars of Lebanon, which he has
planted;
17where the birds make their nests.
The stork makes its home in the fir trees.
18The high mountains are for the wild goats.
The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
19He appointed the moon for seasons.
The sun knows when to set.
20You make darkness, and it is night,
in which all the animals of the forest
prowl.
21The young lions roar after their prey,
and seek their food fromGod.
22The sun rises, and they steal away,
and lay down in their dens.
23Man goes forth to his work,
to his labor until the evening.
24Yahweh, how many are your works!
In wisdomhave youmade themall.
The earth is full of your riches.
25There is the sea, great and wide,
in which are innumerable living things,
both small and large animals.
26There the ships go,
and leviathan, whomy ou formed to play
there.
27These all wait for you,
that you may give them their food in due
season.
28You give to them; they gather.
You open your hand; they are satisfied
with good.
29You hide your face: they are troubled;
you take away their breath: they die, and
return to the dust.
30You send forth your Spirit: they are created.
You renew the face of the ground.
31Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever.
Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.
32He looks at the earth, and it trembles.
He touches the mountains, and they
smoke.
33I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live.
I will sing praise to my God while I have
any being.
34Let your meditation be sweet to him.
I will rejoice in Yahweh.
35Let sinners be consumed out of the earth.
Let the wicked be no more.
Bless Yahweh, my soul.
Praise Yah!
Psalm 105
1Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name!
Make his doings known among the peoples.
2Sing to him, sing praises to him!
Tell of all his marvelous works.
3Glory in his holy name.
Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh
rejoice.
4Seek Yahweh and his strength.
Seek his face forever more.
5Remember his marvelous works that he has
done;
his wonders, and the judgments of his
mouth,
6you seed of Abraham, his servant,
you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7He is Yahweh, our God.
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His judgments are in all the earth.
8He has remembered his covenant forever,
the word which he commanded to a
thousand generations,
9the covenant which he made with Abraham,
his oath to Isaac,
10and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute;
to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
11saying, "To you I will give the land of
Canaan,
the lot of your inheritance;"
12when they were but a few men in number,
yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
13They went about fromnati on to nation,
fromon e kingdom to another people.
14He allowed no one to do themwro ng.
Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
15"Don't touch my anointed ones!
Do my prophets no harm!"
16He called for a famine on the land.
He destroyed the food supplies.
17He sent a man before them.
Joseph was sold for a slave.
18They bruised his feet with shackles.
His neck was locked in irons,
19until the time that his word happened,
and Yahweh's word proved himtrue .
20The king sent and freed him;
even the ruler of peoples, and let himgo
free.
21He made him lord of his house,
and ruler of all of his possessions;
22to discipline his princes at his pleasure,
and to teach his elders wisdom.
23Israel also came into Egypt.
Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24He increased his people greatly,
and made themstronger than their adversaries.
25He turned their heart to hate his people,
to conspire against his servants.
26He sent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, whomhe had chosen.
27They performed miracles among them,
and wonders in the land of Ham.
28He sent darkness, and made it dark.
They didn't rebel against his words.
29He turned their waters into blood,
and killed their fish.
30Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in the chambers of their kings.
31He spoke, and swarms of flies came,
and lice in all their borders.
32He gave themhai l for rain,
with lightning in their land.
33He struck their vines and also their fig trees,
and shattered the trees of their country.
34He spoke, and the locusts came,
and the grasshoppers, without number,
35ate up every plant in their land;
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36He struck also all the firstborn in their land,
the first fruits of all their manhood.
37He brought themfort h with silver and gold.
There was not one feeble person among
his tribes.
38Egypt was glad when they departed,
for the fear of themhad fallen on them.
39He spread a cloud for a covering,
fire to give light in the night.
40They asked, and he brought quails,
and satisfied themwi th the bread of the
sky.
41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out.
They ran as a river in the dry places.
42For he remembered his holy word,
and Abraham, his servant.
43He brought forth his people with joy,
his chosen with singing.
44He gave themthe lands of the nations.
They took the labor of the peoples in
possession,
45that they might keep his statutes,
and observe his laws.
Praise Yah!
Psalm 106
1Praise Yahweh!
Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
2Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh,
or fully declare all his praise?
3Blessed are those who keep justice.
Blessed is one who does what is right at
all times.
4Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that
you show to your people.
Visit me with your salvation,
5that I may see the prosperity of your chosen,
that I may rejoice in the gladness of your
nation,
that I may glory with your inheritance.
6We have sinned with our fathers.
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We have committed iniquity.
We have done wickedly.
7Our fathers didn't understand your wonders
in Egypt.
They didn't remember the multitude of
your loving kindnesses,
but were rebellious at the sea, even at the
Red Seai.
8Nevertheless he saved themf or his name's
sake,
that he might make his mighty power
known.
9He rebuked the Red Seaj also, and it was dried
up;
so he led themthro ugh the depths, as
through a desert.
10He saved themf romthe hand of himwho
hated them,
and redeemed them from the hand of the
enemy.
11The waters covered their adversaries.
There was not one of theml eft.
12Then they believed his words.
They sang his praise.
13They soon forgot his works.
They didn't wait for his counsel,
14but gave in to craving in the desert,
and tested God in the wasteland.
15He gave themt heir request,
but sent leanness into their soul.
16They envied Moses also in the camp,
and Aaron, Yahweh's saint.
17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
and covered the company of Abiram.
18A fire was kindled in their company.
The flam e burned up thewicked.
19They made a calf in Horeb,
and worshiped a molten image.
20Thus they exchanged their glory
for an image of a bull that eats grass.
21They forgot God, their Savior,
who had done great things in Egypt,
22Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
and awesome things by the Red Seak.
23Therefore he said that he would destroy
them,
had Moses, his chosen, not stood before
himi n the breach,
to turn away his wrath, so that he
wouldn't destroy them.
24Yes, they despised the pleasant land.
They didn't believe his word,
25but murmured in their tents,
and didn't listen to Yahweh's voice.
26Therefore he swore to them
that he would overthrow themi n the
wilderness,
27that he would overthrow their seed
among the nations,
and scatter themi n the lands.
28They joined themselves also to Baal Peor,
and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29Thus they provoked himt o anger with their
deeds.
The plague broke in on them .
30Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment,
so the plague was stopped.
31That was credited to himf or righteousness,
for all generations to come.
32They angered himal so at the waters of
Meribah,
so that Moses was troubled for their
sakes;
33because they were rebellious against his
spirit,
he spoke rashly with his lips.
34They didn't destroy the peoples,
as Yahweh commanded them,
35but mixed themselves with the nations,
and learned their works.
36They served their idols,
which became a snare to them.
37Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their
daughters to demons.
38They shed innocent blood,
even the blood of their sons and of their
daughters,
whomthe y sacrificed to the idols of
Canaan.
The land was polluted with blood.
39Thus were they defiled with their works,
and prostituted themselves in their
deeds.
40Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against
his people.
He abhorred his inheritance.
i106:7 or, Sea of Reeds
j106:9 or, Sea of Reeds
k106:22 or, Sea of Reeds
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41He gave themi nto the hand of the nations.
Those who hated themru led over them.
42Their enemies also oppressed them.
They were brought into subjection under
their hand.
43Many times he delivered them,
but they were rebellious in their counsel,
and were brought low in their iniquity.
44Nevertheless he regarded their distress,
when he heard their cry.
45He remembered for them his covenant,
and repented according to the multitude
of his loving kindnesses.
46He made them also to be pitied
by all those who carried themc aptive.
47Save us, Yahweh, our God,
gather us fromam ong the nations,
to give thanks to your holy name,
to triumph in your praise!
48Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
fromev erlasting even to everlasting!
Let all the people say, "Amen."
Praise Yah!
BOOK V
Psalm 107
1Give thanks to Yahweh,
for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
2Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so,
whomh e has redeemed from the hand of
the adversary,
3And gathered out of the lands,
fromthe east and fromthe west,
fromthe north and fromthe south.
4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert
way.
They found no city to live in.
5Hungry and thirsty,
their soul fainted in them.
6Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble,
and he delivered themout of their distresses,
7he led themal so by a straight way,
that they might go to a city to live in.
8Let themp raise Yahweh for his loving kindness,
for hiswonderfulworks to the children of
men!
9For he satisfies the longing soul.
He fills the hungry soul with good.
10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of
death,
being bound in affliction and iron,
11because they rebelled against the words
of God,
and condemned the counsel of the Most
High.
12Therefore he brought down their heart with
labor.
They fell down, and there was none to
help.
13Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble,
and he saved themout of their distresses.
14He brought themout of darkness and the
shadow of death,
and broke their bonds in sunder.
15Let themp raise Yahweh for his loving kindness,
for his wonderfulworks to the children of
men!
16For he has broken the gates of brass,
and cut through bars of iron.
17Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience,
and because of their iniquities.
18Their soul abhors all kinds of food.
They draw near to the gates of death.
19Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble,
he saves themout of their distresses.
20He sends his word, and heals them,
and delivers themfr om their graves.
21Let themp raise Yahweh for his loving kindness,
for his wonderfulworks to the children of
men!
22Let themo ffer the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and declare his works with singing.
23Those who go down to the sea in ships,
who do business in great waters;
24These see Yahweh's works,
and his wonders in the deep.
25For he commands, and raises the stormy
wind,
which lifts up its waves.
26They mount up to the sky; they go down
again to the depths.
Their soul melts away because of trouble.
27They reel back and forth, and stagger like a
drunken man,
and are at their wits' end.
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28Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble,
and he brings themo ut of their distress.
29He makes the storm a calm,
so that its waves are still.
30Then they are glad because it is calm,
so he brings themt o their desired haven.
31Let themp raise Yahweh for his loving kindness,
for his wonderful works for the children
of men!
32Let theme xalt himalso in the assembly of the
people,
and praise himin the seat of the elders.
33He turns rivers into a desert,
water springs into a thirsty ground,
34and a fruitful land into a salt waste,
for the wickedness of those who dwell in
it.
35He turns a desert into a pool of water,
and a dry land into water springs.
36There he makes the hungry live,
that they may prepare a city to live in,
37sow fields, plant vineyards,
and reap the fruits of increase.
38He blesses themal so, so that they are multiplied
greatly.
He doesn't allow their livestock to decrease.
39Again, they are diminished and bowed down
through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
40He pours contempt on princes,
and causes themto wander in a trackless
waste.
41Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction,
and increases their families like a flock.
42The upright will see it, and be glad.
All the wicked will shut their mouths.
43Whoever is wise will pay attention to these
things.
They will consider the loving kindnesses
of Yahweh.
Psalm 108
A Song. APsalmbyDavid.
1My heart is steadfast, God.
I will sing and I will make music with my
soul.
2Wake up, harp and lyre!
I will wake up the dawn.
3I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the
nations.
I will sing praises to you among the
peoples.
4For your loving kindness is great above the
heavens.
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
5Be exalted, God, above the heavens!
Let your glory be over all the earth.
6That your beloved may be delivered,
save with your right hand, and answer
us.
7God has spoken fromh is sanctuary: "In
triumph,
I will divide Shechem, and measure out
the valley of Succoth.
8Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine.
Ephraim also is my helmet.
Judah is my scepter.
9Moab is my wash pot.
I will toss my sandal on Edom.
I will shout over Philistia."
10Who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who has led me to Edom?
11Haven't you rejected us, God?
You don't go forth, God, with our armies.
12Give us help against the enemy,
for the help of man is vain.
13Through God, we will do valiantly.
For it is he who will tread down our
enemies.
Psalm 109
For the Chief Musician. A Psalmb y David.
1God of my praise, don't remain silent,
2for they have opened the mouth of
the wicked and the mouth of deceit
against me.
They have spoken to me with a lying
tongue.
3They have also surrounded me with words of
hatred,
and fought against me without a cause.
4In return for my love, they are my adversaries;
but I ami n prayer.
5They have rewarded me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
6Set a wicked m an over him .
Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
7When he is judged, let himc ome forth guilty.
Let his prayer be turned into sin.
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8Let his days be few.
Let another take his office.
9Let his children be fatherless,
and his wife a widow.
10Let his children be wandering beggars.
Let thembe sought fromtheir ruins.
11Let the creditor seize all that he has.
Let strangers plunder the fruit of his
labor.
12Let there be none to extend kindness to him,
neither let there be any to have pity on his
fatherless children.
13Let his posterity be cut off.
In the generation following let their name
be blotted out.
14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered
by Yahweh.
Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted
out.
15Let thembe before Yahweh continually,
that he may cut off the memory of them
fromthe earth;
16because he didn't rem em ber to show kindness,
but persecuted the poor and needy man,
the broken in heart, to kill them .
17Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him.
He didn't delight in blessing, and it was
far fromh im.
18He clothed himself also with cursing as with
his garment.
It came into his inward parts like water,
like oil into his bones.
19Let it be to hima s the clothing with which he
covers himself,
for the belt that is always around him.
20This is the reward of my adversaries from
Yahweh,
of those who speak evil against my soul.
21But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your
name's sake,
because your loving kindness is good,
deliver me;
22for I amp oor and needy.
My heart is wounded within me.
23I fade away like an evening shadow.
I amsh aken off like a locust.
24My knees are weak through fasting.
My body is thin and lacks fat.
25I have also become a reproach to them.
When they see me, they shake their head.
26Help me, Yahweh, my God.
Save me according to your loving kindness;
27that they may know that this is your hand;
that you, Yahweh, have done it.
28They may curse, but you bless.
When they arise, they will be shamed,
but your servant shall rejoice.
29Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor.
Let themco ver themselves with their
own shame as with a robe.
30I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my
mouth.
Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
31For he will stand at the right hand of the
needy,
to save himf rom those who judge his
soul.
Psalm 110
A Psalm by David.
1Yahweh says to my Lord, "Sit at my right
hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool
for your feet."
2Yahweh will send forth the rod of your
strength out of Zion.
Rule in the midst of your enemies.
3Your people offer themselves willingly in the
day of your power, in holy array.
Out of the womb of the morning, you
have the dew of your youth.
4Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his
mind:
"You are a priest forever in the order of
Melchizedek."
5The Lord is at your right hand.
He will crush kings in the day of his
wrath.
6He will judge among the nations.
He will heap up dead bodies.
He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.
7He will drink of the brook in the way;
therefore he will lift up his head.
Psalm 111
Psalms 111:2 500 Psalms 114:3
1Praise Yah!l
I will give thanks to Yahweh with my
whole heart,
in the council of the upright, and in the
congregation.
2Yahweh's works are great,
pondered by all those who delight in
them.
3His work is honor and majesty.
His righteousness endures forever.
4He has caused his wonderful works to be
remembered.
Yahweh is gracious and merciful.
5He has given food to those who fear him.
He always remembers his covenant.
6He has shown his people the power of his
works,
in giving themthe heritage of the nations.
7The works of his hands are truth and justice.
All his precepts are sure.
8They are established forever and ever.
They are done in truth and uprightness.
9He has sent redemption to his people.
He has ordained his covenant forever.
His name is holy and awesome!
10The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom.
All those who do his work have a good
understanding.
His praise endures forever!
Psalm 112
1Praise Yah!m
Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh,
who delights greatly in his commandments.
2His seed will be mighty in the land.
The generation of the upright will be
blessed.
3Wealth and riches are in his house.
His righteousness endures forever.
4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright,
gracious, merciful, and righteous.
5It is well with the man who deals graciously
and lends.
He will maintain his cause in judgment.
6For he will never be shaken.
The righteous will be remembered forever.
7He will not be afraid of evil news.
His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.
8His heart is established.
He will not be afraid in the end when he
sees his adversaries.
9He has dispersed, he has given to the poor.
His righteousness endures forever.
His horn will be exalted with honor.
10The wicked will see it, and be grieved.
He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt
away.
The desire of the wicked will perish.
Psalm 113
1Praise Yah!
Praise, you servants of Yahweh,
praise the name of Yahweh.
2Blessed be the name of Yahweh,
from this time forth and forevermore.
3Fromt he rising of the sun to the going down
of the same,
Yahweh's name is to be praised.
4Yahweh is high above all nations,
his glory above the heavens.
5Who is like Yahweh, our God,
who has his seat on high,
6Who stoops down to see in heaven and
in the earth?
7He raises up the poor out of the dust.
Lifts up the needy fromthe ash heap;
8that he may set him with princes,
even with the princes of his people.
9He settles the barren woman in her home,
as a joyful mother of children.
Praise Yah!
Psalm 114
1When Israel went forth out of Egypt,
the house of Jacob froma people of
foreign language;
2Judah became his sanctuary,
Israel his dominion.
3The sea saw it, and fled.
l111:1 Psalm111 is an acrostic poem, with each verse after the initial "Praise Yah!" starting with a letter of
the alphabet (ordered fromA lef to Tav).
m112:1 Psalm112 is an acrostic poem, with each verse after the initial "Praise Yah!" starting with a letter of
the alphabet (ordered fromA lef to Tav).
Psalms 114:4 501 Psalms 116:18
The Jordan was driven back.
4The mountains skipped like rams,
the little hills like lambs.
5What was it, you sea, that you fled?
You Jordan, that you turned back?
6You mountains, that you skipped like rams;
you little hills, like lambs?
7Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the
Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8who turned the rock into a pool of water,
the flint into a spring of waters.
Psalm 115
1Not to us, Yahweh, not to us,
but to your name give glory,
for your loving kindness, and for your
truth's sake.
2Why should the nations say,
"Where is their God, now?"
3But our God is in the heavens.
He does whatever he pleases.
4Their idols are silver and gold,
the work of men's hands.
5They have mouths, but they don't speak.
They have eyes, but they don't see.
6They have ears, but they don't hear.
They have noses, but they don't smell.
7They have hands, but they don't feel.
They have feet, but they don't walk,
neither do they speak through their
throat.
8Those who make them will be like them;
yes, everyone who trusts in them.
9Israel, trust in Yahweh!
He is their help and their shield.
10House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh!
He is their help and their shield.
11You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh!
He is their help and their shield.
12Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us.
He will bless the house of Israel.
He will bless the house of Aaron.
13He will bless those who fear Yahweh,
both small and great.
14May Yahweh increase you more and more,
you and your children.
15Blessed are you by Yahweh,
who made heaven and earth.
16The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh;
but the earth has he given to the children
of men.
17The dead don't praise Yah,
neither any who go down into silence;
18But we will bless Yah,
from this time forth and forevermore.
Praise Yah!
Psalm 116
1I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice,
and my cries for mercy.
2Because he has turned his ear to me,
therefore I will call on hima s long as I
live.
3The cords of death surrounded me,
the pains of Sheol got a hold of me.
I found trouble and sorrow.
4Then I called on the name of Yahweh:
"Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul."
5Yahweh is Gracious and righteous.
Yes, our God is merciful.
6Yahweh preserves the simple.
I was brought low, and he saved me.
7Return to your rest, my soul,
for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with
you.
8For you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
and my feet from falling.
9I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the
living.
10I believed, therefore I said,
"I was greatly afflicted."
11I said in my haste,
"All men are liars."
12What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits
toward me?
13I will take the cup of salvation, and call
on the name of Yahweh.
14I will pay m y vows to Yahweh,
yes, in the presence of all his people.
15Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death
of his saints.
16Yahweh, truly I amy our servant.
I amy our servant, the son of your handmaid.
You have freed me from my chains.
17I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call on the name of Yahweh.
18I will pay m y vows to Yahweh,
yes, in the presence of all his people,
Psalms 116:19 502 Psalms 119:6
19in the courts of Yahweh's house,
in the midst of you, Jerusalem.
Praise Yah!
Psalm 117
1Praise Yahweh, all you nations!
Extol him, all you peoples!
2For his loving kindness is great toward us.
Yahweh's faithfulness endures forever.
Praise Yah!
Psalm 118
1Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
2Let Israel now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
3Let the house of Aaron now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
4Now let those who fear Yahweh say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
5Out of my distress, I called on Yah.
Yah answered m ewith freedom .
6Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
7Yahweh is on my side among those who help
me.
Therefore I will look in triumph at those
who hate me.
8It is better to take refuge in Yahweh,
than to put confidence in man.
9It is better to take refuge in Yahweh,
than to put confidence in princes.
10All the nations surrounded me,
but in the name of Yahweh, I cut them off.
11They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded
me.
In the name of Yahweh I indeed cut them
off.
12They surrounded me like bees.
They are quenched like the burning
thorns.
In the name of Yahweh I cut them off.
13You pushed me back hard, to make me fall,
but Yahweh helped me.
14Yah is m y strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
15The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the
tents of the righteous.
"The right hand of Yahweh does
valiantly.
16The right hand of Yahweh is exalted!
The right hand of Yahweh does
valiantly!"
17I will not die, but live,
and declare Yah's works.
18Yah has punished me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.
19Open to me the gates of righteousness.
I will enter into them.
I will give thanks to Yah.
20This is the gate of Yahweh;
the righteous will enter into it.
21I will give thanks to you, for you have
answered me,
and have become my salvation.
22The stone which the builders rejected has
become the head of the corner.
23This is Yahweh's doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
24This is the day that Yahweh has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it!
25Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh!
Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity
now.
26Blessed is he who comes in the name of
Yahweh!
We have blessed you out of the house of
Yahweh.
27Yahweh is God, and he has given us light.
Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the
horns of the altar.
28You are my God, and I will give thanks to
you.
You are my God, I will exalt you.
29Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
Psalm 119
ALEPH
1Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,
who walk according to Yahweh's law.
2Blessed are those who keep his statutes,
who seek himwi th their whole heart.
3Yes, they do nothing wrong.
They walk in his ways.
4You have commanded your precepts,
that we should fully obey them.
5Oh that my ways were steadfast
to obey your statutes!
6Then I wouldn't be disappointed,
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when I consider all of your commandments.
7I will give thanks to you with uprightness of
heart,
when I learn your righteous judgments.
8I will observe your statutes.
Don't utterly forsake me.
BET
9How can a young man keep his way pure?
By living according to your word.
10With my whole heart, I have sought you.
Don't let me wander from your commandments.
11I have hidden your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
12Blessed are you, Yahweh.
Teach me your statutes.
13With my lips,
I have declared all the ordinances of your
mouth.
14I have rejoiced in theway of your testimonies,
as much as in all riches.
15I will meditate on your precepts,
and consider your ways.
16I will delight myself in your statutes.
I will not forget your word.
GIMEL
17Do good to your servant.
I will live and I will obey your word.
18Open my eyes,
that I may see wondrous things out of
your law.
19I ama stranger on the earth.
Don't hide your commandments from
me.
20My soul is consumed with longing for your
ordinances at all times.
21You have rebuked the proud who are cursed,
who wander from your commandments.
22Take reproach and contempt away from me,
for I have kept your statutes.
23Though princes sit and slander me,
your servant will meditate on your
statutes.
24Indeed your statutes are my delight,
and my counselors.
DALED
25My soul is laid low in the dust.
Revive me according to your word!
26I declared my ways, and you answered me.
Teach me your statutes.
27Let me understand the teaching of your
precepts!
Then I will meditate on your wondrous
works.
28My soul is weary with sorrow:
strengthen me according to your word.
29Keep m e from the way of deceit.
Grant me your law graciously!
30I have chosen the way of truth.
I have set your ordinances before me.
31I cling to your statutes, Yahweh.
Don't let me be disappointed.
32I run in the path of your commandments,
for you have set my heart free.
HEY
33Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes.
I will keep themto the end.
34Give me understanding, and I will keep your
law.
Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
35Direct me in the path of your commandments,
for I delight in them.
36Turn my heart toward your statutes,
not toward selfish gain.
37Turn my eyes away fromlooking atworthless
things.
Revive me in your ways.
38Fulfill your promise to your servant,
that you may be feared.
39Take away my disgrace that I dread,
for your ordinances are good.
40Behold, I long for your precepts!
Revive me in your righteousness.
WAW
41Let your loving kindness also come to me,
Yahweh,
your salvation, according to your word.
42So I will have an answer for himw ho reproaches
me,
for I trust in your word.
43Don't snatch the word of truth out of my
mouth,
for I put my hope in your ordinances.
44So I will obey your law continually,
forever and ever.
45I will walk in liberty,
for I have sought your precepts.
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46I will also speak of your statutes before kings,
and will not be disappointed.
47I will delight myself in your commandments,
because I love them.
48I reach out my hands for your commandments,
which I love.
I will meditate on your statutes.
ZAYIN
49Remember your word to your servant,
because you gave me hope.
50This is my comfort in my affliction,
for your word has revived m e.
51The arrogant mock me excessively,
but I don't swerve fromy our law.
52I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh,
and have comforted myself.
53Indignation has taken hold on me,
because of the wicked who forsake your
law.
54Your statutes have been my songs,
in the house where I live.
55I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in
the night,
and I obey your law.
56This is my way,
that I keep your precepts.
CHET
57Yahweh is my portion.
I promised to obey your words.
58I sought your favor with my whole heart.
Be merciful to me according to your
word.
59I considered my ways,
and turned my steps to your statutes.
60I will hurry, and not delay,
to obey your commandments.
61The ropes of the wicked bind me,
but I won't forget your law.
62At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you,
because of your righteous ordinances.
63I ama friend of all those who fear you,
of those who observe your precepts.
64The earth is full of your loving kindness,
Yahweh.
Teach me your statutes.
TET
65Do good to your servant,
according to your word, Yahweh.
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge,
for I believe in your commandments.
67Before I was afflicted, I went astray;
but now I observe your word.
68You are good, and do good.
Teach me your statutes.
69The proud have smeared a lie upon me.
With my whole heart, I will keep your
precepts.
70Their heart is as callous as the fat,
but I delight in your law.
71It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
that I may learn your statutes.
72The law of your mouth is better to me than
thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
YUD
73Your hands have made me and formed me.
Give me understanding, that I may learn
your commandments.
74Those who fear you will see m e and be glad,
because I have put my hope in yourword.
75Yahweh, I know that your judgments are
righteous,
that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76Please let your loving kindness be for my
comfort,
according to your word to your servant.
77Let your tender mercies come to me, that I
may live;
for your law is my delight.
78Let the proud be disappointed, for they have
overthrown me wrongfully.
I will meditate on your precepts.
79Let those who fear you turn to me.
They will know your statutes.
80Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees,
that I may not be disappointed.
KAF
81My soul faints for your salvation.
I hope in your word.
82My eyes fail for your word.
I say, "When will you comfort me?"
83For I have become like a wineskin in the
smoke.
I don't forget your statutes.
84How many are the days of your servant?
When will you execute judgment on
those who persecute me?
85The proud have dug pits for me,
contrary to your law.
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86All of your commandments are faithful.
They persecute me wrongfully.
Help me!
87They had almost wiped me from the earth,
but I didn't forsake your precepts.
88Preserve my life according to your loving
kindness,
so I will obey the statutes of your mouth.
LAMED
89Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven
forever.
90Your faithfulness is to all generations.
You have established the earth, and it
remains.
91Your laws remain to this day,
for all things serve you.
92Unless your law had been my delight,
I would have perished in my affliction.
93I will never forget your precepts,
for with them, you have revived me.
94I amyours.
Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy
me.
I will consider your statutes.
96I have seen a limit to all perfection,
but your commands are boundless.
MEM
97How I love your law!
It is my meditation all day.
98Your commandments make me wiser than
m y enem ies,
for your commandments are always with
me.
99I have more understanding than all my teachers,
for your testimonies are my meditation.
100I understand more than the aged,
because I have kept your precepts.
101I have kept my feet from every evil way,
that I might observe your word.
102I have not turned aside fromy our ordinances,
for you have taught me.
103How sweet are your promises to my taste,
more than honey to my mouth!
104Through your precepts, I get understanding;
therefore I hate every false way.
NUN
105Your word is a lamp to my feet,
and a light for my path.
106I have sworn, and have confirmed it,
that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
107I am afflicted verymuch.
Revive me, Yahweh, according to your
word.
108Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of
m y m outh.
Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
109My soul is continually in my hand,
yet I won't forget your law.
110The wicked have laid a snare for me,
yet I haven't gone astray fromy our precepts.
111I have taken your testimonies as a heritage
forever,
for they are the joy of my heart.
112I have set my heart to perform your statutes
forever,
even to the end.
SAMEKH
113I hate double-minded men,
but I love your law.
114You are my hiding place and my shield.
I hope in your word.
115Depart fromme, you evildoers,
that I may keep the commandments of
m y God.
116Uphold me according to your word, that I
may live.
Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117Hold me up, and I will be safe,
and will have respect for your statutes
continually.
118You reject all those who stray fromyour
statutes,
for their deceit is in vain.
119You put away all the wicked of the earth like
dross.
Therefore I love your testimonies.
120My flesh trembles for fear of you.
I amaf raid of your judgments.
AYIN
121I have done what is just and righteous.
Don't leave me to my oppressors.
122Ensure your servant's well-being.
Don't let the proud oppress me.
123My eyes fail looking for your salvation,
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for your righteousword.
124Deal with your servant according to your
loving kindness.
Teach me your statutes.
125I amy our servant. Giveme understanding,
that I may know your testimonies.
126It is time to act, Yahweh,
for they break your law.
127Therefore I love your commandments more
than gold,
yes, m ore than pure gold.
128Therefore I consider all of your precepts to
be right.
I hate every false way.
PEY
129Your testimonies are wonderful,
therefore my soul keeps them.
130The entrance of your words gives light.
It gives understanding to the simple.
131I opened my mouth wide and panted,
for I longed for your commandments.
132Turn to me, and have mercy on me,
as you always do to those who love your
name.
133Establish my footsteps in your word.
Don't let any iniquity have dominion
over me.
134Redeemm e fromt he oppression ofman,
so I will observe your precepts.
135Make your face shine on your servant.
Teach me your statutes.
136Streams of tears run down my eyes,
because they don't observe your law.
TZADI
137You are righteous, Yahweh.
Your judgments are upright.
138You have commanded your statutes in righteousness.
They are fully trustworthy.
139My zeal wears me out,
because my enemies ignore your words.
140Your promises have been thoroughly tested,
and your servant loves them.
141I amsm all and despised.
I don't forget your precepts.
142Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness.
Your law is truth.
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me.
Your commandments are my delight.
144Your testimonies are righteous forever.
Give me understanding, that I may live.
KUF
145I have called with my whole heart.
Answer me, Yahweh!
I will keep your statutes.
146I have called to you. Save me!
I will obey your statutes.
147I rise before dawn and cry for help.
I put my hope in your words.
148My eyes stay open through the night
watches,
that I might meditate on your word.
149Hear my voice according to your loving
kindness.
Revive me, Yahweh, according to your
ordinances.
150They draw near who follow after wickedness.
They are far fromy our law.
151You are near, Yahweh.
All your commandments are truth.
152Of old I have known fromyour testimonies,
that you have founded themf orever.
RESH
153Consider my affliction, and deliver me,
for I don't forget your law.
154Plead my cause, and redeem me!
Revive me according to your promise.
155Salvation is far fromt he wicked,
for they don't seek your statutes.
156Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh.
Revive me according to your ordinances.
157Many are my persecutors and my adversaries.
I haven't swerved fromyour testimonies.
158I look at the faithless with loathing,
because they don't observe your word.
159Consider how I love your precepts.
Revive me, Yahweh, according to your
loving kindness.
160All of your words are truth.
Every one of your righteous ordinances
endures forever.
SIN AND SHIN
161Princes have persecuted me without a cause,
but my heart stands in awe of your
words.
162I rejoice at yourword,
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as one who finds great spoil.
163I hate and abhor falsehood.
I love your law.
164Seven times a day, I praise you,
because of your righteous ordinances.
165Those who love your law have great peace.
Nothing causes themto stumble.
166I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh.
I have done your commandments.
167My soul has observed your testimonies.
I love themexc eedingly.
168I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies,
for all my ways are before you.
TAV
169Let my cry come before you, Yahweh.
Give me understanding according to
your word.
170Let my supplication come before you.
Deliver me according to your word.
171Let my lips utter praise,
for you teach me your statutes.
172Let my tongue sing of your word,
for all your commandments are righteousness.
173Let your hand be ready to help me,
for I have chosen your precepts.
174I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh.
Your law is my delight.
175Let my soul live, that I may praise you.
Let your ordinances help me.
176I have gone astray like a lost sheep.
Seek your servant, for I don't forget your
commandments.
Psalm 120
A Song of Ascents.
1In my distress, I cried to Yahweh.
He answered me.
2Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips,
froma deceitful tongue.
3What will be given to you, and what will be
done more to you,
you deceitful tongue?
4Sharp arrows of the mighty,
with coals of juniper.
5Woe is me, that I live in Meshech,
that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6My soul has had her dwelling too long
with himwho hates peace.
7I am for peace,
but when I speak, they are for war.
Psalm 121
A Song of Ascents.
1I will lift up my eyes to the hills.
Where does my help come from?
2My help comes from Yahweh,
who made heaven and earth.
3He will not allow your foot to be moved.
He who keeps you will not slumber.
4Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
5Yahweh is your keeper.
Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
6The sun will not harmy ou by day,
nor the moon by night.
7Yahweh will keep you froma ll evil.
He will keep your soul.
8Yahweh will keep your going out and your
coming in,
from this time forth, and forevermore.
Psalm 122
ASong ofAscents. By David.
1I was glad when they said to me,
"Let's go to Yahweh's house!"
2Our feet are standing within your gates,
Jerusalem;
3Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is
compact together;
4where the tribes go up, even Yah's tribes,
according to an ordinance for Israel,
to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
5For there are set thrones for judgment,
the thrones of David's house.
6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
Those who love you will prosper.
7Peace be within your walls,
and prosperity within your palaces.
8For my brothers' and companions' sakes,
I will now say, "Peace be within you."
9For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God,
I will seek your good.
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Psalm 123
A Song of Ascents.
1To you I do lift up my eyes,
you who sit in the heavens.
2Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the
hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her
mistress;
so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God,
until he has mercy on us.
3Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us,
for we have endured much contempt.
4Our soul is exceedingly filledwith the scoffing
of those who are at ease,
with the contempt of the proud.
Psalm 124
A Song of Ascents. By David.
1If it had not been Yahweh who was on our
side,
let Israel now say,
2if it had not been Yahweh who was on our
side,
when men rose up against us;
3then they would have swallowed us up alive,
when their wrath was kindled against us;
4then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
the streamwo uld have gone over our
soul;
5then the proud waters would have gone over
our soul.
6Blessed be Yahweh,
who has not given us as a prey to their
teeth.
7Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the
fowler's snare.
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
8Our help is in the name of Yahweh,
who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 125
A Song of Ascents.
1Thosewho trust in Yahweh are asMount Zion,
which can't be moved, but remains forever.
2As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so Yahweh surrounds his people from
this time forth and forevermore.
3For the scepter of wickedness won't remain
over the allotment of the righteous;
so that the righteous won't use their
hands to do evil.
4Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good,
to those who are upright in their hearts.
5But as for those who turn aside to their
crooked ways,
Yahweh will lead themaway with the
workers of iniquity.
Peace be on Israel.
Psalm 126
A Song of Ascents.
1When Yahweh brought back those who returned
to Zion,
we were like those who dream.
2Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with singing.
Then they said among the nations,
"Yahweh has done great things for them."
3Yahweh has done great things for us,
and we are glad.
4Restore our fortunes again, Yahweh,
like the streams in the Negev.
5Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.
6He who goes outweeping, carrying seed
for sowing,
will certainly come again with joy, carrying
his sheaves.
Psalm 127
A Song of Ascents. By Solomon.
1Unless Yahweh builds the house,
they labor in vain who build it.
Unless Yahweh watches over the city,
the watchman guards it in vain.
2It is vain for you to rise up early,
to stay up late,
eating the bread of toil;
for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
3Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh.
The fruit of the womb is his reward.
4As arrows in the hand of a mighty man,
so are the children of youth.
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5Happy is the man who has his quiver full of
them.
They won't be disappointed when they
speak with their enemies in the gate.
Psalm 128
A Song of Ascents.
1Blessed is everyonewho fears Yahweh,
who walks in his ways.
2For you will eat the labor of your hands.
Youwill be happy, and itwill bewellwith
you.
3Your wife will be as a fruitful vine,
in the innermost parts of your house;
your children like olive plants,
around your table.
4Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears
Yahweh.
5May Yahweh bless you out of Zion,
and may you see the good of Jerusalem
all the days of your life.
6Yes, may you see your children's children.
Peace be upon Israel.
Psalm 129
A Song of Ascents.
1Many times they have afflicted me from my
youth up.
Let Israel now say,
2many times they have afflicted me from my
youth up,
yet they have not prevailed against me.
3The plowers plowed on my back.
They made their furrows long.
4Yahweh is righteous.
He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
5Let themb e disappointed and turned backward,
all those who hate Zion.
6Let thembe as the grass on the housetops,
which withers before it grows up;
7with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand,
nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
8Neither do those who go by say,
"The blessing of Yahweh be on you.
We bless you in the name of Yahweh."
Psalm 130
A Song of Ascents.
1Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh.
2Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive to the voice of
my petitions.
3If you, Yah, kept a record of sins,
Lord, who could stand?
4But there is forgiveness with you,
therefore you are feared.
5I wait for Yahweh.
My soul waits.
I hope in hisword.
6My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen
long for the morning;
more than watchmen for the morning.
7Israel, hope in Yahweh,
for with Yahweh there is loving kindness.
With himi s abundant redemption.
8He will redeemI srael froma ll their sins.
Psalm 131
ASong ofAscents. By David.
1Yahweh, my heart isn't haughty, nor my eyes
lofty;
nor do I concern myself with great matters,
or things too wonderful for me.
2Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul,
like a weaned child with his mother,
like a weaned child is my soul within me.
3Israel, hope in Yahweh,
from this time forth and forevermore.
Psalm 132
A Song of Ascents.
1Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction,
2how he swore to Yahweh,
and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3"Surely I will not come into the structure of
m y house,
nor go up into my bed;
4I will not give sleep to my eyes,
or slumber to my eyelids;
5until I find out a place for Yahweh,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."
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6Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah.
We found it in the field of Jaar:
7"We will go into his dwelling place.
We will worship at his footstool.
8Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place;
you, and the ark of your strength.
9Let your priest be clothed with righteousness.
Let your saints shout for joy!"
10For your servant David's sake,
don't turn away the face of your anointed
one.
11Yahweh has sworn to David in truth.
He will not turn fromit :
"I will set the fruit of your body on your
throne.
12If your children will keep my covenant,
my testimony that I will teach them,
their children also will sit on your throne
forevermore."
13For Yahweh has chosen Zion.
He has desired it for his habitation.
14"This is my resting place forever.
Here I will live, for I have desired it.
15I will abundantly bless her provision.
I will satisfy her poor with bread.
16Her priests I will also clothe with salvation.
Her saints will shout aloud for joy.
17There I will make the horn of David to bud.
I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.
18I will clothe his enemies with shame,
but on himself, his crown will be resplendent."
Psalm 133
A Song of Ascents. By David.
1See how good and how pleasant it is
for brothers to live together in unity!
2It is like the precious oil on the head,
that ran down on the beard,
even Aaron's beard;
that came down on the edge of his robes;
3like the dew of Hermon,
that comes down on the hills of Zion:
for there Yahweh gives the blessing,
even life forevermore.
Psalm 134
A Song of Ascents.
1Look! Praise Yahweh, all you servants of
Yahweh,
who stand by night in Yahweh's house!
2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary.
Praise Yahweh!
3May Yahweh bless you fromZion ;
even he who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 135
1Praise Yah!
Praise the name of Yahweh!
Praise him, you servants of Yahweh,
2you who stand in the house of Yahweh,
in the courts of ourGod's house.
3Praise Yah, for Yahweh is good.
Sing praises to his name, for that is
pleasant.
4For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself;
Israel for his own possession.
5For I know that Yahweh is great,
that our Lord is above all gods.
6Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done,
in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in
all deeps;
7who causes the clouds to rise fromthe ends of
the earth;
who makes lightnings with the rain;
who brings forth the wind out of his
treasuries;
8Who struck the firstborn of Egypt,
both of man and animal;
9Who sent signs and wonders into the midst of
you, Egypt,
on Pharaoh, and on all his servants;
10who struck many nations,
and killed mighty kings,
11Sihon king of the Amorites,
Og king of Bashan,
and all the kingdoms of Canaan,
12and gave their land for a heritage,
a heritage to Israel, his people.
13Your name, Yahweh, endures forever;
your renown, Yahweh, throughout all
generations.
14For Yahweh will judge his people,
and have compassion on his servants.
15The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
the work of men's hands.
16They have mouths, but they can't speak.
They have eyes, but they can't see.
17They have ears, but they can't hear;
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neither is there any breath in their
mouths.
18Those who make them will be like them;
yes, everyone who trusts in them.
19House of Israel, praise Yahweh!
House of Aaron, praise Yahweh!
20House of Levi, praise Yahweh!
You who fear Yahweh, praise Yahweh!
21Blessed be Yahweh fromZion ,
Who dwells at Jerusalem.
Praise Yah!
Psalm 136
1Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good;
for his loving kindness endures forever.
2Give thanks to the God of gods;
for his loving kindness endures forever.
3Give thanks to the Lord of lords;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
4To himwho alone does great wonders;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
5To himwho by understandingmade the heavens;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
6To himwho spread out the earth above the
waters;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
7To himwho made the great lights;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
8The sun to rule by day;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
9The moon and stars to rule by night;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
10To himwho struck down the Egyptian firstborn;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
11And brought out Israel from among them;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
12With a strong hand, and with an outstretched
arm;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
13To himw ho divided the Red Sean apart;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
14And made Israel to pass through its midst;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
15But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the
Red Seao;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
16To himwho led his people through the
wilderness;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
17To himwho struck great kings;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
18And killed mighty kings;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
19Sihon king of the Amorites;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
20Og king of Bashan;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
21And gave their land as an inheritance;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
22Even a heritage to Israel his servant;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
23Who remembered us in our low estate;
for his loving kindness endures forever;
24And has delivered us fromour adversaries;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
25Who gives food to every creature;
for his loving kindness endures forever.
26Oh give thanks to the God of heaven;
for his loving kindness endures forever.
Psalm 137
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down.
Yes, we wept, when we remembered
Zion.
2On the willows in its midst,
we hung up our harps.
3For there, those who led us captive asked us
for songs.
Those who tormented us demanded
songs of joy:
"Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
4How can we sing Yahweh's song in a foreign
land?
5If I forget you, Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget its skill.
6Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if
I don't remember you;
if I don't prefer Jerusalema bovemy chief
joy.
7Remember, Yahweh, against the children of
Edom,
the day of Jerusalem;
who said, "Raze it!
Raze it even to its foundation!"
8Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction,
n136:13 or, Sea of Reeds
o136:15 or, Sea of Reeds
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he will be happy who rewards you,
as you have served us.
9Happy shall he be,
who takes and dashes your little ones
against the rock.
Psalm 138
By David.
1I will give you thanks with my whole heart.
Before the godsp, I will sing praises to
you.
2I will bow down toward your holy temple,
and give thanks to your Name for your
loving kindness and for your truth;
for you have exalted yourName and your
Word above all.
3In the day that I called, you answered me.
You encouraged me with strength in my
soul.
4All the kings of the earth will give you thanks,
Yahweh,
for they have heard the words of your
mouth.
5Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh;
for great is Yahweh's glory.
6For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after
the lowly;
but the proud, he knows fromaf ar.
7Though Iwalk in the midst of trouble, youwill
revive me.
You will stretch forth your hand against
the wrath of my enemies.
Your right hand will save me.
8Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me;
your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures
forever.
Don't forsake the works of your own
hands.
Psalm 139
For the Chief Musician. A Psalmb y David.
1Yahweh, you have searched me,
and you know me.
2You know my sitting down and my rising up.
You perceive my thoughts from afar.
3You search out my path and my lying down,
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4For there is not a word on my tongue,
but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
5You hemm e in behind and before.
You laid your hand on me.
6This knowledge is beyond me.
It's lofty.
I can't attain it.
7Where could I go fromyour Spirit?
Orwhere could I flee fromyour presence?
8If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are
there!
9If I take the wings of the dawn,
and settle in the uttermost parts of the
sea;
10Even there your hand will lead me,
and your right hand will hold me.
11If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm
me;
the light around me will be night;"
12even the darkness doesn't hide fromyou,
but the night shines as the day.
The darkness is like light to you.
13For you formed my inmost being.
You knit me together in my mother's
womb.
14I will give thanks to you,
for I amf earfully and wonderfullymade.
Your works are wonderful.
My soul knows that very well.
15My frame wasn't hidden from you,
when I was made in secret,
woven together in the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes saw my body.
In your book they were all written,
the days that were ordained for me,
when as yet there were none of them.
17How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
How vast is the sumo f them!
18If I would count them, they are more in
number than the sand.
When I wake up, I ams till with you.
19If only you, God, would kill the wicked.
Get away fromme, you bloodthirsty men!
20For they speak against you wickedly.
Your enemies take your name in vain.
21Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you?
p138:1 The word elohim, used here, usually means "God," but can also mean "gods," "princes," or
"angels."
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AmI not grieved with those who rise up
against you?
22I hate themwi th perfect hatred.
They have become my enemies.
23Search me, God, and know my heart.
Try me, and know my thoughts.
24See if there is any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the everlasting way.
Psalm 140
For the Chief Musician. A Psalmb y David.
1Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man.
Preserve me from the violent man;
2those who devise mischief in their hearts.
They continually gather themselves together
for war.
3They have sharpened their tongues like a
serpent.
Viper's poison is under their lips.
Selah.
4Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the
wicked.
Preserve me from the violent men who
have determined to trip my feet.
5The proud have hidden a snare for me,
they have spread the cords of a net by the
path.
They have set traps for me.
Selah.
6I said to Yahweh, "You are my God."
Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh.
7Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation,
you have covered my head in the day of
battle.
8Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked.
Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they
will become proud.
Selah.
9As for the head of those who surround me,
let the mischief of their own lips cover
them.
10Let burning coals fall on them.
Let thembe thrown into the fire,
into miry pits, from where they never
rise.
11An evil speaker won't be established in the
earth.
Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow
him.
12I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause
of the afflicted,
and justice for the needy.
13Surely the righteous will give thanks to your
name.
The upright will dwell in your presence.
Psalm 141
A Psalm by David.
1Yahweh, I have called on you.
Com e to m e quickly!
Listen to my voice when I call to you.
2Let my prayer be set before you like incense;
the lifting up of my hands like the
evening sacrifice.
3Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth.
Keep the door of my lips.
4Don't incline my heart to any evil thing,
to practice deeds of wickednesswith men
who work iniquity.
Don't let me eat of their delicacies.
5Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness;
let himr eprove me, it is like oil on the
head;
don't let my head refuse it;
Yet my prayer is always against evil
deeds.
6Their judges are thrown down by the sides of
the rock.
They will hear my words, for they are
well spoken.
7"As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
our bones are scattered at the mouth of
Sheol."
8For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord.
In you, I take refuge.
Don't leave my soul destitute.
9Keep me from the snare which they have laid
for me,
fromt he traps of the workers of iniquity.
10Let the wicked fall together into their own
nets,
while I pass by.
Psalm 142
A contemplation by David, when he was in
the cave. A Prayer.
1I cry with my voice to Yahweh.
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With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy.
2I pour out my complaint before him.
I tell himm y troubles.
3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,
you knew my path.
In the way in which I walk,
they have hidden a snare for me.
4Look on my right, and see;
for there is no one who is concerned for
me.
Refuge has fled fromme.
No one cares for my soul.
5I cried to you, Yahweh.
I said, "You are my refuge,
my portion in the land of the living."
6Listen to my cry,
for I ami n desperate need.
deliver me from my persecutors,
For they are stronger than me.
7Bring my soul out of prison,
that I may give thanks to your name.
The righteous will surround me,
for you will be good to me.
Psalm 143
A Psalmby David.
1Hear my prayer, Yahweh.
Listen to my petitions.
In your faithfulness and righteousness,
relieve me.
2Don't enter into judgment with your servant,
for in your sight no man living is righteous.
3For the enemy pursues my soul.
He has struck my life down to the
ground.
He has made me live in dark places, as
those who have been long dead.
4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within
me.
My heart within me is desolate.
5I remember the days of old.
I meditate on all your doings.
I contemplate the work of your hands.
6I spread forth my hands to you.
My soul thirsts for you, like a parched
land.
Selah.
7Hurry to answer me, Yahweh.
My spirit fails.
Don't hide your face fromme,
so that I don't become like those who go
down into the pit.
8Cause m e to hear your loving kindness in the
morning,
for I trust in you.
Cause me to know the way in which I should
walk,
for I lift up my soul to you.
9Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies.
I flee to you to hide me.
10Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in the land of uprightness.
11Revive me, Yahweh, for your name's sake.
In your righteousness, bring my soul out
of trouble.
12In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies,
and destroy all those who afflict my soul,
For I amy our servant.
Psalm 144
By David.
1Blessed be Yahweh, my rock,
who teaches my hands to war,
and my fingers to battle:
2my loving kindness, my fortress,
my high tower, my deliverer,
my shield, and he in whom I take refuge;
who subdues my people under me.
3Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him?
Or the son of man, that you think of him?
4Man is like a breath.
His days are like a shadow that passes
away.
5Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down.
Touch the mountains, and they will
smoke.
6Throw out lightning, and scatter them.
Send out your arrows, and rout them.
7Stretch out your hand fromabove,
rescue me, and deliver me out of great
waters,
out of the hands of foreigners;
8whose mouths speak deceit,
Whose right hand is a right hand of
falsehood.
9I will sing a new song to you, God.
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On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises
to you.
10You are he who gives salvation to kings,
who rescues David, his servant, fromt he
deadly sword.
11Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands
of foreigners,
whose mouths speak deceit,
whose right hand is a right hand of
falsehood.
12Then our sons will be like well-nurtured
plants,
our daughters like pillars carved to adorn
a palace.
13Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of
provision.
Our sheep bring forth thousands and ten
thousands in our fields.
14Our oxen will pull heavy loads.
There is no breaking in, and no going
away,
and no outcry in our streets.
15Happy are the people who are in such a
situation.
Happy are the people whose God is
Yahweh.
Psalm 145
A praise psalmb y David.q
1I will exalt you, my God, the King.
I will praise your name forever and ever.
2Every day I will praise you.
I will extol your name forever and ever.
3Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised!
His greatness is unsearchable.
4One generation will commend your works to
another,
and will declare your mighty acts.
5Of the glorious majesty of your honor,
of your wondrous works, I will meditate.
6Men will speak of the might of your awesome
acts.
I will declare your greatness.
7They will utter the memory of your great
goodness,
and will sing of your righteousness.
8Yahweh is gracious, merciful,
slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.
9Yahweh is good to all.
His tender mercies are over all his works.
10All your works will give thanks to you,
Yahweh.
Your saints will extol you.
11Theywill speak of the glory of your kingdom,
and talk about your power;
12to make known to the sons of men his mighty
acts,
the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.
13Your kingdomis an everlasting kingdom.
Your dominion endures throughout all
generations.
Yahweh is faithful in all his words,
and loving in all his deeds.r
14Yahweh upholds all who fall,
and raises up all those who are bowed
down.
15The eyes of all wait for you.
You give themt heir food in due season.
16You open your hand,
and satisfy the desire of every living
thing.
17Yahweh is righteous in all his ways,
and gracious in all his works.
18Yahweh is near to all those who call on him,
to all who call on himi n truth.
19He will fulfill the desire of those who fear
him.
He also will hear their cry, and will save
them.
20Yahweh preserves all those who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.
21My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh.
Let all flesh bless his holy name forever
and ever.
Psalm 146
1Praise Yah!
Praise Yahweh, my soul.
2While I live, I will praise Yahweh.
I will sing praises to my God as long as I
exist.
3Don't put your trust in princes,
each a son of man in whom there is no
help.
q145:0 This is an acrostic psalm, with every verse (including the second half of verse 13) starting with a
consecutive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
r145:13 Some manuscripts omit these last two lines.
Psalms 146:4 516 Psalms 148:13
4His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth.
In that very day, his thoughts perish.
5Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his
help,
whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:
6who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps truth forever;
7who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
Yahweh frees the prisoners.
8Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind.
Yahweh raises up those who are bowed
down.
Yahweh loves the righteous.
9Yahweh preserves the foreigners.
He upholds the fatherless and widow,
but the way of the wicked he turns upside
down.
10Yahweh will reign forever;
your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise Yah!
Psalm 147
1Praise Yah,
for it is good to sing praises to our God;
for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
2Yahweh builds up Jerusalem.
He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
3He heals the broken in heart,
and binds up their wounds.
4He counts the number of the stars.
He calls thema ll by their names.
5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power.
His understanding is infinite.
6Yahweh upholds the humble.
He brings the wicked down to the
ground.
7Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving.
Sing praises on the harp to our God,
8who covers the sky with clouds,
who prepares rain for the earth,
who makes grass growon the mountains.
9He provides food for the livestock,
and for the young ravens when they call.
10He doesn't delight in the strength of the
horse.
He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
11Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his loving kindness.
12Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem!
Praise your God, Zion!
13For he has strengthened the bars of your
gates.
He has blessed your children within you.
14He makes peace in your borders.
He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15He sends out his commandment to the earth.
His word runs very swiftly.
16He gives snow like wool,
and scatters frost like ashes.
17He hurls down his hail like pebbles.
Who can stand before his cold?
18He sends out his word, and melts them.
He causes his wind to blow, and the
waters flow.
19He shows his word to Jacob;
his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
20He has not done this for just any nation.
They don't know his ordinances.
Praise Yah!
Psalm 148
1Praise Yah!
Praise Yahweh fromthe heavens!
Praise himi n the heights!
2Praise him, all his angels!
Praise him, all his army!
3Praise him, sun and moon!
Praise him, all you shining stars!
4Praise him, you heavens of heavens,
You waters that are above the heavens.
5Let themp raise the name of Yahweh,
For he commanded, and they were created.
6He has also established themf orever and ever.
He has made a decreewhich will not pass
away.
7Praise Yahweh fromthe earth,
you great sea creatures, and all depths!
8Lightning and hail, snow and clouds;
stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
9mountains and all hills;
fruit trees and all cedars;
10wild animals and all livestock;
small creatures and flying birds;
11kings of the earth and all peoples;
princes and all judges of the earth;
12both young men and maidens;
old men and children:
13let themp raise the name of Yahweh,
for his name alone is exalted.
Psalms 148:14 517 Psalms 150:6
His glory is above the earth and the
heavens.
14He has lifted up the horn of his people,
the praise of all his saints;
even of the children of Israel, a people
near to him.
Praise Yah!
Psalm 149
1Praise Yahweh!
Sing to Yahweh a new song,
his praise in the assembly of the saints.
2Let Israel rejoice in him who made them.
Let the children of Zion be joyful in their
King.
3Let themp raise his name in the dance!
Let thems ing praises to him with tambourine
and harp!
4For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people.
He crowns the humble with salvation.
5Let the saints rejoice in honor.
Let thems ing for joy on their beds.
6May the high praises of God be in their
mouths,
and a two-edged sword in their hand;
7To execute vengeance on the nations,
and punishments on the peoples;
8To bind their kings with chains,
and their nobles with fetters of iron;
9to execute on themthe written judgment.
All his saints have this honor.
Praise Yah!
Psalm 150
1Praise Yah!
Praise God in his sanctuary!
Praise himi n his heavens for his acts of
power!
2Praise himfor hismighty acts!
Praise hima ccording to his excellent
greatness!
3Praise himwi th the sounding of the trumpet!
Praise himwi th harp and lyre!
4Praise himwi th tambourine and dancing!
Praise himwi th stringed instruments and
flute!
5Praise himwi th loud cymbals!
Praise himwi th resounding cymbals!
6Let everything that has breath praise Yah!
Praise Yah!
Proverbs 1:1 518 Proverbs 2:6
Proverbs
1:1The proverbs of Solomon, the son of
David, king of Israel:
1:2to know wisdomand instruction;
to discern the words of understanding;
1:3to receive instruction in wise dealing,
in righteousness, justice, and equity;
1:4to give prudence to the simple,
knowledge and discretion to the young
man:
1:5that the wise man may hear, and increase in
learning;
that the man of understanding may attain
to sound counsel:
1:6to understand a proverb, and parables,
the words and riddles of the wise.
1:7The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of
knowledge;
but the foolish despise wisdoma nd instruction.
1:8My son, listen to your father's instruction,
and don't forsake your mother's teaching:
1:9for they will be a garland to grace your head,
and chains around your neck.
1:10My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent.
1:11If they say, "Come with us,
Let's lay in wait for blood;
let's lurk secretly for the innocent without
cause;
1:12let's swallow themup alive like Sheol,
and whole, like those who go down into
the pit.
1:13We'll find all valuable wealth.
We'll fill our houses with spoil.
1:14You shall cast your lot among us.
We'll all have one purse."
1:15My son, don't walk in the way with them.
Keep your foot fromt heir path,
1:16for their feet run to evil.
They hurry to shed blood.
1:17For in vain is the net spread in the sight of
any bird:
1:18but these lay wait for their own blood.
They lurk secretly for their own lives.
1:19So are the ways of everyone who is greedy
for gain.
It takes away the life of its owners.
1:20Wisdomca lls aloud in the street.
She utters her voice in the public squares.
1:21She calls at the head of noisy places.
At the entrance of the city gates, she
utters her words:
1:22"How long, you simple ones, will you love
simplicity?
How long will mockers delight themselves
in mockery,
and fools hate knowledge?
1:23Turn at my reproof.
Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you.
I will make known my words to you.
1:24Because I have called, and you have refused;
I have stretched out my hand, and no one
has paid attention;
1:25but you have ignored all my counsel,
and wanted none of my reproof;
1:26I also will laugh at your disaster.
I will mock when calamity overtakes you;
1:27when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
when your disaster comes on like awhirlwind;
when distress and anguish come on you.
1:28Then will they call on me, but I will not
answer.
Theywill seek me diligently, but they will
not find me;
1:29because they hated knowledge,
and didn't choose the fear of Yahweh.
1:30They wanted none of my counsel.
They despised all my reproof.
1:31Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their
own way,
and be filled with their own schemes.
1:32For the backsliding of the simple will kill
them.
The careless ease of fools will destroy
them.
1:33But whoever listens to me will dwell securely,
andwill be at ease,without fear of harm."
2:1My son, if you will receive my words,
and store up my commandments within
you;
2:2So as to turn your ear to wisdom,
and apply your heart to understanding;
2:3Yes, if you call out for discernment,
and lift up your voice for understanding;
2:4If you seek her as silver,
and search for her as for hidden treasures:
2:5then youwill understand the fear of Yahweh,
and find the knowledge of God.
2:6For Yahweh gives wisdom.
Proverbs 2:7 519 Proverbs 3:27
Out of his mouth comes knowledge and
understanding.
2:7He lays up sound wisdomfor the upright.
He is a shield to those who walk in
integrity;
2:8that he may guard the paths of justice,
and preserve the way of his saints.
2:9Then youwill understand righteousness and
justice,
equity and every good path.
2:10For wisdomw ill enter into your heart.
Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
2:11Discretion will watch over you.
Understanding will keep you,
2:12to deliver you fromthe way of evil,
fromthe men who speak perverse things;
2:13who forsake the paths of uprightness,
to walk in the ways of darkness;
2:14who rejoice to do evil,
and delight in the perverseness of evil;
2:15who are crooked in their ways,
and wayward in their paths:
2:16To deliver you fromthe strange woman,
even fromthe foreigner who flatters with
her words;
2:17who forsakes the friend of her youth,
and forgets the covenant of her God:
2:18for her house leads down to death,
her paths to the dead.
2:19None who go to her return again,
neither do they attain to the paths of life:
2:20that you may walk in the way of good men,
and keep the paths of the righteous.
2:21For the upright will dwell in the land.
The perfect will remain in it.
2:22But the wicked will be cut off fromthe land.
The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
3:1My son, don't forget my teaching;
but let your heart keep my commandments:
3:2for length of days, and years of life,
and peace, will they add to you.
3:3Don't let kindness and truth forsake you.
Bind themaro und your neck.
Write themo n the tablet of your heart.
3:4So you will find favor,
and good understanding in the sight of
God and man.
3:5Trust in Yahweh with all your heart,
and don't lean on your own understanding.
3:6In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
3:7Don't be wise in your own eyes.
Fear Yahweh, and depart frome vil.
3:8It will be health to your body,
and nourishment to your bones.
3:9Honor Yahweh with your substance,
with the first fruits of all your increase:
3:10so your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will overflow with new
wine.
3:11My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline,
neither be weary of his reproof:
3:12for whomYahweh loves, he reproves;
even as a father reproves the son inwhom
he delights.
3:13Happy is the man who finds wisdom,
the man who gets understanding.
3:14For her good profit is better than getting
silver,
and her return is better than fine gold.
3:15She is more precious than rubies.
None of the things you can desire are to
be compared to her.
3:16Length of days is in her right hand.
In her left hand are riches and honor.
3:17Her ways are ways of pleasantness.
All her paths are peace.
3:18She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of
her.
Happy is everyone who retains her.
3:19By wisdomYahweh founded the earth.
By understanding, he established the
heavens.
3:20By his knowledge, the depths were broken
up,
and the skies drop down the dew.
3:21My son, let themno t depart fromyour eyes.
Keep sound wisdoma nd discretion:
3:22so they will be life to your soul,
and grace for your neck.
3:23Then you shall walk in your way securely.
Your foot won't stumble.
3:24When you lie down, you will not be afraid.
Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep
will be sweet.
3:25Don't be afraid of sudden fear,
neither of the desolation of the wicked,
when it comes:
3:26for Yahweh will be your confidence,
and will keep your foot fromb eing taken.
3:27Don't withhold good fromt hose to whomit
is due,
Proverbs 3:28 520 Proverbs 5:7
when it is in the power of your hand to
do it.
3:28Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come
again;
tomorrow I will give it to you,"
when you have it by you.
3:29Don't devise evil against your neighbor,
seeing he dwells securely by you.
3:30Don't strive with a man without cause,
if he has done you no harm.
3:31Don't envy the man of violence.
Choose none of his ways.
3:32For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh,
but his friendship is with the upright.
3:33Yahweh's curse is in the house of the
wicked,
but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
3:34Surely he mocks the mockers,
but he gives grace to the hum ble.
3:35The wise will inherit glory,
but shame will be the promotion of fools.
4:1Listen, sons, to a father's instruction.
Pay attention and know understanding;
4:2for I give you sound learning.
Don't forsake my law.
4:3For I was a son to my father,
tender and an only child in the sight of
m y m other.
4:4He taught me, and said to me:
"Let your heart retain my words.
Keep my commandments, and live.
4:5Get wisdom.
Get understanding.
Don't forget, neither swerve fromthe
words of my mouth.
4:6Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you.
Love her, and she will keep you.
4:7Wisdomis supreme.
Get wisdom.
Yes, though it costs all your possessions,
get understanding.
4:8Esteemh er, and she will exalt you.
She will bring you to honor, when you
embrace her.
4:9She will give to your head a garland of grace.
She will deliver a crown of splendor to
you."
4:10Listen, m y son, and receive m y sayings.
The years of your life will be many.
4:11I have taught you in the way of wisdom.
I have led you in straight paths.
4:12When you go, your steps will not be hampered.
When you run, you will not stumble.
4:13Take firmh old of instruction.
Don't let her go.
Keep her, for she is your life.
4:14Don't enter into the path of the wicked.
Don't walk in the way of evil men.
4:15Avoid it, and don't pass by it.
Turn fromit , and pass on.
4:16For they don't sleep, unless they do evil.
Their sleep is taken away, unless they
make someone fall.
4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness,
and drink the wine of violence.
4:18But the path of the righteous is like the
dawning light,
that shines more and more until the perfect
day.
4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness.
They don't know what they stumble over.
4:20My son, attend to my words.
Turn your ear to my sayings.
4:21Let themn ot depart fromyour eyes.
Keep themi n themidst of your heart.
4:22For they are life to those who find them,
and health to their whole body.
4:23Keep your heart with all diligence,
for out of it is the wellspring of life.
4:24Put away from yourself a perversemouth.
Put corrupt lips far fromyou.
4:25Let your eyes look straight ahead.
Fix your gaze directly before you.
4:26Make the path of your feet level.
Let all of your ways be established.
4:27Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left.
Remove your foot from evil.
5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom.
Turn your ear to my understanding:
5:2that you may maintain discretion,
that your lips may preserve knowledge.
5:3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey.
Her mouth is smoother than oil,
5:4But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood,
and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
5:5Her feet go down to death.
Her steps lead straight to Sheol.
5:6She gives no thought to the way of life.
Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't
know it.
5:7Now therefore, my sons, listen to me.
Proverbs 5:8 521 Proverbs 6:24
Don't depart fromthe words of my
mouth.
5:8Remove your way far from her.
Don't come near the door of her house,
5:9lest you give your honor to others,
and your years to the cruel one;
5:10lest strangers feast on your wealth,
and your labors enrich another man's
house.
5:11You will groan at your latter end,
when your flesh and your body are consumed,
5:12and say, "How I have hated instruction,
and my heart despised reproof;
5:13neither have I obeyed the voice of my
teachers,
nor turned my ear to those who instructed
me!
5:14I have come to the brink of utter ruin,
in the midst of the gathered assembly."
5:15Drink water out of your own cistern,
running water out of your own well.
5:16Should your springs overflow in the streets,
streams of water in the public squares?
5:17Let thembe for yourself alone,
not for strangers with you.
5:18Let your spring be blessed.
Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
5:19A loving doe and a graceful deer
let her breasts satisfy you at all times.
Be captivated always with her love.
5:20For why should you, my son, be captivated
with an adulteress?
Why embrace the bosom of another?
5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of
Yahweh.
He examines all his paths.
5:22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him.
The cords of his sin hold himfi rmly.
5:23He will die for lack of instruction.
In the greatness of his folly, he will go
astray.
6:1My son, if you have become collateral for
your neighbor,
if you have struck your hands in pledge
for a stranger;
6:2You are trapped by the words of your mouth.
You are ensnared with the words of your
mouth.
6:3Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself,
seeing you have come into the hand of
your neighbor.
Go, humble yourself.
Press your plea with your neighbor.
6:4Give no sleep to your eyes,
nor slumber to your eyelids.
6:5Free yourself, like a gazelle fromt he hand of
the hunter,
like a bird fromt he snare of the fowler.
6:6Go to the ant, you sluggard.
Consider her ways, and be wise;
6:7which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
6:8provides her bread in the summer,
and gathers her food in the harvest.
6:9How long will you sleep, sluggard?
When will you arise out of your sleep?
6:10A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep:
6:11so your poverty will come as a robber,
and your scarcity as an armed man.
6:12A worthless person, a man of iniquity,
is he who walks with a perverse mouth;
6:13who winks with his eyes, who signals with
his feet,
who motions with his fingers;
6:14in whose heart is perverseness,
who devises evil continually,
who always sows discord.
6:15Therefore his calamity will come suddenly.
He will be broken suddenly, and that
without remedy.
6:16There are six things which Yahweh hates;
yes, seven which are an abomination to
him:
6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood;
6:18a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are swift in running to mischief,
6:19a false witness who utters lies,
and he who sows discord among brothers.
6:20My son, keep your father's commandment,
and don't forsake your mother's teaching.
6:21Bind themco ntinually on your heart.
Tie themaro und your neck.
6:22When you walk, it will lead you.
When you sleep, it will watch over you.
When you awake, it will talk with you.
6:23For the commandment is a lamp,
and the law is light.
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
6:24to keep you from the immoral woman,
Proverbs 6:25 522 Proverbs 8:2
fromthe flattery of the wayward wife's
tongue.
6:25Don't lust after her beauty in your heart,
neither let her captivate you with her
eyelids.
6:26For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of
bread.
The adulteress hunts for your precious
life.
6:27Can a man scoop fire into his lap,
and his clothes not be burned?
6:28Or can one walk on hot coals,
and his feet not be scorched?
6:29So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife.
Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
6:30Men don't despise a thief,
if he steals to satisfy himself when he is
hungry:
6:31but if he is found, he shall restore seven
times.
He shall give all the wealth of his house.
6:32He who commits adultery with a woman is
void of understanding.
He who does it destroys his own soul.
6:33He will get wounds and dishonor.
His reproach will not be wiped away.
6:34For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband.
He won't spare in the day of vengeance.
6:35He won't regard any ransom,
neither will he rest content, though you
give many gifts.
7:1My son, keep my words.
Lay up my commandments within you.
7:2Keep my commandments and live!
Guard my teaching as the apple of your
eye.
7:3Bind themon your fingers.
Write themo n the tablet of your heart.
7:4Tell wisdom, "You are my sister."
Call understanding your relative,
7:5that they may keep you from the strange
woman,
fromthe foreigner who flatters with her
words.
7:6For at the window of my house,
I looked out through my lattice.
7:7I saw among the simple ones.
I discerned among the youths a young
man void of understanding,
7:8passing through the street near her corner,
he went the way to her house,
7:9in the twilight, in the evening of the day,
in the middle of the night and in the
darkness.
7:10Behold, there a woman met him with the
attire of a prostitute,
and with crafty intent.
7:11She is loud and defiant.
Her feet don't stay in her house.
7:12Now she is in the streets, now in the
squares,
and lurking at every corner.
7:13So she caught him, and kissed him.
With an impudent face she said to him:
7:14"Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me.
This day I have paid my vows.
7:15Therefore I came out to meet you,
to diligently seek your face,
and I have found you.
7:16I have spread my couch with carpets of
tapestry,
with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
7:17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes,
and cinnamon.
7:18Come, let's take our fill of loving until the
morning.
Let's solace ourselves with loving.
7:19For my husband isn't at home.
He has gone on a long journey.
7:20He has taken a bag of money with him.
He will come home at the full moon."
7:21With persuasive words, she led himas tray.
With the flattering of her lips, she seduced
him.
7:22He followed her immediately,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
as a fool stepping into a noose.
7:23Until an arrow strikes through his liver,
as a bird hurries to the snare,
and doesn't know that it will cost his life.
7:24Now therefore, sons, listen to me.
Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
7:25Don't let your heart turn to her ways.
Don't go astray in her paths,
7:26for she has thrown down many wounded.
Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.
7:27Her house is the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.
8:1Doesn't wisdomcry out?
Doesn't understanding raise her voice?
8:2On the top of high places by the way,
where the paths meet, she stands.
Proverbs 8:3 523 Proverbs 9:5
8:3Beside the gates, at the entry of the city,
at the entry doors, she cries aloud:
8:4"To you men, I call!
I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
8:5You simple, understand prudence.
You fools, be of an understanding heart.
8:6Hear, for I will speak excellent things.
The opening of my lips is for right things.
8:7For my mouth speaks truth.
Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8:8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness.
There is nothing crooked or perverse in
them.
8:9They are all plain to himwho understands,
right to those who find knowledge.
8:10Receive my instruction rather than silver;
knowledge rather than choice gold.
8:11For wisdomis better than rubies.
All the things that may be desired can't
be compared to it.
8:12"I, wisdom, have made prudence my
dwelling.
Find out knowledge and discretion.
8:13The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil.
I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and
the perverse mouth.
8:14Counsel and sound knowledge are mine.
I have understanding and power.
8:15By me kings reign,
and princes decree justice.
8:16By me princes rule;
nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the
earth.
8:17I love those who love me.
Those who seek me diligently will find
me.
8:18With me are riches, honor,
enduring wealth, and prosperity.
8:19My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine
gold;
my yield than choice silver.
8:20I walk in the way of righteousness,
in the midst of the paths of justice;
8:21That I may give wealth to those who love
me.
I fill their treasuries.
8:22"Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of
his work,
before his deeds of old.
8:23I was set up fromev erlasting, fromt he
beginning,
before the earth existed.
8:24When there were no depths, I was brought
forth,
when there were no springs abounding
with water.
8:25Before the mountains were settled in place,
before the hills, I was brought forth;
8:26while as yet he had not made the earth, nor
the fields,
nor the beginning of the dust of the
world.
8:27When he established the heavens, I was
there;
when he set a circle on the surface of the
deep,
8:28when he established the clouds above,
when the springs of the deep became
strong,
8:29when he gave to the sea its boundary,
that the waters should not violate his
commandment,
when he marked out the foundations of
the earth;
8:30then I was the craftsman by his side.
Iwas a delight day by day,
always rejoicing before him,
8:31Rejoicing in his whole world.
My delight was with the sons of men.
8:32"Now therefore, my sons, listen to me,
for blessed are those who keep my ways.
8:33Hear instruction, and be wise.
Don't refuse it.
8:34Blessed is the man who hears me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting at my door posts.
8:35For whoever finds me, finds life,
and will obtain favor fromYahweh.
8:36But he who sins against me wrongs his own
soul.
All those who hate me love death."
9:1Wisdomhas built her house.
She has carved out her seven pillars.
9:2She has prepared her meat.
She has mixed her wine.
She has also set her table.
9:3She has sent out her maidens.
She cries fromthe highest places of the
city:
9:4"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!"
As for himwho is void of understanding,
she says to him,
9:5"Come, eat some of my bread,
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Drink some of the wine which I have
mixed!
9:6Leave your simple ways, and live.
Walk in the way of understanding."
9:7He who corrects a mocker invites insult.
He who reproves a wicked man invites
abuse.
9:8Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you.
Reprove a wise man, and he will love
you.
9:9Instruct awise man, and hewill be stillwiser.
Teach a righteous man, and he will increase
in learning.
9:10The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of
wisdom.
The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
9:11For by me your days will be multiplied.
The years of your life will be increased.
9:12If you arewise, you are wise for yourself.
If you mock, you alone will bear it.
9:13The foolish woman is loud,
Undisciplined, and knows nothing.
9:14She sits at the door of her house,
on a seat in the high places of the city,
9:15To call to those who pass by,
who go straight on their ways,
9:16"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here."
as for himwho is void of understanding,
she says to him,
9:17"Stolen water is sweet.
Food eaten in secret is pleasant."
9:18But he doesn't know that the dead are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
10:1The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a glad father;
but a foolish son brings grief to his
mother.
10:2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing,
but righteousness delivers fromdea th.
10:3Yahweh will not allow the soul of the
righteous to go hungry,
but he thrusts away the desire of the
wicked.
10:4He becomes poor who works with a lazy
hand,
but the hand of the diligent bringswealth.
10:5He who gathers in summer is a wise son,
but he who sleeps during the harvest is a
son who causes shame.
10:6Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
but violence covers the mouth of the
wicked.
10:7The memory of the righteous is blessed,
but the name of the wicked will rot.
10:8The wise in heart accept commandments,
but a chattering fool will fall.
10:9He who walks blamelessly walks surely,
but he who perverts his ways will be
found out.
10:10One winking with the eye causes sorrow,
but a chattering fool will fall.
10:11The mouth of the righteous is a spring of
life,
but violence covers the mouth of the
wicked.
10:12Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all wrongs.
10:13Wisdomis found on the lips of him who
has discernment,
but a rod is for the back of himwho is
void of understanding.
10:14Wise men lay up knowledge,
but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
10:15The rich man's wealth is his strong city.
The destruction of the poor is their
poverty.
10:16The labor of the righteous leads to life.
The increase of thewicked leads to sin.
10:17He is in the way of life who heeds correction,
but he who forsakes reproof leads others
astray.
10:18He who hides hatred has lying lips.
He who utters a slander is a fool.
10:19In the multitude of words there is no lack
of disobedience,
but he who restrains his lips does wisely.
10:20The tongue of the righteous is like choice
silver.
The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
10:21The lips of the righteous feed many,
but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
10:22Yahweh's blessing brings wealth,
and he adds no trouble to it.
10:23It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness,
but wisdomis a man of understanding's
pleasure.
10:24What the wicked fear, will overtake them,
but the desire of the righteous will be
granted.
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10:25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is
no more;
but the righteous stand firmf orever.
10:26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the
eyes,
so is the sluggard to those who send him.
10:27The fear of Yahweh prolongs days,
but the years of the wicked shall be
shortened.
10:28The prospect of the righteous is joy,
but the hope of the wicked will perish.
10:29The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the
upright,
but it is a destruction to the workers of
iniquity.
10:30The righteous will never be removed,
but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
10:31The mouth of the righteous brings forth
wisdom,
but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
10:32The lips of the righteous know what is
acceptable,
but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
11:1A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh,
but accurate weights are his delight.
11:2When pride comes, then comes shame,
but with humility comes wisdom.
11:3The integrity of the upright shall guide
them,
but the perverseness of the treacherous
shall destroy them.
11:4Riches don't profit in the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers fromdea th.
11:5The righteousness of the blameless will
direct his way,
but the wicked shall fall by his own
wickedness.
11:6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver
them,
but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil
desires.
11:7When a wicked man dies, hope perishes,
and expectation of power comes to nothing.
11:8A righteous person is delivered out of trouble,
and the wicked takes his place.
11:9With his mouth the godless man destroys
his neighbor,
but the righteous will be delivered
through knowledge.
11:10When it goes well with the righteous, the
city rejoices.
When the wicked perish, there is shouting.
11:11By the blessing of the upright, the city is
exalted,
but it is overthrown by the mouth of the
wicked.
11:12One who despises his neighbor is void of
wisdom,
but a man of understanding holds his
peace.
11:13One who brings gossip betrays a confi-
dence,
but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is
one who keeps a secret.
11:14Where there is no wise guidance, the nation
falls,
but in the multitude of counselors there is
victory.
11:15He who is collateral for a stranger will
suffer for it,
but he who refuses pledges of collateral is
secure.
11:16A gracious woman obtains honor,
but violent men obtain riches.
11:17The merciful man does good to his own
soul,
but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
11:18Wicked people earn deceitful wages,
but one who sows righteousness reaps a
sure reward.
11:19Hewho is truly righteous gets life.
He who pursues evil gets death.
11:20Those who are perverse in heart are an
abomination to Yahweh,
but those whose ways are blameless are
his delight.
11:21Most certainly, the evil man will not be
unpunished,
but the seed of the righteous will be
delivered.
11:22Like a gold ring in a pig's snout,
is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
11:23The desire of the righteous is only good.
The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
11:24There is one who scatters, and increases yet
more.
There is one who withholds more than is
appropriate, but gains poverty.
11:25The liberal soul shall be made fat.
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He who waters shall be watered also
himself.
11:26People curse someone who withholds
grain,
but blessing will be on the head of him
who sells it.
11:27He who diligently seeks good seeks favor,
but he who searches after evil, it shall
come to him.
11:28He who trusts in his riches will fall,
but the righteous shall flourish as the
green leaf.
11:29He who troubles his own house shall inherit
the wind.
The foolish shall be servant to the wise of
heart.
11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life.
He who is wise wins souls.
11:31Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the
earth;
how much more the wicked and the
sinner!
12:1Whoever loves correction loves knowledge,
but he who hates reproof is stupid.
12:2A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh,
but he will condemn a man of wicked
devices.
12:3A man shall not be established by wickedness,
but the root of the righteous shall not be
moved.
12:4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband,
but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in
his bones.
12:5The thoughts of the righteous are just,
but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
12:6The words of the wicked are about lying in
wait for blood,
but the speech of the upright rescues
them.
12:7The wicked are overthrown, and are no
more,
but the house of the righteous shall stand.
12:8Aman shall be commended according to his
wisdom,
but he who has a warped mind shall be
despised.
12:9Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has
a servant,
than he who honors himself, and lacks
bread.
12:10A righteous man regards the life of his
animal,
but the tender mercies of the wicked are
cruel.
12:11He who tills his land shall have plenty of
bread,
but he who chases fantasies is void of
understanding.
12:12The wicked desires the plunder of evil
men,
but the root of the righteous flourishes.
12:13An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of
lips,
but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
12:14A man shall be satisfied with good by the
fruit of his mouth.
The work of a man's hands shall be
rewarded to him.
12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
but he who is wise listens to counsel.
12:16A fool shows his annoyance the same day,
but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.
12:17He who is truthful testifies honestly,
but a false witness lies.
12:18There is one who speaks rashly like the
piercing of a sword,
but the tongue of the wise heals.
12:19Truth's lips will be established forever,
but a lying tongue is only momentary.
12:20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil,
but joy comes to the promoters of peace.
12:21No mischief shall happen to the righteous,
but the wicked shall be filled with evil.
12:22Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh,
but those who do the truth are his delight.
12:23A prudent man keeps his knowledge,
but the hearts of fools proclaimfoolish -
ness.
12:24The hands of the diligent ones shall rule,
but laziness ends in slave labor.
12:25Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down,
but a kind word m akes it glad.
12:26A righteous person is cautious in friendship,
but the way of the wicked leads them
astray.
12:27The slothful man doesn't roast his game,
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but the possessions of diligent men are
prized.
12:28In the way of righteousness is life;
in its path there is no death.
13:1Awise son listens to his father's instruction,
but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.
13:2By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good
things;
but the unfaithful crave violence.
13:3He who guards his mouth guards his soul.
One who opens wide his lips comes to
ruin.
13:4The soul of the sluggard desires, and has
nothing,
but the desire of the diligent shall be fully
satisfied.
13:5A righteous man hates lies,
but a wicked man brings shame and
disgrace.
13:6Righteousness guards the way of integrity,
but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
13:7There are some who pretend to be rich, yet
have nothing.
There are some who pretend to be poor,
yet have great wealth.
13:8The ransomof aman's life is his riches,
but the poor hear no threats.
13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly,
but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
13:10Pride only breeds quarrels,
butwith oneswho take advice iswisdom.
13:11Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away,
but he who gathers by hand makes it
grow.
13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of
life.
13:13Whoever despises instruction will pay for
it,
but he who respects a command will be
rewarded.
13:14The teaching of the wise is a spring of life,
to turn fromthe snares of death.
13:15Good understanding wins favor;
but the way of the unfaithful is hard.
13:16Every prudent man acts from knowledge,
but a fool exposes folly.
13:17A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.
13:18Poverty and shame come to him who
refuses discipline,
but he who heeds correction shall be
honored.
13:19Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul,
but fools detest turning fromev il.
13:20Onewho walkswithwise men growswise,
but a companion of fools suffers harm.
13:21Misfortune pursues sinners,
but prosperity rewards the righteous.
13:22A good man leaves an inheritance to his
children's children,
but the wealth of the sinner is stored for
the righteous.
13:23An abundance of food is in poor people's
fields,
but injustice sweeps it away.
13:24One who spares the rod hates his son,
but one who loves himi s careful to
discipline him.
13:25The righteous one eats to the satisfying of
his soul,
but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.
14:1Every wise woman builds her house,
but the foolish one tears it down with her
own hands.
14:2He who walks in his uprightness fears
Yahweh,
but he who is perverse in his ways despises
him.
14:3The fool's talk brings a rod to his back,
but the lips of the wise protect them.
14:4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean,
but much increase is by the strength of the
ox.
14:5A truthful witness will not lie,
but a false witness pours out lies.
14:6A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it,
but knowledge comes easily to a discerning
person.
14:7Stay away froma foolishman,
for you won't find knowledge on his lips.
14:8Thewisdomo f the prudent is to think about
his way,
but the folly of fools is deceit.
14:9Fools mock at making atonement for sins,
but among the upright there is good will.
14:10The heart knows its own bitterness and joy;
he will not share these with a stranger.
14:11The house of the wicked will be overthrown,
but the tent of the upright will flourish.
14:12There is a way which seems right to a man,
but in the end it leads to death.
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14:13Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful,
and mirth may end in heaviness.
14:14The unfaithful will be repaid for his own
ways;
likewise a good man will be rewarded for
his ways.
14:15A simple man believes everything,
but the prudent man carefully considers
his ways.
14:16A wise man fears, and shuns evil,
but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.
14:17He who is quick to become angry will
commit folly,
and a crafty man is hated.
14:18The simple inherit folly,
but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
14:19The evil bow down before the good,
and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
14:20The poor person is shunned even by his
own neighbor,
but the rich person has many friends.
14:21He who despises his neighbor sins,
but blessed is he who has pity on the
poor.
14:22Don't they go astray who plot evil?
But love and faithfulness belong to those
who plan good.
14:23In all hard work there is profit,
but the talk of the lips leads only to
poverty.
14:24The crown of the wise is their riches,
but the folly of fools crowns themw ith
folly.
14:25A truthful witness saves souls,
but a false witness is deceitful.
14:26In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress,
and he will be a refuge for his children.
14:27The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life,
turning people fromthe snares of death.
14:28In the multitude of people is the king's
glory,
but in the lack of people is the destruction
of the prince.
14:29He who is slow to anger has great understanding,
but he who has a quick temper displays
folly.
14:30The life of the body is a heart at peace,
but envy rots the bones.
14:31He who oppresses the poor shows contempt
for his Maker,
but he who is kind to the needy honors
him.
14:32The wicked is brought down in his
calamity,
but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
14:33Wisdomre sts in the heart of one who has
understanding,
and is even made known in the inward
part of fools.
14:34Righteousness exalts a nation,
but sin is a disgrace to any people.
14:35The king's favor is toward a servant who
deals wisely,
but his wrath is toward one who causes
shame.
15:1A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
but the mouth of fools gush out folly.
15:3Yahweh's eyes are everywhere,
keeping watch on the evil and the good.
15:4A gentle tongue is a tree of life,
but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
15:5A fool despises his father's correction,
but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
15:6In the house of the righteous is much treasure,
but the income of the wicked brings
trouble.
15:7The lips of the wise spread knowledge;
not so with the heart of fools.
15:8The sacrifice made by the wicked is an
abomination to Yahweh,
but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
15:9The way of the wicked is an abomination to
Yahweh,
but he loves himw ho follows after righteousness.
15:10There is stern discipline for one who forsakes
the way:
whoever hates reproof shall die.
15:11Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh
how much more then the hearts of the
children of men!
15:12A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved;
he will not go to the wise.
15:13A glad heart makes a cheerful face;
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but an aching heart breaks the spirit.
15:14The heart of one who has understanding
seeks knowledge,
but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
15:15All the days of the afflicted are wretched,
but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a
continual feast.
15:16Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh,
than great treasure with trouble.
15:17Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is,
than a fattened calf with hatred.
15:18A wrathful man stirs up contention,
but one who is slow to anger appeases
strife.
15:19The way of the sluggard is like a thorn
patch,
but the path of the upright is a highway.
15:20A wise son makes a father glad,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
15:21Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom,
but a man of understanding keeps his
way straight.
15:22Where there is no counsel, plans fail;
but in a multitude of counselors they are
established.
15:23Joy comes to a man with the reply of his
mouth.
How good is a word at the right tim e!
15:24The path of life leads upward for the wise,
to keep himfr om going downward to
Sheol.
15:25Yahweh will uproot the house of the
proud,
but he will keep the widow's borders
intact.
15:26Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked,
but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.
15:27He who is greedy for gain troubles his own
house,
but he who hates bribes will live.
15:28The heart of the righteous weighs answers,
but the mouth of the wicked gushes out
evil.
15:29Yahweh is far fromt he wicked,
but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
15:30The light of the eyes rejoices the heart.
Good news gives health to the bones.
15:31The ear that listens to reproof lives,
and will be at home among the wise.
15:32He who refuses correction despises his
own soul,
but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.
15:33The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom.
Before honor is humility.
16:1The plans of the heart belong to man,
but the answer of the tongue is from
Yahweh.
16:2All the ways of a man are clean in his own
eyes;
but Yahweh weighs the motives.
16:3Commit your deeds to Yahweh,
and your plans shall succeed.
16:4Yahweh has made everything for its own
end
yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
16:5Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination
to Yahweh:
they shall certainly not be unpunished.
16:6By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for.
By the fear of Yahweh men depart from
evil.
16:7When a man's ways please Yahweh,
he makes even his enemies to be at peace
with him.
16:8Better is a little with righteousness,
than great revenues with injustice.
16:9A man's heart plans his course,
but Yahweh directs his steps.
16:10Inspired judgments are on the lips of the
king.
He shall not betray his mouth.
16:11Honest balances and scales are Yahweh's;
all the weights in the bag are his work.
16:12It is an abomination for kings to do wrong,
for the throne is established by righteousness.
16:13Righteous lips are the delight of kings.
They value one who speaks the truth.
16:14The king's wrath is a messenger of death,
but a wise man will pacify it.
16:15In the light of the king's face is life.
His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.
16:16How much better it is to get wisdom than
gold!
Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen
rather than silver.
16:17The highway of the upright is to depart
fromev il.
He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
16:18Pride goes before destruction,
and a haughty spirit before a fall.
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16:19It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the
poor,
than to divide the plunder with the
proud.
16:20He who heeds the Word finds prosperity.
Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.
16:21The wise in heart shall be called prudent.
Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.
16:22Understanding is a fountain of life to one
who has it,
but the punishment of fools is their folly.
16:23The heart of the wise instructs his mouth,
and adds learning to his lips.
16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
16:25There is a way which seems right to a man,
but in the end it leads to death.
16:26The appetite of the laboring man labors for
him;
for his mouth urges him on.
16:27A worthless man devises mischief.
His speech is like a scorching fire.
16:28A perverse man stirs up strife.
A whisperer separates close friends.
16:29A man of violence entices his neighbor,
and leads himi n a way that is not good.
16:30One who winks his eyes to plot perversities,
one who compresses his lips, is bent on
evil.
16:31Gray hair is a crown of glory.
It is attained by a life of righteousness.
16:32One who is slow to anger is better than the
mighty;
one who rules his spirit, than he who
takes a city.
16:33The lot is cast into the lap,
but its every decision is fromYahweh.
17:1Better is a dry morsel with quietness,
than a house full of feasting with strife.
17:2A servant who deals wisely will rule over a
son who causes shame,
and shall have a part in the inheritance
among the brothers.
17:3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace
for gold,
but Yahweh tests the hearts.
17:4An evildoer heeds wicked lips.
A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
17:5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his
Maker.
He who is glad at calamity shall not be
unpunished.
17:6Children's children are the crown of old
men;
the glory of children are their parents.
17:7Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool,
m uch less do lying lips fit a prince.
17:8A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him
who gives it;
wherever he turns, he prospers.
17:9He who covers an offense promotes love;
but he who repeats a matter separates
best friends.
17:10A rebuke enters deeper into one who has
understanding
than a hundred lashes into a fool.
17:11An evil man seeks only rebellion;
therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent
against him.
17:12Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man,
rather than a fool in his folly.
17:13Whoever rewards evil for good,
evil shall not depart fromh is house.
17:14The beginning of strife is like breaching a
dam,
therefore stop contention before quarreling
breaks out.
17:15He who justifies the wicked, and he who
condemns the righteous,
both of themal ike are an abomination to
Yahweh.
17:16Why is there money in the hand of a fool to
buy wisdom,
seeing he has no understanding?
17:17A friend loves at all times;
and a brother is born for adversity.
17:18A man void of understanding strikes
hands,
and becomes collateral in the presence of
his neighbor.
17:19He who loves disobedience loves strife.
One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
17:20One who has a perverse heart doesn't find
prosperity,
and one who has a deceitful tongue falls
into trouble.
17:21He who becomes the father of a fool
grieves.
The father of a fool has no joy.
17:22A cheerful heart makes good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
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17:23A wicked man receives a bribe in secret,
to pervert the ways of justice.
17:24Wisdomi s before the face of one who has
understanding,
but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends
of the earth.
17:25A foolish son brings grief to his father,
and bitterness to her who bore him.
17:26Also to punish the righteous is not good,
nor to flog officials for their integrity.
17:27He who spares his words has knowledge.
He who is even tem pered is a m an of
understanding.
17:28Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is
counted wise.
When he shuts his lips, he is thought to
be discerning.
18:1An unfriendly man pursues selfishness,
and defies all sound judgment.
18:2A fool has no delight in understanding,
but only in revealing his own opinion.
18:3When wickedness comes, contempt also
comes,
and with shame comes disgrace.
18:4The words of a man's mouth are like deep
waters.
The fountain of wisdomis like a flowing
brook.
18:5To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not
good,
nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
18:6A fool's lips come into strife,
and his mouth invites beatings.
18:7A fool's mouth is his destruction,
and his lips are a snare to his soul.
18:8The words of a gossip are like dainty
morsels:
they go down into a person's innermost
parts.
18:9One who is slack in his work
is brother to himw ho is a master of
destruction.
18:10The name of Yahweh is a strong tower:
the righteous run to him, and are safe.
18:11The rich man's wealth is his strong city,
like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
18:12Before destruction the heart of man is
proud,
but before honor is humility.
18:13He who gives answer before he hears,
that is folly and shame to him.
18:14A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness,
but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
18:15The heart of the discerning gets knowledge.
The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
18:16A man's gift makes room for him,
and brings himb efore greatmen.
18:17He who pleads his cause first seems right;
until another comes and questions him.
18:18The lot settles disputes,
and keeps strong ones apart.
18:19A brother offended is more difficult than a
fortified city;
and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
18:20A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of
his mouth.
With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
18:21Death and life are in the power of the
tongue;
those who love it will eat its fruit.
18:22Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing,
and obtains favor of Yahweh.
18:23The poor plead for mercy,
but the rich answer harshly.
18:24A man of many companions may be ruined,
but there is a friendwho sticks closer than
a brother.
19:1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
than he who is perverse in his lips and is
a fool.
19:2It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge;
nor being hasty with one's feet and missing
the way.
19:3The foolishness of man subverts his way;
his heart rages against Yahweh.
19:4Wealth adds many friends,
but the poor is separated fromhi s friend.
19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished.
He who pours out lies shall not go free.
19:6Many will entreat the favor of a ruler,
and everyone is a friend to a man who
gives gifts.
19:7All the relatives of the poor shun him:
howmuch more do his friends avoid him!
He pursues themw ith pleas, but they are
gone.
19:8He who gets wisdomlov es his own soul.
He who keeps understanding shall find
good.
19:9A false witness shall not be unpunished.
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He who utters lies shall perish.
19:10Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool,
much less for a servant to have rule over
princes.
19:11The discretion of a man makes him slow to
anger.
It is his glory to overlook an offense.
19:12The king's wrath is like the roaring of a
lion,
but his favor is like dew on the grass.
19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
19:14House and riches are an inheritance from
fathers,
but a prudent wife is fromYahweh.
19:15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep.
The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
19:16He who keeps the commandment keeps
his soul,
but he who is contemptuous in his ways
shall die.
19:17He who has pity on the poor lends to
Yahweh;
he will reward him.
19:18Discipline your son, for there is hope;
don't be a willing party to his death.
19:19A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty,
for if you rescue him, you must do it
again.
19:20Listen to counsel and receive instruction,
that you may be wise in your latter end.
19:21There are many plans in a man's heart,
but Yahweh's counsel will prevail.
19:22That which makes a man to be desired is
his kindness.
A poor man is better than a liar.
19:23The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then
contentment;
he rests and will not be touched by
trouble.
19:24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he will not so much as bring it to his
mouth again.
19:25Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn
prudence;
rebuke one who has understanding, and
he will gain knowledge.
19:26He who robs his father and drives away his
mother,
is a son who causes shame and brings
reproach.
19:27If you stop listening to instruction, my son,
you will stray fromt he words of knowledge.
19:28A corrupt witness mocks justice,
and the mouth of the wicked gulps down
iniquity.
19:29Penalties are prepared for scoffers,
and beatings for the backs of fools.
20:1Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler.
Whoever is led astray by themi s notwise.
20:2The terror of a king is like the roaring of a
lion.
He who provokes himto anger forfeits
his own life.
20:3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from
strife;
but every fool will be quarreling.
20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the
winter;
therefore he shall beg in harvest, and
have nothing.
20:5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep
water;
but a man of understanding will draw it
out.
20:6Many men claim to be men of unfailing
love,
but who can find a faithful man?
20:7A righteous man walks in integrity.
Blessed are his children after him.
20:8A king who sits on the throne of judgment
scatters away all evil with his eyes.
20:9Who can say, "I have made my heart pure.
I amcl ean and without sin?"
20:10Differing weights and differing measures,
both of themal ike are an abomination to
Yahweh.
20:11Even a child makes himself known by his
doings,
whether his work is pure, and whether it
is right.
20:12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
Yahweh has made even both of them.
20:13Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty.
Open your eyes, and you shall be satis-
fied with bread.
20:14"It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer;
but when he is gone his way, then he
boasts.
20:15There is gold and abundance of rubies;
but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
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20:16Take the garment of one who puts up
collateral for a stranger;
and hold himin pledge for a wayward
woman.
20:17Fraudulent food is sweet to a man,
but afterwards his mouth is filled with
gravel.
20:18Plans are established by advice;
by wise guidance you wage war!
20:19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals
secrets;
therefore don't keep company with him
who opens wide his lips.
20:20Whoever curses his father or his mother,
his lamp shall be put out in blackness of
darkness.
20:21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning,
won't be blessed in the end.
20:22Don't say, "I will pay back evil."
Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
20:23Yahweh detests differing weights,
and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
20:24A man's steps are from Yahweh;
how then can man understand his way?
20:25It is a snare to a man to make a rash
dedication,
then later to consider his vows.
20:26A wise king winnows out the wicked,
and drives the threshing wheel over
them.
20:27The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp,
searching all his innermost parts.
20:28Love and faithfulness keep the king safe.
His throne is sustained by love.
20:29The glory of young men is their strength.
The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
20:30Wounding blows cleanse away evil,
and beatings purge the innermost parts.
21:1The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like
the watercourses.
He turns it wherever he desires.
21:2Everyway of a man is right in his own eyes,
but Yahweh weighs the hearts.
21:3To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacri-
fice.
21:4A high look, and a proud heart,
the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
21:5The plans of the diligent surely lead to
profit;
and everyone who is hasty surely rushes
to poverty.
21:6Getting treasures by a lying tongue
is a fleeting vapor for those who seek
death.
21:7The violence of the wicked will drive them
away,
because they refuse to do what is right.
21:8The way of the guilty is devious,
but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
21:9It is better to dwell in the corner of the
housetop,
than to share a house with a contentious
woman.
21:10The soul of the wicked desires evil;
his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
21:11When the mocker is punished, the simple
gains wisdom.
When the wise is instructed, he receives
knowledge.
21:12The Righteous One considers the house of
the wicked,
and brings the wicked to ruin.
21:13Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the
poor,
he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
21:14Agift in secret pacifies anger;
and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
21:15It is joy to the righteous to do justice;
but it is a destruction to the workers of
iniquity.
21:16The man who wanders out of the way of
understanding
shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
21:17Hewho loves pleasure shall be a poor man.
He who loves wine and oil shall not be
rich.
21:18The wicked is a ransomfor the righteous;
the treacherous for the upright.
21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land,
than with a contentious and fretful
woman.
21:20There is precious treasure and oil in the
dwelling of the wise;
but a foolish man swallows it up.
21:21He who follows after righteousness and
kindness
finds life, righteousness, and honor.
21:22A wise man scales the city of the mighty,
and brings down the strength of its confi-
dence.
21:23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue
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keeps his soul fromt roubles.
21:24The proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is
his name;
he works in the arrogance of pride.
21:25The desire of the sluggard kills him,
for his hands refuse to labor.
21:26There are those who covet greedily all day
long;
but the righteous give and don't withhold.
21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination:
how much more, when he brings it with
a wicked mind!
21:28A false witness will perish,
and a man who listens speaks to eternity.
21:29A wicked man hardens his face;
but as for the upright, he establishes his
ways.
21:30There is no wisdomno r understanding
nor counsel against Yahweh.
21:31The horse is prepared for the day of battle;
but victory is with Yahweh.
22:1A good name is more desirable than great
riches,
and loving favor is better than silver and
gold.
22:2The rich and the poor have this in common:
Yahweh is the maker of them all.
22:3A prudent man sees danger, and hides
himself;
but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
22:4The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh
is wealth, honor, and life.
22:5Thorns and snares are in the path of the
wicked:
whoever guards his soul stays fromthem.
22:6Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart
fromit .
22:7The rich rule over the poor.
The borrower is servant to the lender.
22:8He who sows wickedness reaps trouble,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
22:9He who has a generous eye will be blessed;
for he shares his food with the poor.
22:10Drive out the mocker, and strifewill go out;
yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
22:11He who loves purity of heart and speaks
gracefully
is the king's friend.
22:12The eyes of Yahweh watch over knowledge;
but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
22:13The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!
I will be killed in the streets!"
22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit:
he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall
into it.
22:15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child:
the rod of discipline drives it far from
him.
22:16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own
increase and whoever gives to the rich,
both come to poverty.
22:17Turn your ear, and listen to the words of
the wise.
Apply your heart to my teaching.
22:18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them
within you,
if all of thema re ready on your lips.
22:19That your trust may be in Yahweh,
I teach you today, even you.
22:20Haven't I written to you thirty excellent
things
of counsel and knowledge,
22:21To teach you truth, reliable words,
to give sound answers to the ones who
sent you?
22:22Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor;
and don't crush the needy in court;
22:23for Yahweh will plead their case,
and plunder the life of those who plunder
them.
22:24Don't befriend a hot-tempered man,
and don't associate with one who harbors
anger:
22:25lest you learn his ways,
and ensnare your soul.
22:26Don't you be one of those who strike
hands,
of those who are collateral for debts.
22:27If you don't have means to pay,
why should he take away your bed from
under you?
22:28Don't move the ancient boundary stone,
which your fathers have set up.
22:29Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will serve kings.
He won't serve obscure men.
23:1When you sit to eat with a ruler,
consider diligently what is before you;
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23:2put a knife to your throat,
if you are a man given to appetite.
23:3Don't be desirous of his dainties,
seeing they are deceitful food.
23:4Don't weary yourself to be rich.
In your wisdom, show restraint.
23:5Why do you set your eyes on that which is
not?
For it certainly sprouts wings like an
eagle and flies in the sky.
23:6Don't eat the food of himwho has a stingy
eye,
and don't crave his delicacies:
23:7for as he thinks about the cost, so he
is.
"Eat and drink!" he says to you,
but his heart is notwith you.
23:8The morsel which you have eaten you shall
vomit up,
and lose your good words.
23:9Don't speak in the ears of a fool,
for he will despise the wisdomof your
words.
23:10Don't move the ancient boundary stone.
Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:
23:11for their Defender is strong.
He will plead their case against you.
23:12Apply your heart to instruction,
and your ears to the words of knowledge.
23:13Don't withhold correction froma child.
If you punish himw ith the rod, he will
not die.
23:14Punish himwi th the rod,
and save his soul fromShe ol.
23:15My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad, even mine:
23:16yes, my heart will rejoice,
when your lips speak what is right.
23:17Don't let your heart envy sinners;
but rather fear Yahweh all the day long.
23:18Indeed surely there is a future hope,
and your hope will not be cut off.
23:19Listen, my son, and be wise,
and keep your heart on the right path!
23:20Don't be among ones drinking too much
wine,
or those who gorge themselves on meat:
23:21for the drunkard and the glutton shall
become poor;
and drowsiness clothes themi n rags.
23:22Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don't despise your mother when she
is old.
23:23Buy the truth, and don't sell it.
Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
23:24The father of the righteous has great joy.
Whoever fathers a wise child delights in
him.
23:25Let your father and your mother be glad!
Let her who bore you rejoice!
23:26My son, give me your heart;
and let your eyes keep in my ways.
23:27For a prostitute is a deep pit;
and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
23:28Yes, she lies in wait like a robber,
and increases the unfaithful among men.
23:29Who has woe?
Who has sorrow?
Who has strife?
Who has complaints?
Who has needless bruises?
Who has bloodshot eyes?
23:30Those who stay long at the wine;
those who go to seek out mixed wine.
23:31Don't look at the wine when it is red,
when it sparkles in the cup,
when it goes down smoothly.
23:32In the end, it bites like a snake,
and poisons like a viper.
23:33Your eyes will see strange things,
and your mind will imagine confusing
things.
23:34Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the
midst of the sea,
or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
23:35"They hit me, and I was not hurt!
They beat me, and I don't feel it!
When will I wake up? I can do it again.
I can find another."
24:1Don't be envious of evil men;
neither desire to be with them:
24:2for their hearts plot violence,
and their lips talk about mischief.
24:3Through wisdoma house is built;
by understanding it is established;
24:4by knowledge the rooms are filled
with all rare and beautiful treasure.
24:5A wise man has great power;
and a knowledgeable man increases
strength;
24:6for by wise guidance you wage your war;
and victory is in many advisors.
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24:7Wisdomis too high for a fool:
he doesn't open his mouth in the gate.
24:8One who plots to do evil
will be called a schemer.
24:9The schemes of folly are sin.
The mocker is detested by men.
24:10If you falter in the time of trouble,
your strength is small.
24:11Rescue those who are being led away to
death!
Indeed, hold back those who are staggering
to the slaughter!
24:12If you say, "Behold, we didn't know this;"
doesn't he who weighs the hearts consider
it?
He who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it?
Shall he not render to every man according
to his work?
24:13My son, eat honey, for it is good;
the droppings of the honeycomb, which
are sweet to your taste:
24:14so you shall know wisdomt o be to your
soul;
if you have found it, then there will be a
reward,
your hope will not be cut off.
24:15Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the
habitation of the righteous.
Don't destroy his resting place:
24:16for a righteous man falls seven times, and
rises up again;
but the wicked are overthrown by
calamity.
24:17Don't rejoice when your enemy falls.
Don't let your heart be glad when he is
overthrown;
24:18lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him,
and he turn away his wrath fromhim.
24:19Don't fret yourself because of evildoers;
neither be envious of the wicked:
24:20for there will be no reward to the evil man;
and the lamp of the wicked shall be
snuffed out.
24:21My son, fear Yahweh and the king.
Don't join those who are rebellious:
24:22for their calamity will rise suddenly;
the destruction fromthe m both who
knows?
24:23These also are sayings of the wise.
To show partiality in judgment is not good.
24:24He who says to the wicked, "You are
righteous;"
peoples shall curse him, and nations shall
abhor him
24:25but it will go well with those who convict
the guilty,
and a rich blessing will come on them.
24:26An honest answer
is like a kiss on the lips.
24:27Prepare your work outside,
and get your fields ready.
Afterwards, build your house.
24:28Don't be a witness against your neighbor
without cause.
Don't deceive with your lips.
24:29Don't say, "I will do to himas he has done
to me;
I will render to the man according to his
work."
24:30I went by the field of the sluggard,
by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
24:31Behold, it was all grown over with thorns.
Its surface was covered with nettles,
and its stone wall was broken down.
24:32Then I saw, and considered well.
I saw, and received instruction:
24:33a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep;
24:34so your poverty will come as a robber,
and your want as an armed man.
25:1These also are proverbs of Solomon,
which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah
copied out.
25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a thing,
but the glory of kings is to search out a
matter.
25:3As the heavens for height, and the earth for
depth,
so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
25:4Take away the dross fromthe silver,
and material comes out for the refiner;
25:5Take away the wicked fromthe king's presence,
and his throne will be established in
righteousness.
25:6Don't exalt yourself in the presence of the
king,
or claim a place among great men;
25:7for it is better that it be said to you, "Come
up here,"
than that you should be put lower in the
presence of the prince,
whomyour eyes have seen.
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25:8Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court.
What will you do in the end when your
neighbor shames you?
25:9Debate your case with your neighbor,
and don't betray the confidence of another;
25:10lest one who hears it put you to
shame,
and your bad reputation never depart.
25:11Aword fitly spoken
is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
25:12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of
fine gold,
so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
25:13As the cold of snow in the time of harvest,
so is a faithful messenger to those who
send him;
for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
25:14As clouds and wind without rain,
so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.
25:15By patience a ruler is persuaded.
A soft tongue breaks the bone.
25:16Have you found honey?
Eat as m uch as is sufficient for you,
lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
25:17Let your foot be seldomin your neighbor's
house,
lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
25:18A man who gives false testimony against
his neighbor
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
25:19Confidence in someone unfaithful in time
of trouble
is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.
25:20As one who takes away a garment in cold
weather,
or vinegar on soda,
so is one who sings songs to a heavy
heart.
25:21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to
eat.
If he is thirsty, give himwate r to drink:
25:22for you will heap coals of fire on his head,
and Yahweh will reward you.
25:23The north wind brings forth rain:
so a backbiting tongue brings an angry
face.
25:24It is better to dwell in the corner of the
housetop,
than to share a house with a contentious
woman.
25:25Like cold water to a thirsty soul,
so is good news froma far country.
25:26Like a muddied spring, and a polluted
well,
so is a righteous man who gives way
before the wicked.
25:27It is not good to eat much honey;
nor is it honorable to seek one's own
honor.
25:28Like a city that is broken down and without
walls
is a man whose spirit is without restraint.
26:1Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,
so honor is not fitting for a fool.
26:2Like a fluttering sparrow,
like a darting swallow,
so the undeserved curse doesn't come to
rest.
26:3A whip is for the horse,
a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod for the back of fools!
26:4Don't answer a fool according to his folly,
lest you also be like him.
26:5Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own eyes.
26:6One who sends a message by the hand of a
fool
is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
26:7Like the legs of the lam e that hang loose:
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
26:8As one who binds a stone in a sling,
so is he who gives honor to a fool.
26:9Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of
a drunkard,
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
26:10As an archer who wounds all,
so is he who hires a fool
or he who hires those who pass by.
26:11As a dog that returns to his vomit,
so is a fool who repeats his folly.
26:12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
26:13The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the
road!
A fierce lion roams the streets!"
26:14As the door turns on its hinges,
so does the sluggard on his bed.
26:15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish.
He is too lazy to bring it back to his
mouth.
26:16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
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than seven men who answer with discretion.
26:17Like one who grabs a dog's ears
is one who passes by and meddles in a
quarrel not his own.
26:18Like a madman who shoots firebrands,
arrows, and death,
26:19is the manwho deceives his neighbor
and says, "AmI not joking?"
26:20For lack of wood a fire goes out.
Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
26:21As coals are to hot embers,
and wood to fire,
so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
26:22The words of a whisperer are as dainty
morsels,
they go down into the innermost parts.
26:23Like silver dross on an earthen vessel
are the lips of a fervent one with an evil
heart.
26:24A malicious man disguises himself with
his lips,
but he harbors evil in his heart.
26:25When his speech is charming, don't believe
him;
for there are seven abominations in his
heart.
26:26His malice may be concealed by deception,
but his wickedness will be exposed in the
assembly.
26:27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it.
Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back
on him.
26:28A lying tongue hates those it hurts;
and a flattering mouth works ruin.
27:1Don't boast about tomorrow;
for you don't know what a day may bring
forth.
27:2Let another man praise you,
and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.
27:3A stone is heavy,
and sand is a burden;
but a fool's provocation is heavier than
both.
27:4Wrath is cruel,
and anger is overwhelming;
but who is able to stand before jealousy?
27:5Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
27:6Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
27:7A full soul loathes a honeycomb;
but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is
sweet.
27:8As a bird that wanders fromhe r nest,
so is a man who wanders from his home.
27:9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;
so does earnest counsel froma man's
friend.
27:10Don't forsake your friend and your father's
friend.
Don't go to your brother's house in the
day of your disaster:
better is a neighbor who is near than a
distant brother.
27:11Be wise, my son,
and bring joy to my heart,
then I can answer my tormentor.
27:12A prudent man sees danger and takes
refuge;
but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
27:13Take his garment when he puts up collateral
for a stranger.
Hold it for a wayward woman!
27:14He who blesses his neighbor with a loud
voice early in the morning,
it will be taken as a curse by him.
27:15A continual dropping on a rainy day
and a contentious wife are alike:
27:16restraining her is like restraining the wind,
or like grasping oil in his right hand.
27:17Iron sharpens iron;
so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.
27:18Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit.
He who looks after his master shall be
honored.
27:19As water reflects a face,
so a man's heart reflects the man.
27:20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;
and a man's eyes are never satisfied.
27:21The crucible is for silver,
and the furnace for gold;
but man is refined by his praise.
27:22Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a
pestle along with grain,
yet his foolishness will not be removed
fromh im.
27:23Know well the state of your flocks,
and pay attention to your herds:
27:24for riches are not forever,
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nor does even the crown endure to all
generations.
27:25The hay is removed, and the new growth
appears,
the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
27:26The lambs are for your clothing,
and the goats are the price of a field.
27:27There will be plenty of goats' milk for your
food,
for your family's food,
and for the nourishment of your servant
girls.
28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues;
but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
28:2In rebellion, a land has many rulers,
but order is maintained by a man of
understanding and knowledge.
28:3A needy man who oppresses the poor
is like a driving rain which leaves no
crops.
28:4Those who forsake the law praise the
wicked;
but those who keep the law contend with
them.
28:5Evil men don't understand justice;
but those who seek Yahweh understand it
fully.
28:6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity,
than he who is perverse in his ways, and
he is rich.
28:7Whoever keeps the law is a wise son;
but he who is a companion of gluttons
shames his father.
28:8He who increases his wealth by excessive
interest
gathers it for one who has pity on the
poor.
28:9He who turns away his ear fromhe aring the
law,
even his prayer is an abomination.
28:10Whoever causes the upright to go astray in
an evil way,
he will fall into his own trap;
but the blameless will inherit good.
28:11The rich man is wise in his own eyes;
but the poor who has understanding sees
through him.
28:12When the righteous triumph, there is great
glory;
but when the wicked rise, men hide
themselves.
28:13He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper,
but whoever confesses and renounces
themfi ndsmercy.
28:14Blessed is the man who always fears;
but one who hardens his heart falls into
trouble.
28:15As a roaring lion or a charging bear,
so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
28:16A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment.
One who hates ill-gotten gain will have
long days.
28:17A man who is tormented by life blood will
be a fugitive until death;
no one will support him.
28:18Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe;
but one with perverse ways will fall
suddenly.
28:19One who works his land will have an
abundance of food;
but one who chases fantasieswill have his
fill of poverty.
28:20A faithful man is rich with blessings;
but one who is eager to be rich will not go
unpunished.
28:21To show partiality is not good;
yet a man will do wrong for a piece of
bread.
28:22A stingy man hurries after riches,
and doesn't know that poverty waits for
him.
28:23One who rebukes a man will afterward
find more favor
than one who flatters with the tongue.
28:24Whoever robs his father or his mother, and
says, "It's not wrong."
He is a partner with a destroyer.
28:25One who is greedy stirs up strife;
but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.
28:26One who trusts in himself is a fool;
but one who walks in wisdomi s kept
safe.
28:27One who gives to the poor has no lack;
but one who closes his eyes will have
many curses.
28:28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves;
but when they perish, the righteous
thrive.
29:1He who is often rebuked and stiffens his
neck
will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
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29:2When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice;
but when the wicked rule, the people
groan.
29:3Whoever loves wisdomb rings joy to his
father;
but a companion of prostitutes squanders
his wealth.
29:4The king by justice makes the land stable,
but he who takes bribes tears it down.
29:5A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.
29:6An evil man is snared by his sin,
but the righteous can sing and be glad.
29:7The righteous care about justice for the poor.
The wicked aren't concerned about
knowledge.
29:8Mockers stir up a city,
but wise men turn away anger.
29:9If a wise man goes to court with a foolish
man,
the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no
peace.
29:10The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity;
and they seek the life of the upright.
29:11A fool vents all of his anger,
but a wise man brings himself under
control.
29:12If a ruler listens to lies,
all of his officials are wicked.
29:13The poor man and the oppressor have this
in common:
Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.
29:14The king who fairly judges the poor,
his throne shall be established forever.
29:15The rod of correction gives wisdom,
but a child left to himself causes shame to
his mother.
29:16When the wicked increase, sin increases;
but the righteous will see their downfall.
29:17Correct your son, and he will give you
peace;
yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
29:18Where there is no revelation, the people
cast off restraint;
but one who keeps the law is blessed.
29:19A servant can't be corrected by words.
Though he understands, yet he will not
respond.
29:20Do you see a man who is hasty in his
words?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
29:21He who pampers his servant from youth
will have himbe come a son in the end.
29:22An angry man stirs up strife,
and a wrathful man abounds in sin.
29:23A man's pride brings him low,
but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
29:24Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an
enemy of his own soul.
He takes an oath, but dares not testify.
29:25The fear of man proves to be a snare,
but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is
kept safe.
29:26Many seek the ruler's favor,
but a man's justice comes from Yahweh.
29:27A dishonest man detests the righteous,
and the upright in their ways detest the
wicked.
30:1The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the
oracle:
the man says to Ithiel,
to Ithiel and Ucal:
30:2"Surely I am the most ignorant man,
and don't have a man's understanding.
30:3I have not learned wisdom,
neither do I have the knowledge of the
Holy One.
30:4Who has ascended up into heaven, and
descended?
Who has gathered the wind in his fists?
Who has bound the waters in his garment?
Who has established all the ends of the
earth?
What is his name, and what is his son's
name, if you know?
30:5"Every word of God is flawless.
He is a shield to those who take refuge in
him.
30:6Don't you add to his words,
lest he reprove you, and you be found a
liar.
30:7"Two things I have asked of you;
don't deny me before I die:
30:8Remove far from me falsehood and lies.
Give me neither poverty nor riches.
Feed me with the food that is needful for
me;
30:9lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is
Yahweh?'
or lest I be poor, and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God.
30:10"Don't slander a servant to his master,
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lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
30:11There is a generation that curses their
father,
and doesn't bless their mother.
30:12There is a generation that is pure in their
own eyes,
yet are not washed fromthe ir filthiness.
30:13There is a generation, oh how lofty are their
eyes!
Their eyelids are lifted up.
30:14There is a generation whose teeth are like
swords,
and their jaws like knives,
to devour the poor fromthe earth, and the
needy from among men.
30:15"The leach has two daughters:
'Give, give.'
"There are three things that are never satisfied;
four that don't say, 'Enough:'
30:16Sheol,
the barren womb;
the earth that is not satisfied with water;
and the fire that doesn't say, 'Enough.'
30:17"The eye that mocks at his father,
and scorns obedience to his mother:
the ravens of the valley shall pick it out,
the young eagles shall eat it.
30:18"There are three things which are too
amazing for me,
four which I don't understand:
30:19The way of an eagle in the air;
the way of a serpent on a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea;
and the way of a man with a maiden.
30:20"So is theway of an adulterous wom an:
she eats and wipes her mouth,
and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
30:21"For three things the earth tremble,
and under four, it can't bear up:
30:22For a servant when he is king;
a fool when he is filled with food;
30:23for an unloved woman when she is
married;
and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
30:24"There are four things which are little on
the earth,
but they are exceedingly wise:
30:25the ants are not a strong people,
yet they provide their food in the summer.
30:26The conies are but a feeble folk,
yet make they their houses in the rocks.
30:27The locusts have no king,
yet they advance in ranks.
30:28You can catch a lizard with your
hands,
yet it is in kings' palaces.
30:29"There are three things which are stately in
their march,
four which are stately in going:
30:30The lion, which is mightiest among
animals,
and doesn't turn away for any;
30:31the greyhound,
the male goat also;
and the king against whomthe re is no
rising up.
30:32"If you have done foolishly in lifting up
yourself,
or if you have thought evil,
put your hand over your mouth.
30:33For as the churning of milk brings
forth butter,
and the wringing of the nose brings forth
blood;
so the forcing of wrath brings forth
strife."
31:1The words of king Lemuel; the oracle
which his mother taught him.
31:2"Oh, my son!
Oh, son of my womb!
Oh, son of my vows!
31:3Don't give your strength to women,
nor your ways to that which destroys
kings.
31:4It is not for kings, Lemuel;
it is not for kings to drink wine;
nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong
drink?'
31:5lest they drink, and forget the law,
and pervert the justice due to anyonewho
is afflicted.
31:6Give strong drink to himw ho is ready to
perish;
and wine to the bitter in soul:
31:7Let himdrin k, and forget his poverty,
and remember his misery no more.
31:8Open your mouth for the mute,
in the cause of all who are left desolate.
31:9Open your mouth, judge righteously,
and serve justice to the poor and needy."
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31:10aWho can find a worthy woman?
For her price is far above rubies.
31:11The heart of her husband trusts in her.
He shall have no lack of gain.
31:12She does himgood, and not harm,
all the days of her life.
31:13She seeks wool and flax,
and works eagerly with her hands.
31:14She is like the merchant ships.
She brings her bread froma far.
31:15She rises also while it is yet night,
gives food to her household,
and portions for her servant girls.
31:16She considers a field, and buys it.
With the fruit of her hands, she plants a
vineyard.
31:17She girds her waist with strength,
and makes her arms strong.
31:18She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.
Her lamp doesn't go out by night.
31:19She lays her hands to the distaff,
and her hands hold the spindle.
31:20She opens her arms to the poor;
yes, she extends her hands to the needy.
31:21She is not afraid of the snow for her
household;
for all her household are clothed with
scarlet.
31:22She makes for herself carpets of tapestry.
Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
31:23Her husband is respected in the gates,
when he sits among the elders of the land.
31:24She makes linen garments and sells them,
and delivers sashes to the merchant.
31:25Strength and dignity are her clothing.
She laughs at the time to come.
31:26She opens her mouth with wisdom.
Faithful instruction is on her tongue.
31:27She looks well to the ways of her household,
and doesn't eat the bread of idleness.
31:28Her children rise up and call her blessed.
Her husband also praises her:
31:29"Many women do noble things,
but you excel thema ll."
31:30Charmis deceitful, and beauty is vain;
but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall
be praised.
31:31Give her of the fruit of her hands!
Let her works praise her in the gates!
Ecclesiastes
1:1The words of the Preacher, the son of
David, king in Jerusalem:
1:2"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher;
"Vanity of vanities, all is vanity." 1:3What
does man gain from all his labor in which
he labors under the sun? 1:4One generation
goes, and another generation comes; but the
earth remains forever. 1:5The sun also rises,
and the sun goes down, and hurries to its
place where it rises. 1:6The wind goes toward
the south, and turns around to the north. It
turns around continually as it goes, and the
wind returns again to its courses. 1:7All the
rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers flow, there they
flow again. 1:8All things are full of weariness
beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with
seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 1:9That
which has been is that which shall be; and that
which has been done is that which shall be
done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
1:10Is there a thing of which it may be said,
"Behold, this is new?" It has been long ago,
in the ages which were before us. 1:11There is
no memory of the former; neither shall there
be any memory of the latter that are to come,
among those that shall come after.
1:12I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in
Jerusalem. 1:13I applied my heart to seek and
to search out by wisdomco ncerning all that
is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden
that God has given to the sons of men to be
afflicted with. 1:14I have seen all the works
that are done under the sun; and behold, all
is vanity and a chasing after wind. 1:15That
which is crooked can't be made straight; and
that which is lacking can't be counted. 1:16I
said to myself, "Behold, I have obtained for
myself greatwisdom above allwhowere before
me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great
experience of wisdoma nd knowledge." 1:17I
applied my heart to know wisdom, and to
know madness and folly. I perceived that this
a31:10 Proverbs 31:10-31 forman acrostic, with each verse starting with each letter of the Hebrew alphabet,
in order.
Ecclesiastes 1:18 543 Ecclesiastes 3:5
also was a chasing after wind. 1:18For in much
wisdomi s much grief; and he who increases
knowledge increases sorrow.
2:1I said in my heart, "Come now, I will
test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;"
and behold, this also was vanity. 2:2I said
of laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth,
"What does it accomplish?"
2:3I searched in my heart how to cheer my
flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with
wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until
I might see what it was good for the sons of
men that they should do under heaven all the
days of their lives. 2:4I made myself great
works. I built myself houses. I planted myself
vineyards. 2:5I made myself gardens and parks,
and I planted trees in themo f all kinds of fruit.
2:6I made myself pools ofwater, to water fromit
the forest where trees were reared. 2:7I bought
male servants and female servants, and had
servants born in my house. I also had great
possessions of herds and flocks, above all who
were before me in Jerusalem; 2:8I also gathered
silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of
kings and of the provinces. I got myself male
and female singers, and the delights of the sons
of men musical instruments, and that of all
sorts. 2:9So I was great, and increased more
than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My
wisdom also remained with me. 2:10Whatever
my eyes desired, I didn't keep from them. I
didn't withhold my heart from any joy, for my
heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this
was my portion from all my labor. 2:11Then
I looked at all the works that my hands had
worked, and at the labor that I had labored to
do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing
after wind, and there was no profit under the
sun.
2:12I turned myself to consider wisdom,
madness, and folly: for what can the king's
successor do? Just that which has been done
long ago. 2:13Then I saw that wisdome xcels
folly, as far as light excels darkness. 2:14The
wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool
walks in darkness and yet I perceived that
one event happens to themal l. 2:15Then said
I in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so
will it happen even to me; and why was I then
more wise?" Then said I in my heart that this
also is vanity. 2:16For of the wise man, even as
of the fool, there is no memory for ever, seeing
that in the days to come all will have been long
forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just
like the fool!
2:17So I hated life, because the work that is
worked under the sun was grievous to me; for
all is vanity and a chasing after wind. 2:18I
hated all my labor in which I labored under
the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man
who comes after me. 2:19Who knows whether
he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will
have rule over all of my labor in which I have
labored, and in which I have shown myself
wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
2:20Therefore I began to cause my heart to
despair concerning all the labor in which I had
labored under the sun. 2:21For there is a man
whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge,
and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for
his portion to a man who has not labored for
it. This also is vanity and a great evil. 2:22For
what has a man of all his labor, and of the
striving of his heart, in which he labors under
the sun? 2:23For all his days are sorrows, and
his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his
heart takes no rest. This also is vanity. 2:24There
is nothing better for a man than that he should
eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in
his labor. This also I saw, that it is fromthe hand
of God. 2:25For who can eat, or who can have
enjoyment, more than I? 2:26For to the manwho
pleases him ,God gives wisdom ,knowledge,
and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to
gather and to heap up, that he may give to him
who pleases God. This also is vanity and a
chasing after wind.
3:1For everything there is a season, and a
time for every purpose under heaven:
3:2a tim eto be born,
and a time to die;
a time to plant,
and a time to pluck up that which is
planted;
3:3a time to kill,
and a time to heal;
a tim eto break down,
and a time to build up;
3:4a time to weep,
and a time to laugh;
a tim eto m ourn,
and a time to dance;
3:5a tim eto cast away stones,
and a time to gather stones together;
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a tim eto em brace,
and a time to refrain from embracing;
3:6a time to seek,
and a time to lose;
a time to keep,
and a time to cast away;
3:7a tim eto tear,
and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence,
and a time to speak;
3:8a tim eto love,
and a time to hate;
a tim eforwar,
and a time for peace.
3:9What profit has he who works in that in
which he labors? 3:10I have seen the burden
which God has given to the sons of men to
be afflicted with. 3:11He has made everything
beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity
in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out
the work that God has done fromthe beginning
even to the end. 3:12I knowthat there is nothing
better for themthan to rejoice, and to do good
as long as they live. 3:13Also that every man
should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all
his labor, is the gift of God. 3:14I know that
whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing
can be added to it, nor anything taken from
it; and God has done it, that men should fear
before him. 3:15That which is has been long
ago, and that which is to be has been long ago:
and God seeks again that which is passed away.
3:16Moreover I saw under the sun, in the
place of justice, that wickedness was there; and
in the place of righteousness, that wickedness
was there. 3:17I said in my heart, "God will
judge the righteous and the wicked; for there
is a time there for every purpose and for every
work." 3:18I said in my heart, "As for the sons
of men, God tests them, so that they may see
that they themselves are like animals. 3:19For
that which happens to the sons of men happens
to animals. Even one thing happens to them.
As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they
have all one breath; and man has no advantage
over the animals: for all is vanity. 3:20All go
to one place. All are fromthe dust, and all
turn to dust again. 3:21Who knows the spirit
of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit
of the animal, whether it goes downward to the
earth?"
3:22Therefore I saw that there is nothing
better, than that a man should rejoice in his
works; for that is his portion: for who can bring
himto see what will be after him?
4:1Then I returned and saw all the oppressions
that are done under the sun: and behold,
the tears of those who were oppressed, and
they had no comforter; and on the side of their
oppressors there was power; but they had no
comforter. 4:2Therefore I praised the dead who
have been long dead more than the living who
are yet alive. 4:3Yes, better than thembo th is
himwho has not yet been, who has not seen the
evil work that is done under the sun. 4:4Then I
saw all the labor and achievement that is the
envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity
and a striving after wind. 4:5The fool folds his
hands together and ruins himself.
4:6Better is a handful, with quietness, than
two handfuls with labor and chasing after
wind. 4:7Then I returned and saw vanity under
the sun. 4:8There is one who is alone, and he
has neither son nor brother. There is no end
to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied
with wealth. For whomthe n, do I labor, and
deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is
vanity, yes, it is a m iserable business.
4:9Two are better than one, because they
have a good reward for their labor. 4:10For if
they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe
to himwho is alone when he falls, and doesn't
have another to lift himup. 4:11Again, if two
lie together, then they have warmth; but how
can one keep warma lone? 4:12If a man prevails
against one who is alone, two shall withstand
him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
4:13Better is a poor and wise youth than an
old and foolish king who doesn't know how
to receive admonition any more. 4:14For out of
prison he came forth to be king; yes, even in
his kingdomh e was born poor. 4:15I saw all
the living who walk under the sun, that they
were with the youth, the other, who succeeded
him. 4:16There was no end of all the people,
even of all themov er whomh e was yet those
who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely
this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
5:1Guard your steps when you go to God's
house; for to draw near to listen is better than
to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't
know that they do evil. 5:2Don't be rash with
your mouth, and don't let your heart be hasty
to utter anything before God; for God is in
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heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your
words be few. 5:3For as a dreamc omes with
a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a
multitude of words. 5:4When you vow a vow
to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no
pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow. 5:5It
is better that you should not vow, than that you
should vow and not pay. 5:6Don't allow your
mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before
the messenger that this was a mistake. Why
should God be angry at your voice, and destroy
the work of your hands? 5:7For in the multitude
of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many
words: but you m ust fear God.
5:8If you see the oppression of the poor,
and the violent taking away of justice and
righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the
matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one;
and there are officials over them. 5:9Moreover
the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits
fromt he field.
5:10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied
with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with
increase: this also is vanity. 5:11When goods
increase, those who eat themare increased; and
what advantage is there to its owner, except to
feast on themwi th his eyes?
5:12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet,
whether he eats little or much; but the abundance
of the rich will not allow himt o sleep.
5:13There is a grievous evilwhich I have seen
under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his
harm. 5:14Those riches perish by misfortune,
and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing
in his hand. 5:15As he came forth from his
mother's womb, naked shall he go again as
he came, and shall take nothing for his labor,
which he may carry away in his hand. 5:16This
also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he
came, so shall he go. And what profit does he
have who labors for the wind? 5:17All his days
he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and
has sickness and wrath.
5:18Behold, that which I have seen to be good
and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to
enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors
under the sun, all the days of his lifewhich God
has given him; for this is his portion. 5:19Every
man also to whom God has given riches and
wealth, and has given himp ower to eat of it,
and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his
labor this is the gift of God. 5:20For he shall
not often reflect on the days of his life; because
God occupies himwi th the joy of his heart.
6:1There is an evil which I have seen under
the sun, and it is heavy on men: 6:2a man to
whomGod gives riches, wealth, and honor, so
that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he
desires, yet God gives himn o power to eat of
it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an
evil disease.
6:3If a man fathers a hundred children, and
lives many years, so that the days of his years
are many, but his soul is not filled with good,
and moreover he has no burial; I say, that an
untimely birth is better than he: 6:4for it comes
in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name
is covered with darkness. 6:5Moreover it has
not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest
rather than the other. 6:6Yes, though he live
a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to
enjoy good, don't all go to one place? 6:7All
the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the
appetite is not filled. 6:8For what advantage
has the wise more than the fool? What has the
poor man, that knows how to walk before the
living? 6:9Better is the sight of the eyes than the
wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and
a chasing after wind. 6:10Whatever has been, its
name was given long ago; and it is knownwhat
man is; neither can he contend with him who is
mightier than he. 6:11For there are many words
that create vanity. What does that profit man?
6:12Forwho knows what is good for man in life,
all the days of his vain life which he spends like
a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be
after himund er the sun?
7:1A good name is better than fine perfume;
and the day of death better than the day of
one's birth. 7:2It is better to go to the house of
mourning than to go to the house of feasting:
for that is the end of all men, and the living
should take this to heart. 7:3Sorrow is better
than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the
heart is made good. 7:4The heart of the wise
is in the house of mourning; but the heart of
fools is in the house of mirth. 7:5It is better to
hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
hear the song of fools. 7:6For as the crackling of
thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool.
This also is vanity. 7:7Surely extortion makes
the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the
understanding. 7:8Better is the end of a thing
than its beginning.
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The patient in spirit is better than the proud
in spirit. 7:9Don't be hasty in your spirit
to be angry, for anger rests in the bosomo f
fools. 7:10Don't say, "Why were the former
days better than these?" For you do not ask
wisely about this.
7:11Wisdomi s as good as an inheritance. Yes,
it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
7:12Forwisdomis a defense, even asmoney is a
defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that
wisdompr eserves the life of him who has it.
7:13Consider the work of God, for who
can make that straight, which he has made
crooked? 7:14In the day of prosperity be joyful,
and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God
has made the one side by side with the other, to
the end that man should not find out anything
after him.
7:15All this have I seen in my days of vanity:
there is a righteous man who perishes in his
righteousness, and there is a wicked man who
lives long in his evildoing. 7:16Don't be overly
righteous, neither make yourself overly wise.
Why should you destroy yourself? 7:17Don't be
too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you
die before your tim e? 7:18It is good that you
should take hold of this. Yes, also fromthat
don't withdraw your hand; for he who fears
God will come forth from them all. 7:19Wisdom
is a strength to the wise man more than ten
rulers who are in a city. 7:20Surely there is
not a righteous man on earth, who does good
and doesn't sin. 7:21Also don't take heed to
all words that are spoken, lest you hear your
servant curse you; 7:22for often your own heart
knows that you yourself have likewise cursed
others. 7:23All this have I proved in wisdom.
I said, "I will be wise;" but it was far from
me. 7:24That which is, is far off and exceedingly
deep. Who can find it out? 7:25I turned around,
and my heart sought to know and to search out,
and to seek wisdomand the scheme of things,
and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and
that foolishness is madness.
7:26I find more bitter than death the woman
whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands
are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape
fromhe r; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
7:27Behold, this have I found, says the
Preacher, one to another, to find out the scheme;
7:28which my soul still seeks; but I have not
found: one man among a thousand have I
found; but a woman among all those have I
not found. 7:29Behold, this only have I found:
that God made man upright; but they search
for many schemes.
8:1Who is like the wise man? And who
knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's
wisdommakes his face shine, and the hardness
of his face is changed. 8:2I say, "Keep the
king's command!" because of the oath to God.
8:3Don't be hasty to go out of his presence.
Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does
whatever pleases him, 8:4for the king's word is
supreme. Who can say to him, "What are you
doing?" 8:5Whoever keeps the commandment
shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will
know the time and procedure. 8:6For there
is a time and procedure for every purpose,
although the misery of man is heavy on him.
8:7For he doesn't know that which will be; for
who can tell himh ow it will be? 8:8There
is no man who has power over the spirit to
contain the spirit; neither does he have power
over the day of death. There is no discharge
in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those
who practice it.
8:9All this have I seen, and applied my mind
to every work that is done under the sun.
There is a time in which one man has power
over another to his hurt. 8:10So I saw the
wicked buried. Indeed they came also from
holiness. They went and were forgotten in the
city where they did this. This also is vanity.
8:11Because 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.
8:12Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred
times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it
will be better with those who fear God, who are
reverent before him. 8:13But it shall not be well
with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days
like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.
8:14There is a vanity which is done on the
earth, that there are righteous men to whom it
happens according to the work of the wicked.
Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens
according to the work of the righteous.
I said that this also is vanity. 8:15Then I
commended mirth, because a man has no better
thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink,
and to be joyful: for that will accompany himin
his labor all the days of his life which God has
given himu nder the sun.
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8:16When I applied my heart to know wisdom,
and to see the business that is done on the
earth (for also there is that neither day nor night
sees sleep with his eyes), 8:17then I saw all the
work of God, that man can't find out the work
that is done under the sun, because however
much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't
find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he
can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.
9:1For all this I laid to my heart, even to
explore all this: that the righteous, and the
wise, and their works, are in the hand of God;
whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know
it; all is before them. 9:2All things come alike
to all. There is one event to the righteous and
to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to
the unclean, to himwho sacrifices, and to him
who doesn't sacrifice. As is the good, so is the
sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears
an oath. 9:3This is an evil in all that is done
under the sun, that there is one event to all:
yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of
evil, and madness is in their heart while they
live, and after that they go to the dead. 9:4For
to himw ho is joined with all the living there
is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead
lion. 9:5For the living know that they will die,
but the dead don't know anything, neither do
they have any more a reward; for the memory
of themi s forgotten. 9:6Also their love, their
hatred, and their envy has perished long ago;
neither have they any more a portion forever in
anything that is done under the sun.
9:7Go your way eat your bread with joy,
and drink your wine with a merry heart; for
God has already accepted your works. 9:8Let
your garments be always white, and don't let
your head lack oil. 9:9Live joyfully with the
wife whomyou love all the days of your life of
vanity, which he has given you under the sun,
all your days of vanity: for that is your portion
in life, and in your labor in which you labor
under the sun. 9:10Whatever your hand finds
to do, do it with your might; for there is no
work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom,
in Sheol, where you are going.
9:11I returned, and saw under the sun, that
the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the
strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet
riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor
to men of skill; but time and chance happen
to themal l. 9:12For man also doesn't know his
time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net,
and as the birds that are caught in the snare,
even so are the sons of men snared in an evil
time, when it falls suddenly on them.
9:13I have also seenwisdomun der the sun in
this way, and it seemed great to me. 9:14There
was a little city, and few men within it; and a
great king came against it, besieged it, and built
great bulwarks against it. 9:15Now a poor wise
man was found in it, and he by his wisdom
delivered the city; yet no man remembered that
same poor man. 9:16Then said I, Wisdomis
better than strength. Nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom is despised, and his words are
not heard. 9:17The words of the wise heard
in quiet are better than the cry of himw ho
rules among fools. 9:18Wisdomi s better than
weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much
good.
10:1Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer
to send forth an evil odor; so does a little folly
outweigh wisdoma nd honor. 10:2Awise m an's
heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart at
his left. 10:3Yes also, when the fool walks by the
way, his understanding fails him, and he says
to everyone that he is a fool. 10:4If the spirit of
the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your
place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
10:5There is an evil which I have seen under
the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from
the ruler. 10:6Folly is set in great dignity, and
the rich sit in a low place. 10:7I have seen servants
on horses, and princes walking like servants
on the earth. 10:8He who digs a pit may
fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall
may be bitten by a snake. 10:9Whoever carves
out stones may be injured by them. Whoever
splits wood may be endangered thereby. 10:10If
the axe is blunt, and one doesn't sharpen the
edge, then he must use more strength; but skill
brings success.
10:11If the snake bites before it is charmed,
then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue.
10:12The words of a wise man's mouth are
gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own
lips. 10:13The beginning of the words of his
mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is
mischievous madness. 10:14A fool also multiplies
words.
Man doesn't know what will be; and that
which will be after him, who can tell him?
10:15The labor of fools wearies every one of
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them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.
10:16Woe to you, land, when your king is a
child,
and your princes eat in the morning!
10:17Happy are you, land, when your
king is the son of nobles,
and your princes eat in due season,
for strength, and not for drunkenness!
10:18By slothfulness the roof sinks in;
and through idleness of the hands the
house leaks.
10:19A feast is made for laughter,
and wine makes the life glad;
and money is the answer for all things.
10:20Don't curse the king, no, not in your
thoughts;
and don't curse the rich in your bedchamber:
for a bird of the sky may carry your voice,
and that which has wings may tell the
matter.
11:1Cast your bread on the waters;
for you shall find it after many days.
11:2Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight;
for you don't know what evil will be on
the earth.
11:3If the clouds are full of rain, they empty
themselves on the earth;
and if a tree falls toward the south, or
toward the north,
in the place where the tree falls, there
shall it be.
11:4He who observes the wind won't sow;
and he who regards the clouds won't
reap.
11:5As you don't know what is the way of the
wind,
nor how the bones grow in the womb of
her who is with child;
even so you don't know the work of God
who does all.
11:6In the morning sow your seed,
and in the evening don't withhold your
hand;
for you don't know which will prosper,
whether this or that,
or whether they both will be equally
good.
11:7Truly the light is sweet,
and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to
see the sun.
11:8Yes, if a man lives many years, let him
rejoice in thema ll;
but let him remember the days of darkness,
for they shall be many.
All that comes is vanity.
11:9Rejoice, young man, in your youth,
and let your heart cheer you in the days
of your youth,
and walk in the ways of your heart,
and in the sight of your eyes;
but know that for all these things God
will bring you into judgment.
11:10Therefore remove sorrow from your heart,
and put away evil fromy our flesh;
for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
12:1Rem em ber also your Creator in the days of
your youth,
before the evil days come, and the years
draw near,
when you will say, "I have no pleasure in
them;"
12:2Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the
stars are darkened,
and the clouds return after the rain;
12:3in the day when the keepers of the house
shall tremble,
and the strong men shall bow themselves,
and the grinders cease because they are
few,
and those who look out of the windows
are darkened,
12:4and the doors shall be shut in the street;
when the sound of the grinding is low,
and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird,
and all the daughters of music shall be
brought low;
12:5yes, they shall be afraid of heights,
and terrors will be in the way;
and the almond tree shall blossom,
and the grasshopper shall be a burden,
and desire shall fail;
because man goes to his everlasting
home,
and the mourners go about the streets:
12:6before the silver cord is severed,
or the golden bowl is broken,
or the pitcher is broken at the spring,
or the wheel broken at the cistern,
12:7and the dust returns to the earth as it was,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
12:8Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher.
All is vanity!
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12:9Further, because the Preacher was wise,
he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he
pondered, sought out, and set in order many
proverbs. 12:10The Preacher sought to find out
acceptable words, and that which was written
blamelessly, words of truth. 12:11The words
of the wise are like goads; and like nails well
fastened are words fromthe masters of assemblies,
which are given from one shepherd.
12:12Furthermore, my son, be admonished: of
making many books there is no end; and much
study is a weariness of the flesh.
12:13This is the end of the matter. All
has been heard. Fear God, and keep his
commandments; for this is the whole duty of
man. 12:14For God will bring every work into
judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it
is good, or whether it is evil.
Song of Solomon
1:1The Song of songs, which is Solomon's.
Beloved
1:2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth;
for your love is better thanwine.
1:3Your oils have a pleasing fragrance.
Your name is oil poured forth,
therefore the virgins love you.
1:4Take me away with you.
Let us hurry.
The king has brought me into his chambers.
Friends
We will be glad and rejoice in you.
We will praise your love more than wine!
Beloved
They are right to love you.
1:5I amda rk, but lovely,
you daughters of Jerusalem,
like Kedar's tents,
like Solomon's curtains.
1:6Don't stare at me because I am dark,
because the sun has scorched me.
My mother's sons were angry with me.
They made me keeper of the vineyards.
I haven't kept my own vineyard.
1:7Tell me, you whom my soul loves,
where you graze your flock,
where you rest thema t noon;
For why should I be as one who is veiled
beside the flocks of your companions?
Lover
1:8If you don't know, most beautiful among
women,
follow the tracks of the sheep.
Graze your young goats beside the shepherds'
tents.
1:9I have compared you, my love,
to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
1:10Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,
your neck with strings of jewels.
1:11We will make you earrings of gold,
with studs of silver.
Beloved
1:12While the king sat at his table,
my perfume spread its fragrance.
1:13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh,
that lies between my breasts.
1:14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna
blossoms
fromt he vineyards of En Gedi.
Lover
1:15Behold, you are beautiful, my love.
Behold, you are beautiful.
Your eyes are doves.
Beloved
1:16Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes,
pleasant;
and our couch is verdant.
Lover
1:17The beams of our house are cedars.
Our rafters are firs.
Beloved
2:1I ama rose of Sharon,
a lily of the valleys.
Lover
2:2As a lily among thorns,
so is my love among the daughters.
Beloved
2:3As the apple tree among the trees of the
wood,
so is my beloved among the sons.
I sat down under his shadow with great delight,
his fruit was sweet to my taste.
2:4He brought me to the banquet hall.
His banner over m eis love.
2:5Strengthen me with raisins,
refresh me with apples;
For I amfa int with love.
2:6His left hand is under my head.
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His right hand embraces me.
2:7I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem,
by the roes, or by the hinds of the field,
that you not stir up, nor awaken love,
until it so desires.
2:8The voice of my beloved!
Behold, he comes,
leaping on the mountains,
skipping on the hills.
2:9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart.
Behold, he stands behind our wall!
He looks in at the windows.
He glances through the lattice.
2:10My beloved spoke, and said to me,
"Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and
come away.
2:11For, behold, the winter is past.
The rain is over and gone.
2:12The flowers appear on the earth.
The tim e of the singing has com e,
and the voice of the turtledove is heard in
our land.
2:13The fig tree ripens her green figs.
The vines are in blossom.
They give forth their fragrance.
Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
and come away."
Lover
2:14My dove in the clefts of the rock,
In the hiding places of the mountainside,
Let me see your face.
Let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet, and your face is
lovely.
2:15Catch for us the foxes,
the little foxes that spoil the vineyards;
for our vineyards are in blossom.
Beloved
2:16My beloved is mine, and I am his.
He browses among the lilies.
2:17Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee
away,
turn, my beloved,
and be like a roe or a young hart on the
mountains of Bether.
3:1By night on my bed,
I sought himw homm y soul loves.
I sought him, but I didn't find him.
3:2I will get up now, and go about the city;
in the streets and in the squares I will seek
himw homm y soul loves.
I sought him, but I didn't find him.
3:3The watchmen who go about the city found
me;
"Have you seen himw homm y soul
loves?"
3:4I had scarcely passed fromthem,
when I found himw homm y soul loves.
I held him, and would not let him go,
until I had brought him into my mother's
house,
into the chamber of her who conceived
me.
3:5I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem,
by the roes, or by the hinds of the field,
that you not stir up, nor awaken love,
until it so desires.
3:6Who is this who com es up from the wilderness
like pillars of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
with all spices of the merchant?
3:7Behold, it is Solomon's carriage!
Sixty m ighty m en are around it,
of the mighty men of Israel.
3:8They all handle the sword, and are expert in
war.
Every man has his sword on his thigh,
because of fear in the night.
3:9King Solomon made himself a carriage
of the wood of Lebanon.
3:10He made its pillars of silver,
its bottomo f gold, its seat of purple,
its midst being paved with love,
fromthe daughters of Jerusalem.
3:11Go forth, you daughters of Zion, and see
king Solomon,
with the crown with which his mother
has crowned him,
in the day of his weddings,
in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Lover
4:1Behold, you are beautiful, my love.
Behold, you are beautiful.
Your eyes are doves behind your veil.
Your hair is as a flock of goats,
that descend fromMount Gilead.
4:2Your teeth are like a newly shorn flock,
which have come up from the washing,
where every one of themhas twins.
None is bereaved among them.
4:3Your lips are like scarlet thread.
Your mouth is lovely.
Your tem ples are like a piece of a
pomegranate behind your veil.
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4:4Your neck is like David's tower built for an
armory,
whereon a thousand shields hang,
all the shields of the mighty men.
4:5Your two breasts are like two fawns
that are twins of a roe,
which feed among the lilies.
4:6Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee
away,
I will go to the mountain of myrrh,
to the hill of frankincense.
4:7You are all beautiful, my love.
There is no spot in you.
4:8Com e with m e from Lebanon, m y bride,
with me from Lebanon.
Look fromt he top of Amana,
fromt he top of Senir and Hermon,
fromt he lions' dens,
fromthe mountains of the leopards.
4:9You have ravished my heart, my sister, my
bride.
You have ravished my heart with one of
your eyes,
with one chain of your neck.
4:10How beautiful is your love, my sister, my
bride!
How much better is your love than wine!
The fragrance of your perfumes than all
manner of spices!
4:11Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb.
Honey and milk are under your tongue.
The smell of your garments is like the
smell of Lebanon.
4:12A locked up garden is my sister, my bride;
a locked up spring,
a sealed fountain.
4:13Your shoots are an orchard of
pomegranates, with precious fruits:
henna with spikenard plants,
4:14spikenard and saffron,
calamus and cinnamon, with every kind
of incense tree;
myrrh and aloes, with all the best spices,
4:15a fountain of gardens,
a well of living waters,
flowing streams from Lebanon.
Beloved
4:16Awake, north wind; and come, you south!
Blow on my garden, that its spices may
flow out.
Let my beloved come into his garden,
and taste his precious fruits.
Lover
5:1I have come into my garden, my sister, my
bride.
I have gathered my myrrh with my spice;
I have eaten my honeycomb with my
honey;
I have drunk my wine with my milk.
Friends
Eat, friends!
Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
Beloved
5:2I was asleep, but my heart was awake.
It is the voice of my beloved who knocks:
"Open to me, my sister, my love, my
dove, my undefiled;
for my head is filled with dew,
and my hair with the dampness of the
night."
5:3I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put
it on?
I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I
soil them?
5:4My beloved thrust his hand in through the
latch opening.
My heart pounded for him.
5:5I rose up to open for my beloved.
My hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with liquid myrrh,
on the handles of the lock.
5:6I opened to my beloved;
but my beloved left; and had gone away.
My heart went out when he spoke.
I looked for him, but I didn't find him.
I called him, but he didn't answer.
5:7The watchmen who go about the city found
me.
They beat me.
They bruised me.
The keepers of the walls took my cloak
away fromme.
5:8I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem,
If you find my beloved,
that you tell himthat I amf aint with love.
Friends
5:9How is your beloved better than another
beloved,
you fairest among women?
How is your beloved better than another
beloved,
that you do so adjure us?
Beloved
Song of Solomon 5:10 552 Song of Solomon 7:9
5:10My beloved is white and ruddy.
The best among ten thousand.
5:11His head is like the purest gold.
His hair is bushy, black as a raven.
5:12His eyes are like doves beside the water
brooks,
washed with milk, mounted like jewels.
5:13His cheeks are like a bed of spices with
towers of perfumes.
His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid
myrrh.
5:14His hands are like rings of gold set with
beryl.
His body is like ivory work overlaid with
sapphires.
5:15His legs are like pillars of marble set on
sockets of fine gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent
as the cedars.
5:16His mouth is sweetness;
yes, he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved, and this is my friend,
daughters of Jerusalem.
Friends
6:1Where has your beloved gone, you fairest
among women?
Where has your beloved turned, that we
may seek him with you?
Beloved
6:2My beloved has gone down to his garden,
to the beds of spices,
to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
6:3I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine.
He browses among the lilies,
6:4You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah,
lovely as Jerusalem,
awesome as an army with banners.
6:5Turn away your eyes fromm e,
for they have overcome me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats,
that lie along the side of Gilead.
6:6Your teeth are like a flock of ewes,
which have come up from the washing;
of which every one has twins;
none is bereaved among them.
6:7Your temples are like a piece of a
pomegranate behind your veil.
6:8There are sixty queens, eighty concubines,
and virgins without number.
6:9My dove, my perfect one, is unique.
She is her m other's only daughter.
She is the favorite one of her who bore
her.
The daughters saw her, and called her blessed;
the queens and the concubines, and they
praised her.
6:10Who is she who looks forth as the morning,
beautiful as the moon,
clear as the sun,
and awesome as an army with banners?
6:11I went down into the nut tree grove,
to see the green plants of the valley,
to see whether the vine budded,
and the pomegranates were in flower.
6:12Without realizing it,
my desire set me with my royal people's
chariots.
Friends
6:13Return, return, Shulammite!
Return, return, that we may gaze at you.
Lover
Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite,
as at the dance of Mahanaim?
7:1How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
prince's daughter!
Your rounded thighs are like jewels,
the work of the hands of a skillful workman.
7:2Your body is like a round goblet,
no mixed wine is wanting.
Your waist is like a heap of wheat,
set about with lilies.
7:3Your two breasts are like two fawns,
that are twins of a roe.
7:4Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon
by the gate of Bathrabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
which looks toward Damascus.
7:5Your head on you is like Carmel.
The hair of your head like purple.
The king is held captive in its tresses.
7:6How beautiful and how pleasant you are,
love, for delights!
7:7This, your stature, is like a palmtre e,
your breasts like its fruit.
7:8I said, "I will climb up into the palm tree.
I will take hold of its fruit."
Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
the smell of your breath like apples,
Beloved
7:9Your mouth like the best wine,
that goes down smoothly for my beloved,
Song of Solomon 7:10 553 Song of Solomon 8:14
gliding through the lips of those who are
asleep.
7:10I ammy beloved's.
His desire is toward me.
7:11Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the
field.
Let us lodge in the villages.
7:12Let's go early up to the vineyards.
Let's see whether the vine has budded,
its blossomis open,
and the pomegranates are in flower.
There I will give you my love.
7:13The mandrakes give forth fragrance.
At our doors are all kinds of precious
fruits, new and old,
which I have stored up for you, my
beloved.
8:1Oh that you were like my brother,
who sucked the breasts of my mother!
If I found you outside, I would kiss you;
yes, and no one would despise me.
8:2I would lead you, bringing you into my
mother's house,
who would instruct me.
I would have you drink spiced wine,
of the juice of my pomegranate.
8:3His left hand would be under my head.
His right hand would embrace me.
8:4I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem,
that you not stir up, nor awaken love,
until it so desires.
Friends
8:5Who is this who com es up from the wilderness,
leaning on her beloved?
Under the apple tree I aroused you.
There your mother conceived you.
There she was in labor and bore you.
8:6Set me as a seal on your heart,
as a seal on your arm;
for love is strong as death.
Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol.
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
a very flame of Yahweh.
8:7Many waters can't quench love,
neither can floods drown it.
If a man would give all the wealth of his house
for love,
he would be utterly scorned.
Friends
8:8We have a little sister.
She has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
in the day when she is to be spoken for?
8:9If she is a wall,
we will build on her a turret of silver.
if she is a door,
we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
Beloved
8:10I ama wall, andmy breasts like towers,
then I was in his eyes like one who found
peace.
8:11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon.
He leased out the vineyard to keepers.
Each was to bring a thousand shekels of
silver for its fruit.
8:12My own vineyard is before me.
The thousand are for you, Solomon;
two hundred for those who tend its fruit.
Lover
8:13You who dwell in the gardens, with friends
in attendance,
let m ehear your voice!
Beloved
8:14Come away, my beloved!
Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the
mountains of spices!
Isaiah 1:1 554 Isaiah 1:23
Isaiah
1:1The 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.
1:2Hear, heavens,
and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken:
I have nourished and brought up children,
and they have rebelled against me.
1:3The ox knows his owner,
and the donkey his master's crib;
but Israel doesn't know,
my people don't consider.
1:4Ah sinful nation,
a people loaded with iniquity,
a seed of evildoers,
children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken Yahweh.
They have despised the Holy One of
Israel.
They are estranged and backward.
1:5Why should you be beaten more,
that you revolt more and more?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
1:6Fromt he sole of the foot even to the head
there is no soundness in it:
wounds, welts, and open sores.
They haven't been closed, neither bandaged,
neither soothed with oil.
1:7Your country is desolate.
Your cities are burned with fire.
Strangers devour your land in your presence,
and it is desolate,
as overthrown by strangers.
1:8The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a
vineyard,
like a hut in a field of melons,
like a besieged city.
1:9Unless Yahweh of Armies had left to us a
very small remnant,
we would have been as Sodom;
we would have been like Gomorrah.
1:10Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of
Sodom!
Listen to the law of our God, you people
of Gomorrah!
1:11"What are the multitude of your sacrifices
to me?," says Yahweh.
"I have had enough of the burnt offerings
of rams,
and the fat of fed animals.
I don't delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs,
or of male goats.
1:12When you come to appear before me,
who has required this at your hand, to
trample my courts?
1:13Bring no more vain offerings.
Incense is an abomination to me;
new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations:
I can't bear with evil assemblies.
1:14My soul hates your New Moons and your
appointed feasts.
They are a burden to me.
I amwe ary of bearing them.
1:15When you spread forth your hands, I will
hide my eyes from you.
Yes, when you make many prayers, I will
not hear.
Your hands are full of blood.
1:16Wash yourselves, make yourself clean.
Put away the evil of your doings from
before my eyes.
Cease to do evil.
1:17Learn to do well.
Seek justice.
Relieve the oppressed.
Judge the fatherless.
Plead for the widow."
1:18"Come now, and let us reason together,"
says Yahweh:
"Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow.
Though they be red like crimson, they
shall be as wool.
1:19If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
1:20but if you refuse and rebel, you shall
be devoured with the sword;
for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it."
1:21How the faithful city has become a prostitute!
She was full of justice; righteousness
lodged in her,
but now murderers.
1:22Your silver has become dross,
your wine mixed with water.
1:23Your princes are rebellious, and companions
of thieves.
Isaiah 1:24 555 Isaiah 2:17
Everyone loves bribes, and follows after
rewards.
They don't judge the fatherless,
neither does the cause of the widow come
to them.
1:24Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies,
the Mighty One of Israel, says:
"Ah, I will get relief frommy adversaries,
and avenge myself of my enemies;
1:25and I will turn my hand on you,
thoroughly purge away your dross,
and will take away all your tin.
1:26I will restore your judges as at the first,
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you shall be called 'The city of
righteousness,
a faithful town.'
1:27Zion shall be redeemed with justice,
and her converts with righteousness.
1:28But the destruction of transgressors and
sinners shall be together,
and those who forsake Yahweh shall be
consumed.
1:29For they shall be ashamed of the oakswhich
you have desired,
and you shall be confounded for the
gardens that you have chosen.
1:30For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades,
and as a garden that has no water.
1:31The strong will be like tinder,
and his work like a spark.
They will both burn together,
and no one will quench them."
2:1This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw
concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2:2It shall happen in the latter days, that the
mountain of Yahweh's house shall be
established on the top of the mountains,
and shall be raised above the hills;
and all nations shall flow to it.
2:3Many peoples shall go and say,
"Come, let's go up to the mountain of
Yahweh,
to the house of the God of Jacob;
and he will teach us of his ways,
and we will walk in his paths."
For out of Zion the law shall go forth,
and the word of Yahweh fromJ erusalem.
2:4He will judge between the nations,
and will decide concerning many peoples;
and they shall beat their swords into
plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more.
2:5House of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the
light of Yahweh.
2:6For you have forsaken your people, the
house of Jacob,
because they are filled fromthe east,
with those who practice divination like
the Philistines,
and they clasp hands with the children of
foreigners.
2:7Their land is full of silver and gold,
neither is there any end of their treasures.
Their land also is full of horses,
neither is there any end of their chariots.
2:8Their land also is full of idols.
They worship the work of their own
hands,
that which their own fingers have made.
2:9Man is brought low,
and mankind is humbled;
therefore don't forgive them.
2:10Enter into the rock,
and hide in the dust,
fromb efore the terror of Yahweh,
and fromthe glory of hismajesty.
2:11The lofty looks of man will be brought low,
the haughtiness of men will be bowed
down,
and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that
day.
2:12For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies
for all that is proud and haughty,
and for all that is lifted up;
and it shall be brought low:
2:13For all the cedars of Lebanon, that are
high and lifted up,
for all the oaks of Bashan,
2:14For all the high mountains,
for all the hills that are lifted up,
2:15For every lofty tower,
for every fortified wall,
2:16For all the ships of Tarshish,
and for all pleasant imagery.
2:17The loftiness of man shall be bowed down,
and the haughtiness of men shall be
brought low;
and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that
day.
Isaiah 2:18 556 Isaiah 3:22
2:18The idols shall utterly pass away.
2:19Men shall go into the caves of the rocks,
and into the holes of the earth,
fromb efore the terror of Yahweh,
and fromthe glory of hismajesty,
when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
2:20In that day, men shall cast away their idols
of silver,
and their idols of gold,
which have been made for themselves to
worship,
to the moles and to the bats;
2:21To go into the caverns of the rocks,
and into the clefts of the ragged rocks,
fromb efore the terror of Yahweh,
and fromthe glory of hismajesty,
when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
2:22Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his
nostrils;
for ofwhat account is he?
3:1For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies,
takes away fromJ erusalemand from
Judah supply and support,
the whole supply of bread,
and the whole supply of water;
3:2the mighty man,
the man of war,
the judge,
the prophet,
the diviner,
the elder,
3:3the captain of fifty,
the honorable man,
the counselor,
the skilled craftsman,
and the clever enchanter.
3:4I will give boys to be their princes,
and children shall rule over them.
3:5The people will be oppressed,
everyone by another,
and everyone by his neighbor.
The child will behave himself proudly against
the old man,
and the base against the honorable.
3:6Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother
in the house of his father, saying,
"You have clothing, you be our ruler,
and let this ruin be under your hand."
3:7In that day he will cry out, saying, I will not
be a healer;
for in my house is neither bread nor
clothing.
You shall not make me ruler of the people.
3:8For Jerusalemis ruined, and Judah is fallen;
because their tongue and their doings are
against Yahweh,
to provoke the eyes of his glory.
3:9The look of their faces testify against them.
They parade their sin like Sodom.
They don't hide it.
Woe to their soul!
For they have brought disaster upon
themselves.
3:10Tell the righteous "Good!"
For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
3:11Woe to the wicked!
Disaster is upon them;
for the deeds of his hands will be paid
back to him.
3:12As for my people, children are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
My people, thosewho lead you cause you
to err,
and destroy the way of your paths.
3:13Yahweh stands up to contend,
and stands to judge the peoples.
3:14Yahweh will enter into judgment with the
elders of his people,
and their leaders:
"It is you who have eaten up the vineyard.
The spoil of the poor is in your houses.
3:15What do you mean that you crush my
people,
and grind the face of the poor?" says the
Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
3:16Moreover Yahweh said, "Because the
daughters of Zion are haughty,
and walk with outstretched necks and
flirting eyes,
walking to trip as they go,
jingling ornaments on their feet;
3:17therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown
of the head of the women of Zion,
and Yahweh will make their scalps bald."
3:18In that day the Lord will take away the
beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent
necklaces, 3:19the earrings, the bracelets,
the veils, 3:20the headdresses, the ankle chains,
the sashes, the perfume bottles, the charms,
3:21the signet rings, the nose rings, 3:22the fine
Isaiah 3:23 557 Isaiah 5:12
robes, the capes, the cloaks, the purses, 3:23the
hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the
tiaras, and the shawls.
3:24It shall happen that instead of sweet spices,
there shall be rottenness;
instead of a belt, a rope;
instead of well set hair, baldness;
instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth;
and branding instead of beauty.
3:25Your men shall fall by the sword,
and your mighty in the war.
3:26Her gates shall lament and mourn;
and she shall be desolate and sit on the
ground.
4:1Seven women shall take hold of one man
in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread,
and wear our own clothing: only let us be
called by your name. Take away our reproach."
4:2In that day, Yahweh's branch will be
beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land
will be the beauty and glory of the survivors
of Israel. 4:3It will happen, that he who is
left in Zion, and he who remains in Jerusalem,
shall be called holy, even everyone who is
written among the living in Jerusalem; 4:4when
the Lord shall have washed away the filth of
the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged
the blood of Jerusalemfr om its midst, by the
spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.
4:5Yahweh will create over thewhole habitation
of Mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a
cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a
flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will
be a canopy. 4:6There will be a pavilion for a
shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a
refuge and for a shelter fromst orma nd from
rain.
5:1Let me sing for my well beloved a song of
my beloved about his vineyard.
My beloved had a vineyard on a very
fruitful hill.
5:2He dug it up,
gathered out its stones,
planted it with the choicest vine,
built a tower in its midst,
and also cut out a winepress therein.
He looked for it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.
5:3"Now, inhabitants of Jerusalemand men of
Judah,
please judge between me and my vineyard.
5:4What could have been done more to my
vineyard, that I have not done in it?
Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes,
did it yield wild grapes?
5:5Now I will tell you what I will do to my
vineyard.
I will take away its hedge, and it will be
eaten up.
I will break down its wall of it, and it will
be trampled down.
5:6I will lay it a wasteland.
It won't be pruned nor hoed,
but it will grow briers and thorns.
I will also command the clouds that they
rain no rain on it."
5:7For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the
house of Israel,
and the men of Judah his pleasant plant:
and he looked for justice, but, behold,
oppression;
for righteousness, but, behold, a cry of
distress.
5:8Woe to thosewho join house to house,
who lay field to field, until there is no
room,
and you are made to dwell alone in the
midst of the land!
5:9In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: "Surely
many houses will be desolate,
even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
5:10For ten acresa of vineyard shall yield one
bath,b
and a homerc of seed shall yield an
ephah.d"
5:11Woe to those who rise up early in the
morning, that they may follow strong
drink;
who stay late into the night, until wine
inflames them!
5:12The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with
wine, are at their feasts;
a5:10 literally, ten yokes, or the amount of land that ten yokes of oxen can plow in one day, which is about
10 acres or 4 hectares.
b5:10 1 bath is about 22 litres, 5.8 U. S. gallons, or 4.8 imperial gallons
c5:10 1 homer is about 220 litres or 6 bushels
d5:10 1 ephah is about 22 litres or 0.6 bushels or about 2 pecks) only one tenth of what was sown.
Isaiah 5:13 558 Isaiah 6:4
but they don't regard the work of Yahweh,
neither have they considered the operation
of his hands.
5:13Therefore my people go into captivity for
lack of knowledge.
Their honorable men are famished,
and their multitudes are parched with
thirst.
5:14Therefore Sheole has enlarged its desire,
and opened its mouth without measure;
and their glory, their multitude, their
pomp, and he who rejoices among
them, descend into it.
5:15So man is brought low,
mankind is humbled,
and the eyes of the arrogant ones are
humbled;
5:16but Yahweh of Armies is exalted in justice,
and God the Holy One is sanctified in
righteousness.
5:17Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture,
and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.
5:18Woe to thosewho drawiniquitywith cords
of falsehood,
and wickedness as with cart rope;
5:19Who say, "Let himm ake speed, let him
hasten his work, that we may see it;
and let the counsel of the Holy One of
Israel draw near and come,
that we may know it!"
5:20Woe to those who call evil good, and good
evil;
who put darkness for light,
and light for darkness;
who put bitter for sweet,
and sweet for bitter!
5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own
eyes,
and prudent in their own sight!
5:22Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine,
and champions at mixing strong drink;
5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe,
but deny justice for the innocent!
5:24Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the
stubble,
and as the dry grass sinks down in the
flame,
so their root shall be as rottenness,
and their blossoms hall go up as dust;
because they have rejected the law of Yahweh
of Armies,
and despised the word of the Holy One of
Israel.
5:25Therefore Yahweh's anger burns against his
people,
and he has stretched out his hand against
them, and has struck them.
The mountains tremble,
and their dead bodies are as refuse in the
midst of the streets.
For all this, his anger is not turned away,
but his hand is still stretched out.
5:26He will lift up a banner to the nations from
far,
and he will whistle for themf romthe end
of the earth.
Behold, they will come speedily and
swiftly.
5:27None shall be weary nor stumble among
them;
none shall slumber nor sleep;
neither shall the belt of their waist be
untied,
nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
5:28whose arrows are sharp,
and all their bows bent.
Their horses' hoofs will be like flint,
and their wheels like a whirlwind.
5:29Their roaring will be like a lioness.
They will roar like young lions.
Yes, they shall roar,
and seize their prey and carry it off,
and there will be no one to deliver.
5:30They will roar against themi n that day like
the roaring of the sea.
If one looks to the land behold, darkness
and distress.
The light is darkened in its clouds.
6:1In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw
the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up;
and his train filled the temple. 6:2Above him
stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings.
With two he covered his face. With two he
covered his feet. With two he flew. 6:3One
called to another, and said,
"Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies!
The whole earth is full of his glory!"
6:4The foundations of the thresholds shook
at the voice of himwho called, and the house
e5:14 Sheol is the place of the dead.
Isaiah 6:5 559 Isaiah 7:20
was filled with smoke. 6:5Then I said, "Woe
is me! For I amund one, because I ama man
of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a
people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen
the King, Yahweh of Armies!"
6:6Then one of the seraphimfl ew to me,
having a live coal in his hand, which he had
taken with the tongs fromo ff the altar. 6:7He
touched my mouth with it, and said, "Behold,
this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is
taken away, and your sin forgiven."
6:8I heard the Lord's voice, saying, "Whom
shall I send, and who will go for us?"
Then I said, "Here I am. Send me!"
6:9He said, "Go, and tell this people,
'You hear indeed,
but don't understand;
and you see indeed,
but don't perceive.'
6:10Make the heart of this people fat.
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 turn again, and be healed."
6:11Then I said, "Lord, how long?"
He answered,
"Until cities are waste without inhabitant,
and houses without man,
and the land becomes utterly waste,
6:12And Yahweh has removed men far
away,
and the forsaken places are many in the
midst of the land.
6:13If there is a tenth left in it,
that also will in turn be consumed:
as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock
remains when they are felled;
so the holy seed is its stock."
7:1It happened 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 to
Jerusalemt o war against it, but could not
prevail against it. 7:2It was told the house of
David, saying, "Syria is allied with Ephraim."
His heart trembled, and the heart of his people,
as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.
7:3Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, "Go out now to
meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at
the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on
the highway of the fuller's field. 7:4Tell him,
'Be careful, and keep calm. Don't be afraid,
neither let your heart be faint because of these
two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce
anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of
Remaliah. 7:5Because Syria, Ephraim, and the
son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you,
saying, 7:6"Let's go up against Judah, and tear
it apart, and let's divide it among ourselves,
and set up a king in its midst, even the son of
Tabeel." 7:7This is what the Lord Yahweh says:
"It shall not stand, neither shall it happen."
7:8For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the
head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-
five years Ephraimsh all be broken in pieces, so
that it shall not be a people; 7:9and the head of
Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is
Remaliah's son. If you will not believe, surely
you shall not be established.'"
7:10Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
7:11"Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it
either in the depth, or in the height above."
7:12But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, neither
will I tempt Yahweh."
7:13He said, "Listen now, house of David: Is
it not enough for you to try the patience of men,
that you will try the patience of my God also?
7:14Therefore the Lord himself will give you
a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and
bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.f
7:15He shall eat butter and honey when he
knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
7:16For before the child knows to refuse the evil,
and choose the good, the land whose two kings
you abhor shall be forsaken. 7:17Yahweh will
bring on you, on your people, and on your
father's house, days that have not come, from
the day that Ephraimd eparted fromJ udah;
even the king of Assyria. 7:18It will happen
in that day that Yahweh will whistle for the
fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers
of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of
Assyria. 7:19They shall come, and shall all rest
in the desolate valleys, in the clefts of the rocks,
on all thorn hedges, and on all pastures. 7:20In
that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is
hired in the parts beyond the River, even with
the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the
f7:14 "Immanuel" means "God with us."
Isaiah 7:21 560 Isaiah 9:6
feet; and it shall also consume the beard. 7:21It
shall happen in that day that a man shall keep
alive a young cow, and two sheep; 7:22and it
shall happen, that because of the abundance of
milk which they shall give he shall eat butter:
for everyone will eat butter and honey that is
left in the midst of the land. 7:23It will happen
in that day that every place where there were
a thousand vines at a thousand silver shekels,
shall be for briers and thorns. 7:24Peoplewill go
therewith arrows and with bow, because all the
land will be briers and thorns. 7:25All the hills
that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not
come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it
shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for
the treading of sheep."
8:1Yahweh said to me, "Take a large tablet,
and write on it with a man's pen, 'For Maher
Shalal Hash Baz;g' 8:2and I will take for myself
faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah the priest,
and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah."
8:3I went to the prophetess, and she conceived,
and bore a son. Then said Yahweh
to me, "Call his name 'Maher Shalal Hash
Baz.' 8:4For before the child knows how to
say, 'My father,' and, 'My mother,' the riches
of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be
carried away by the king of Assyria."
8:5Yahweh spoke to me yet again, saying,
8:6"Because this people have refused the waters
of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin
and Remaliah's son; 8:7now therefore, behold,
the Lord brings upon themthe mighty flood
waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all
his glory. It will come up over all its channels,
and go over all its banks. 8:8It will sweep
onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass
through; it will reach even to the neck; and the
stretching out of its wings will fill the breadth
of your land, Immanuel. 8:9Make an uproar,
you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen,
all you fromf ar countries: dress for battle, and
be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!
8:10Take counsel together, and itwill be brought
to nothing; speak the word, and it will not
stand: for God is with us." 8:11For Yahweh
spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and
instructed me not to walk in the way of this
people, saying, 8:12"Don't say, 'A conspiracy!'
concerning all about which this people say, 'A
conspiracy!' neither fear their threats, nor be
terrorized. 8:13Yahweh of Armies is who you
must regard as holy. He is the one you must
fear. He is the one you m ust dread. 8:14He will
be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he
will be a trap and a snare for the inhabitants
of Jerusalem. 8:15Many will stumble over it,
fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured."
8:16Wrap up the testimony. Seal the law among
m y disciples. 8:17I will wait for Yahweh, who
hides his face fromt he house of Jacob, and I
will look for him. 8:18Behold, I and the children
whomYahweh has given me are for signs and
for wonders in Israel fromY ahweh of Armies,
who dwells in Mount Zion.
8:19When they tell you, "Consult with those
who have familiar spirits and with the wizards,
who chirp and who mutter:" shouldn't
a people consult with their God? Should
they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
8:20Turn to the law and to the testimony! If
they don't speak according to this word, surely
there is no morning for them. 8:21Theywill pass
through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it
will happen that when they are hungry, they
will worry, and curse by their king and by their
God. They will turn their faces upward, 8:22and
look to the earth, and see distress, darkness,
and the gloomof anguish. They will be driven
into thick darkness.
9:1But there shall be no more gloom for her
who was in anguish. In the former time, he
brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and
the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time he
has made it glorious, by the way of the sea,
beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
9:2The people who walked in darkness have
seen a great light.
Those who lived in the land of the
shadow of death, on themthe light has
shined.
9:3You have multiplied the nation.
You have increased their joy.
They rejoice before you according to the joy
in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the
spoil. 9:4For the yoke of his burden, and the
staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor,
you have broken as in the day ofMidian. 9:5For
all the armor of the armed man in the noisy
battle, and the garments rolled in blood, will
be for burning, fuel for the fire. 9:6For to us
g8:1 "Maher Shalal Hash Baz" means "quick to the plunder, swift to the spoil."
Isaiah 9:7 561 Isaiah 10:12
a child is born. To us a son is given; and the
government will be on his shoulders. His name
will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty
God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 9:7Of
the increase of his government and of peace
there shall be no end, on the throne of David,
and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to
uphold it with justice and with righteousness
fromthat time on, even forever. The zeal of
Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
9:8The Lord sent a word into Jacob,
and it falls on Israel.
9:9All the people will know,
including Ephraima nd the inhabitants
of Samaria, who say in pride and in
arrogance of heart,
9:10"The bricks have fallen,
but we will build with cut stone.
The sycamore fig trees have been cut down,
but we will put cedars in their place."
9:11Therefore Yahweh will set up on high
against himthe adversaries of Rezin,
and will stir up his enemies,
9:12The Syrians in front,
and the Philistines behind;
and they will devour Israel with open
mouth.
For all this, his anger is not turned away,
but his hand is stretched out still.
9:13Yet the people have not turned to himwho
struck them,
neither have they sought Yahweh of
Armies.
9:14Therefore Yahweh will cut off fromI srael
head and tail,
palmbr anch and reed, in one day.
9:15The elder and the honorable man is the
head,
and the prophet who teaches lies is the
tail.
9:16For those who lead this people lead them
astray;
and those who are led by themare destroyed.
9:17Therefore the Lordwill not rejoice over their
young men,
neither will he have compassion on their
fatherless and widows;
for everyone is profane and an evildoer,
and every mouth speaks folly.
For all this his anger is not turned away,
but his hand is stretched out still.
9:18For wickedness burns like a fire.
It devours the briers and thorns;
yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest,
and they roll upward in a column of
smoke.
9:19Through the wrath of Yahweh of Armies,
the land is burnt up;
and the people are the fuel for the fire.
No one spares his brother.
9:20One will devour on the right hand, and be
hungry;
and he will eat on the left hand, and they
will not be satisfied.
Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm:
9:21Manasseh, 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.
10:1Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees,
and to the writers who write oppressive
decrees; 10:2to deprive the needy fromju stice,
and to rob the poor among my people of their
rights, that widows may be their spoil, and
that they may make the fatherless their prey!
10:3What will you do in the day of visitation,
and in the desolation which will come from
afar? To whomw ill you flee for help? Where
will you leave your wealth?
10:4They will only bow down under the
prisoners,
and will fall under the slain.
For all this his anger is not turned away,
but his hand is stretched out still.
10:5Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the
staff in whose hand is my indignation! 10:6I
will send himag ainst a profane nation, and
against the people who anger me will I give
him a command to take the spoil and to take
the prey, and to tread themd own like themire
of the streets. 10:7However he doesn't mean so,
neither does his heart think so; but it is in his
heart to destroy, and to cut off not a fewnations.
10:8For he says, "Aren't all of my princes kings?
10:9Isn't Calno like Carchemish? Isn't Hamath
like Arpad? Isn't Samaria like Damascus?"
10:10As my hand has found the kingdoms of the
idols, whose engraved images exceeded those
of Jerusalemand of Samaria; 10:11shall I not, as
I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to
Jerusalema nd her idols? 10:12Therefore it will
happen that, when the Lord has performed his
Isaiah 10:13 562 Isaiah 11:7
whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem,
I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart
of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his
haughty looks. 10:13For he has said, "By the
strength of my hand I have done it, and by my
wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have
removed the boundaries of the peoples, and
have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man
I have brought down their rulers. 10:14My hand
has found the riches of the peoples like a nest,
and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned,
have I gathered all the earth. There was no one
who moved their wing, or that opened their
mouth, or chirped."
10:15Should an axe brag against himwho
chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above
himw ho saws with it? As if a rod should lift
those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift
up someone who is not wood. 10:16Therefore
the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will send among
his fat ones leanness; and under his glory a
burning will be kindled like the burning of fire.
10:17The light of Israel will be for a fire, and
his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and
devour his thorns and his briers in one day.
10:18He will consume the glory of his forest, and
of his fruitful field, both soul and body. It will
be as when a standard bearer faints. 10:19The
remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few,
so that a child could write their number.
10:20It will come to pass in that day that the
remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped
fromt he house of Jacob will no more again
lean on himwho struck them, but shall lean
on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
10:21A remnant will return, even the remnant of
Jacob, to the mighty God. 10:22For though your
people, Israel, are like the sand of the sea, only
a remnant of them will return. A destruction
is determined, overflowing with righteousness.
10:23For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies,will make
a full end, and that determined, in the midst of
all the earth. 10:24Therefore the Lord, Yahweh
of Armies, says "My people who dwell in Zion,
don't be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike
you with the rod, and lift up his staff against
you, as Egypt did. 10:25For yet a very little
while, and the indignation against you will be
accomplished, and my anger will be directed
to his destruction." 10:26Yahweh of Armies
will stir up a scourge against him, as in the
slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. His
rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up
like he did against Egypt. 10:27It will happen
in that day, that his burden will depart fromo ff
your shoulder, and his yoke fromof f your neck,
and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the
anointing oil.
10:28He has come to Aiath. He has passed
through Migron. At Michmash he stores his
baggage. 10:29They have gone over the pass.
They have taken up their lodging at Geba.
Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.
10:30Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of
Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
10:31Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants
of Gebimfl ee for safety. 10:32This very day he
will halt at Nob. He shakes his hand at the
mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of
Jerusalem. 10:33Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of
Armies,will lop the boughswith terror. The tall
will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought
low. 10:34He will cut down the thickets of the
forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the
Mighty One.
11:1A shoot will come out of the stock of
Jesse,
and a branch out of his roots will bear
fruit.
11:2The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on him:
the spirit of wisdomand understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of
Yahweh.
11:3His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh.
He will not judge by the sight of his eyes,
neither decide by the hearing of his ears;
11:4but with righteousness he will judge the
poor,
and decide with equity for the humble of
the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his
mouth;
and with the breath of his lips he will kill
the wicked.
11:5Righteousness will be the belt of his waist,
and faithfulness the belt of his waist.
11:6The wolf will live with the lamb,
and the leopard will lie down with the
young goat;
The calf, the young lion, and the fattened
calf together;
and a little child will lead them.
11:7The cow and the bear will graze.
Isaiah 11:8 563 Isaiah 13:17
Their young ones will lie down together.
The lion will eat straw like the ox.
11:8The nursing child will play near a cobra's
hole,
and the weaned child will put his hand
on the viper's den.
11:9Theywill not hurt nor destroy in all my holy
mountain;
for the earth will be full of the knowledge
of Yahweh,
as the waters cover the sea.
11:10It will happen in that day that the nations
will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a
banner of the peoples; and his resting place will
be glorious. 11:11It will happen in that day that
the Lordwill set his hand again the second time
to recover the remnant that is left of his people
from Assyria, fromEgypt , fromPa thros, from
Cush, fromE lam, fromShi nar, fromHam ath,
and fromthe islands of the sea. 11:12He will set
up a banner for the nations, and will assemble
the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the
dispersed of Judah fromt he four corners of
the earth. 11:13The envy also of Ephraimw ill
depart, and those who persecute Judah will
be cut off. Ephraimwo n't envy Judah, and
Judah won't persecute Ephraim. 11:14They will
fly down on the shoulders of the Philistines
on the west. Together they will plunder the
children of the east. They will extend their
power over Edomand Moab, and the children
of Ammon will obey them. 11:15Yahweh will
utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea;
and with his scorching wind he will wave
his hand over the River, and will split it into
seven streams, and cause men to march over in
sandals. 11:16There will be a highway for the
remnant that is left of his people from Assyria,
like there was for Israel in the day that he came
up out of the land of Egypt.
12:1In that day you will say, "I will give
thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were
angry with me, your anger has turned away
and you comfort me. 12:2Behold, God is my
salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and
he has become my salvation." 12:3Therefore
with joy you will draw water out of the wells
of salvation. 12:4In that day you will say, "Give
thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare
his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that
his name is exalted! 12:5Sing to Yahweh, for he
has done excellent things! Let this be known
in all the earth! 12:6Cry aloud and shout, you
inhabitant of Zion; for the Holy One of Israel is
great in the midst of you!"
13:1The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the
son of Amoz saw: 13:2Set up a banner on the
bare mountain! Lift up your voice to them!
Wave your hand, that they may go into the
gates of the nobles. 13:3I have commanded my
consecrated ones; yes, I have called my mighty
men for my anger, even my proudly exulting
ones. 13:4The noise of a multitude is in the
mountains, as of a great people; the noise of an
uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered
together! Yahweh of Armies is mustering the
army for the battle. 13:5They come from a far
country, fromthe uttermost part of heaven,
even Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation,
to destroy the whole land. 13:6Wail; for
the day of Yahweh is at hand! It will come as
destruction fromt he Almighty. 13:7Therefore
all hands will be feeble, and everyone's heart
will melt. 13:8They will be dismayed. Pangs
and sorrows will seize them. They will be in
pain like a woman in labor. They will look in
amazement one at another. Their faces will be
faces of flame. 13:9Behold, the day of Yahweh
comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to
make the land a desolation, and to destroy its
sinners out of it. 13:10For the stars of the sky and
its constellations will not give their light. The
sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the
moonwill not cause its light to shine. 13:11I will
punish the world for their evil, and the wicked
for their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance
of the proud to cease, and will humble the
haughtiness of the terrible. 13:12I will make
people more rare than fine gold, even a person
than the pure gold of Ophir. 13:13Therefore I
will make the heavens tremble, and the earth
will be shaken out of its place in the wrath of
Yahweh of Armies, and in the day of his fierce
anger. 13:14It will happen that like a a hunted
gazelle, and like sheep that no one gathers, they
will each turn to their own people, and will
each flee to their own land. 13:15Everyone who
is found will be thrust through. Everyone who
is captured will fall by the sword. 13:16Their
infants also will be dashed in pieces before
their eyes. Their houses will be ransacked, and
their wives raped. 13:17Behold, I will stir up
the Medes against them, who will not value
Isaiah 13:18 564 Isaiah 14:29
silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in
it. 13:18Their bows will dash the young men
in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the
fruit of the womb. Their eyes will not spare
children. 13:19Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, will be like
when God overthrew Sodoma nd Gomorrah.
13:20It will never be inhabited, neither will it
be lived in fromg eneration to generation. The
Arabian will not pitch a tent there, neither will
shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
13:21But wild animals of the desert will lie
there, and their houses will be full of jackals.
Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will
frolic there. 13:22Wolves will cry in their castles,
and jackals in the pleasant palaces. Her time
is near to come, and her days will not be
prolonged.
14:1For Yahweh will have compassion on
Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them
in their own land. The foreigner will join
himself with them, and they will unite with the
house of Jacob. 14:2The peoples will take them,
and bring themto their place. The house of
Israel will possess themin Yahweh's land for
servants and for handmaids. They will take as
captives those whose captives they were; and
they shall rule over their oppressors. 14:3It will
happen in the day that Yahweh will give you
rest fromyour sorrow, from your trouble, and
fromthe hard service in which you weremade
to serve, 14:4that you will take up this parable
against the king of Babylon, and say, "How
the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has
ceased!" 14:5Yahweh has broken the staff of
the wicked, the scepter of the rulers, 14:6who
struck the peoples in wrath with a continual
stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with
a persecution that none restrained. 14:7The
whole earth is at rest, and is quiet. They break
out song. 14:8Yes, the fir trees rejoice with
you, with the cedars of Lebanon, saying, "Since
you are humbled, no lumberjack has come up
against us." 14:9Sheol frombe neath hasmoved
for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up
the dead for you, even all the rulers of the earth.
It has raised up fromthe ir thrones all the kings
of the nations. 14:10They allwill answer and ask
you, "Have you also become asweak aswe are?
Have you become like us?" 14:11Your pomp is
brought down to Sheol, with the sound of your
stringed instruments. Maggots are spread out
under you, andworm s cover you.
14:12How you have fallen fromhe aven,
morning star, son of the dawn! How you are
cut down to the ground, who laid the nations
low! 14:13You said in your heart, "I will ascend
into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the
stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of
assembly, in the far north! 14:14I will ascend
above the heights of the clouds! I will make
myself like the Most High!" 14:15Yet you shall
be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of
the pit. 14:16Those who see you will stare at
you. They will ponder you, saying, "Is this
the man who made the earth to tremble, who
shook kingdoms; 14:17who made the world like
a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who
didn't release his prisoners to their home?"
14:18All the kings of the nations, sleep in
glory, everyone in his own house. 14:19But
you are cast away fromy our tomb like an
abominable branch, clothed with the slain, who
are thrust through with the sword, who go
down to the stones of the pit; like a dead
body trodden under foot. 14:20You will not join
themi n burial, because you have destroyed
your land. You have killed your people. The
seed of evildoers will not be named forever.
14:21Prepare for slaughter of his children because
of the iniquity of their fathers, that they
not rise up and possess the earth, and fill
the surface of the world with cities. 14:22"I
will rise up against them," says Yahweh of
Armies, "and cut off from Babylon name and
remnant, and son and son's son," says Yahweh.
14:23"I will also make it a possession for the
porcupine, and pools of water. I will sweep it
with the broomo f destruction," says Yahweh
of Armies. 14:24Yahweh of Armies has sworn,
saying, "Surely, as I have thought, so shall it
happen; and as I have purposed, so shall it
stand: 14:25that I will break the Assyrian in
my land, and tread him under foot on my
mountains. Then his yoke will leave them, and
his burden leave their shoulders. 14:26This is
the plan that is determined for the whole earth.
This is the hand that is stretched out over all
the nations. 14:27For Yahweh of Armies has
planned, and who can stop it? His hand is
stretched out, and who can turn it back?"
14:28This burden was in the year that king
Ahaz died. 14:29Don't rejoice, O Philistia, all
of you, because the rod that struck you is
Isaiah 14:30 565 Isaiah 17:4
broken; for out of the serpent's root an adder
will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying
serpent. 14:30The firstborn of the poor will eat,
and the needywill lie down in safety; and I will
kill your root with famine, and your remnant
will be killed.
14:31Howl, gate! Cry, city! You are melted
away, Philistia, all of you; for smoke comes
out of the north, and there is no straggler
in his ranks. 14:32What will they answer the
messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has
founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his
people will take refuge.
15:1The burden of Moab: for in a night, Ar
of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing;
for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and
brought to nothing. 15:2They have gone up
to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places,
to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over
Medeba. Baldness is on all of their heads.
Every beard is cut off. 15:3In their streets,
they dress themselves in sackcloth. In their
streets and on their housetops, everyone wails,
weeping abundantly. 15:4Heshbon cries out
with Elealeh. Their voice is heard even to Jahaz.
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud.
Their souls tremble within them. 15:5My heart
cries out for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar,
to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the
ascent of Luhith with weeping; for in the way
of Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction.
15:6For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate;
for the grass has withered away, the tender
grass fails, there is no green thing. 15:7Therefore
they will carry away the abundance they have
gotten, and that which they have stored up,
over the brook of the willows. 15:8For the
cry has gone around the borders of Moab; its
wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beer Elim.
15:9For the waters of Dimon are full of blood;
for I will bring yet more on Dimon, a lion on
those of Moab who escape, and on the remnant
of the land.
16:1Send the lambs for the ruler of the land
fromSe lah to the wilderness, to the mountain
of the daughter of Zion. 16:2For it will be
that as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so
will the daughters of Moab be at the fords of
the Arnon. 16:3Give counsel! Execute justice!
Make your shade like the night in the midst
of the noonday! Hide the outcasts! Don't
betray the fugitive! 16:4Let my outcasts dwell
with you! As for Moab, be a hiding place for
himf rom the face of the destroyer. For the
extortioner is brought to nothing. Destruction
ceases. The oppressors are consumed out of the
land. 16:5A throne will be established in loving
kindness. One will sit on it in truth, in the tent
of David, judging, seeking justice, and swift to
do righteousness.
16:6We have heard of the pride of Moab, that
he is very proud; even of his arrogance, his
pride, and his wrath. His boastings are nothing.
16:7Therefore Moab will wail for Moab. Everyone
will wail. You will mourn for the raisin
cakes of Kir Hareseth, utterly stricken. 16:8For
the fields of Heshbon languish with the vine of
Sibmah. The lords of the nations have broken
down its choice branches, which reached even
to Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness.
Its shoots were spread abroad. They passed
over the sea. 16:9Therefore I will weep with
the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah.
I will water you with my tears, Heshbon,
and Elealeh: for on your summer fruits and
on your harvest the battle shout has fallen.
16:10Gladness is taken away, and joy out of the
fruitful field; and in the vineyards there will be
no singing, neither joyful noise. Nobody will
tread out wine in the presses. I have made the
shouting stop. 16:11Therefore my heart sounds
like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for
Kir Heres. 16:12It will happen that when Moab
presents himself, when he wearies himself on
the high place, and comes to his sanctuary to
pray, that he will not prevail. 16:13This is the
word that Yahweh spoke concerning Moab in
time past. 16:14But now Yahweh has spoken,
saying, "Within three years, as a worker bound
by contract would count them, the glory of
Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all
his great multitude; and the remnant will be
very small and feeble."
17:1The burden ofDamascus: "Behold, Damascus
is taken away frombe ing a city, and
it will be a ruinous heap. 17:2The cities of
Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks,
which shall lie down, and none shall make
themaf raid. 17:3The fortress shall cease from
Ephraim, and the kingdomf romD amascus,
and the remnant of Syria. They will be as the
glory of the children of Israel," says Yahweh
of Armies. 17:4"It will happen in that day that
the glory of Jacob will be made thin, and the
Isaiah 17:5 566 Isaiah 19:12
fatness of his flesh will become lean. 17:5It will
be like when the harvester gathers the wheat,
and his armre aps the grain. Yes, it will be
like when one gleans grain in the valley of
Rephaim. 17:6Yet gleanings will be left there,
like the shaking of an olive tree, two or three
olives in the top of the uppermost bough, four
or five in the outermost branches of a fruitful
tree," says Yahweh, the God of Israel. 17:7In
that day, people will look to their Maker, and
their eyes will have respect for the Holy One of
Israel. 17:8They will not look to the altars, the
work of their hands; neither shall they respect
that which their fingers have made, either the
Asherim, or the incense altars. 17:9In that
day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken
places in the woods and on the mountain top,
which were forsaken frombe fore the children
of Israel; and it will be a desolation. 17:10For
you have forgotten the God of your salvation,
and have not remembered the rock of your
strength. Therefore you plant pleasant plants,
and set out foreign seedlings. 17:11In the day of
your planting, you hedge it in. In the morning,
you make your seed blossom, but the harvest
flees away in the day of grief and of desperate
sorrow. 17:12Ah, the uproar of many peoples,
who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the
rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing
of mighty waters! 17:13The nations will rush
like the rushing of many waters: but he will
rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will
be chased like the chaff of the mountains before
the wind, and like the whirling dust before the
storm. 17:14At evening, behold, terror! Before
the morning, they are no more. This is the
portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of
those who rob us.
18:1Ah, the land of the rustling of wings,
which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; 18:2that
sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels
of papyrus on the waters, saying, "Go, you
swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth,
to a people awesome from their beginning
onward, a nation that measures out and treads
down, whose land the rivers divide!" 18:3All
you inhabitants of the world, and you dwellers
on the earth, when a banner is lifted up on
the mountains, look! When the trumpet is
blown, listen! 18:4For Yahweh said to me, "I
will be still, and I will see in my dwelling
place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud
of dew in the heat of harvest." 18:5For before
the harvest, when the blossomi s over, and
the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will
cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and he
will cut down and take away the spreading
branches. 18:6They will be left together for the
ravenous birds of the mountains, and for the
animals of the earth. The ravenous birds will
summer on them, and all the animals of the
earth will winter on them. 18:7In that time, a
present will be brought to Yahweh of Armies
froma people tall and smooth, even froma
people awesome from their beginning onward,
a nation that measures out and treads down,
whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the
name of Yahweh of Armies, Mount Zion.
19:1The burden of Egypt: "Behold, Yahweh
rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The
idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and
the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst. 19:2I
will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians,
and they will fight everyone against his
brother, and everyone against his neighbor; city
against city, and kingdomag ainst kingdom.
19:3The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst. I
will destroy its counsel. They will seek the
idols, the charmers, those who have familiar
spirits, and the wizards. 19:4I will give over
the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord.
A fierce king will rule over them," says the
Lord, Yahweh of Armies. 19:5The waters will
fail fromt he sea, and the river will be wasted
and become dry. 19:6The rivers will become
foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished
and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither
away. 19:7The meadows by the Nile, by the
brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of
the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and
be no more. 19:8The fishermen will lament,
and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn,
and those who spread nets on the waters will
languish. 19:9Moreover those who work in
combed flax, and those who weave white cloth,
will be confounded. 19:10The pillars will be
broken in pieces. All those who work for hire
will be grieved in soul. 19:11The princes of Zoan
are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest
counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How
do you say to Pharaoh, "I amthe son of the
wise, the son of ancient kings?" 19:12Where
then are yourwise men? Let them tell you now;
and let themk now what Yahweh of Armies has
Isaiah 19:13 567 Isaiah 21:12
purposed concerning Egypt. 19:13The princes
of Zoan have become fools. The princes of
Memphis are deceived. They have caused
Egypt to go astray, who are the cornerstone of
her tribes. 19:14Yahweh has mixed a spirit of
perverseness in the midst of her; and they have
caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works,
like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
19:15Neither shall there be for Egypt any work,
which head or tail, palmb ranch or rush, may
do. 19:16In that day the Egyptians will be like
women. They will tremble and fear because of
the shaking of the hand of Yahweh of Armies,
which he shakes over them. 19:17The land of
Judah will become a terror to Egypt. Everyone
to whom mention is made of it will be afraid,
because of the plans of Yahweh of Arm ies,
which he determines against it. 19:18In that day,
there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that
speak the language of Canaan, and swear to
Yahweh of Armies. One will be called "The
city of destruction." 19:19In that day, there will
be an altar to Yahweh in the midst of the land
of Egypt, and a pillar to Yahweh at its border.
19:20It will be for a sign and for a witness to
Yahweh of Armies in the land of Egypt; for
they will cry to Yahweh because of oppressors,
and he will send thema savior and a defender,
and he will deliver them. 19:21Yahweh will be
known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know
Yahweh in that day. Yes, theywillworshipwith
sacrifice and offering, and will vow a vow to
Yahweh, and will performit . 19:22Yahweh will
strike Egypt, striking and healing. They will
return to Yahweh, and he will be entreated by
them, and will heal them. 19:23In that day there
will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and
the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the
Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians will
worship with the Assyrians. 19:24In that day,
Israel will be the third with Egypt and with
Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth;
19:25because Yahweh of Armies has blessed
them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people,
Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my
inheritance."
20:1In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod,
when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,
and he fought against Ashdod and took it;
20:2at that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah the
son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and loosen the
sackcloth fromof f your waist, and take your
shoes fromof f your feet." He did so, walking
naked and barefoot. 20:3Yahweh said, "As my
servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot
three years for a sign and a wonder concerning
Egypt and concerning Ethiopia, 20:4so the
king of Assyria will lead away the captives of
Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and
old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks
uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. 20:5They
will be dismayed and confounded, because of
Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their
glory. 20:6The inhabitants of this coast land will
say in that day, 'Behold, this is our expectation,
where we fled for help to be delivered from
the king of Assyria. And we, how will we
escape?'"
21:1The burden of the wilderness of the sea.
As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it
comes fromthe wilderness, froman awesome
land. 21:2A grievous vision is declared to
me. The treacherous man deals treacherously,
and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam;
attack! I have stopped all of Media's sighing.
21:3Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish.
Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of
a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I
can't hear. I so amd ismayed that I can't see.
21:4My heart flutters. Horror has frightened
me. The twilight that I desired has been turned
into trembling for me. 21:5They prepare the
table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink.
Rise up, you princes, oil the shield! 21:6For the
Lord said to me, "Go, set a watchman. Let
himd eclare what he sees. 21:7When he sees a
troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a
troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with
great attentiveness." 21:8He cried like a lion:
"Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower
in the daytime, and every night I stay at my
post. 21:9Behold, here comes a troop of men,
horsemen in pairs." He answered, "Fallen,
fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images
of her gods are broken to the ground. 21:10You
are my threshing, and the grain of my floor!"
That which I have heard fromY ahweh of
Armies, the God of Israel, I have declared to
you.
21:11The burden of Dumah. One calls to
me out of Seir, "Watchman, what of the night?
Watchman, what of the night?" 21:12The watchman
said, "The morning comes, and also the
night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back
Isaiah 21:13 568 Isaiah 23:5
again."
21:13The burden on Arabia. In the forest
in Arabia you will lodge, you caravans of
Dedanites. 21:14They brought water to him
who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land
of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.
21:15For they fled away fromthe swords, from
the drawn sword, fromt he bent bow, and from
the heat of battle. 21:16For the Lord said to
me, "Within a year, as a worker bound by
contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar
will fail, 21:17and the residue of the number of
the archers, the mighty men of the children of
Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, the God of
Israel, has spoken it."
22:1The burden of the valley of vision. What
ails you now, that you have all gone up to the
housetops? 22:2You that are full of shouting, a
tumultuous city, a joyous town; your slain are
not slain with the sword, neither are they dead
in battle. 22:3All your rulers fled away together.
They were bound by the archers. All who were
found by you were bound together. They fled
far away. 22:4Therefore I said, "Look away from
me. I will weep bitterly. Don't labor to comfort
me for the destruction of the daughter of my
people. 22:5For it is a day of confusion, and
of treading down, and of perplexity, fromthe
Lord, Yahweh of Armies, in the valley of vision;
a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to
the mountains." 22:6Elamc arried his quiver,
with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir
uncovered the shield. 22:7It happened that your
choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the
horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
22:8He took away the covering of Judah; and
you looked in that day to the armor in the
house of the forest. 22:9You saw the breaches
of the city of David, that they were many;
and you gathered together the waters of the
lower pool. 22:10You numbered the houses of
Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to
fortify the wall. 22:11You also made a reservoir
between the two walls for the water of the old
pool. But you didn't look to himwho had done
this, neither did you have respect for himw ho
purposed it long ago. 22:12In that day, the Lord,
Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, and to
mourning, and to baldness, and to dressing in
sackcloth: 22:13and behold, joy and gladness,
killing cattle and killing sheep, eating flesh
and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we will die." 22:14Yahweh of
Armies revealed himself in my ears, "Surely
this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you
die," says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
22:15Thus says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies,
"Go, get yourself to this treasurer, even to
Shebna, who is over the house, and say,
22:16'What are you doing here? Who has you
here, that you have dug out a tomb here?'
Cutting himself out a tomb on high, chiseling a
habitation for himself in the rock!" 22:17Behold,
Yahweh will overcome you and hurl you away
violently. Yes, he will grasp you firmly. 22:18He
will surely wind you around and around, and
throw you like a ball into a large country. There
you will die, and there the chariots of your
glory will be, you shame of your lord's house.
22:19I will thrust you fromyour office. You will
be pulled down fromy our station.
22:20It will happen in that day that I will
call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
22:21and I will clothe himwi th your robe, and
strengthen him with your belt. I will commit
your government into his hand; and he will be
a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to
the house of Judah. 22:22I will lay the key of the
house of David on his shoulder. He will open,
and no one will shut. He will shut, and no one
will open. 22:23I will fasten himlike a nail in a
sure place. He will be for a throne of glory to
his father's house. 22:24They will hang on him
all the glory of his father's house, the offspring
and the issue, every small vessel, from the cups
even to all the pitchers. 22:25"In that day," says
Yahweh of Armies, "the nail that was fastened
in a sure place will give way. It will be cut
down, and fall. The burden that was on it will
be cut off, for Yahweh has spoken it."
23:1The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships
of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there
is no house, no entering in. Fromthe land
of Kittimi t is revealed to them. 23:2Be still,
you inhabitants of the coast, you whomthe
merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea,
have replenished. 23:3On great waters, the
seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile,
was her revenue. She was the market of
nations. 23:4Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has
spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, "I
have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither
have I nourished young men, nor brought up
virgins." 23:5When the report comes to Egypt,
Isaiah 23:6 569 Isaiah 24:22
they will be in anguish at the report of Tyre.
23:6Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants
of the coast! 23:7Is this your joyous city, whose
antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried
her far away to travel? 23:8Who has planned
this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose
merchants are princes,whose traffickers are the
honorable of the earth? 23:9Yahweh of Armies
has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory,
to bring into contempt all the honorable of
the earth. 23:10Pass through your land like
the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no
restraint any more. 23:11He has stretched out
his hand over the sea. He has shaken the
kingdoms. Yahweh has ordered the destruction
of Canaan's strongholds. 23:12He said, "You
shall rejoice no more, you oppressed virgin
daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Kittim.
Even there you will have no rest."
23:13Behold, the land of the Chaldeans. This
people was not. The Assyrians founded it for
those who dwell in the wilderness. They set
up their towers. They overthrew its palaces.
They made it a ruin. 23:14Howl, you ships
of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste!
23:15It will come to pass in that day that Tyre
will be forgotten seventy years, according to
the days of one king. After the end of seventy
years it will be to Tyre like in the song of the
prostitute. 23:16Take a harp; go about the city,
you prostitute that has been forgotten. Make
sweet melody. Sing many songs, that you may
be remembered. 23:17It will happen after the
end of seventy years that Yahweh will visit
Tyre, and she shall return to her wages, and
will play the prostitutewith all the kingdoms of
the world on the surface of the earth. 23:18Her
merchandise and her wages will be holiness
to Yahweh. It will not be treasured nor laid
up; for her merchandise will be for those who
dwell before Yahweh, to eat sufficiently, and for
durable clothing.
24:1Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty,
makes it waste, turns it upside down, and
scatters its inhabitants. 24:2It will be as with
the people, so with the priest; as with the
servant, so with his master; as with the maid,
so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so
with the seller; as with the creditor, so with
the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so
with the giver of interest. 24:3The earth will
be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for
Yahweh has spoken this word. 24:4The earth
mourns and fades away. The world languishes
and fades away. The lofty people of the earth
languish. 24:5The earth also is polluted under
its inhabitants, because they have transgressed
the laws, violated the statutes, and broken
the everlasting covenant. 24:6Therefore the
curse has devoured the earth, and those who
dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the
inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few
men left. 24:7The new wine mourns. The vine
languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh. 24:8The
mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of
those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp
ceases. 24:9They will not drink wine with a
song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who
drink it. 24:10The confused city is broken down.
Every house is shut up, that no man may come
in. 24:11There is a crying in the streets because
of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth
of the land is gone. 24:12The city is left in
desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
24:13For it will be so in the midst of the
earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an
olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is
done. 24:14These shall lift up their voice. They
will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They
cry aloud fromthe sea. 24:15Therefore glorify
Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh,
the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!
24:16Fromthe uttermost part of the earth have
we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I
said, "I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!"
The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes,
the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
24:17Fear, the pit, and the snare, are on you who
inhabitant the earth. 24:18It will happen that
he who flees fromt he noise of the fear will
fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of
the midst of the pit will be taken in the snare;
for the windows on high are opened, and the
foundations of the earth tremble. 24:19The earth
is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The
earth is shaken violently. 24:20The earth will
stagger like a drunken man, andwill sway back
and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience
will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not
rise again. 24:21It shall happen in that day
that Yahweh will punish the army of the high
ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the
earth. 24:22They shall be gathered together, as
prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be
Isaiah 24:23 570 Isaiah 26:16
shut up in the prison; and after many days shall
they be visited. 24:23Then the moon shall be
confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh
of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in
Jerusalem; and before his elders will be glory.
25:1Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt
you! Iwill praise your name, for you have done
wonderful things, things planned long ago, in
complete faithfulness and truth. 25:2For you
have made a city into a heap, a fortified city into
a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city. It will
never be built. 25:3Therefore a strong people
will glorify you. A city of awesome nations will
fear you. 25:4For you have been a stronghold
to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his
distress, a refuge fromt he storm, a shade from
the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is
like a storma gainst the wall. 25:5As the heat
in a dry place will you bring down the noise of
strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud,
the song of the dreaded ones will be brought
low. 25:6In this mountain, Yahweh of Armies
will make all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast
of choice wines, of fat things full of marrow, of
well refined choice wines. 25:7He will destroy
in this mountain the surface of the covering
that covers all peoples, and the veil that is
spread over all nations. 25:8He has swallowed
up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe
away tears fromo ff all faces. He will take the
reproach of his people away fromof f all the
earth, for Yahweh has spoken it. 25:9It shall be
said in that day, "Behold, this is our God! We
have waited for him, and he will save us! This
is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will
be glad and rejoice in his salvation!" 25:10For in
this mountain the hand of Yahweh will rest.
Moab will be trodden down in his place,
even like straw is trodden down in the water of
the dunghill. 25:11He will spread out his hands
in its midst, like one who swims spreads out
hands to swim, but his pride will be humbled
together with the craft of his hands. 25:12He has
brought the high fortress of your walls down,
laid low, and brought to the ground, even to
the dust.
26:1In that day, this song will be sung in the
land of Judah:
"We have a strong city.
God appoints salvation for walls and
bulwarks.
26:2Open the gates, that the righteous nation
may enter:
the one which keeps faith.
26:3You will keep whoever's mind is steadfast
in perfect peace,
because he trusts in you.
26:4Trust in Yahweh forever;
for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting
Rock.
26:5For he has brought down those who dwell
on high, the lofty city.
He lays it low.
He lays it low even to the ground.
He brings it even to the dust.
26:6The foot shall tread it down;
Even the feet of the poor,
and the steps of the needy."
26:7The way of the just is uprightness.
You who are upright make the path of the
righteous level.
26:8Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh,
have we waited for you. Your name
and your renown are the desire of our
soul. 26:9With my soul have I desired
you in the night. Yes, with my spirit
within mewill I seek you earnestly; for
when your judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
26:10Let favor be shown to
the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness.
In the land of uprightness
he will deal wrongfully, and will not
see Yahweh's majesty. 26:11Yahweh,
your hand is lifted up, yet they don't
see; but they will see your zeal for
the people, and be disappointed. Yes,
fire will consum e your adversaries.
26:12Yahweh, you will ordain peace
for us, for you have also worked all
our works for us. 26:13Yahweh our
God, other lords besides you have
had dominion over us, but by you
only will we make mention of your
name. 26:14The dead shall not live.
The deceased shall not rise. Therefore
have you visited and destroyed them,
and caused all memory of them to
perish. 26:15You have increased the
nation, O Yahweh. You have increased
the nation! You are glorified! You
have enlarged all the borders of the
land. 26:16Yahweh, in trouble they
have visited you. They poured out
Isaiah 26:17 571 Isaiah 28:12
a prayer when your chastening was
on them. 26:17Like as a woman with
child, who draws near the time of her
delivery, is in pain and cries out in
her pangs; so we have been before
you, Yahweh. 26:18We have been with
child. We have been in pain. We
gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We
have not worked any deliverance in
the earth; neither have the inhabitants
of the world fallen. 26:19Your dead
shall live. My dead bodies shall arise.
Awake and sing, you who dwell in the
dust; for your dew is like the dew of
herbs, and the earth will cast forth the
dead.
26:20Come, my people, enter into your chambers,
and shut your doors behind you. Hide
yourself for a little moment, until the indignation
is past. 26:21For, behold, Yahweh comes
forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants
of the earth for their iniquity. The earth alsowill
disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her
slain.
27:1In that day, Yahweh with his hard and
great and strong sword will punish leviathan,
the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the twisted
serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in
the sea. 27:2In that day, sing to her, "A pleasant
vineyard! 27:3I, Yahweh, amit s keeper. I will
water it every moment. Lest anyone damage
it, I will keep it night and day. 27:4Wrath is not
in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I
would do battle! I would march on them and I
would burn themtog ether. 27:5Or else let him
take hold of my strength, that he may make
peace with me. Let him make peace with me."
27:6In days to come, Jacob will take root.
Israel will blossoma nd bud. They will fill
the surface of the world with fruit. 27:7Has
he struck themas he struck those who struck
them? Or are they killed like those who killed
themw ere killed? 27:8In measure, when you
send themaway , you contend with them. He
has removed them with his rough blast in the
day of the east wind. 27:9Therefore, by this the
iniquity of Jacob will be forgiven, and this is all
the fruit of taking away his sin: that he makes
all the stones of the altar as chalk stones that are
beaten in pieces, so that the Asherimand the
incense altars shall rise no more. 27:10For the
fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted
and forsaken, like the wilderness. The calf will
feed there, and there he will lie down, and
consume its branches. 27:11When its boughs are
withered, they will be broken off. The women
will come and set them on fire, for they are
a people of no understanding. Therefore he
who made them will not have compassion on
them, and hewho formed them will show them
no favor. 27:12It will happen in that day, that
Yahweh will thresh fromthe flowing stream
of the Euphrates to the brook of Egypt; and
you will be gathered one by one, children of
Israel. 27:13It will happen in that day that a
great trumpet will be blown; and those who
were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and
those who were outcasts in the land of Egypt,
shall come; and they will worship Yahweh in
the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
28:1Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards
of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of
his glorious beauty, which is on the head of
the fertile valley of those who are overcome
with wine! 28:2Behold, the Lord has a mighty
and strong one. Like a stormof hail, a
destroying storm, and like a storm of mighty
waters overflowing, he will cast themd own
to the earth with his hand. 28:3The crown
of pride of the drunkards of Ephraimw ill be
trodden under foot. 28:4The fading flower of
his glorious beauty, which is on the head of
the fertile valley, shall be like the first-ripe fig
before the summer; which someone picks and
eats as soon as he sees it. 28:5In that day,
Yahweh of Armies will become a crown of
glory, and a diademo f beauty, to the residue
of his people; 28:6and a spirit of justice to him
who sits in judgment, and strength to those
who turn back the battle at the gate. 28:7They
also reel with wine, and stagger with strong
drink. The priest and the prophet reel with
strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine.
They stagger with strong drink. They err in
vision. They stumble in judgment. 28:8For all
tables are completely full of filthy vomit and
filthiness. 28:9Whomwi ll he teach knowledge?
To whomwi ll he explain the message? Those
who are weaned fromthe milk, and drawn
fromthe breasts? 28:10For it is precept on
precept, precept on precept; line on line, line
on line; here a little, there a little. 28:11But he
will speak to this nation with stammering lips
and in another language; 28:12to whomhe said,
Isaiah 28:13 572 Isaiah 29:12
"This is the resting place. Give rest to weary;"
and "This is the refreshing;" yet they would not
hear. 28:13Therefore the word of Yahweh will be
to thempr ecept on precept, precept on precept;
line on line, line on line; here a little, there
a little; that they may go, fall backward, be
broken, be snared, and be taken. 28:14Therefore
hear the word of Yahweh, you scoffers, that
rule this people in Jerusalem: 28:15"Because
you have said, 'We have made a covenant with
death, and with Sheol are we in agreement.
When the overflowing scourge passes through,
it won't come to us; for we have made lies our
refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under
falsehood.'" 28:16Therefore thus says the Lord
Yahweh, "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation
a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone
of a sure foundation. He who believes shall
not act hastily. 28:17I will make justice the
measuring line, and righteousness the plumb
line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of
lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding
place. 28:18Your covenant with death shall
be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol
shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge
passes through, then you will be trampled
down by it. 28:19As often as it passes through,
it will seize you; for morning by morning it
will pass through, by day and by night; and
it will be nothing but terror to understand the
message." 28:20For the bed is too short to
stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to
wrap oneself in. 28:21For Yahweh will rise up
as on Mount Perazim. He will be angry as in
the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work,
his unusual work, and bring to pass his act, his
extraordinary act. 28:22Now therefore don't be
scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for
I have heard a decree of destruction fromthe
Lord, Yahweh of Armies, on the whole earth.
28:23Give ear, and hear my voice! Listen, and
hear my speech! 28:24Does he who plows to
sow plow continually? Does he keep turning
the soil and breaking the clods? 28:25When
he has leveled its surface, doesn't he plant the
dill, and scatter the cumin seed, and put in
the wheat in rows, the barley in the appointed
place, and the spelt in its place? 28:26For
his God instructs himin right judgment, and
teaches him. 28:27For the dill are not threshed
with a sharp instrument, neither is a cart wheel
turned over the cumin; but the dill is beaten
out with a stick, and the cumin with a rod.
28:28Bread flour must be ground; so he will not
always be threshing it. Although he drives
the wheel of his threshing cart over it, his
horses don't grind it. 28:29This also comes forth
fromY ahweh of Armies, who is wonderful in
counsel, and excellent in wisdom.
29:1Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David
encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts
come around; 29:2then I will distress Ariel, and
there will be mourning and lamentation. She
shall be to me as an altar hearthh. 29:3I will
encamp against you all around you, and will
lay siege against you with posted troops. I
will raise siege works against you. 29:4You will
be brought down, and will speak out of the
ground. Your speech will mumble out of the
dust. Your voice will be as of one who has
a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your
speech will whisper out of the dust. 29:5But the
multitude of your foes will be like fine dust,
and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff
that blows away. Yes, it will be in an instant,
suddenly. 29:6She will be visited by Yahweh
of Armies with thunder, with earthquake, with
great noise, with whirlwind and storm, and
with the flame of a devouring fire. 29:7The
multitude of all the nations that fight against
Ariel, even all who fight against her and her
stronghold, and who distress her, will be like
a dream, a vision of the night. 29:8It will be
like when a hungry man dreams, and behold,
he eats; but he awakes, and his hunger isn't
satisfied; or like when a thirsty man dreams,
and behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and
behold, he is faint, and he is still thirsty. The
multitude of all the nations that fight against
Mount Zion will be like that. 29:9Pause and
wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They
are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger,
but not with strong drink. 29:10For Yahweh has
poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and
has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has
covered your heads, the seers. 29:11All vision
has become to you like the words of a book
that is sealed, which men deliver to one who
is educated, saying, "Read this, please;" and
he says, "I can't, for it is sealed:" 29:12and the
book is delivered to one who is not educated,
h29:2 or, Ariel
Isaiah 29:13 573 Isaiah 30:18
saying, "Read this, please;" and he says, "I
can't read." 29:13The Lord said, "Because this
people draws near with their mouth and with
their lips to honor me, but they have removed
their heart far from me, and their fear of me
is a commandment of men which has been
taught; 29:14therefore, behold, I will proceed
to do a marvelous work among this people,
even a marvelous work and a wonder; and
the wisdomof their wise men will perish, and
the understanding of their prudent men will be
hidden."
29:15Woe to those who deeply hide their
counsel fromYahweh, and whose works are in
the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and
"Who knows us?" 29:16You turn things upside
down! Should the potter be thought to be like
clay; that the thing made should say about him
who made it, "He didn't make me;" or the thing
formed say of him who formed it, "He has no
understanding?"
29:17Isn't it yet a very little while, and
Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and
the fruitful field will be regarded as a forest?
29:18In that day, the deaf will hear the words
of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see
out of obscurity and out of darkness. 29:19The
humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh,
and the poor among men will rejoice in the
Holy One of Israel. 29:20For the ruthless is
brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and
all those who are alert to do evil are cut off
29:21who cause a person to be indicted by a
word, and lay a snare for the arbiter in the
gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice
with false testimony. 29:22Therefore thus says
Yahweh, who redeemed Abraham, concerning
the house of Jacob: "Jacob shall no longer
be ashamed, neither shall his face grow pale.
29:23But when he sees his children, the work
of my hands, in the midst of him, they will
sanctify my name. Yes, they will sanctify the
Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of
the God of Israel. 29:24They also who err in
spirit will come to understanding, and those
who grumble will receive instruction."
30:1"Woe to the rebellious children," says
Yahweh, "who take counsel, but not fromm e;
and who make an alliance, but not with my
Spirit, that they may add sin to sin, 30:2who
set out to go down into Egypt, and have not
asked my advice; to strengthen themselves in
the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in
the shadowof Egypt! 30:3Therefore the strength
of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge
in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. 30:4For
their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors
have come to Hanes. 30:5They shall all
be ashamed because of a people that can't profit
them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame,
and also a reproach."
30:6The burden of the animals of the South.
Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the
lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying
serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders
of young donkeys, and their treasures on the
humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.
30:7For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose;
therefore have I called her Rahab who sits still.
30:8Now go, write it before themon a tablet,
and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the
time to come forever and ever. 30:9For it is a
rebellious people, lying children, children who
will not hear the law of Yahweh; 30:10who tell
the seers, "Don't see!" and to the prophets,
"Don't prophesy to us right things. Tell us
pleasant things. Prophesy deceits. 30:11Get out
of the way. Turn aside fromthe path. Cause
the Holy One of Israel to cease frombe fore us."
30:12Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel,
"Because you despise this word, and trust in
oppression and perverseness, and rely on it;
30:13therefore this iniquity shall be to you like
a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high
wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an
instant. 30:14He will break it as a potter's vessel
is broken, breaking it in pieceswithout sparing,
so that there won't be found among the broken
piece a piece good enough to take fire fromt he
hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern."
30:15For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy
One of Israel, "You will be saved in returning
and rest. Your strength will be in quietness
and in confidence." You refused, 30:16but you
said, "No, for we will flee on horses;" therefore
you will flee; and, "We will ride on the swift;"
therefore those who pursue you will be swift.
30:17One thousand will flee at the threat of one.
At the threat of five, you will flee until you are
left like a beacon on the top of a mountain, and
like a banner on a hill. 30:18Therefore Yahweh
will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and
therefore he will be exalted, that he may have
mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice.
Isaiah 30:19 574 Isaiah 31:8
Blessed are all those who wait for him. 30:19For
the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You
will weep no more. He will surely be gracious
to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears
you, he will answer you. 30:20Though the Lord
may give you the bread of adversity and the
water of affliction, yet your teachers won't be
hidden anymore, but your eyes will see your
teachers; 30:21and when you turn to the right
hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears
will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is
the way. Walk in it." 30:22You shall defile the
overlaying of your engraved images of silver,
and the plating of your molten images of gold.
You shall cast themaway as an unclean thing.
You shall tell it, "Go away!" 30:23He will give
the rain for your seed, with which you will
sow the ground; and bread of the increase of
the ground will be rich and plentiful. In that
day, your livestock will feed in large pastures.
30:24The oxen likewise and the young donkeys
that till the ground will eat savory provender,
which has been winnowed with the shovel
and with the fork. 30:25There shall be brooks
and streams of water on every lofty mountain
and on every high hill in the day of the great
slaughter, when the towers fall. 30:26Moreover
the light of the moon will be like the light of the
sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times
brighter, like the light of seven days, in the day
that Yahweh binds up the fracture of his people,
and heals the wound they were struck with.
30:27Behold, the name of Yahweh comes
fromfa r away, burning with his anger, and
in thick rising smoke. His lips are full of
indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring
fire. 30:28His breath is as an overflowing stream
that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations
with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle
that leads to ruin will be in the jaws of the
peoples. 30:29You will have a song, as in the
night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness
of heart, as when one goes with a flute to
come to Yahweh's mountain, to Israel's Rock.
30:30Yahweh will cause his glorious voice to
be heard, and will show the descent of his
arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the
flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, storm,
and hailstones. 30:31For through the voice of
Yahweh the Assyrian will be dismayed. Hewill
strike himwi th his rod. 30:32Every stroke of
the rod of punishment, which Yahweh will lay
on him, will be with the sound of tambourines
and harps. He will fight with themi n battles,
brandishing weapons. 30:33For his burning
place has long been ready. Yes, for the king
it is made ready. He has made its pyre deep
and large with fire and much wood. Yahweh's
breath, like a streamof sulfur, kindles it.
31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for
help,
and rely on horses,
and trust in chariots because they are
many,
and in horsemen because they are very
strong,
but they don't look to the Holy One of
Israel,
and they don't seek Yahweh!
31:2Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster,
and will not call back his words, but
will arise against the house of the
evildoers,
and against the help of those who work
iniquity.
31:3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God;
and their horses flesh, and not spirit.
When Yahweh stretches out his hand, both he
who helps shall stumble,
and he who is helped shall fall,
and they all shall be consumed together.
31:4For thus says Yahweh to me,
"As the lion and the young lion growling over
his prey,
if a multitude of shepherds is called
together against him,
will not be dismayed at their voice,
nor abase himself for the noise of them,
so Yahweh of Armies will come down to
fight onMount Zion and on its heights.
31:5As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies
will protect Jerusalem.
He will protect and deliver it.
He will pass over and preserve it."
31:6Return to himf romwhomy ou have deeply
revolted, children of Israel. 31:7For in
that day everyone shall cast away his
idols of silver and his idols of gold
sin which your own hands have made
for you.
31:8"The Assyrian will fall by the sword, not
of man;
and the sword, not of mankind, shall
devour him.
Isaiah 31:9 575 Isaiah 33:5
Hewill flee from the sword,
and his young menwill become subject to
forced labor.
31:9His rock will pass away by reason of terror,
and his princes will be afraid of the
banner,"
says Yahweh, whose fire is in Zion,
and his furnace in Jerusalem.
32:1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness,
and princes shall rule in justice.
32:2A man shall be as a hiding place from the
wind,
and a covert fromthe storm,
as streams of water in a dry place,
as the shade of a large rock in a weary
land.
32:3The eyes of those who see will not be dim,
and the ears of those who hear will listen.
32:4The heart of the rash will understand
knowledge,
and the tongue of the stammerers will be
ready to speak plainly.
32:5The fool will no longer be called noble,
nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
32:6For the fool will speak folly,
and his heart will work iniquity,
to practice profanity,
and to utter error against Yahweh,
To make empty the soul of the hungry,
and to cause the drink of the thirsty to
fail.
32:7The ways of the scoundrel are evil.
He devises wicked devices to destroy the
humble with lying words,
even when the needy speaks right.
32:8But the noble devises noble things;
and he will continue in noble things.
32:9Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear
m y voice!
You careless daughters, give ear to my
speech!
32:10For days beyond a year you will be troubled,
you careless women;
for the vintage shall fail.
The harvest won't come.
32:11Tremble, you women who are at ease!
Be troubled, you careless ones!
Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked,
and put sackcloth on your waist.
32:12Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vine.
32:13Thorns and briars will come up on my
people's land;
yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous
city.
32:14For the palace will be forsaken.
The populous city will be deserted.
The hill and the watchtower will be for
dens forever,
a delight for wild donkeys,
a pasture of flocks;
32:15Until the Spirit is poured on us fromon
high,
and the wilderness becomes a fruitful
field,
and the fruitful field is considered a forest.
32:16Then justice will dwell in the wilderness;
and righteousness will remain in the
fruitful field.
32:17The work of righteousness will be peace;
and the effect of righteousness, quietness
and confidence forever.
32:18My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
in safe dwellings,
and in quiet resting places.
32:19Though hail flattens the forest,
and the city is leveled completely.
32:20Blessed are you who sow beside all waters,
who send out the feet of the ox and the
donkey.
33:1Woe to you who destroy, but you weren't
destroyed;
and who betray, but nobody betrayed
you!
When you have finished destroying, you will
be destroyed;
and when you have made an end of
betrayal, you will be betrayed.
33:2Yahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited
for you.
Be our strength every morning,
our salvation also in the time of trouble.
33:3At the noise of the thunder, the peoples
have fled.
When you lift yourself up, the nations are
scattered.
33:4Your spoilwill be gathered as the caterpillar
gathers.
Men will leap on it as locusts leap.
33:5Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high.
Isaiah 33:6 576 Isaiah 34:4
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
33:6There will be stability in your times,
abundance of salvation, wisdom, and
knowledge.
The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.
33:7Behold, their valiant ones cry outside;
the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
33:8The highways are desolate.
The traveling man ceases.
The covenant is broken.
He has despised the cities.
He doesn't regard man.
33:9The land mourns and languishes.
Lebanon is confounded and withers
away.
Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and
Carmel are stripped bare.
33:10"Now I will arise," says Yahweh;
"Now I will lift myself up.
Now I will be exalted.
33:11You will conceive chaff.
You will bring forth stubble.
Your breath is a fire that will devour you.
33:12The peoples will be like the burning of
lime,
like thorns that are cut down and burned
in the fire.
33:13Hear, you who are far off, what I have
done;
and, you who are near, acknowledge my
might."
33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid.
Trembling has seized the godless ones.
Who among us can live with the devouring
fire?
Who among us can live with everlasting
burning?
33:15He who walks righteously,
and speaks blamelessly;
He who despises the gain of oppressions,
who gestures with his hands, refusing to
take a bribe,
who stops his ears fromhe aring of blood,
and shuts his eyes fromlookin g at evil
33:16he will dwell on high.
His place of defense will be the fortress of
rocks.
His bread will be supplied.
His waters will be sure.
33:17Your eyes will see the king in his beauty.
They will see a distant land.
33:18Your heart will meditate on the terror.
Where is he who counted?
Where is he who weighed?
Where is he who counted the towers?
33:19You will no longer see the fierce people,
a people of a deep speech that you can't
comprehend,
with a strange language that you can't
understand.
33:20Look at Zion, the city of our appointed
festivals.
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet
habitation,
a tent that won't be rem oved.
Its stakes will never be plucked up,
nor will any of its cords be broken.
33:21But there Yahweh will be with us in
majesty,
a place of broad rivers and streams,
in which no galley with oars will go,
neither will any gallant ship pass by
there.
33:22For Yahweh is our judge.
Yahweh is our lawgiver.
Yahweh is our king.
He will save us.
33:23Your rigging is untied.
They couldn't strengthen the foot of their
mast.
They couldn't spread the sail.
Then the prey of a great spoil was divided.
The lame took the prey.
33:24The inhabitant won't say, "I ams ick."
The people who dwell therein will be
forgiven their iniquity.
34:1Come near, you nations, to hear!
Listen, you peoples.
Let the earth and all it contains hear;
the world, and everything that comes
fromit .
34:2For Yahweh is enraged against all the nations,
and angry with all their armies.
He has utterly destroyed them.
He has given themov er for slaughter.
34:3Their slain will also be cast out,
and the stench of their dead bodies will
come up;
and the mountains will melt in their
blood.
34:4All of the army of the sky will be dissolved.
The sky will be rolled up like a scroll,
Isaiah 34:5 577 Isaiah 35:8
and all its armies will fade away,
as a leaf fades fromof f a vine or a fig tree.
34:5For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky.
Behold, it will come down on Edom,
and on the people of my curse, for judgment.
34:6Yahweh's sword is filled with blood.
It is covered with fat, with the blood of
lambs and goats,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams;
for Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
And a great slaughter in the land of
Edom.
34:7The wild oxen will come down with them,
and the young bulls with the mighty
bulls;
and their land will be drunken with
blood,
and their dust made greasy with fat.
34:8For Yahweh has a day of vengeance,
a year of recompense for the cause of
Zion.
34:9Its streams will be turned into pitch,
its dust into sulfur,
And its land will become burning pitch.
34:10It won't be quenched night nor day.
Its smoke will go up forever.
Fromg eneration to generation, it will lie
waste.
No one will pass through it forever and
ever.
34:11But the pelican and the porcupine will
possess it.
The owl and the raven will dwell in it.
He will stretch the line of confusion over it,
and the plumb line of emptiness.
34:12They shall call its nobles to the kingdom,
but none shall be there;
and all its princes shall be nothing.
34:13Thorns will come up in its palaces,
nettles and thistles in its fortresses;
and it will be a habitation of jackals,
a court for ostriches.
34:14The wild animals of the desert will meet
with the wolves,
and the wild goat will cry to his fellow.
Yes, the night creaturei shall settle there,
and shall find herself a place of rest.
34:15The arrow snake will make her nest there,
and lay, hatch, and gather under her
shade.
Yes, the kiteswill be gathered there, every
one with her mate.
34:16Search in the book of Yahweh, and read:
not one of these will be missing.
none will lack her mate.
For my mouth has commanded,
and his Spirit has gathered them.
34:17He has cast the lot for them,
and his hand has divided it to themw ith
a measuring line.
They shall possess it forever.
Fromg eneration to generation they will
dwell in it.
35:1The wilderness and the dry land will be
glad.
The desert will rejoice and blossomlike a
rose.
35:2It will blossoma bundantly,
and rejoice even with joy and singing.
Lebanon's glory Lebanon will be given to
it,
the excellence of Carmel and Sharon.
They will see Yahweh's glory,
the excellence of our God.
35:3Strengthen the weak hands,
and make firm the feeble knees.
35:4Tell those who have a fearful heart, "Be
strong.
Don't be afraid.
Behold, your God will come with
vengeance, God's retribution.
He will come and save you.
35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,
and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
35:6Then the lame man will leap like a deer,
and the tongue of the mute will sing;
for waters will break out in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert.
35:7The burning sand will become a pool,
and the thirsty ground springs of water.
Grasswith reeds and rushes will be in the
habitation of jackals, where they lay.
35:8A highway will be there, a road,
and it will be called The HolyWay.
The unclean shall not pass over it,
but it will be for those who walk in the
Way.
i34:14 literally, lilith, which could also be a night demon or night monster
Isaiah 35:9 578 Isaiah 37:4
Wicked fools will not go there.
35:9No lion will be there,
nor will any ravenous animal go up on it.
They will not be found there;
but the redeemed will walk there.
35:10The Yahweh's ransomed ones will return,
and come with singing to Zion;
and everlasting joy will be on their heads.
They will obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away."
36:1Now it happened in the fourteenth year
of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria
attacked all of the fortified cities of Judah,
and captured them. 36:2The king of Assyria
sent Rabshakeh fromL achish to Jerusalemto
king Hezekiah with a large army. He stood
by the aqueduct fromthe upper pool in the
fuller's field highway. 36:3Then Eliakimt he son
of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph,
the recorder came out to him. 36:4Rabshakeh
said to them, "Now tell Hezekiah, 'Thus says
the great king, the king of Assyria, "What
confidence is this in which you trust? 36:5I say
that your counsel and strength for the war are
only vain words. Now in whomdo you trust,
that you have rebelled against me? 36:6Behold,
you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even
in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go
into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king
of Egypt to all who trust in him .36:7But if you
tell me, 'We trust in Yahweh our God,' isn't
that he whose high places and whose altars
Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah
and to Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before
this altar?'" 36:8Now therefore, please make a
pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and
I will give you two thousand horses, if you
are able on your part to set riders on them .
36:9How then can you turn away the face of
one captain of the least of my master's servants,
and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for
horsemen? 36:10Have I come up now without
Yahweh against this land to destroy it? Yahweh
said to me, "Go up against this land, and
destroy it."'"
36:11Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to
Rabshakeh, "Please speak to your servants in
Aramaic, for we understand it; and don't speak
to us in the Jews' language in the hearing of the
people who are on the wall."
36:12But Rabshakeh said, "Has my master
sent me only to your master and to you, to
speak these words, and not to the men who sit
on the wall, who will eat their own dung and
drink their own urine with you?" 36:13Then
Rabshakeh stood, and called out with a loud
voice in the Jews' language, and said, "Hear the
words of the great king, the king of Assyria!
36:14Thus says the king, 'Don't let Hezekiah
deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver
you. 36:15Don't let Hezekiah make you trust
in Yahweh, saying, "Yahweh will surely deliver
us. This city won't be given into the hand of the
king of Assyria."' 36:16Don't listen to Hezekiah,
for thus says the king of Assyria, 'Make your
peace with me, and come out to me; and each
of you eat fromhi s vine, and each one fromhi s
fig tree, and each one of you drink the waters
of his own cistern; 36:17until I come and take
you away to a land like your own land, a land
of grain and new wine, a land of bread and
vineyards. 36:18Beware lest Hezekiah persuade
you, saying, "Yahweh will deliver us." Have
any of the gods of the nations delivered their
lands fromthe hand of the king of Assyria?
36:19Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad?
Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they
delivered Samaria frommy hand? 36:20Who are
they among all the gods of these countries that
have delivered their country out of my hand,
that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalemout of
m y hand?'"
36:21But they remained silent, and said nothing
in reply, for the king's commandment was,
"Don't answer him."
36:22Then Eliakimt he son of Hilkiah, who
was over the household, and Shebna the scribe,
and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came
to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told
himthe words of Rabshakeh.
37:1It happened, when king Hezekiah heard
it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself
with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh's house.
37:2He sent Eliakim, who was over the household,
and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of
the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah
the prophet, the son of Amoz. 37:3They said to
him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the
children have come to the birth, and there is no
strength to bring forth. 37:4It may be Yahweh
your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh,
whomthe king of Assyria hismaster has sent to
Isaiah 37:5 579 Isaiah 37:33
defy the living God, and will rebuke the words
which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore
lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.'"
37:5So the servants of king Hezekiah came to
Isaiah.
37:6Isaiah said to them, "Tell your master,
'Thus says Yahweh, "Don't be afraid of the
words that you have heard, with which the servants
of the king of Assyria have blasphemed
me. 37:7Behold, I will put a spirit in hima nd he
will hear news, and will return to his own land.
I will cause himt o fall by the sword in his own
land."'"
37:8So Rabshakeh returned, and found the
king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he
had heard that he was departed fromL achish.
37:9He heard news concerning Tirhakah king
of Ethiopia, "He has come out to fight against
you." When he heard it, he sent messengers to
Hezekiah, saying, 37:10"Thus you shall speak
to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, 'Don't let
your God in whomyou trust deceive you,
saying, "Jerusalemw on't be given into the
hand of the king of Assyria." 37:11Behold, you
have heard what the kings of Assyria have
done to all lands, by destroying themutte rly.
Shall you be delivered? 37:12Have the gods of
the nations delivered them, which my fathers
have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and
the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
37:13Where is the king of Hamath, and the
king of Arpad, and the king of the city of
Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?'"
37:14Hezekiah received the letter fromthe
hand of the messengers and read it. Then
Hezekiah went up to Yahweh's house, and
spread it before Yahweh. 37:15Hezekiah prayed
to Yahweh, saying, 37:16"Yahweh of Armies,
the God of Israel, who is enthroned among the
cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of
all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made
heaven and earth. 37:17Turn your ear, Yahweh,
and hear. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and
behold. Hear all of the words of Sennacherib,
who has sent to defy the living God. 37:18Truly,
Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have destroyed
all the countries and their land, 37:19and 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.
37:20Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us
fromhi s hand, that all the kingdoms of the
earth may knowthat you are Yahweh, even you
only."
37:21Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to
Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says Yahweh, the God
of Israel, 'Because you have prayed to me
against Sennacherib king of Assyria, 37:22this
is the word which Yahweh has spoken concerning
him. The virgin daughter of Zion has
despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter
of Jerusalemhas shaken her head at you.
37:23Whomh ave you defied and blasphemed?
Against whomhave you exalted your voice
and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the
Holy One of Israel. 37:24By your servants, have
you defied the Lord, and have said, "With the
multitude of my chariots I have come up to the
height of the mountains, to the innermost parts
of Lebanon. I will cut down its tall cedars and
its choice fir trees. I will enter into its farthest
height, the forest of its fruitful field. 37:25I have
dug and drunk water, and with the sole of
my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt."
37:26Have you not heard how I have done it
long ago, and formed it in ancient times? Now
I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours
to destroy fortified cities, turning themin to
ruinous heaps. 37:27Therefore their inhabitants
had little power. They were dismayed and
confounded. They were like the grass of the
field, and like the green herb, like the grass
on the housetops, and like a field before its
crop has grown. 37:28But I know your sitting
down, your going out, your coming in, and
your raging against me. 37:29Because of your
raging against me, and because your arrogance
has come up into my ears, therefore will I put
my hook in your nose and my bridle in your
lips, and I will turn you back by the way by
which you came. 37:30This shall be the sign to
you. You will eat this year that which grows
of itself, and in the second year that which
springs fromthe same; and in the third year
sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat
their fruit. 37:31The remnant that is escaped
of the house of Judah will again take root
downward, and bear fruit upward. 37:32For
out of Jerusalema remnant will go forth, and
survivors will escape fromMoun t Zion. The
zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.'
37:33Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning
the king of Assyria, 'He will not come to this
city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither will he
Isaiah 37:34 580 Isaiah 39:2
come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound
against it. 37:34By the way that he came, by the
same he shall return, and he shall not come to
this city,' says Yahweh. 37:35'For I will defend
this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my
servant David's sake.'"
37:36The angel of Yahweh went out and
struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand
men in the camp of the Assyrians. When
men arose early in the morning, behold, these
were all dead bodies. 37:37So Sennacherib king
of Assyria departed, went away, returned to
Nineveh, and stayed there. 37:38It happened, as
he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his
god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons
struck himwi th the sword; and they escaped
into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son
reigned in his place.
38:1In those days was Hezekiah sick and
near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of
Am oz, cam eto him , and said to him , "Thus
says Yahweh, 'Set your house in order, for you
will die, and not live.'"
38:2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the
wall and prayed to Yahweh, 38:3and said, "Remember
now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have
walked before you in truth and with a perfect
heart, and have done that which is good in your
sight." Hezekiah wept bitterly.
38:4Then the word of Yahweh came to Isaiah,
saying, 38:5"Go, and tell Hezekiah, 'Thus says
Yahweh, the God of David your father, "I have
heard your prayer. I have seen your tears.
Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
38:6I will deliver you and this city out of the
hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend
this city. 38:7This shall be the sign to you
fromY ahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing
that he has spoken. 38:8Behold, I will cause
the shadow on the sundial, which has gone
down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to
return backward ten steps. So the sun returned
ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone
down."'"
38:9The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah,
when he had been sick, and had recovered of
his sickness.
38:10I said, "In the middle of my life I go into
the gates of Sheol.
I amdepriv ed of the residue ofmy years."
38:11I said, "I won't see Yah,
Yah in the land of the living.
I will see man no more with the inhabitants
of the world.
38:12My dwelling is removed,
and is carried away fromme like a shepherd's
tent.
I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life.
He will cut me off from the loom.
Fromda y even to night you willmake an
end of me.
38:13I waited patiently until morning.
He breaks all my bones like a lion.
Fromda y even to night you willmake an
end of me.
38:14I chattered like a swallow or a crane.
I moaned like a dove.
My eyes weaken looking upward.
Lord, I amoppr essed.
Be my security."
38:15What will I say?
He has both spoken to me, and himself
has done it.
I will walk carefully all my years because
of the anguish of my soul.
38:16Lord, men live by these things;
and my spirit finds life in all of them:
you restore me, and cause me to live.
38:17Behold, for peace I had great anguish,
but you have in love for my soul delivered
it fromt he pit of corruption;
for you have cast all my sins behind your
back.
38:18For Sheol can't praise you.
Death can't celebrate you.
Those who go down into the pit can't hope for
your truth.
38:19The living, the living, he shall praise you,
as I do this day.
The father shall make known your truth
to the children.
38:20Yahweh will save me.
Therefore we will sing my songs with
stringed instruments all the days of
our life in the house of Yahweh.
38:21Now Isaiah had said, "Let themtak e a
cake of figs, and lay it for a poultice on the boil,
and he shall recover." 38:22Hezekiah also had
said, "What is the sign that I will go up to the
house of Yahweh?"
39:1At that time, Merodach Baladan the son
of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a
present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had
been sick, and had recovered. 39:2Hezekiah
Isaiah 39:3 581 Isaiah 40:17
was pleased with them, and showed them the
house of his precious things, the silver, and the
gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and all the
house of his armor, and all that was found in his
treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor
in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn't show
them. 39:3Then Isaiah the prophet came to king
Hezekiah, and asked him, "What did these men
say? Where did they come from to you?"
Hezekiah said, "They have come from a
country far fromme, even from Babylon."
39:4Then he asked, "What have they seen in
your house?"
Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all
that is in my house. There is nothing among
my treasures that I have not shown them."
39:5Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, "Hear
the word of Yahweh of Armies: 39:6'Behold,
the days are coming when all that is in your
house, and that which your fathers have stored
up until this day, will be carried to Babylon.
Nothing will be left,' says Yahweh. 39:7'They
will take away your sons who will issue from
you, whomy ou shall father, and they will be
eunuchs in the king of Babylon's palace.'"
39:8Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "Yahweh's
wordwhich you have spoken is good." He said
moreover, "For there will be peace and truth in
my days."
40:1"Comfort, comfort my people," says
your God. 40:2"Speak comfortably to
Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare
is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received of Yahweh's hand double
for all her sins."
40:3The voice of one who calls out,
"Prepare the way of Yahweh in the
wilderness!
Make a level highway in the desert for
our God.
40:4Every valley shall be exalted,
and every mountain and hill shall be
made low.
The uneven shall be made level,
and the rough places a plain.
40:5The glory of Yahweh shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together;
for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it."
40:6The voice of one saying, "Cry!"
One said, "What shall I cry?"
"All flesh is like grass,
and all its glory is like the flower of the
field.
40:7The grass withers,
the flower fades,
because Yahweh's breath blows on it.
Surely the people are like grass.
40:8The grass withers,
the flower fades;
but the word of our God stands forever."
40:9You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a
high mountain.
You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift
up your voice with strength.
Lift it up. Don't be afraid.
Say to the cities of Judah, "Behold, your
God!"
40:10Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a
mighty one,
and his armw ill rule for him.
Behold, his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him.
40:11He will feed his flock like a shepherd.
He will gather the lambs in his arm,
and carry themi n his bosom.
He will gently lead those who have their
young.
40:12Who has measured the waters in the hollow
of his hand,
and marked off the sky with his span,
and calculated the dust of the earth in a
measure,
and weighed the mountains in scales,
and the hills in a balance?
40:13Who has directed the Spirit of Yahweh,
or has taught himas his counselor?
40:14Who did he take counsel with,
and who instructed him,
and taught himi n the path of justice,
and taught himk nowledge,
and showed himthe way of understanding?
40:15Behold, the nations are like a drop in a
bucket,
and are regarded as a speck of dust on a
balance.
Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very
little thing.
40:16Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,
nor its animals sufficient for a burnt
offering.
40:17All the nations are like nothing before him.
Isaiah 40:18 582 Isaiah 41:8
They are regarded by himas less than
nothing, and vanity.
40:18To whomt hen will you liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare to
him?
40:19A workman has cast an image,
and the goldsmith overlays it with gold,
and casts silver chains for it.
40:20He who is too impoverished for such an
offering chooses a tree that will not rot.
He seeks a skillful workman to set up an
engraved image for him that will not
be moved.
40:21Haven't you known?
Haven't you heard, yet?
Haven't you been told fromt he beginning?
Haven't you understood fromt he foundations
of the earth?
40:22It is he who sits above the circle of the
earth,
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers;
who stretches out the heavens like a
curtain,
and spreads themo ut like a tent to dwell
in;
40:23who brings princes to nothing;
who makes the judges of the earth like
meaningless.
40:24They are planted scarcely.
They are sown scarcely.
Their stock has scarcely taken root in the
ground.
He merely blows on them, and they
wither,
and the whirlwind takes themaway as
stubble.
40:25"To whomt hen will you likenme?
Who is my equal?" says the Holy One.
40:26Lift up your eyes on high,
and see who has created these,
who brings out their army by number.
He calls themal l by name.
by the greatness of his might,
and because he is strong in power,
Not one is lacking.
40:27Why do you say, Jacob,
and speak, Israel,
"My way is hidden fromYahweh,
and the justice due me is disregarded by
m y God?"
40:28Haven't you known?
Haven't you heard?
The everlasting God, Yahweh,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
doesn't faint.
He isn't weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
40:29He gives power to the weak.
He increases the strength of himwho has
no might.
40:30Even the youths faint and get weary,
and the young men utterly fall;
40:31But those who wait for Yahweh will
renew their strength.
They will mount up with wings like
eagles.
They will run, and not be weary.
They will walk, and not faint.
41:1"Keep silent before me, islands,
and let the peoples renew their strength.
Let themc ome near,
then let themspea k.
Let's meet together for judgment.
41:2Who has raised up one fromthe east?
Whomc alled himt o his foot in righteousness?
He hands over nations to him,
and makes him rule over kings.
He gives theml ike the dust to his sword,
like the driven stubble to his bow.
41:3He pursues them,
and passes by safely,
Even by a way that he had not gone with
his feet.
41:4Who has worked and done it,
calling the generations fromt he beginning?
I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am
he."
41:5The islands have seen, and fear.
The ends of the earth tremble.
They approach, and come.
41:6Everyone helps his neighbor.
They say to their brothers, "Be strong!"
41:7So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith.
He who smoothes with the hammer encourages
himwho strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, "It is good;"
and he fastens it with nails, that it might
not totter.
41:8"But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob whomI have chosen,
the seed of Abrahammy friend,
Isaiah 41:9 583 Isaiah 42:1
41:9You whomI have taken hold of from
the ends of the earth,
and called fromit s corners,
and said to you, 'You are my servant,
I have chosen you and not cast you
away;'
41:10Don't you be afraid, for I amw ith you.
Don't be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you.
Yes, I will help you.
Yes, I will uphold youwith the right hand
of my righteousness.
41:11Behold, all those who are incensed against
you will be disappointed and confounded.
Those who strive with you will be like
nothing, and shall perish.
41:12You will seek them, and won't find them,
even those who contend with you.
Those who war against you will be as
nothing,
as a non-existent thing.
41:13For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your
right hand,
saying to you, 'Don't be afraid.
I will help you.'
41:14Don't be afraid, you wormJa cob,
and you men of Israel.
I will help you," says Yahweh,
"and your Redeemer is the Holy One of
Israel.
41:15Behold, I have made you into a new sharp
threshing instrument with teeth.
You will thresh the mountains,
and beat themsmall,
and will make the hills like chaff.
41:16You will winnow them,
and the wind will carry themaway,
and the whirlwind will scatter them.
You will rejoice in Yahweh.
You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
41:17The poor and needy seek water, and there
is none.
Their tongue fails for thirst.
I, Yahweh, will answer them.
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
41:18I will open rivers on the bare heights,
and springs in the midst of the valleys.
I will make the wilderness a pool of
water,
and the dry land springs of water.
41:19Iwill put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees
in the wilderness.
I will set fir trees, pine, and box trees
together in the desert;
41:20that they may see, know, consider,
and understand together,
that the hand of Yahweh has done this,
and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
41:21Produce your cause," says Yahweh.
"Bring forth your strong reasons," says
the King of Jacob.
41:22"Let themanno unce, and declare to us
what shall happen.
Declare the former things, what they are,
that we may consider them, and knowthe
latter end of them;
or show us things to come.
41:23Declare the things that are to come hereafter,
that we may know that you are gods.
Yes, do good, or do evil,
that we may be dismayed,
and see it together.
41:24Behold, you are of nothing,
and your work is of nothing.
He who chooses you is an abomination.
41:25"I have raised up one fromthe north, and
he has come;
fromt he rising of the sun, one who calls
on my name;
and he shall come on rulers as on mortar,
and as the potter treads clay.
41:26Who has declared it fromthe beginning,
that we may know?
And before, that we may say, 'He is
right?'
Surely, there is no one who declares.
Surely, there is no one who shows.
Surely, there is no one who hears your
words.
41:27I amthe first to say to Zion, 'Behold, look
at them;'
and Iwill give one who brings good news
to Jerusalem.
41:28When I look, there is no man;
even among them there is no counselor
who, when I ask of them, can answer
a word.
41:29Behold, all of them, their works are vanity
and nothing.
Their molten images are wind and confusion.
Isaiah 42:2 584 Isaiah 42:24
42:1"Behold, my servant, whom I uphold;
my chosen, in whom my soul delights
I have put m y Spirit on him .
He will bring justice to the nations.
42:2He will not shout,
nor raise his voice,
nor cause it to be heard in the street.
42:3He won't break a bruised reed.
He won't quench a dimly burning wick.
He will faithfully bring justice.
42:4He will not fail nor be discouraged,
until he has set justice in the earth,
and the islands will wait for his law."
42:5Thus says God Yahweh,
he who created the heavens and stretched
themo ut,
he who spread out the earth and that
which comes out of it,
he who gives breath to its people and
spirit to those who walk in it.
42:6"I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness,
and will hold your hand,
and will keep you,
and make you a covenant for the people,
as a light for the nations;
42:7to open the blind eyes,
to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon,
and those who sit in darkness out of the
prison.
42:8"I amYahweh.
That is my name.
I will not give my glory to another,
nor my praise to engraved images.
42:9Behold, the former things have happened,
and I declare new things.
I tell you about themb efore they come
up."
42:10Sing to Yahweh a new song,
and his praise fromthe end of the earth,
you who go down to the sea,
and all that is therein,
the islands and their inhabitants.
42:11Let the wilderness and its cities raise their
voices,
with the villages that Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing.
Let themsh out fromthe top of themountains!
42:12Let themgiv e glory to Yahweh,
and declare his praise in the islands.
42:13Yahweh will go out like a mighty man.
He will stir up zeal like a man of war.
He will raise a war cry.
Yes, he will shout aloud.
He will triumph over his enemies.
42:14"I have been silent a long time.
I have been quiet and restrained myself.
Now I will cry out like a travailing
woman. I will both gasp and pant.
42:15I will destroy mountains and hills,
and dry up all their herbs.
I will make the rivers islands,
and will dry up the pools.
42:16I will bring the blind by a way that they
don't know.
I will lead themin paths that they don't
know.
I will make darkness light before them,
and crooked places straight.
I will do these things,
and I will not forsake them.
42:17"Those who trust in engraved images,
who tell molten images,
'You are our gods'
will be turned back.
They will be utterly disappointed.
42:18"Hear, you deaf,
and look, you blind,
that you may see.
42:19Who is blind, but my servant?
Orwho is as deaf as m y m essengerwhom
I send?
Who is as blind as he who is at peace,
and as blind as Yahweh's servant?
42:20You see many things, but don't observe.
His ears are open, but he doesn't listen.
42:21It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness'
sake, to magnify the law,
and make it honorable.
42:22But this is a robbed and plundered people.
All of themare snared in holes,
and they are hidden in prisons.
They have become a prey, and no one delivers;
and a spoil, and no one says, 'Restore
them!'
42:23Who is there among you who will give ear
to this?
Who will listen and hear for the time to
come?
42:24Who gave Jacob as plunder,
and Israel to the robbers?
Didn't Yahweh, he against whomwe
have sinned?
Isaiah 42:25 585 Isaiah 43:23
For they would not walk in his ways,
and they disobeyed his law.
42:25Therefore he poured the fierceness of his
anger on him,
and the strength of battle;
and it set himo n fire all around, but he
didn't know;
and it burned him, but he didn't take it to
heart."
43:1But now thus says Yahweh who created
you, Jacob,
and he who formed you, Israel:
"Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you.
I have called you by your name.
You are mine.
43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be
with you;
and through the rivers, they will not
overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not
be burned,
and flame will not scorch you.
43:3For I amYahweh your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
your Savior.
I have given Egypt as your ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
43:4Since you have been precious and honored
in my sight,
and I have loved you;
therefore I will give people in your place,
and nations instead of your life.
43:5Don't be afraid; for I amwi th you.
I will bring your seed fromthe east,
and gather you fromthe west.
43:6I will tell the north, 'Give themup !'
and tell the south, 'Don't hold themback !
Bring m y sons from far,
and my daughters from the ends of the
earth
43:7everyone who is called by my name,
and whomI have created formy glory,
whomI have formed,
yes, whomI havemade.'"
43:8Bring out the blind people who have eyes,
and the deaf who have ears.
43:9Let all the nations be gathered together,
and let the peoples be assembled.
Who among them can declare this,
and show us former things?
Let thembr ing their witnesses, that they may
be justified;
or let themhe ar, and say, "That is true."
43:10"You are my witnesses," says Yahweh,
"With my servant whom I have chosen;
that you may know and believe me,
and understand that I amhe .
Before me there was no God formed,
neither will there be after me.
43:11I myself am Yahweh;
and besides me there is no savior.
43:12I have declared, I have saved, and I have
shown;
and there was no strange god among you.
Therefore you are my witnesses,"
says Yahweh, "and I amGo d.
43:13Yes, since the day was I amhe ;
and there is no one who can deliver out of
m y hand.
I will work, and who can hinder it?"
43:14Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the
Holy One of Israel: "For your sake, I have sent
to Babylon, and I will bring all of themdow n
as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships
of their rejoicing. 43:15I amYahweh, your Holy
One, the Creator of Israel, your King."
43:16Thus says Yahweh, who makes a way in
the sea,
and a path in the mighty waters;
43:17who brings forth the chariot and horse,
the army and the mighty man
(they lie down together, they shall not
rise;
they are extinct, they are quenched like a
wick):
43:18"Don't remember the former things,
and don't consider the things of old.
43:19Behold, I will do a new thing.
It springs forth now.
Don't you know it?
I will even make a way in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert.
43:20The animals of the field shall honor me,
the jackals and the ostriches;
because I give water in the wilderness and
rivers in the desert,
to give drink to m y people, m ychosen,
43:21the people which I formed for myself,
that they might set forth my praise.
43:22Yet you have not called on me, Jacob;
but you have been weary of me, Israel.
43:23You have not brought me of your sheep for
burnt offerings;
Isaiah 43:24 586 Isaiah 44:15
neither have you honored me with your
sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings,
nor wearied you with frankincense.
43:24You have bought me no sweet cane with
money,
nor have you filled me with the fat of
your sacrifices;
but you have burdened me with your sins.
You have wearied me with your iniquities.
43:25I, even I, amh e who blots out your transgressions
for my own sake;
and I will not remember your sins.
43:26Put me in remembrance.
Let us plead together.
Set forth your case,
that you may be justified.
43:27Your first father sinned,
and your teachers have transgressed
against me.
43:28Therefore I will profane the princes of the
sanctuary;
and I will make Jacob a curse,
and Israel a reviling."
44:1Yet listen now, Jacob my servant,
and Israel, whomI have chosen.
44:2This is what Yahweh who made you,
and formed you from the womb,
who will help you says:
"Don't be afraid, Jacob my servant;
and you, Jeshurun, whomI have chosen.
44:3For I will pour water on himw ho is thirsty,
and streams on the dry ground.
I will pour my Spirit on your seed,
and my blessing on your offspring:
44:4and they will spring up among the grass,
as willows by the watercourses.
44:5One will say, 'I amYahweh's;'
and another will be called by the name of
Jacob;
and another will write with his hand 'to
Yahweh,'
and honor the name of Israel."
44:6This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel,
and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies,
says:
"I amthe first, and I amthe last;
and besides me there is no God.
44:7Who is like me?
Who will call,
and will declare it,
and set it in order for me,
since I established the ancient people?
Let themd eclare the things that are coming,
and that will happen.
44:8Don't fear,
neither be afraid.
Haven't I declared it to you long ago,
and shown it?
You are my witnesses.
Is there a God besides me?
Indeed, there is not.
I don't know any other Rock."
44:9Everyone who makes an engraved image is
vain.
The things that they delight in will not
profit.
Their own witnesses don't see, nor know,
that they may be disappointed.
44:10Who has fashioned a god,
or molds an image that is profitable for
nothing?
44:11Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed;
and the workmen are mere men.
Let themal l be gathered together.
Let thems tand up.
They will fear.
They will be put to shame together.
44:12The blacksmith takes an axe,
works in the coals,
fashions it with hammers,
and works it with his strong arm.
He is hungry,
and his strength fails;
he drinks no water,
and is faint.
44:13The carpenter stretches out a line.
He marks it out with a pencil.
He shapes it with planes.
He marks it out with compasses,
and shapes it like the figure of a man,
with the beauty of a man,
to reside in a house.
44:14He cuts down cedars for himself,
and takes the cypress and the oak,
and strengthens for himself one among
the trees of the forest.
He plants a fir tree,
and the rain nourishes it.
44:15Then it will be for a man to burn;
and he takes some of it, and warms
himself.
Isaiah 44:16 587 Isaiah 45:6
Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread.
Yes, he makes a god, and worships it;
he makes it an engraved image, and falls
down to it.
44:16He burns part of it in the fire.
With part of it, he eats meat.
He roasts a roast, and is satisfied.
Yes, he warms himself,
and says, "Aha! I amwar m. I have seen
the fire."
44:17The rest of it he makes into a god,
even his engraved image.
He bows down to it and worships,
and prays to it, and says, "Deliver me; for
you are my god!"
44:18They don't know, neither do they consider:
for he has shut their eyes, that they can't
see;
and their hearts, that they can't understand.
44:19No one thinks,
neither is there knowledge nor understanding
to say,
"I have burned part of it in the fire.
Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals.
I have roasted meat and eaten it.
Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination?
Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?"
44:20He feeds on ashes.
A deceived heart has turned hima side;
and he can't deliver his soul,
nor say, "Isn't there a lie in my right
hand?"
44:21Remember these things, Jacob and Israel;
for you are my servant.
I have form ed you.
You are my servant.
Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
44:22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your
transgressions,
and, as a cloud, your sins.
Return to me, for I have redeemed you.
44:23Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it!
Shout, you lower parts of the earth!
Break out into singing, you mountains, O
forest, all of your trees,
for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob,
and will glorify himself in Israel.
44:24Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer,
and he who formed you from the womb:
"I amYahweh, whomakes all things;
who alone stretches out the heavens;
who spreads out the earth by myself;
44:25who frustrates the signs of the liars,
and makes diviners mad;
who turns wise men backward,
and makes their knowledge foolish;
44:26who confirms the word of his servant,
and performs the counsel of his messengers;
who says of Jerusalem, 'She will be inhabited;'
and of the cities of Judah, 'They will be
built,'
and I will raise up its waste places;'
44:27who says to the deep, 'Be dry,'
and 'I will dry up your rivers;'
44:28Who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd,
and shall performal lmy pleasure,'
even saying of Jerusalem, 'She will be
built;'
and of the temple, 'Your foundation will
be laid.'"
45:1Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to
Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue
nations before him, and strip kings of their
armor; to open the doors before him, and the
gates shall not be shut:
45:2"I will go before you,
and make the rough places smooth.
I will break the doors of brass in pieces,
and cut apart the bars of iron.
45:3I will give you the treasures of darkness,
and hidden riches of secret places,
that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who
call you by your name,
even the God of Israel.
45:4For Jacob my servant's sake,
and Israel my chosen,
I have called you by your name.
I have surnamed you,
though you have not known me.
45:5I amYahweh, and there is none else.
Besides me, there is no God.
I will strengthenj you,
though you have not known me;
45:6that they may know from the rising of the
sun,
and fromthe west,
that there is none besides me.
j45:5 or, equip
Isaiah 45:7 588 Isaiah 46:3
I amYahweh, and there is no one else.
45:7I formt he light,
and create darkness.
I m ake peace,
and create calamity.
I amYahweh,
who does all these things.
45:8Distil, you heavens, froma bove,
and let the skies pour down righteousness.
Let the earth open, that it may bring forth
salvation,
and let it cause righteousness to spring up
with it.
I, Yahweh, have created it.
45:9Woe to himwho strives with his Maker
a clay pot among the clay pots of the
earth!
Shall the clay ask himwho fashions it, 'What
are you making?'
or your work, 'He has no hands?'
45:10Woe to himwho says to a father, 'What
have you become the father of?'
or to a mother, 'To what have you given
birth?'"
45:11Thus says Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel,
and his Maker:
"You ask me about the things that are to come,
concerning my sons,
and you command me concerning the
work of my hands!
45:12I have made the earth, and created man on
it: I, even my hands, have stretched
out the heavens; and all their army
have I commanded. 45:13I have raised
himup in righteousness, and I will
make straight all his ways: he shall
build my city, and he shall let my
exiles go free, not for price nor reward,
says Yahweh ofArmies. 45:14Thus says
Yahweh: "The labor of Egypt, and
the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the
Sabeans, men of stature, shall come
over to you, and they shall be yours.
They shall go after you. In chains
they shall come over; and they shall
fall down to you. They shall make
supplication to you: 'Surely God is in
you; and there is none else, there is no
other god. 45:15Most certainly you are
a God who hid yourself, God of Israel,
the Savior.'"
45:16They shall be disappointed, yes, confounded,
all of them; they shall go into
confusion together who are makers of
idols. 45:17ButIsrael shall be saved
by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation:
you shall not be disappointed
nor confounded world without end.
45:18For thus says Yahweh who created
the heavens, the God who formed the
earth and made it, who established
it and didn't create it a waste, who
formed it to be inhabited: I am Yahweh;
and there is no one else. 45:19I
have not spoken in secret, in a place
of the land of darkness; I didn't say
to the seed of Jacob, Seek you me
in vain: I, Yahweh, speak righteousness,
I declare things that are right.
45:20Assemble yourselves and come;
draw near together, you who have
escaped fromthe nations: they have
no knowledge who carry the wood of
their engraved image, and pray to a
god that can't save. 45:21Declare you,
and bring itforth; yes, let themtak e
counsel together: who has shown this
fromanci ent time? who has declared it
of old? Haven't I, Yahweh? and there
is no God else besides me, a just God
and a Savior; there is no one besides
me. 45:22Look to me, and be you saved,
all the ends of the earth; for I amGo d,
and there is none else. 45:23By myself
have I sworn, the word is gone forth
from my mouth inrighteousness, and
shall not return, that to me every knee
shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
45:24Only in Yahweh, it is said of me,
is righteousness and strength; even to
him shall men come; and all those
who were incensed against himsh all
be disappointed. 45:25In Yahweh shall
all the seed of Israel be justified, and
shall glory.
46:1Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; their idols are
on the animals, and on the livestock:
the things that you carried about are
made a load, a burden to the weary
animal. 46:2They stoop, they bow down
together; they could not deliver the
burden, but themselves are gone into
captivity. 46:3Listen to me, house of
Isaiah 46:4 589 Isaiah 47:15
Jacob, and all the remnant of the house
of Israel, that have been borne by
mefromthe ir birth, that have been carried
fromt he womb; 46:4and even to
old age I amhe , and even to gray hairs
will I carry you. I have made, and
I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will
deliver. 46:5To whomw ill you liken
me, and make me equal, and compare
me, that we may be like? 46:6Some
pour out gold fromt he bag, and weigh
silver in the balance. They hire a
goldsmith, and he makes it a god.
They fall down yes, they worship.
46:7They bear it on the shoulder, they
carry it, and set it in its place, and it
stands, fromit s place it shall notmove:
yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer,
nor save himout of his trouble.
46:8Remember this, and show yourselves
men; bring it again to mind,
you transgressors. 46:9Remember the
former things of old: for I am God, and
there is none else; I amGod, and there
is none like me; 46:10declaring the end
fromthe beginning, and fromanci ent
times things that are not yetdone; saying,
My counsel shall stand, and I
will do all my pleasure; 46:11calling a
ravenous bird fromthe east, the man
of my counsel from a far country; yes,
I have spoken, I will also bring it to
pass; I have purposed, I will also do
it. 46:12Listen to me, you stout-hearted,
who are far fromrigh teousness: 46:13I
bring near my righteousness, it shall
not be far off, and my salvation shall
not wait; and I will place salvation in
Zion for Israel my glory.
47:1Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin
daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground
without a throne, daughter of the
Chaldeans: for you shall no more be
called tender and delicate. 47:2Take
the millstones, and grind meal; remove
your veil, strip off the train,
uncover the leg, pass through the
rivers. 47:3Your nakedness shall be
uncovered, yes, your shame shall be
seen: I will take vengeance, and will
spare no man. 47:4Our Redeemer,
Yahweh of Armies is his name, the
Holy One of Israel. 47:5Sit you silent,
and get you into darkness, daughter of
the Chaldeans; for you shall no more
be called The mistress of kingdoms.
47:6I was angry with my people, I
profaned my inheritance, and gave
themi nto your hand: you did show
themn omercy; on the aged have you
very heavily laid your yoke. 47:7You
said, I shall be mistress forever; so
that you did not lay these things to
your heart, neither did remember the
latter end of it. 47:8Now therefore
hear this, you who are given to pleasures,
who sit securely, who say in
your heart, I am, and there is none
else besides me; I shall not sit as a
widow, neither shall I know the loss
of children: 47:9but these two things
shall come to you in a moment in one
day, the loss of children, and widowhood;
in their full measure shall they
com eon you, in the m ultitude of your
sorceries, and the great abundance of
your enchantments. 47:10For you have
trusted in your wickedness; you have
said, None sees me; your wisdom and
your knowledge, it has perverted you,
and you have said in your heart, I
am, and there is none else besides me.
47:11Therefore evil will come on you;
you won't know when it dawns: and
mischief wil fall on you; you will not
be able to put it away: and desolation
shall come on you suddenly, which
you don't know. 47:12Stand now with
your enchantments, and with the multitude
of your sorceries, in which you
have labored fromy our youth; if so
be you shall be able to profit, if so be
you may prevail. 47:13You are wearied
in the multitude of your counsels: let
now the astrologers, the stargazers,
the monthly prognosticators, stand up,
and save you fromthe things that shall
come on you. 47:14Behold, they shall
be as stubble; the fire shall burn them;
they shall not deliver themselves from
the power of the flame: it shall not
be a coal to warmat, nor a fire to sit
before. 47:15Thus shall the things be to
you in which you have labored: those
Isaiah 48:1 590 Isaiah 49:4
who have trafficked with you from
your youth shall wander everyone to
his quarter; there shall be none to save
you.
48:1Hear you this, house of Jacob, who are
called by the name of Israel, and are
come forth out of the waters of Judah;
who swear by the name of Yahweh,
and make mention of the God of Israel,
but not in truth, nor in righteousness
48:2(for they call themselves of the holy
city, and stay themselves on the God
of Israel; Yahweh of Armies is his
name): 48:3I have declared the former
things fromof old; yes, they went
forth out of my mouth, and I showed
them: suddenly I did them, and they
happened. 48:4Because I knew that
you are obstinate, and your neck is
an iron sinew, and your brow brass;
48:5therefore I have declared it to you
fromof old; before it came to pass I
showed it to you; lest you should say,
My idol has done them, and my engraved
image, and my molten image,
has commanded them. 48:6You have
heard it; see all this; and you, will you
not declare it? I have shown you new
things fromthi s time, even hidden
things, which you have not known.
48:7They are created now, and not from
of old; and before this day you didn't
hear them; lest you should say, Behold,
I knew them. 48:8Yes, you didn't hear;
yes, you didn't know; yes, fromof old
your ear was not opened: for I knew
that you did deal very treacherously,
and was called a transgressor fromthe
womb. 48:9For my name's sake will
I defer my anger, and for my praise
will I refrain for you, that I not cut you
off. 48:10Behold, I have refined you,
but not as silver; I have chosen you in
the furnace of affliction. 48:11For my
own sake, for my own sake,will I do it;
for how should my namebe profaned?
and my glory Iwill not give to another.
48:12Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel
my called: I amhe ; I amthe first, I also
amthe last. 48:13Yes, my hand has laid
the foundation of the earth, and my
right hand has spread out the heavens:
when I call to them, they stand up
together. 48:14Assemble yourselves, all
you, and hear; who among them has
declared these things? He whomYahweh
loves shall performh is pleasure
on Babylon, and his arm shall be onthe
Chaldeans. 48:15I, even I, have spoken;
yes, I have called him; I have brought
him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
48:16Come you near to me,
hear you this; fromthe beginning I
have not spoken in secret; fromthe
time that it was, there am I: and now
the Lord Yahweh has sent me, and his
Spirit. 48:17Thus says Yahweh, your
Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am
Yahweh your God, who teaches you to
profit, who leads you by the way that
you should go. 48:18Oh that you had
listened to my commandments! then
had your peace been as a river, and
your righteousness as the waves of the
sea: 48:19your seed also had been as the
sand, and the offspring of your body
like its grains: his name would not
be cut off nor destroyed fromb efore
me. 48:20Go you forth fromBa bylon,
flee you fromt he Chaldeans; with
a voice of singing declare you, tell
this, utter it even to the end of the
earth: say you, Yahweh has redeemed
his servant Jacob. 48:21They didn't
thirst when he led themthro ugh the
deserts; he caused the waters to flow
out of the rock for them; he split the
rock also, and the waters gushed out.
48:22There is no peace, says Yahweh, to
the wicked.
49:1Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you
peoples, fromfa r: Yahweh has called
m e from the wom b; from the bowels
of my mother has he made mention
of my name: 49:2and he has made
my mouth like a sharp sword; in the
shadowof his hand has he hid me: and
he has made me a polished shaft; in his
quiver has he kept me close: 49:3and he
said to me, You are my servant; Israel,
in whomI will be glorified. 49:4But
I said, I have labored in vain, I have
spent my strength for nothing and
vanity; yet surely the justice dueto me
Isaiah 49:5 591 Isaiah 49:26
is with Yahweh, and my recompense
with my God. 49:5Now says Yahweh
who formed me from the womb to
be his servant, to bring Jacob again
to him, and that Israel be gathered to
him( for I amho norable in the eyes of
Yahweh, and my God is become my
strength); 49:6yes, he says, It is too light
a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to
restore the preserved of Israel: I will
also give you for a light to the nations,
that you may be my salvation to the
end of the earth. 49:7Thus says Yahweh,
the Redeemer of Israel, andhis
HolyOne, to himwhomman despises,
to himwho m the nation abhors, to a
servant of rulers: Kings shall see and
arise; princes, and they shall worship;
because of Yahweh who is faithful,
eventhe Holy One of Israel, who has
chosen you. 49:8Thus says Yahweh,
In an acceptable time have I answered
you, and in a day of salvation have I
helped you; and I will preserve you,
and give you for a covenant of the
people, to raise up the land, to make
themi nherit the desolate heritage:
49:9saying to those who are bound, Go
forth; to those who are in darkness,
Show yourselves. They shall feed in
the ways, and on all bare heights shall
be their pasture. 49:10They shall not
hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat
nor sun strike them: for he who has
mercy on them will lead them, even by
springs of water he will guide them.
49:11I will make all my mountains a
way, and my highways shall be exalted.
49:12Behold, these shall come
fromf ar; and behold, these fromthe
north and fromthe west; and these
fromthe land of Sinim. 49:13Sing,
heavens; and be joyful, earth; and
break forth into singing, mountains:
for Yahweh has comforted his people,
and will have compassion on his af-
flicted. 49:14But Zion said, Yahweh
has forsaken me, and the Lord has
forgotten me. 49:15Can a woman forget
her sucking child, that she should not
have compassion on the son of her
womb? yes, these may forget, yet Iwill
not forget you. 49:16Behold, I have engraved
you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me.
49:17Your children make haste; your
destroyers and those who made you
waste shall go forth fromyou . 49:18Lift
up your eyes all around, and see: all
these gather themselves together, and
come to you. As I live, says Yahweh,
you shall surely clothe you with
themal l as with an ornament, and
gird yourself with them, like a bride.
49:19For, as for your waste and your
desolate places, and your land that has
been destroyed, surely now you shall
be too small for the inhabitants, and
those who swallowed you up shall be
far away. 49:20The children of your
bereavement shall yet say in your ears,
The place is too small for me; give
place to m e that Im ay dwell. 49:21Then
you will say in your heart, Who has
conceived these for me, seeing I have
been bereaved of my children, and am
solitary, an exile, and wandering back
and forth? and who has brought up
these? Behold, I was left alone; these,
where were they? 49:22Thus says the
Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will lift up
my hand to the nations, and set up
my banner to the peoples; and they
shall bring your sons in their bosom,
and your daughters shall be carried
on their shoulders. 49:23Kings shall be
your nursing fathers, and their queens
your nursing mothers: they shall bow
down to you with their faces to the
earth, and lick the dust of your feet;
and you shall know that I amYahweh;
and those who wait for me shall not
be disappointed. 49:24Shall the prey be
taken fromthe mighty, or the lawful
captives be delivered? 49:25But thus
says Yahweh, Even the captives of the
mighty shall be taken away, and the
prey of the terrible shall be delivered;
for I will contend with himw ho contends
with you, and I will save your
children. 49:26I will feed those who
oppress you with their own flesh; and
they shall be drunken with their own
Isaiah 50:1 592 Isaiah 51:10
blood, as with sweet wine: and all
flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am
your Savior, and your Redeemer, the
Mighty One of Jacob.
50:1Thus says Yahweh, Where is the bill of
your mother's divorce, with which I
have put her away? or which of my
creditors is it to whomI have sold
you? Behold, for your iniquities were
you sold, and for your transgressions
was your mother put away. 50:2Why,
when I came, was there no man? when
I called, was there none to answer?
Is my hand shortened at all, that it
can't redeem? or have I no power
to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I
dry up the sea, I make the rivers a
wilderness: their fish stink, because
there is no water, and die for thirst.
50:3I clothe the heavens with blackness,
and I make sackcloth their covering.
50:4The Lord Yahweh has given
me the tongue of thosewho are taught,
that I may know how to sustain with
words himwho is weary: he wakens
morning by morning, he wakens my
ear to hear as those who are taught.
50:5The Lord Yahweh has opened my
ear, and I was not rebellious, neither
turned away backward. 50:6I gave m y
back to the strikers, and my cheeks
to those who plucked off the hair; I
didn't hide my face from shame and
spitting. 50:7For the Lord Yahweh will
help me; therefore I have not been
confounded: therefore have I set my
face like a flint, and I know that I
shall not be disappointed. 50:8He is
near who justifies me; who will bring
charges against me? Let us stand up
together: who is my adversary? Let
him come near to me. 50:9Behold, the
Lord Yahweh will help me; who is he
who shall condemn me? Behold, all
they shall wax old as a garment, the
moth shall eat them up. 50:10Who is
among you who fears Yahweh, who
obeys the voice of his servant? He who
walks in darkness, and has no light, let
himtru st in the name of Yahweh, and
rely on his God. 50:11Behold, all you
who kindle a fire, who gird yourselves
about with firebrands; walk you in
the flame of your fire, and among the
brands that you have kindled. You
shall have this of my hand; you shall
lie down in sorrow.
51:1Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness,
youwho seek Yahweh: look
to the rock whence you were cut, and
to the hold of the pit whence you
were dug. 51:2Look to Abrahamyour
father, and to Sarah who bore you; for
when he was but one I called him, and
I blessed him, and made him many.
51:3For Yahweh has comforted Zion;
he has comforted all her waste places,
and has made her wilderness like
Eden, and her desert like the garden
of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be
found therein, thanksgiving, and the
voice of melody. 51:4Attend to me, my
people; and give ear to me, my nation:
for a law shall go forth fromm e, and
I will establish my justice for a light
of the peoples. 51:5My righteousness
is near, my salvation is gone forth,
and my arms shall judge the peoples;
the islands shall wait for me, and on
m y arm shall they trust. 51:6Lift up
your eyes to the heavens, and look
on the earth beneath; for the heavens
shall vanish away like smoke, and the
earth shall wax old like a garment; and
those who dwell therein shall die in
like manner: but my salvation shall
be forever, and my righteousness shall
not be abolished. 51:7Listen to me, you
who know righteousness, the people
in whose heart is my law; don't you
fear the reproach of men, neither be
you dismayed at their insults. 51:8For
the moth shall eat them up like a
garment, and the worm shall eat them
like wool; but my righteousness shall
be forever, and my salvation to all
generations. 51:9Awake, awake, put
on strength, armof Yahweh; awake,
as in the days of old, the generations
of ancient times. Isn't it you who did
cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the
monster? 51:10Isn't it you who dried
up the sea, the waters of the great
deep; who made the depths of the
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sea a way for the redeemed to pass
over? 51:11The ransomed of Yahweh
shall return, and come with singing to
Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on
their heads: they shall obtain gladness
and joy; andsorrow and sighing shall
flee away. 51:12I, even I, amh e who
comforts you: who are you, that you
are afraid of man who shall die, and
of the son of man who shall be made
as grass; 51:13and have forgotten Yahweh
your Maker, who stretched forth
the heavens, and laid the foundations
of the earth; and fear continually all
the day because of the fury of the
oppressor, when he makes ready to
destroy? and where is the fury of the
oppressor? 51:14The captive exile shall
speedily be freed; and he shall not die
and go downinto the pit, neither shall
his bread fail. 51:15For I amY ahweh
your God, who stirs up the sea, so that
its waves roar: Yahweh of Armies is
his name. 51:16I have put m y words
in your mouth, and have covered you
in the shadow of my hand, that I may
plant the heavens, and lay the foundations
of the earth, and tell Zion, You
are my people. 51:17Awake, awake,
stand up, Jerusalem, that have drunk
at the hand of Yahweh the cup of his
wrath; you have drunken the bowl of
the cup of staggering, and drained it.
51:18There is none to guide her among
all the sons whoms he has brought
forth; neither is there any who takes
her by the hand among all the sons
who she has brought up. 51:19These
two things have happened to you.
Who will bemoan you? Desolation
and destruction, and the famine and
the sword; how shall I comfort you?
51:20Your sons have fainted, they lie
at the head of all the streets, as an
antelope in a net; they are full of the
wrath of Yahweh, the rebuke of your
God. 51:21Therefore hear now this,
you afflicted, and drunken, but now
with wine: 51:22Thus says your Lord
Yahweh, and your God who pleads
the cause of his people, Behold, I have
taken out of your hand the cup of
staggering, even the bowl of the cup
of my wrath; you shall no more drink
it again: 51:23and I will put it into the
hand of those who afflict you, who
have said to your soul, Bow down, that
we may go over; and you have laid
your back as the ground, and as the
street, to those who go over.
52:1Awake, awake, put on your strength,
Zion; put on your beautiful garments,
Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth
there shall no m ore com e into you
the uncircumcised and the unclean.
52:2Shake yourself fromthe dust; arise,
sit on your throne, Jerusalem: loose
yourself fromt he bonds of your neck,
captive daughter of Zion. 52:3For
thus says Yahweh, You were sold for
nothing; and you shall be redeemed
without money. 52:4For thus says the
Lord Yahweh, My people went down
at the first into Egypt to sojourn there:
and the Assyrian has oppressed them
without cause. 52:5Now therefore,
what do I here, says Yahweh, seeing
that my people is taken away for
nothing? those who rule over them
do howl, says Yahweh, and my name
continually all the day is blasphemed.
52:6Therefore my people shall know
my name: therefore they shall knowin
that day that I amhe who does speak;
behold, it is I. 52:7How beautiful on
the mountains are the feet of him
who brings good news, who publishes
peace, who brings good news of good,
who publishes salvation, who says to
Zion, Your God reigns! 52:8The voice
of your watchmen! they lift up the
voice, together do they sing; for they
shall see eye to eye, when Yahweh
returns to Zion. 52:9Break forth into
joy, sing together, you waste places
of Jerusalem; for Yahweh has comforted
his people, he has redeemed
Jerusalem. 52:10Yahweh has made bare
his holy armin the eyes of all the
nations; and all the ends of the earth
have seen the salvation of our God.
52:11Depart you, depart you, go you
out fromthe re, touch no unclean thing;
go you out of the midst of her; cleanse
Isaiah 52:12 594 Isaiah 54:4
yourselves, you who bear the vessels
of Yahweh. 52:12For you shall not go
out in haste, neither shall you go by
flight: for Yahweh will go before you;
and the God of Israel will be your
rearward. 52:13Behold, my servant
shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted
and lifted up, and shall be very high.
52:14Like as many were astonished at
you (his visage was so marred more
than any man, and his form more
than the sons of men), 52:15so shall
he sprinkle many nations; kings shall
shut their mouths at him: for that
which had not been told thems hall
they see; and that which they had not
heard shall they understand.
53:1Who has believed our message?
To whomhas the arm of Yahweh been
revealed?
53:2For he grewup before hima s a tender plant,
and as a root out of dry ground.
He has no formno r comeliness.
When we see him, there is no beauty that
we should desire him.
53:3He was despised,
and rejected by men;
a m an of suffering,
and acquainted with disease.
He was despised as one from whom men hide
their face;
and we didn't respect him.
53:4Surely he has borne our sickness,
and carried our suffering;
yet we considered himpla gued,
struck by God, and afflicted.
53:5But he was pierced for our transgressions.
He was crushed for our iniquities.
The punishment that brought our peace was on
him;
and by his wounds we are healed.
53:6All we like sheep have gone astray.
Everyone has turned to his own way;
and Yahweh has laid on himthe iniquity
of us all.
53:7He was oppressed,
yet when he was afflicted he didn't open
his mouth.
As a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and as a sheep that before its shearers is
mute,
so he didn't open his mouth.
53:8He was taken away by oppression and
judgment;
and as for his generation,
who considered that he was cut off out of
the land of the living
and stricken for the disobedience of my
people?
53:9They made his grave with the wicked,
and with a rich man in his death;
although he had done no violence,
neither was any deceit in his mouth.
53:10Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him .
He has caused himto suffer.
When you make his soul an offering for sin,
he shall see his seed.
He shall prolong his days,
and the pleasure of Yahweh shall prosper
in his hand.
53:11After the suffering of his soul,
he will see the lightk and be satisfied.
My righteous servant will justify many by the
knowledge of himself;
and he will bear their iniquities.
53:12Therefore will I divide hima portion with
the great,
and he shall divide the spoil with the
strong;
because he poured out his soul to death,
and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
54:1Sing, barren, you who didn't bear; break
forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who did
not travail with child: for more are the children
of the desolate than the children of the married
wife, says Yahweh. 54:2Enlarge the place of
your tent, and let thems tretch forth the curtains
of your habitations; don't spare: lengthen your
cords, and strengthen your stakes. 54:3For you
shall spread aboard on the right hand and
on the left; and your seed shall possess the
nations, and make the desolate cities to be
inhabited. 54:4Don't be afraid; for you shall not
be ashamed: neither be confounded; for you
shall not be disappointed: for you shall forget
the shame of your youth; and the reproach of
k53:11 So read the Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint. Masoretic Text omits "the light".
Isaiah 54:5 595 Isaiah 56:5
yourwidowhood you shall remember no more.
54:5For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh
of Armies is his name: and the Holy One of
Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole
earth shall he be called. 54:6For Yahweh has
called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in
spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast
off, says your God. 54:7For a small moment
have I forsaken you; but with great mercies
will I gather you. 54:8In overflowing wrath I
hid my face from you for a moment; but with
everlasting loving kindness will I have mercy
on you, says Yahweh your Redeemer. 54:9For
this is asthe waters of Noah to me; for as I
have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no
more go over the earth, so have I sworn that
I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
54:10For the mountains may depart, and the
hills be removed; but my loving kindness shall
not depart fromy ou, neither shallmy covenant
of peace be removed, says Yahweh who has
mercy on you. 54:11You afflicted, tossed with
storms, and not comforted, behold, I will set
your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your
foundations with sapphires. 54:12I will make
your pinnacles of rubies, and your gates of
sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious
stones. 54:13All your children shall be taught of
Yahweh; and great shall be the peace of your
children. 54:14In righteousness you shall be
established: you shall be far fromoppr ession,
for you shall not be afraid; and fromt error, for
it shall not come near you. 54:15Behold, they
may gather together, but not by me: whoever
shall gather together against you shall fall
because of you. 54:16Behold, I have created the
smith who blows the fire of coals, and brings
forth a weapon for his work; and I have created
the waster to destroy. 54:17No weapon that is
formed against you shall prosper; and you will
condemn every tongue that rises against you in
judgment. This is the heritage of the servants
of Yahweh, and their righteousness which is of
me, says Yahweh.
55:1Ho, everyone who thirsts, come you to
the waters, and he who has no money; come
you, buy, and eat; yes, come, buywine and milk
without money and without price. 55:2Why
do you spend money for that which is not
bread? and your labor for that which doesn't
satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you
that which is good, and let your soul delight
itself in fatness. 55:3Turn your ear, and come to
me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will
make an everlasting covenant with you, even
the sure mercies of David. 55:4Behold, I have
given himfor a witness to the peoples, a leader
and commander to the peoples. 55:5Behold,
you shall call a nation that you don't know; and
a nation that didn't know you shall run to you,
because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy
One of Israel; for he has glorified you. 55:6Seek
you Yahweh while he may be found; call you
on himwhi le he is near: 55:7let the wicked
forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts; and let himre turn to Yahweh, and he
will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he
will abundantly pardon. 55:8For my thoughts
are not your thoughts, neither are your ways
my ways, says Yahweh. 55:9For as the heavens
are higher than the earth, so are my ways
higher than your ways, and my thoughts than
your thoughts. 55:10For as the rain comes down
and the snow fromthe sky, and doesn't return
there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring
forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and
bread to the eater; 55:11so shall my word be that
goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return
to me void, but it shall accomplish that which
I please, and it shall prosper in the thing I sent
it to do. 55:12For you 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 fields shall clap their
hands. 55:13Instead 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 Yahweh for
a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be
cut off.
56:1Thus says Yahweh, Keep you justice, and
do righteousness; for my salvation is near to
come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
56:2Blessed is the man who does this, and
the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps
the Sabbath fromp rofaning it, and keeps his
hand fromd oing any evil. 56:3Neither let the
foreigner, who has joined himself to Yahweh,
speak, saying, Yahweh will surely separate me
fromhi s people; neither let the eunuch say,
Behold, I ama dry tree. 56:4For thus says
Yahweh of the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
and choose the things that please me, and hold
fast my covenant: 56:5To themw ill I give in
my house and within my walls a memorial and
Isaiah 56:6 596 Isaiah 58:3
a name better than of sons and of daughters;
I will give theman everlasting name, that
shall not be cut off. 56:6Also the foreigners
who join themselves to Yahweh, to minister to
him, and to love the name of Yahweh, to be
his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath
fromp rofaning it, and holds fastmy covenant;
56:7even themwill I bring to my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer:
their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall
be accepted on my altar; for my house shall
be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
56:8The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts
of Israel, says, Yet will I gather othersto him,
besides his own who are gathered. 56:9All you
animals of the field, come to devour, yes, all you
animals in the forest. 56:10His watchmen are
blind, they are all without knowledge; they are
all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying
down, loving to slumber. 56:11Yes, the dogs are
greedy, they can never have enough; and these
are shepherds who can't understand: they have
all turned to their own way, each one to his
gain, fromev ery quarter. 56:12Come you, say
they, I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves
with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as
this day, a daygreat beyond measure.
57:1The righteous perishes, and no man lays
it to heart; and merciful men are taken away,
none considering that the righteous is taken
away fromthe evil to come. 57:2He enters into
peace; they rest in their beds, each one who
walks in his uprightness. 57:3But draw near
here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the
adulterer and the prostitute. 57:4Against whom
do you sport yourselves? against whomm ake
you a wide mouth, and put out the tongue?
Aren't you children of disobedience, a seed
of falsehood, 57:5you who inflame yourselves
among the oaks, under every green tree; who
kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts
of the rocks? 57:6Among the smooth stonesof
the valley is your portion; they, they are your
lot; even to themhave you poured a drink
offering, you have offered an offering. Shall I
be appeased for these things? 57:7On a high and
lofty mountain have you set your bed; there
also you went up to offer sacrifice. 57:8Behind
the doors and the posts have you set up your
memorial: for you have uncovered yourself to
another than me, and are gone up; you have
enlarged your bed, and made you a covenant
with them: you loved their bed where you
saw it. 57:9You went to the king with oil, and
did increase your perfumes, and did send your
ambassadors far off, and did debase yourself
even to Sheol. 57:10You were wearied with the
length of your way; yet you didn't say, It is in
vain: you found a reviving of your strength;
therefore you weren't faint. 57:11Of whomh ave
you been afraid and in fear, that you lie, and
have not remembered me, nor laid it to your
heart? Haven't I held my peace even of long
time, and you don't fear me? 57:12I will declare
your righteousness; and as for yourworks, they
shall not profit you. 57:13When you cry, let
those who you have gathered deliver you; but
the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry
themal l away: but he who takes refuge in me
shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy
mountain. 57:14He will say, Cast up, cast up,
prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block
out of the way of my people. 57:15For thus says
the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity,
whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and
holy place, with himal so who is of a contrite
and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the
humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
57:16For I will not contend forever, neither will
I be always angry; for the spirit would faint
before me, and the souls who I have made.
57:17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I
angry, and struck him; I hid my faceand was
angry; and he went on backsliding in the way
of his heart. 57:18I have seen his ways, and
will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore
comforts to him and to his mourners. 57:19I
create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to
himwho is far off and to himwho is near,
says Yahweh; and I will heal him. 57:20But the
wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest,
and its waters cast up mire and dirt. 57:21There
is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.
58:1Cry aloud, don't spare, lift up your voice
like a trumpet, and declare to my people their
disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their
sins. 58:2Yet they seek me daily, and delight
to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness,
and didn't forsake the ordinance of
their God, they ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God. 58:3Why
have we fasted, say they, and you don't see?
whyhave we afflicted our soul, and you take
no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your
Isaiah 58:4 597 Isaiah 59:17
fast you find your ownpleasure, and exact all
your labors. 58:4Behold, you fast for strife
and contention, and to strike with the fist of
wickedness: you don't fast this day so as to
make your voice to be heard on high. 58:5Is
such the fast that I have chosen? the day for
a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down
his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth
and ashes under him? will you call this a fast,
and an acceptable day to Yahweh? 58:6Isn't
this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the
bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of
the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free,
and that you break every yoke? 58:7Isn't it to
deal your bread to the hungry, and that you
bring the poor who are cast out to your house?
when you see the naked, that you cover him;
and that you not hide yourself fromyour own
flesh? 58:8Then your light shall break forth
as the morning, and your healing shall spring
forth speedily; and your righteousness shall go
before you; the glory of Yahweh shall be your
rear guard. 58:9Then you shall call, and Yahweh
will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here
I am. If you take away from the midst of you
the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and
speaking wickedly; 58:10and if you draw out
your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted
soul: then your light shall rise in darkness,
and your obscurity be as the noonday; 58:11and
Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy
your soul in dry places, and make strong your
bones; and you shall be like a watered garden,
and like a spring of water, whose waters don't
fail. 58:12Those who shall be of you shall
build the old waste places; you shall raise
up the foundations of many generations; and
you shall be called The repairer of the breach,
The restorer of paths to dwell in. 58:13If you
turn away your foot fromthe Sabbath, from
doing your pleasure on m y holy day; and call
the Sabbath a delight, andthe holy of Yahweh
honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your
own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor
speaking your ownwords: 58:14then you shall
delight yourself in Yahweh; and I will make
you to ride on the high places of the earth; and
I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your
father: for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.
59:1Behold, Yahweh's hand is not shortened,
that it can't save; neither his ear heavy, that
it can't hear: 59:2but your iniquities have separated
between you and your God, and your
sins have hidden his face fromy ou, so that he
will not hear. 59:3For your hands are defiled
with blood, and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies, your tongue mutters
wickedness. 59:4None sues in righteousness,
and none pleads in truth: they trust in vanity,
and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and
bring forth iniquity. 59:5They hatch adders'
eggs, and weave the spider's web: he who eats
of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed
breaks out into a viper. 59:6Their 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. 59:7Their feet run to evil, and
they make haste to shed innocent blood: their
thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation
and destruction are in their paths. 59:8The way
of peace they don't know; and there is no justice
in their goings: they have made them crooked
paths; whoever goes therein does not know
peace. 59:9Therefore is justice far fromus, neither
does righteousness overtake us: we look
for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness,
but we walk in obscurity. 59:10We grope for
the wall like the blind; yes, we grope as those
who have no eyes: we stum ble at noonday as
in the twilight; among those who are lusty we
are as dead men. 59:11We roar all like bears, and
moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but
there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from
us. 59:12For our transgressions are multiplied
before you, and our sins testify against us; for
our transgressions are with us, and as for our
iniquities, we know them: 59:13transgressing
and denying Yahweh, and turning away from
following our God, speaking oppression and
revolt, conceiving and uttering fromt he heart
words of falsehood. 59:14Justice is turned away
backward, and righteousness stands afar off;
for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness
can't enter. 59:15Yes, truth is lacking; and he
who departs from evil makes himself a prey.
Yahweh saw it, and it displeased himthat there
was no justice. 59:16He saw that there was no
man, and wondered that there was no intercessor:
therefore his own armb rought salvation
to him; and his righteousness, it upheld him.
59:17He put on righteousness as a breastplate,
and a helmet of salvation on his head; and he
put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and
Isaiah 59:18 598 Isaiah 61:3
was clad with zeal as a mantle. 59:18According
to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath
to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies;
to the islands he will repay recompense. 59:19So
shall they fear the name of Yahweh from the
west, and his glory fromt he rising of the
sun; for he will come as a rushing stream,
which the breath of Yahweh drives. 59:20A
Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who
turn fromdisob edience in Jacob, says Yahweh.
59:21As for me, this is my covenant with them,
says Yahweh: my Spirit who is on you, and
my words which I have put in your mouth,
shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out
of the mouth of your seed, nor out of the
mouth of your seed's seed, says Yahweh, from
henceforth and forever.
60:1Arise, shine; for your light is come, and
the glory of Yahweh is risen on you. 60:2For,
behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and
gross darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will
arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you.
60:3Nations shall come to your light, and kings
to the brightness of your rising. 60:4Lift up your
eyes all around, and see: they all gather themselves
together, they come to you; your sons
shall come from far, and your daughters shall
be carried in the arms. 60:5Then you shall see
and be radiant, and your heart shall thrill and
be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea
shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations
shall come to you. 60:6The multitude of camels
shall cover you, the dromedaries ofMidian and
Ephah; all they fromShe ba shall come; they
shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall
proclaimt he praises of Yahweh. 60:7All the
flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to
you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to
you; they shall come up with acceptance on
my altar; and I will glorify the house of my
glory. 60:8Who are these who fly as a cloud,
and as the doves to their windows? 60:9Surely
the islands shall wait for me, and the ships
of Tarshish first, to bring your sons fromfa r,
their silver and their gold with them, for the
name of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy
One of Israel, because he has glorified you.
60:10Foreigners shall build up your walls, and
their kings shall minister to you: for in my
wrath I struck you, but in my favor have I had
mercy on you. 60:11Your gates also shall be
open continually; they shall not be shut day nor
night; that men may bring to you the wealth of
the nations, and their kings led captive. 60:12For
that nation and kingdomthat will not serve
you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be
utterly wasted. 60:13The glory of Lebanon shall
come to you, the fir tree, the pine, and the
box tree together, to beautify the place of my
sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet
glorious. 60:14The sons of those who afflicted
you shall come bending to you; and all those
who despised you shall bow themselves down
at the soles of your feet; and they shall call you
The city of Yahweh, The Zion of the Holy One
of Israel. 60:15Whereas you have been forsaken
and hated, so that no man passed through you,
I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of
many generations. 60:16You shall also suck the
milk of the nations, and shall suck the breast of
kings; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, am
your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty
One of Jacob. 60:17For brass I will bring gold,
and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood
brass, and for stones iron. I will also make your
officers peace, and righteousness your ruler.
60:18Violence shall no more be heard in your
land, desolation nor destruction within your
borders; but you shall call yourwalls Salvation,
and your gates Praise. 60:19The sun shall be no
more your light by day; neither for brightness
shall the moon give light to you: but Yahweh
will be to you an everlasting light, and your
God your glory. 60:20Your sun shall no more
go down, neither shall your moon withdraw
itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light,
and the days of your mourning shall be ended.
60:21Your people also shall be all righteous; they
shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my
planting, the work of my hands, that I may
be glorified. 60:22The little one shall become a
thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I,
Yahweh, will hasten it in its time.
61:1The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me;
because Yahweh has anointed me to preach
good news to the humble; he has sent me to
bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaiml iberty
to the captives, and the opening of the prisonto
those who are bound; 61:2to proclaimt he year
of Yahweh's favor, and the day of vengeance
of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 61:3to
appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give
to thema garland for ashes, the oil of joy
for mourning, the garment of praise for the
Isaiah 61:4 599 Isaiah 63:9
spirit of heaviness; that they may be called
trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh,
that he may be glorified. 61:4They shall build
the old wastes, they shall raise up the former
desolations, and they shall repair the waste
cities, the desolations of many generations.
61:5Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,
and foreigners shall be your plowmen and
your vinedressers. 61:6But you shall be named
the priests of Yahweh; men will call you the
ministers of our God: you will eat the wealth
of the nations, and in their glory you will boast
yourselves. 61:7Instead of your shame you shall
havedouble; and instead of dishonor they shall
rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land
they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall
be to them. 61:8For I, Yahweh, love justice, I
hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them
their recompense in truth, and I will make an
everlasting covenant with them. 61:9Their seed
shall be known among the nations, and their
offspring among the peoples; all who see them
shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed
which Yahweh has blessed. 61:10I will greatly
rejoice in Yahweh, my soul shall be joyful in my
God; for he has clothed me with the garments
of salvation, he has covered mewith the robe of
righteousness, as a bridegroomdec ks himself
with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself
with her jewels. 61:11For as the earth brings
forth its bud, and as the garden causes the
things that are sown in it to spring forth; so
the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and
praise to spring forth before all the nations.
62:1For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace,
and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until
her righteousness go forth as brightness, and
her salvation as a lamp that burns. 62:2The
nations shall see your righteousness, and all
kings your glory, and you shall be called by a
new name, which the mouth of Yahweh shall
name. 62:3You shall also be a crown of beauty
in the hand of Yahweh, and a royal diademi n
the hand of your God. 62:4You shall no more
be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land
any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be
called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for
Yahweh delights in you, and your land shall
be married. 62:5For as a young man marries
a virgin, so your sons shall marry you; and
as the bridegroomre joices over the bride, so
your God will rejoice over you. 62:6I have set
watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they shall
never hold their peace day nor night: you who
call on Yahweh, take no rest, 62:7and give him
no rest, until he establishes, and until he makes
Jerusalema praise in the earth. 62:8Yahweh
has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm
of his strength, Surely I will no more give
your grain to be food for your enemies; and
foreigners shall not drink your new wine, for
which you have labored: 62:9but those who
have garnered it shall eat it, and praise Yahweh;
and those who have gathered it shall drink it
in the courts of my sanctuary. 62:10Go through,
go through the gates; prepare you the way
of the people; cast up, cast up the highway;
gather out the stones; lift up a banner for the
peoples. 62:11Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed
to the end of the earth, Say you to the daughter
of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold,
his reward is with him, and his recompense
before him. 62:12They shall call themTh e holy
people, The redeemed of Yahweh: and you
shall be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.
63:1Who is this who comes from Edom, with
dyed garments from Bozrah? this who is glorious
in his clothing, marching in the greatness
of his strength? I who speak in righteousness,
mighty to save. 63:2Why are you red in your
clothing, and your garments like him who
treads in the wine vat? 63:3I have trodden the
winepress alone; and of the peoples there was
no man with me: yes, I trod them in my anger,
and trampled them in my wrath; and their
lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments, and I
have stained all my clothing. 63:4For the day
of vengeance was in my heart, and the year
of my redeemed is come. 63:5I looked, and
there was none to help; and I wondered that
there was none to uphold: therefore my own
arm brought salvation to me; and my wrath, it
upheld me. 63:6I trod down the peoples in my
anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and
I poured out their lifeblood on the earth. 63:7I
will make mention of the loving kindnesses of
Yahweh, andthe praises of Yahweh, according
to all that Yahweh has bestowed on us, and
the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
which he has bestowed on themacco rding to
his mercies, and according to the multitude of
his loving kindnesses. 63:8For he said, Surely,
they are my people, children who will not deal
falsely: so he was their Savior. 63:9In all their
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affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his
presence saved them: in his love and in his
pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and
carried thema ll the days of old. 63:10But they
rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore
he was turned to be their enemy, andhimself
fought against them. 63:11Then he remembered
the days of old, Moses andhis people, saying,
Where is he who brought themu p out of the
sea with the shepherds of his flock? where
is he who put his holy Spirit in the midst of
them? 63:12who caused his glorious armto
go at the right hand of Moses? who divided
the waters before them, to make himself an
everlasting name? 63:13who led themt hrough
the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so
that they didn't stumble? 63:14As the livestock
that go down into the valley, the Spirit of
Yahweh caused themt o rest; so did you lead
your people, to make yourself a glorious name.
63:15Look down fromh eaven, and see fromt he
habitation of your holiness and of your glory:
where are your zeal and your mighty acts? the
yearning of your heart and your compassion
is restrained toward me. 63:16For you are our
Father, though Abrahamd oesn't know us, and
Israel does not acknowledge us: you, Yahweh,
are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting
is your name. 63:17O Yahweh, why do you
make us to err from your ways, and harden
our heart fromyour fear? Return for your
servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
63:18Your holy people possessed itbut a little
while: our adversaries have trodden down
your sanctuary. 63:19We are become as they
over whomyou never bear rule, as those who
were not called by your name.
64:1Oh that you would tear the heavens, that
you would come down, that the mountains
might quake at your presence, 64:2as when fire
kindles the brushwood, andthe fire causes the
waters to boil; to make your name known to
your adversaries, that the nations may tremble
at your presence! 64:3When you did terrible
things which we didn't look for, you came
down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
64:4For fromof old men have not heard, nor
perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen
a God besides you, who works for himw ho
waits for him. 64:5You meet him who rejoices
and works righteousness, those who remember
you in your ways: behold, you were angry,
and we sinned: in them have we beenof long
time; and shall we be saved? 64:6For we have
all become as one who is unclean, and all our
righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we
all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the
wind, take us away. 64:7There is none who
calls on your name, who stirs up himself to
take hold of you; for you have hid your face
from us, and have consumed us by means of
our iniquities. 64:8But now, Yahweh, you are
our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter;
and we all are the work of your hand. 64:9Don't
be furious, Yahweh, neither remember iniquity
forever: see, look, we beg you, we are all
your people. 64:10Your holy cities are become
a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness,
Jerusalema desolation. 64:11Our holy and our
beautiful house, where our fathers praised you,
is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places
are laid waste. 64:12Will you refrain yourself
for these things, Yahweh? will you hold your
peace, and afflict us very sore?
65:1I amin quired of by those who didn't
ask; I amfoun d by those who didn't seek me:
I said, See me, see me, to a nation that was
not called by my name. 65:2I have spread out
my hands all the day to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good, after their
own thoughts; 65:3a people who provoke me to
my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and
burning incense on bricks; 65:4who sit among
the graves, and lodge in the secret places;
who eat pig's flesh, and broth of abominable
things is in their vessels; 65:5who say, Stand
by yourself, don't come near to me, for I am
holier than you. These are a smoke in my
nose, a fire that burns all the day. 65:6Behold,
it is written before me: I will not keep silence,
but will recompense, yes, I will recompense
into their bosom, 65:7your own iniquities, and
the iniquities of your fathers together, says
Yahweh, who have burned incense on the
mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills;
therefore will I first measure their work into
their bosom. 65:8Thus says Yahweh, As the new
wine is found in the cluster, and one says,Don't
destroy it, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for
my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them
all. 65:9I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob,
and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains;
and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants
shall dwell there. 65:10Sharon shall be a fold
Isaiah 65:11 601 Isaiah 66:13
of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for
herds to lie down in, for my people who have
sought me. 65:11But you who forsake Yahweh,
who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a
table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine
to Destiny; 65:12I will destine you to the sword,
and you shall all bow down to the slaughter;
because when I called, you did not answer;
when I spoke, you did not hear; but you did
that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that
in which I didn't delight. 65:13Therefore thus
says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, my servants
shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my
servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty;
behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall
be disappointed; 65:14behold, my servants shall
sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for
sorrow of heart, and shall wail for anguish of
spirit. 65:15You shall leave your name for a
curse to my chosen; and the Lord Yahweh will
kill you; and hewill call his servants by another
name: 65:16so that he who blesses himself in
the earth shall bless himself in the God of
truth; and he who swears in the earth shall
swear by the God of truth; because the former
troubles are forgotten, and because they are
hid fromm y eyes. 65:17For, behold, I create
new heavens and a new earth; and the former
things shall not be remembered, nor come into
mind. 65:18But be you glad and rejoice forever
in that which I create; for, behold, I create
Jerusalema rejoicing, and her people a joy.
65:19I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my
people; and there shall be heard in her no more
the voice of weeping and the voice of crying.
65:20There shall be no more there an infant of
days, nor an old man who has not filled his
days; for the child shall die one hundred years
old, and the sinner being one hundred years
old shall be accursed. 65:21They shall build
houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant
vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 65:22They
shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall
not plant, and another eat: for as the days
of a tree shall be the days of my people, and
my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their
hands. 65:23They shall not labor in vain, nor
bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of
the blessed of Yahweh, and their offspringwith
them. 65:24It shall happen that, before they call,
I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I
will hear. 65:25The wolf and the lamb shall feed
together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox;
and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall
not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,
says Yahweh.
66:1Thus says Yahweh, heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool: what manner of
house will you build to me? and what place
shall be my rest? 66:2For all these things has
my hand made, and soall these things came
to be, says Yahweh: but to this man will I
look, even to himw ho is poor and of a contrite
spirit, and who trembles at my word. 66:3He
who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he
who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a
dog's neck; he who offers an offering, as he who
offerspig's blood; he who burns frankincense,
as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have
chosen their own ways, and their soul delights
in their abominations: 66:4I also will choose
their delusions, and will bring their fears on
them; because when I called, none did answer;
when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did
that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that
in which I didn't delight. 66:5Hear the word of
Yahweh, you who tremble at his word: Your
brothers who hate you, who cast you out for
my name's sake, have said, Let Yahweh be
glorified, that we may see your joy; but it is
those who shall be disappointed. 66:6A voice of
tumult fromthe city, a voice fromthe temple, a
voice of Yahweh that renders recompense to his
enemies. 66:7Before she travailed, she brought
forth; before her pain came, she was delivered
of a boy. 66:8Who has heard such a thing? who
has seen such things? Shall a land be born
in one day? shall a nation be brought forth
at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she
brought forth her children. 66:9Shall I bring to
the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says
Yahweh: shall I who cause to bring forth shut
the womb? says your God. 66:10Rejoice you with
Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who
love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you who
mourn over her; 66:11that you may suck and be
satisfied with the breasts of her consolations;
that you may milk out, and be delighted with
the abundance of her glory. 66:12For thus says
Yahweh, Behold, I will extend peace to her like
a river, and the glory of the nations like an
overflowing stream: and you shall suck of it;
you shall be borne on the side, and shall be
dandled on the knees. 66:13As one whomhi s
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mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and
you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 66:14You
shall see it, and your heart shall rejoice, and
your bones shall flourish like the tender grass:
and the hand of Yahweh shall be known toward
his servants; and he will have indignation
against his enemies. 66:15For, behold, Yahweh
will come with fire, and his chariots shall be
like the whirlwind; to render his anger with
fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
66:16For by fire will Yahweh execute judgment,
and by his sword, on all flesh; and the slain
of Yahweh shall be many. 66:17Those who
sanctify themselves and purify themselves to
goto the gardens, behind one in the midst,
eating pig's flesh, and the abomination, and the
mouse, they shall come to an end together, says
Yahweh. 66:18For I knowtheir works and their
thoughts: the timecomes, that I will gather all
nations and languages; and they shall come,
and shall see my glory. 66:19I will set a sign
among them, and I will send such as escape of
themto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud,
who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the
islands afar off, who have not heard my fame,
neither have seen my glory; and they shall
declare my glory among the nations. 66:20They
shall bring all your brothers out of all the
nations for an offering to Yahweh, on horses,
and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules,
and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain
Jerusalem, says Yahweh, as the children of
Israel bring their offering in a clean vessel into
the house of Yahweh. 66:21Of themal so will
I take for priests andfor Levites, says Yahweh.
66:22For as the new heavens and the new earth,
which I will make, shall remain before me, says
Yahweh, so your seed and your name shall
remain. 66:23It shall happen, that fromo ne
new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to
another, shall all flesh come to worship before
me, says Yahweh. 66:24They shall go forth, and
look on the dead bodies of the men who have
transgressed against me: for their worm shall
not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and
they shall be an abhorring to all flesh.
Jeremiah
1:1The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah,
of the priests who were in Anathoth in the
land of Benjamin: 1:2to whomthe word of
Yahweh came in the days of Josiah the son of
Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year
of his reign. 1:3It came also in the days of
Jehoiakimthe son of Josiah, king of Judah, to
the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the
son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying
away of Jerusalemcap tive in the fifth month.
1:4Now the word of Yahweh came to me,
saying, 1:5Before I formed you in the belly I
knew you, and before you came forth out of
the womb I sanctified you; I have appointed
you a prophet to the nations. 1:6Then said I,
Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, I don't know how
to speak; for I ama child. 1:7But Yahweh said
to me, Don't say, I am a child; for to whoever
I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I
shall command you, you shall speak. 1:8Don't
be afraid because of them; for I am with you
to deliver you, says Yahweh. 1:9Then Yahweh
put forth his hand, and touched my mouth;
and Yahweh said to me, Behold, I have put
my words in your mouth: 1:10behold, I have
this day set you over the nations and over
the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down
and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and
to plant. 1:11Moreover the word of Yahweh
came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what see you?
I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. 1:12Then
said Yahweh to me, You have well seen: for
I watch over my word to perform it. 1:13The
word of Yahweh came to me the second time,
saying, What see you? I said, I see a boiling
caldron; and its face is fromthe north. 1:14Then
Yahweh said to me, Out of the north evil shall
break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.
1:15For, behold, I will call all the families of
the kingdoms of the north, says Yahweh; and
they shall come, and they shall set everyone
his throne at the entrance of the gates of
Jerusalem, and against all its walls all around,
and against all the cities of Judah. 1:16I will
utter my judgments against them touching all
their wickedness, in that they have forsaken
me, and have burned incense to other gods,
and worshiped the works of their own hands.
1:17You therefore gird up your waist, and arise,
and speak to them all that I command you:
don't be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you
before them. 1:18For, behold, I have made you
this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and
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bronze walls, against the whole land, against
the kings of Judah, against its princes, against
its priests, and against the people of the land.
1:19They shall fight against you; but they shall
not prevail against you: for I amwi th you, says
Yahweh, to deliver you.
2:1The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
2:2Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem,
saying, Thus says Yahweh, I remember for
you the kindness of your youth, the love of
your weddings; how you went after me in
the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
2:3Israel washoliness to Yahweh, the first fruits
of his increase: all who devour hims hall be
held guilty; evil shall come on them, says
Yahweh. 2:4Hear you the word of Yahweh,
O house of Jacob, and all the families of the
house of Israel: 2:5thus says Yahweh, What
unrighteousness have your fathers found in
me, that they have gone far from me, and
have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
2:6Neither said they, Where is Yahweh who
brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who
led us through the wilderness, through a land
of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought
and of the shadow of death, through a land
that none passed through, and where no man
lived? 2:7I brought you into a plentiful land,
to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when
you entered, you defiled my land, and made
my heritage an abomination. 2:8The priests
didn't say, Where is Yahweh? and those who
handle the law didn't know me: the rulers
also transgressed against me, and the prophets
prophesied by Baal, and walked after things
that do not profit. 2:9Therefore I will yet
contend with you, says Yahweh, and with your
children's children will I contend. 2:10For pass
over to the islands of Kittim, and see; and send
to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if
there has been such a thing. 2:11Has a nation
changed itsgods, which yet are no gods? but
my people have changed their glory for that
which does not profit. 2:12Be astonished, you
heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be you
very desolate, says Yahweh. 2:13For my people
have committed two evils: they have forsaken
me, the spring of living waters, and cut them
out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no
water. 2:14Is Israel a servant? is he a nativeborn
slave? why is he become a prey? 2:15The
young lions have roared on him, and yelled;
and they have made his land waste: his cities
are burned up, without inhabitant. 2:16The
children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have
broken the crown of your head. 2:17Haven't
you procured this to yourself, in that you have
forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you
by the way? 2:18Now what have you to do
in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of
the Shihor? or what have you to do in the
way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the
River? 2:19Your own wickedness shall correct
you, and your backsliding shall reprove you:
know therefore and see that it is an evil thing
and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh
your God, and that my fear is not in you,
says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies. 2:20For of
old time I have broken your yoke, and burst
your bonds; and you said, I will not serve; for
on every high hill and under every green tree
you did bow yourself, playing the prostitute.
2:21Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly
a right seed: how then are you turned into the
degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
2:22For though you wash yourselfwith lye, and
use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked
before me, says the Lord Yahweh. 2:23How can
you say, I amno t defiled, I have not gone after
the Baals? see your way in the valley, know
what you have done: you area swift drom edary
traversing her ways; 2:24a wild donkey used
to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in
her desire; in her occasion who can turn her
away? all those who seek her will not weary
themselves; in her month they shall find her.
2:25Withhold your foot frombe ing unshod, and
your throat fromthi rst: but you said, It is in
vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after
themw ill I go. 2:26As 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; 2:27who tell a
stock, You are my father; and to a stone, You
have brought me forth: for they have turned
their back to me, and not their face; but in the
time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and
save us. 2:28But where are your gods that you
have made you? let them arise, if they can save
you in the time of your trouble: for according
to the number of your cities are your gods,
Judah. 2:29Why will you contend with me? you
all have transgressed against me, says Yahweh.
2:30In vain have I struck your children; they
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received no correction: your own sword has
devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
2:31Generation, see the word of Yahweh. Have
I been a wilderness to Israel? or a land of thick
darkness? why say my people, We are broken
loose; we will come no more to you? 2:32Can
a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her
attire? yet my people have forgotten me days
without number. 2:33How trimmest you your
way to seek love! therefore even the wicked
women have you taught yourways. 2:34Also in
your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the
innocent poor: you did not find thembre aking
in; but it is because of all these things. 2:35Yet
you said, I ami nnocent; surely his anger is
turned away fromme. Behold, I will enter into
judgment with you, because you say, I have
not sinned. 2:36Why go you about so much to
change your way? you shall be ashamed of
Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
2:37Fromt here also you shall go forth, with
your hands on your head: for Yahweh has
rejected those in whomy ou trust, and you shall
not prosper with them.
3:1They say, If a man put away his wife, and
she go from him, and become another man's,
will he return to her again? Won't that land
be greatly polluted? But you have played the
prostitute with many lovers; yet return again
to me, says Yahweh. 3:2Lift up your eyes to
the bare heights, and see; where have you not
been lain with? By the ways have you sat for
them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and you
have polluted the land with your prostitution
and with your wickedness. 3:3Therefore the
showers have been withheld, and there has
been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute's
forehead, you refused to be ashamed. 3:4Will
you not from this time cry to me, My Father,
you are the guide of my youth? 3:5Will he retain
his angerforever? will he keep it to the end?
Behold, you have spoken and have done evil
things, and have had your way. 3:6Moreover
Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the
king, Have you seen that which backsliding
Israel has done? she is gone up on every
high mountain and under every green tree, and
there has played the prostitute. 3:7I said after
she had done all these things, She will return to
me; but she didn't return: and her treacherous
sister Judah saw it. 3:8I saw, when, for this very
cause that backsliding Israel had committed
adultery, I had put her away and given her a
bill of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister,
didn't fear; but she also went and played the
prostitute. 3:9It happened through the lightness
of her prostitution, that the land was polluted,
and she committed adultery with stones and
with stocks. 3:10Yet for all this her treacherous
sister Judah has not returned to me with her
whole heart, but only in pretense, says Yahweh.
3:11Yahweh said to me, Backsliding Israel has
shown herself more righteous than treacherous
Judah. 3:12Go, and proclaimt hese words
toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding
Israel, says Yahweh; I will not look in
anger on you; for I amm erciful, says Yahweh,
I will not keep angerforever. 3:13Only acknowledge
your iniquity, that you have transgressed
against Yahweh your God, and have scattered
your ways to the strangers under every green
tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, says
Yahweh. 3:14Return, backsliding children, says
Yahweh; for I ama husband to you: and
I will take you one of a city, and two of a
family, and I will bring you to Zion: 3:15and
I will give you shepherds according to my
heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and
understanding. 3:16It shall come to pass, when
you are multiplied and increased in the land,
in those days, says Yahweh, they shall say
no more, The ark of the covenant of Yahweh;
neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they
remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither
shall it be made any more. 3:17At that time they
shall call Jerusalemthe throne of Yahweh; and
all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the
name of Yahweh, to Jerusalem: neither shall
they walk any more after the stubbornness of
their evil heart. 3:18In 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 gave for an
inheritance to your fathers. 3:19But I said, How
I will put you among the children, and give
you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the
armies of the nations! and I said, You shall call
me My Father, and shall not turn away from
following me. 3:20Surely as a wife treacherously
departs fromhe r husband, so have you
dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,
says Yahweh. 3:21A voice is heard on the bare
heights, the weeping andthe petitions of the
children of Israel; because they have perverted
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their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their
God. 3:22Return, you backsliding children, I
will heal your backsliding. Behold, we are
come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.
3:23Truly in vain is the help that is looked forfrom
the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly
in Yahweh our God is the salvation of Israel.
3:24But the shameful thing has devoured the
labor of our fathers fromo ur youth, their flocks
and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
3:25Let us lie down in our shame, and let our
confusion cover us; for we have sinned against
Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, fromour
youth even to this day; and we have not obeyed
the voice of Yahweh our God.
4:1If you will return, Israel, says Yahweh,
if you will return to me, and if you will put
away your abominations out of my sight; then
you shall not be removed; 4:2and you shall
swear, As Yahweh lives, in truth, in justice,
and in righteousness; and the nations shall
bless themselves in him, and in him shall they
glory. 4:3For thus says Yahweh to the men
of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your
fallow ground, and don't sow am ong thorns.
4:4Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take
away the foreskins of your heart, you men
of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest
my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that
none can quench it, because of the evil of your
doings. 4:5Declare you in Judah, and publish in
Jerusalem; and say, Blowyou the trumpet in the
land: cry aloud and say, Assemble yourselves,
and let us go into the fortified cities. 4:6Set
up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety,
don't stay; for I will bring evil fromthe north,
and a great destruction. 4:7A lion is gone up
fromh is thicket, and a destroyer of nations;
he is on his way, he is gone forth fromh is
place, to make your land desolate, that your
cities be laid waste, without inhabitant. 4:8For
this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail;
for the fierce anger of Yahweh hasn't turned
back fromus . 4:9It shall happen at that day,
says Yahweh, 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. 4:10Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh!
surely you have greatly deceived this
people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have
peace; whereas the sword reaches to the life.
4:11At that time shall it be said to this people
and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare
heights in the wilderness toward the daughter
of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;
4:12a full wind from these shall come for me:
now will I also utter judgments against them.
4:13Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his
chariots shall beas the whirlwind: his horses are
swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are
ruined. 4:14Jerusalem, wash your heart from
wickedness, that you may be saved. How
long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
4:15For a voice declares fromDa n, and publishes
evil fromt he hills of Ephraim: 4:16make
you mention to the nations; behold, publish
against Jerusalem, thatwatchers come from a
far country, and give out their voice against
the cities of Judah. 4:17As keepers of a field
are they against her all around, because she
has been rebellious against me, says Yahweh.
4:18Your way and your doings have procured
these things to you; this is your wickedness; for
it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart. 4:19My
anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very
heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't
hold my peace; because you have heard, O my
soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of
war. 4:20Destruction on destruction is cried;
for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly
are my tents destroyed, andmy curtains in a
moment. 4:21How long shall I see the standard,
and hear the sound of the trumpet? 4:22For
my people are foolish, they don't know me;
they are foolish children, and they have no
understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to
do good they have no knowledge. 4:23I saw
the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void;
and the heavens, and they had no light. 4:24I
saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled,
and all the hills moved back and forth. 4:25I
saw, and behold, there was no man, and all
the birds of the sky had fled. 4:26I saw, and
behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and
all its cities were broken down at the presence
of Yahweh, andbefore his fierce anger. 4:27For
thus says Yahweh, The whole land shall be
a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.
4:28For this shall the earth mourn, and the
heavens above be black; because I have spoken
it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented,
neither will I turn back fromit . 4:29Every city
flees for the noise of the horsemen and archers;
they go into the thickets, and climb up on the
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rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man
dwells therein. 4:30You, when you are made
desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe
yourself with scarlet, though you deck you
with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge
your eyes with paint, in vain do you make
yourself beautiful; yourlovers despise you, they
seek your life. 4:31For I have heard a voice as
of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her
who brings forth her first child, the voice of the
daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who
spreads her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for
my soul faints before the murderers.
5:1Run you back and forth through the
streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know,
and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find
a man, if there are any who does justly, who
seeks truth; and I will pardon her. 5:2Though
they say, As Yahweh lives; surely they swear
falsely. 5:3O Yahweh, don't your eyes look on
truth? you have stricken them, but they were
not grieved; you have consumed them, but
they have refused to receive correction: they
have made their faces harder than a rock; they
have refused to return. 5:4Then I said, Surely
these are poor; they are foolish; for they don't
know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their
God: 5:5I will get me to the great men, and will
speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh,
and the law of their God. But these with
one accord have broken the yoke, and burst
the bonds. 5:6Therefore a lion out of the forest
shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall
destroy them, a leopard shall watch against
their cities; everyone who goes out there shall
be torn in pieces; because their transgressions
are many, andtheir backsliding is increased.
5:7How can I pardon you? your children have
forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no
gods: when I had fed themto the full, they
committed adultery, and assembled themselves
in troops at the prostitutes' houses. 5:8They
were as fed horses roaming at large; everyone
neighed after his neighbor's wife. 5:9Shall I not
visit for these things? says Yahweh; and shall
not my soul be avenged on such a nation as
this? 5:10Go up on her walls, and destroy; but
don't make a full end: take away her branches;
for they are not Yahweh's. 5:11For the house
of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt
very treacherously against me, says Yahweh.
5:12They have denied Yahweh, and said, It is
not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither
shall we see sword nor famine: 5:13and the
prophets shall become wind, and the word is
not in them: thus shall it be done to them.
5:14Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of
Armies, Because you speak this word, behold, I
will make my words in your mouth fire, and
this people wood, and it shall devour them.
5:15Behold, I will bring a nation on you from
far, house of Israel, says Yahweh: it is a mighty
nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose
language you don't know, neither understand
what they say. 5:16Their quiver is an open tomb,
they are all mighty men. 5:17They shall eat up
your harvest, and your bread, whichyour sons
and your daughters should eat; they shall eat
up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat
up your vines and your fig trees; they shall beat
down your fortified cities, in which you trust,
with the sword. 5:18But even in those days, says
Yahweh, I will not make a full end with you.
5:19It shall happen, when you shall say, Why
has Yahweh our God done all these things to
us? then you shall say to them, Like as you
have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in
your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land
that is not yours. 5:20Declare you this in the
house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
5:21Hear now this, foolish people, and without
understanding; who have eyes, and don't see;
who have ears, and don't hear: 5:22Don't you
fear me? says Yahweh: won't you tremble at
my presence, who have placed the sand for
the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree,
that it can't pass it? and though its waves toss
themselves, yet they can't prevail; though they
roar, yet they can't pass over it. 5:23But this
people has a revolting and a rebellious heart;
they are revolted and gone. 5:24Neither say
they in their heart, Let us now fear Yahweh
our God, who gives rain, both the former and
the latter, in its season; who preserves to us
the appointed weeks of the harvest. 5:25Your
iniquities have turned away these things, and
your sins have withheld good fromyou. 5:26For
am ong m y people are found wicked m en: they
watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap,
they catch men. 5:27As a cage is full of birds,
so are their houses full of deceit: therefore
they are become great, and grew rich. 5:28They
are grew fat, they shine: yes, they overpass
in deeds of wickedness; they don't plead the
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cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may
prosper; and the right of the needy they don't
judge. 5:29Shall I not visit for these things? says
Yahweh; shall not my soul be avenged on such
a nation as this? 5:30A wonderful and horrible
thing is happen in the land: 5:31the prophets
prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by
their means; and my people love to have it so:
and what will you do in the end of it?
6:1Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin,
out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the
trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth
Haccherem; for evil looks forth from the north,
and a great destruction. 6:2The comely and
delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut
off. 6:3Shepherds with their flocks shall come
to her; they shall pitch their tents against her all
around; they shall feed everyone in his place.
6:4Prepare you war against her; arise, and let us
go up at noon. Woe to us! for the day declines,
for the shadows of the evening are stretched
out. 6:5Arise, and let us go up by night, and
let us destroy her palaces. 6:6For thus has
Yahweh of Armies said, Cut down trees, and
cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is
the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression
in the midst of her. 6:7As a well casts forth
its waters, so she casts forth her wickedness:
violence and destruction is heard in her; before
me continually is sickness and wounds. 6:8Be
instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated
fromyou; lest I make you a desolation, a land
not inhabited. 6:9Thus says Yahweh of Armies,
They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of
Israel as a vine: turn again your hand as a grape
gatherer into the baskets. 6:10To whoms hall I
speak and testify, that they may hear? behold,
their ear is uncircumcised, and they can't listen:
behold, the word of Yahweh is become to
thema reproach; they have no delight in it.
6:11Therefore I amfull of the wrath of Yahweh;
I amw eary with holding in: pour it out on
the children in the street, and on the assembly
of young men together; for even the husband
with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him
who is full of days. 6:12Their houses shall be
turned to others, their fields and their wives
together; for I will stretch out my hand on the
inhabitants of the land, says Yahweh. 6:13For
fromthe least of them even to the greatest of
themev eryone is given to covetousness; and
fromt he prophet even to the priest everyone
deals falsely. 6:14They have healed also the
hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace;
when there is no peace. 6:15Were they ashamed
when they had committed abomination? nay,
they were not at all ashamed, neither could
they blush: therefore they shall fall among
those who fall; at the time that I visit them they
shall be cast down, says Yahweh. 6:16Thus says
Yahweh, Stand you in the ways and see, and
ask for the old paths, where is the good way;
and walk therein, and you shall find rest for
your souls: but they said, We will not walk
therein. 6:17I set watchmen over you, saying,
Listen to the sound of the trumpet; but they
said, We will not listen. 6:18Therefore hear,
you nations, and know, congregation, what is
among them. 6:19Hear, earth: behold, I will
bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their
thoughts, because they have not listened to my
words; and as for my law, they have rejected
it. 6:20To what purpose comes there to me
frankincense fromS heba, and the sweet cane
froma far country? your burnt offerings are not
acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.
6:21Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will
lay stumbling blocks before this people; and
the fathers and the sons together shall stumble
against them; the neighbor and his friend shall
perish. 6:22Thus says Yahweh, Behold, a people
comes from the north country; and a great
nation shall be stirred up fromthe uttermost
parts of the earth. 6:23They lay hold on bow and
spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their
voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses,
everyone set in array, as a man to the battle,
against you, daughter of Zion. 6:24We have
heard its report; our hands wax feeble: anguish
has taken hold of us, andpangs as of a woman
in travail. 6:25Don't go forth into the field, nor
walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy,
andterror, are on every side. 6:26Daughter of my
people, gird you with sackcloth, and wallow
yourself in ashes: make you mourning, as for
an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the
destroyer shall suddenly come on us. 6:27I
have made you a tester of metals anda fortress
among my people; that you may know and
try their way. 6:28They are all grievous rebels,
going about with slanders; they are brass and
iron: they all of themd eal corruptly. 6:29The
bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of
the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the
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wicked are not plucked away. 6:30Refuse silver
shall men them, because Yahweh has rejected
them.
7:1Theword that came to Jeremiah fromYahweh,
saying, 7:2Stand in the gate of Yahweh's
house, and proclaimthe re this word, and say,
Hear the word of Yahweh, all you of Judah,
who enter in at these gates to worship Yahweh.
7:3Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of
Israel, Amend your ways and your doings,
and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
7:4Don't you trust in lying words, saying, The
temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, the
temple of Yahweh, are these. 7:5For if you
thoroughly amend yourways and your doings;
if you thoroughly execute justice between a
man and his neighbor; 7:6if you don't oppress
the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow,
and don't shed innocent blood in this place,
neither walk after other gods to your own
hurt: 7:7then will I cause you to dwell in this
place, in the land that I gave to your fathers,
fromof old even forevermore. 7:8Behold, you
trust in lying words, that can't profit. 7:9Will
you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and
swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and
walk after other gods that you have not known,
7:10and come and stand before me in this
house, which is called by my name, and say,
We are delivered; that you may do all these
abominations? 7:11Is this house, which is called
by my name, become a den of robbers in your
eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says
Yahweh. 7:12But go you now to my place which
was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to
dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for
the wickedness of my people Israel. 7:13Now,
because you have done all these works, says
Yahweh, and I spoke to you, rising up early
and speaking, but you didn't hear; and I called
you, but you didn't answer: 7:14therefore will I
do to the house which is called by my name,
in which you trust, and to the place which I
gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to
Shiloh. 7:15I will cast you out of my sight, as I
have cast out all your brothers, even the whole
seed of Ephraim. 7:16Therefore don't you pray
for this people, neither lift up a cry nor prayer
for them, neither make intercession to me; for
I will not hear you. 7:17Don't you see what
they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets
of Jerusalem? 7:18The children gather wood,
and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women
knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen
of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to
other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
7:19Do they provokeme to anger? says Yahweh;
do theynot provokethemselves, to the confusion
of their own faces? 7:20Therefore thus says
the Lord Yahweh: Behold, my anger and my
wrath shall be poured out on this place, on
man, and on animal, and on the trees of the
field, and on the fruit of the ground; and it
shall burn, and shall not be quenched. 7:21Thus
says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Add
your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat
meat. 7:22For I didn't speak to your fathers,
nor command them in the day that I brought
themo ut of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt
offerings or sacrifices: 7:23but this thing I commanded
them, saying, Listen to my voice, and I
will be your God, and you shall be my people;
and walk you in all the way that I command
you, that it may be well with you. 7:24But
they didn't listen nor turn their ear, but walked
in their owncounsels andin the stubbornness of
their evil heart, and went backward, and not
forward. 7:25Since the day that your fathers
came forth out of the land of Egypt to this day,
I have sent to you all my servants the prophets,
daily rising up early and sending them: 7:26yet
they didn't listen to me, nor inclined their
ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse
than their fathers. 7:27You shall speak all these
words to them; but they will not listen to you:
you shall also call to them; but they will not
answer you. 7:28You shall tell them, This is
the nation that has not listened to the voice
of Yahweh their God, nor received instruction:
truth is perished, and is cut off fromthe ir
mouth. 7:29Cut off your hair, Jerusalem, and
cast it away, and take up a lamentation on
the bare heights; for Yahweh has rejected and
forsaken the generation of his wrath. 7:30For
the children of Judah have done that which
is evil in my sight, says Yahweh: they have
set their abominations in the house which is
called by my name, to defile it. 7:31They have
built the high places of Topheth, which is in
the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their
sons and their daughters in the fire; which
I didn't command, nor did it come into my
mind. 7:32Therefore, behold, the days come,
says Yahweh, that it shall no more be called
Jeremiah 7:33 609 Jeremiah 9:3
Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom,
but The valley of Slaughter: for they shall bury
in Topheth, until there be no place to bury.
7:33The dead bodies of this people shall be food
for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of
the earth; and none shall frighten themaway .
7:34Then will I cause to cease fromthe cities of
Judah, and fromthe streets of Jerusalem, the
voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the
voice of the bridegrooma nd the voice of the
bride; for the land shall become a waste.
8:1At that time, says Yahweh, 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; 8:2and they shall spread
thembe fore the sun, and themoon, and all the
army of the sky, which they have loved, and
which they have served, and after which they
have walked, and which they have sought, and
which they have worshiped: they shall not be
gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung
on the surface of the earth. 8:3Death shall be
chosen rather than life by all the residue that
remain of this evil family, that remain in all the
places where I have driven them, says Yahweh
of Armies. 8:4Moreover you shall tell them,
Thus says Yahweh: Shall men fall, and not rise
up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?
8:5Why then is this people of Jerusalemslidden
back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold
fast deceit, they refuse to return. 8:6I listened
and heard, but they didn't speak aright: no
man repents him of his wickedness, saying,
What have I done? everyone turns to his
course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the
battle. 8:7Yes, the stork in the sky knows
her appointed times; and the turtledove and
the swallow and the crane observe the time
of their coming; but my people don't know
Yahweh's law. 8:8How do you say, We are
wise, and the law of Yahweh is with us? But,
behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked
falsely. 8:9The wise men are disappointed, they
are dismayed and taken: behold, they have
rejected the word of Yahweh; and what manner
of wisdomis in them? 8:10Therefore will I
give their wives to others, and their fields to
those who shall possess them: for everyone
fromthe least even to the greatest is given to
covetousness; fromthe prophet even to the
priest every one deals falsely. 8:11They have
healed the hurt of the daughter of my people
slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is
no peace. 8:12Were they ashamed when they
had committed abomination? nay, they were
not at all ashamed, neither could they blush:
therefore shall they fall among those who fall;
in the time of their visitation they shall be cast
down, says Yahweh. 8:13I will utterly consume
them, says Yahweh: there shall be no grapes
on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the
leaf shall fade; and the things thatI have given
thems hall pass away from them. 8:14Why do
we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us
enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent
there; for Yahweh our God has put us to silence,
and given us water of gall to drink, because
we have sinned against Yahweh. 8:15We looked
for peace, but no good came; andfor a time of
healing, and behold, dismay! 8:16The snorting
of his horses is heard fromDa n: at the sound
of the neighing of his strong ones the whole
land trembles; for they are come, and have
devoured the land and all that is in it; the city
and those who dwell therein. 8:17For, behold, I
will send serpents, adders, am ong you, which
will not be charmed; and they shall bite you,
says Yahweh. 8:18Oh that I could comfort
myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within
me. 8:19Behold, the voice of the cry of the
daughter of my people from a land that is very
far off: isn't Yahweh in Zion? Isn't her King
in her? Why have they provoked me to anger
with their engraved images, and with foreign
vanities? 8:20The harvest is past, the summer is
ended, andwe are not saved. 8:21For the hurt of
the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn;
dismay has taken hold on me. 8:22Is there no
balmin Gilead? is there no physician there?
why then isn't the health of the daughter of my
people recovered?
9:1Oh that my head were waters, and my
eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day
and night for the slain of the daughter of my
people! 9:2Oh that I had in the wilderness a
lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might
leave my people, and go from them! for they
are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous
men. 9:3They bend their tongue, as it weretheir
bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong
in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed
fromev il to evil, and they don't know me,
Jeremiah 9:4 610 Jeremiah 10:9
says Yahweh. 9:4Take you heed everyone of his
neighbor, and don't you trust in any brother;
for every brother will utterly supplant, and
every neighbor will go about with slanders.
9:5They will deceive everyone his neighbor,
and will not speak the truth: they have taught
their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves
to commit iniquity. 9:6Your habitation
is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they
refuse to know me, says Yahweh. 9:7Therefore
thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I will
melt them, and try them; for how elseshould
I do, because of the daughter of my people?
9:8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks
deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor
with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for
him. 9:9Shall I not visit themf or these things?
says Yahweh; shall not my soul be avenged on
such a nation as this? 9:10For the mountains
will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for
the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation,
because they are burned up, so that none passes
through; neither can men hear the voice of
the livestock; both the birds of the sky and
the animals are fled, they are gone. 9:11I will
make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of
jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah
a desolation, without inhabitant. 9:12Who is
the wise man, that may understand this? and
who ishe to whomthe mouth of Yahweh has
spoken, that he may declare it? why is the land
perished and burned up like a wilderness, so
that none passes through? 9:13Yahweh says,
Because they have forsaken m y lawwhich I set
before them, and have not obeyed my voice,
neither walked therein, 9:14but have walked
after the stubbornness of their own heart, and
after the Baals, which their fathers taught them;
9:15therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the
God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even
this people, with wormwood, and give them
water of gall to drink. 9:16I will scatter them
also among the nations, whom neither they nor
their fathers have known; and I will send the
sword after them, until I have consumed them.
9:17Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Consider you,
and call for the mourning women, that they
may come; and send for the skillful women,
that they may come: 9:18and let themm ake
haste, and take up a wailing for us, that
our eyes may run down with tears, and our
eyelids gush out with waters. 9:19For a voice
of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we
ruined! we are greatly confounded, because
we have forsaken the land, because they have
cast down our dwellings. 9:20Yet hear the
word of Yahweh, you women, and let your ear
receive the word of his mouth; and teach your
daughters wailing, and everyone her neighbor
lamentation. 9:21For death is come up into our
windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut
off the children fromout side, andthe young
men from the streets. 9:22Speak, Thus says
Yahweh, The dead bodies of men shall fall as
dung on the open field, and as the handful
after the harvester; and none shall gather them.
9:23Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man
glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty
man glory in his might, don't let the rich man
glory in his riches; 9:24but let himw ho glories
glory in this, that he has understanding, and
knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises
loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in
the earth: for in these things I delight, says Yahweh.
9:25Behold, the days come, says Yahweh,
that I will punish all those who are circumcised
in theiruncircumcision: 9:26Egypt, and Judah,
and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and
Moab, and all that have the corners of their
haircut off, who dwell in the wilderness; for
all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the
house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
10:1Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to
you, house of Israel! 10:2Thus says Yahweh,
"Don't learn the way of the nations, and don't
be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the
nations are dismayed at them. 10:3For the
customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts
a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands
of the workman with the axe. 10:4They deck
it with silver and with gold; they fasten it
with nails and with hammers, that it not move.
10:5They are like a palmt ree, of turned work,
and don't speak: they must be carried, because
they can't go. Don't be afraid of them; for they
can't do evil, neither is it in themto do good."
10:6There is none like you, Yahweh; you are
great, and your name is great in might. 10:7Who
should not fear you, King of the nations? for to
you does it appertain; because among all the
wise men of the nations, and in all their royal
estate, there is none like you. 10:8But they are
together brutish and foolish: the instruction of
idols! it is but a stock. 10:9There is silver beaten
Jeremiah 10:10 611 Jeremiah 11:13
into plates, which is brought fromT arshish,
and gold fromUp haz, the work of the artificer
and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and
purple for their clothing; they are all the work
of skillful men. 10:10But Yahweh is the true
God; he is the living God, and an everlasting
King: at his wrath the earth trembles, and the
nations are not able to abide his indignation.
10:11You shall say this to them: The gods that
have not made the heavens and the earth, these
shall perish fromthe earth, and fromund er
the heavens. 10:12He has made the earth by
his power, he has established the world by
his wisdom, and by his understanding has he
stretched out the heavens: 10:13when he utters
his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the
heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend
fromthe ends of the earth; hemakes lightnings
for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his
treasuries. 10:14Every man is become brutish
and iswithout knowledge; every goldsmith is
disappointed by his engraved image; for his
molten image is falsehood, and there is no
breath in them. 10:15They are vanity, a work
of delusion: in the time of their visitation they
shall perish. 10:16The portion of Jacob is not like
these; for he is the former of all things; and
Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh
of Armies is his name. 10:17Gather up your
wares out of the land, you who abide in the
siege. 10:18For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will
sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time,
and will distress them, that they may feel it.
10:19Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound
is grievous: but I said, Truly this is mygrief, and
I m ust bear it. 10:20My tent is destroyed, and
all my cords are broken: my children are gone
forth from me, and they are no more: there is
none to spread my tent any more, and to set up
my curtains. 10:21For the shepherds are become
brutish, and have not inquired of Yahweh:
therefore they have not prospered, and all their
flocks are scattered. 10:22The voice of news,
behold, it comes, and a great commotion out
of the north country, to make the cities of
Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals.
10:23Yahweh, I know that the way of man is
not in himself: it is not in man who walks to
direct his steps. 10:24Yahweh, correct me, but
in measure: not in your anger, lest you bring
me to nothing. 10:25Pour out your wrath on
the nations that don't know you, and on the
families that don't call on your name: for they
have devoured Jacob, yes, they have devoured
him and consumed him, and have laid waste
his habitation.
11:1The word that came to Jeremiah from
Yahweh, saying, 11:2Hear you the words of this
covenant, and speak to the men of Judah, and
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 11:3and say you
to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel:
Cursed be the man who doesn't hear the words
of this covenant, 11:4which I commanded your
fathers in the day that I brought themf orth out
of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace,
saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according
to all which I command you: so you shall be
my people, and I will be your God; 11:5that I
may establish the oath which I swore to your
fathers, to give thema land flowing with milk
and honey, as at this day. Then answered I,
and said, Amen, Yahweh. 11:6Yahweh said to
me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of
Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying,
Hear you the words of this covenant, and do
them. 11:7For I earnestly protested to your
fathers in the day that I brought themu p
out of the land of Egypt, even to this day,
rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my
voice. 11:8Yet they didn't obey, nor turn their
ear, but walked everyone in the stubbornness
of their evil heart: therefore I brought on
themal l the words of this covenant, which I
commanded them to do, but they didn't do
them. 11:9Yahweh said to me, A conspiracy is
found among the men of Judah, and among
the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 11:10They are
turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers,
who refused to hear my words; and they are
gone after other gods to serve them: the house
of Israel and the house of Judah have broken
my covenant which I made with their fathers.
11:11Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will
bring evil on them, which they shall not be
able to escape; and they shall cry to me, but
I will not listen to them. 11:12Then shall the
cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
go and cry to the gods to which they offer
incense: but they will not save themat all in
the time of their trouble. 11:13For according
to the number of your cities are your gods,
Judah; and according to the number of the
streets of Jerusalemh ave you set up altars to
the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense
Jeremiah 11:14 612 Jeremiah 13:1
to Baal. 11:14Therefore don't you pray for this
people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them;
for I will not hear themi n the time that they
cry to m e because of their trouble. 11:15What
has my beloved to do in my house, seeing
she has worked lewdness withmany, and the
holy flesh is passed fromyou? when you do
evil, then you rejoice. 11:16Yahweh called your
name, A green olive tree, beautiful with goodly
fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has
kindled fire on it, and its branches are broken.
11:17For Yahweh of Armies, who planted you,
has pronounced evil against you, because of the
evil of the house of Israel and of the house of
Judah, which they have worked for themselves
in provoking me to anger by offering incense
to Baal. 11:18Yahweh gave me knowledge of
it, and I knew it: then you showed me their
doings. 11:19But I was like a gentle lamb that
is led to the slaughter; and I didn't know that
they had devised devices against me, saying,
Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us
cut himo ff fromthe land of the living, that his
name may be no more remembered. 11:20But,
Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously,
who tests the heart and the mind, I shall see
your vengeance on them; for to you have I
revealed my cause. 11:21Therefore thus says
Yahweh concerning the men of Anathoth, who
seek your life, saying, You shall not prophesy
in the name of Yahweh, that you not die by
our hand; 11:22therefore thus says Yahweh of
Armies, Behold, I will punish them: the young
men shall die by the sword; their sons and their
daughters shall die by famine; 11:23and there
shall be no remnant to them: for I will bring
evil on the men of Anathoth, even the year of
their visitation.
12:1Righteous are you, Yahweh, when I contend
with you; yet would I reason the cause
with you: why does the way of the wicked
prosper? why are all they at ease who deal
very treacherously? 12:2You have planted them,
yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they
bring forth fruit: you are near in their mouth,
and far fromthe ir heart. 12:3But you, Yahweh,
know me; you see me, and try my heart toward
you: pull themo ut like sheep for the slaughter,
and prepare themf or the day of slaughter.
12:4How long shall the land mourn, and the
herbs of the whole country wither? for the
wickedness of those who dwell therein, the
animals are consumed, and the birds; because
they said, He shall not see our latter end. 12:5If
you have run with the footmen, and they have
wearied you, then how can you contend with
horses? and though in a land of peace you
are secure, yet how will you do in the pride
of the Jordan? 12:6For even your brothers, and
the house of your father, even they have dealt
treacherously with you; even they have cried
aloud after you: don't believe them, though
they speak beautiful words to you. 12:7I have
forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage;
I have given the dearly beloved of my soul
into the hand of her enemies. 12:8My heritage
is become to me as a lion in the forest: she
has uttered her voice against me; therefore I
have hated her. 12:9Is my heritage to me as a
speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey
against her all around? go you, assemble all
the animals of the field, bring them to devour.
12:10Many shepherds have destroyed my
vineyard, they have trodden my portion under
foot, they have made my pleasant portion a
desolate wilderness. 12:11They have made it
a desolation; it mourns to me, being desolate;
the whole land is made desolate, because no
man lays it to heart. 12:12Destroyers are come
on all the bare heights in the wilderness; for
the sword of Yahweh devours fromthe one
end of the land even to the other end of the
land: no flesh has peace. 12:13They have sown
wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put
themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and
you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because
of the fierce anger of Yahweh. 12:14Thus says
Yahweh against all my evil neighbors, who
touch the inheritance which I have caused my
people Israel to inherit: behold, I will pluck
themup from off their land, and will pluck up
the house of Judah from among them. 12:15It
shall happen, after that I have plucked them
up, I will return and have compassion on them;
and I will bring themag ain, every man to his
heritage, and every man to his land. 12:16It shall
happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of
my people, to swear by my name, As Yahweh
lives; even as they taught my people to swear
by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst
of my people. 12:17But if theywill not hear, then
will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and
destroying it, says Yahweh.
13:1Thus says Yahweh to me, Go, and buy
Jeremiah 13:2 613 Jeremiah 14:7
you a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and
don't put it in water. 13:2So I bought a belt
according to the word of Yahweh, and put it
on my waist. 13:3The word of Yahweh came
to me the second time, saying, 13:4Take the belt
that you have bought, which is on your waist,
and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there
in a cleft of the rock. 13:5So I went, and hid it
by the Euphrates, as Yahweh commanded me.
13:6It happened after many days, that Yahweh
said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take
the belt from there, which I commanded you
to hide there. 13:7Then I went to the Euphrates,
and dug, and took the belt fromthe place where
I had hid it; and behold, the belt was marred, it
was profitable for nothing. 13:8Then the word
of Yahweh cam e to m e, saying, 13:9Thus says
Yahweh, After this manner will I mar the pride
of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
13:10This evil people, who refuse to hear my
words, who walk in the stubbornness of their
heart, and are gone after other gods to serve
them, and to worship them, shall even be
as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.
13:11For as the belt cleaves to the waist of a
man, so have I caused to cleave to me the whole
house of Israel and the whole house of Judah,
says Yahweh; that they may be to me for a
people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for
a glory: but they would not hear. 13:12Therefore
you shall speak to themthi s word: Thus says
Yahweh, the God of Israel, Every bottle shall
be filled with wine: and they shall tell you, Do
we not certainly know that every bottle shall
be filled with wine? 13:13Then you shall tell
them, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will fill all
the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who
sit on David's throne, and the priests, and the
prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
with drunkenness. 13:14I will dash themon e
against another, even the fathers and the sons
together, says Yahweh: Iwill not pity, nor spare,
nor have compassion, that I should not destroy
them. 13:15Hear you, and give ear; don't
be proud; for Yahweh has spoken. 13:16Give
glory to Yahweh your God, before he cause
darkness, and before your feet stumble on the
dark mountains, and, while you look for light,
he turn it into the shadow of death, and make
it gross darkness. 13:17But if you will not hear
it, my soul shall weep in secret for yourpride;
and my eye shall weep sore, and run down
with tears, because Yahweh's flock is taken
captive. 13:18Say you to the king and to the
queen mother, Humble yourselves, sit down;
for your headdresses are come down, even the
crown of your glory. 13:19The cities of the South
are shut up, and there is none to open them:
Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is
wholly carried away captive. 13:20Lift up your
eyes, and see those who come from the north:
where is the flock that was given you, your
beautiful flock? 13:21What will you say, when
he shall set over you as head those whomyou
have yourself taught to be friends to you? shall
not sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman
in travail? 13:22If you say in your heart, Why
are these things come on me? for the greatness
of your iniquity are your skirts uncovered,
and your heels suffer violence. 13:23Can the
Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his
spots? then may you also do good, who are
accustomed to do evil. 13:24Therefore will I
scatter them, as the stubble that passes away,
by the wind of the wilderness. 13:25This is
your lot, the portion measured to you from me,
says Yahweh; because you have forgotten me,
and trusted in falsehood. 13:26Therefore will
I also uncover your skirts on your face, and
your shame shall appear. 13:27I have seen your
abominations, even your adulteries, and your
neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on
the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem!
you will not be made clean; how long shall it
yet be?
14:1The word of Yahweh that came to
Jeremiah concerning the drought. 14:2Judah
mourns, and its gates languish, they sit in black
on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalemi s gone
up. 14:3Their nobles send their little ones to
the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find
no water; they return with their vessels empty;
they are disappointed and confounded, and
cover their heads. 14:4Because of the ground
which is cracked, because no rain has been
in the land, the plowmen are disappointed,
they cover their heads. 14:5Yes, the hind also
in the field calves, and forsakes her young,
because there is no grass. 14:6The wild donkeys
stand on the bare heights, they pant for air
like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is
no herbage. 14:7Though our iniquities testify
against us, work you for your name's sake,
Yahweh; for our backslidings are many; we
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have sinned against you. 14:8You hope of Israel,
its Savior in the time of trouble, why should
you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a
wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a
night? 14:9Why should you be like a scared
man, as a mighty man who can't save? yet
you, Yahweh, are in the midst of us, and we are
called by your name; don't leave us. 14:10Thus
says Yahweh to this people, Even so have
they loved to wander; they have not refrained
their feet: therefore Yahweh does not accept
them; now he will remember their iniquity, and
visit their sins. 14:11Yahweh said to me, Don't
pray for this people for theirgood. 14:12When
they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when
they offer burnt offering and meal offering,
I will not accept them; but I will consume
themby the sword, and by the famine, and
by the pestilence. 14:13Then said I, Ah, Lord
Yahweh! behold, the prophets tell them, You
shall not see the sword, neither shall you have
famine; but I will give you assured peace in
this place. 14:14Then Yahweh said to me, The
prophets prophesy lies in my name; I didn't
send them, neither have I commanded them,
neither spoke I to them: they prophesy to you
a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of
nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.
14:15Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning
the prophets who prophesy in my name, and
I didn't send them, yet they say, Sword and
famine shall not be in this land: By sword
and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
14:16The people to whomt hey prophesy shall
be cast out in the streets of Jerusalemb ecause
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 on them. 14:17You shall
say this word to them, Let my eyes run down
with tears night and day, and let themno t
cease; for the virgin daughter of my people
is broken with a great breach, with a very
grievous wound. 14:18If I go forth into the
field, then, behold, the slain with the sword!
and if I enter into the city, then, behold, those
who are sick with famine! for both the prophet
and the priest go about in the land, and have
no knowledge. 14:19Have you utterly rejected
Judah? has your soul loathed Zion? why have
you struck us, and there is no healing for us?
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for
a time of healing, and behold, dismay! 14:20We
acknowledge, Yahweh, our wickedness, and
the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned
against you. 14:21Do not abhor us, for your
name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of your
glory: remember, don't break your covenant
with us. 14:22Are there any among the vanities
of the nations that can cause rain? or can the
sky give showers? Aren't you he, Yahweh our
God? therefore we will wait for you; for you
have made all these things.
15:1Then said Yahweh to me, Though Moses
and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind
would not be toward this people: cast them
out of my sight, and let them go forth. 15:2It
shall happen, when they tell you, Where shall
we go forth? then you shall tell them, Thus
says Yahweh: 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 captivity, to captivity.
15:3I will appoint over themfour kinds, says
Yahweh: the sword to kill, and the dogs to
tear, and the birds of the sky, and the animals
of the earth, to devour and to destroy. 15:4I
will cause themto be tossed back and forth
among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of
Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah,
for that which he did in Jerusalem. 15:5For
who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? or
who will bemoan you? or who will turn aside
to ask of your welfare? 15:6You have rejected
me, says Yahweh, you are gone backward:
therefore have I stretched out my hand against
you, and destroyed you; I amwe ary with
repenting. 15:7I have winnowed themwi th a
fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved
themof children, I have destroyed my people;
they didn't return fromthe ir ways. 15:8Their
widows are increased to me above the sand
of the seas; I have brought on themag ainst
the mother of the young men a destroyer at
noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to
fall on her suddenly. 15:9She who has borne
seven languishes; she has given up the spirit;
her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she
has been disappointed and confounded: and
the residue of themw ill I deliver to the sword
before their enemies, says Yahweh. 15:10Woe
is me, my mother, that you have borne me a
man of strife and a man of contention to the
whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men
Jeremiah 15:11 615 Jeremiah 16:17
lent to me; yeteveryone of themdoes curse
me. 15:11Yahweh said, Most certainly I will
strengthen you for good; most certainly I will
cause the enemy to make supplication to you
in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
15:12Can one break iron, even iron fromt he
north, and brass? 15:13Your substance and
your treasures will I give for a spoil without
price, and that for all your sins, even in all
your borders. 15:14I will make themto pass
with your enemies into a land which you don't
know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which
shall burn on you. 15:15Yahweh, you know;
remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of
my persecutors; don't take me away in your
longsuffering: know that for your sake I have
suffered reproach. 15:16Your wordswere found,
and I ate them; and your words were to me a
joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I amcalled
by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies. 15:17I
didn't sit in the assembly of those who make
m erry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your
hand; for you have filled me with indignation.
15:18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound
incurable, which refuses to be healed? will you
indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, as waters
that fail? 15:19Therefore thus says Yahweh, If
you return, then will I bring you again, that
you may stand before me; and if you take forth
the precious fromthe vile, you shall be as my
mouth: they shall return to you, but you shall
not return to them. 15:20I will make you to this
people a fortified bronze wall; and they shall
fight against you, but they shall not prevail
against you; for I amwi th you to save you and
to deliver you, says Yahweh. 15:21I will deliver
you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will
redeemy ou out of the hand of the terrible.
16:1The word of Yahweh came also to me,
saying, 16:2You shall not take a wife, neither
shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.
16:3For thus says Yahweh concerning the sons
and concerning the daughters who are born in
this place, and concerning their mothers who
bore them, and concerning their fathers who
became the father of them in this land: 16:4They
shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be
lamented, neither shall they be buried; they
shall be as dung on the surface of the ground;
and they shall be consumed by the sword, and
by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food
for the birds of the sky, and for the animals
of the earth. 16:5For thus says Yahweh, Don't
enter into the house of mourning, neither go
to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have
taken away my peace from this people, says
Yahweh, even loving kindness and tender mercies.
16:6Both great and 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; 16:7neither shall men
break breadfor them in mourning, to comfort
themf or the dead; neither shallmen give them
the cup of consolation to drink for their father
or for their mother. 16:8You shall not go into the
house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to
drink. 16:9For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the
God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out
of this place, before your eyes and in your days,
the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness,
the voice of the bridegrooma nd the voice of
the bride. 16:10It shall happen, when you shall
show this people all these words, and they
shall tell you, Why has Yahweh pronounced
all this great evil against us? or what is our
iniquity? or what is our sin that we have
committed against Yahweh our God? 16:11Then
you shall tell them, Because your fathers have
forsaken me, says Yahweh, and have walked
after other gods, and have served them, and
have worshiped them, and have forsaken me,
and have not kept my law; 16:12and you have
done evil more than your fathers; for, behold,
you walk every one after the stubbornness of
his evil heart, so that you don't listen to me:
16:13therefore will I cast you forth out of this
land into the land that you have not known,
neither you nor your fathers; and there you
shall serve other gods day and night; for I
will show you no favor. 16:14Therefore, behold,
the days come, says Yahweh, that it shall no
more be said, As Yahweh lives, who brought
up the children of Israel out of the land of
Egypt; 16:15but, As Yahweh lives, who brought
up the children of Israel fromthe land of the
north, and fromal l the countries where he
had driven them. I will bring them again
into their land that I gave to their fathers.
16:16Behold, I will send for many fishermen,
says Yahweh, and they shall fish themup; and
afterward I will send for many hunters, and
they shall hunt themf rom every mountain,
and fromev ery hill, and out of the clefts of
the rocks. 16:17For my eyes are on all their
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ways; they are not hidden fromm y face, neither
is their iniquity concealed fromm y eyes.
16:18First I will recompense their iniquity and
their sin double, because they have polluted
my land with the carcasses of their detestable
things, and have filled my inheritance with
their abominations. 16:19Yahweh, my strength,
and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day
of affliction, to you shall the nations come from
the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers
have inherited nothing but lies, evenvanity and
things in which there is no profit. 16:20Shall a
man make to himself gods, which yet are no
gods? 16:21Therefore, behold, I will cause them
to know, this once will I cause themto know
my hand and my might; and they shall know
that my name is Yahweh.
17:1The sin of Judah is written with a pen
of iron, andwith the point of a diamond: it is
engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on
the horns of your altars; 17:2while their children
remember their altars and their Asherim by the
green trees on the high hills. 17:3My mountain
in the field, I will give your substance and all
your treasures for a spoil, andyour high places,
because of sin, throughout all your borders.
17:4You, even of yourself, shall discontinue
fromyou r heritage that I gave you; and I will
cause you to serve your enemies in the land
which you don't know: for you have kindled
a fire in my anger which shall burn forever.
17:5Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who
trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and
whose heart departs fromY ahweh. 17:6For he
shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall
not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the
parched places in the wilderness, a salt land
and not inhabited. 17:7Blessed is the man who
trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust Yahweh is.
17:8For he shall be as a tree planted by the
waters, who spreads out its roots by the river,
and shall not fear when heat comes, but its
leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in
the year of drought, neither shall cease from
yielding fruit. 17:9The heart is deceitful above
all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who
can know it? 17:10I, Yahweh, search the mind, I
try the heart, even to give every man according
to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
17:11As the partridge that sits on eggswhich she
has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by
right; in the midst of his days they shall leave
him, and at his end he shall be a fool. 17:12A
glorious throne, seton high fromthe beginning,
is the place of our sanctuary. 17:13Yahweh,
the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall
be disappointed. Those who depart fromm e
shall be written in the earth, because they have
forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters.
17:14Heal me, O Yahweh, and I shall be healed;
save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my
praise. 17:15Behold, they tell me, Where is the
word of Yahweh? let it come now. 17:16As for
me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd
after you; neither have I desired the woeful
day; you know: that which came out of my
lips was before your face. 17:17Don't be a terror
to me: you are my refuge in the day of evil.
17:18Let themb e disappointed who persecute
me, but let not me be disappointed; let them
be dismayed, but don't let me be dismayed;
bring on themthe day of evil, and destroy
themwi th double destruction. 17:19Thus said
Yahweh to me: Go, and stand in the gate of
the children of the people, through which the
kings of Judah come in, and by which they go
out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 17:20and
tell them, Hear you the word of Yahweh, you
kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these
gates: 17:21Thus says Yahweh, Take heed to
yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath
day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
17:22neither carry forth a burden out of your
houses on the Sabbath day holy, neither do
any work: but make the Sabbath day, as I
commanded your fathers. 17:23But they didn't
listen, neither turn their ear, but made their
neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might
not receive instruction. 17:24It shall happen,
if you diligently listen to me, says Yahweh,
to bring in no burden through the gates of
this city on the Sabbath day, but to make
the Sabbath day holy, to do no work therein;
17:25then shall there enter in by the gates of this
city kings and princes sitting on 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 forever. 17:26They shall come from the
cities of Judah, and fromthe places around
Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and
fromt he lowland, and fromt he hill country,
and fromthe South, bringing burnt offerings,
Jeremiah 17:27 617 Jeremiah 19:6
and sacrifices, and meal offerings, and frankincense,
and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving, to
the house of Yahweh. 17:27But if you will not
listen to me to make the Sabbath day holy, and
not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of
Jerusalemon the Sabbath day; then will I kindle
a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces
of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
18:1The word which came to Jeremiah from
Yahweh, saying, 18:2Arise, and go down to the
potter's house, and there I will cause you to
hear my words. 18:3Then I went down to the
potter's house, and behold, he was making
a work on the wheels. 18:4When the vessel
that he made of the clay was marred in the
hand of the potter, he made it again another
vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make
it. 18:5Then the word of Yahweh came to me,
saying, 18:6House of Israel, can't I do with you
as this potter? says Yahweh. Behold, as the
clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my
hand, house of Israel. 18:7At what instant I shall
speak concerning a nation, and concerning a
kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to
destroy it; 18:8if that nation, concerning which I
have spoken, turn fromt heir evil, I will repent
of the evil that I thought to do to them. 18:9At
what instant I shall speak concerning a nation,
and concerning a kingdom, to build and to
plant it; 18:10if they do that which is evil in
my sight, that they not obey my voice, then
I will repent of the good, with which I said I
would benefit them. 18:11Now therefore, speak
to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Behold,
I frame evil against you, and devise a device
against you: return you now everyone from
his evil way, and amend your ways and your
doings. 18:12But they say, It is in vain; for we
will walk after our own devices, and we will
do everyone after the stubbornness of his evil
heart. 18:13Therefore thus says Yahweh: Ask
you now among the nations, who has heard
such things; the virgin of Israel has done a very
horrible thing. 18:14Shall the snow of Lebanon
fail fromt he rock of the field? orshall the cold
waters that flow down fromaf ar be dried up?
18:15For my people have forgotten me, they
have burned incense to false gods; and they
have been made to stumble in their ways, in the
ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not
built up; 18:16to make their land an astonishment,
and a perpetual hissing; everyone who
passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake
his head. 18:17I will scatter themas with an
east wind before the enemy; I will show them
the back, and not the face, in the day of their
calamity. 18:18Then said they, Come, and let
us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law
shall not perish fromthe priest, nor counsel
fromthe wise, nor the word from the prophet.
Come, and let us strike him with the tongue,
and let us not give heed to any of his words.
18:19Give heed to me, Yahweh, and listen to the
voice of those who contend with me. 18:20Shall
evil be recompensed for good? for they have
dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood
before you to speak good for them, to turn
away your wrath fromthe m. 18:21Therefore
deliver up their children to the famine, and give
themo ver to the power of the sword; and let
their wives become childless, and widows; and
let their men be slain of death, andtheir young
men struck of the sword in battle. 18:22Let
a cry be heard fromthe ir houses, when you
shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they
have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for
my feet. 18:23Yet, Yahweh, you know all their
counsel against me to kill me; don't forgive
their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from
your sight; but let themb e overthrown before
you; deal you with themin the time of your
anger.
19:1Thus said Yahweh, Go, and buy a potter's
earthen bottle, and takeof the elders of
the people, and of the elders of the priests;
19:2and go forth to the valley of the son of
Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate
Harsith, and proclaimthe re the words that I
shall tell you; 19:3and say, Hear you the word
of Yahweh, kings of Judah, and inhabitants
of Jerusalem: thus says Yahweh of Armies,
the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring evil
on this place, which whoever hears, his ears
shall tingle. 19:4Because they have forsaken
me, and have estranged this place, and have
burned incense in it to other gods, that they
didn't know, they and their fathers and the
kings of Judah; and have filled this place with
the blood of innocents, 19:5and have built the
high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the
fire for burnt offerings to Baal; which I didn't
command, nor spoke it, neither came it into
m y m ind: 19:6therefore, behold, the days come,
Jeremiah 19:7 618 Jeremiah 20:16
says Yahweh, that this place shall no more be
called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of
Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter. 19:7I will
make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem
in this place; and I will cause themt o fall by
the sword before their enemies, and by the
hand of those who seek their life: and their
dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds
of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.
19:8I will make this city an astonishment, and a
hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be
astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
19:9I will cause themto eat the flesh of their
sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they
shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend, in
the siege and in the distress, with which their
enemies, and those who seek their life, shall
distress them. 19:10Then you shall break the
bottle in the sight of the men who go with you,
19:11and shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of
Armies: Even so will I break this people and
this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that
can't be made whole again; and they shall bury
in Topheth, until there be no place to bury.
19:12Thus will I do to this place, says Yahweh,
and to its inhabitants, even making this city
as Topheth: 19:13and the houses of Jerusalem,
and the houses of the kings of Judah, which
are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth,
even all the houses on whose roofs they have
burned incense to all the army of the sky, and
have poured out drink offerings to other gods.
19:14Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, where
Yahweh had sent himto prophesy; and he
stood in the court of Yahweh's house, and said
to all the people: 19:15Thus says Yahweh of
Armies, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring
on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I
have pronounced against it; because they have
made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my
words.
20:1Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the
priest, who was chief officer in the house
of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying these
things. 20:2Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the
prophet, and put himi n the stocks that were
in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in
the house of Yahweh. 20:3It happened on the
next day, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah
out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah to him,
Yahweh has not called your name Pashhur,
but Magormissabib. 20:4For thus says Yahweh,
Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself,
and to all your friends; and they shall fall by
the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall
see it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of
the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them
captive to Babylon, and shall kill themwi th
the sword. 20:5Moreover I will give all the
riches of this city, and all its gains, and all the
precious things of it, yes, all the treasures of
the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of
their enemies; and they shall make them a prey,
and take them, and carry them to Babylon.
20:6You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your
house shall go into captivity; and you shall
come to Babylon, and there you shall die, and
there you shall be buried, you, and all your
friends, to whomy ou have prophesied falsely.
20:7Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I
was persuaded; you are stronger than I, and
have prevailed: I ambe come a laughing-stock
all the day, every one mocks me. 20:8For as
often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and
destruction! because the word of Yahweh is
made a reproach to me, and a derision, all the
day. 20:9If I say, I will not make mention of
him, nor speak any more in his name, then
there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
shut up in my bones, and I am weary with
forbearing, and I can't contain. 20:10For I have
heard the defaming of many, terror on every
side. Denounce, and we will denounce him,
sayall my familiar friends, those who watch for
my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded,
and we shall prevail against him, and we shall
take our revenge on him. 20:11But Yahweh is
with me as an awesome mighty one: therefore
my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall
not prevail; they shall be utterly disappointed,
because they have not dealt wisely, even with
an everlasting dishonor which shall never be
forgotten. 20:12But, Yahweh of Armies, who
tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the
mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for
to you have I revealed my cause. 20:13Sing
to Yahweh, praise you Yahweh; for he has
delivered the soul of the needy fromt he hand
of evildoers. 20:14Cursed be the day in which
I was born: don't let the day in which my
mother bore me be blessed. 20:15Cursed be the
man who brought news to my father, saying,
A boy is born to you; making him very glad.
20:16Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh
Jeremiah 20:17 619 Jeremiah 22:12
overthrew, and didn't repent: and let himhe ar
a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;
20:17because he didn't kill m efrom the wom b;
and so my mother would have been my grave,
and her womb always great. 20:18Why came I
forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow,
that my days should be consumed with shame?
21:1The word which came to Jeremiah from
Yahweh, when king Zedekiah sent to himPa shhur
the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the
son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying, 21:2Please
inquire of Yahweh for us; for Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon makes war against us: peradventure
Yahweh will deal with us according
to all his wondrous works, that he may go
up fromus. 21:3Then said Jeremiah to them,
You shall tell Zedekiah: 21:4Thus says Yahweh,
the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the
weapons of war that are in your hands, with
which you fight against the king of Babylon,
and against the Chaldeans who besiege you,
without the walls; and I will gather them
into the midst of this city. 21:5I myself will
fight against you with an outstretched hand
and with a strong arm, even in anger, and
in wrath, and in great indignation. 21:6I will
strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and
animal: they shall die of a great pestilence.
21:7Afterward, says Yahweh, I will deliver
Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and
the people, even such as are left in this city
fromt he pestilence, fromt he sword, and from
the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon, and into the hand of their
enemies, and into the hand of those who seek
their life: and he shall strike themwi th the edge
of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither
have pity, nor have mercy. 21:8To this people
you shall say, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I
set before you the way of life and the way of
death. 21:9He who remains in this city shall
die by the sword, and by the famine, and by
the pestilence; but he who goes out, and passes
over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he
shall live, and his life shall be to himfor a
prey. 21:10For I have set my face on this city
for evil, and not for good, says Yahweh: it shall
be given into the hand of the king of Babylon,
and he shall burn it with fire. 21:11Touching
the house of the king of Judah, hear you the
word of Yahweh: 21:12House of David, thus
says Yahweh, Execute justice in the morning,
and deliver himwho is robbed out of the hand
of the oppressor, lest mywrath go forth like fire,
and burn so that none can quench it, because
of the evil of your doings. 21:13Behold, I am
against you, O inhabitant of the valley, andof
the rock of the plain, says Yahweh; you that say,
Who shall come down against us? or who shall
enter into our habitations? 21:14I will punish
you according to the fruit of your doings, says
Yahweh; and I will kindle a fire in her forest,
and it shall devour all that is around her.
22:1Thus said Yahweh: Go down to the
house of the king of Judah, and speak there
this word, 22:2Say, Hear the word of Yahweh,
king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David,
you, and your servants, and your people who
enter in by these gates. 22:3Thus says Yahweh:
Execute you justice and righteousness, and
deliver himwho is robbed out of the hand
of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no
violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor
the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this
place. 22:4For if you do this thing indeed,
then shall there enter in by the gates of this
house kings sitting on the throne of David,
riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his
servants, and his people. 22:5But if you will
not hear these words, I swear by myself, says
Yahweh, that this house shall become a desolation.
22:6For thus says Yahweh concerning
the house of the king of Judah: You are Gilead
to me, andthe head of Lebanon; yetsurely I
will make you a wilderness, andcities which
are not inhabited. 22:7I will prepare destroyers
against you, everyone with his weapons; and
they shall cut down your choice cedars, and
cast themi nto the fire. 22:8Many nations shall
pass by this city, and they shall say every
man to his neighbor, Why has Yahweh done
thus to this great city? 22:9Then they shall
answer, Because they forsook the covenant of
Yahweh their God, and worshiped other gods,
and served them. 22:10Don't you weep for
the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore
for himwho goes away; for he shall return
no more, nor see his native country. 22:11For
thus says Yahweh touching Shallumthe son
of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead
of Josiah his father, andwho went forth out
of this place: He shall not return there any
more. 22:12But in the place where they have
led himc aptive, there shall he die, and he shall
Jeremiah 22:13 620 Jeremiah 23:13
see this land no more. 22:13Woe to himw ho
builds his house by unrighteousness, and his
chambers by injustice; who uses his neighbor's
service without wages, and doesn't give him
his hire; 22:14who says, I will build me a wide
house and spacious chambers, and cuts him
out windows; and it is ceiling with cedar, and
painted with vermilion. 22:15Shall you reign,
because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn't
your father eat and drink, and do justice and
righteousness? then it was well with him.
22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
then it was well. Wasn't this to know me?
says Yahweh. 22:17But your eyes and your
heart are not but for your covetousness, and for
shedding innocent blood, and for oppression,
and for violence, to do it. 22:18Therefore thus
says Yahweh concerning Jehoiakimthe 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, sayingAh lord!
or, Ah his glory! 22:19He shall be buried
with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast
forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. 22:20Go
up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up your
voice in Bashan, and cry fromAbar im; for all
your lovers are destroyed. 22:21I spoke to you
in your prosperity; but you said, I will not
hear. This has been your manner from your
youth, that you didn't obey my voice. 22:22The
wind shall feed all your shepherds, and your
lovers shall go into captivity: surely then you
will be ashamed and confounded for all your
wickedness. 22:23Inhabitant of Lebanon, who
makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly to
be pitied you will be when pangs come on you,
the pain as of a woman in travail! 22:24As I
live, says Yahweh, though Coniah the son of
Jehoiakimk ing of Judah were the signet on
my right hand, yet would I pluck you there;
22:25and I will give you into the hand of those
who seek your life, and into the hand of them
of whomy ou are afraid, even into the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the
hand of the Chaldeans. 22:26I will cast you out,
and your mother who bore you, into another
country, where you were not born; and there
you will die. 22:27But to the land whereunto
their soul longs to return, there shall they not
return. 22:28Is this man Coniah a despised
broken vessel? is he a vessel in which none
delights? why are they cast out, he and his
seed, and are cast into the land which they
don't know? 22:29O earth, earth, earth, hear the
word of Yahweh. 22:30Thus says Yahweh,Write
you this man childless, a man who shall not
prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of
his seed prosper, sitting on the throne of David,
and ruling in Judah.
23:1Woe to the shepherds who destroy and
scatter the sheep of my pasture! says Yahweh.
23:2Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of
Israel, against the shepherds who feed my people:
You have scattered my flock, and driven
themaway, and have not visited them; behold,
I will visit on you the evil of your doings,
says Yahweh. 23:3I will gather the remnant of
my flock out of all the countries where I have
driven them, and will bring them again to their
folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
23:4I will set up shepherds over them, who
shall feed them; and they shall fear no more,
nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking,
says Yahweh. 23:5Behold, the days come, says
Yahweh, that I will raise to David a righteous
Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal
wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness
in the land. 23:6In his days Judah shall be
saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is
his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh
our righteousness. 23:7Therefore, behold, the
days come, says Yahweh, that they shall no
more say, As Yahweh lives, who brought up
the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
23:8but, As Yahweh lives, who brought up and
who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the
north country, and fromal l the countries where
I had driven them. They shall dwell in their
own land. 23:9Concerning the prophets. My
heart within me is broken, all my bones shake;
I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom
wine has overcome, because of Yahweh, and
because of his holy words. 23:10For the land is
full of adulterers; for because of swearing the
land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are
dried up. Their course is evil, and their might
is not right; 23:11for both prophet and priest
are profane; yes, in my house have I found
their wickedness, says Yahweh. 23:12Therefore
their way shall be to themas slippery places
in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and
fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even
the year of their visitation, says Yahweh. 23:13I
have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria;
Jeremiah 23:14 621 Jeremiah 24:3
they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people
Israel to err. 23:14In the prophets of Jerusalem
also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit
adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen
the hands of evildoers, so that none does return
fromhi s wickedness: they are all of them
become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as
Gomorrah. 23:15Therefore thus says Yahweh of
Armies concerning the prophets: Behold, I will
feed them with wormwood, and make them
drink the water of gall; for fromthe prophets
of Jerusalemis ungodliness gone forth into all
the land. 23:16Thus says Yahweh of Armies,
Don't listen to the words of the prophets who
prophesy to you: they teach you vanity; they
speak a vision of their own heart, and not
out of the mouth of Yahweh. 23:17They say
continually to those who despise me, Yahweh
has said, You shall have peace; and to everyone
who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart
they say, No evil shall come on you. 23:18For
who has stood in the council of Yahweh, that he
should perceive and hear his word? who has
marked my word, and heard it? 23:19Behold,
the stormo f Yahweh, even hiswrath, is gone
forth, yes, a whirling storm: it shall burst on the
head of the wicked. 23:20The anger of Yahweh
shall not return, until he has executed, and until
he have performed the intents of his heart: in
the latter days you shall understand it perfectly.
23:21I sent not these prophets, yet they ran:
I didn't speak to them, yet they prophesied.
23:22But if they had stood in my council, then
had they caused my people to hear my words,
and had turned themf rom their evil way, and
fromt he evil of their doings. 23:23AmI a
God at hand, says Yahweh, and not a God
afar off? 23:24Can any hide himself in secret
places so that I shall not see him? says Yahweh.
Don't I fill heaven and earth? says Yahweh.
23:25I have heard what the prophets have said,
who prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have
dreamed, I have dreamed. 23:26How long
shall this be in the heart of the prophets who
prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit
of their own heart? 23:27who think to cause
m y people to forget m y nam eby their dream s
which they tell every man to his neighbor, as
their fathers forgot my name for Baal. 23:28The
prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream;
and he who has my word, let him speak my
word faithfully. What is the strawto the wheat?
says Yahweh. 23:29Isn't my word like fire?
says Yahweh; and like a hammer that breaks
the rock in pieces? 23:30Therefore, behold, I
amag ainst the prophets, says Yahweh, who
steal my words everyone from his neighbor.
23:31Behold, I amag ainst the prophets, says
Yahweh, who use their tongues, and say, He
says. 23:32Behold, I amag ainst those who
prophesy lying dreams, says Yahweh, and do
tell them, and cause my people to err by their
lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I didn't
send them, nor commanded them; neither do
they profit this people at all, says Yahweh.
23:33When this people, or the prophet, or a
priest, shall ask you, saying, What is the burden
of Yahweh? then you shall tell them, What
burden! I will cast you off, says Yahweh.
23:34As for the prophet, and the priest, and the
people, who shall say, The burden of Yahweh,
I will even punish that man and his house.
23:35You shall say everyone to his neighbor,
and everyone to his brother, What has Yahweh
answered? and, What has Yahweh spoken?
23:36You shall mention the burden of Yahweh
no more: for every man's ownword shall be his
burden; for you have perverted the words of
the living God, of Yahweh of Armies our God.
23:37You shall say to the prophet, What has
Yahweh answered you? and,What has Yahweh
spoken? 23:38But if you say, The burden of
Yahweh; therefore thus says Yahweh: Because
you say this word, The burden of Yahweh, and
I have sent to you, saying, You shall not say, The
burden of Yahweh; 23:39therefore, behold, I will
utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and
the city that I gave to you and to your fathers,
away fromm y presence: 23:40and I will bring
an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual
shame, which shall not be forgotten.
24:1Yahweh showed me, and behold, two
baskets of figs set before the temple of Yahweh,
after that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of
Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of
Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from
Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
24:2One basket had very good figs, like the figs
that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very
bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were
so bad. 24:3Then said Yahweh to me, What see
you, Jeremiah? I said, Figs; the good figs, very
good; and the bad, very bad, that can't be eaten,
Jeremiah 24:4 622 Jeremiah 25:24
they are so bad. 24:4The word of Yahweh came
to me, saying, 24:5Thus says Yahweh, the God
of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard
the captives of Judah, whomI have sent out of
this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for
good. 24:6For I will set my eyes on them for
good, and I will bring themag ain to this land:
and I will build them, and not pull them down;
and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
24:7I will give thema heart to know me, that
I amY ahweh: and they shall be my people,
and I will be their God; for they shall return to
me with their whole heart. 24:8As the bad figs,
which can't be eaten, they are so bad, surely
thus says Yahweh, So will I give up Zedekiah
the king of Judah, and his princes, and the
residue of Jerusalem, who remain in this land,
and those who dwell in the land of Egypt, 24:9I
will even give themup to be tossed back and
forth among all the kingdoms of the earth for
evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt
and a curse, in all places where I shall drive
them. 24:10I will send the sword, the famine,
and the pestilence, among them, until they be
consumed from off the land that I gave to them
and to their fathers.
25:1The word that came to Jeremiah concerning
all the people of Judah, in the fourth year
of Jehoiakimt he son of Josiah, king of Judah
(the same was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon), 25:2which Jeremiah
the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah,
and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:
25:3Fromthe thirteenth year of Josiah the son of
Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these
twenty-three years, the word of Yahweh has
come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising up
early and speaking; but you have not listened.
25:4Yahweh has sent to you all his servants the
prophets, rising up early and sending them,
(but you have not listened, nor inclined your
ear to hear), 25:5saying, Return you now everyone
fromhis evil way, and fromt he evil of your
doings, and dwell in the land that Yahweh has
given to you and to your fathers, fromof old
and even forevermore; 25:6and don't go after
other gods to serve themo r worship them, and
don't provoke me to anger with the work of
your hands; and I will do you no harm. 25:7Yet
you have not listened to me, says Yahweh; that
you may provoke me to anger with the work
of your hands to your own hurt. 25:8Therefore
thus says Yahweh of Armies: Because you have
not heard mywords, 25:9behold, Iwill send and
take all the families of the north, says Yahweh,
and I will sendto Nebuchadnezzar the king
of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them
against this land, and against its inhabitants,
and against all these nations around; and I
will utterly destroy them, and make them an
astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
25:10Moreover I will take fromthe m
the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness,
the voice of the bridegrooma nd the voice of
the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the
light of the lamp. 25:11This whole land shall be
a desolation, and an astonishment; and these
nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy
years. 25:12It shall happen, when seventy years
are accomplished, that I will punish the king
of Babylon, and that nation, says Yahweh, for
their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans;
and I will make it desolate forever. 25:13I will
bring on that land all my words which I have
pronounced against it, even all that is written
in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied
against all the nations. 25:14For many nations
and great kings shall make bondservants of
them, even of them; and I will recompense
themaccord ing to their deeds, and according
to the work of their hands. 25:15For thus says
Yahweh, the God of Israel, to me: take this
cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and
cause all the nations, to whomI send you, to
drink it. 25:16They shall drink, and reel back
and forth, and be mad, because of the sword
that I will send among them. 25:17Then took
I the cup at Yahweh's hand, and made all the
nations to drink, towhomYahweh had sentme:
25:18to wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah,
and its kings, and its princes, to make them
a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and
a curse, as it is this day; 25:19Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and
all his people; 25:20and all the mixed people,
and all the kings of the land of the Uz, and all
the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and
Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
25:21Edom, and Moab, and the children of
Ammon; 25:22and all the kings of Tyre, and
all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the
isle which is beyond the sea; 25:23Dedan, and
Tema, and Buz, and all who have the corners of
their haircut off; 25:24and all the kings of Arabia,
Jeremiah 25:25 623 Jeremiah 26:15
and all the kings of the mixed people who
dwell in the wilderness; 25:25and all the kings
of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the
kings of the Medes; 25:26and all the kings of the
north, far and near, one with another; and all
the kingdoms of the world, which are on the
surface of the earth: and the king of Sheshach
shall drink after them. 25:27You shall tell them,
Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:
Drink you, and be drunken, and spew, and fall,
and rise no more, because of the sword which
I will send among you. 25:28It shall be, if they
refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink,
then you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh
of Armies: You shall surely drink. 25:29For,
behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is
called by my name; and should you be utterly
unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I
will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the
earth, says Yahweh of Armies. 25:30Therefore
prophesy you against thema ll thesewords, and
tell them, Yahweh will roar from on high, and
utter his voice fromhi s holy habitation; he will
mightily roar against his fold; he will give a
shout, as those who tread the grapes, against all
the inhabitants of the earth. 25:31A noise shall
come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh
has a controversywith the nations; he will enter
into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked,
he will give themto the sword, says Yahweh.
25:32Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, evil
shall go forth fromnati on to nation, and a great
storms hall be raised up from the uttermost
parts of the earth. 25:33The slain of Yahweh
shall be at that day fromo ne end of the earth
even to the other end of the earth: they shall
not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried;
they shall be dung on the surface of the ground.
25:34Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow
in ashes, you principal of the flock; for the days
of your slaughter and of your dispersions are
fully come, and you shall fall like a goodly
vessel. 25:35The shepherds shall have no way
to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
25:36A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and
the wailing of the principal of the flock! for
Yahweh lays waste their pasture. 25:37The
peaceable folds are brought to silence because
of the fierce anger of Yahweh. 25:38He has left
his covert, as the lion; for their land is become
an astonishment because of the fierceness of
the oppressing sword, and because of his fierce
anger.
26:1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakimthe
son of Josiah, king of Judah, came
this word fromYahweh, saying, 26:2Thus says
Yahweh: Stand in the court of Yahweh's house,
and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come
to worship in Yahweh's house, all the words
that I command you to speak to them; don't
diminish a word. 26:3It may be they will listen,
and turn every man from his evil way; that I
may repent me of the evil which I purpose to
do to thembe cause of the evil of their doings.
26:4You shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: If
you will not listen to me, to walk in my law,
which I have set before you, 26:5to listen to the
words of my servants the prophets, whom I
send to you, even rising up early and sending
them, but you have not listened; 26:6then will
I make this house like Shiloh, and will make
this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
26:7The priests and the prophets and all the
people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in
the house of Yahweh. 26:8It happened, when
Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that
Yahweh had commanded him to speak to all
the people, that the priests and the prophets
and all the people laid hold on him, saying, You
shall surely die. 26:9Why have you prophesied
in the name of Yahweh, saying, This house
shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be
desolate, without inhabitant? All the people
were gathered to Jeremiah in the house of
Yahweh. 26:10When the princes of Judah heard
these things, they came up from the king's
house to the house of Yahweh; and they sat in
the entry of the new gate of Yahweh's house.
26:11Then spoke the priests and the prophets to
the princes and to all the people, saying, This
man is worthy of death; for he has prophesied
against this city, as you have heard with your
ears. 26:12Then spoke Jeremiah to all the princes
and to all the people, saying, Yahweh sent
me to prophesy against this house and against
this city all the words that you have heard.
26:13Now therefore amend your ways and your
doings, and obey the voice of Yahweh your
God; and Yahweh will repent himo f the evil
that he has pronounced against you. 26:14But
as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with
me as is good and right in your eyes. 26:15Only
know for certain that, if you put me to death,
you will bring innocent blood on yourselves,
Jeremiah 26:16 624 Jeremiah 27:16
and on this city, and on its inhabitants; for of
a truth Yahweh has sent me to you to speak
all these words in your ears. 26:16Then said
the princes and all the people to the priests
and to the prophets: This man is not worthy
of death; for he has spoken to us in the name
of Yahweh our God. 26:17Then rose up certain
of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the
assembly of the people, saying, 26:18Micah the
Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah
king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people
of Judah, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Armies:
Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem
shall become heaps, and the mountain of the
house as the high places of a forest. 26:19Did
Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him
to death? Didn't he fear Yahweh, and entreat
the favor of Yahweh, and Yahweh relented of
the disaster which he had pronounced against
them? Thus should we commit great evil
against our own souls. 26:20There was also a
man who prophesied in the name of Yahweh,
Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath Jearim;
and he prophesied against this city and against
this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
26:21and when Jehoiakimthe king, with all his
mighty men, and all the princes, heard his
words, the king sought to put himto death;
but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and
fled, and went into Egypt: 26:22and Jehoiakim
the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan
the son of Achbor, and certain men with him,
into Egypt; 26:23and they fetched forth Uriah
out of Egypt, and brought himto Jehoiakimthe
king, who killed himw ith the sword, and cast
his dead body into the graves of the common
people. 26:24But the hand of Ahikamthe son of
Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should
not give himin to the hand of the people to put
himto death.
27:1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakimthe
son of Josiah, king of Judah, came
this word to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
27:2Thus says Yahweh to me: Make bonds and
bars, and put themo n your neck; 27:3and send
themto the king of Edom, and to the king
of Moab, and to the king of the children of
Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the
king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers
who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of
Judah; 27:4and give them a command to their
masters, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Armies,
the God of Israel, You shall tell your masters:
27:5I have made the earth, the men and the
animals that are on the surface of the earth,
by my great power and by my outstretched
arm; and I give it to whom it seems right
to me. 27:6Now have I given all these lands
into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of
Babylon, my servant; and the animals of the
field also have I given himt o serve him. 27:7All
the nations shall serve him, and his son, and
his son's son, until the time of his own land
come: and then many nations and great kings
shall make him their bondservant. 27:8It shall
happen, that the nation and the kingdomwhi ch
will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon, and that will not put their neck
under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that
nation will I punish, says Yahweh, with the
sword, and with the famine, and with the
pestilence, until I have consumed them by his
hand. 27:9But as for you, don't you listen to
your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to
your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to
your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You
shall not serve the king of Babylon: 27:10for
they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far
fromy our land, and that I should drive you
out, and you should perish. 27:11But the nation
that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the
king of Babylon, and serve him, that nationwill
I let rem ain in their own land, says Yahweh;
and they shall till it, and dwell therein. 27:12I
spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to
all these words, saying, Bring your necks under
the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him
and his people, and live. 27:13Why will you
die, you and your people, by the sword, by
the famine, and by the pestilence, as Yahweh
has spoken concerning the nation that will not
serve the king of Babylon? 27:14Don't listen to
the words of the prophets who speak to you,
saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon;
for they prophesy a lie to you. 27:15For I have
not sent them, says Yahweh, but they prophesy
falsely in my name; that I may drive you out,
and that you may perish, you, and the prophets
who prophesy to you. 27:16Also I spoke to
the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus
says Yahweh: Don't listen to the words of
your prophets who prophesy to you, saying,
Behold, the vessels of Yahweh's house shall
nowshortly be brought again fromBabylon; for
Jeremiah 27:17 625 Jeremiah 29:5
they prophesy a lie to you. 27:17Don't listen to
them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why
should this city become a desolation? 27:18But if
they be prophets, and if the word of Yahweh be
with them, let them now make intercession to
Yahweh of Armies, that the vessels which are
left in the house of Yahweh, and in the house
of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, don't
go to Babylon. 27:19For thus says Yahweh of
Armies concerning the pillars, and concerning
the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning
the residue of the vessels that are left
in this city, 27:20which Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon didn't take, when he carried away
captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king
of Judah, fromJer usalem to Babylon, and all
the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; 27:21yes,
thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel,
concerning the vessels that are left in the house
of Yahweh, and in the house of the king of
Judah, and at Jerusalem: 27:22They shall be
carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until
the day that I visit them, says Yahweh; then will
I bring themup , and restore themto this place.
28:1It happened the same year, in the beginning
of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah,
in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that
Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who
was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of
Yahweh, in the presence of the priests and of all
the people, saying, 28:2Thus speaks Yahweh of
Armies, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken
the yoke of the king of Babylon. 28:3Within
two full years will I bring again into this
place all the vessels of Yahweh's house, that
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away
fromthi s place, and carried to Babylon: 28:4and
I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the
son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the
captives of Judah, who went to Babylon, says
Yahweh; for I will break the yoke of the king
of Babylon. 28:5Then the prophet Jeremiah said
to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the
priests, and in the presence of all the people
who stood in the house of Yahweh, 28:6even
the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: Yahweh do
so; Yahweh performy our words which you
have prophesied, to bring again the vessels of
Yahweh's house, and all themo f the captivity,
fromBa bylon to this place. 28:7Nevertheless
hear you now this word that I speak in your
ears, and in the ears of all the people: 28:8The
prophets who have been before me and before
you of old prophesied against many countries,
and against great kingdoms, of war, and of
evil, and of pestilence. 28:9The prophet who
prophesies of peace, when the word of the
prophet shall happen, then shall the prophet
be known, that Yahweh has truly sent him.
28:10Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar
fromof f the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke
it. 28:11Hananiah spoke in the presence of all
the people, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Even
so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon within two full years from
off the neck of all the nations. The prophet
Jeremiah went his way. 28:12Then the word of
Yahweh came to Jeremiah, after that Hananiah
the prophet had broken the bar fromo ff the
neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 28:13Go,
and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says Yahweh:
You have broken the bars of wood; but you
have made in their place bars of iron. 28:14For
thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:
I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these
nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon; and they shall serve him:
and I have given himthe animals of the field
also. 28:15Then said the prophet Jeremiah to
Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah:
Yahweh has not sent you; but you make this
people to trust in a lie. 28:16Therefore thus says
Yahweh, Behold, I will send you away from
off the surface of the earth: this year you shall
die, because you have spoken rebellion against
Yahweh. 28:17So Hananiah the prophet died the
same year in the seventh month.
29:1Now these are the words of the letter that
Jeremiah the prophet sent fromJerusalemto the
residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the
priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people,
whomNe buchadnezzar had carried away
captive fromJer usalem to Babylon, 29:2(after
that Jeconiah the king, and the queen mother,
and the eunuchs, andthe princes of Judah and
Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths,
were departed fromJer usalem), 29:3by the hand
of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah
the son of Hilkiah, (whomZ edekiah king of
Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon), saying, 29:4Thus says Yahweh of
Armies, the God of Israel, to all the captivity,
whomI have caused to be carried away
captive fromJer usalemt o Babylon: 29:5Build
Jeremiah 29:6 626 Jeremiah 30:1
you houses, and dwell in them; and plant
gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 29:6Take
wives, and father sons and daughters; and take
wives for your sons, and give your daughters
to husbands, that they may bear sons and
daughters; and multiply you there, and don't
be diminished. 29:7Seek the peace of the city
where I have caused you to be carried away
captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its
peace you shall have peace. 29:8For thus says
Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Don't
let your prophets who are in the midst of
you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither
listen you to your dreams which you cause
to be dreamed. 29:9For they prophesy falsely
to you in my name: I have not sent them,
says Yahweh. 29:10For thus says Yahweh, After
seventy years are accomplished for Babylon,
I will visit you, and performm y good word
toward you, in causing you to return to this
place. 29:11For I know the thoughts that I
think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of
peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in
your latter end. 29:12You shall call on me, and
you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen
to you. 29:13You shall seek me, and find me,
when you shall search for me with all your
heart. 29:14I will be found by you, says Yahweh,
and I will turn again your captivity, and I
will gather you fromal l the nations, and from
all the places where I have driven you, says
Yahweh; and I will bring you again to the place
fromw here I caused you to be carried away
captive. 29:15Because you have said, Yahweh
has raised us up prophets in Babylon; 29:16thus
says Yahweh concerning the king who sits on
the throne of David, and concerning all the
people who dwell in this city, your brothers
who haven't gone forthwith you into captivity;
29:17thus says Yahweh of Armies; Behold, I will
send on themthe sword, the famine, and the
pestilence, and will make them like vile figs,
that can't be eaten, they are so bad. 29:18I
will pursue after themwi th the sword, with
the famine, and with the pestilence, and will
deliver themto be tossed back and forth among
all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object
of horror, and an astonishment, and a hissing,
and a reproach, among all the nations where I
have driven them; 29:19because they have not
listened to my words, says Yahweh, with which
I sent to themmy servants the prophets, rising
up early and sending them; but you would not
hear, says Yahweh. 29:20Hear you therefore the
word of Yahweh, all you of the captivity, whom
I have sent away fromJ erusalem to Babylon.
29:21Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of
Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and
concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who
prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, Iwill
deliver themi nto the hand of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon; and he shall kill themb efore
your eyes; 29:22and of thems hall be taken up
a curse by all the captives of Judah who are
in Babylon, saying, Yahweh make you like
Zedekiah and like Ahab, whomthe king of
Babylon roasted in the fire; 29:23because they
have worked folly in Israel, and have committed
adultery with their neighbors' wives,
and have spoken words in my name falsely,
which I didn't command them; and I am he
who knows, and amwi tness, says Yahweh.
29:24Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you
shall speak, saying, 29:25Thus speaks Yahweh
of Armies, the God of Israel, saying, Because
you have sent letters in your own name to all
the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah
the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all
the priests, saying, 29:26Yahweh has made you
priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that
there may be officers in the house of Yahweh,
for every man who is mad, and makes himself
a prophet, that you should put himin the stocks
and in shackles. 29:27Now therefore, why have
you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who
makes himself a prophet to you, 29:28because he
has sent to us in Babylon, saying, The captivityis
long: build you houses, and dwell in them;
and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?
29:29Zephaniah the priest read this letter in
the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. 29:30Then
came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,
29:31Send to all themo f the captivity, saying,
Thus says Yahweh concerning Shemaiah the
Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied
to you, and I didn't send him, and he has
caused you to trust in a lie; 29:32therefore thus
says Yahweh, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah
the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have
a man to dwell among this people, neither shall
he see the good that I will do to my people,
says Yahweh, because he has spoken rebellion
against Yahweh.
30:1The word that came to Jeremiah from
Jeremiah 30:2 627 Jeremiah 31:8
Yahweh, saying, 30:2Thus speaks Yahweh, the
God of Israel, saying, Write you all the words
that I have spoken to you in a book. 30:3For,
behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will
turn again the captivity of my people Israel
and Judah, says Yahweh; and I will cause
themto return to the land that I gave to their
fathers, and they shall possess it. 30:4These
are the words that Yahweh spoke concerning
Israel and concerning Judah. 30:5For thus says
Yahweh: We have heard a voice of trembling,
of fear, and not of peace. 30:6Ask now, and see
whether a man does travail with child: why do
I see every man with his hands on his waist,
as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned
into paleness? 30:7Alas! 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. 30:8It shall come to pass in that day, says
Yahweh of Armies, that I will break his yoke
fromof f your neck, and will burst your bonds;
and strangers shall no more make him their
bondservant; 30:9but they shall serve Yahweh
their God, and David their king, whomI will
raise up to them . 30:10Therefore don't you
be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh;
neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will
save you fromaf ar, and your seed fromthe
land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return,
and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall
make him afraid. 30:11For I amw ith you, says
Yahweh, to save you: for I will m ake a full
end of all the nations where I have scattered
you, but I will not make a full end of you;
but I will correct you in measure, and will in
no way leave you unpunished. 30:12For thus
says Yahweh, Your hurt is incurable, and your
wound grievous. 30:13There is none to plead
your cause, that you may be bound up: you
have no healing medicines. 30:14All your lovers
have forgotten you; they don't seek you: for
I have wounded you with the wound of an
enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one,
for the greatness of your iniquity, because your
sins were increased. 30:15Why cry you for
your hurt? your pain is incurable: for the
greatness of your iniquity, because your sins
were increased, I have done these things to
you. 30:16Therefore all those who devour you
shall be devoured; and all your adversaries,
everyone of them, shall go into captivity; and
those who despoil you shall be a spoil, and all
who prey on youwill I give for a prey. 30:17For I
will restore health to you, and I will heal you of
your wounds, says Yahweh; because they have
called you an outcast, saying, It is Zion, whom
no man seeks after. 30:18Thus says Yahweh:
Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob's
tents, and have compassion on his dwelling
places; and the city shall be built on its own
hill, and the palace shall be inhabited after its
own manner. 30:19Out of themsh all proceed
thanksgiving and the voice of those who make
merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall
not be few; I will also glorify them, and they
shall not be small. 30:20Their children also shall
be as before, and their congregation shall be
established before me; and I will punish all
who oppress them. 30:21Their prince shall be of
themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from
the midst of them; and I will cause him to
draw near, and he shall approach to me: for
who is he who has had boldness to approach
to me? says Yahweh. 30:22You shall be my
people, and I will be your God. 30:23Behold, the
stormof Yahweh, even hiswrath, is gone forth,
a sweeping storm : it shall burst on the head
of the wicked. 30:24The fierce anger of Yahweh
shall not return, until he has executed, and until
he have performed the intents of his heart: in
the latter days you shall understand it.
31:1At that time, says Yahweh, will I be the
God of all the families of Israel, and they shall
be my people. 31:2Thus says Yahweh, The
people who were left of the sword found favor
in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went
to cause himto rest. 31:3Yahweh appeared
of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you
with an everlasting love: therefore with loving
kindness have I drawn you. 31:4Again will I
build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of
Israel: again you shall be adorned with your
tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances
of those who make merry. 31:5Again you shall
plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy its fruit.
31:6For there shall be a day, that the watchmen
on the hills of Ephraimsh all cry, Arise you,
and let us go up to Zion to Yahweh our God.
31:7For thus says Yahweh, Sing with gladness
for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations:
publish you, praise you, and say, Yahweh, save
your people, the remnant of Israel. 31:8Behold,
I will bring themf rom the north country, and
Jeremiah 31:9 628 Jeremiah 31:35
gather themf rom the uttermost parts of the
earth, andwith themthe blind and the lame,
the woman with child and her who travails
with child together: a great company shall they
return here. 31:9They shall come with weeping;
and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause
themt o walk by rivers of waters, in a straight
way in which they shall not stumble; for I am
a father to Israel, and Ephraimi smy firstborn.
31:10Hear the word of Yahweh, you nations,
and declare it in the islands afar off; and say,
He who scattered Israel will gather him, and
keep him, as shepherd does his flock. 31:11For
Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed
himf rom the hand of himwho was stronger
than he. 31:12They shall come and sing in the
height of Zion, and shall flow to the goodness
of Yahweh, to the grain, and to the new wine,
and to the oil, and to 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. 31:13Then shall the virgin rejoice
in the dance, and the young men and the old
together; for I will turn their mourning into
joy, and will comfort them, and make them
rejoice fromthe ir sorrow. 31:14I will satiate the
soul of the priests with fatness, and my people
shall be satisfied with my goodness, says Yahweh.
31:15Thus says Yahweh: A voice is heard
in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses
to be comforted for her children, because they
are no more. 31:16Thus says Yahweh: Refrain
your voice fromw eeping, and your eyes from
tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says
Yahweh; and they shall come again from the
land of the enemy. 31:17There is hope for your
latter end, says Yahweh; and yourchildren shall
come again to their own border. 31:18I have
surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus,
You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke: turn you
me, and I shall be turned; for you are Yahweh
m y God. 31:19Surely after that I was turned,
I repented; and after that I was instructed, I
struck on my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even
confounded, because I did bear the reproach
of my youth. 31:20Is Ephraimm y dear son?
is he a darling child? for as often as I speak
against him, I do earnestly remember him still:
therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely
have mercy on him, says Yahweh. 31:21Set up
road signs, make guideposts; set your heart
toward the highway, even the way by which
you went: turn again, virgin of Israel, turn
again to these your cities. 31:22How long
will you go here and there, you backsliding
daughter? for Yahweh has created a new thing
in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.
31:23Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of
Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in
the land of Judah and in its cities, when I
shall bring again their captivity: Yahweh bless
you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of
holiness. 31:24Judah and all its cities shall dwell
therein together, the farmers, and those who go
about with flocks. 31:25For I have satiated the
weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I
replenished. 31:26On this I awakened, and saw;
and my sleep was sweet to me. 31:27Behold,
the days come, says Yahweh, that I will sow
the house of Israel and the house of Judah
with the seed of man, and with the seed of
animal. 31:28It shall happen that, like as I have
watched over themto pluck up and to break
down and to overthrow and to destroy and
to afflict, so will I watch over themto build
and to plant, says Yahweh. 31:29In those days
they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten
sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on
edge. 31:30But everyone shall die for his own
iniquity: every man who eats the sour grapes,
his teeth shall be set on edge. 31:31Behold, the
days come, says Yahweh, that I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel, and with
the house of Judah: 31:32not according to the
covenant that I made with their fathers in the
day that I took themby the hand to bring them
out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant
they broke, although I was a husband to them,
says Yahweh. 31:33But this is the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel after
those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law
in their inward parts, and in their heart will
I write it; and I will be their God, and they
shall be my people: 31:34and they shall teach
no more every man his neighbor, and every
man his brother, saying, Know Yahweh; for
they shall all know me, from the least of them
to the greatest of them, says Yahweh: for I
will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I
remember no more. 31:35Thus says Yahweh,
who gives the sun for a light by day, and the
ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a
Jeremiah 31:36 629 Jeremiah 32:24
light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that
its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name:
31:36If these ordinances depart frombe foreme,
says Yahweh, then the seed of Israel also shall
cease frombe ing a nation before me forever.
31:37Thus says Yahweh: If heaven above can
be measured, and the foundations of the earth
searched out beneath, then will I also cast off
all the seed of Israel for all that they have done,
says Yahweh. 31:38Behold, the days come, says
Yahweh, that the city shall be built to Yahweh
fromt he tower of Hananel to the gate of the
corner. 31:39The measuring line shall go out
further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and
shall turn about to Goah. 31:40The whole valley
of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all
the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of
the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to
Yahweh; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown
down any more forever.
32:1The word that came to Jeremiah from
Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah king
of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of
Nebuchadnezzar. 32:2Now at that time the king
of Babylon's army was besieging Jerusalem;
and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the
court of the guard, which was in the king
of Judah's house. 32:3For Zedekiah king of
Judah had shut himup, saying, Why do you
prophesy, and say, Thus says Yahweh, Behold,
I will give this city into the hand of the king of
Babylon, and he shall take it; 32:4and 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 see his eyes; 32:5and he shall bring
Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until
I visit him, says Yahweh: though you fight
with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper?
32:6Jeremiah said, The word of Yahweh came
to me, saying, 32:7Behold, Hanamel the son of
Shallumyour uncle shall come to you, saying,
Buy you my field that is in Anathoth; for
the right of redemption is yours to buy it.
32:8So Hanamel my uncle's son came to me
in the court of the guard according to the
word of Yahweh, and said to me, Please buy
my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the
land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance
is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it
for yourself. Then I knew that this was the
word of Yahweh. 32:9I bought the field that
was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle's son,
and weighed himt he money, even seventeen
shekels of silver. 32:10I subscribed the deed, and
sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed
himthe money in the balances. 32:11So I took
the deed of the purchase, both that which was
sealed, containing the terms and conditions,
and that which was open; 32:12and I delivered
the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of
Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of
Hanamel my uncle's son, and in the presence
of the witnesses who subscribed the deed of
the purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the
court of the guard. 32:13I commanded Baruch
before them, saying, 32:14Thus says Yahweh of
Armies, the God of Israel: Take these deeds,
this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and
this deed which is open, and put themi n an
earthen vessel; that they may continue many
days. 32:15For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the
God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards
shall yet again be bought in this land. 32:16Now
after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to
Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh,
saying, 32:17Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, you
have made the heavens and the earth by your
great power and by your outstretched arm;
there is nothing too hard for you, 32:18who
show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense
the iniquity of the fathers into the
bosomof their children after them; the great,
the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is his name;
32:19great in counsel, and mighty in work;
whose eyes are open on all the ways of the
sons of men, to give everyone according to his
ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
32:20who performed signs and wonders in the
land of Egypt, even to this day, both in Israel
and among othermen; and made you a name, as
in this day; 32:21and brought forth your people
Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and
with wonders, and with a strong hand, and
with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;
32:22and gave themthi s land, which you did
swear to their fathers to give them ,a land
flowing with milk and honey; 32:23and they
came in, and possessed it, but they didn't obey
your voice, neither walked in your law; they
have done nothing of all that you commanded
themto do: therefore you have caused all this
evil to come on them. 32:24Behold, the mounds,
Jeremiah 32:25 630 Jeremiah 33:8
they are come to the city to take it; and the city
is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who
fight against it, because of the sword, and of
the famine, and of the pestilence; and what you
have spoken has happened; and behold, you
see it. 32:25You have said to me, Lord Yahweh,
Buy you the field for money, and call witnesses;
whereas the city is given into the hand of
the Chaldeans. 32:26Then came the word of
Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying, 32:27Behold, I am
Yahweh, the God of all flesh: is there anything
too hard for me? 32:28Therefore thus says
Yahweh: Behold, I will give this city into the
hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand
of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he
shall take it: 32:29and the Chaldeans, who fight
against this city, shall come and set this city on
fire, and burn it, with the houses, on whose
roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and
poured out drink offerings to other gods, to
provoke me to anger. 32:30For the children
of Israel and the children of Judah have done
only that which was evil in my sight from
their youth; for the children of Israel have
only provoked me to anger with the work of
their hands, says Yahweh. 32:31For this city
has been to me a provocation of my anger
and of my wrath from the day that they built
it even to this day; that I should remove it
fromb eforemy face, 32:32because 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.
32:33They have turned to me the back, and not
the face: and though I taught them, rising up
early and teaching them, yet they have not
listened to receive instruction. 32:34But they set
their abominations in the house which is called
by my name, to defile it. 32:35They 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 fireto Molech;
which I didn't command them, neither did it
come into my mind, that they should do this
abomination, to cause Judah to sin. 32:36Now
therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,
concerning this city, about which you say, It
is given into the hand of the king of Babylon
by the sword, and by the famine, and by the
pestilence: 32:37Behold, I will gather themout
of all the countries, where I have driven them
in my anger, and in my wrath, and in great
indignation; and I will bring thema gain to this
place, and I will cause themto dwell safely:
32:38and they shall be my people, and I will be
their God: 32:39and I will give themo ne heart
and one way, that they may fear me forever,
for the good of them, and of their children
after them: 32:40and I will make an everlasting
covenant with them, that I will not turn away
fromf ollowing them, to do them good; and I
will put my fear in their hearts, that they may
not depart fromme. 32:41Yes, I will rejoice over
themto do them good, and I will plant them
in this land assuredly with my whole heart
and with my whole soul. 32:42For thus says
Yahweh: Like as I have brought all this great
evil on this people, so will I bring on thema ll
the good that I have promised them. 32:43Fields
shall be bought in this land, about which you
say, It is desolate, without man or animal; it is
given into the hand of the Chaldeans. 32:44Men
shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the
deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in
the land of Benjamin, and in the places about
Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the
cities of the hill country, and in the cities of the
lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will
cause their captivity to return, says Yahweh.
33:1Moreover the word of Yahweh came to
Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut
up in the court of the guard, saying, 33:2Thus
says Yahweh who does it, Yahweh who forms
it to establish it; Yahweh is his name: 33:3Call
to me, and I will answer you, and will show
you great things, and difficult, which you don't
know. 33:4For thus says Yahweh, the God of
Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and
concerning the houses of the kings of Judah,
which are broken down to make a defenseagainst
the mounds and against the sword; 33:5while
mencome to fight with the Chaldeans, and to
fill themwi th the dead bodies of men, whom
I have killed in my anger and in my wrath, and
for all whose wickedness I have hid my face
fromthi s city: 33:6Behold, I will bring it health
and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal
to themabund ance of peace and truth. 33:7Iwill
cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity
of Israel to return, and will build them, as at
the first. 33:8I will cleanse themf rom all their
iniquity, bywhich they have sinned against me;
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and I will pardon all their iniquities, by which
they have sinned against me, and by which
they have transgressed against me. 33:9This
cityshall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise
and for a glory, before all the nations of the
earth, which shall hear all the good that I do
to them, and shall fear and tremble for all the
good and for all the peace that I procure to it.
33:10Thus says Yahweh: Yet again there shall
be heard in this place, about which you say,
It is waste, without man and without animal,
even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets
of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man
and without inhabitant and without animal,
33:11the voice of joy and the voice of gladness,
the voice of the bridegrooma nd the voice of
the bride, the voice of those who say, Give
thanks to Yahweh of Armies, for Yahweh is
good, for his loving kindness endures forever;
and of themwho bring sacrifices of thanksgiving
into the house of Yahweh. For I will cause the
captivity of the land to return as at the first, says
Yahweh. 33:12Thus says Yahweh of Armies:
Yet again shall there be in this place, which is
waste, without man and without animal, and in
all its cities, a habitation of shepherds causing
their flocks to lie down. 33:13In the cities of the
hill country, in the cities of the lowland, 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 again
pass under the hands of himwho numbers
them, says Yahweh. 33:14Behold, the days
come, says Yahweh, that I will perform that
good word which I have spoken concerning
the house of Israel and concerning the house
of Judah. 33:15In those days, and at that time,
will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow
up to David; and he shall execute justice and
righteousness in the land. 33:16In those days
shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalems hall dwell
safely; and this is the nameby which she shall
be called: Yahweh our righteousness. 33:17For
thus says Yahweh: David shall never want
a man to sit on the throne of the house of
Israel; 33:18neither shall the priests the Levites
want a man before me to offer burnt offerings,
and to burn meal offerings, and to do sacrifice
continually. 33:19The word of Yahweh came
to Jeremiah, saying, 33:20Thus says Yahweh: If
you can break my covenant of the day, and
my covenant of the night, so that there shall
not be day and night in their season; 33:21then
may also my covenant be broken with David
my servant, that he shall not have a son to
reign on his throne; and with the Levites the
priests, my ministers. 33:22As the army of
the sky can't be numbered, neither the sand
of the sea measured; so will I multiply the
seed of David my servant, and the Levites who
minister to me. 33:23The word of Yahweh came
to Jeremiah, saying, 33:24Don't you consider
what this people has spoken, saying, The two
families which Yahweh did choose, he has cast
themof f? thus do they despise my people,
that they should be no more a nation before
them. 33:25Thus says Yahweh: If my covenant
of day and night fails, if I have not appointed
the ordinances of heaven and earth; 33:26then
will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of
David my servant, so that I will not take of
his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity
to return, and will have mercy on them.
34:1The word which came to Jeremiah from
Yahweh, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
and all his army, and all the kingdoms of
the earth that were under his dominion, and
all the peoples,were fighting against Jerusalem,
and against all the cities of it, saying: 34:2Thus
says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Go, and speak
to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus
says Yahweh, Behold, I will give this city into
the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall
burn it with fire: 34:3and you shall not escape
out of his hand, but shall surely be taken, and
delivered into his hand; and your eyes shall
see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he
shall speak with you mouth to mouth, and you
shall go to Babylon. 34:4Yet hear the word
of Yahweh, O Zedekiah king of Judah: thus
says Yahweh concerning you, You shall not
die by the sword; 34:5you shall die in peace;
and with the burnings of your fathers, the
former kings who were before you, so shall
they make a burning for you; and they shall
lament you, saying, Ah Lord! for I have spoken
the word, says Yahweh. 34:6Then Jeremiah the
prophet spoke all thesewords to Zedekiah king
of Judah in Jerusalem, 34:7when the king of
Babylon's armywas fighting against Jerusalem,
and against all the cities of Judah that were left,
against Lachish and against Azekah; for these
aloneremained of the cities of Judah asfortified
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cities. 34:8The word that came to Jeremiah
fromY ahweh, after that the king Zedekiah
had made a covenant with all the people who
were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;
34:9that every man should let his male servant,
and every man his female servant, who is a
Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none
should make bondservants of them, to wit, of
a Jew his brother. 34:10All the princes and all
the people obeyed, who had entered into the
covenant, that everyone should let his male
servant, and everyone his female servant, go
free, that none should make bondservants of
thema ny more; they obeyed, and let themgo:
34:11but afterwards they turned, and caused
the servants and the handmaids, whom they
had let go free, to return, and brought them
into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
34:12Therefore the word of Yahweh came to
Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, 34:13Thus says
Yahweh, 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 bondage, saying, 34:14At the end of seven
years you shall let go every man his brother
who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you,
and has served you six years, you shall let him
go free fromyou: but your fathers didn't listen
to me, neither inclined their ear. 34:15You were
now turned, and had done that which is right
in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man
to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant
before me in the house which is called by my
name: 34:16but you turned and profaned my
name, and caused every man his servant, and
every man his handmaid, whom you had let
go free at their pleasure, to return; and you
brought themin to subjection, to be to you for
servants and for handmaids. 34:17Therefore
thus says Yahweh: you have not listened to me,
to proclaiml iberty, every man to his brother,
and every man to his neighbor: behold, I
proclaimto you a liberty, says Yahweh, to the
sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and
I will make you to be tossed back and forth
among all the kingdoms of the earth. 34:18I
will give the men who have transgressed my
covenant, who have not performed the words
of the covenant which they made before me,
when they cut the calf in two and passed
between its parts; 34:19the princes of Judah, and
the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the
priests, and all the people of the land, who
passed between the parts of the calf; 34:20I will
even give themin to the hand of their enemies,
and into the hand of those who seek their life;
and their dead bodies shall be for food to the
birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth.
34:21Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes
will I give into the hand of their enemies, and
into the hand of those who seek their life, and
into the hand of the king of Babylon's army,
who have gone away fromy ou. 34:22Behold,
I will command, says Yahweh, 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
inhabitant.
35:1The word which came to Jeremiah from
Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakimthe son of
Josiah, king of Judah, saying, 35:2Go to the
house of the Rechabites, and speak to them,
and bring themi nto the house of Yahweh,
into one of the chambers, and give them wine
to drink. 35:3Then I took Jaazaniah the son
of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his
brothers, and all his sons, and the whole house
of the Rechabites; 35:4and I brought themi nto
the house of Yahweh, into the chamber of the
sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the 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 threshold.
35:5I set before the sons of the house of the
Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and
I said to them, Drink you wine. 35:6But they
said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the
son of Rechab, our father, commanded us,
saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you,
nor your sons, forever: 35:7neither shall you
build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard,
nor have any; but all your days you shall
dwell in tents; that you may live many days
in the land in which you sojourn. 35:8We have
obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab,
our father, in all that he commanded us, to
drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our
sons, or our daughters; 35:9nor to build houses
for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard,
nor field, nor seed: 35:10but we have lived in
tents, and have obeyed, and done according
to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
35:11But it happened, when Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon came up into the land, that
Jeremiah 35:12 633 Jeremiah 36:16
we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem
for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and
for fear of the arm yof the Syrians; so we
dwell at Jerusalem. 35:12Then came the word
of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying, 35:13Thus says
Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Go, and
tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction to
listen to my words? says Yahweh. 35:14The
words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he
commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are
performed; and to this day they drink none,
for they obey their father's commandment: but
I have spoken to you, rising up early and
speaking; and you have not listened to me.
35:15I have sent also to you all m yservants the
prophets, rising up early and sending them,
saying, Return you now every man from his
evil way, and amend your doings, and don't go
after other gods to serve them, and you shall
dwell in the land which I have given to you
and to your fathers: but you have not inclined
your ear, nor listened to me. 35:16Because
the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have
performed the commandment of their father
which he commanded them, but this people
has not listened to me; 35:17therefore thus
says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God of
Israel: Behold, I will bring on Judah and on
all the inhabitants of Jerusalemal l the evil that
I have pronounced against them; because I
have spoken to them, but they have not heard;
and I have called to them, but they have not
answered. 35:18Jeremiah said to the house of
the Rechabites, Thus says Yahweh of Armies,
the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed
the commandment of Jonadab your father, and
kept all his precepts, and done according to
all that he commanded you; 35:19therefore thus
says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:
Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man
to stand before me forever.
36:1It happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakimthe
son of Josiah, king of Judah, that
this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh,
saying, 36:2Take a scroll of a book, and write
therein all the words that I have spoken to
you against Israel, and against Judah, and
against all the nations, fromthe day I spoke
to you, fromthe days of Josiah, even to this
day. 36:3It may be that the house of Judah will
hear all the evilwhich I purpose to do to them ;
that they may return every man from his evil
way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their
sin. 36:4Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son
of Neriah; and Baruch wrote fromt he mouth
of Jeremiah all the words of Yahweh, which
he had spoken to him, on a scroll of a book.
36:5Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am
shut up; I can't go into the house of Yahweh:
36:6therefore go you, and read in the scroll,
which you have written from my mouth, the
words of Yahweh in the ears of the people in
Yahweh's house on the fast day; and also you
shall read themi n the ears of all Judah who
come out of their cities. 36:7It may be they
will present their supplication before Yahweh,
and will return everyone fromhi s evil way; for
great is the anger and the wrath that Yahweh
has pronounced against this people. 36:8Baruch
the son of Neriah did according to all that
Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading
in the book the words of Yahweh in Yahweh's
house. 36:9Now it happened in the fifth year
of Jehoiakimt he son of Josiah, king of Judah,
in the ninth month, that all the people in
Jerusalem, and all the people who came from
the cities of Judah to Jerusalem, proclaimed a
fast before Yahweh. 36:10Then read Baruch in
the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of
Yahweh, in the chamber of Gemariah the son
of Shaphan, the scribe, in the upper court, at
the entry of the new gate of Yahweh's house, in
the ears of all the people. 36:11When Micaiah
the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had
heard out of the book all the words of Yahweh,
36:12he went down into the king's house,
into the scribe's chamber: and behold, all the
princes were sitting there, to wit, 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. 36:13Then
Micaiah declared to themal l the words that
he had heard, when Baruch read the book in
the ears of the people. 36:14Therefore all the
princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the
son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch,
saying, Take in your hand the scroll in which
you have read in the ears of the people, and
come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the
scroll in his hand, and came to them. 36:15They
said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our
ears. So Baruch read it in their ears. 36:16Now it
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happened, when they had heard all the words,
they turned in fear one toward another, and
said to Baruch,We will surely tell the king of all
these words. 36:17They asked Baruch, saying,
Tell us now, How did you write all these words
at his mouth? 36:18Then Baruch answered
them, He pronounced all these words to me
with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in
the book. 36:19Then said the princes to Baruch,
Go, hide you, you and Jeremiah; and let no
man know where you are. 36:20They went in
to the king into the court; but they had laid
up the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the
scribe; and they told all the words in the ears
of the king. 36:21So the king sent Jehudi to get
the scroll; and he took it out of the chamber of
Elishama the scribe. Jehudi read it in the ears of
the king, and in the ears of all the princes who
stood beside the king. 36:22Now the king was
sitting in the winter house in the ninth month:
and there was a fire inthe brazier burning before
him. 36:23It happened, when Jehudi had read
three or four leaves, that the kingcut it with the
penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in
the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed
in the fire that was in the brazier. 36:24They
were not afraid, nor tore their garments, neither
the king, nor any of his servants who heard
all these words. 36:25Moreover Elnathan and
Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession
to the king that he would not burn the scroll;
but hewould not hear them. 36:26The king commanded
Jerahmeel the king's son, and Seraiah
the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of
Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah
the prophet; but Yahweh hid them. 36:27Then
the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, after
that the king had burned the scroll, and the
words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of
Jeremiah, saying, 36:28Take again another scroll,
and write in it all the former words that were
in the first scroll, which Jehoiakimt he king of
Judah has burned. 36:29Concerning Jehoiakim
king of Judah you shall say, Thus says Yahweh:
You have burned this scroll, saying, Why
have you written therein, saying, The king of
Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this
land, and shall cause to cease fromthe re man
and animal? 36:30Therefore thus says Yahweh
concerning Jehoiakimk ing of Judah: He shall
have none to sit on 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. 36:31I will
punish himand his seed and his servants for
their iniquity; and I will bring on them, and on
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on the men
of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced
against them, but they didn't listen. 36:32Then
took Jeremiah another scroll, and gave it to
Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote
therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the
words of the book which Jehoiakimkin g of
Judah had burned in the fire; and there were
added besides to themmany like words.
37:1Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as
king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim,
whomNe buchadnezzar king of Babylonmade
king in the land of Judah. 37:2But neither he,
nor his servants, nor the people of the land,
did listen to the words of Yahweh, which he
spoke by the prophet Jeremiah. 37:3Zedekiah
the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah,
and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest,
to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now to
Yahweh our God for us. 37:4Now Jeremiah
came in and went out among the people; for
they had not put himin to prison. 37:5Pharaoh's
army was come forth out of Egypt; and when
the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem
heard news of them, they broke up from
Jerusalem. 37:6Then came the word of Yahweh
to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 37:7Thus says
Yahweh, the God of Israel, You shall tell the
king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire
of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come
forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into
their own land. 37:8The Chaldeans shall come
again, and fight against this city; and they
shall take it, and burn it with fire. 37:9Thus
says Yahweh, Don't deceive yourselves, saying,
The Chaldeans shall surely depart fromus; for
they shall not depart. 37:10For though you
had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans
who fight against you, and there remained but
wounded men among them, yes would they
rise up every man in his tent, and burn this
city with fire. 37:11It happened that, when the
army of the Chaldeans was broken up from
Jerusalemfor fear of Pharaoh's army, 37:12then
Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into
the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion
there, in the midst of the people. 37:13When he
was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the
guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the
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son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he
laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You
are falling away to the Chaldeans. 37:14Then
said Jeremiah, It is false; I am not falling away
to the Chaldeans. But he didn't listen to him;
so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought
himto the princes. 37:15The princes were angry
with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him
in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe;
for they had made that the prison. 37:16When
Jeremiah was come into the dungeon house,
and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained
there many days; 37:17Then Zedekiah the king
sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him
secretly in his house, and said, Is there any
word fromY ahweh? Jeremiah said, There is.
He said also, You shall be delivered into the
hand of the king of Babylon. 37:18Moreover
Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, Wherein have
I sinned against you, or against your servants,
or against this people, that you have put me
in prison? 37:19Where now are your prophets
who prophesied to you, saying, The king of
Babylon shall not come against you, nor against
this land? 37:20Now please hear, my lord the
king: please let my supplication be presented
before you, that you not cause me to return to
the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
37:21Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and
they committed Jeremiah into the court of the
guard; and they gave himd aily a loaf of bread
out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in
the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in
the court of the guard.
38:1Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and
Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the
son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of
Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke
to all the people, saying, 38:2Thus says Yahweh,
He who remains in this city shall die by the
sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but
he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live,
and his life shall be to himf or a prey, and he
shall live. 38:3Thus says Yahweh, This city shall
surely be given into the hand of the army of the
king of Babylon, and he shall take it. 38:4Then
the princes said to the king, Let this man, we
pray you, be put to death; because he weakens
the hands of the men of war who remain in
this city, and the hands of all the people, in
speaking such words to them: for this man
doesn't seek the welfare of this people, but the
hurt. 38:5Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is
in your hand; for the king is not he who can
do anything against you. 38:6Then took they
Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of
Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court
of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with
cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but
mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire. 38:7Now
when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch,
who was in the king's house, heard that they
had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then
sitting in the gate of Benjamin), 38:8Ebedmelech
went forth out of the king's house, and spoke
to the king, saying, 38:9My 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 likely to die in the
place where he is, because of the famine; for
there is no more bread in the city. 38:10Then the
king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian,
saying, Take fromhe nce thirty men with you,
and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the
dungeon, before he dies. 38:11So Ebedmelech
took the men with him, and went into the
house of the king under the treasury, and
took there rags and worn-out garments, and
let themd own by cords into the dungeon to
Jeremiah. 38:12Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said
to Jeremiah, Put now these rags and wornout
garments under your armholes under the
cords. Jeremiah did so. 38:13So they drew
up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up
out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained
in the court of the guard. 38:14Then Zedekiah
the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet
to himi nto the third entry that is in the house
of Yahweh: and the king said to Jeremiah,
I will ask you a thing; hide nothing from
me. 38:15Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I
declare it to you, will you not surely put me to
death? and if I give you counsel, you will not
listen to me. 38:16So Zedekiah the king swore
secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Yahweh lives,
who made us this soul, I will not put you to
death, neither will I give you into the hand
of these men who seek your life. 38:17Then
said Jeremiah to Zedekiah, Thus says Yahweh,
the God of Armies, the God of Israel: If you
will go forth to the king of Babylon's princes,
then your soul shall live, and this city shall not
be burned with fire; and you shall live, and
your house. 38:18But if you will not go forth
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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 you shall
not escape out of their hand. 38:19Zedekiah
the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the
Jews who are fallen away to the Chaldeans,
lest they deliver me into their hand, and they
mock me. 38:20But Jeremiah said, They shall
not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice
of Yahweh, in that which I speak to you: so
it shall be well with you, and your soul shall
live. 38:21But if you refuse to go forth, this is the
word that Yahweh has shown me: 38:22behold,
all the women who 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, Your familiar friends have set you
on, and have prevailed over you: now thatyour
feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away
back. 38:23They shall bring out all your wives
and your children to the Chaldeans; and you
shall not escape out of their hand, but shall
be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon:
and you shall cause this city to be burned with
fire. 38:24Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, Let
no man know of these words, and you shall
not die. 38:25But if the princes hear that I have
talked with you, and they come to you, and tell
you, Declare to us now what you have said to
the king; don't hide it fromus, and we will not
put you to death; also what the king said to
you: 38:26then you shall tell them, I presented
my supplication before the king, that he would
not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to
die there. 38:27Then cam e all the princes to
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. 38:28So
Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until
the day that Jerusalemwas taken.
39:1It happened when Jerusalemwas taken,
(in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah,
in the tenth month, came Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem,
and besieged it; 39:2in the eleventh year of
Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day
of the month, a breach was made in the city),
39:3that all the princes of the king of Babylon
came in, and sat in the middle gate, to
wit, Nergal Sharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim,
Rabsaris, Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag, with all
the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
39:4It happened that, when Zedekiah the king
of Judah and all the men of war saw them,
then they fled, and went forth out of the city
by night, by the way of the king's garden,
through the gate between the two walls; and
he went out toward the Arabah. 39:5But the
army of the Chaldeans pursued after them,
and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho:
and when they had taken him, they brought
himup to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave
judgment on him. 39:6Then the king of Babylon
killed the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before
his eyes: also the king of Babylon killed all
the nobles of Judah. 39:7Moreover he put out
Zedekiah's eyes, and bound himi n fetters,
to carry himto Babylon. 39:8The Chaldeans
burned the king's house, and the houses of
the people, with fire, and broke down the
walls of Jerusalem. 39:9Then Nebuzaradan
the captain of the guard carried away captive
into Babylon the residue of the people who
remained in the city, the deserters also who fell
away to him, and the residue of the peoplewho
remained. 39:10But Nebuzaradan the captain of
the guard left of the poor of the people, who
had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave
them vineyards and fields at the same time.
39:11Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
commanded Nebuzaradan the captain of the
guard concerning Jeremiah, saying, 39:12Take
him, and look well to him, and do himno harm;
but do to himev en as he shall tell you. 39:13So
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and
Nebushazban, Rabsaris, and Nergal Sharezer,
Rabmag, and all the chief officers of the king
of Babylon; 39:14they sent, and took Jeremiah
out of the court of the guard, and committed
himto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of
Shaphan, that he should carry himhome: so he
lived among the people. 39:15Now the word of
Yahweh came to Jeremiah, while he was shut
up in the court of the guard, saying, 39:16Go,
and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying,
Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of
Israel: Behold, I will bring my words on this
city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be
accomplished before you in that day. 39:17But I
will deliver you in that day, says Yahweh; and
you shall not be given into the hand of the men
of whomyou are afraid. 39:18For I will surely
Jeremiah 40:1 637 Jeremiah 41:5
save you, and you shall not fall by the sword,
but your life shall be for a prey to you; because
you have put your trust in me, says Yahweh.
40:1The word which came to Jeremiah from
Yahweh, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of
the guard had let himg o fromRamah, when he
had taken himbe ing bound in chains among
all the captives of Jerusalemand Judah, who
were carried away captive to Babylon. 40:2The
captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said
to him, Yahweh your God pronounced this
evil on this place; 40:3and Yahweh has brought
it, and done according as he spoke: because
you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not
obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come
on you. 40:4Now, behold, I loose you this day
fromthe chains which are on your hand. If
it seems good to you to come with me into
Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but
if it seems bad to you to come with me into
Babylon, don't: behold, all the land is before
you; where it seems good and right to you to
go, there go. 40:5Now while he was not yet
gone back, Go back then, said he, to Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom
the king of Babylon has made governor over
the cities of Judah, and dwell with himamong
the people; or gowherever it seems right to you
to go. So the captain of the guard gave him
food and a present, and let himg o. 40:6Then
went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
to Mizpah, and lived with himam ong the
people who were left in the land. 40:7Now
when all the captains of the forces who were
in the fields, even they and their men, heard
that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah
the son of Ahikamg overnor in the land, and
had committed to him men, and women, and
children, and of the poorest of the land, of those
who were not carried away captive to Babylon;
40:8then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, to
wit, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan
and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah
the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai
the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the
Maacathite, they and their men. 40:9Gedaliah
the son of Ahikamthe son of Shaphan swore to
themand to theirmen, saying, Don't be afraid
to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and
serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well
with you. 40:10As for me, behold, I will dwell
at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans who
shall come to us: but you, gather you wine
and summer fruits and oil, and put them in
your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you
have taken. 40:11Likewise when all the Jews
who were in Moab, and among the children of
Ammon, and in Edom, and who were in all
the countries, heard that the king of Babylon
had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had
set over themG edaliah the son of Ahikam, the
son of Shaphan; 40:12then all the Jews returned
out of all places where they were driven, and
came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to
Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits
very much. 40:13Moreover Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who
were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
40:14and said to him, Do you know that Baalis
the king of the children of Ammon has sent
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life?
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikamdidn 't believe
them. 40:15Then Johanan the son of Kareah
spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying,
Please let me go, and I will kill Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: why
should he take your life, that all the Jews who
are gathered to you should be scattered, and
the remnant of Judah perish? 40:16But Gedaliah
the son of Ahikams aid to Johanan the son of
Kareah, You shall not do this thing; for you
speak falsely of Ishmael.
41:1Now it happened in the seventh month,
that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of
Elishama, of the seed royal and one of the chief
officers of the king, and ten men with him,
came to Gedaliah the son of AhikamtoMizpah;
and there they ate bread together in Mizpah.
41:2Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
and the ten men who were with him, and
struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikamt he son of
Shaphanwith the sword, and killed him,whom
the king of Babylon had made governor over
the land. 41:3Ishmael also killed all the Jews
who were with him ,to wit, with Gedaliah, at
Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found
there, the men of war. 41:4It happened the
second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and
no man knew it, 41:5that there came men from
Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even
eighty men, having their beards shaved and
their clothes torn, and having cut themselves,
with meal offerings and frankincense in their
hand, to bring themto the house of Yahweh.
Jeremiah 41:6 638 Jeremiah 42:14
41:6Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth
from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along
as he went: and it happened, as he met them,
he said to them, Come to Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam. 41:7It was so, when they came into
the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah killed them, and cast theminto the
midst of the pit, he, and the men who were
with him. 41:8But ten men were found among
those who said to Ishmael, Don't kill us; for
we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat,
and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So
he stopped, and didn't kill thema mong their
brothers. 41:9Now the pit in which Ishmael cast
all the dead bodies of the men whom he had
killed, by the side of Gedaliah (the same was
who which Asa the king had made for fear
of Baasha king of Israel), Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah filled it with those who were killed.
41:10Then Ishmael carried away captive all the
residue of the people who were in Mizpah,
even the king's daughters, and all the people
who remained inMizpah, whom Nebuzaradan
the captain of the guard had committed to
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah carried themaway captive, and
departed to go over to the children of Ammon.
41:11But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and
all the captains of the forces who were with
him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah had done, 41:12then they took
all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah, and found himby the
great waters that are in Gibeon. 41:13Now it
happened that, when all the people who were
with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah,
and all the captains of the forceswho were with
him, then they were glad. 41:14So all the people
who Ishmael had carried away captive from
Mizpah turned about and came back, and went
to Johanan the son of Kareah. 41:15But Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah escaped fromJ ohanan
with eight men, and went to the children of
Ammon. 41:16Then took Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who
were with him, all the remnant of the people
whomhe had recovered from Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah, fromM izpah, after that he had
killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, to wit, the
men of war, and the women, and the children,
and the eunuchs, whomhe had brought back
fromGib eon: 41:17and they departed, and lived
in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem,
to go to enter into Egypt, 41:18because of the
Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of
Babylon made governor over the land.
42:1Then all the captains of the forces, and
Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the
son of Hoshaiah, and all the people fromthe
least even to the greatest, came near, 42:2and
said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray you,
our supplication be presented before you, and
pray for us to Yahweh your God, even for
all this remnant; for we are left but a few of
many, as your eyes do see us: 42:3that Yahweh
your God may show us the way in which we
should walk, and the thing that we should do.
42:4Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I
have heard you; behold, I will pray to Yahweh
your God according to your words; and it
shall happen that whatever thing Yahweh shall
answer you, I will declare it to you; I will
keep nothing back fromy ou. 42:5Then they
said to Jeremiah, Yahweh be a true and faithful
witness among us, if we don't do according
to all the word with which Yahweh your God
shall send you to us. 42:6Whether it be good,
or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice
of Yahweh our God, to whomw e send you;
that it may be well with us, when we obey
the voice of Yahweh our God. 42:7It happened
after ten days, that the word of Yahweh came
to Jeremiah. 42:8Then called he Johanan the
son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces
who werewith him, and all the people from the
least even to the greatest, 42:9and said to them,
Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to whom
you sent me to present your supplication before
him: 42:10If you 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 grieve over the distress that I have brought
on you. 42:11Don't be afraid of the king of
Babylon, of whomyou are afraid; don't be
afraid of him, says Yahweh: for I am with
you to save you, and to deliver you fromhi s
hand. 42:12I will grant you mercy, that he may
have mercy on you, and cause you to return
to your own land. 42:13But if you say, We will
not dwell in this land; so that you don't obey
the voice of Yahweh your God, 42:14saying,
No; but we will go into the land of Egypt,
Jeremiah 42:15 639 Jeremiah 44:3
where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound
of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread;
and there will we dwell: 42:15now therefore
hear you the word of Yahweh, O remnant of
Judah: Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God
of Israel, If you indeed set your faces to enter
into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; 42:16then it
shall happen, that the sword, which you fear,
shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt;
and the famine, about which you are afraid,
shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and
there you shall die. 42:17So shall it be with all
the men who 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 thems hall remain or escape from the evil
that I will bring on them. 42:18For thus says
Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: As my
anger and my wrath has been poured forth
on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my
wrath be poured forth on you, when you shall
enter into Egypt; and you shall be an object
of horror, and an astonishment, and a curse,
and a reproach; and you shall see this place no
more. 42:19Yahweh has spoken concerning you,
remnant of Judah, Don't you go into Egypt:
know certainly that I have testified to you this
day. 42:20For you have dealt deceitfully against
your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh
your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our
God; and according to all that Yahweh our God
shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it:
42:21and I have this day declared it to you; but
you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh your
God in anything for which he has sent me to
you. 42:22Now therefore know certainly that
you shall die by the sword, by the famine, and
by the pestilence, in the place where you desire
to go to sojourn there.
43:1It happened that, when Jeremiah had
made an end of speaking to all the people all
the words of Yahweh their God, with which
Yahweh their God had sent himt o them, even
all these words, 43:2then spoke Azariah the son
of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah,
and all the proud men, saying to Jeremiah,
You speak falsely: Yahweh our God has not
sent you to say, You shall not go into Egypt
to sojourn there; 43:3but Baruch the son of
Neriah sets you on against us, to deliver us
into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may
put us to death, and carry us away captive to
Babylon. 43:4So Johanan the son of Kareah,
and all the captains of the forces, and all the
people, didn't obey the voice of Yahweh, to
dwell in the land of Judah. 43:5But Johanan
the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
forces, took all the remnant of Judah, who were
returned fromal l the nations where they had
been driven, to sojourn in the land of Judah;
43:6the men, and the women, and the children,
and the king's daughters, and every person
who Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had
left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son
of Shaphan; and Jeremiah the prophet, and
Baruch the son of Neriah; 43:7and they came
into the land of Egypt; for they didn't obey the
voice of Yahweh: and they came to Tahpanhes.
43:8Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah
in Tahpanhes, saying, 43:9Take great stones in
your hand, and hide themi n mortar in the
brick work, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's
house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of
Judah; 43:10and tell them, Thus says Yahweh of
Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send
and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,
my servant, and will set his throne on these
stones that I have hidden; and he shall spread
his royal pavilion over them. 43:11He shall
come, and shall strike the land of Egypt; such as
are for death shall be givento death, and such as
are for captivity to captivity, and such as are for
the sword to the sword. 43:12I will kindle a fire
in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall
burn them, and carry them away captive: and
he shall array himself with the land of Egypt,
as a shepherd puts on his garment; and he shall
go forth fromt here in peace. 43:13He shall also
break the pillars of Beth Shemesh, that is in the
land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of
Egypt shall he burn with fire.
44:1The word that came to Jeremiah concerning
all the Jews who lived in the land of Egypt,
who lived at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and
at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros,
saying, 44:2Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the
God of Israel: You have seen all the evil that
I have brought on Jerusalem, and on all the
cities of Judah; and behold, this day they
are a desolation, and no man dwells therein,
44:3because of their wickedness which they
have committed to provoke me to anger, in that
they went to burn incense, andto serve other
gods, that they didn't know, neither they, nor
Jeremiah 44:4 640 Jeremiah 44:25
you, nor your fathers. 44:4However I sent to
you all my servants the prophets, rising up
early and sending them, saying, Oh, don't do
this abominable thing that I hate. 44:5But they
didn't listen, nor inclined their ear to turn from
their wickedness, to burn no incense to other
gods. 44:6Therefore my wrath and my 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 it is this day.
44:7Therefore now thus says Yahweh, the God
of Armies, the God of Israel: Why commit
you thisgreat evil against your own souls, to
cut off from you man and woman, infant and
suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave
you none remaining; 44:8in that you provoke
me to anger with the works of your hands,
burning incense to other gods in the land of
Egypt, where you are gone to sojourn; that you
may be cut off, and that you may be a curse
and a reproach among all the nations of the
earth? 44:9Have you 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 committed in the
land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
44:10They are not humbled even to this day,
neither have they feared, nor walked in my
law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you
and before your fathers. 44:11Therefore thus
says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel:
Behold, I will set my face against you for evil,
even to cut off all Judah. 44:12I 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; in the land of
Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed
by the sword and by the famine; they shall
die, fromthe least even to the greatest, by the
sword and by the famine; and they shall be
an object of horror, andan astonishment, and a
curse, and a reproach. 44:13For I will punish
those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I
have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence; 44:14so that none
of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into
the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape
or be left, to return into the land of Judah, to
which they have a desire to return to dwell
there: for none shall return save such as shall
escape. 44:15Then all the men who knew that
their wives burned incense to other gods, and
all the women who stood by, a great assembly,
even all the people who lived in the land of
Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
44:16As for the word that you have spoken to
us in the name of Yahweh, we will not listen to
you. 44:17But we will certainly performev ery
word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to
burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to
pour out drink offerings to her, as we have
done, we and our fathers, our kings and our
princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets
of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food,
and were well, and saw no evil. 44:18But since
we left off burning incense to the queen of
the sky, and pouring out drink offerings to
her, we have wanted all things, and have been
consumed by the sword and by the famine.
44:19When we burned incense to the queen
of the sky, and poured out drink offerings to
her, did we make her cakes to worship her,
and pour out drink offerings to her, without
our husbands? 44:20Then Jeremiah said to all
the people, to the men, and to the women,
even to all the people who had given him
an answer, saying, 44:21The incense that you
burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets
of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings
and your princes, and the people of the land,
didn't Yahweh remember them, and didn't it
come into his mind? 44:22so that Yahweh could
no longer bear, because of the evil of your
doings, and because of the abominations which
you have committed; therefore is your land
become a desolation, and an astonishment,
and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this
day. 44:23Because you have burned incense,
and because you have sinned against Yahweh,
and have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, nor
walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his
testimonies; therefore this evil is happened to
you, as it is this day. 44:24Moreover Jeremiah
said to all the people, and to all the women,
Hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah who are
in the land of Egypt: 44:25Thus says Yahweh of
Armies, the God of Israel, saying, You and your
wives have both spokenwith your mouths, and
with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We
will surely performour vows that we have
vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the
sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her:
establish then your vows, and performy our
Jeremiah 44:26 641 Jeremiah 46:19
vows. 44:26Therefore hear the word of Yahweh,
all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt:
Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says
Yahweh, that my name shall no more be named
in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the
land of Egypt, saying, As the Lord Yahweh
lives. 44:27Behold, I watch over themfor evil,
and not for good; and all the men of Judah
who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed
by the sword and by the famine, until there
be an end of them. 44:28Those who escape the
sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into
the land of Judah, few in number; and all the
remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land
of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose
word shall stand, mine, or theirs. 44:29This shall
be the sign to you, says Yahweh, that I will
punish you in this place, that you may know
that my words shall surely stand against you
for evil: 44:30Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will
give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the
hand of his enemies, and into the hand of those
who seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of
Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon, who was his enemy, and sought his
life.
45:1The message that Jeremiah the prophet
spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he
wrote these words in a book at the mouth of
Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the
son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, 45:2Thus
says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to you, Baruch:
45:3You did say, Woe is me now! for Yahweh
has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with
my groaning, and I find no rest. 45:4You shall
tell him, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, that which
I have built will I break down, and that which
I have planted I will pluck up; and this in
the whole land. 45:5Seek you great things for
yourself? Don't seek them; for, behold, I will
bring evil on all flesh, says Yahweh; but your
life will I give to you for a prey in all places
where you go.
46:1The word of Yahweh which came to
Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
46:2Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh
Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river
Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon struck in the fourth year
of Jehoiakimt he son of Josiah, king of Judah.
46:3Prepare you the buckler and shield, and
draw near to battle. 46:4Harness the horses, and
get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with
your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the
coats of mail. 46:5Why have I seen it? they are
dismayed and are turned backward; and their
mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled
apace, and don't look back: terror is on every
side, says Yahweh. 46:6Don't let the swift flee
away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north
by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and
fallen. 46:7Who is this who rises up like the
Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the
rivers? 46:8Egypt rises up like the Nile, and
his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and
he says, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I
will destroy cities and its inhabitants. 46:9Go
up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and
let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put,
who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who
handle and bend the bow. 46:10For that day
is a dayof the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, a day
of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his
adversaries: and the sword shall devour and
be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood;
for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a sacrifice
in the north country by the river Euphrates.
46:11Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin
daughter of Egypt: in vain do you use many
medicines; there is no healing for you. 46:12The
nations have heard of your shame, and the
earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man
has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen
both of themto gether. 46:13The word that
Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how
that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should
come and strike the land of Egypt. 46:14Declare
you in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and
publish in Mem phis and in Tahpanhes: say
you, Stand forth, and prepare you; for the
sword has devoured around you. 46:15Why
are your strong ones swept away? they didn't
stand, because Yahweh did drive them. 46:16He
made many to stumble, yes, they fell one on
another: and they said, Arise, and let us go
again to our own people, and to the land of our
birth, fromt he oppressing sword. 46:17They
cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a
noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.
46:18As I live, says the King, whose name is
Yahweh of Armies, surely like Tabor among
the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so
shall he come. 46:19You daughter who dwell in
Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for
Jeremiah 46:20 642 Jeremiah 48:13
Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall
be burnt up, without inhabitant. 46:20Egypt is
a very beautiful heifer; butdestruction out of
the north is come, it is come. 46:21Also her
hired men in the midst of her are like calves
of the stall; for they also are turned back, they
are fled away together, they didn't stand: for
the day of their calamity is come on them,
the time of their visitation. 46:22The sound
of it shall go like the serpent; for they shall
march with an army, and come against her
with axes, as wood cutters. 46:23They shall
cut down her forest, says Yahweh, though it
can't be searched; because they are more than
the locusts, and are innumerable. 46:24The
daughter of Egypt shall be disappointed; she
shall be delivered into the hand of the people
of the north. 46:25Yahweh of Armies, the God of
Israel, says: Behold, I will punish Amon of No,
and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and
her kings; even Pharaoh, and those who trust
in him: 46:26and I will deliver themin to the
hand of those who seek their lives, and into the
hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and
into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it
shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says
Yahweh. 46:27But don't be afraid you, Jacob
my servant, neither be dismayed, Israel: for,
behold, I will save you fromafar, and your seed
fromthe land of their captivity; and Jacob shall
return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none
shall make him afraid. 46:28Don't be afraid
you, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; for I
amw ith you: for I will make a full end of all
the nations where I have driven you; but I will
not make a full end of you, but I will correct
you in measure, and will in no way leave you
unpunished.
47:1The word of Yahweh that came
to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the
Philistines, before that Pharaoh struck Gaza.
47:2Thus says Yahweh: Behold, waters rise
up out of the north, and shall become an
overflowing stream, and shall overflow the
land and all that is therein, the city and those
who dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and
all the inhabitants of the land shall wail. 47:3At
the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his
strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the
rumbling of his wheels, the fathers don't look
back to their children for feebleness of hands;
47:4because of the day that comes to destroy
all the Philistines, to cut off fromT yre and
Sidon every helper who remains: for Yahweh
will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the
isle of Caphtor. 47:5Baldness is come on Gaza;
Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of
their valley: how long will you cut yourself?
47:6You sword of Yahweh, how long will it
be before you be quiet? put up yourself into
your scabbard; rest, and be still. 47:7How can
you be quiet, seeing Yahweh has given you a
command? Against Ashkelon, and against the
seashore, there has he appointed it.
48:1Of Moab. Thus says Yahweh of Armies,
the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo! for it is laid
waste; Kiriathaimi s disappointed, it is taken;
Misgab is put to shame and broken down.
48:2The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon
they have devised evil against her: Come, and
let us cut her off fromb eing a nation. You also,
Madmen, shall be brought to silence: the sword
shall pursue you. 48:3The sound of a cry from
Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
48:4Moab is destroyed; her little ones have
caused a cry to be heard. 48:5For by the ascent
of Luhith with continual weeping shall they
go up; for at the descent of Horonaimthe y
have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
48:6Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath
in the wilderness. 48:7For, because you have
trusted in your works and in your treasures,
you also shall be taken: and Chemosh shall go
forth into captivity, his priests and his princes
together. 48:8The destroyer shall come on every
city, and no city shall escape; the valley also
shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as
Yahweh has spoken. 48:9Give wings to Moab,
that she may fly and get her away: and her
cities shall become a desolation, without any
to dwell therein. 48:10Cursed be he who does
the work of Yahweh negligently; and cursed
be he who keeps back his sword fromb lood.
48:11Moab has been at ease fromhi s youth,
and he has settled on his lees, and has not
been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither
has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste
remains in him, and his scent is not changed.
48:12Therefore, behold, the days come, says
Yahweh, that I will send to himtho se who
pour off, and they shall pour himo ff; and
they shall empty his vessels, and break their
bottles in pieces. 48:13Moab shall be ashamed of
Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed
Jeremiah 48:14 643 Jeremiah 49:2
of Bethel their confidence. 48:14How say you,
We are mighty men, and valiant men for the
war? 48:15Moab is laidwaste, and they are gone
up into his cities, and his chosen young men
are gone down to the slaughter, says the King,
whose nam e is Yahweh of Arm ies. 48:16The
calamity of Moab is near to come, and his
affliction hurries fast. 48:17All you who are
around him, bemoan him, and all you who
know his name; say, How is the strong staff
broken, the beautiful rod! 48:18You daughter
who dwells in Dibon, come down from your
glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer ofMoab
is come up against you, he has destroyed your
strongholds. 48:19Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by
the way, and watch: ask himwho flees, and
her who escapes; say, What has been done?
48:20Moab is disappointed; for it is broken
down: wail and cry; tell you it by the Arnon,
that Moab is laid waste. 48:21Judgment is come
on the plain country, on Holon, and on Jahzah,
and on Mephaath, 48:22and on Dibon, and on
Nebo, and on Beth Diblathaim, 48:23and on
Kiriathaim, and on Beth Gamul, and on Beth
Meon, 48:24and on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and
on all the cities of the land of Moab, far or
near. 48:25The horn of Moab is cut off, and
his armi s broken, says Yahweh. 48:26Make
you him drunken; for he magnified himself
against Yahweh: and Moab shall wallow in his
vomit, and he also shall be in derision. 48:27For
wasn't Israel a derision to you? was he found
among thieves? for as often as you speak of
him, you wag the head. 48:28You inhabitants
of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock;
and be like the dove that makes her nest over
the mouth of the abyss. 48:29We have heard
of the pride of Moab, thathe is very proud;
his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogance,
and the haughtiness of his heart. 48:30I know
his wrath, says Yahweh, that it is nothing; his
boastings have worked nothing. 48:31Therefore
will I wail for Moab; yes, I will cry out for
all Moab: for the men of Kir Heres shall they
mourn. 48:32With more than the weeping of
Jazer will I weep for you, vine of Sibmah: your
branches passed over the sea, they reached
even to the sea of Jazer: on your summer fruits
and on your vintage the destroyer is fallen.
48:33Gladness and joy is taken away fromthe
fruitful field and fromthe land of Moab; and
I have caused wine to cease fromthe wine
presses: none shall tread with shouting; the
shouting shall be no shouting. 48:34Fromt he
cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz
have they uttered their voice, fromZoa r even
to Horonaim, to Eglath Shelishiyah: for the
waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.
48:35Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab,
says Yahweh, himwho offers in the high
place, and himw ho burns incense to his gods.
48:36Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like
pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the
men of Kir Heres: therefore the abundance that
he has gotten is perished. 48:37For every head
is bald, and every beard clipped: on all the
hands are cuttings, and on the waist sackcloth.
48:38On all the housetops of Moab and in its
streets there is lamentation every where; for
I have broken Moab like a vessel in which
none delights, says Yahweh. 48:39How is it
broken down! howdo they wail! how has
Moab turned the back with shame! so shall
Moab become a derision and a terror to all who
are around him. 48:40For thus says Yahweh:
Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread
out his wings against Moab. 48:41Kerioth is
taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the
heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day
shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
48:42Moab shall be destroyed frombe ing a people,
because he has magnified himself against
Yahweh. 48:43Fear, and the pit, and the snare,
are on you, inhabitant of Moab, says Yahweh.
48:44He who flees fromt he fear shall fall into
the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit shall
be taken in the snare: for I will bring on him,
even on Moab, the year of their visitation, says
Yahweh. 48:45Those who fled stand without
strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a
fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame
fromthe midst of Sihon, and has devoured the
corner of Moab, and the crown of the head
of the tumultuous ones. 48:46Woe to you, O
Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for
your sons are taken away captive, and your
daughters into captivity. 48:47Yet will I bring
back the captivity of Moab in the latter days,
says Yahweh. Thus far is the judgment of
Moab.
49:1Of the children of Ammon. Thus says
Yahweh: Has Israel no sons? has he no
heir? why then does Malcampossess Gad,
and his people well in its cities? 49:2Therefore,
Jeremiah 49:3 644 Jeremiah 49:29
behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I
will cause an alarmof war to be heard against
Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall
become a desolate heap, and her daughters
shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel
possess those who did possess him, says Yahweh.
49:3Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste;
cry, you daughters of Rabbah, gird you with
sackcloth: lament, and run back and forth
among the fences; for Malcam shall go into
captivity, his priests and his princes together.
49:4Why glory you in the valleys, your flowing
valley, backsliding daughter? who trusted in
her treasures, saying, Who shall com eto m e?
49:5Behold, I will bring a fear on you, says
the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, from all who are
around you; and you shall be driven out every
man right forth, and there shall be none to
gather together the fugitives. 49:6But afterward
I will bring back the captivity of the children
of Ammon, says Yahweh. 49:7Of Edom. Thus
says Yahweh of Armies: Is wisdom no more
in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent?
is their wisdomvani shed? 49:8Flee you,
turn back, dwell in the depths, inhabitants of
Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau
on him, the time that I shall visit him. 49:9If
grape gatherers came to you, would they not
leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by
night, wouldn't they destroy until they had
enough? 49:10But I have made Esau bare, I have
uncovered his secret places, and he shall not
be able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed,
and his brothers, and his neighbors; and he is
no more. 49:11Leave your fatherless children, I
will preserve thema live; and let your widows
trust in me. 49:12For thus says Yahweh: Behold,
they to whomi t didn't pertain to drink of the
cup shall certainly drink; and are you he who
shall altogether go unpunished? you shall not
go unpunished, but you shall surely drink.
49:13For I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh,
that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a
reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all its cities
shall be perpetual wastes. 49:14I have heard
news fromYahweh, and an ambassador is sent
among the nations, saying, Gather yourselves
together, and come against her, and rise up to
the battle. 49:15For, behold, I have made you
small among the nations, and despised among
men. 49:16As for your terror, the pride of your
heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in
the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of
the hill: though you should make your nest as
high as the eagle, I will bring you down from
there, says Yahweh. 49:17Edomsh all become an
astonishment: everyone who passes by it shall
be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.
49:18As in the overthrow of Sodoma nd Gomorrah
and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh,
no man shall dwell there, neither shall any
son of man sojourn therein. 49:19Behold, he
shall come up like a lion from the pride of
the Jordan against the strong habitation: for
I will suddenly make them run away from it;
and whoever is chosen, himw ill I appoint over
it: for who is like me? and who will appoint
me a time? and who is the shepherd who
will stand before me? 49:20Therefore hear the
counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against
Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed
against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they
shall drag themaway , eventhe little ones of
the flock; surely he shall make their habitation
desolate over them. 49:21The earth trembles at
the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise
which is heard in the Red Seaa. 49:22Behold,
he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and
spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the
heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day
shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
49:23Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and
Arpad; for they have heard evil news, they
are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea;
it can't be quiet. 49:24Damascus has grown
feeble, she turns herself to flee, and trembling
has seized on her: anguish and sorrows have
taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.
49:25How is the city of praise not forsaken, the
city of my joy? 49:26Therefore her young men
shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war
shall be brought to silence in that day, says
Yahweh of Armies. 49:27I will kindle a fire in
the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the
palaces of BenHadad. 49:28Of Kedar, and of the
kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon struck. Thus says Yahweh:
Arise you, go up to Kedar, and destroy the
children of the east. 49:29Their tents and their
flocks shall they take; they shall carry away for
themselves their curtains, and all their vessels,
a49:21 or, Sea of Reeds
Jeremiah 49:30 645 Jeremiah 50:18
and their camels; and they shall cry to them,
Terror on every side! 49:30Flee you, wander far
off, dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor,
says Yahweh; for Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has
conceived a purpose against you. 49:31Arise,
go up to a nation that is at ease, that dwells
without care, says Yahweh; that have neither
gates nor bars, that dwell alone. 49:32Their
camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of
their livestock a spoil: and I will scatter to
all winds those who have the corners of their
haircut off; and I will bring their calamity from
every side of them, says Yahweh. 49:33Hazor
shall be a dwelling place of jackals, a desolation
forever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall
any son of man sojourn therein. 49:34The word
of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet
concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign
of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 49:35Thus
says Yahweh of Armies: Behold, I will break
the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
49:36On Elamw ill I bring the four winds from
the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter
themto ward all those winds; and there shall
be no nation where the outcasts of Elams hall
not come. 49:37I will cause Elamt o be dismayed
before their enemies, and before thosewho seek
their life; and I will bring evil on them, even
my fierce anger, says Yahweh; and I will send
the sword after them, until I have consumed
them; 49:38and I will set my throne in Elam,
and will destroy fromt here king and princes,
says Yahweh. 49:39But it shall happen in the
latter days, that I will bring back the captivity
of Elam, says Yahweh.
50:1The word that Yahweh spoke concerning
Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans,
by Jeremiah the prophet. 50:2Declare you
among the nations and publish, and set up
a standard; publish, and don't conceal: say,
Babylon is taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach
is dismayed; her images are disappointed,
her idols are dismayed. 50:3For out of the north
there comes up a nation against her, which
shall make her land desolate, and none shall
dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both
man and animal. 50:4In those days, and in that
time, says Yahweh, the children of Israel shall
come, they and the children of Judah together;
they shall go on their way weeping, and shall
seek Yahweh their God. 50:5They shall inquire
concerning Zion with their faces turned toward
it, saying, Come you, and join yourselves to
Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that shall
not be forgotten. 50:6My people have been
lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them
to go astray; they have turned themaway on
the mountains; they have gone from mountain
to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
50:7All who found themhave devoured them;
and their adversaries said, We are not guilty,
because they have sinned against Yahweh, the
habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the
hope of their fathers. 50:8Flee out of the midst
of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of
the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before
the flocks. 50:9For, behold, I will stir up and
cause to come up against Babylon a company of
great nations fromthe north country; and they
shall set themselves in array against her; from
there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be
as of an expert mighty man; none shall return
in vain. 50:10Chaldea shall be a prey: all who
prey on her shall be satisfied, says Yahweh.
50:11Because you are glad, because you rejoice,
O you who plunder my heritage, because you
are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain,
and neigh as strong horses; 50:12your mother
shall be utterly disappointed; she who bore
you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be
the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry
land, and a desert. 50:13Because of the wrath
of Yahweh she shall not be inhabited, but she
shall be wholly desolate: everyone who goes
by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at
all her plagues. 50:14Set yourselves in array
against Babylon all around, all you who bend
the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she
has sinned against Yahweh. 50:15Shout against
her all around: she has submitted herself;
her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown
down; for it is the vengeance of Yahweh: take
vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.
50:16Cut off the sower fromBa bylon, and him
who handles the sickle in the time of harvest:
for fear of the oppressing sword they shall
turn everyone to his people, and they shall
flee everyone to his own land. 50:17Israel is a
hunted sheep; the lions have driven himaway :
first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and
now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
has broken his bones. 50:18Therefore thus says
Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold,
Jeremiah 50:19 646 Jeremiah 50:46
I will punish the king of Babylon and his
land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
50:19I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and
he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his
soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim
and in Gilead. 50:20In those days, and in
that time, says Yahweh, 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 themw hom I leave
as a remnant. 50:21Go up against the land of
Merathaim, even against it, and against the
inhabitants of Pekod: kill and utterly destroy
after them, says Yahweh, and do according to
all that I have commanded you. 50:22A sound
of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
50:23How is the hammer of the whole earth cut
apart and broken! how is Babylon become a
desolation among the nations! 50:24I have laid a
snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon,
and you weren't aware: you are found, and
also caught, because you have striven against
Yahweh. 50:25Yahweh has opened his armory,
and has brought forth the weapons of his
indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies,
has a work to doin the land of the Chaldeans.
50:26Come against her from the utmost border;
open her storehouses; cast her up as heaps,
and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be
left. 50:27Kill all her bulls; let themgo down
to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day
is come, the time of their visitation. 50:28The
voice of those who flee and escape out of
the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the
vengeance of Yahweh our God, the vengeance
of his temple. 50:29Call together the archers
against Babylon, all those who bend the bow;
encamp against her all around; let none of it
escape: recompense her according to her work;
according to all that she has done, do to her;
for she has been proud against Yahweh, against
the Holy One of Israel. 50:30Therefore shall her
young men fall in her streets, and all her men of
war shall be brought to silence in that day, says
Yahweh. 50:31Behold, I amag ainst you, you
proud one, says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies;
for your day is come, the time that I will visit
you. 50:32The proud one shall stum ble and fall,
and none shall raise himup; and I will kindle a
fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are
around him. 50:33Thus says Yahweh of Armies:
The children of Israel and the children of Judah
are oppressed together; and all who took them
captive hold themfa st; they refuse to let them
go. 50:34Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh
of Armies is his name: he will thoroughly
plead their cause, that he may give rest to the
earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
50:35A sword is on the Chaldeans, says Yahweh,
and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on
her princes, and on her wise men. 50:36A
sword is on the boasters, and they shall become
fools; a sword is on her mighty men, and
they shall be dismayed. 50:37A sword is on
their horses, and on their chariots, and on
all the mixed people who are in the midst
of her; and they shall become as women: a
sword is on her treasures, and they shall be
robbed. 50:38A drought is on her waters, and
they shall be dried up; for it is a land of
engraved images, and they are mad over idols.
50:39Therefore the wild animals of the desert
with the wolves shall dwell there, and the
ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no
more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived
in fromg eneration to generation. 50:40As when
God overthrew Sodoma nd Gomorrah and the
neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, so shall no
man dwell there, neither shall any son of man
sojourn therein. 50:41Behold, a people comes
fromthe north; and a great nation and many
kings shall be stirred up fromthe uttermost
parts of the earth. 50:42They lay hold on bow
and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy;
their voice roars like the sea; and they ride
on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to
the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.
50:43The king of Babylon has heard the news of
them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish has
taken hold of him, andpangs as of a wom an
in travail. 50:44Behold, the enemyshall come up
like a lion fromt he pride of the Jordan against
the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make
themru n away fromit; and whoever is chosen,
himw ill I appoint over it: for who is like
me? and who will appoint me a time? and
who is the shepherd who can stand before
me? 50:45Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh,
that he has taken against Babylon; and his
purposes, that he has purposed against the
land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag
themaway , eventhe little ones of the flock;
surely he shall make their habitation desolate
over them. 50:46At the noise of the taking of
Jeremiah 51:1 647 Jeremiah 51:30
Babylon the earth trembles, and the cry is heard
among the nations.
51:1Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will raise
up against Babylon, and against those who
dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind. 51:2I
will send to Babylon strangers, who shall
winnow her; and they shall empty her land:
for in the day of trouble they shall be against
her around. 51:3Against him whobends let the
archer bend his bow, and against him wholifts
himself up in his coat of mail: and don't you
spare her young men; destroy you utterly all
her army. 51:4They shall fall down slain in
the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through
in her streets. 51:5For Israel is not forsaken,
nor Judah, of his God, of Yahweh of Armies;
though their land is full of guilt against the
Holy One of Israel. 51:6Flee out of the midst
of Babylon, and save every man his life; don't
be cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time
of Yahweh's vengeance; he will render to her
a recompense. 51:7Babylon has been a golden
cup in Yahweh's hand, who made all the earth
drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine;
therefore the nations are mad. 51:8Babylon is
suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her;
take balmf or her pain, if so be she may be
healed. 51:9We would have healed Babylon, but
she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go
everyone into his own country; for her judgment
reaches to heaven, and is lifted up even
to the skies. 51:10Yahweh has brought forth our
righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion
the work of Yahweh our God. 51:11Make sharp
the arrows; hold firmthe shields: Yahweh
has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the
Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon,
to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Yahweh,
the vengeance of his temple. 51:12Set up a
standard against the walls of Babylon, make
the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare
the ambushes; for Yahweh has both purposed
and done that which he spoke concerning the
inhabitants of Babylon. 51:13You who dwell
on many waters, abundant in treasures, your
end is come, the measure of your covetousness.
51:14Yahweh of Armies has sworn by himself,
saying, Surely I will fill you with men, as with
the canker worm; and they shall lift up a shout
against you. 51:15He has made the earth by
his power, he has established the world by
his wisdom, and by his understanding has he
stretched out the heavens: 51:16when he utters
his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the
heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend
fromthe ends of the earth; he makes lightning
for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his
treasuries. 51:17Every man is become brutish
and iswithout knowledge; every goldsmith is
disappointed by his image; for his molten
image is falsehood, and there is no breath in
them. 51:18They are vanity, a work of delusion:
in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
51:19The portion of Jacob is not like these; for
he is the former of all things; and Israelis the
tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh ofArmies is his
name. 51:20You are my battle axe and weapons
of war: and with you will I break in pieces the
nations; and with you will I destroy kingdoms;
51:21and with you will I break in pieces the
horse and his rider; 51:22and with you will I
break in pieces the chariot and himwho rides
therein; and with you will I break in pieces
man and woman; and with you will I break
in pieces the old man and the youth; and with
you will I break in pieces the young man and
the virgin; 51:23and with you will I break in
pieces the shepherd and his flock; and with you
will I break in pieces the farmer and his yoke
of oxen; and with you will I break in pieces
governors and deputies. 51:24I will render to
Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea
all their evil that they have done in Zion in your
sight, says Yahweh. 51:25Behold, I amag ainst
you, destroying mountain, says Yahweh, which
destroys all the earth; and I will stretch out
my hand on you, and roll you down from the
rocks, and will make you a burnt mountain.
51:26They shall not take of you a stone for a
corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you
shall be desolate for ever, says Yahweh. 51:27Set
up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet
among the nations, prepare the nations against
her, call together against her the kingdoms
of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a
marshal against her; cause the horses to come
up as the rough canker worm. 51:28Prepare
against her the nations, the kings of the Medes,
its governors, and all its deputies, and all the
land of their dominion. 51:29The land trembles
and is in pain; for the purposes of Yahweh
against Babylon do stand, to make the land
of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
51:30The mighty men of Babylon have forborne
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to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their
might has failed; they are become as women:
her dwelling places are set on fire; her bars
are broken. 51:31One runner will run to meet
another, and one messenger to meet another,
to show the king of Babylon that his city is
taken on every quarter: 51:32and the passages
are seized, and the reeds they have burned
with fire, and the men of war are frightened.
51:33For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God
of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a
threshing floor at the time when it is trodden;
yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall
come for her. 51:34Nebuchadnezzar the king
of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed
me, he has made me an empty vessel, he
has, like a monster, swallowed me up, he
has filled his maw with my delicacies; he
has cast me out. 51:35The violence done to
me and to my flesh be on Babylon, shall the
inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be on
the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalems ay.
51:36Therefore thus says Yahweh: Behold, I
will plead your cause, and take vengeance for
you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her
fountain dry. 51:37Babylon shall become heaps,
a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment,
and a hissing, without inhabitant. 51:38They
shall roar together like young lions; they shall
growl as lions' cubs. 51:39When they are heated,
I will make their feast, and I will make them
drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a
perpetual sleep, and not wake, says Yahweh.
51:40I will bring themdow n like lambs to the
slaughter, like rams with male goats. 51:41How
is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the
whole earth seized! how is Babylon become
a desolation among the nations! 51:42The sea
is come up on Babylon; she is covered with
the multitude of its waves. 51:43Her cities
are become a desolation, a dry land, and a
desert, a land in which no man dwells, neither
does any son of man pass thereby. 51:44I will
execute judgment on Bel in Babylon, and I will
bring forth out of his mouth that which he has
swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow
any more to him: yes, the wall of Babylon
shall fall. 51:45My people, go you out of the
midst of her, and save yourselves every man
fromthe fierce anger of Yahweh. 51:46Don't
let your heart faint, neither fear for the news
that shall be heard in the land; for news shall
come one year, and after that in another year
shall comenews, and violence in the land, ruler
against ruler. 51:47Therefore, behold, the days
come, that I will execute judgment on the
engraved images of Babylon; and her whole
land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall
fall in the midst of her. 51:48Then the heavens
and the earth, and all that is therein, shall
sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers
shall come to her from the north, says Yahweh.
51:49As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to
fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the
land. 51:50You who have escaped the sword,
go you, don't stand still; remember Yahweh
fromaf ar, and let Jerusalemco me into your
mind. 51:51We are confounded, because we
have heard reproach; confusion has covered
our faces: for strangers are come into the
sanctuaries of Yahweh's house. 51:52Therefore,
behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will
execute judgment on her engraved images; and
through all her land the wounded shall groan.
51:53Though Babylon should mount up to the
sky, and though she should fortify the height
of her strength, yet fromm e shall destroyers
come to her, says Yahweh. 51:54The sound of a
cry fromBabylon, and of great destruction from
the land of the Chaldeans! 51:55For Yahweh
lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her
the great voice; and their waves roar like many
waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:
51:56for the destroyer is come on her, even on
Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their
bows are broken in pieces; for Yahweh is a
God of recompenses, he will surely requite.
51:57I will make drunk her princes and her wise
men, her governors and her deputies, and her
mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual
sleep, and not wake up, says the King, whose
name is Yahweh of Armies. 51:58Thus says
Yahweh of Armies: The broad walls of Babylon
shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates
shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall
labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire;
and they shall be weary. 51:59The word which
Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the
son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when
he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to
Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now
Seraiah was chief quartermaster. 51:60Jeremiah
wrote in a book all the evil that should come
on Babylon, even all these words that are
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written concerning Babylon. 51:61Jeremiah said
to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, then
see that you read all these words, 51:62and
say, Yahweh, you have spoken concerning this
place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein,
neither man nor animal, but that it shall be
desolate forever. 51:63It shall be, when you
have made an end of reading this book, that
you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into
the midst of the Euphrates: 51:64and you shall
say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise
again because of the evil that I will bring on her;
and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words
of Jeremiah.
52:1Zedekiah was twenty-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.
52:2He did that which was evil in the sight of
Yahweh, according to all that Jehoiakimh ad
done. 52:3For through the anger of Yahweh
did it happen in Jerusalemand Judah, until he
had cast themo ut fromhis presence. Zedekiah
rebelled against the king of Babylon. 52:4It
happened 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 army, against Jerusalem, and encamped
against it; and they built forts against it round
about. 52:5So the city was besieged to the
eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 52:6In the
fourth month, in the ninth day of the month,
the faminewas sore in the city, so that therewas
no bread for the people of the land. 52:7Then a
breach was made in the city, 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 against the city all around;)
and they went toward the Arabah. 52:8But
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. 52:9Then they took the king, and carried
himup to the king of Babylon to Riblah in
the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment
on him. 52:10The king of Babylon killed the
sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he killed
also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. 52:11He
put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of
Babylon bound himi n fetters, and carried him
to Babylon, and put himin prison until the
day of his death. 52:12Now in the fifth month,
in the tenth day of the month, which was the
nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king
of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain
of the guard, who stood before the king of
Babylon, into Jerusalem: 52:13and he burned
the house of Yahweh, and the king's house; and
all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great
house, burned he with fire. 52:14All the army
of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain
of the guard, broke down all the walls of
Jerusalemal l around. 52:15Then Nebuzaradan
the captain of the guard carried away captive
of the poorest of the people, and the residue of
the people who were left in the city, and those
who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon,
and the residue of the multitude. 52:16But
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of
the poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers
and farmers. 52:17The pillars of brass that were
in the house of Yahweh, and the bases and the
bronze sea that were in the house of Yahweh,
did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried
all the brass of themto Babylon. 52:18The
pots also, and the shovels, and the snuffers,
and the basins, and the spoons, and all the
vessels of brass with which they ministered,
took they away. 52:19The cups, and the fire
pans, and the basins, and the pots, and the
lampstands, and the spoons, and the bowls
that which was of gold, in gold, and that
which was of silver, in silver, the captain of
the guard took away. 52:20The two pillars,
the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that
were under the bases, which king Solomon had
made for the house of Yahweh. The brass of
all these vessels was without weight. 52:21As
for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was
eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did
compass it; and its thickness was four fingers:
it was hollow. 52:22A capital of brass was on
it; and the height of the one capital was five
cubits, with network and pomegranates on the
capital all around, all of brass: and the second
pillar also had like these, and pomegranates.
52:23Therewere ninety-six pomegranates on the
sides; all the pomegranates were one hundred
on the network all around. 52:24The captain
of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and
Zephaniah the second priest, and the three
keepers of the threshold: 52:25and out of the
city he took an officer who was set over the
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men of war; and seven men of those who saw
the king's face, who were found in the city;
and the scribe of the captain of the army, who
mustered the people of the land; and sixty men
of the people of the land, who were found in
the midst of the city. 52:26Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard took them, and brought
themto the king of Babylon to Riblah. 52:27The
king of Babylon struck them, and put them to
death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So
Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
52:28This is the people whomNe buchadnezzar
carried away captive: in the seventh year
three thousand twenty-three Jews; 52:29in the
eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he carried
away captive fromJ erusalem eight hundred
thirty-two persons; 52:30in the three and twentieth
year of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard carried away captive of the
Jews seven hundred forty-five persons: all the
persons were four thousand and six hundred.
52:31It happened 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 Evilmerodach king of
Babylon, in the firstyear of his reign, lifted
up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and
brought himfort h out of prison; 52:32and he
spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above
the throne of the kings who were with himi n
Babylon, 52:33and changed his prison garments.
Jehoiachinate bread before himc ontinually all
the days of his life: 52:34and for his allowance,
there was a continual allowance given himby
the king of Babylon, every day a portion until
the day of his death, all the days of his life.
Lamentations
1:1How the city sits solitary, that was full of
people!
She has become as a widow, who was great
among the nations!
She who was a princess among the provinces is
become tributary!
1:2She weeps sore in the night, and her tears are
on her cheeks;
among all her lovers she has none to comfort
her:
All her friends have dealt treacherously with
her; they are become her enemies.
1:3Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction,
and because of great servitude;
she dwells among the nations, she finds no rest:
all her persecutors overtook her within the
straits.
1:4The ways of Zion do mourn, because none
come to the solemn assembly;
all her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh:
her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in
bitterness.
1:5Her adversaries are become the head, her
enemies prosper;
for Yahweh has afflicted her for the multitude
of her transgressions:
her young children are gone into captivity
before the adversary.
1:6Fromthe daughter of Zion all hermajesty is
departed:
her princes are become like harts that find no
pasture,
they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
1:7Jerusalem remembers in the days of her
affliction and of her miseries all her
pleasant things that were fromthe
days of old:
when her people fell into the hand of the
adversary, and none did help her,
The adversaries saw her, they did mock at her
desolations.
1:8Jerusalemh as grievously sinned; therefore
she is become as an unclean thing;
all who honored her despise her, because they
have seen her nakedness:
yes, she sighs, and turns backward.
1:9Her filthiness was in her skirts; she didn't
remember her latter end;
therefore is she come down wonderfully; she
has no comforter:
see, Yahweh, my affliction; for the enemy has
magnified himself.
1:10The adversary has spread out his hand on
all her pleasant things:
for she has seen that the nations are entered into
her sanctuary,
concerning whom you did command that they
should not enter into your assembly.
1:11All her people sigh, they seek bread;
they have given their pleasant things for food
to refresh the soul:
look, Yahweh, and see; for I ambe come abject.
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1:12Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?
Look, and see if there be any sorrow like my
sorrow, which is brought on me,
With which Yahweh has afflicted mein the day
of his fierce anger.
1:13Fromon high has he sent fire intomy bones,
and it prevails against them;
He has spread a net for my feet, he has turned
m e back:
He has made me desolate and faint all the day.
1:14The yoke of my transgressions is bound by
his hand;
They are knit together, they are come up on my
neck; he has made my strength to fail:
The Lord has delivered me into their hands,
against whomI amno t able to stand.
1:15The Lord has set at nothing all my mighty
men in the midst of me;
He has called a solemn assembly against me to
crush my young men:
The Lord has trodden as in a winepress the
virgin daughter of Judah.
1:16For these things I weep; my eye, my eye
runs down with water;
Because the comforter who should refresh my
soul is far fromme:
My children are desolate, because the enemy
has prevailed.
1:17Zion spreads forth her hands; there is none
to comfort her;
Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob,
that those who are around hims hould
be his adversaries:
Jerusalemi s among themas an unclean thing.
1:18Yahweh is righteous; for I have rebelled
against his commandment:
Please hear all you peoples, and see my sorrow:
My virgins and my young men are gone into
captivity.
1:19I called for my lovers, butthey deceived me:
My priests and my elders gave up the spirit in
the city,
While they sought themf ood to refresh their
souls.
1:20See, Yahweh; for I amin distress; my heart
is troubled;
My heart is turned within me; for I have
grievously rebelled:
Abroad the sword bereaves, at home there is as
death.
1:21They have heard that I sigh; there is none to
comfort me;
All m y enem ies have heard of m y trouble; they
are glad that you have done it:
You will bring the day that you have proclaimed,
and they shall be like me.
1:22Let all their wickedness come before you;
Do to them, as you have done to me for all my
transgressions:
For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
2:1How has the Lord covered the daughter of
Zion with a cloud in his anger!
He has cast down fromhe aven to the earth the
beauty of Israel,
And hasn't remembered his footstool in the day
of his anger.
2:2The Lord has swallowed up all the habitations
of Jacob, and has not pitied:
He has thrown down in his wrath the
strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
He has brought themd own to the ground;
he has profaned the kingdomand its
princes.
2:3He has cut off in fierce anger all the horn of
Israel;
He has drawn back his right hand frombe fore
the enemy:
He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire,
which devours all around.
2:4He has bent his bow like an enemy, he
has stood with his right hand as an
adversary,
Has killed all that were pleasant to the eye:
In the tent of the daughter of Zion he has
poured out his wrath like fire.
2:5The Lord is become as an enemy, he has
swallowed up Israel;
He has swallowed up all her palaces, he has
destroyed his strongholds;
He has multiplied in the daughter of Judah
mourning and lamentation.
2:6He has violently taken away his tent, as if it
were of a garden; he has destroyed his
place of assembly:
Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath
to be forgotten in Zion,
Has despised in the indignation of his anger the
king and the priest.
2:7The Lord has cast off his altar, he has abhorred
his sanctuary;
He has given up into the hand of the enemy the
walls of her palaces:
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They have made a noise in the house of
Yahweh, as in the day of a solemn
assembly.
2:8Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of
the daughter of Zion;
He has stretched out the line, he has not
withdrawn his hand fromd estroying;
He has made the rampart and wall to lament;
they languish together.
2:9Her gates are sunk into the ground; he has
destroyed and broken her bars:
Her king and her princes are among the nations
where the law is not;
Yes, her prophets find no vision fromYahweh.
2:10The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the
ground, they keep silence;
They have cast up dust on their heads; they
have girded themselves with sackcloth:
The virgins of Jerusalemhang down their
heads to the ground.
2:11My eyes do fail with tears, my heart is
troubled;
My liver is poured on the earth, because of
the destruction of the daughter of my
people,
Because the young children and the infants
swoon in the streets of the city.
2:12They tell their mothers, Where is grain and
wine?
When they swoon as the wounded in the streets
of the city,
When their soul is poured out into their mothers'
bosom.
2:13What shall I testify to you? what shall I
liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort
you, virgin daughter of Zion?
For your breach is great like the sea: who can
heal you?
2:14Your prophets have seen for you false and
foolish visions;
They have not uncovered your iniquity, to
bring back your captivity,
But have seen for you false oracles and causes
of banishment.
2:15All that pass by clap their hands at you;
They hiss and wag their head at the daughter
of Jerusalem, saying,
Is this the city that men called The perfection of
beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
2:16All your enemies have opened their mouth
wide against you;
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.
2:17Yahweh has done that which he purposed;
he has fulfilled his word that he commanded
in the days of old;
He has thrown down, and has not pitied:
He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you;
he has exalted the horn of your adversaries.
2:18Their heart cried to the Lord:
wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down
like a river day and night;
Give yourself no respite; don't let the apple of
your eye cease.
2:19Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning
of the watches;
Pour out your heart like water before the face
of the Lord:
Lift up your hands toward himf or the life
of your young children, that faint for
hunger at the head of every street.
2:20Look, Yahweh, and see to whomy ou have
done thus!
Shall the women eat their fruit, the children
that are dandled in the hands?
Shall the priest and the prophet be killed in the
sanctuary of the Lord?
2:21The youth and the old man lie on the
ground in the streets;
My virgins and my young men are fallen by the
sword:
You have killed themin the day of your anger;
you have slaughtered, andnot pitied.
2:22You have called, as in the day of a solemn
assembly, my terrors on every side;
Therewas none that escaped or remained in the
day of Yahweh's anger:
Those that I have dandled and brought up has
my enemy consumed.
3:1I amthe man that has seen affliction by the
rod of his wrath.
3:2He has led me and caused me to walk in
darkness, and not in light.
3:3Surely against me he turns his hand again
and again all the day.
3:4My flesh and my skin has he made old; he
has broken my bones.
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3:5He has built against me, and surrounded me
with gall and travail.
3:6He has m ade m e to dwell in dark places, as
those that have been long dead.
3:7He has walled me about, that I can't go forth;
he has made my chain heavy.
3:8Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts
out my prayer.
3:9He has walled up my ways with cut stone;
he has made my paths crooked.
3:10He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion
in secret places.
3:11He has turned aside my ways, and pulled
me in pieces; he has made me desolate.
3:12He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark
for the arrow.
3:13He has caused the shafts of his quiver to
enter into my kidneys.
3:14I am become a derision to all my people,
and their song all the day.
3:15He has filled me with bitterness, he has
sated me with wormwood.
3:16He has also broken my teeth with gravel
stones; he has covered me with ashes.
3:17You have removed my soul far off from
peace; I forgot prosperity.
3:18I said, My strength is perished, and my
expectation fromYahweh.
3:19Remember my affliction and my misery, the
wormwood and the gall.
3:20Mysoul still remembers them, and is bowed
down within me.
3:21This I recall to my mind; therefore have I
hope.
3:22It is ofYahweh's loving kindnesses that we
are not consumed, because his compassion
doesn't fail.
3:23They are new every morning; great is your
faithfulness.
3:24Yahweh is my portion, says my soul; therefore
will I hope in him.
3:25Yahweh is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul that seeks him.
3:26It is good that a man should hope and quietly
wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
3:27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in
his youth.
3:28Let himsit alone and keep silence, because
he has laid it on him.
3:29Let himput his mouth in the dust, if so be
there may be hope.
3:30Let himg ive his cheek to himwho strikes
him; let him be filled full with reproach.
3:31For the Lord will not cast off forever.
3:32For though he cause grief, yet he will have
compassion according to the multitude
of his loving kindnesses.
3:33For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve
the children of men.
3:34To crush under foot all the prisoners of the
earth,
3:35To turn aside the right of a man before the
face of the Most High,
3:36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord
doesn't approve.
3:37Who is he who says, and it comes to pass,
when the Lord doesn't command it?
3:38Doesn't evil and good come out of the
mouth of the Most High?
3:39Why does a living man complain, a man for
the punishment of his sins?
3:40Let us search and try our ways, and turn
again to Yahweh.
3:41Let us lift up our heart with our hands to
God in the heavens.
3:42We have transgressed and have rebelled;
you have not pardoned.
3:43You have covered with anger and pursued
us; you have killed, you have not
pitied.
3:44You have covered yourself with a cloud, so
that no prayer can pass through.
3:45You have made us an off-scouring and
refuse in the midst of the peoples.
3:46All our enemies have opened their mouth
wide against us.
3:47Fear and the pit are come on us, devastation
and destruction.
3:48My eye runs down with streams of water,
for the destruction of the daughter of
my people.
3:49My eye pours down, and doesn't cease,
without any intermission,
3:50Until Yahweh look down, and see from
heaven.
3:51My eye affects my soul, because of all the
daughters of my city.
3:52They have chased me sore like a bird, those
who are my enemies without cause.
3:53They have cut off my life in the dungeon,
and have cast a stone on me.
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3:54Waters flowed over my head; I said, I amcut
off.
3:55I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the
lowest dungeon.
3:56You heard my voice; don't hide your ear at
my breathing, at my cry.
3:57You drew near in the day that I called on
you; you said, Don't be afraid.
3:58Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my
soul; you have redeemed my life.
3:59Yahweh, you have seen my wrong; judge
you my cause.
3:60You have seen all their vengeance and all
their devices against me.
3:61You have heard their reproach, Yahweh,
and all their devices against me,
3:62The lips of those that rose up against me,
and their device against me all the day.
3:63See you their sitting down, and their rising
up; I amthe ir song.
3:64You will render to thema recompense,
Yahweh, according to the work of their
hands.
3:65You will give themhard ness of heart, your
curse to them.
3:66You will pursue themi n anger, and destroy
themf rom under the heavens of Yahweh.
4:1How is the gold become dim! howis the
most pure gold changed!
The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at
the head of every street.
4:2The precious sons of Zion, comparable to
fine gold,
How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the
work of the hands of the potter!
4:3Even the jackals 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.
4:4The tongue of the sucking child cleaves to
the roof of his mouth for thirst:
The young children ask bread, and no man
breaks it to them.
4:5Those who did feed delicately are desolate in
the streets:
Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace
dunghills.
4:6For the iniquity of the daughter of my people
is greater than the sin of Sodom,
That was overthrown as in a moment, and no
hands were laid on her.
4:7Her nobles were purer than snow, they were
whiter than milk;
They were more ruddy in body than rubies,
their polishing was as of sapphire.
4:8Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are
not known in the streets:
Their skin cleaves to their bones; it is withered,
it is become like a stick.
4:9Those who are killed with the sword are
better than those who are killed with
hunger;
For these pine away, stricken through, for want
of the fruits of the field.
4:10The hands of the pitiful women have boiled
their own children;
They were their food in the destruction of the
daughter of my people.
4:11Yahweh has accomplished his wrath, he has
poured out his fierce anger;
He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has
devoured its foundations.
4:12The kings of the earth didn't believe, neither
all the inhabitants of the world,
That the adversary and the enemy would enter
into the gates of Jerusalem.
4:13It isbecause of the sins of her prophets,
andthe iniquities of her priests,
That have shed the blood of the just in the midst
of her.
4:14They wander as blind men in the streets,
they are polluted with blood,
So that men can't touch their garments.
4:15Depart you, they cried to them, Unclean!
depart, depart, don't touch!
When they fled away and wandered, men said
among the nations, They shall no more
sojourn here.
4:16The anger of Yahweh has scattered them; he
will no more regard them:
They didn't respect the persons of the priests,
they didn't favor the elders.
4:17Our eyes do yet fail in lookingfor our vain
help:
In our watching we have watched for a nation
that could not save.
4:18They hunt our steps, so that we can't go in
our streets:
Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our
end is come.
4:19Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles
of the sky:
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They chased us on the mountains, they laid
wait for us in the wilderness.
4:20The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of
Yahweh, was taken in their pits;
Of whomwe said, Under his shadow we shall
live among the nations.
4:21Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that
dwell in the land of Uz:
The cup shall pass through to you also; you
shall be drunken, and shall make yourself
naked.
4:22The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished,
daughter of Zion; he will no
more carry you away into captivity:
He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom;
he will uncover your sins.
5:1Remember, Yahweh, what has come on
us:
Look, and see our reproach.
5:2Our inheritance is turned to strangers,
Our houses to aliens.
5:3We are orphans and fatherless;
Our mothers are as widows.
5:4We have drunken our water for money;
Our wood is sold to us.
5:5Our pursuers are on our necks:
We are weary, and have no rest.
5:6We have given the hand to the Egyptians,
To the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
5:7Our fathers sinned, and are no more;
We have borne their iniquities.
5:8Servants rule over us:
There is none to deliver us out of their hand.
5:9We get our bread at the peril of our lives,
Because of the sword of the wilderness.
5:10Our skin is black like an oven,
Because of the burning heat of fam ine.
5:11They ravished the women in Zion,
The virgins in the cities of Judah.
5:12Princes were hanged up by their hand:
The faces of elders were not honored.
5:13The young men bare the mill;
The children stumbled under the wood.
5:14The elders have ceased fromthe gate,
The young men from their music.
5:15The joy of our heart is ceased;
Our dance is turned into mourning.
5:16The crown is fallen fromour head:
Woe to us! forwe have sinned.
5:17For this our heart is faint;
For these things our eyes are dim;
5:18For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate:
The foxes walk on it.
5:19You, Yahweh, abide forever;
Your throne is fromg eneration to generation.
5:20Why do you forget us forever,
Andforsake us so long time?
5:21Turn you us to you, Yahweh, and we shall
be turned;
Renew our days as of old.
5:22But you have utterly rejected us;
You are very angry against us.
Ezekiel
1:1Now it happened in the thirtieth year,
in the fourth month, in the fifth dayof the
m onth, as I was am ong the captives by the
river Chebar, that the heavens were opened,
and I saw visions of God. 1:2In the fifth dayof
the month, which was the fifth year of king
Jehoiachin's captivity, 1:3the word of Yahweh
came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son
of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the
river Chebar; and the hand of Yahweh was
there on him. 1:4I looked, and behold, a stormy
wind cam e out of the north, a great cloud,with
flashing lightning, and a brightness around it,
and out of its midst as it were glowing metal,
out of the midst of the fire. 1:5Out of its midst
came the likeness of four living creatures. This
was their appearance: they had the likeness of
a m an. 1:6Everyone had four faces, and each
one of themhad four wings. 1:7Their feet were
straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like
the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like
burnished brass. 1:8They had the hands of a
man under their wings on their four sides; and
they four had their faces and their wings thus:
1:9their wings were joined one to another; they
didn't turn when they went; each one went
straight forward. 1:10As for the likeness of their
faces, they had the face of a man; and they four
had the face of a lion on the right side; and they
four had the face of an ox on the left side; they
four had also the face of an eagle. 1:11Their
faces and their wings were separate above; two
wingsof each one were joined one to another,
and two covered their bodies. 1:12Each one
went straight forward: where the spirit was to
go, theywent; they didn't turn when they went.
1:13As for the likeness of the living creatures,
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their appearance was like burning coals of fire,
like the appearance of torches: the firewent
up and down among the living creatures; and
the fire was bright, and out of the fire went
forth lightning. 1:14The living creatures ran
and returned as the appearance of a flash of
lightning. 1:15Now as I sawthe living creatures,
behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living
creatures, for each of the four faces of it. 1:16The
appearance of the wheels and their work was
like a beryl: and they four had one likeness; and
their appearance and their work was as it were
a wheel within a wheel. 1:17When they went,
they went in their four directions: they didn't
turn when they went. 1:18As for their rims,
they were high and dreadful; and they four had
their rim s full of eyes all around. 1:19When the
living creatures went, the wheels went beside
them; and when the living creatureswere lifted
up fromthe earth, the wheels were lifted up.
1:20Wherever the spirit was to go, they went;
there was the spirit to go: and the wheels were
lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living
creature was in the wheels. 1:21When those
went, these went; and when those stood, these
stood; and when those were lifted up fromthe
earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them:
for the spirit of the living creature was in the
wheels. 1:22Over the head of the living creature
there was the likeness of an expanse, like the
awesome crystal to look on, stretched forth
over their heads above. 1:23Under the expanse
were their wings straight, the one toward the
other: each one had two which covered on this
side, and every one had two which covered on
that side, their bodies. 1:24When they went, I
heard the noise of their wings like the noise of
great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a
noise of tumult like the noise of an army: when
they stood, they let down theirwings. 1:25There
was a voice above the expanse that was over
their heads: when they stood, they let down
their wings. 1:26Above the expanse that was
over their heads was the likeness of a throne,
as the appearance of a sapphirea stone; and on
the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the
appearance of a man on it above. 1:27I saw as
it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire
within it all around, fromthe appearance of his
waist and upward; and fromthe appearance
of his waist and downward I saw as it were
the appearance of fire, and there was brightness
around him. 1:28As the appearance of the bow
that is in the cloud in the day of rain, sowas the
appearance of the brightness all around. This
was the appearance of the likeness of the glory
of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and
I heard a voice of one that spoke.
2:1He said to me, Son of man, stand on your
feet, and I will speak with you. 2:2The Spirit
entered into m e when he spoke to m e, and set
me on my feet; and I heard him who spoke
to me. 2:3He said to me, Son of man, I send
you to the children of Israel, to nations that
are rebellious, which have rebelled against me:
they and their fathers have transgressed against
m e even to this very day. 2:4The children are
impudent and stiff-hearted: I am sending you
to them; and you shall tell them, Thus says
the Lord Yahweh. 2:5They, whether they will
hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are
a rebellious house), yet shall know that there
has been a prophet among them. 2:6You, son of
man, don't be afraid of them, neither be afraid
of their words, though briers and thorns are
with you, and you do dwell among scorpions:
don't be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed
at their looks, though they are a rebellious
house. 2:7You shall speak m y words to them ,
whether they will hear, or whether they will
forbear; for they are most rebellious. 2:8But
you, son of man, hear what I tell you; don't be
you rebellious like that rebellious house: open
your mouth, and eat that which I give you.
2:9When I looked, behold, a hand was put forth
to me; and, behold, a scroll of a book was
therein; 2:10He spread it before me: and it was
written within and without; and there were
written therein lamentations, and mourning,
and woe.
3:1He said to me, Son of man, eat that which
you find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the
house of Israel. 3:2So I opened my mouth, and
he caused me to eat the scroll. 3:3He said to
me, Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and
fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you.
Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as
honey for sweetness. 3:4He said to me, Son of
man, go, get you to the house of Israel, and
speak with m y words to them . 3:5For you are
not sent to a people of a strange speech and
a1:26 or, lapis lazuli
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of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;
3:6not to many peoples of a strange speech
and of a hard language, whose words you can
not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them,
they would listen to you. 3:7But the house of
Israel will not listen to you; for they will not
listen to me: for all the house of Israel are of
hard forehead and of a stiff heart. 3:8Behold,
I have made your face hard against their faces,
and your forehead hard against their foreheads.
3:9As an adamant harder than flint have I made
your forehead: don't be afraid of them, neither
be dismayed at their looks, though they are a
rebellious house. 3:10Moreover he said to me,
Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to
you receive in your heart, and hear with your
ears. 3:11Go, get you to themo f the captivity, to
the children of your people, and speak to them,
and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh;
whether they will hear, or whether they will
forbear. 3:12Then the Spirit lifted me up, and
I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing,
saying, Blessed be the glory of Yahweh fromhi s
place. 3:13I heardthe noise of the wings of the
living creatures as they touched one another,
and the noise of the wheels beside them, even
the noise of a great rushing. 3:14So the Spirit
lifted me up, and took me away; and I went
in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the
hand of Yahweh was strong on me. 3:15Then
I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv,
that lived by the river Chebar, and to where
they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among
thems even days. 3:16It happened at the end of
seven days, that the word of Yahweh came to
me, saying, 3:17Son of man, I have made you
a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore
hear the word at my mouth, and give them
warning fromm e. 3:18When I tell the wicked,
You shall surely die; and you give himno
warning, nor speak 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 your hand. 3:19Yet if
you warn the wicked, and he doesn't turn from
his wickedness, nor fromhi s wicked way, he
shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered
your soul. 3:20Again, when a righteous man
does turn from his righteousness, and commit
iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before
him, he shall die: because you have not given
himwar ning, he shall die in his sin, and his
righteous deeds which he has done shall not
be remembered; but his blood will I require at
your hand. 3:21Nevertheless if you warn the
righteous man, that the righteous not sin, and
he does not sin, he shall surely live, because
he took warning; and you have delivered your
soul. 3:22The hand of Yahweh was there on
me; and he said to me, Arise, go forth into the
plain, and I will there talk with you. 3:23Then
I arose, and went forth into the plain: and
behold, the glory of Yahweh stood there, as the
glorywhich I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell
on my face. 3:24Then the Spirit entered into me,
and set me on my feet; and he spoke with me,
and said to me, Go, shut yourself within your
house. 3:25But you, son of man, behold, they
shall lay bands on you, and shall bind you with
them, and you shall not go out among them:
3:26and I will make your tongue cleave to the
roof of your mouth, that you shall be mute, and
shall not be to thema reprover; for they are
a rebellious house. 3:27But when I speak with
you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell
them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: He who
hears, let himhe ar; and he who forbears, let
himforb ear: for they are a rebellious house.
4:1You also, son of man, take a tile, and
lay it before you, and portray on it a city,
even Jerusalem: 4:2and lay siege against it, and
build forts against it, and cast up a mound
against it; set camps also against it, and plant
battering rams against it all around. 4:3Take for
yourself an iron pan, and set it for a wall of
iron between you and the city: and set your
face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and
you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a
sign to the house of Israel. 4:4Moreover lie you
on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the
house of Israel on it; according tothe number
of the days that you shall lie on it, you shall
bear their iniquity. 4:5For I have appointed the
years of their iniquity to be to you a number of
days, even three hundred ninety days: so you
shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
4:6Again, when you have accomplished these,
you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear
the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days,
each day for a year, have I appointed it to you.
4:7You shall set your face toward the siege of
Jerusalem, with your arm uncovered; and you
shall prophesy against it. 4:8Behold, I lay bands
on you, and you shall not turn you fromon e
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side to the other, until you have accomplished
the days of your siege. 4:9Take for yourself
also wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils,
and millet, and spelt, and put them in one
vessel, and make you bread of it; according
tothe number of the days that you shall lie on
your side, even three hundred ninety days, you
shall eat of it. 4:10Your food which you shall
eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day:
from time to time you shall eat it. 4:11You shall
drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin:
from tim e to tim e you shall drink. 4:12You shall
eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it in
their sight with dung that comes out of man.
4:13Yahweh said, Even thus shall the children
of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the
nations where I will drive them. 4:14Then
said I, Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, my soul
has not been polluted; for fromm y youth up
even until now have I not eaten of that which
dies of itself, or is torn of animals; neither
came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
4:15Then he said to me, Behold, I have given
you cow's dung for man's dung, and you shall
prepare your bread thereon. 4:16Moreover he
said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the
staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat
bread byweight, andwith fearfulness; and they
shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:
4:17that they may want bread and water, and
be dismayed one with another, and pine away
in their iniquity.
5:1You, son of man, take a sharp sword; You
shall take it as a barber's razor to you, and
shall cause it to pass on your head and on your
beard: then take balances to weigh, and divide
the hair. 5:2A third part you shall burn in the
fire in the midst of the city, when the days of
the siege are fulfilled; and you shall take a third
part, and strike with the sword around it; and
a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I
will draw out a sword after them. 5:3You shall
take of it a few in number, and bind them in
your skirts. 5:4Of these again you shall take,
and cast themi nto the midst of the fire, and
burn themi n the fire; fromit shall a fire come
forth into all the house of Israel. 5:5Thus says
the Lord Yahweh: This is Jerusalem; I have set
her in the midst of the nations, and countries
are around her. 5:6She has rebelled against my
ordinances in doing wickedness more than the
nations, and against my statutes more than the
countries that are around her; for they have
rejected my ordinances, and as for my statutes,
they have not walked in them. 5:7Therefore
thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you are
turbulent more than the nations that are around
you, and have not walked in my statutes,
neither have kept my ordinances, neither have
done after the ordinances of the nations that
are around you; 5:8therefore thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Behold, I, even I, ama gainst you;
and I will execute judgments in the midst
of you in the sight of the nations. 5:9I will
do in you that which I have not done, and
whereunto I will not do any more the like,
because of all your abominations. 5:10Therefore
the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst
of you, and the sons shall eat their fathers;
and I will execute judgments on you; and the
whole remnant of you will I scatter to all the
winds. 5:11Therefore, as I live, says the Lord
Yahweh, surely, because you have defiled my
sanctuary with all your detestable things, and
with all your abominations, thereforewill I also
diminish you; neither shall my eye spare, and I
also will have no pity. 5:12A third part of you
shall die with the pestilence, and with famine
shall they be consumed in the midst of you;
and a third part shall fall by the sword around
you; and a third part I will scatter to all the
winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
5:13Thus shall my anger be accomplished, and I
will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I
shall be comforted; and they shall know that I,
Yahweh, have spoken in my zeal, when I have
accomplished my wrath on them. 5:14Moreover
I will make you a desolation and a reproach
among the nations that are around you, in the
sight of all that pass by. 5:15So it shall be a
reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an
astonishment, to the nations that are around
you, when I shall execute judgments on you in
anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes; (I,
Yahweh, have spoken it;) 5:16when I shall send
on themthe evil arrows of famine, that are for
destruction, which I will send to destroy you:
and I will increase the famine on you, and will
break your staff of bread; 5:17and I will send
on you famine and evil animals, and they shall
bereave you; and pestilence and blood shall
pass through you; and I will bring the sword
on you: I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
6:1The word of Yahweh came to me, say
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ing, 6:2Son of man, set your face toward the
mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them,
6:3and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the
word of the Lord Yahweh: Thus says the Lord
Yahweh to the mountains and to the hills, to
the watercourses and to the valleys: Behold,
I, even I, will bring a sword on you, and I
will destroy your high places. 6:4Your altars
shall become desolate, and your incense altars
shall be broken; and I will cast down your
slain men before your idols. 6:5I will lay the
dead bodies of the children of Israel before
their idols; and I will scatter your bones around
your altars. 6:6In all your dwelling places 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 incense altars
may be cut down, and your works may be
abolished. 6:7The slain shall fall in the midst
of you, and you shall know that I amY ahweh.
6:8Yet will I leave a remnant, in that you shall
have some that escape the sword among the
nations, when you shall be scattered through
the countries. 6:9Those of you that escape
shall remember me among the nations where
they shall be carried captive, how that I have
been broken with their lewd heart, which has
departed fromm e, and with their eyes, which
play the prostitute after their idols: and they
shall loathe themselves in their own sight for
the evils which they have committed in all their
abominations. 6:10They shall know that I am
Yahweh: I have not said in vain that I would
do this evil to them. 6:11Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Smite with your hand, and stamp
with your foot, and say, Alas! because of all
the evil abominations of the house of Israel;
for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine,
and by the pestilence. 6:12He who is far off
shall die of the pestilence; and he who is near
shall fall by the sword; and he who remains
and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus
will I accomplish my wrath on them. 6:13You
shall know that I amY ahweh, when their slain
men shall be among their idols around their
altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the
mountains, and under every green tree, and
under every thick oak, the places where they
offered pleasant aroma to all their idols. 6:14I
will stretch out my hand on them, and make the
land desolate and waste, fromthe wilderness
towardDiblah, throughout all their habitations:
and they shall know that I amYahweh.
7:1Moreover the word of Yahweh came to
me, saying, 7:2You, son of man, thus says the
Lord Yahweh to the land of Israel, An end: the
end is come on the four corners of the land.
7:3Now is the end on you, and I will send my
anger on you, and will judge you according to
your ways; and I will bring on you all your
abominations. 7:4My eye shall not spare you,
neither will I have pity; but I will bring your
ways on you, and your abominations shall be
in the midst of you: and you shall know that
I am Yahweh. 7:5Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
An evil, an only evil; behold, it comes. 7:6An
end is come, the end is come; it awakes against
you; behold, it comes. 7:7Your doomis come
to you, inhabitant of the land: the time is
come, the day is near, a day of tumult, and not
of joyful shouting, on the mountains. 7:8Now
will I shortly pour out my wrath on you, and
accomplish my anger against you, and will
judge you according to your ways; and I will
bring on you all your abominations. 7:9My
eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I
will bring on you according to your ways; and
your abominations shall be in the midst of you;
and you shall know that I, Yahweh, do strike.
7:10Behold, the day, behold, it comes: your
doomi s gone forth; the rod has blossomed,
pride has budded. 7:11Violence is risen up into
a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain,
nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth:
neither shall there be eminency among them.
7:12The time is come, the day draws near: don't
let the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for
wrath is on all its multitude. 7:13For the seller
shall not return to that which is sold, although
they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the
whole multitude of it, none shall return; neither
shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of
his life. 7:14They have blown the trumpet, and
have made all ready; but none goes to the
battle; for my wrath is on all its multitude.
7:15The sword is outside, and the pestilence
and the famine within: he who is in the field
shall die with the sword: and he who is in the
city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
7:16But those of those who escape shall escape,
and shall be on the mountains like doves of the
valleys, all of themm oaning, every one in his
iniquity. 7:17All hands shall be feeble, and all
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knees shall be weak as water. 7:18They shall
also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror
shall cover them; and shame shall be on all
faces, and baldness on all their heads. 7:19They
shall cast their silver in the streets, and their
gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver
and their gold shall not be able to deliver them
in the day of the wrath of Yahweh: they shall
not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels;
because it has been the stumbling block of their
iniquity. 7:20As for the beauty of his ornament,
he set it in majesty; but they made the images
of their abominations andtheir detestable things
therein: therefore have I made it to them as an
unclean thing. 7:21I 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 profane
it. 7:22My face will I turn also fromt hem, and
they shall profane my secret place; and robbers
shall enter into it, and profane it. 7:23Make the
chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and
the city is full of violence. 7:24Therefore I will
bring the worst of the nations, and they shall
possess their houses: I will also make the pride
of the strong to cease; and their holy places
shall be profaned. 7:25Destruction comes; and
they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
7:26Mischief shall come on mischief, and rumor
shall be on rumor; and they shall seek a vision
of the prophet; but the law shall perish from
the priest, and counsel fromthe elders. 7:27The
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
to themaf ter their way, and according to their
own judgments will I judge them; and they
shall know that I amYahweh.
8:1It happened in the sixth year, in the sixth
month, in the fifth dayof the month, as I sat in
my house, and the elders of Judah sat before
me, that the hand of the Lord Yahweh fell there
on me. 8:2Then I saw, and behold, a likeness
as the appearance of fire; fromthe appearance
of his waist and downward, fire; and from
his waist and upward, as the appearance of
brightness, as it were glowing metal. 8:3He put
forth the formof a hand, and took me by a
lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up
between earth and the sky, and brought me in
the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door
of the gate of the inner courtthat looks toward
the north; where there was the seat of the
image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
8:4Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was
there, according to the appearance that I saw
in the plain. 8:5Then said he to me, Son of man,
lift up your eyes now theway toward the north.
So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north,
and see, northward of the gate of the altar this
image of jealousy in the entry. 8:6He said to me,
Son of man, see you what they do? even the
great abominations that the house of Israel do
commit here, that I should go far off from my
sanctuary? but you shall again see yet other
great abominations. 8:7He brought m e to the
door of the court; and when I looked, behold,
a hole in the wall. 8:8Then said he to me, Son
of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had
dug in the wall, behold, a door. 8:9He said to
me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations
that they do here. 8:10So I went in and saw;
and see, every formof creeping things, and
abominable animals, and all the idols of the
house of Israel, portrayed around on the wall.
8:11There stood before themsev entymen of the
elders of the house of Israel; and in the midst
of thems tood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan,
every man with his censer in his hand; and the
odor of the cloud of incense went up. 8:12Then
said he to me, Son of man, have you seen what
the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark,
every man in his chambers of imagery? for
they say, Yahweh doesn't see us; Yahweh has
forsaken the land. 8:13He said also to me, You
shall again see yet other great abominations
which they do. 8:14Then he brought me to the
door of the gate of Yahweh's house which was
toward the north; and see, there sat the women
weeping for Tammuz. 8:15Then said he to me,
Have you seen this, son of man? you shall again
see yet greater abominations than these. 8:16He
brought me into the inner court of Yahweh's
house; and see, at the door of the temple of
Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, were
about twenty-five men,with their backs toward
the temple of Yahweh, and their faces toward
the east; and they were worshipping the sun
toward the east. 8:17Then he said to me, Have
you seen this, son of man? Is it a light thing
to the house of Judah that they commit the
abominations which they commit here? for
they have filled the land with violence, and
have turned again to provoke me to anger:
and behold, they put the branch to their nose.
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8:18Therefore will I also deal in wrath; my eye
shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and
though they cry in my ears with a loud voice,
yet will I not hear them.
9:1Then he cried in my ears with a loud
voice, saying, Cause those who are in charge
of the city to draw near, every man with his
destroying weapon in his hand. 9:2Behold, six
men came from the way of the upper gate,
which lies toward the north, every man with
his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man
in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a
writer's inkhorn by his side. They went in,
and stood beside the bronze altar. 9:3The glory
of the God of Israel was gone up fromt he
cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of
the house: and he called to the man clothed in
linen, who had the writer's inkhorn by his side.
9:4Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst
of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and
set a mark on the foreheads of the men that
sigh and that cry over all the abominations
that are done in its midst. 9:5To the others he
said in my hearing, Go you through the city
after him, and strike: don't let your eye spare,
neither have you pity; 9:6kill utterly the old
man, the young man and the virgin, and little
children and women; but don't come near any
man on whom is the mark: and begin at my
sanctuary. Then they began at the old men
that were before the house. 9:7He said to them,
Defile the house, and fill the courts with the
slain: go you forth. Theywent forth, and struck
in the city. 9:8It happened, while they were
smiting, and I was left, that I fell on my face,
and cried, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you
destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring
out of your wrath on Jerusalem? 9:9Then said
he to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel
and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land
is full of blood, and the city full of perversion:
for they say, Yahweh has forsaken the land, and
Yahweh doesn't see. 9:10As for me also, my eye
shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I
will bring their way on their head. 9:11Behold,
the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn
by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have
done as you have commanded me.
10:1Then I looked, and see, in the expanse
that was over the head of the cherubimthe re
appeared above themas it were a sapphireb
stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a
throne. 10:2He spoke to the man clothed in
linen, and said, Go in between the whirling
wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both
your hands with coals of fire frombe tween the
cherubim, and scatter them over the city. He
went in as I watched. 10:3Now the cherubim
stood on the right side of the house, when the
man went in; and the cloud filled the inner
court. 10:4The glory of Yahweh mounted up
fromt he cherub, and stoodover the threshold of
the house; and the house was filled with the
cloud, and the court was full of the brightness
of Yahweh's glory. 10:5The sound of the wings
of the cherubimw as heard even to the outer
court, as the voice of God Almighty when he
speaks. 10:6It came to pass, when he commanded
the man clothed in linen, saying, Take
fire fromb etween the whirling wheels, from
between the cherubim, that he went in, and
stood beside a wheel. 10:7The cherub stretched
forth his hand frombe tween the cherubim to
the fire that was between the cherubim, and
took of it, and put it into the hands of him
who was clothed in linen, who took it and
went out. 10:8There appeared in the cherubim
the formo f a man's hand under their wings.
10:9I looked, and behold, fourwheels beside the
cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and
another wheel beside another cherub; and the
appearance of the wheelswas like a beryl stone.
10:10As for their appearance, they four had one
likeness, as if awheel have beenwithin awheel.
10:11When they went, they went in their four
directions: they didn't turn as they went, but to
the place where the head looked they followed
it; they didn't turn as they went. 10:12Their
whole body, and their backs, and their hands,
and their wings, and the wheels, were full of
eyes all around, eventhe wheels that they four
had. 10:13As for the wheels, they were called in
my hearing, the whirling wheels. 10:14Every one
had four faces: the first face was the face of the
cherub, and the second face was the face of a
man, and the third face the face of a lion, and
the fourth the face of an eagle. 10:15The cherubimm
ounted up: this is the living creature
that I saw by the river Chebar. 10:16When the
cherubimw ent, the wheels went beside them;
and when the cherubiml ifted up their wings
b10:1 or, lapis lazuli
Ezekiel 10:17 662 Ezekiel 12:2
to mount up from the earth, the wheels also
didn't turn fromb eside them. 10:17When they
stood, these stood; and when they mounted up,
these mounted up with them: for the spirit of
the living creature was in them. 10:18The glory
of Yahweh went forth fromo ver the threshold
of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
10:19The cherubiml ifted up their wings, and
mounted up from the earth in my sight when
they went forth, and the wheels beside them:
and they stood at the door of the east gate of
Yahweh's house; and the glory of the God of
Israel was over thema bove. 10:20This is the
living creature that I saw under the God of
Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they
were cherubim. 10:21Every one had four faces,
and every one four wings; and the likeness of
the hands of a man was under their wings.
10:22As for the likeness of their faces, they were
the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their
appearances and themselves; they went every
one straight forward.
11:1Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and
brought me to the east gate of Yahweh's house,
which looks eastward: and see, at the door
of the gate twenty-five men; and I saw in
the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur,
and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the
people. 11:2He said to me, Son of man, these
are the men who devise iniquity, and who give
wicked counsel in this city; 11:3who say, The
timeis not near to build houses: this cityis the
caldron, and we are the flesh. 11:4Therefore
prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man.
11:5The Spirit of Yahweh fell on m e, and he
said to me, Speak, Thus says Yahweh: Thus
have you said, house of Israel; for I know the
things that come into your mind. 11:6You have
multiplied your slain in this city, and you have
filled its streets with the slain. 11:7Therefore
thus says the Lord Yahweh: Your slain whom
you have laid in its midst, they are the flesh,
and this cityis the caldron; but you shall be
brought forth out of its midst. 11:8You have
feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on
you, says the Lord Yahweh. 11:9I will bring you
forth out of its midst, and deliver you into the
hands of strangers, and will execute judgments
among you. 11:10You shall fall by the sword;
I will judge you in the border of Israel; and
you shall know that I amY ahweh. 11:11This
cityshall not be your caldron, neither shall you
be the flesh in its midst; I will judge you in
the border of Israel; 11:12and you shall know
that I amY ahweh: for you have not walked
in my statutes, neither have you executed my
ordinances, but have done after the ordinances
of the nations that are around you. 11:13It
happened, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the
son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down on my
face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah
Lord Yahweh! will you make a full end of the
remnant of Israel? 11:14The word of Yahweh
cam e to m e, saying, 11:15Son of man, your
brothers, even your brothers, the men of your
relatives, and all the house of Israel, all of them,
are theyto whomthe inhabitants of Jerusalem
have said, Get you far fromY ahweh; to us is
this land given for a possession. 11:16Therefore
say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Whereas I
have removed them far off among the nations,
and whereas I have scattered themam ong the
countries, yet will I be to thema sanctuary for
a little while in the countries where they are
come. 11:17Therefore say, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: I will gather you fromt he peoples,
and assemble you out of the countries where
you have been scattered, and I will give you the
land of Israel. 11:18They shall come there, and
they shall take away all the detestable things
of it and all its abominations from there. 11:19I
will give themon e heart, and I will put a new
spiritwithin you; and I will take the stony heart
out of their flesh, and will give thema heart of
flesh; 11:20that they may walk in my statutes,
and keep my ordinances, and do them: and
they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
11:21But as for themw hose heart walks after
the heart of their detestable things and their
abominations, I will bring their way on their
own heads, says the Lord Yahweh. 11:22Then
did the cherubiml ift up their wings, and the
wheels were beside them; and the glory of the
God of Israel was over themabo ve. 11:23The
glory of Yahweh went up fromthe midst of the
city, and stood on the mountain which is on the
east side of the city. 11:24The Spirit lifted me
up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit
of God into Chaldea, to themo f the captivity.
So the vision that I had seen went up fromme.
11:25Then I spoke to themo f the captivity all the
things that Yahweh had shown me.
12:1The word of Yahweh also came to me,
saying, 12:2Son of m an, you dwell in the m idst
Ezekiel 12:3 663 Ezekiel 13:7
of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see,
and don't see, who have ears to hear, and
don't hear; for they are a rebellious house.
12:3Therefore, you son of man, prepare you
stuff for removing, and remove by day in their
sight; and you shall remove from your place to
another place in their sight: it may be they will
consider, though they are a rebellious house.
12:4You shall bring forth your stuff by day in
their sight, as stuff for removing; and you shall
go forth yourself at even in their sight, aswhen
men go forth into exile. 12:5Dig you through the
wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. 12:6In
their sight you shall bear it on your shoulder,
and carry it forth in the dark; you shall cover
your face, that you don't see the land: for I have
set you for a sign to the house of Israel. 12:7I
did so as I was commanded: I brought forth
my stuff by day, as stuff for removing, and in
the even I dug through the wall with my hand;
I brought it forth in the dark, and bore it on my
shoulder in their sight. 12:8In the morning came
the word of Yahweh to me, saying, 12:9Son of
man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious
house, said to you, What do you? 12:10Say
you to them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This
burden concernsthe prince in Jerusalem ,and
all the house of Israel among whom they are.
12:11Say, I amyou r sign: like as I have done, so
shall it be done to them; they shall go into exile,
into captivity. 12:12The prince who is am ong
thems hall bear on his shoulder in the dark,
and shall go forth: they shall dig through the
wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his
face, because he shall not see the land with his
eyes. 12:13My net also will I spread on him, and
he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring
himto Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans;
yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
12:14Iwill scatter toward every wind allwho are
around himto help him, and all his bands; and
I will draw out the sword after them. 12:15They
shall know that I amY ahweh, when I shall
disperse themam ong the nations, and scatter
themthro ugh the countries. 12:16But I will
leave a few men of them from the sword, from
the famine, and from the pestilence; that they
may declare all their abominations among the
nations where they come; and they shall know
that I amY ahweh. 12:17Moreover the word of
Yahweh came to me, saying, 12:18Son of man,
eat your bread with quaking, and drink your
water with trembling and with fearfulness;
12:19and tell the people of the land, Thus says
the Lord Yahweh concerning the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and the land of Israel: They shall
eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their
water in dismay, that her land may be desolate,
and despoiledof all that is therein, because of
the violence of all those who dwell therein.
12:20The cities that are inhabited shall be laid
waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and
you shall know that I amY ahweh. 12:21The
word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 12:22Son of
man, what is this proverb that you have in the
land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged,
and every vision fails? 12:23Tell themt herefore,
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will make this
proverb to cease, and they shall no more use
it as a proverb in Israel; but tell them, The
days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every
vision. 12:24For there shall be no more any
false vision nor flattering divination within the
house of Israel. 12:25For I amY ahweh; I will
speak, and the word that I shall speak shall be
performed; it shall be no more deferred: for
in your days, rebellious house, will I speak
the word, and will performi t, says the Lord
Yahweh. 12:26Again the word of Yahweh came
to me, saying, 12:27Son of man, behold, they of
the house of Israel say, The vision that he sees
is for many day to come, and he prophesies of
times that are far off. 12:28Therefore tell them,
Thus says the LordYahweh: There shall none of
my words be deferred any more, but the word
which I shall speak shall be performed, says the
Lord Yahweh.
13:1The word ofYahweh cam e to m e, saying,
13:2Son of man, prophesy against the prophets
of Israel who prophesy, and say you to those
who prophesy out of their own heart, Hear
you the word of Yahweh: 13:3Thus says the
Lord Yahweh, Woe to the foolish prophets,
who follow their own spirit, and have seen
nothing! 13:4Israel, your prophets have been
like foxes in the waste places. 13:5You have
not gone up into the gaps, neither built up the
wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the
battle in the day of Yahweh. 13:6They have
seen falsehood and lying divination, who say,
Yahweh says; but Yahweh has not sent them:
and they have made men to hope that the word
would be confirmed. 13:7Haven't you seen a
false vision, and haven't you spoken a lying
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divination, in that you say, Yahweh says; but
I have not spoken? 13:8Therefore thus says
the Lord Yahweh: Because you have spoken
falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I
amag ainst you, says the Lord Yahweh. 13:9My
hand shall be against the prophets who see
false visions, and who divine lies: they shall
not be in the council 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 you shall know that I amthe Lord
Yahweh. 13:10Because, even because they have
seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there
is no peace; and when one builds up a wall,
behold, they daub it with whitewash: 13:11tell
those who daub it with whitewash, that it shall
fall: there shall be an overflowing shower;
and you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a
stormy wind shall tear it. 13:12Behold, when
the wall is fallen, shall it not be said to you,
Where is the daubing with which you have
daubed it? 13:13Therefore thus says the Lord
Yahweh: I will even tear it with a stormy wind
in my wrath; and there shall be an overflowing
shower in my anger, and great hailstones in
wrath to consume it. 13:14So will I break down
the wall that you have daubed with whitewash,
and bring it down to the ground, so that its
foundation shall be uncovered; and it shall fall,
and you shall be consumed in its midst: and
you shall know that I amY ahweh. 13:15Thus
will I accomplish my wrath on the wall, and
on those who have daubed it with whitewash;
and I will tell you, The wall is no more, neither
those who daubed it; 13:16to wit, the prophets
of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem,
and who see visions of peace for her, and there
is no peace, says the Lord Yahweh. 13:17You,
son of man, set your face against the daughters
of your people, who prophesy out of their
own heart; and prophesy you against them,
13:18and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe
to the women who sew pillows on all elbows,
and make kerchiefs for the head of persons
of every stature to hunt souls! Will you hunt
the souls of my people, and save souls alive for
yourselves? 13:19You have profaned me among
my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces
of bread, to kill the souls who should not die,
and to save the souls alive who should not
live, by your lying to my people who listen to
lies. 13:20Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Behold, I ama gainst your pillows, with which
you there hunt the souls to make themfly, and I
will tear themf romyour arms; and I will let the
souls go, even the souls who you hunt to make
themfly. 13:21Your 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
you shall know that I amYahweh. 13:22Because
with lies you have grieved the heart of the
righteous, whomI have not made sad; and
strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he
should not return fromhi s wicked way, and be
saved alive: 13:23Therefore you shall no more
see false visions, nor practice divination. I will
deliver my people out of your hand; and you
shall know that I amYahweh.
14:1Then came certain of the elders of Israel
to me, and sat before me. 14:2The word of
Yahweh came to me, saying, 14:3Son of man,
these men have taken their idols into their
heart, and put the stumbling block of their
iniquity before their face: should I be inquired
of at all by them? 14:4Therefore speak to them,
and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Every man of the house of Israel who takes
his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling
block of his iniquity before his face, and comes
to the prophet; I Yahweh will answer him
therein according to the multitude of his idols;
14:5that I may take the house of Israel in their
own heart, because they are all estranged from
m e through their idols. 14:6Therefore tell the
house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Return you, and turn yourselves fromy our
idols; and turn away your faces froma ll your
abominations. 14:7For everyone of the house of
Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel,
who separates himself from me, and takes his
idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling
block of his iniquity before his face, and comes
to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; I
Yahweh will answer himb y myself: 14:8and
I will set my face against that man, and will
make him an astonishment, for a sign and a
proverb, and I will cut himof f from the midst
of my people; and you shall know that I am
Yahweh. 14:9If the prophet be deceived and
speak a word, I, Yahweh, have deceived that
prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on
him, and will destroy him from the midst of
m y people Israel. 14:10They shall bear their
iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be
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even as the iniquity of himw ho seeks to him;
14:11that the house of Israel may go no more
astray from me, neither defile themselves any
more with all their transgressions; but that
they may be my people, and I may be their
God, says the Lord Yahweh. 14:12The word of
Yahweh came to me, saying, 14:13Son of man,
when a land sins against me by committing a
trespass, and I stretch out my hand on it, and
break the staff of its bread, and send famine
on it, and cut off from it man and animal;
14:14though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and
Job, were in it, they should deliver but their
own souls by their righteousness, says the Lord
Yahweh. 14:15If I cause evil animals to pass
through the land, and they ravage it, and it
be made desolate, so that no man may pass
through because of the animals; 14:16though
these three men were in it, as I live, says the
Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither sons
nor daughters; they only should be delivered,
but the land should be desolate. 14:17Or if I
bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword,
go through the land; so that I cut off fromi t
man and animal; 14:18though these three men
were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh,
they should deliver neither sons nor daughters,
but they only should be delivered themselves.
14:19Or if I send a pestilence into that land,
and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut
off from it man and animal; 14:20though Noah,
Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the
Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither son
nor daughter; they should but deliver their
own souls by their righteousness. 14:21For thus
says the Lord Yahweh: Howmuch morewhen I
send my four sore judgments on Jerusalem, the
sword, and the famine, and the evil animals,
and the pestilence, to cut off fromi t man and
animal! 14:22Yet, behold, therein shall be left a
remnant that shall be carried forth, both sons
and daughters: behold, they shall come forth
to you, and you shall see their way and their
doings; and you shall be comforted concerning
the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem,
even concerning all that I have brought on it.
14:23They shall comfort you,when you see their
way and their doings; and you shall know that
I have not done without cause all that I have
done in it, says the Lord Yahweh.
15:1The wordof Yahweh cam e to m e, saying,
15:2Son of man, what is the vine tree more than
any tree, the vine-branch which is among the
trees of the forest? 15:3Shall wood be taken of it
to make any work? or will men take a pin of it
to hang any vessel thereon? 15:4Behold, it is cast
into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both
its ends, and its midst is burned: is it profitable
for any work? 15:5Behold, when it was whole,
it was meet for no work: how much less, when
the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall
it yet be meet for any work! 15:6Therefore thus
says the Lord Yahweh: 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. 15:7I will set my face against
them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the
fire shall devour them; and you shall know
that I amY ahweh, when I set my face against
them. 15:8Iwill make the land desolate, because
they have committed a trespass, says the Lord
Yahweh.
16:1Again the word of Yahweh came to me,
saying, 16:2Son of man, cause Jerusalem to
know her abominations; 16:3and say, Thus says
the Lord Yahweh to Jerusalem: Your birth and
your birth is of the land of the Canaanite; the
Amorite was your father, and your mother
was a Hittite. 16:4As for your birth, in the
day you were born your navel was not cut,
neither were you washed in water to cleanse
you; you weren't salted at all, nor swaddled at
all. 16:5No eye pitied you, to do any of these
things to you, to have compassion on you; but
youwere cast out in the open field, for that your
person was abhorred, in the day that you were
born. 16:6When I passed by you, and saw you
weltering in your blood, I said to you, Though
you arein your blood, live; yes, I said to you,
Though you arein your blood, live. 16:7I caused
you to multiply as that which grows in the field,
and you increased and grew great, and you
attained to excellent ornament; your breasts
were fashioned, and your hair was grown; yet
you were naked and bare. 16:8Now when I
passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your
time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt
over you, and covered your nakedness: yes,
I swore to you, and entered into a covenant
with you, says the Lord Yahweh, and you
became mine. 16:9Then washed I you with
water; yes, I thoroughly washed away your
blood fromyou, and I anointed you with oil.
16:10I clothed you also with embroideredwork,
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and shod you with sealskin, and I girded you
about with fine linen, and covered you with
silk. 16:11I decked you with ornaments, and I
put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on
your neck. 16:12I put a ring on your nose, and
earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on
your head. 16:13Thus you were decked with
gold and silver; and your clothing was of fine
linen, and silk, and embroidered work; you
ate fine flour, and honey, and oil; and you
were exceeding beautiful, and you prospered
to royal estate. 16:14Your renown went forth
among the nations for your beauty; for it was
perfect, through my majesty which I had put
on you, says the Lord Yahweh. 16:15But you did
trust in your beauty, and played the prostitute
because of your renown, and poured out your
prostitution on everyone who passed by; his
it was. 16:16You took of your garments, and
made for yourselves high places decked with
various colors, and played the prostitute on
them: the like thingsshall not come, neither shall
it be so. 16:17You also took your beautiful
jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I
had given you, and made for yourself images
of men, and played the prostitute with them;
16:18and you took your embroidered garments,
and covered them, and did set my oil and my
incense before them. 16:19My bread also which
I gave you, fine flour, and oil, and honey, with
which I fed you, you did even set it before them
for a pleasant aroma; and thusit was, says the
Lord Yahweh. 16:20Moreover you have taken
your sons and your daughters, whomy ou have
borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to
themt o be devoured. Were your prostitution
a small matter, 16:21that you have slain my
children, and delivered themup, in causing
themto pass through the fireto them? 16:22In all
your abominations and your prostitution you
have not remembered the days of your youth,
when you were naked and bare, and was
weltering in your blood. 16:23It is happen after
all your wickedness, (woe, woe to you! says
the Lord Yahweh), 16:24that you have built to
you a vaulted place, and have made you a lofty
place in every street. 16:25You have built your
lofty place at the head of every way, and have
made your beauty an abomination, and have
opened your feet to everyone who passed by,
and multiplied your prostitution. 16:26You have
also committed sexual immorality with the
Egyptians, your neighbors, great of flesh; and
have multiplied your prostitution, to provoke
m e to anger. 16:27See therefore, I have stretched
out my hand over you, and have diminished
your ordinary food, and delivered you to the
will of those who hate you, the daughters of the
Philistines,who are ashamed of your lewdway.
16:28You have played the prostitute also with
the Assyrians, because you were insatiable;
yes, you have played the prostitute with them,
and yet you weren't satisfied. 16:29You have
moreover multiplied your prostitution to the
land of merchants, to Chaldea; and yet you
weren't satisfied with this. 16:30How weak is
your heart, says the Lord Yahweh, seeing you
do all these things, the work of an impudent
prostitute; 16:31in that you build your vaulted
place at the head of every way, and make your
lofty place in every street, and have not been as
a prostitute, in that you scorn pay. 16:32A wife
who commits adultery! who takes strangers
instead of her husband! 16:33They give gifts
to all prostitutes; but you give your gifts to
all your lovers, and bribe them, that they may
come to you on every side for your prostitution.
16:34You are different from otherwomen in your
prostitution, in that none follows you to play
the prostitute; and whereas you give hire,
and no hire is given to you, therefore you
are different. 16:35Therefore, prostitute, hear
the word of Yahweh: 16:36Thus says the Lord
Yahweh, Because your filthiness was poured
out, and your nakedness uncovered through
your prostitution with your lovers; and because
of all the idols of your abominations, and for
the blood of your children, that you gave to
them; 16:37therefore see, I will gather all your
lovers, with whomy ou have taken pleasure,
and all those who you have loved, with all
those who you have hated; I will even gather
thema gainst you on every side, and will
uncover your nakedness to them, that they may
see all your nakedness. 16:38I will judge you,
as women who break wedlock and shed blood
are judged; and I will bring on you the blood
of wrath and jealousy. 16:39I will also give you
into their hand, and they shall throw down
your vaulted place, and break down your lofty
places; and they shall strip you of your clothes,
and take your beautiful jewels; and they shall
leave you naked and bare. 16:40They shall also
bring up a company against you, and they shall
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stone you with stones, and thrust you through
with their swords. 16:41They shall burn your
houses with fire, and execute judgments on you
in the sight of many women; and I will cause
you to cease fromp laying the prostitute, and
you shall also give no hire any more. 16:42So
will I cause my wrath toward you to rest, and
my jealousy shall depart from you, and I will be
quiet, and will be no more angry. 16:43Because
you have not remembered the days of your
youth, but have raged against me in all these
things; therefore, behold, I also will bring your
way on your head, says the Lord Yahweh: and
you shall not commit this lewdness with all
your abominations. 16:44Behold, everyone who
uses proverbs shall use thisproverb against you,
saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
16:45You are the daughter of your mother, who
loathes her husband and her children; and
you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed
their husbands and their children: your mother
was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
16:46Your elder sister is Samaria, who dwells
at your left hand, she and her daughters; and
your younger sister, who dwells at your right
hand, is Sodomand her daughters. 16:47Yet
have you not walked in their ways, nor done
after their abominations; but, as if that werea
very little thing, you were more corrupt than
they in all your ways. 16:48As I live, says the
Lord Yahweh, Sodomyour sister has not done,
she nor her daughters, as you have done, you
and your daughters. 16:49Behold, this was the
iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of
bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in
her daughters; neither did she strengthen the
hand of the poor and needy. 16:50They were
haughty, and committed abomination before
me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
16:51Neither has Samaria committed half of
your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations
more than they, and have justified
your sisters by all your abominations which
you have done. 16:52You also, bear you your
own shame, in that you have given judgment
for your sisters; through your sins that you
have committed more abominable than they,
they are more righteous that you: yes, be also
confounded, and bear your shame, in that you
have justified your sisters. 16:53I will turn again
their captivity, the captivity of Sodomand her
daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her
daughters, and the captivity of your captives in
the midst of them; 16:54that you may bear your
own shame, and may be ashamed because of all
that you have done, in that you are a comfort
to them. 16:55Your sisters, Sodoma nd her
daughters, shall return to their former estate;
and Samaria and her daughters shall return to
their former estate; and you and your daughters
shall return to your former estate. 16:56For
your sister Sodomw as not mentioned by your
mouth in the day of your pride, 16:57before
your wickedness was uncovered, as at the time
of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and
of all who are around her, the daughters of the
Philistines, who do despite to you all around.
16:58You have borne your lewdness and your
abominations, says Yahweh. 16:59For thus says
the Lord Yahweh: I will also deal with you as
you have done, who have despised the oath
in breaking the covenant. 16:60Nevertheless I
will remember my covenant with you in the
days of your youth, and I will establish to
you an everlasting covenant. 16:61Then you
shall remember your ways, and be ashamed,
when you shall receive your sisters, your elder
sistersand your younger; and I will give them
to you for daughters, but not by your covenant.
16:62I will establish my covenant with you; and
you shall know that I amYahweh; 16:63that you
may remember, and be confounded, and never
open your mouth any more, because of your
shame, when I have forgiven you all that you
have done, says the Lord Yahweh.
17:1The word ofYahweh cam e to m e, saying,
17:2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak
a parable to the house of Israel; 17:3and say,
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A great eagle with
great wings and long feathers, full of feathers,
which had various colors, came to Lebanon,
and took the top of the cedar: 17:4he cropped
off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and
carried it to a land of traffic; he set it in a city of
merchants. 17:5He took also of the seed of the
land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed
it beside many waters; he set it as a willow
tree. 17:6It grew, and became a spreading vine
of low stature, whose branches turned toward
him, and its rootswere under him: so it became
a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot
forth sprigs. 17:7There was also another great
eagle with great wings and many feathers: and
behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him,
Ezekiel 17:8 668 Ezekiel 18:13
and shot forth its branches toward him, from
the beds of its plantation, that he might water
it. 17:8It was planted in a good soil by many
waters, that it might bring forth branches, and
that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly
vine. 17:9Say you, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up its roots,
and cut off its fruit, that it may wither; that all
its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not
by a strong armor much people can it be raised
fromit s roots. 17:10Yes, behold, being planted,
shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither,
when the east wind touches it? it shall wither
in the beds where it grew. 17:11Moreover the
word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 17:12Say
now to the rebellious house, Don't you know
what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the
king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took
its king, and its princes, and brought themto
himto Babylon: 17:13and he took of the seed
royal, and made a covenant with him; he also
brought himund er an oath, and took away
the mighty of the land; 17:14that the kingdom
might be base, that it might not lift itself up,
but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
17:15But he rebelled against himin sending his
ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give
himh orses andmuch people. Shall he prosper?
shall he escape who does such things? shall he
break the covenant, and yet escape? 17:16As I
live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely in the place
where the king dwells who m ade him king,
whose oath he despised, and whose covenant
he broke, evenwith himin themidst of Babylon
he shall die. 17:17Neither shall Pharaoh with his
mighty army and great company help him in
the war, when they cast up mounds and build
forts, to cut off many persons. 17:18For he has
despised the oath by breaking the covenant;
and behold, he had given his hand, and yet
has done all these things; he shall not escape.
17:19Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I
live, surely my oath that he has despised, and
my covenant that he has broken, I will even
bring it on his own head. 17:20I will spread my
net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare,
and I will bring himt o Babylon, and will enter
into judgment with him there for his trespass
that he has trespassed against me. 17:21All
his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the
sword, and those who remain shall be scattered
toward every wind: and you shall know that
I, Yahweh, have spoken it. 17:22Thus says the
Lord Yahweh: I will also take of the lofty top of
the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from
the topmost of its young twigs a tender one,
and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain:
17:23in 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 birds of every wing; in the
shade of its branches shall they dwell. 17:24All
the trees of the field shall know that I, Yahweh,
have brought down the high tree, have exalted
the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and
have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Yahweh,
have spoken and have done it.
18:1The word of Yahweh came to me again,
saying, 18:2What do you mean, that you use this
proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,
The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the
children's teeth are set on edge? 18:3As I live,
says the Lord Yahweh, you shall not have
occasionany more to use this proverb in Israel.
18:4Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the
father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the
soul who sins, he shall die. 18:5But if a man is
just, and does that which is lawful and right,
18:6and has not eaten on the mountains, neither
has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house
of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor's
wife, neither has come near to a woman in
her impurity, 18:7and has not wronged any,
but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has
taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread
to the hungry, and has covered the naked with
a garment; 18:8he who has not given forth on
interest, neither has taken any increase, who
has withdrawn his hand fromi niquity, has
executed true justice between man and man,
18:9has walked in my statutes, and has kept my
ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall
surely live, says the Lord Yahweh. 18:10If he
fathers a son who is a robber, a shedder of
blood, and who does any one of these things,
18:11and who does not any of those duties,
but even has eaten on the mountains, and
defiled his neighbor's wife, 18:12has wronged
the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has
not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his
eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,
18:13has given forth on interest, and has taken
increase; shall he then live? he shall not live:
he has done all these abominations; he shall
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surely die; his blood shall be on him. 18:14Now,
behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his
father's sins, which he has done, and fears,
and does not such like; 18:15who has not eaten
on the mountains, neither has lifted up his
eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has
not defiled his neighbor's wife, 18:16neither
has wronged any, has not taken anything to
pledge, neither has taken by robbery, but has
given his bread to the hungry, and has covered
the naked with a garment; 18:17who has
withdrawn his hand fromthe poor, who has
not received interest nor increase, has executed
my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he
shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he
shall surely live. 18:18As for his father, because
he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and
did that which is not good among his people,
behold, he shall die in his iniquity. 18:19Yet say
you, Why does not the son bear the iniquity
of the father? when the son has done that
which is lawful and right, and has kept all my
statutes, and has done them, he shall surely
live. 18:20The soul who sins, he shall die: the
son shall not bear the iniquity of the father,
neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the
son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be
on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall
be on him. 18:21But if the wicked turn from
all his sins that he has committed, and keep
all my statutes, and do that which is lawful
and right, he shall surely live, he shall not
die. 18:22None of his transgressions that he has
committed shall be remembered against him:
in his righteousness that he has done he shall
live. 18:23Have I any pleasure in the death of
the wicked? says the Lord Yahweh; and not
rather that he should return fromhi s way, and
live? 18:24But when the righteous turns away
from his righteousness, and commits iniquity,
and does according to all the abominations that
the wicked man does, shall he live? None
of his righteous deeds that he has done shall
be remembered: in his trespass that he has
trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned,
in thems hall he die. 18:25Yet you say, The way
of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, house of
Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren't your ways
unequal? 18:26When the righteous man turns
away from his righteousness, and commits
iniquity, and dies therein; in his iniquity that
he has done shall he die. 18:27Again, when the
wicked man turns away from his wickedness
that he has committed, and does that which
is lawful and right, he shall save his soul
alive. 18:28Because he considers, and turns
away fromal l his transgressions that he has
committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
18:29Yet says the house of Israel, The way of
the Lord is not equal. house of Israel, are not
my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
18:30Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel,
everyone according to his ways, says the Lord
Yahweh. Return you, and turn yourselves
froma ll your transgressions; so iniquity shall
not be your ruin. 18:31Cast away fromy ou
all your transgressions, in which you have
transgressed; and make you a new heart and
a new spirit: for why will you die, house
of Israel? 18:32For I have no pleasure in the
death of himwho dies, says the Lord Yahweh:
therefore turn yourselves, and live.
19:1Moreover, take up a lamentation for the
princes of Israel, 19:2and say, What was your
mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in
the m idst of the young lions she nourished her
cubs. 19:3She brought up one of her cubs: he
became a young lion, and he learned to catch
the prey; he devoured men. 19:4The nations
also heard of him; he was taken in their pit;
and they brought himwi th hooks to the land
of Egypt. 19:5Now when she saw that she had
waited, and her hope was lost, then she took
another of her cubs, and made him a young
lion. 19:6He went up and down among the
lions; he became a young lion, and he learned
to catch the prey; he devoured men. 19:7He
knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities;
and the land was desolate, and its fullness,
because of the noise of his roaring. 19:8Then the
nations set against himo n every side fromthe
provinces; and they spread their net over him;
he was taken in their pit. 19:9They put himin a
cage with hooks, and brought himto the king
of Babylon; they brought himin to strongholds,
that his voice should no more be heard on the
mountains of Israel. 19:10Your mother was like
a vine, in your blood, planted by the waters:
it was fruitful and full of branches by reason
of many waters. 19:11It had strong rods for
the scepters of those who bore rule, and their
stature was exalted among the thick boughs,
and they were seen in their height with the
multitude of their branches. 19:12But it was
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plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the
ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit:
its strong rods were broken off and withered;
the fire consumed them. 19:13Now it is planted
in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
19:14Fire is gone out of the rods of its branches,
it has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it
no strong rod to be a scepter to rule. This is a
lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
20:1It happened in the seventh year, in the
fifth month, the tenth dayof the month, that
certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire
of Yahweh, and sat before me. 20:2The word
of Yahweh came to me, saying, 20:3Son of man,
speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them,
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Is it to inquire
of me that you have come? As I live, says
the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by
you. 20:4Will you judge them, son of man,
will you judge them? Cause them to know
the abominations of their fathers; 20:5and tell
them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the
day when I chose Israel, and swore to the
seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself
known to themi n the land of Egypt, when
I swore to them, saying, I am Yahweh your
God; 20:6in that day I swore to them, to bring
themf orth out of the land of Egypt into a
land that I had searched out for them, flowing
with milk and honey, which is the glory of
all lands. 20:7I said to them, Cast you away
every man the abominations of his eyes, and
don't defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt;
I am Yahweh your God. 20:8But they rebelled
against me, and would not listen to 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 would pour out my
wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against
themi n themidst of the land of Egypt. 20:9But
I worked for my name's sake, that it should
not be profaned in the sight of the nations,
among which they were, in whose sight I made
myself known to them, in bringing them forth
out of the land of Egypt. 20:10So I caused
themto go forth out of the land of Egypt,
and brought themi nto the wilderness. 20:11I
gave themm y statutes, and showed themm y
ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live
in them. 20:12Moreover also I gave themm y
Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them,
that they might know that I am Yahweh who
sanctifies them. 20:13But the house of Israel
rebelled against me in the wilderness: they
didn't walk in my statutes, and they rejected
my ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall
live in them; and my Sabbaths they greatly
profaned. Then I said I would pour out my
wrath on themi n the wilderness, to consume
them. 20:14But I worked for my name's sake,
that it should not be profaned in the sight of
the nations, in whose sight I brought them
out. 20:15Moreover also I swore to themi n the
wilderness, that I would not bring themi nto
the land which I had given them, flowing with
milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
20:16because they rejected my ordinances, and
didn't walk in my statutes, and profaned my
Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
20:17Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I
didn't destroy them, neither did I make a full
end of themin the wilderness. 20:18I said
to their children in the wilderness, Don't you
walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither
observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves
with their idols. 20:19I am Yahweh your God:
walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances,
and do them; 20:20and make my Sabbaths holy;
and they shall be a sign between me and you,
that you may know that I am Yahweh your
God. 20:21But the children rebelled against me;
they didn't walk in my statutes, neither kept
m yordinances to do them ,which if a m an
do, he shall live in them; they profaned my
Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my
wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against
themin the wilderness. 20:22Nevertheless I
withdrewmy hand, and worked for my name's
sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight
of the nations, in whose sight I brought them
forth. 20:23Moreover I swore to themi n the
wilderness, that I would scatter themam ong
the nations, and disperse themthro ugh the
countries; 20:24because they had not executed
my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes,
and had profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes
were after their fathers' idols. 20:25Moreover
also I gave thems tatutes that were not good,
and ordinances in which they should not live;
20:26and I polluted themi n their own gifts,
in that they caused to pass through the fireall
that opens the womb, that I might make them
desolate, to the end that they might know that I
amY ahweh. 20:27Therefore, son of man, speak
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to the house of Israel, and tell them, Thus
says the Lord Yahweh: In this moreover have
your fathers blasphemed me, in that they have
committed a trespass against me. 20:28Forwhen
I had brought themi nto the land, which I swore
to give to them, then they saw every high hill,
and every thick tree, and they offered there
their sacrifices, and there they presented the
provocation of their offering; there also they
made their pleasant aroma, and they poured
out there their drink offerings. 20:29Then I said
to them,What means the high place whereunto
you go? So its name is called Bamah to this day.
20:30Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says
the Lord Yahweh: Do you pollute yourselves
after the manner of your fathers? and play
you the prostitute after their abominations?
20:31and when you offer your gifts, when you
make your sons to pass through the fire, do
you pollute yourselves with all your idols to
this day? and shall I be inquired of by you,
house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord
Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you;
20:32and that which comes into your mind shall
not be at all, in that you say, We will be as
the nations, as the families of the countries,
to serve wood and stone. 20:33As I live, says
the Lord Yahweh, surely with a mighty hand,
and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath
poured out, will I be king over you: 20:34and I
will bring you out fromt he peoples, and will
gather you out of the countries in which you
are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an
outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;
20:35and I will bring you into the wilderness
of the peoples, and there will I enter into
judgment with you face to face. 20:36Like as
I entered into judgment with your fathers in
the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I
enter into judgment with you, says the Lord
Yahweh. 20:37I will cause you to pass under
the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of
the covenant; 20:38and I will purge out from
among you the rebels, and those who disobey
against me; I will bring them forth out of the
land where they sojourn, but they shall not
enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know
that I amY ahweh. 20:39As for you, house of
Israel, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Go you,
serve everyone his idols, and hereafter also, if
you will not listen to me; but my holy name
you shall no more profane with your gifts, and
with your idols. 20:40For in my holy mountain,
in the mountain of the height of Israel, says
the Lord Yahweh, there shall all the house of
Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there
will I accept them, and there will I require your
offerings, and the first fruits of your offerings,
with all your holy things. 20:41As a pleasant
arom awill I accept you, when I bring you out
fromthe peoples, and gather you out of the
countries in which you have been scattered;
and I will be sanctified in you in the sight
of the nations. 20:42You shall know that I
amY ahweh, when I shall bring you into the
land of Israel, into the country which I swore
to give to your fathers. 20:43There you shall
remember your ways, and all your doings, in
which you have polluted yourselves; and you
shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all
your evils that you have committed. 20:44You
shall knowthat I amYahweh, when I have dealt
with you for my name's sake, not according to
your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt
doings, you house of Israel, says the Lord
Yahweh. 20:45The word of Yahweh came to me,
saying, 20:46Son of man, set your face toward
the south, and drop your wordtoward the south,
and prophesy against the forest of the field in
the South; 20:47and tell the forest of the South,
Hear the word of Yahweh: Thus says the Lord
Yahweh, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you,
and it shall devour every green tree in you,
and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not
be quenched, and all faces fromthe south to
the north shall be burnt thereby. 20:48All flesh
shall see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it; it shall
not be quenched. 20:49Then said I, Ah Lord
Yahweh! they say of me, Isn't he a speaker of
parables?
21:1The word ofYahweh cam e to m e, saying,
21:2Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem,
and drop your wordtoward the sanctuaries, and
prophesy against the land of Israel; 21:3and tell
the land of Israel, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I
amag ainst you, and will draw forthmy sword
out of its sheath, and will cut off fromy ou the
righteous and the wicked. 21:4Seeing then that
I will cut off fromyou the righteous and the
wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out
of its sheath against all flesh fromthe south to
the north: 21:5and all flesh shall know that I,
Yahweh, have drawn forth my sword out of its
sheath; it shall not return any more. 21:6Sigh
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therefore, you son of man; with the breaking of
your thighs and with bitterness you will sigh
before their eyes. 21:7It shall be, when they
tell you, Why do you sigh? that you shall say,
Because of the news, for it comes; 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 comes, and it
shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh. 21:8The
word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 21:9Son
of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says Yahweh:
Say, A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also
furbished; 21:10it is sharpened that it may make
a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as
lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of
my son, it condemns every tree. 21:11It is given
to be furbished, that it may be handled: the
sword, it is sharpened, yes, it is furbished, to
give it into the hand of the killer. 21:12Cry and
wail, son of man; for it is on my people, it is on
all the princes of Israel: they are delivered over
to the sword with my people; strike therefore
on your thigh. 21:13For there is a trial; and what
if even the rod that condemns shall be no more?
says the Lord Yahweh. 21:14You therefore,
son of man, prophesy, and strike your hands
together; and let the sword be doubled the third
time, the sword of the deadlywounded: it is the
sword of the great one who is deadlywounded,
which enters into their chambers. 21:15I have
set the threatening sword against all their gates,
that their heart may melt, and their stumblings
be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is
pointed for slaughter. 21:16Gather you together,
go to the right, set yourself in array, go to
the left, wherever your face is set. 21:17I will
also strike my hands together, and I will cause
my wrath to rest: I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
21:18The word of Yahweh cam e to m eagain,
saying, 21:19Also, you son of man, appoint two
ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon
may come; they both shall come forth out of
one land: and mark out a place, mark it out at
the head of the way to the city. 21:20You shall
appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah
of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in
Jerusalemthe fortified. 21:21For the king of
Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the
head of the two ways, to use divination: he
shook the arrows back and forth, he consulted
the teraphim, he looked in the liver. 21:22In his
right hand was the divination forJerusalem, to
set battering rams, to open the mouth in the
slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to
set battering rams against the gates, to cast up
mounds, to build forts. 21:23It shall be to them
as a false divination in their sight, who have
sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to
memory, that they may be taken. 21:24Therefore
thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have
made your iniquity to be remembered, in that
your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all
your doings your sins do appear; because you
have come to memory, you shall be taken with
the hand. 21:25You, deadly wounded wicked
one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come,
in the time of the iniquity of the end, 21:26thus
says the Lord Yahweh: Remove the turban, and
take off the crown; this shall beno more the
same; exalt that which is low, and abase that
which is high. 21:27I will overturn, overturn,
overturn it: this also shall be no more, until he
come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
21:28You, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus
says the Lord Yahweh concerning the children
of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and
say you, A sword, a sword is drawn, for the
slaughter it is furbished, to cause it to devour,
that it may be as lightning; 21:29while they see
for you false visions, while they divine lies to
you, to lay you on the necks of the wicked who
are deadly wounded, whose day is come in the
time of the iniquity of the end. 21:30Cause it to
return into its sheath. In the place where you
were created, in the land of your birth, will I
judge you. 21:31I will pour out my indignation
on you; I will blow on you with the fire of my
wrath; and I will deliver you into the hand of
brutish men, skillful to destroy. 21:32You shall
be for fuel to the fire; your blood shall be in
the midst of the land; you shall be no more
remembered: for I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
22:1Moreover the word of Yahweh came to
me, saying, 22:2You, son of man, will you judge,
will you judge the bloody city? then cause her
to know all her abominations. 22:3You shall
say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A city that
sheds blood in the midst of her, that her time
may come, and that makes idols against herself
to defile her! 22:4You have become guilty in
your blood that you have shed, and are defiled
in your idols which you have made; and you
have caused your days to draw near, and are
come even to your years: therefore have I
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made you a reproach to the nations, and a
mocking to all the countries. 22:5Those who
are near, and those who are far fromy ou, shall
mock you, you infamous one andfull of tumult.
22:6Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according
to his power, have been in you to shed
blood. 22:7In you have they set light by father
and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt
by oppression with the foreigner; in you have
they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
22:8You have despised my holy things, and
have profaned my Sabbaths. 22:9Slanderous
men have been in you to shed blood; and in
you they have eaten on the mountains: in the
midst of you they have committed lewdness.
22:10In you have they uncovered their fathers'
nakedness; in you have they humbled her who
was unclean in her impurity. 22:11One has committed
abomination with his neighbor's wife;
and another has lewdly defiled his daughterin-
law; and another in you has humbled his
sister, his father's daughter. 22:12In you have
they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken
interest and increase, and you have greedily
gained of your neighbors by oppression, and
have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.
22:13Behold, therefore, I have struck my hand
at your dishonest gain which you have made,
and at your blood which has been in the midst
of you. 22:14Can your heart endure, or can
your hands be strong, in the days that I shall
deal with you? I, Yahweh, have spoken it,
and will do it. 22:15I will scatter you among
the nations, and disperse you through the
countries; and I will consume your filthiness
out of you. 22:16You shall be profaned in
yourself, in the sight of the nations; and you
shall know that I amYahweh. 22:17The word of
Yahweh came to me, saying, 22:18Son of man,
the house of Israel is become dross to me: all
of themare brass and tin and iron and lead,
in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross
of silver. 22:19Therefore thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Because you are all become dross,
therefore, behold, I will gather you into the
midst of Jerusalem. 22:20As they gather silver
and brass and iron and lead and tin into the
midst of the furnace, to blow the fire on it,
to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger
and in my wrath, and I will lay you there,
and melt you. 22:21Yes, I will gather you, and
blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and
you shall be melted in its midst. 22:22As silver
is melted in the midst of the furnace, so you
will be melted in its midst; and you will know
that I, Yahweh, have poured out my wrath on
you. 22:23The word of Yahweh came to me,
saying, 22:24Son of man, tell her, You are a
land that is not cleansed, nor rained on in the
day of indignation. 22:25There is a conspiracy
of her prophets in its midst, like a roaring
lion ravening the prey: they have devoured
souls; they take treasure and precious things;
they have made her widows many in its midst.
22:26Her priests have done violence to my law,
and have profaned my holy things: they have
made no distinction between the holy and the
common, neither have they caused men to
discern between the unclean and the clean, and
have hid their eyes fromm y Sabbaths, and I
am profaned among them. 22:27Her princes
in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey,
to shed blood, andto destroy souls, that they
may get dishonest gain. 22:28Her prophets
have daubed for themwi th whitewash, seeing
false visions, and divining lies to them, saying,
Thus says the Lord Yahweh, when Yahweh has
not spoken. 22:29The people of the land have
used oppression, and exercised robbery; yes,
they have troubled the poor and needy, and
have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully. 22:30I
sought for a man among them, who should
build up the wall, and stand in the gap before
me for the land, that I should not destroy it;
but I found none. 22:31Therefore have I poured
out my indignation on them; I have consumed
themwi th the fire ofmy wrath: their own way
have I brought on their heads, says the Lord
Yahweh.
23:1The word of Yahweh came again to me,
saying, 23:2Son of man, there were two women,
the daughters of one mother: 23:3and they
played the prostitute in Egypt; they played
the prostitute in their youth; there were their
breasts pressed, and there was handled the
bosomo f their virginity. 23:4The names of
themwe re Oholah the elder, and Oholibah
her sister: and they became mine, and they
bore sons and daughters. As for their names,
Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.
23:5Oholah played the prostitute when she was
mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the
Assyrians herneighbors, 23:6who were clothed
with blue, governors and rulers, all of themd e
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sirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.
23:7She bestowed her prostitution on them, the
choicest men of Assyria all of them; and on
whoever she doted, with all their idols she
defiled herself. 23:8Neither has she left her
prostitution since the days of Egypt; for in her
youth they lay with her, and they handled
the bosomof her virginity; and they poured
out their prostitution on her. 23:9Therefore
I delivered her into the hand of her lovers,
into the hand of the Assyrians, on whoms he
doted. 23:10These uncovered her nakedness;
they took her sons and her daughters; and her
they killed with the sword: and she became
a byword among women; for they executed
judgments on her. 23:11Her sister Oholibah saw
this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting
than she, and in her prostitution which were
more than the prostitution of her sister. 23:12She
doted on the Assyrians, governors and rulers,
herneighbors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen
riding on horses, all of them desirable
young men. 23:13I saw that she was defiled;
they both took one way. 23:14She increased her
prostitution; for she saw men portrayed on the
wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed
with vermilion, 23:15girded with girdles on
their waists, with flowing turbans on their
heads, all of themprin ces to look on, after
the likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the
land of their birth. 23:16As soon as she saw
them she doted on them, and sent messengers
to themi nto Chaldea. 23:17The Babylonians
came to her into the bed of love, and they
defiled her with their prostitution, and she
was polluted with them, and her soul was
alienated fromthe m. 23:18So she uncovered
her prostitution, and uncovered her nakedness:
then my soul was alienated from her, like as
my soul was alienated from her sister. 23:19Yet
she multiplied her prostitution, remembering
the days of her youth, in which she had played
the prostitute in the land of Egypt. 23:20She
doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the
flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the
issue of horses. 23:21Thus you called to memory
the lewdness of your youth, in the handling of
your bosomby the Egyptians for the breasts
of your youth. 23:22Therefore, Oholibah, thus
says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will raise up
your lovers against you, fromwh om your soul
is alienated, and I will bring thema gainst you
on every side: 23:23the Babylonians and all the
Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, andall
the Assyrians with them; desirable young
men, governors and rulers all of them, princes
and men of renown, all of them riding on
horses. 23:24They shall come against you with
weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a
company of peoples; they shall set themselves
against you with buckler and shield and helmet
all around; and I will commit the judgment
to them, and they shall judge you according
to their judgments. 23:25I will set my jealousy
against you, and they shall deal with you in
fury; they shall take away your nose and your
ears; and your residue shall fall by the sword:
they shall take your sons and your daughters;
and your residue shall be devoured by the fire.
23:26They shall also strip you of your clothes,
and take away your beautiful jewels. 23:27Thus
will I make your lewdness to cease from you,
and your prostitution broughtfromthe land of
Egypt; so that you shall not lift up your eyes to
them, nor remember Egypt any more. 23:28For
thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will
deliver you into the hand of themwho my ou
hate, into the hand of themf rom whomy our
soul is alienated; 23:29and they shall deal with
you in hatred, and shall take away all your
labor, and shall leave you naked and bare;
and the nakedness of your prostitution shall
be uncovered, both your lewdness and your
prostitution. 23:30These things shall be done
to you, because you have played the prostitute
after the nations, and because you are polluted
with their idols. 23:31You have walked in the
way of your sister; therefore will I give her
cup into your hand. 23:32Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: You will drink of your sister's cup,
which is deep and large; you will be ridiculed
and held in derision; it contains much. 23:33You
shall be filled with drunkenness and sorrow,
with the cup of astonishment and desolation,
with the cup of your sister Samaria. 23:34You
shall even drink it and drain it out, and you
shall gnaw the broken pieces of it, and shall
tear your breasts; for I have spoken it, says
the Lord Yahweh. 23:35Therefore thus says the
Lord Yahweh: Because you have forgotten me,
and cast me behind your back, therefore bear
you also your lewdness and your prostitution.
23:36Yahweh said moreover to me: Son of man,
will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? then
Ezekiel 23:37 675 Ezekiel 24:21
declare to themthe ir abominations. 23:37For
they have committed adultery, and blood is
in their hands; and with their idols have
they committed adultery; and they have also
caused their sons, whomt hey bore to me, to
pass through the fireto themto be devoured.
23:38Moreover this they have done to me: they
have defiled my sanctuary in the same day,
and have profaned my Sabbaths. 23:39Forwhen
they had slain their children to their idols, then
they came the same day into my sanctuary to
profane it; and behold, thus have they done
in the midst of my house. 23:40Furthermore
you have sent for men who come from far, to
whoma messenger was sent, and behold, they
came; for whom you did wash yourself, paint
your eyes, and deck yourself with ornaments,
23:41and sit on a stately bed, with a table prepared
before it, whereupon you did set my incense
and my oil. 23:42The voice of a multitude
being at ease was with her: and with men of
the common sortwere brought drunkards from
the wilderness; and they put bracelets on the
hands of them twain, and beautiful crowns on
their heads. 23:43Then said I of herwho was old
in adulteries, Now will they play the prostitute
with her, and she with them. 23:44They went
in to her, as they go in to a prostitute: so
went they in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the
lewd women. 23:45Righteous men, they shall
judge themw ith the judgment of adulteresses,
and with the judgment of women who shed
blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood
is in their hands. 23:46For thus says the Lord
Yahweh: I will bring up a company against
them, and will give them to be tossed back
and forth and robbed. 23:47The company shall
stone themw ith stones, and dispatch them
with their swords; they shall kill their sons and
their daughters, and burn up their houses with
fire. 23:48Thus will I cause lewdness to cease
out of the land, that all women may be taught
not to do after your lewdness. 23:49They shall
recompense your lewdness on you, and you
shall bear the sins of your idols; and you shall
know that I amthe Lord Yahweh.
24:1Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth
month, in the tenth dayof the month, the word
of Yahweh came to me, saying, 24:2Son of man,
write you the nam e of the day, evenof this
same day: the king of Babylon drew close to
Jerusalemt his same day. 24:3Utter a parable
to the rebellious house, and tell them, Thus
says the Lord Yahweh, Set on the caldron, set
it on, and also pour water into it: 24:4gather
its pieces into it, even every good piece, the
thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice
bones. 24:5Take the choice of the flock, and also
a pile of woodfor the bones under the caldron;
make it boil well; yes, let its bones be boiled
in its midst. 24:6Therefore thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron
whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not
gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece;
No lot is fallen on it. 24:7For her blood is in
the m idst of her; she set it on the bare rock;
she didn't pour it on the ground, to cover it
with dust. 24:8That it may cause wrath to come
up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on
the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
24:9Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe
to the bloody city! I also will make the pile
great. 24:10Heap on thewood, make the fire hot,
boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth,
and let the bones be burned. 24:11Then set it
empty on its coals, that it may be hot, and its
brass may burn, and that its filthiness may be
molten in it, that its rust may be consumed.
24:12She has wearied herselfwith toil; yet her
great rust doesn't go forth out of her; her rust
doesn't go forthby fire. 24:13In your filthiness
is lewdness: because I have cleansed you and
you weren't cleansed, you shall not be cleansed
fromyour filthiness any more, until I have
caused my wrath toward you to rest. 24:14I,
Yahweh, have spoken it: it shall happen, and I
will do it: I will not go back, neitherwill I spare,
neither will I repent; according to your ways,
and according to your doings, shall they judge
you, says the Lord Yahweh. 24:15Also the word
ofYahweh cam e to m e, saying, 24:16Son of man,
behold, I take away fromy ou the desire of your
eyes with a stroke: yet you shall neither mourn
nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.
24:17Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for
the dead; bind your headdress on you, and put
your shoes on your feet, and don't cover your
lips, and don't eat men's bread. 24:18So I spoke
to the people in the morning; and at even my
wife died; and I did in the morning as I was
commanded. 24:19The people said to m e,Won't
you tell us what these things are to us, that you
do so? 24:20Then I said to them, The word of
Yahweh came to me, saying, 24:21Speak to the
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house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride
of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that
which your soul pities; and your sons and your
daughters whomyou have left behind shall
fall by the sword. 24:22You shall do as I have
done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat
the bread of men. 24:23Your tires shall be on
your heads, and your shoes on your feet: you
shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine
away in your iniquities, and moan one toward
another. 24:24Thus shall Ezekiel be to you a
sign; according to all that he has done you will
do: when this comes, then you will know that
I amthe Lord Yahweh. 24:25You, son of man,
shall it not be in the day when I take fromthem
their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire
of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their
heart, their sons and their daughters, 24:26that
in that day hewho escapes shall come to you, to
cause you to hear it with your ears? 24:27In that
day your mouth will be opened to himwho has
escaped, and you shall speak, and be no more
mute: so you will be a sign to them; and they
shall know that I amYahweh.
25:1The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
25:2Son of man, set your face toward
the children of Ammon, and prophesy against
them: 25:3and tell the children of Ammon,
Hear the word of the Lord Yahweh: Thus
says the Lord Yahweh, Because you said, Aha,
against my sanctuary, when it was profaned;
and against the land of Israel, when it was
made desolate; and against the house of Judah,
when they went into captivity: 25:4therefore,
behold, I will deliver you to the children of
the east for a possession, and they shall set
their encampments in you, and make their
dwellings in you; they shall eat your fruit, and
they shall drink your milk. 25:5I will make
Rabbah a stable for camels, and the children
of Ammon a resting place for flocks: and you
shall know that I amYahweh. 25:6For thus says
the Lord Yahweh: Because you have clapped
your hands, and stamped with the feet, and
rejoicedwith all the despite of your soul against
the land of Israel; 25:7therefore, behold, I have
stretched out my hand on you, and will deliver
you for a spoil to the nations; and I will cut
you off fromt he peoples, and I will cause you
to perish out of the countries: I will destroy
you; and you shall know that I amY ahweh.
25:8Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because Moab
and Seir say, Behold, the house of Judah is
like all the nations; 25:9therefore, behold, I will
open the side of Moab fromt he cities, from his
cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of
the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and
Kiriathaim, 25:10to the children of the east, to
goagainst the children of Ammon; and I will
give themfor a possession, that the children
of Ammon may not be remembered among
the nations. 25:11and I will execute judgments
on Moab; and they shall know that I amY ahweh.
25:12Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because
Edomhas dealt against the house of Judah by
taking vengeance, and has greatly offended,
and revenged himself on them; 25:13therefore
thus says the Lord Yahweh, I will stretch out
my hand on Edom, and will cut off man and
animal from it; and I will make it desolate
fromT eman; even to Dedan shall they fall by
the sword. 25:14I will lay my vengeance on
Edomby the hand of my people Israel; and
they shall do in Edomacco rding to my anger
and according to my wrath; and they shall
know my vengeance, says the Lord Yahweh.
25:15Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because the
Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have
taken vengeance with despite of soul to destroy
with perpetual enmity; 25:16therefore thus says
the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will stretch out
my hand on the Philistines, and I will cut off
the Cherethites, and destroy the remnant of the
sea coast. 25:17I will execute great vengeance
on themwi th wrathful rebukes; and they shall
know that I amY ahweh, when I shall lay my
vengeance on them.
26:1It happened in the eleventh year, in the
first dayof the month, that the word of Yahweh
came to me, saying, 26:2Son of man, because
Tyre has said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is
broken: the gate of the peoples; she is turned to
me; I shall be replenished, now that she is laid
waste: 26:3therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh,
Behold, I amag ainst you, Tyre, and will cause
many nations to come up against you, as the
sea causes its waves to come up. 26:4They shall
destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her
towers: I will also scrape her dust fromhe r,
and make her a bare rock. 26:5She shall be a
place for the spreading of nets in the midst of
the sea; for I have spoken it, says the Lord
Yahweh; and she shall become a spoil to the
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nations. 26:6Her daughters who are in the
field shall be slain with the sword: and they
shall know that I amY ahweh. 26:7For thus
says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will bring on
Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of
kings, fromt he north, with horses, and with
chariots, and with horsemen, and a company,
and much people. 26:8He shall kill with the
sword your daughters in the field; and he shall
make forts against you, and cast up a mound
against you, and raise up the buckler against
you. 26:9He shall set his battering engines
against your walls, and with his axes he shall
break down your towers. 26:10By reason of the
abundance of his horses their dust shall cover
you: your walls shall shake at the noise of
the horsemen, and of the wagons, and of the
chariots, when he shall enter into your gates, as
men enter into a city in which is made a breach.
26:11With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread
down all your streets; he shall kill your people
with the sword; and the pillars of your strength
shall go down to the ground. 26:12They shall
make a spoil of your riches, and make a prey of
your merchandise; and they shall break down
your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses;
and they shall lay your stones and your timber
and your dust in the midst of the waters. 26:13I
will cause the noise of your songs to cease; and
the sound of your harps shall be no more heard.
26:14I will make you a bare rock; you shall be
a place for the spreading of nets; you shall be
built no more: for I Yahweh have spoken it,
says the Lord Yahweh. 26:15Thus says the Lord
Yahweh to Tyre: shall not the islands shake
at the sound of your fall, when the wounded
groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst
of you? 26:16Then all the princes of the sea shall
come down from their thrones, and lay aside
their robes, and strip off their embroidered
garments: they shall clothe themselves with
trembling; they shall sit on the ground, and
shall tremble every moment, and be astonished
at you. 26:17They shall take up a lamentation
over you, and tell you, How are you destroyed,
who were inhabited by seafaring men, the
renowned city, who was strong in the sea, she
and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to
be on all who lived there! 26:18Now shall the
islands tremble in the day of your fall; yes, the
islands that are in the sea shall be dismayed
at your departure. 26:19For thus says the Lord
Yahweh: When I shall make you a desolate city,
like the cities that are not inhabited; when I
shall bring up the deep on you, and the great
waters shall cover you; 26:20then will I bring
you down with those who descend into the pit,
to the people of old time, and will make you
to dwell in the lower parts of the earth, in the
places that are desolate of old, with those who
go down to the pit, that you be not inhabited;
and I will set glory in the land of the living:
26:21I will make you a terror, and you shall no
more have any being; though you are sought
for, yet you will never be found again, says the
Lord Yahweh.
27:1The word of Yahweh came again to
me, saying, 27:2You, son of man, take up a
lamentation over Tyre; 27:3and tell Tyre, you
who dwell at the entry of the sea, who are
the merchant of the peoples to many islands,
thus says the Lord Yahweh: You, Tyre, have
said, I amperfec t in beauty. 27:4Your borders
are in the heart of the seas; your builders have
perfected your beauty. 27:5They have made all
your planks of fir trees fromSe nir; they have
taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast
for you. 27:6Of the oaks of Bashan have they
made your oars; they have made your benches
of ivory inlaid in boxwood, fromt he islands
of Kittim. 27:7Of fine linen with embroidered
work fromEgypt was your sail, that itmight be
to you for a banner; blue and purple fromthe
islands of Elishah was your awning. 27:8The
inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your
rowers: your wise men, Tyre, were in you,
they were your pilots. 27:9The old men of
Gebal and the wise men of it were in you your
repairers of ship seams: all the ships of the
sea with their mariners were in you to deal
in your merchandise. 27:10Persia and Lud and
Put were in your army, your men of war: they
hanged the shield and helmet in you; they set
forth your comeliness. 27:11The men of Arvad
with your army were on your walls all around,
and valorous men were in your towers; they
hanged their shields on your walls all around;
they have perfected your beauty. 27:12Tarshish
was your merchant by reason of the multitude
of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and
lead, they traded for your wares. 27:13Javan,
Tubal, andMeshech, they were your traffickers;
they traded the persons of men and vessels of
brass for your merchandise. 27:14They of the
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house of Togarmah traded for your wares with
horses and war horses and mules. 27:15The
men of Dedan were your traffickers; many
islands were the market of your hand: they
brought you in exchange horns of ivory and
ebony. 27:16Syria was your merchant by reason
of the multitude of your handiworks: they
traded for your wares with emeralds, purple,
and embroidered work, and fine linen, and
coral, and rubies. 27:17Judah, and the land of
Israel, they were your traffickers: they traded
for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, and
confections, and honey, and oil, and balm.
27:18Damascus was your merchant for the multitude
of your handiworks, by reason of the
multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine
of Helbon, and white wool. 27:19Vedan and
Javan traded with yarn for your wares: bright
iron, cassia, and calamus, were among your
merchandise. 27:20Dedan was your trafficker in
precious cloths for riding. 27:21Arabia, and all
the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants
of your hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in
these were they your merchants. 27:22The traf-
fickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were your
traffickers; they traded for your wares with the
chief of all spices, and with all precious stones,
and gold. 27:23Haran and Canneh and Eden,
the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur andChilmad,
were your traffickers. 27:24These were your
traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of
blue and embroidered work, and in chests
of rich clothing, bound with cords and made
of cedar, among your merchandise. 27:25The
ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your
merchandise: and you were replenished, and
made very glorious in the heart of the seas.
27:26Your rowers have brought you into great
waters: the east wind has broken you in the
heart of the seas. 27:27Your riches, and your
wares, your merchandise, your mariners, and
your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, and
the dealers in your merchandise, and all your
men of war, who are in you, with all your
company which is in the midst of you, shall
fall into the heart of the seas in the day of
your ruin. 27:28At the sound of the cry of
your pilots the suburbs shall shake. 27:29All
who handled the oar, the mariners, andall the
pilots of the sea, shall come down from their
ships; they shall stand on the land, 27:30and
shall cause their voice to be heard over you,
and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust
on their heads, they shall wallow themselves in
the ashes: 27:31and they shall make themselves
bald for you, and gird themwi th sackcloth, and
they shall weep for you in bitterness of soul
with bitter mourning. 27:32In their wailing they
shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament
over you, saying, Who is there like Tyre, like
her who is brought to silence in the midst of
the sea? 27:33When your wares went forth out
of the seas, you filled many peoples; you did
enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude
of your riches and of your merchandise. 27:34In
the tim e that you were broken by the seas in
the depths of the waters, your merchandise
and all your company did fall in the midst of
you. 27:35All the inhabitants of the islands are
astonished at you, and their kings are horribly
afraid; they are troubled in their face. 27:36The
merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you
are become a terror, and you shall nevermore
have any being.
28:1The word of Yahweh came again to me,
saying, 28:2Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre,
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because your
heart is lifted up, and you have said, I ama
god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of
the seas; yet you are man, and not God, though
you did set your heart as the heart of God
28:3behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there
is no secret that is hidden fromy ou; 28:4by
your wisdomand by your understanding you
have gotten you riches, and have gotten gold
and silver into your treasures; 28:5by your great
wisdom andby your traffic have you increased
your riches, and your heart is lifted up because
of your riches 28:6therefore thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Because you have set your heart as the
heart of God, 28:7therefore, behold, I will bring
strangers on you, the terrible of the nations; and
they shall draw their swords against the beauty
of your wisdom, and they shall defile your
brightness. 28:8They shall bring you down to
the pit; and you shall die the death of thosewho
are slain, in the heart of the seas. 28:9Will you
yet say before himwho kills you, I amGod? but
you are man, and not God, in the hand of him
who wounds you. 28:10You shall die the death
of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers:
for I have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.
28:11Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me,
saying, 28:12Son of man, take up a lamentation
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over the king of Tyre, and tell him, Thus says
the Lord Yahweh: You seal up the sum, full of
wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 28:13You were in
Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone
adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite,
onyx, jasper, sapphirec, turquoise, and beryl.
Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was
in you. In the day that you were created they
were prepared. 28:14You were the anointed
cherub who covers: and I set you, so thatyou
were on the holy mountain of God; you have
walked up and down in the midst of the
stones of fire. 28:15You were perfect in your
ways fromthe day that you were created, until
unrighteousness was found in you. 28:16By the
abundance of your traffic they filled the midst
of you with violence, and you have sinned:
therefore I have cast you as profane out of the
mountain of God; and I have destroyed you,
covering cherub, fromthe midst of the stones
of fire. 28:17Your heart was lifted up because of
your beauty; you have corrupted your wisdom
by reason of your brightness: I have cast you
to the ground; I have laid you before kings,
that they may see you. 28:18By the multitude of
your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your
traffic, you have profaned your sanctuaries;
therefore have I brought forth a fire fromt he
midst of you; it has devoured you, and I have
turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of
all those who see you. 28:19All those who know
you among the peoples shall be astonished at
you: you are become a terror, and you shall
nevermore have any being. 28:20The word
of Yahweh came to me, saying, 28:21Son of
man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy
against it, 28:22and say, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Behold, I ama gainst you, Sidon; and I
will be glorified in the midst of you; and they
shall know that I amY ahweh, when I shall
have executed judgments in her, and shall be
sanctified in her. 28:23For I will send pestilence
into her, and blood into her streets; and the
wounded shall fall in the midst of her, with
the sword on her on every side; and they shall
know that I amYahweh. 28:24There shall be no
more a pricking brier to the house of Israel, nor
a hurting thorn of any that are around them,
that did despite to them; and they shall know
that I amthe Lord Yahweh. 28:25Thus says the
Lord Yahweh: When I shall have gathered the
house of Israel fromthe peoples among whom
they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in
themi n the sight of the nations, then shall they
dwell in their own land which I gave to m y
servant Jacob. 28:26They shall dwell securely
therein; yes, they shall build houses, and plant
vineyards, and shall dwell securely, when I
have executed judgments on all those who do
themd espite all around them; and they shall
know that I amYahweh their God.
29:1In the tenth year, in the tenth month,
on the twelfth day of the month, the word
of Yahweh came to me, saying, 29:2"Son of
man, set your face against Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and prophesy against hima nd against
all Egypt. 29:3Speak and say, 'Thus says the
Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I amag ainst you,
Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that
lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said,
'My river is my own, and I have made it for
myself.' 29:4I will put hooks in your jaws,
and I will make the fish of your rivers stick
to your scales; and I will bring you up out of
the midst of your rivers, with all the fish of
your rivers which stick to your scales. 29:5I'll
cast you forth into the wilderness, you and
all the fish of your rivers. You'll fall on the
open field. You won't be brought together, nor
gathered. I have given you for food to the
animals of the earth and to the birds of the
sky. 29:6All the inhabitants of Egypt will know
that I amY ahweh, because they have been a
staff of reed to the house of Israel. 29:7When
they took hold of you by your hand, you broke,
and tore all their shoulders; and when they
leaned on you, you broke, and paralyzed all
of their thighs." 29:8Therefore thus says the
Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I will bring a sword on
you, and will cut off fromyou man and animal.
29:9The land of Egypt shall be a desolation and
a waste; and they shall know that I amYahweh.
Because he has said, 'The river is mine, and
I have made it;' 29:10therefore, behold, I am
against you, and against your rivers, and I will
make the land of Egypt an utter waste and
desolation, fromt he tower of Seveneh even to
the border of Ethiopia. 29:11No foot of man
shall pass through it, nor foot of animal shall
pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited
forty years. 29:12I will make the land of Egypt a
c28:13 or, lapis lazuli
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desolation in the midst of the countries that are
desolate; and her cities among the cities that are
laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and
I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations,
and will disperse themthro ugh the countries."
29:13For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "At the
end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians
fromthe peoples where they were scattered;
29:14and Iwill bring back the captivity of Egypt,
and will cause themto return into the land
of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and
they shall be there a base kingdom. 29:15It
shall be the base of the kingdoms; neither shall
it any more lift itself up above the nations:
and I will diminish them, that they shall no
more rule over the nations. 29:16It shall be
no more the confidence of the house of Israel,
bringing iniquity to memory, when they turn
to look after them: and they shall know that I
amthe Lord Yahweh."'" 29:17It came to pass
in the seven and twentieth year, in the first
month, in the first dayof the month, the word
of Yahweh came to me, saying, 29:18Son of
man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused
his army to serve a great service against Tyre:
every head was made bald, and every shoulder
was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army,
fromT yre, for the service that he had served
against it. 29:19Therefore thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Behold, Iwill give the land of Egypt to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall
carry off her multitude, and take her spoil, and
take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his
army. 29:20I have given himthe land of Egypt
as his recompense for which he served, because
they worked for me, says the Lord Yahweh.
29:21In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth
to the house of Israel, and I will give you the
opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and
they shall know that I amYahweh.
30:1The word of Yahweh came again to me,
saying, 30:2Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus
says the Lord Yahweh: Wail, Alas for the day!
30:3For the day is near, even the day of Yahweh
is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of
the nations. 30:4A sword shall come on Egypt,
and anguish 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. 30:5Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all
the mixed people, and Cub, and the children of
the land that is in league, shall fall with them
by the sword. 30:6Thus says Yahweh: They also
who uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of
her power shall come down: from the tower of
Seveneh shall they fall in it by the sword, says
the Lord Yahweh. 30:7They 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. 30:8They shall know that I am
Yahweh, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and
all her helpers are destroyed. 30:9In that day
shall messengers go forth from before me in
ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid;
and there shall be anguish on them, as in the
day of Egypt; for, behold, it comes. 30:10Thus
says the Lord Yahweh: I will also make the
multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. 30:11He and
his people with him, the terrible of the nations,
shall be brought in to destroy the land; and
they shall draw their swords against Egypt,
and fill the land with the slain. 30:12I will
make the rivers dry, and will sell the land into
the hand of evil men; and I will make the
land desolate, and all that is therein, by the
hand of strangers: I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
30:13Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will also
destroy the idols, and I will cause the images
to cease fromM emphis; and there shall be no
more a prince from the land of Egypt: and I
will put a fear in the land of Egypt. 30:14I will
make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in
Zoan, and will execute judgments on No. 30:15I
will pour my wrath on Sin, the stronghold of
Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
30:16I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in
great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and
Memphis shall haveadversaries in the daytime.
30:17The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth
shall fall by the sword; and these citiesshall go
into captivity. 30:18At Tehaphnehes also the
day shall withdraw itself, when I shall break
there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her
power shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud
shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into
captivity. 30:19Thus will I execute judgments on
Egypt; and they shall know that I amYahweh.
30:20It happened in the eleventh year, in the first
month, in the seventh dayof the month, that the
word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 30:21Son
of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh
king of Egypt; and behold, it has not been
bound up, to apply healingmedicines, to put a
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bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold
the sword. 30:22Therefore thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Behold, I amag ainst Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong arm,
and that which was broken; and I will cause
the sword to fall out of his hand. 30:23I will
scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and
will disperse themthro ugh the countries. 30:24I
will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon,
and put my sword in his hand: but I will break
the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before
himwi th the groanings of a deadly wounded
man. 30:25I will hold up the arms of the king
of Babylon; and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall
down; and they shall know that I amY ahweh,
when I shall put my sword into the hand of
the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it
out on the land of Egypt. 30:26I will scatter
the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse
themthro ugh the countries; and they shall
know that I amYahweh.
31:1It happened in the eleventh year, in
the third month, in the first dayof the month,
that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
31:2Son of man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt, and
to his multitude: Whom are you like in your
greatness? 31:3Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar
in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with
a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and
its top was among the thick boughs. 31:4The
waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow:
its rivers ran all around its plantation; and it
sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.
31:5Therefore its stature was exalted above all
the trees of the field; and its boughs were
multiplied, and its branches became long by
reason of many waters, when it shot themforth.
31:6All the birds of the sky made their nests in
its boughs; and under its branches did all the
animals of the field bring forth their young;
and under its shadow lived all great nations.
31:7Thus was it beautiful in its greatness, in
the length of its branches; for its root was by
many waters. 31:8The cedars in the garden
of God could not hide it; the fir trees were
not like its boughs, and the plane trees were
not as its branches; nor was any tree in the
garden of God like it in its beauty. 31:9I m ade
it beautiful by the multitude of its branches,
so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the
garden of God, envied it. 31:10Therefore thus
said the Lord Yahweh: Because you are exalted
in stature, and he has set his top among the
thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his
height; 31:11I will even deliver himin to the
hand of the mighty one of the nations; he shall
surely deal with him; I have driven him out
for his wickedness. 31:12Strangers, the terrible
of the nations, have cut himo ff, and have left
him: on the mountains and in all the valleys his
branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken
by all the watercourses of the land; and all the
peoples of the earth are gone down fromhi s
shadow, and have left him. 31:13On his ruin
all the birds of the sky shall dwell, and all the
animals of the field shall be on his branches;
31:14to the end that none of all the trees by
the waters exalt themselves in their stature,
neither set their top among the thick boughs,
nor that their mighty ones stand up on their
height, evenall who drink water: for they are
all delivered to death, to the lower parts of
the earth, in the midst of the children of men,
with those who go down to the pit. 31:15Thus
says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when he
went down to Sheol I caused a mourning: I
covered the deep for him, and I restrained its
rivers; and the great waters were stayed; and
I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all
the trees of the field fainted for him. 31:16I
made the nations to shake at the sound of his
fall, when I cast himdow n to Sheol with those
who descend into the pit; and all the trees of
Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that
drink water, were comforted in the lower parts
of the earth. 31:17They also went down into
Sheol with himt o those who are slain by the
sword; yes, those who were his arm, thatlived
under his shadow in the midst of the nations.
31:18To whomare you thus like in glory and
in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet you
will be brought down with the trees of Eden to
the lower parts of the earth: you shall lie in the
midst of the uncircumcised, with those who are
slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his
multitude, says the Lord Yahweh.
32:1It happened in the twelfth year, in the
twelfth month, in the first dayof the month,
that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
32:2Son of man, take up a lamentation over
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and tell him, You were
likened to a young lion of the nations: yet are
you as a monster in the seas; and you did break
forth with your rivers, and troubled the waters
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with your feet, and fouled their rivers. 32:3Thus
says the Lord Yahweh: I will spread out my net
on you with a company of many peoples; and
they shall bring you up in my net. 32:4I will
leave you on the land, I will cast you forth on
the open field, and will cause all the birds of
the sky to settle on you, and I will satisfy the
animals of the whole earth with you. 32:5I will
lay your flesh on the mountains, and fill the
valleys with your height. 32:6I will also water
with your blood the land in which you swim,
even to the mountains; and the watercourses
shall be full of you. 32:7When I shall extinguish
you, I will cover the heavens, and make its
stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon shall not give its light. 32:8All
the bright lights of the sky will I make dark
over you, and set darkness on your land, says
the Lord Yahweh. 32:9I will also trouble the
hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring
your destruction among the nations, into the
countries which you have not known. 32:10Yes,
I will make many peoples amazed at you, and
their kings shall be horribly afraid for you,
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 your fall.
32:11For thus says the Lord Yahweh: The sword
of the king of Babylon shall come on you.
32:12By the swords of the mighty will I cause
your multitude to fall; the terrible of the nations
are they all: and they shall bring to nothing the
pride of Egypt, and all its multitude shall be
destroyed. 32:13Iwill destroy also all its animals
frombe sidemany waters; neither shall the foot
of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs
of animals trouble them. 32:14Then will I make
their waters clear, and cause their rivers to
run like oil, says the Lord Yahweh. 32:15When
I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and
waste, a land destitute of that of which it was
full, when I shall strike all those who dwell
therein, then shall they knowthat I amYahweh.
32:16This is the lamentation with which they
shall lament; the daughters of the nations shall
lament therewith; over Egypt, and over all her
multitude, shall they lament therewith, says
the Lord Yahweh. 32:17It happened also in the
twelfth year, in the fifteenth dayof the month,
that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
32:18Son of man, wail for the multitude of
Egypt, and cast themd own, even her, and the
daughters of the famous nations, to the lower
parts of the earth, with those who go down
into the pit. 32:19Whomdo you pass in beauty?
Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.
32:20They shall fall in the midst of those who
are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the
sword; draw her away and all her multitudes.
32:21The strong among the mighty shall speak
to himo ut of themidst of Sheol with those who
help him: they are gone down, they lie still,
even the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
32:22Asshur is there and all her company; her
graves are all around her; all of thems lain,
fallen by the sword; 32:23whose graves are set in
the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company
is around her grave; all of themsla in, fallen by
the sword, who caused terror in the land of the
living. 32:24There is Elamand all hermultitude
around her grave; all of thems lain, fallen by
the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised
into the lower parts of the earth, who caused
their terror in the land of the living, and have
borne their shame with those who go down to
the pit. 32:25They have set her a bed in the midst
of the slain with all her multitude; her graves
are around her; all of themun circumcised, slain
by the sword; for their terror was caused in
the land of the living, and they have borne
their shame with those who go down to the
pit: he is put in the midst of those who are
slain. 32:26There is Meshech, Tubal, and all
their multitude; their graves are around them;
all of themun circumcised, slain by the sword;
for they caused their terror in the land of the
living. 32:27They shall not lie with the mighty
who are fallen of the uncircumcised, who are
gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war,
and have laid their swords under their heads,
and their iniquities are on their bones; for they
werethe terror of the mighty in the land of the
living. 32:28But you shall be broken in the
midst of the uncircumcised, and shall lie with
those who are slain by the sword. 32:29There
is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who
in their might are laid with those who are
slain by the sword: they shall lie with the
uncircumcised, and with those who go down to
the pit. 32:30There are the princes of the north,
all of them, and all the Sidonians, who are gone
down with the slain; in the terror which they
caused by their might they are put to shame;
and they lie uncircumcised with those who are
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slain by the sword, and bear their shame with
those who go down to the pit. 32:31Pharaoh
shall see them, and shall be comforted over all
his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army,
slain by the sword, says the Lord Yahweh.
32:32For I have put his terror in the land of
the living; and he shall be laid in the midst of
the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by
the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude,
says the Lord Yahweh.
33:1The wordof Yahweh cam e to m e, saying,
33:2Son of man, speak to the children of your
people, and tell them, When I bring the sword
on a land, and the people of the land take a
man from among them, and set him for their
watchman; 33:3if, when he sees the sword come
on the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn
the people; 33:4then whoever hears the sound
of the trumpet, and doesn't take warning, if the
sword come, and take himaway, his blood shall
be on his own head. 33:5He heard the sound
of the trumpet, and didn't take warning; his
blood shall be on him; whereas if he had taken
warning, he would have delivered his soul.
33:6But if the watchman sees the sword come,
and doesn't blow the trumpet, and the people
aren't warned, and the sword comes, and take
any person fromamong them; he is taken away
in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at
the watchman's hand. 33:7So you, son of man,
I have set you a watchman to the house of
Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth,
and give themw arning from me. 33:8When I
tell the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely
die, and you don't speak to warn the wicked
fromhi s way; that wickedman shall die in his
iniquity, but his blood will I require at your
hand. 33:9Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked
of his way to turn fromi t, and he doesn't turn
fromh is way; he shall die in his iniquity, but
you have delivered your soul. 33:10You, son of
man, tell the house of Israel: Thus you speak,
saying, Our transgressions and our sins are on
us, and we pine away in them; how then can
we live? 33:11Tell them, As I live, says the Lord
Yahweh, I have no pleasure in the death of the
wicked; but that the wicked turn fromhi s way
and live: turn you, turn you fromy our evil
ways; for why will you die, house of Israel?
33:12You, son of m an, tell the children of your
people, The righteousness of the righteous shall
not deliver himin the day of his disobedience;
and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he
shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns
fromhi s wickedness; neither shall he who is
righteous be able to live thereby in the day that
he sins. 33:13When I tell the righteous, that he
shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness,
and commit iniquity, none of his righteous
deeds shall be remembered; but in his iniquity
that he has committed, therein shall he die.
33:14Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall
surely die; if he turn fromh is sin, and do that
which is lawful and right; 33:15if the wicked
restore the pledge, give again that which he
had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of
life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live,
he shall not die. 33:16None of his sins that
he has committed shall be remembered against
him: he has done that which is lawful and
right; he shall surely live. 33:17Yet the children
of your people say, The way of the Lord is
not equal: but as for them, their way is not
equal. 33:18When the righteous turns fromh is
righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall
even die therein. 33:19When the wicked turns
fromhi s wickedness, and does that which is
lawful and right, he shall live thereby. 33:20Yet
you say, The way of the Lord is not equal.
House of Israel, I will judge you everyone after
his ways. 33:21It happened in the twelfth year
of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth
dayof the month, that one who had escaped
out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city
has been struck. 33:22Now the hand of Yahweh
had been on me in the evening, before he who
was escaped came; and he had opened my
mouth, until he came to me in the morning;
and my mouth was opened, and I was no
more mute. 33:23The word of Yahweh came to
me, saying, 33:24Son of man, they who inhabit
those waste places in the land of Israel speak,
saying, Abrahamwas one, and he inherited the
land: but we are many; the land is given us
for inheritance. 33:25Therefore tell them, Thus
says the Lord Yahweh: You eat with the blood,
and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed
blood: and shall you possess the land? 33:26You
stand on your sword, you work abomination,
and you defile everyone his neighbor's wife:
and shall you possess the land? 33:27You shall
tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I
live, surely those who are in the waste places
shall fall by the sword; and himwho is in
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the open field will I give to the animals to be
devoured; and thosewho are in the strongholds
and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
33:28I will make the land a desolation and
an astonishment; and the pride of her power
shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall
be desolate, so that none shall pass through.
33:29Then shall they know that I amY ahweh,
when I have made the land a desolation and an
astonishment, because of all their abominations
which they have committed. 33:30As for you,
son of man, the children of your people talk
of you by the walls and in the doors of the
houses, and speak one to another, everyone to
his brother, saying, Please come and hear what
is the word that comes forth from Yahweh.
33:31They come to you as the people comes,
and they sit before you as m y people, and they
hear your words, but don't do them; for with
their mouth they show much love, but their
heart goes after their gain. 33:32Behold, you
are to them as a very lovely song of one who
has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an
instrument; for they hear your words, but they
don't do them. 33:33When this comes to pass,
(behold, it comes), then shall they know that a
prophet has been among them.
34:1The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
34:2Son of man, prophesy against the
shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and tell them,
even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who
feed themselves! Shouldn't the shepherds feed
the sheep? 34:3You eat the fat, and you clothe
you with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but
you don't feed the sheep. 34:4You haven't
strengthened the diseased, neither have you
healed that which was sick, neither have you
bound up that which was broken, neither have
you brought back that which was driven away,
neither have you sought that which was lost;
but with force and with rigor have you ruled
over them. 34:5They were scattered, because
there was no shepherd; and they became food
to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.
34:6My sheep wandered through all the
mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my
sheep were scattered on all the surface of the
earth; and there was none who searched or
sought. 34:7Therefore, you shepherds, hear the
word of Yahweh: 34:8As I live, says the Lord
Yahweh, surely because my sheep became a
prey, and my sheep became food to all the
animals of the field, because there was no
shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for
my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves,
and didn't feed my sheep; 34:9therefore, you
shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh: 34:10Thus
says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I amag ainst
the shepherds; and I will require my sheep
at their hand, and cause themto cease from
feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds
feed themselves any more; and I will deliver
my sheep from their mouth, that they may not
be food for them. 34:11For thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Behold, I myself, even I, will search
for my sheep, and will seek them out. 34:12As a
shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he
is among his sheep that are scattered abroad,
so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver
themout of all places where they have been
scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 34:13I will
bring themout from the peoples, and gather
themf rom the countries, and will bring them
into their own land; and I will feed themon
the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses,
and in all the inhabited places of the country.
34:14I will feed themw ith good pasture; and on
the mountains of the height of Israel shall their
fold be: there shall they lie down in a good
fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed on the
mountains of Israel. 34:15I myself will be the
shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them
to lie down, says the Lord Yahweh. 34:16I will
seek that which was lost, and will bring back
that which was driven away, and will bind up
that whichwas broken, and will strengthen that
which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will
destroy; I will feed themin justice. 34:17As for
you, O my flock, thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the
rams and the male goats. 34:18Seems it a
small thing to you to have fed on the good
pasture, but you must tread down with your
feet the residue of your pasture? and to have
drunk of the clear waters, but you must foul
the residue with your feet? 34:19As for my
sheep, they eat that which you have trodden
with your feet, and they drink that which you
have fouled with your feet. 34:20Therefore thus
says the Lord Yahweh to them: Behold, I, even
I, will judge between the fat sheep and the
lean sheep. 34:21Because you thrust with side
and with shoulder, and push all the diseased
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with your horns, until you have scattered them
abroad; 34:22therefore will I save my flock, and
they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge
between sheep and sheep. 34:23I 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. 34:24I, Yahweh,
will be their God, and my servant David prince
among them; I, Yahweh, have spoken it. 34:25I
will make with them a covenant of peace, and
will cause evil animals to cease out of the land;
and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness,
and sleep in the woods. 34:26I will make
themand the places aroundmy hill a blessing;
and I will cause the shower to come down in
its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
34:27The tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and
the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall
be secure in their land; and they shall know
that I amYahweh, when I have broken the bars
of their yoke, and have delivered themout of
the hand of those who made slaves of them.
34:28They shall no more be a prey to the nations,
neither shall the animals of the earth devour
them; but they shall dwell securely, and none
shall make them afraid. 34:29I will raise up to
thema plantation for renown, and they shall
be no more consumed with famine in the land,
neither bear the shame of the nations any more.
34:30They shall know that I, Yahweh, their God
amwi th them, and that they, the house of Israel,
are my people, says the Lord Yahweh. 34:31You
my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men,
and I amy our God, says the Lord Yahweh.
35:1Moreover the word of Yahweh came to
me, saying, 35:2Son of man, set your face
against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
35:3and tell it, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Behold, I amag ainst you, Mount Seir, and I
will stretch out my hand against you, and I will
make you a desolation and an astonishment.
35:4I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be
desolate; and you shall knowthat I amYahweh.
35:5Because you have had a perpetual enmity,
and have given over the children of Israel to
the power of the sword in the time of their
calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end;
35:6therefore, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh,
I will prepare you to blood, and blood shall
pursue you: since you have not hated blood,
therefore blood shall pursue you. 35:7Thus
will I make Mount Seir an astonishment and a
desolation; and I will cut off fromit him who
passes through and himwho returns. 35:8I will
fill its mountains with its slain: in your hills and
in your valleys and in all your watercourses
shall they fall who are slain with the sword.
35:9I will make you a perpetual desolation, and
your cities shall not be inhabited; and you shall
know that I amYahweh. 35:10Because you have
said, These two nations and these two countries
shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas
Yahweh was there: 35:11therefore, as I live, says
the Lord Yahweh, I will do according to your
anger, and according to your envy which you
have shown out of your hatred against them;
and I will make myself known among them,
when I shall judge you. 35:12You shall know
that I, Yahweh, have heard all your insults
which you have spoken against the mountains
of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are
given us to devour. 35:13You have magnified
yourselves against me with your mouth, and
have multiplied your words against me: I have
heard it. 35:14Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
When the whole earth rejoices, I will make
you desolate. 35:15As you did rejoice over the
inheritance of the house of Israel, because it
was desolate, so will I do to you: you shall be
desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of
it; and they shall know that I amYahweh.
36:1You, son of man, prophesy to the mountains
of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel,
hear the word of Yahweh. 36:2Thus says the
Lord Yahweh: Because the enemy has said
against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places
are ours in possession; 36:3therefore prophesy,
and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because,
even because they have made you desolate,
and swallowed you up on every side, that
you might be a possession to the residue of
the nations, and you are taken up in the lips
of talkers, and the evil report of the people;
36:4therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the
word of the Lord Yahweh: Thus says the Lord
Yahweh to the mountains and to the hills, to the
watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate
wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which
are become a prey and derision to the residue
of the nations that are all around; 36:5therefore
thus says the Lord Yahweh: Surely in the
fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the
residue of the nations, and against all Edom,
that have appointed my land to themselves
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for a possession with the joy of all their heart,
with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.
36:6Therefore prophesy concerning the land of
Israel, and tell the mountains and to the hills, to
the watercourses and to the valleys, Thus says
the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I have spoken in my
jealousy and in my wrath, because you have
borne the shame of the nations: 36:7therefore
thus says the Lord Yahweh: I have sworn,
saying, Surely the nations that are around you,
they shall bear their shame. 36:8But you,
mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your
branches, and yield your fruit to my people
Israel; for they are at hand to come. 36:9For,
behold, I amfor you, and I will turn into you,
and you shall be tilled and sown; 36:10and I will
multiply men on you, all the house of Israel,
even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited,
and the waste places shall be built; 36:11and
I will multiply on you man and animal; and
they shall increase and be fruitful; and I will
cause you to be inhabited after your former
estate, and will do better to youthan at your
beginnings: and you shall know that I am
Yahweh. 36:12Yes, I will cause men to walk
on you, even my people Israel; and they shall
possess you, and you shall be their inheritance,
and you shall no more henceforth bereave them
of children. 36:13Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Because they say to you, You landare a devourer
of men, and have been a bereaver of your
nation; 36:14therefore you shall devour men no
more, neither bereave your nation any more,
says the Lord Yahweh; 36:15neitherwill I let you
hear any more the shame of the nations, neither
shall you bear the reproach of the peoples
any more, neither shall you cause your nation
to stumble any more, says the Lord Yahweh.
36:16Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me,
saying, 36:17Son of man, when the house of
Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by
their way and by their doings: their way before
me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her
impurity. 36:18Therefore I poured out my wrath
on themfor the blood which they had poured
out on the land, and because they had defiled
it with their idols; 36:19and I scattered them
among the nations, and they were dispersed
through the countries: according to their way
and according to their doings I judged them.
36:20When they came to the nations, where they
went, they profaned my holy name; in that
men said of them, These are the people of
Yahweh, and are gone forth out of his land.
36:21But I had regard for my holy name, which
the house of Israel had profaned among the
nations, where they went. 36:22Therefore tell
the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
I don't do thisfor your sake, house of Israel, but
for my holy name, which you have profaned
among the nations, where you went. 36:23I
will sanctify my great name, which has been
profaned among the nations, which you have
profaned in the midst of them; and the nations
shall know that I amY ahweh, says the Lord
Yahweh, when I shall be sanctified in you
before their eyes. 36:24For I will take you from
among the nations, and gather you out of all
the countries, and will bring you into your own
land. 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you shall be clean: fromal l your filthiness,
and froma ll your idols, will I cleanse you.
36:26A 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 a heart of flesh. 36:27I will put
my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in
my statutes, and you shall keep my ordinances,
and do them. 36:28You shall dwell in the land
that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be
my people, and I will be your God. 36:29I will
save you fromal l your uncleanness: and I will
call for the grain, and will multiply it, and
lay no famine on you. 36:30I will multiply the
fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field,
that you may receive no more the reproach of
famine among the nations. 36:31Then you shall
remember your evilways, and your doings that
were not good; and you shall loathe yourselves
in your own sight for your iniquities and for
your abominations. 36:32Nor for your sake do
I this, says the Lord Yahweh, be it known to
you: be ashamed and confounded for your
ways, house of Israel. 36:33Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: In the day that I cleanse you from
all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be
inhabited, and the waste places shall be built.
36:34The land that was desolate shall be tilled,
whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all
who passed by. 36:35They shall say, This land
that was desolate is become like the garden of
Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined
cities are fortified and inhabited. 36:36Then the
nations that are left around you shall know that
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I, Yahweh, have built the ruined places, and
planted that which was desolate: I, Yahweh,
have spoken it, and I will do it. 36:37Thus says
the Lord Yahweh: For this, moreover, will I be
inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for
them: Iwill increase them with men like a flock.
36:38As the flock for sacrifice, as the flock of
Jerusalemin her appointed feasts, so shall the
waste cities be filled with flocks of men; and
they shall know that I amYahweh.
37:1The hand of Yahweh was on me, and
he brought m eout in the Spirit of Yahweh,
and set me down in the midst of the valley;
and it was full of bones. 37:2He caused me
to pass by themal l around: and behold, there
were very many in the open valley; and behold,
they were very dry. 37:3He said to me, Son of
man, can these bones live? I answered, Lord
Yahweh, you know. 37:4Again he said to me,
Prophesy over these bones, and tell them, you
dry bones, hear the word of Yahweh. 37:5Thus
says the Lord Yahweh to these bones: Behold,
I will cause breath to enter into you, and you
shall live. 37:6I will lay sinews on you, and
will bring up flesh on you, and cover you with
skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live;
and you shall know that I amY ahweh. 37:7So
I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I
prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, an
earthquake; and the bones came together, bone
to its bone. 37:8I saw, and, behold, there were
sinews on them, and flesh came up, and skin
covered themabo ve; but there was no breath
in them. 37:9Then said he to me, Prophesy to
the wind, prophesy, son of man, and tell the
wind, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Come from
the four winds, breath, and breathe on these
slain, that they may live. 37:10So I prophesied
as he commanded me, and the breath came into
them, and they lived, and stood up on their
feet, an exceedingly great army. 37:11Then he
said to me, Son of man, these bones are the
whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our
bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we
are clean cut off. 37:12Therefore prophesy, and
tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold,
I will open your graves, and cause you to come
up out of your graves, my people; and I will
bring you into the land of Israel. 37:13You shall
know that I amY ahweh, when I have opened
your graves, and caused you to come up out
of your graves, my people. 37:14I will put my
Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place
you in your own land: and you shall know
that I, Yahweh, have spoken it and performed
it, says Yahweh. 37:15The word of Yahweh
came again to me, saying, 37:16You, son of man,
take one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and
for the children of Israel his companions: then
take another stick, and write on it, For Joseph,
the stick of Ephraim, and forall the house of
Israel his companions: 37:17and join themf or
you one to another into one stick, that they
may become one in your hand. 37:18When the
children of your people shall speak to you,
saying, Will you not show us what you mean
by these? 37:19tell them, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph,
which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes
of Israel his companions; and I will put them
with it, evenwith the stick of Judah, and make
themo ne stick, and they shall be one in my
hand. 37:20The sticks whereon you write shall
be in your hand before their eyes. 37:21Say to
them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I
will take the children of Israel fromam ong the
nations, where they are gone, and will gather
themon every side, and bring them into their
own land: 37:22and I will make themone nation
in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and
one king shall be king to thema ll; and they
shall be no more two nations, neither shall they
be divided into two kingdoms any more at
all; 37:23neither shall they defile themselves any
more with their idols, nor with their detestable
things, nor with any of their transgressions;
but I will save themout of all their dwelling
places, in which they have sinned, and will
cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and
I will be their God. 37:24My servant David
shall be king over them; and they all shall
have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my
ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do
them. 37:25They shall dwell in the land that
I have given to Jacob my servant, in which
your fathers lived; and they shall dwell therein,
they, and their children, and their children's
children, forever: and David my servant shall
be their prince for ever. 37:26Moreover 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 themforevermore.
37:27My tent also shall be with them; and I will
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be their God, and they shall be my people.
37:28The nations shall know that I amY ahweh
who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary shall
be in the midst of them forevermore.
38:1The wordof Yahweh cam e to m e, saying,
38:2Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the
land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech,
and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 38:3and
say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am
against you, Gog, prince of Rosh,Meshech, and
Tubal: 38:4and I will turn you about, and put
hooks into your jaws, and Iwill bring you forth,
and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of
them clothed in full armor, a great company
with buckler and shield, all of themh andling
swords; 38:5Persia, Cush, and Put with them,
all of themwi th shield and helmet; 38:6Gomer,
and all his hordes; the house of Togarmah in
the uttermost parts of the north, and all his
hordes; even many peoples with you. 38:7Be
prepared, yes, prepare yourself, you, and all
your companies who are assembled to you, and
be a guard to them. 38:8After many days you
shall be visited: in the latter years you shall
come into the land that is brought back fromthe
sword, that is gathered out of many peoples,
on the mountains of Israel, which have been
a continual waste; but it is brought forth out
of the peoples, and they shall dwell securely,
all of them. 38:9You shall ascend, you shall
come like a storm, you shall be like a cloud
to cover the land, you, and all your hordes,
and many peoples with you. 38:10Thus says
the Lord Yahweh: It shall happen in that day,
that things shall come into your mind, and
you shall devise an evil device: 38:11and you
shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled
villages; I will go to those who are at rest, who
dwell securely, all of themdw elling without
walls, and having neither bars nor gates; 38:12to
take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn
your hand against the waste places that are
nowinhabited, and against the people who are
gathered out of the nations, who have gotten
livestock and goods, who dwell in the middle
of the earth. 38:13Sheba, and Dedan, and the
merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions
of it, shall tell you, Are you come to take
the spoil? have you assembled your company
to take the prey? to carry away silver and
gold, to take away livestock and goods, to
take great spoil? 38:14Therefore, son of man,
prophesy, and tell Gog, Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: In that day when my people Israel
dwells securely, shall you not know it? 38:15You
shall come fromyour place out of the uttermost
parts of the north, you, and many peoples
with you, all of themr iding on horses, a great
company and a mighty army; 38:16and you
shall come up against my people Israel, as a
cloud to cover the land: it shall happen in the
latter days, that I will bring you against my
land, that the nations may know me, when I
shall be sanctified in you, Gog, before their
eyes. 38:17Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Are
you he of whom I spoke in old time by my
servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied
in those days for manyyears that I would bring
you against them? 38:18It shall happen in that
day, when Gog shall come against the land of
Israel, says the Lord Yahweh, that my wrath
shall come up into my nostrils. 38:19For 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; 38:20so that the
fish of the sea, and the birds of the sky, and
the animals of the field, and all creeping things
who creep on the earth, and all the men who are
on the surface 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. 38:21I will call for
a sword against him to all my mountains, says
the Lord Yahweh: every man's sword shall be
against his brother. 38:22With pestilence and
with blood will I enter into judgment with him;
and I will rain on him, and on his hordes,
and on the many peoples who are with him,
an overflowing shower, and great hailstones,
fire, and sulfur. 38:23I will magnify myself, and
sanctify myself, and I will make myself known
in the eyes of many nations; and they shall
know that I amYahweh.
39:1You, son of man, prophesy against Gog,
and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I
amag ainst you, Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech,
and Tubal: 39:2and I will turn you about, and
will lead you on, and will cause you to come
up fromthe uttermost parts of the north; and
I will bring you on the mountains of Israel;
39:3and I will strike your bow out of your left
hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out
of your right hand. 39:4You shall fall on the
mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes,
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and the peoples who are with you: I will give
you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to
the animals of the field to be devoured. 39:5You
shall fall on the open field; for I have spoken it,
says the Lord Yahweh. 39:6I will send a fire on
Magog, and on those who dwell securely in the
islands; and they shall know that I amYahweh.
39:7My holy name will I make known in the
midst of my people Israel; neither will I allow
m y holy nam eto be profaned any m ore: and
the nations shall know that I amY ahweh, the
Holy One in Israel. 39:8Behold, it com es, and it
shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh; this is the
day about which I have spoken. 39:9Those who
dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and
shall make fires of the weapons and burn them,
both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and
the arrows, and the war clubs, and the spears,
and they shall make fires of them seven years;
39:10so that they shall take no wood out of the
field, neither cut down any out of the forests;
for they shall make fires of the weapons; and
they shall plunder those who plundered them,
and rob those who robbed them, says the Lord
Yahweh. 39:11It shall happen in that day, that
I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel,
the valley of those who pass through on the
east of the sea; and it shall stop those who
pass through: and there shall they bury Gog
and all his multitude; and they shall call it The
valley of Hamon Gog. 39:12Seven months shall
the house of Israel be burying them, that they
may cleanse the land. 39:13Yes, all the people
of the land shall bury them; and it shall be
to thema renown in the day that I shall be
glorified, says the Lord Yahweh. 39:14They shall
set apart men of continual employment, who
shall pass through the land, and, with those
who pass through, those who bury those who
remain on the surface of the land, to cleanse
it: after the end of seven months shall they
search. 39:15Those who pass through the land
shall pass through; and when any sees a man's
bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, until
the undertakers have buried it in the valley
of Hamon Gog. 39:16Hamonah shall also be
the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse
the land. 39:17You, son of man, thus says the
Lord Yahweh: Speak to the birds of every sort,
and to every animal of the field, Assemble
yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on
every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for
you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of
Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.
39:18You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and
drink the blood of the princes of the earth,
of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all
of themf atlings of Bashan. 39:19You shall eat
fat until you be full, and drink blood until
you be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have
sacrificed for you. 39:20You shall be filled
at my table with horses and chariots, with
mighty men, and with all men of war, says the
Lord Yahweh. 39:21I will set my glory among
the nations; and all the nations shall see my
judgment that I have executed, and my hand
that I have laid on them. 39:22So the house
of Israel shall know that I amY ahweh their
God, fromthat day and forward. 39:23The
nations shall knowthat the house of Israel went
into captivity for their iniquity; because they
trespassed against me, and I hid my face from
them: so I gave them into the hand of their
adversaries, and they fell all of themby the
sword. 39:24According to their uncleanness and
according to their transgressions did I to them;
and I hid my face from them. 39:25Therefore
thus says the Lord Yahweh: Now will I bring
back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy on
the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous
for m y holy nam e. 39:26They shall bear their
shame, and all their trespasses by which they
have trespassed against me, when they shall
dwell securely in their land, and none shall
make them afraid; 39:27when I have brought
themb ack fromthe peoples, and gathered them
out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified
in themi n the sight ofmany nations. 39:28They
shall know that I amYahweh their God, in that
I caused themto go into captivity among the
nations, and have gathered themto their own
land; and I will leave none of thema ny more
there; 39:29neither will I hide my face any more
from them; for I have poured out my Spirit on
the house of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh.
40:1In the five and twentieth year of our
captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the
tenth dayof the month, in the fourteenth year
after that the city was struck, in the same day,
the hand of Yahweh was on me, and he brought
m e there. 40:2In the visions of God brought he
me into the land of Israel, and set me down on
a very high mountain, whereon was as it were
the frame of a city on the south. 40:3He brought
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me there; 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. 40:4The man
said to me, Son of man, see with your eyes,
and hear with your ears, and set your heart
on all that I shall show you; for, to the intent
that I may show them to you, are you brought
here: declare all that you see to the house of
Israel. 40:5Behold, a wall on the outside of
the house all around, and in the man's hand
a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit
and a handbreadth each: so he measured the
thickness of the building, one reed; and the
height, one reed. 40:6Then cam e he to the
gate which looks toward the east, and went
up its steps: and he measured the threshold
of the gate, one reed broad; and the other
threshold, one reed broad. 40:7Every lodge was
one reed long, and one reed broad; and the
spacebetween the lodges was five cubits; and
the threshold of the gate by the porch of the
gate toward the house was one reed. 40:8He
measured also the porch of the gate toward
the house, one reed. 40:9Then measured he
the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its
posts, two cubits; and the porch of the gate
was toward the house. 40:10The lodges 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. 40:11He measured the breadth
of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the
length of the gate, thirteen cubits; 40:12and a
border before the lodges, one cubit on this side,
and a border, one cubit on that side; and the
lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on
that side. 40:13He measured the gate from the
roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other,
a breadth of twenty-five cubits; door against
door. 40:14He made also posts, sixty cubits;
and the court reachedto the posts, around the
gate. 40:15Fromthe forefront of the gate at the
entrance to the forefront of the inner porch
of the gate were fifty cubits. 40:16There were
closed windows to the lodges, and to their
postswithin the gate all around, and likewise to
the arches; and windows were around inward;
and on eachpost were palmt rees. 40:17Then
brought he me into the outer court; and behold,
there were chambers and a pavement, made for
the court all around: thirty chambers were on
the pavement. 40:18The pavement was by the
side of the gates, answerable to the length of
the gates, even the lower pavement. 40:19Then
he measured the breadth from the forefront of
the lower gate to the forefront of the inner court
outside, one hundred cubits, bothon the east
and on the north. 40:20The gate of the outer
court whose prospect is toward the north, he
measured its length and its breadth. 40:21The
lodges of it were three on this side and three
on that side; and its posts and its arches were
after the measure of the first gate: its length was
fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
40:22The windows of it, and its arches, and the
palmt rees of it, were after the measure of the
gate whose prospect is toward the east; and
they went up to it by seven steps; and its arches
were before them. 40:23There was a gate to the
inner court over against the othergate, bothon
the north and on the east; and he measured
fromg ate to gate one hundred cubits. 40:24He
led me toward the south; and behold, a gate
toward the south: and he measured its posts
and its arches according to these measures.
40:25There were windows in it and in its arches
all around, like those windows: the length
was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five
cubits. 40:26There were seven steps to go up
to it, and its arches were before them; and it
had palmtre es, one on this side, and another
on that side, on its posts. 40:27There was a gate
to the inner court toward the south: and he
measured from gate to gate toward the south
a hundred cubits. 40:28Then he brought me
to the inner court by the south gate: and he
measured the south gate according to these
measures; 40:29and its lodges, and its posts, and
its arches, according to these measures: and
there were windows in it and in its arches all
around; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-
five cubits broad. 40:30There were arches all
around, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits
broad. 40:31The arches of it were toward the
outer court; and palmt rees were on its posts:
and the ascent to it had eight steps. 40:32He
brought me into the inner court toward the east:
and he measured the gate according to these
measures; 40:33and its lodges, and its posts, and
its arches, according to these measures: and
there were windows therein and in its arches
all around; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-
five cubits broad. 40:34The arches of it were
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toward the outer court; and palmtre es were on
its posts, on this side, and on that side: and the
ascent to it had eight steps. 40:35He brought me
to the north gate: and he measured itaccording
to these measures; 40:36its lodges, its posts, and
its arches: and there were windows therein all
around; the length was fifty cubits, and the
breadth twenty-five cubits. 40:37The posts of
it were toward the outer court; and palmtre es
were on its posts, on this side, and on that side:
and the ascent to it had eight steps. 40:38A
chamber with its door was by the posts at the
gates; there they washed the burnt offering.
40:39In the porch of the gate were two tables
on this side, and two tables on that side, to kill
thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering
and the trespass offering. 40:40On the oneside
outside, as one goes up to the entry of the gate
toward the north, were two tables; and on the
other side, which belonged to the porch of the
gate, were two tables. 40:41Four tables were
on this side, and four tables on that side, by
the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon
they killed the sacrifices. 40:42There were four
tables for the burnt offering, of cut stone, a
cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half
broad, and one cubit high; whereupon they
laid the instruments with which they killed the
burnt offering and the sacrifice. 40:43The hooks,
a handbreadth long, were fastened within all
around: and on the tables was the flesh of the
offering. 40:44Outside of the inner gate were
chambers for 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. 40:45He said to me, This
chamber, whose prospect is toward the south,
is for the priests, the keepers of the duty of the
house; 40:46and the chamber whose prospect is
toward the north is for the priests, the keepers
of the duty of the altar: these are the sons of
Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come
near to Yahweh to minister to him. 40:47He
measured the court, one hundred cubits long,
and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and
the altar was before the house. 40:48Then 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. 40:49The length of
the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth
eleven cubits; even by the steps by which they
went up to it: and there were pillars by the
posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
41:1He 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 tent. 41:2The
breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and
the sides of the entrance were five cubits on
the one side, and five cubits on the other side:
and he measured its length, forty cubits, and
the breadth, twenty cubits. 41:3Then went
he inward, and measured each post of the
entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six
cubits; and the breadth of the entrance, seven
cubits. 41:4He measured its length, twenty
cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits, before
the temple: and he said to me, This is the most
holy place. 41:5Then he measured the wall of
the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every
side chamber, four cubits, all around the house
on every side. 41:6The side chambers were in
three stories, one over another, and thirty in
order; and they entered into the wall which
belonged to the house for the side chambers
all around, that they might have hold therein,
and not have hold in the wall of the house.
41:7The side cham bers were broader as they
encompassed the househigher and higher; for
the encompassing of the house went higher and
higher around the house: therefore the breadth
of the house continuedupward; and so one went
up fromthe lowest chamberto the highest by the
middle chamber. 41:8I saw also that the house
had a raised base all around: the foundations of
the side chambers were a full reed of six great
cubits. 41:9The thickness of the wall, which
was for the side cham bers, on the outside,was
five cubits: and that which was left was the
place of the side chambers that belonged to
the house. 41:10Between the chambers was a
breadth of twenty cubits around the house on
every side. 41:11The doors of the side chambers
were toward the placethat 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 all around. 41:12The
building that was before the separate place at
the side toward the west was seventy cubits
broad; and the wall of the building was five
cubits thick all around, and its length ninety
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cubits. 41:13So he measured the house, one
hundred cubits long; and the separate place,
and the building, with its walls, one hundred
cubits long; 41:14also the breadth of the face of
the house, and of the separate place toward the
east, one hundred cubits. 41:15He measured the
length of the building before the separate place
which was at its back, and its galleries on the
one side and on the other side, one hundred
cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches
of the court; 41:16the thresholds, and the closed
windows, and the galleries around on their
three stories, over against the threshold, with
wood ceilings all around, and fromthe ground
up to the windows, (now the windows were
covered), 41:17to the spaceabove the door, even
to the inner house, and outside, and by all the
wall all around inside and outside, by measure.
41:18It was made with cherubim and palm
trees; and a palmt ree was between cherub and
cherub, and every cherub had two faces; 41:19so
that there was the face of a man toward the
palmtre e on the one side, and the face of a
young lion toward the palmtre e on the other
side. thus was itmade through all the house all
around: 41:20from the groundto above the door
were cherubimand palmtre esmade: thus was
the wall of the temple. 41:21As for the temple,
the door posts were squared; and as for the
face of the sanctuary, the appearance of itwas as
the appearance of the temple. 41:22The altar was
of wood, three cubits high, and its length two
cubits; and its corners, and its length, and its
walls, were of wood: and he said to me, This is
the table that is before Yahweh. 41:23The temple
and the sanctuary had two doors. 41:24The
doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves:
two leavesfor the one door, and two leaves for
the other. 41:25There were made on them, on
the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm
trees, like as were made on the walls; and there
was a threshold of wood on the face of the
porch outside. 41:26Therewere closedwindows
and palmtre es on the one side and on the other
side, on the sides of the porch: thus were the
side chambers of the house, and the thresholds.
42:1Then he brought me forth into the outer
court, the way toward the north: and he
brought me into the chamber that was over
against the separate place, and which was
over against the building toward the north.
42:2Before the length of one hundred cubits
was the north door, and the breadth was fifty
cubits. 42:3Over against the twenty cubitswhich
belonged to the inner court, and over against
the pavement which belonged to the outer
court, was gallery against gallery in the third
story. 42:4Before the chambers was a walk of ten
cubits' breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and
their doorswere toward the north. 42:5Now the
upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries
took away fromthe se, more than fromthe
lower and the middle, in the building. 42:6For
they were in three stories, and they didn't have
pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the
uppermostwas straitened more than the lowest
and the middle from the ground. 42:7The wall
that was outside by the side of the chambers,
toward the outer court before the chambers,
its length was fifty cubits. 42:8For the length
of the chambers that were in the outer court
was fifty cubits: and behold, before the temple
were one hundred cubits. 42:9Fromu nder these
chambers was the entry on the east side, as one
goes into themf rom the outer court. 42:10In
the thickness of the wall of the court toward
the east, before the separate place, and before
the building, there were chambers. 42:11The
way before themwas like the appearance of
the way of the chambers which were toward the
north; according to their length so was their
breadth: and all their exits were both according
to their fashions, and according to their doors.
42:12According to the doors of the chambers
that were toward the south was a door at the
head of the way, even the way directly before
the wall toward the east, as one enters into
them. 42:13Then said he to me, The north chambers
and the south chambers, which are before
the separate place, they are the holy chambers,
where the priests who are near to Yahweh shall
eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the
most holy things, and the meal offering, and
the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for
the place is holy. 42:14When the priests enter
in, then shall they not go out of the holy place
into the outer court, but there they shall lay
their garments in which they minister; for they
are holy: and they shall put on other garments,
and shall approach to that which pertains to the
people. 42:15Now when he had made an end
of measuring the inner house, he brought me
forth by the way of the gate whose prospect is
toward the east, and measured it all around.
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42:16He measured on the east side with the
measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the
measuring reed all around. 42:17He measured
on the north side five hundred reeds with the
measuring reed all around. 42:18He measured
on the south side five hundred reeds with the
measuring reed. 42:19He turned about to the
west side, and measured five hundred reeds
with the measuring reed. 42:20He measured
it on the four sides: it had a wall around it,
the length five hundred, and the breadth five
hundred, to make a separation between that
which was holy and that which was common.
43:1Afterward he brought me to the gate,
even the gate that looks toward the east.
43:2Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came
fromthe way of the east: and his voice was
like the sound of many waters; and the earth
shined with his glory. 43:3It 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 on my face. 43:4The glory of Yahweh
came into the house by the way of the gate
whose prospect is toward the east. 43:5The
Spirit took me up, and brought me into the
inner court; and behold, the glory of Yahweh
filled the house. 43:6I heard one speaking to
me out of the house; and a man stood by me.
43:7He said to me, Son of man, this isthe 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 forever. The house of Israel
shall no more defile my holy name, neither
they, nor their kings, by their prostitution, and
by the dead bodies of their kings intheir high
places; 43:8in their setting of their threshold by
my threshold, and their doorpost beside my
doorpost, and there was butthe wall between
me and them; and they have defiled my holy
name by their abominations which they have
committed: therefore I have consumed them
in my anger. 43:9Now let themput away their
prostitution, and the dead bodies of their kings,
far from me; and I will dwell in the midst of
themf orever. 43:10You, son of man, show the
house to the house of Israel, that they may
be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them
measure the pattern. 43:11If they be ashamed of
all that they have done, make known to them
the formof the house, and its fashion, and its
exits, and its entrances, and all its forms, and all
its ordinances, and all its forms, and all its laws;
and write it in their sight; that they may keep
the whole formo f it, and all its ordinances, and
do them. 43:12This is the law of the house: on
the top of the mountain the whole limit around
it shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law
of the house. 43:13These are the measures of
the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a
handbreadth): the bottoms hall be a cubit, and
the breadth a cubit, and its border around its
edge a span; and this shall be the base of the
altar. 43:14Fromthe bottom on the ground to
the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the
breadth one cubit; and fromthe lesser ledge
to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and
the breadth a cubit. 43:15The upper altar shall
be four cubits; and fromthe altar hearth and
upward there shall be four horns. 43:16The altar
hearth shall be twelve cubitslong by twelve
broad, square in the four sides of it. 43:17The
ledge shall be fourteen cubitslong by fourteen
broad in the four sides of it; and the border
about it shall be half a cubit; and its bottom
shall be a cubit around; and its steps shall look
toward the east. 43:18He said to me, Son of
man, thus says the Lord Yahweh: 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. 43:19You shall
give to the priests the Levites who are of the
seed of Zadok, who are near to me, to minister
to me, says the Lord Yahweh, a young bull for
a sin offering. 43:20You shall take of its blood,
and put it on the four horns of it, and on the
four corners of the ledge, and on the border
all around: thus you shall cleanse it and make
atonement for it. 43:21You shall also take the
bull of the sin offering, and it shall be burnt
in the appointed place of the house, outside
of the sanctuary. 43:22On the second day you
shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin
offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they
did cleanse itwith the bull. 43:23When you have
made an end of cleansing it, you shall offer a
young bull without blemish, and a ram out of
the flock without blemish. 43:24You shall bring
themne ar before Yahweh, and the priests shall
cast salt on them, and they shall offer them up
for a burnt offering to Yahweh. 43:25Seven days
you shall prepare every day a goat for a sin
offering: they shall also prepare a young bull,
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and a ramo ut of the flock, without blemish.
43:26Seven days shall they make atonement for
the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate
it. 43:27When they have accomplished the days,
it shall be that on the eighth day, and forward,
the priests shall make your burnt offerings on
the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will
accept you, says the Lord Yahweh.
44:1Then he brought m e back by the way of
the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks
toward the east; and it was shut. 44:2Yahweh
said to me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not
be opened, neither shall any man enter in by
it; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has entered
in by it; therefore it shall be shut. 44:3As for
the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat
bread before Yahweh; he shall enter by the way
of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the
way of the same. 44:4Then he brought me by
the way of the north gate before the house; and
I looked, and behold, the glory of Yahweh filled
the house of Yahweh: and I fell on my face.
44:5Yahweh said to me, Son of man, mark well,
and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears
all that I tell you concerning all the ordinances
of the house of Yahweh, and all its laws; and
mark well the entrance of the house, with every
exit of the sanctuary. 44:6You shall tell the
rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus
says the Lord Yahweh: you house of Israel, let it
suffice you of all your abominations, 44:7in that
you have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised
in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in
m y sanctuary, to profane it, even m yhouse,
when you offer my bread, the fat and the
blood, and they have broken my covenant, to
addto all your abominations. 44:8You have not
performed the duty of my holy things; but you
have set perform ers of m y duty in m y sanctuary
for yourselves. 44:9Thus says the Lord
Yahweh, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart
and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my
sanctuary, of any foreigners who are among
the children of Israel. 44:10But the Levites who
went far fromm e, when Israel went astray,
who went astray fromme after their idols, they
shall bear their iniquity. 44:11Yet they shall be
ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at
the gates of the house, and ministering in the
house: they shall kill the burnt offering and the
sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand
before them to minister to them. 44:12Because
they ministered to them before their idols, and
became a stumbling block of iniquity to the
house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up my
hand against them, says the Lord Yahweh, and
they shall bear their iniquity. 44:13They shall
not come near to me, to execute the office of
priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy
things, to the things that are most holy; but they
shall bear their shame, and their abominations
which they have committed. 44:14Yet will I
make themperformers of the duty of the house,
for all its service, and for all that shall be done
therein. 44:15But the priests the Levites, the
sons of Zadok, who performed the duty of
my sanctuary when the children of Israel went
astray from me, they shall come near to me
to minister to me; and they shall stand before
me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says
the Lord Yahweh: 44:16they shall enter into
my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my
table, to minister to me, and they shall keep
my instruction. 44:17It shall be that, when they
enter in at the gates of the inner court, they
shall be clothed with linen garments; and no
wool shall come on them, while they minister
in the gates of the inner court, and within.
44:18They shall have linen tires on their heads,
and shall have linen breeches on their waists;
they shall not gird themselves with anything
that causessweat. 44:19When they go forth into
the outer court, even into the outer court to
the people, they shall put off their garments
in which they minister, and lay them in the
holy chambers; and they shall put on other
garments, that they not sanctify the people
with their garments. 44:20Neither shall they
shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow
long; they shall only cut off the hair of their
heads. 44:21Neither shall any of the priests
drink wine, when they enter into the inner
court. 44:22Neither shall they take for their
wives a widow, nor her who is put away; but
they shall take virgins of the seed of the house
of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of
a priest. 44:23They shall teach my people the
difference between the holy and the common,
and cause themto discern between the unclean
and the clean. 44:24In a controversy they shall
stand to judge; according to my ordinances
shall they judge it: and they shall keep my
laws and my statutes in all my appointed
feasts; and they shall make my Sabbaths holy.
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44:25They shall go in to no dead person to
defile themselves; but for father, or for mother,
or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or
for sister who has had no husband, they may
defile themselves. 44:26After he is cleansed,
they shall reckon to hims even days. 44:27In
the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into
the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary,
he shall offer his sin offering, says the Lord
Yahweh. 44:28They shall have an inheritance:
I amthe ir inheritance; and you shall give them
no possession in Israel; I amt heir possession.
44:29They shall eat the meal offering, and the
sin offering, and the trespass offering; and
every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.
44:30The first of all the first fruits of every thing,
and every offering of everything, of all your
offerings, shall be for the priest: you shall also
give to the priests the first of your dough, to
cause a blessing to rest on your house. 44:31The
priests shall not eat of anything that dies of
itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or animal.
45:1Moreover, when you shall divide by lot
the land for inheritance, you shall offer an
offering to Yahweh, a holy portion of the land;
the length shall be the length of twenty-five
thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten
thousand: it shall be holy in all its border all
around. 45:2Of this there shall be for the holy
place five hundred in lengthby five hundred in
breadth, square all around; and fifty cubits for
its suburbs all around. 45:3Of this measure you
shall measure a length of twenty-five thousand,
and a breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall
be the sanctuary, which is most holy. 45:4It
is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for
the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who
come near to minister to Yahweh; and it shall
be a place for their houses, and a holy place
for the sanctuary. 45:5Twenty-five thousand in
length, and ten thousand in breadth, shall be
to the Levites, the ministers of the house, for a
possession to themselves, fortwenty chambers.
45:6You shall appoint the possession of the city
five thousand broad, and twenty-five thousand
long, side by side with the offering of the holy
portion: it shall be for thewhole house of Israel.
45:7Whatever isfor the prince shall beon the one
side and on the other side of the holy offering
and of the possession of the city, in front of the
holy offering and in front of the possession of
the city, on the west side westward, and on the
east side eastward; and in length answerable
to one of the portions, fromthe west border
to the east border. 45:8In the land it shall
be to himfor a possession in Israel: and my
princes shall no more oppress my people; but
they shall give the land to the house of Israel
according to their tribes. 45:9Thus says the Lord
Yahweh: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel:
remove violence and spoil, and execute justice
and righteousness; dispossessing my people,
says the Lord Yahweh. 45:10You shall have just
balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
45:11The ephah and the bath shall be of one
measure, that the bath may contain the tenth
part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part
of a homer: its measure shall be after the
homer. 45:12The shekel shall be twenty gerahs.
Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus
fifteen shekels shall be your mina. 45:13This
is the offering that you shall offer: the sixth
part of an ephah froma homer of wheat; and
you shall give the sixth part of an ephah from
a homer of barley; 45:14and the set portion
of oil, of the bath of oil, the tenth part of a
bath out of the cor, which isten baths, even a
homer; (for ten baths are a homer;) 45:15and
one lamb of the flock, out of two hundred, from
the well-watered pastures of Israel for a meal
offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace
offerings, to make atonement for them, says
the Lord Yahweh. 45:16All the people of the
land shall give to this offering for the prince
in Israel. 45:17It shall be the prince's part to
give the burnt offerings, and the meal offerings,
and the drink offerings, in the feasts, and on
the new moons, and on the Sabbaths, in all
the appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he
shall prepare the sin offering, and the meal
offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace
offerings, to make atonement for the house of
Israel. 45:18Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the
first month, in the first dayof the month, you
shall take a young bull without blemish; and
you shall cleanse the sanctuary. 45:19The priest
shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and
put it on the door posts of the house, and on
the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on
the posts of the gate of the inner court. 45:20So
you shall do on the seventh dayof the month for
everyone who errs, and for himw ho is simple:
so you shall make atonement for the house.
45:21In the first month, in the fourteenth day
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of the month, you shall have the Passover, a
feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be
eaten. 45:22On that day shall the prince prepare
for himself and for all the people of the land
a bull for a sin offering. 45:23The seven days
of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to
Yahweh, seven bulls and seven rams without
blemish daily the seven days; and a male goat
daily for a sin offering. 45:24He shall prepare
a meal offering, an ephah for a bull, and an
ephah for a ram, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
45:25In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day
of the month, in the feast, shall he do the like
the seven days; according to the sin offering,
according to the burnt offering, and according
to the meal offering, and according to the oil.
46:1Thus says the Lord Yahweh: The gate
of the inner court that looks toward the east
shall be shut the six working days; but on the
Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day
of the new moon it shall be opened. 46:2The
prince shall enter by the way of the porch of
the gate outside, and shall stand by the post
of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his
burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he
shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then
he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be
shut until the evening. 46:3The people of the
land shall worship at the door of that gate
before Yahweh on the Sabbaths and on the
new moons. 46:4The burnt offering that the
prince shall offer to Yahweh shall be on the
Sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a
ramw ithout blemish; 46:5and the meal offering
shall be an ephah for the ram, and the meal
offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and
a hin of oil to an ephah. 46:6On the day of
the new moon it shall be a young bull without
blemish, and six lambs, and a ram; they shall
be without blemish: 46:7and he shall prepare
a meal offering, an ephah for the bull, and an
ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according
as he is able, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
46:8When the prince shall enter, he shall go in
by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall
go forth by its way. 46:9But when the people
of the land shall come before Yahweh in the
appointed feasts, he who enters by the way of
the north gate to worship shall go forth by the
way of the south gate; and he who enters 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 by which he came in, but shall
go forth straight before him. 46:10The prince,
when they go in, shall go in with of them; and
when they go out, he shall go out. 46:11In the
feasts and in the solemnities the meal offering
shall be an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for
a ram, and for the lambs as he is able to give,
and a hin of oil to an ephah. 46:12When the
prince shall prepare a freewill offering, a burnt
offering or peace offerings as a freewill offering
to Yahweh, one shall open for himthe gate
that looks toward the east; and he shall prepare
his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as
he does on the Sabbath day: then he shall
go forth; and after his going forth one shall
shut the gate. 46:13You shall prepare a lamb a
year old without blemish for a burnt offering
to Yahweh daily: morning by morning you
shall prepare it. 46:14You shall prepare a meal
offering with it morning by morning, the sixth
part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of
oil, to moisten the fine flour; a meal offering to
Yahweh continually by a perpetual ordinance.
46:15Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the
meal offering, and the oil, morning by morning,
for a continual burnt offering. 46:16Thus says
the Lord Yahweh: If the prince give a gift to any
of his sons, it is his inheritance, it shall belong
to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance.
46:17But if he give of his inheritance a gift to
one of his servants, it shall be his to the year
of liberty; then it shall return to the prince;
but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his
sons. 46:18Moreover the prince shall not take
of the people's inheritance, to thrust themo ut
of their possession; he shall give inheritance to
his sons out of his own possession, that m y
people not be scattered every man from his
possession. 46:19Then he brought me through
the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into
the holy chambers for the priests,which looked
toward the north: and behold, there was a place
on the hinder part westward. 46:20He said to
me, This is the place where the priests shall
boil the trespass offering and the sin offering,
andwhere they shall bake the meal offering; that
they not bring themf orth into the outer court,
to sanctify the people. 46:21Then he brought
me forth into the outer court, and caused me
to pass by the four corners of the court; and
behold, in every corner of the court there was
a court. 46:22In the four corners of the court
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there were courts enclosed, forty cubitslong and
thirty broad: these four in the corners were of
one measure. 46:23There was a wall around in
them, around the four, and boiling places were
made under the walls all around. 46:24Then
said he to me, These are the boiling houses,
where the ministers of the house shall boil the
sacrifice of the people.
47:1He brought me back to the door of the
house; and behold, waters issued out from
under the threshold of the house eastward; (for
the forefront of the house was toward the east;)
and the waters came down from under, from
the right side of the house, on the south of the
altar. 47:2Then he brought me out by the way
of the gate northward, and led me round by the
way outside to the outer gate, by the way of
the gatethat looks toward the east; and behold,
there ran out waters on the right side. 47:3When
the man went forth eastwardwith the line in his
hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he
caused me to pass through the waters, waters
that were to the ankles. 47:4Again he measured
one thousand, and caused me to pass through
the waters, waters that were to the knees.
Again he measured one thousand, and caused
m e to pass through the waters, waters that were
to the waist. 47:5Afterward he measured one
thousand; and it wasa river that I could not
pass through; for the waters were risen, waters
to swimin , a river that could not be passed
through. 47:6He said to me, Son of man, have
you seen this? Then he brought me, and caused
me to return to the bank of the river. 47:7Now
when I had returned, behold, on the bank of
the river were very many trees on the one side
and on the other. 47:8Then said he to me, These
waters issue forth toward the eastern region,
and shall go down into the Arabah; and they
shall go toward the sea; into the sea shall the
waters gowhich were made to issue forth; and
the waters shall be healed. 47:9It shall happen,
that every living creature which swarms, in
every place where the rivers come, shall live;
and there shall be a very great multitude of
fish; for these waters are come there, and the
waters of the seashall be healed, and everything
shall live wherever the river comes. 47:10It shall
happen, that fishermen shall stand by it: from
En Gedi even to En Eglaimsh all be a place
for the spreading of nets; their fish shall be
after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea,
exceeding many. 47:11But the miry places of
it, and its marshes, shall not be healed; they
shall be given up to salt. 47:12By the river on
its bank, on this side and on that side, shall
grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not
wither, neither shall its fruit fail: it shall bring
forth new fruit every month, because its waters
issue out of the sanctuary; and its fruit shall be
for food, and its leaf for healing. 47:13Thus says
the Lord Yahweh: This shall be the border, by
which you shall divide the land for inheritance
according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph
shall have twoportions. 47:14You shall inherit it,
one as well as another; for I swore to give it
to your fathers: and this land shall fall to you
for inheritance. 47:15This shall be the border
of the land: On the north side, fromthe great
sea, by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of
Zedad; 47:16Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which
is between the border of Damascus and the
border of Hamath; Hazer Hatticon, which is
by the border of Hauran. 47:17The border from
the sea, shall be Hazar Enon at the border
of Damascus; and on the north northward
is the border of Hamath. This is the north
side. 47:18The east side, between Hauran and
Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel,
shall be the Jordan; fromthe northborder to the
east sea you shall measure. This is the east
side. 47:19The south side southward shall be
fromT amar as far as the waters of Meriboth
Kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the great sea.
This is the south side southward. 47:20The west
side shall be the great sea, fromt he southborder
as far as over against the entrance of Hamath.
This is the west side. 47:21So you shall divide
this land to you according to the tribes of Israel.
47:22It shall happen, that you shall divide it
by lot for an inheritance to you and to the
strangers who sojourn among you, who shall
father children among you; and they shall be
to you as the native-born among the children
of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you
among the tribes of Israel. 47:23It shall happen,
that in what tribe the stranger sojourns, there
you shall give himhi s inheritance, says the
Lord Yahweh.
48:1Now these are the names of the tribes:
Fromthe north end, beside the way of Hethlon
to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at
the border of Damascus, northward beside
Hamath, (and they shall have their sides east
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andwest), Dan, one portion. 48:2By the border of
Dan, fromt he east side to the west side, Asher,
one portion. 48:3By the border of Asher, from
the east side even to the west side, Naphtali,
one portion. 48:4By the border of Naphtali, from
the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one
portion. 48:5By the border of Manasseh, from
the east side to the west side, Ephraim, one
portion. 48:6By the border of Ephraim, from the
east side even to the west side, Reuben, one
portion. 48:7By the border of Reuben, fromt he
east side to the west side, Judah, one portion.
48:8By the border of Judah, fromthe east side
to the west side, shall be the offering which
you shall offer, twenty-five thousand reedsin
breadth, and in length as one of the portions,
fromthe east side to the west side: and the
sanctuary shall be in its midst. 48:9The offering
that you shall offer to Yahweh shall be twenty-
five thousand reedsin length, and ten thousand
in breadth. 48:10For these, even for the priests,
shall be the holy offering: toward the north
twenty-five thousand in length, and toward
the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward
the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward
the south twenty-five thousand in length: and
the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in its midst.
48:11It shall befor the priests who are sanctified
of the sons of Zadok, who have kept my
instruction, who didn't go astray when the
children of Israel went astray, as the Levites
went astray. 48:12It shall be to theman offering
fromt he offering of the land, a thingmost holy,
by the border of the Levites. 48:13Answerable
to the border of the priests, the Levites shall
have twenty-five thousand in length, and ten
thousand in breadth: all the length shall be
twenty-five thousand, and the breadth ten
thousand. 48:14They shall sell none of it, nor
exchange it, nor shall the first fruits of the land
be alienated; for it is holy to Yahweh. 48:15The
five thousand that are left in the breadth, in
front of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for
common use, for the city, for dwelling and
for suburbs; and the city shall be in its midst.
48:16These shall be its measures: 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. 48:17The city shall have suburbs:
toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward
the south two hundred fifty, and toward the
east two hundred fifty, and toward the west
two hundred fifty. 48:18The remainder in the
length, answerable to the holy offering, shall
be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand
westward; and it shall be answerable to the
holy offering; and its increase shall be for food
to those who labor in the city. 48:19Those
who labor in the city, out of all the tribes of
Israel, shall cultivate it. 48:20All the offering
shall be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five
thousand: you shall offer the holy offering
foursquare, with the possession of the city.
48:21The residue shall be for the prince, on the
one side and on the other of the holy offering
and of the possession of the city; in front of
the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward
the east border, and westward in front of the
twenty-five thousand toward the west border,
answerable to the portions, it shall be for the
prince: and the holy offering and the sanctuary
of the house shall be in its midst. 48:22Moreover
fromt he 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, it shall be
for the prince. 48:23As for the rest of the tribes:
fromthe east side to the west side, Benjamin,
one portion. 48:24By the border of Benjamin,
fromthe east side to the west side, Simeon,
one portion. 48:25By the border of Simeon,
fromt he east side to the west side, Issachar,
one portion. 48:26By the border of Issachar,
fromthe east side to the west side, Zebulun,
one portion. 48:27By the border of Zebulun,
fromthe east side to the west side, Gad, one
portion. 48:28By the border of Gad, at the south
side southward, the border shall be even from
Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the
brook of Egypt, to the great sea. 48:29This is
the land which you shall divide by lot to the
tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are
their several portions, says the Lord Yahweh.
48:30These are the exits of the city: On the north
side four thousand and five hundred reedsby
measure; 48:31and the gates of the city shall
be after the names of the tribes of Israel, three
gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the
gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one. 48:32At
the east side four thousand and five hundred
reeds, and three gates: even the gate of Joseph,
one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan,
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one. 48:33At the south side four thousand and
five hundred reedsby measure, and three gates:
the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar,
one; the gate of Zebulun, one. 48:34At the west
side four thousand and five hundred reeds, with
their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate
of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one. 48:35It
shall be eighteen thousand reedsaround: and
the name of the city from that day shall be,
Yahweh is there.
Daniel
1:1In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim
king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon to Jerusalem, and besieged it. 1:2The
Lord gave Jehoiakimkin g of Judah into his
hand, with part of the vessels of the house
of God; and he carried themi nto the land of
Shinar to the house of his god: and he brought
the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
1:3The king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of
his eunuchs, that he should bring in certainof
the children of Israel, even of the seed royal
and of the nobles; 1:4youths in whomwas no
blemish, but well-favored, and skillful in all
wisdom, and endowed with knowledge, and
understanding science, and such as had ability
to stand in the king's palace; and that he should
teach themthe learning and the language of
the Chaldeans. 1:5The king appointed for them
a daily portion of the king's dainties, and of
the wine which he drank, and that they should
be nourished three years; that at its end they
should stand before the king. 1:6Now among
these were, of the children of Judah, Daniel,
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 1:7The prince
of the eunuchs gave names to them: to Daniel
he gave the name ofBelteshazzar; and to Hananiah,
ofShadrach; and to Mishael, ofMeshach;
and to Azariah, ofAbednego. 1:8But Daniel
purposed in his heart that he would not defile
himself with the king's dainties, nor with the
wine which he drank: therefore he requested
of the prince of the eunuchs that he might
not defile himself. 1:9Now God made Daniel
to find kindness and compassion in the sight
of the prince of the eunuchs. 1:10The prince
of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord
the king, who has appointed your food and
your drink: for why should he see your faces
worse looking than the youths who are of your
own age? so would you endanger my head
with the king. 1:11Then said Daniel to the
steward whomthe prince of the eunuchs had
appointed overDaniel,Hananiah, Mishael, and
Azariah: 1:12Prove your servants, I beg you,
ten days; and let themg ive us pulse to eat,
and water to drink. 1:13Then let our faces
be looked on before you, and the face of the
youths who eat of the king's dainties; and as
you see, deal with your servants. 1:14So he
listened to themi n this matter, and proved
themte n days. 1:15At the end of ten days
their faces appeared fairer, and they were fatter
in flesh, than all the youths who ate of the
king's dainties. 1:16So the steward took away
their dainties, and the wine that they should
drink, and gave themp ulse. 1:17Now as for
these four youths, God gave themk nowledge
and skill in all learning and wisdom: and
Daniel had understanding in all visions and
dreams. 1:18At the end of the days which the
king had appointed for bringing themi n, the
prince of the eunuchs brought themin before
Nebuchadnezzar. 1:19The king talked with
them; and among them all was found none
like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
therefore stood they before the king. 1:20In
every matter of wisdom and understanding,
concerning which the king inquired of them,
he found themte n times better than all the
magicians and enchanters who were in all his
realm. 1:21Daniel continued even to the first
year of king Cyrus.
2:1In the second year of the reign of
Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed
dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his
sleep went fromhi m. 2:2Then the king commanded
to call the magicians, and the enchanters,
and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans,
to tell the king his dreams. So they came in
and stood before the king. 2:3The king said to
them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is
troubled to know the dream. 2:4Then spoke the
Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language,
O king, live forever: tell your servants the
dream, and we will show the interpretation.
2:5The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing
is gone from me: if you don't make known to
me the dream and its interpretation, you shall
be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made
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a dunghill. 2:6But if you show the dreamand
its interpretation, you shall receive of me gifts
and rewards and great honor: therefore show
me the dream and its interpretation. 2:7They
answered the second time and said, Let the
king tell his servants the dream, and we will
show the interpretation. 2:8The king answered,
I know of a certainty that you would gain
time, because you see the thing is gone from
me. 2:9But if you don't make known to me
the dream, there is but one law for you; for
you have prepared lying and corrupt words to
speak before me, until the time be changed:
therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know
that you can showme its interpretation. 2:10The
Chaldeans answered before the king, and said,
There is not a man on the earth who can show
the king's matter, because no king, lord, or
ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician,
or enchanter, or Chaldean. 2:11It is a rare
thing that the king requires, and there is no
other who can show it before the king, except
the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
2:12For this cause the king was angry and very
furious, and commanded to destroy all the
wise men of Babylon. 2:13So the decree went
forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and
they sought Daniel and his companions to be
slain. 2:14Then Daniel returned answer with
counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain
of the king's guard, who was gone forth to
kill the wise men of Babylon; 2:15he answered
Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree
so urgent fromt he king? Then Arioch made
the thing known to Daniel. 2:16Daniel went in,
and desired of the king that he would appoint
hima time, and he would show the king the
interpretation. 2:17Then Daniel went to his
house, and made the thing known to Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: 2:18that
they would desire mercies of the God of heaven
concerning this secret; that Daniel and his
companions should not perish with the rest
of the wise men of Babylon. 2:19Then was
the secret revealed to Daniel in a vision of the
night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
2:20Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of
God forever and ever; for wisdoma nd might
are his. 2:21He changes the times and the
seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings;
he gives wisdomto the wise, and knowledge to
those who have understanding; 2:22he reveals
the deep and secret things; he knows what is
in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
2:23I thank you, and praise you, you God of
my fathers, who have given me wisdom and
might, and have now made known to me what
we desired of you; for you have made known to
us the king's matter. 2:24Therefore Daniel went
in to Arioch, whomthe king had appointed to
destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and
said thus to him: Don't destroy the wise men of
Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will
show to the king the interpretation. 2:25Then
Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in
haste, and said thus to him, I have found a man
of the children of the captivity of Judah, who
will make known to the king the interpretation.
2:26The king answered Daniel, whose name
was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known
to me the dream which I have seen, and its
interpretation? 2:27Daniel answered before the
king, and said, The secret which the king has
demanded can neither wise men, enchanters,
magicians, nor soothsayers, show to the king;
2:28but there is a God in heaven who reveals
secrets, and he has made known to the king
Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter
days. Your dream, and the visions of your head
on your bed, are these: 2:29as for you, O king,
your thoughts came into your mindon your bed,
what should happen hereafter; and he who
reveals secrets has made known to you what
shall happen. 2:30But as for me, this secret is
not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have
more than any living, but to the intent that the
interpretation may be made known to the king,
and that you may know the thoughts of your
heart. 2:31You, O king, saw, and behold, a great
image. This image, which was mighty, and
whose brightness was excellent, stood before
you; and its aspect was awesome. 2:32As for
this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast
and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of
brass, 2:33its legs of iron, its feet part of iron,
and part of clay. 2:34You saw until a stone
was cut out without hands, which struck the
image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and
broke themin pieces. 2:35Then was the iron, the
clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken
in pieces together, and became like the chaff
of the summer threshing floors; and the wind
carried themaway , so that no place was found
for them: and the stone that struck the image
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became a great mountain, and filled the whole
earth. 2:36This is the dream; and we will tell
its interpretation before the king. 2:37You, O
king, are king of kings, to whomt he God of
heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and
the strength, and the glory; 2:38and wherever
the children of men dwell, the animals of the
field and the birds of the sky has he given into
your hand, and has made you to rule over them
all: you are the head of gold. 2:39After you
shall arise another kingdomin ferior to you;
and another third kingdomo f brass, which
shall bear rule over all the earth. 2:40The fourth
kingdoms hall be strong as iron, because iron
breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and
as iron that crushes all these, shall it break in
pieces and crush. 2:41Whereas you saw the
feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part
of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but
there shall be in it of the strength of the iron,
because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay.
2:42As the toes of the feet were part of iron,
and part of clay, so the kingdoms hall be partly
strong, and partly broken. 2:43Whereas you
saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall
mingle themselves with the seed of men; but
they shall not cling to one another, even as iron
does not mingle with clay. 2:44In the days of
those kings shall the God of heaven set up a
kingdomwhi ch shall never be destroyed, nor
shall its sovereignty be left to another people;
but it shall break in pieces and consume all
these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
2:45Because you saw that a stone was cut out of
the mountain without hands, and that it broke
in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver,
and the gold; the great God has made known
to the king what shall happen hereafter: and
the dreami s certain, and its interpretation sure.
2:46Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his
face, and worshiped Daniel, and commanded
that they should offer an offering and sweet
odors to him. 2:47The king answered to Daniel,
and said, Of a truth your God is the God of
gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of
secrets, seeing you have been able to reveal this
secret. 2:48Then the king made Daniel great,
and gave him many great gifts, and made him
to rule over the whole province of Babylon,
and to be chief governor over all the wise
men of Babylon. 2:49Daniel requested of the
king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abednego, over the affairs of the province
of Babylon: but Daniel was in the gate of the
king.
3:1Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image
of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and its
breadth six cubits: he set it up in the plain of
Dura, in the province of Babylon. 3:2Then Nebuchadnezzar
the king sent to gather together
the satraps, the deputies, and the governors,
the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the
sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces,
to come to the dedication of the image which
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 3:3Then
the satraps, the deputies, and the governors,
the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the
sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces,
were gathered together to the dedication of the
image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set
up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar
had set up. 3:4Then the herald
cried aloud, To you it is commanded, peoples,
nations, and languages, 3:5that whenever you
hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre,
harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall
down and worship the golden image that
Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up; 3:6and
whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall
the same hour be cast into the midst of a
burning fiery furnace. 3:7Therefore at that time,
when all the peoples heard the sound of the
horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds
of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the
languages, fell down andworshiped the golden
image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set
up. 3:8Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans
came near, and brought accusation against the
Jews. 3:9They answered Nebuchadnezzar the
king, O king, live for ever. 3:10You, O king,
have made a decree, that every man that shall
hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre,
harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall
down and worship the golden image; 3:11and
whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall
be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
3:12There are certain Jews whomy ou have
appointed over the affairs of the province of
Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego;
these men, O king, have not regarded you: they
don't serve your gods, nor worship the golden
image which you have set up. 3:13Then Nebuchadnezzar
in hisrage and fury commanded
to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
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Then they brought these men before the king.
3:14Nebuchadnezzar answered them, Is it on
purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
that you don't serve my god, nor worship the
golden image which I have set up? 3:15Now
if you are ready whenever you hear the sound
of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and
all kinds of music to fall down and worship
the image which I have made, well: but if you
don't worship, you 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? 3:16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we have
no need to answer you in this matter. 3:17If
it be so, our God whom we serve is able to
deliver us fromthe burning fiery furnace; and
he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
3:18But if not, be it known to you, O king, that
we will not serve your gods, nor worship the
golden image which you have set up. 3:19Then
was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form
of his visage was changed against Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego: thereforehe spoke,
and commanded that they should heat the
furnace seven times more than it was usually
heated. 3:20He commanded certain mighty
men who were in his army to bind Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, andto cast themi nto
the burning fiery furnace. 3:21Then these
men were bound in their pants, their tunics,
and their mantles, and their othergarments,
and were cast into the midst of the burning
fiery furnace. 3:22Therefore because the king's
commandment was urgent, and the furnace
exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed those
men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego. 3:23These three men, Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into
the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 3:24Then
Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and
rose up in haste: he spoke and said to his
counselors, Didn't we cast three men bound
into the midst of the fire? They answered the
king, True, O king. 3:25He answered, Look,
I see four men loose, walking in the midst
of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the
aspect of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
3:26Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the
mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spoke
and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
you servants of theMost High God, come forth,
and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego came forth out of the midst of the
fire. 3:27The satraps, the deputies, and the
governors, and the king's counselors, being
gathered together, saw these men, that the
fire had no power on their bodies, nor was
the hair of their head singed, neither were
their pants changed, nor had the smell of fire
passed on them. 3:28Nebuchadnezzar spoke
and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his
angel, and delivered his servants who trusted
in him, and have changed the king's word, and
have yielded their bodies, that they might not
serve nor worship any god, except their own
God. 3:29Therefore I make a decree, that every
people, nation, and language, which speak
anything evil against the God of Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces,
and their houses shall be made a dunghill;
because there is no other god who is able
to deliver after this sort. 3:30Then the king
promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
in the province of Babylon.
4:1Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples,
nations, and languages, who dwell in all
the earth: Peace be multiplied to you. 4:2It
has seemed good to me to show the signs and
wonders that the Most High God has worked
toward me. 4:3How great are his signs! and
how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is
an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is
fromg eneration to generation. 4:4I, Nebuchadnezzar,
was at rest in my house, and flourishing
in my palace. 4:5I saw a dreamwhi ch made
me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the
visions of my head troubled me. 4:6Therefore
made I a decree to bring in all the wise men
of Babylon before me, that they might make
known to me the interpretation of the dream.
4:7Then came in the magicians, the enchanters,
the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told
the dream before them; but they did not make
known to me its interpretation. 4:8But 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 I told the dreambe fore him,
saying, 4:9Belteshazzar, master of the magicians,
because I know that the spirit of the holy gods
is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me
the visions of my dream that I have seen, and
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its interpretation. 4:10Thus were the visions
of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a
tree in the midst of the earth; and its height
was great. 4:11The tree grew, and was strong,
and its height reached to the sky, and its sight
to the end of all the earth. 4:12The leaves of
it were beautiful, and its fruit much, and in
it was food for all: the animals of the field
had shadow under it, and the birds of the
sky lived in its branches, and all flesh was
fed fromit . 4:13I saw in the visions of my
head on my bed, and behold, a watcher and
a holy one came down from the sky. 4:14He
cried aloud, and said thus, Cut down the tree,
and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves,
and scatter its fruit: let the animals get away
fromu nder it, and the fowls fromits branches.
4:15Nevertheless leave the stump of its 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 the sky: and let his portion
be with the animals in the grass of the earth:
4:16let his heart be changed fromm an's, and
let an animal's heart be given to him; and let
seven times pass over him. 4:17The sentence is
by the decree of the watchers, and the demand
by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that
the living may know that the Most High rules
in the kingdomof men, and gives it to whoever
he will, and sets up over it the lowest of
men. 4:18This dreamI, king Nebuchadnezzar,
have seen; and you, Belteshazzar, declare the
interpretation, because all the wise men of my
kingdom are not able to make known to me the
interpretation; but you are able; for the spirit of
the holy gods is in you. 4:19Then Daniel, whose
name was Belteshazzar, was stricken mute for a
while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king
answered, Belteshazzar, don't let the dream, or
the interpretation, trouble you. Belteshazzar
answered, My lord, the dreambe to those
who hate you, and its interpretation to your
adversaries. 4:20The tree that you saw, which
grew, and was strong, whose height reached to
the sky, and its sight to all the earth; 4:21whose
leaves were beautiful, and its fruit much, and
in it was food for all; under which the animals
of the field lived, and on whose branches the
birds of the sky had their habitation: 4:22it is
you, O king, that are grown and become strong;
for your greatness is grown, and reaches to
the sky, and your dominion to the end of the
earth. 4:23Whereas the king saw a watcher
and a holy one coming down from the sky,
and saying, Cut down the tree, and destroy it;
nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the
earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in
the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet
with the dew of the sky: and let his portion be
with the animals of the field, until seven times
pass over him; 4:24this is the interpretation, O
king, and it is the decree of the Most High,
which is come on my lord the king: 4:25that you
shall be driven fromm en, and your dwelling
shall be with the animals of the field, and you
shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall
be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven
times shall pass over you; until you know that
the Most High rules in the kingdomof men,
and gives it to whoever he will. 4:26Whereas
they commanded to leave the stump of the
roots of the tree; your kingdomsh all be sure
to you, after that you shall have known that
the heavens do rule. 4:27Therefore, O king, let
my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off
your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities
by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be
a lengthening of your tranquility. 4:28All this
came on the king Nebuchadnezzar. 4:29At the
end of twelve months he was walking in the
royal palace of Babylon. 4:30The king spoke
and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I
have built for the royal dwelling place, by the
might of my power and for the glory of my
majesty? 4:31While the word was in the king's
mouth, there fell a voice from the sky, saying, O
king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The
kingdomis departed fromyou : 4:32and you
shall be driven fromm en; and they dwelling
shall be with the animals of the field; you shall
be made to eat grass as oxen; and seven times
shall pass over you; until you know that the
Most High rules in the kingdomo f men, and
gives it to whoever he will. 4:33The sam e hour
was the thing fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar:
and he was driven fromm en, and ate grass as
oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of
the sky, until his hair was grown like eagles'
feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. 4:34At
the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted
up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding
returned to me, and I blessed the Most High,
and I praised and honored himwho lives
forever; for his dominion is an everlasting
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dominion, and his kingdomfrom generation to
generation. 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth
are reputed as nothing; and he does according
to his will in the army of heaven, and among
the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay
his hand, or tell him, What do you? 4:36At
the same time my understanding returned to
me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my
majesty and brightness returned to me; and
my counselors and my lords sought to me;
and I was established in my kingdom, and
excellent greatness was added to me. 4:37Now
I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor
the King of heaven; for all his works are truth,
and his ways justice; and those who walk in
pride he is able to abase.
5:1Belshazzar the king made a great feast to
a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before
the thousand. 5:2Belshazzar, while he tasted
the wine, commanded to bring the golden and
silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father
had taken out of the temple which was in
Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, hiswives
and his concubines, might drink from them.
5:3Then 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 lords, his wives and his concubines, drank
fromt hem. 5:4They drank wine, and praised
the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of
iron, of wood, and of stone. 5:5In the same
hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand,
and wrote over against the lampstand on the
plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and
the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
5:6Then the king's face was changed in him,
and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of
his thighs were loosened, and his knees struck
one against another. 5:7The king cried aloud to
bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the
soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the
wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this
writing, and show me its interpretation, shall
be clothed with purple, and have a chain of
gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler
in the kingdom. 5:8Then came in all the king's
wise men; but they could not read the writing,
nor make known to the king the interpretation.
5:9Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled,
and his face was changed in him, and his lords
were perplexed. 5:10Nowthe queen by reason of
the words of the king and his lords came into
the banquet house: the queen spoke and said,O
king, live forever; don't let your thoughts trouble
you, nor let your face be changed. 5:11There
is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the
spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your
father light and understanding and wisdom,
like the wisdomof the gods, were found in
him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar your father,
the king, I say, your father, made him master
of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and
soothsayers; 5:12because an excellent spirit, and
knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of
dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and
dissolving of doubts, were found in the same
Daniel, whomthe king named Belteshazzar.
Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the
interpretation. 5:13Then was Daniel brought in
before the king. The king spoke and said to
Daniel, Are you that Daniel, who are of the
children of the captivity of Judah, whomt he
king my father brought out of Judah? 5:14I have
heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in
you, and that light and understanding and excellent
wisdoma re found in you. 5:15Now the
wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in
before me, that they should read this writing,
and make known to me its interpretation; but
they could not show the interpretation of the
thing. 5:16But I have heard of you, that you
can give interpretations, and dissolve doubts;
now if you can read the writing, and make
known to me its interpretation, you shall be
clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold
about your neck, and shall be the third ruler
in the kingdom. 5:17Then Daniel answered
before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself,
and give your rewards to another; nevertheless
I will read the writing to the king, and make
known to himthe interpretation. 5:18You king,
theMostHigh God gave Nebuchadnezzar your
father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory,
and majesty: 5:19and because of the greatness
that he gave him, all the peoples, nations,
and languages trembled and feared before him:
whomh ewould he killed, and whomhe would
he kept alive; and whomhe would he raised
up, and whomh e would he put down. 5:20But
when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit
was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was
deposed fromhi s kingly throne, and they took
his glory fromhi m: 5:21and he was driven
from the sons of men, and his heart was made
Daniel 5:22 705 Daniel 6:18
like the animals', and his dwelling was with
the wild donkeys; he was fed with grass like
oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of
the sky; until he knew that the Most High
God rules in the kingdomo f men, and that he
sets up over it whoever he will. 5:22You his
son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart,
though you knew all this, 5:23but have lifted up
yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they
have brought the vessels of his house before
you, and you and your lords, your wives and
your concubines, have drunk wine fromthem;
and you have praised the gods of silver and
gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which
don't see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in
whose hand your breath is, and whose are all
your ways, you have not glorified. 5:24Then
was the part of the hand sent frombe fore
him, and this writing was inscribed. 5:25This
is the writing that was inscribed: MENE,
MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 5:26This is the
interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has
numbered your kingdom, and brought it to
an end; 5:27TEKEL; you are weighed in the
balances, and are found wanting. 5:28PERES;
your kingdomis divided, and given to the
Medes and Persians. 5:29Then commanded
Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple,
and put a chain of gold about his neck,
and made proclamation concerning him, that
he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
5:30In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King
was slain. 5:31Darius the Mede received the
kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
6:1It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom
one hundred twenty satraps, who should be
throughout the whole kingdom; 6:2and over
themthre e presidents, of whom Daniel was
one; that these satraps might give account
to them, and that the king should have no
damage. 6:3Then this Daniel was distinguished
above the presidents and the satraps, because
an excellent spirit was in him; and the king
thought to set himo ver the whole realm.
6:4Then the presidents and the satraps sought
to find occasion against Daniel as touching
the kingdom; but they could find no occasion
nor fault, because he was faithful, neither
was there any error or fault found in him.
6:5Then said these men, We shall not find any
occasion against this Daniel, except we find
it against himco ncerning the law of his God.
6:6Then these presidents and satraps assembled
together to the king, and said thus to him, King
Darius, live forever. 6:7All the presidents of
the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the
counselors and the governors, have consulted
together to establish a royal statute, and to
make a strong interdict, that whoever shall ask
a petition of any god or man for thirty days,
save of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den
of lions. 6:8Now, O king, establish the interdict,
and sign the writing, that it not be changed,
according to the law of theMedes and Persians,
which doesn't alter. 6:9Therefore king Darius
signed the writing and the interdict. 6:10When
Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he
went into his house (now his windows were
open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he
kneeled on his knees three times a day, and
prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as
he did before. 6:11Then these men assembled
together, and found Daniel making petition
and supplication before his God. 6:12Then they
came near, and spoke before the king concerning
the king's interdict: Haven't you signed
an interdict, that every man who shall make
petition to any god or man within thirty days,
save to you, O king, shall be cast into the den
of lions? The king answered, The thing is true,
according to the law of theMedes and Persians,
which doesn't alter. 6:13Then answered they
and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of
the children of the captivity of Judah, doesn't
regard you, O king, nor the interdict that you
have signed, but makes his petition three times
a day. 6:14Then the king, when he heard these
words,was sore displeased, and set his heart on
Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the
going down of the sun to rescue him .6:15Then
these men assembled together to the king, and
said to the king, Know, O king, that it is a law
of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict
nor statute which the king establishes may be
changed. 6:16Then the king commanded, and
they brought Daniel, and cast himi nto the den
of lions. Nowthe king spoke and said to Daniel,
Your God whomyou serve continually, he will
deliver you. 6:17A stone was brought, and laid
on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed
it with his own signet, and with the signet
of his lords; that nothing might be changed
concerning Daniel. 6:18Then the king went to
his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither
Daniel 6:19 706 Daniel 7:18
were instruments of music brought before him:
and his sleep fled fromh im. 6:19Then the king
arose very early in the morning, and went in
haste to the den of lions. 6:20When he came
near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a
lamentable voice; the king spoke and said to
Daniel, Daniel, servant of the living God, is
your God, whomyou serve continually, able
to deliver you fromt he lions? 6:21Then said
Daniel to the king, O king, live forever. 6:22My
God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions'
mouths, and they have not hurt me; because
as before himi nnocence was found in me;
and also before you, O king, have I done no
hurt. 6:23Then was the king exceeding glad,
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
on him, because he had trusted in his God.
6:24The king commanded, and they brought
those men who had accused Daniel, and they
cast themin to the den of lions, them, their
children, and their wives; and the lions had
the mastery of them, and broke all their bones
in pieces, before they came to the bottom of
the den. 6:25Then king Darius wrote to all the
peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell
in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.
6:26I make a decree, that in all the dominion of
my kingdom men tremble and fear before the
God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and
steadfast forever,His kingdomt hat which shall
not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be
even to the end. 6:27He delivers and rescues,
and heworks signs and wonders in heaven and
in earth, who has delivered Daniel fromt he
power of the lions. 6:28So this Daniel prospered
in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus
the Persian.
7:1In the first year of Belshazzar king of
Babylon Daniel had a dreamand visions of his
head on his bed: then he wrote the dreamand
told the sumo f the matters. 7:2Daniel spoke
and said, I saw in my vision by night, and,
behold, the four winds of the sky broke forth
on the great sea. 7:3Four great animals came up
fromt he sea, diverse one froma nother. 7:4The
first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I
saw until its wings were plucked, and it was
lifted up fromthe earth, and made to stand on
two feet as a man; and a man's heart was given
to it. 7:5Behold, another animal, a second, like
a bear; and it was raised up on one side, and
three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth:
and they said thus to it, Arise, devour much
flesh. 7:6After this I saw, and behold, another,
like a leopard, which had on its back four
wings of a bird; the animal had also four heads;
and dominion was given to it. 7:7After this I
saw in the night visions, and, behold, a fourth
animal, awesome and powerful, and strong
exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it
devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the
residuewith its feet: and it was diverse froma ll
the animals that were before it; and it had ten
horns. 7:8I considered the horns, and behold,
there came up among them another horn, a
little one, before which three of the first horns
were plucked up by the roots: and behold, in
this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and
a mouth speaking great things. 7:9I saw until
thrones were placed, and one who was ancient
of days sat: his clothingwas white as snow, and
the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne
was fiery flames, andits wheels burning fire.
7:10A fiery streami ssued and came forth from
before him: thousands of thousands ministered
to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand
stood before him: the judgment was set, and
the books were opened. 7:11I saw at that time
because of the voice of the great words which
the horn spoke; I saw even until the animal was
slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given
to be burned with fire. 7:12As for the rest of the
animals, their dominion was taken away: yet
their lives were prolonged for a season and a
time. 7:13I saw in the night visions, and behold,
there came with the clouds of the sky one like
a son of man, and he came even to the ancient
of days, and they brought himne ar before him.
7:14There was given himdom inion, and glory,
and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations,
and languages should serve him: his dominion
is an everlasting dominion, which shall not
pass away, and his kingdomthat which shall
not be destroyed. 7:15As for me, Daniel, my
spiritwas grieved in the midst of my body, and
the visions of my head troubled me. 7:16I cam e
near to one of those who stood by, and asked
himthe truth concerning all this. So he told
me, and made me know the interpretation of
the things. 7:17These great animals, which are
four, are four kings, who shall arise out of the
earth. 7:18But the saints of the Most High shall
Daniel 7:19 707 Daniel 8:16
receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom
forever, even forever and ever. 7:19Then I
desired to knowthe truth concerning the fourth
animal, which was diverse from all of them,
exceedingly terrible, whose teeth were of iron,
and its nails of brass; which devoured, broke in
pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;
7:20and concerning the ten horns that were on
its head, and the other hornwhich came up,
and before which three fell, even that horn that
had eyes, and a mouth that spoke great things,
whose look was more stout than its fellows.
7:21I saw, and the same horn made war with
the saints, and prevailed against them; 7:22until
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. 7:23Thus he said, The fourth animal
shall be a fourth kingdomo n earth, which
shall be diverse froma ll the kingdoms, and
shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread
it down, and break it in pieces. 7:24As for the
ten horns, out of this kingdoms hall ten kings
arise: and another shall arise after them; and he
shall be diverse fromt he former, and he shall
put down three kings. 7:25He shall speak words
against the Most High, and shall wear out the
saints of the Most High; and he shall think to
change the times and the law; and they shall
be given into his hand until a time and times
and half a time. 7:26But the judgment shall be
set, and they shall take away his dominion, to
consume and to destroy it to the end. 7:27The
kingdomand the dominion, and the greatness
of the kingdoms under the whole sky, shall be
given to the people of the saints of the Most
High: his kingdomis an everlasting kingdom,
and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
7:28Here is the end of the matter. As for me,
Daniel, my thoughts much troubled me, and
my face was changed in me: but I kept the
matter in my heart.
8:1In the third year of the reign of king
Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, even to
me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me
at the first. 8:2I saw in the vision; now it was
so, that when I saw, I was in the citadel of
Susa, which is in the province of Elam; and
I saw in the vision, and I was by the river
Ulai. 8:3Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw,
and behold, there stood before the river a ram
which had two horns: and the two horns were
high; but onewas higher than the other, and the
higher came up last. 8:4I saw the ramp ushing
westward, and northward, and southward; and
no animals could stand before him, neither
was there any who could deliver out of his
hand; but he did according to his will, and
magnified himself. 8:5As I was considering,
behold, a male goat came from the west over
the surface of the whole earth, and didn't touch
the ground: and the goat had a notable horn
between his eyes. 8:6He came to the ram
that had the two horns, which I saw standing
before the river, and ran on himin the fury
of his power. 8:7I saw himco me close to the
ram, and he was moved with anger against
him, and struck the ram, and broke his two
horns; and there was no power in the ramto
stand before him; but he cast him down to
the ground, and trampled on him; and there
was none who could deliver the ram out of
his hand. 8:8The male goat magnified himself
exceedingly: and when he was strong, the great
horn was broken; and instead of it there came
up four notable hornstoward the four winds of
the sky. 8:9Out of one of themca me forth a
little horn, which grewexceeding great, toward
the south, and toward the east, and toward the
glorious land. 8:10It grew great, even to the
army of the sky; and some of the army and
of the stars it cast down to the ground, and
trampled on them. 8:11Yes, it magnified itself,
even to the prince of the army; and it took away
fromhi m the continual burnt offering, and the
place of his sanctuary was cast down. 8:12The
army was given over to ittogether with the
continual burnt offeringthrough disobedience;
and it cast down truth to the ground, and
it did its pleasureand prospered. 8:13Then I
heard a holy one speaking; and another holy
one said to that certain one who spoke, How
long shall be the vision concerningthe continual
burnt offering, and the disobedience that makes
desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the
army to be trodden under foot? 8:14He said
to me, To two thousand and three hundred
evenings andmornings; then shall the sanctuary
be cleansed. 8:15It happened, when I, even I
Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought to
understand it; and behold, there stood before
me as the appearance of a man. 8:16I heard
a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai,
which called, and said, Gabriel, make this
Daniel 8:17 708 Daniel 9:17
man to understand the vision. 8:17So he came
near where I stood; and when he came, I was
frightened, and fell on my face: but he said
to me, Understand, son of man; for the vision
belongs to the time of the end. 8:18Now as
he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep
sleep with my face toward the ground; but he
touched me, and set me upright. 8:19He said,
Behold, I will make you know what shall be in
the latter time of the indignation; for it belongs
to the appointed time of the end. 8:20The ram
which you saw, that had the two horns, they
are the kings of Media and Persia. 8:21The
rough male goat is the king of Greece: and the
great horn that is between his eyes is the first
king. 8:22As for that which was broken, in the
place where four stood up, four kingdoms shall
stand up out of the nation, but not with his
power. 8:23In the latter time of their kingdom,
when the transgressors are come to the full,
a king of fierce face, and understanding dark
sentences, shall stand up. 8:24His power shall
be mighty, but not by his own power; and he
shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper
and do his pleasure; and he shall destroy the
mighty ones and the holy people. 8:25Through
his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his
hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart,
and in theirsecurity shall he destroy many: he
shall also stand up against the prince of princes;
but he shall be broken without hand. 8:26The
vision of the evenings and mornings which
has been told is true: but seal up the vision;
for it belongs to many days to come. 8:27I,
Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days; then
I rose up, and did the king's business: and I
wondered at the vision, but none understood
it.
9:1In the first year of Darius the son of
Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was
made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,
9:2in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood
by the books the number of the years
about which the word of Yahweh came to
Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing
of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy
years. 9:3I set my face to the Lord God, to
seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and
sackcloth and ashes. 9:4I prayed to Yahweh
my God, and made confession, and said, Oh,
Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps
covenant and loving kindness with those who
love him and keep his commandments, 9:5we
have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and
have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even
turning aside fromy our precepts and from
your ordinances; 9:6neither have we listened
to your servants the prophets, who spoke in
your name to our kings, our princes, and our
fathers, and to all the people of the land.
9:7Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to
us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men
of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
and to all Israel, who are near, and who are
far off, through all the countries where you
have driven them, because of their trespass
that they have trespassed against you. 9:8Lord,
to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings,
to our princes, and to our fathers, because
we have sinned against you. 9:9To the Lord
our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for
we have rebelled against him; 9:10neither have
we obeyed the voice of Yahweh our God, to
walk in his laws, which he set before us by
his servants the prophets. 9:11Yes, all Israel
have transgressed your law, even turning aside,
that they should not obey your voice: therefore
has the curse been poured out on us, and the
oath that is written in the law of Moses the
servant of God; for we have sinned against
him. 9:12He has confirmed his words, which
he spoke against us, and against our judges
who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil;
for under the whole sky has not been done
as has been done on Jerusalem. 9:13As it is
written in the law ofMoses, all this evil is come
on us: yet have we not entreated the favor of
Yahweh our God, that we should turn from
our iniquities, and have discernment in your
truth. 9:14Therefore has Yahweh watched over
the evil, and brought it on us; for Yahweh our
God is righteous in all hisworkswhich he does,
and we have not obeyed his voice. 9:15Now,
Lord our God, who has brought your people
forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty
hand, and have gotten you renown, as at this
day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
9:16Lord, according to all your righteousness,
let your anger and please let your wrath be
turned away fromy our city Jerusalem, your
holy mountain; because for our sins, and for
the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalemand
your people are become a reproach to all who
are around us. 9:17Now therefore, our God,
Daniel 9:18 709 Daniel 10:14
listen to the prayer of your servant, and to
his petitions, and cause your face to shine on
your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's
sake. 9:18My God, turn your ear, and hear;
open your eyes, and see our desolations, and
the city which is called by your name: for
we do not present our petitions before you for
our righteousness, but for your great mercies'
sake. 9:19Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, listen
and do; don't defer, for your own sake, my
God, because your city and your people are
called by your name. 9:20While I was speaking,
and praying, and confessing my sin and the
sin of my people Israel, and presenting my
supplication before Yahweh my God for the
holy mountain of my God; 9:21yes, while I was
speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I
had seen in the vision at the beginning, being
caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time
of the evening offering. 9:22He instructed me,
and talked with me, and said, Daniel, I am
now come forth to give you wisdom and understanding.
9:23At the beginning of your petitions
the commandment went forth, and I am
come to tell you; for you are greatly beloved:
therefore consider the matter, and understand
the vision. 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed on
your people and on your holy city, to finish
disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and
to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring
in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up
vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most
holy. 9:25Know therefore and discern, that from
the going forth of the commandment to restore
and to build Jerusalemto the Anointed One,a
the prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixtytwo
weeks: it shall be built again, with street
and moat, even in troubled times. 9:26After
the sixty-twoweeks the Anointed Oneb shall be
cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people
of the prince who shall come shall destroy the
city and the sanctuary; and its end shall be
with a flood, and even to the end shall be war;
desolations are determined. 9:27He shall make
a firmco venant with many for one week: and
in the midst of the week he shall cause the
sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the
wing of abominations shall comeone who makes
desolate; and even to the full end, and that
determined, shall wrathbe poured out on the
desolate.
10:1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a
thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was
called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true,
even a great warfare: and he understood the
thing, and had understanding of the vision.
10:2In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three
whole weeks. 10:3I ate no pleasant bread,
neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth,
neither did I anoint myself at all, until three
whole weeks were fulfilled. 10:4In the four
and twentieth day of the first month, as I
was by the side of the great river, which is
Hiddekel, 10:5I lifted up my eyes, and looked,
and behold, a man clothed in linen, whose
thighs were girded with pure gold of Uphaz:
10:6his body also was like the beryl, and his face
as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as
flaming torches, and his arms and his feet like
burnished brass, and the voice of his words like
the voice of a multitude. 10:7I, Daniel, alone
saw the vision; for the men who were with
me didn't see the vision; but a great quaking
fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.
10:8So Iwas 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. 10:9Yet heard I the
voice of his words; and when I heard the voice
of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep
on my face, with my face toward the ground.
10:10Behold, a hand touched me, which set me
on my knees and on the palms of my hands.
10:11He said to me, Daniel, you man greatly
beloved, understand the words that I speak
to you, and stand upright; for to you amI
now sent. When he had spoken this word to
me, I stood trembling. 10:12Then said he to
me, Don't be afraid, Daniel; for from the first
day that you did set your heart to understand,
and to humble yourself before your God, your
words were heard: and I amc ome for your
words' sake. 10:13But the prince of the kingdom
of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but,
behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came
to help me: and I remained there with the kings
of Persia. 10:14Now I have come to make you
understand what shall happen to your people
in the latter days; for the vision is yet for
a9:25 "Anointed One" can also be translated "Messiah" (same as "Christ").
b9:26 "Anointed One" can also be translated "Messiah" (same as "Christ").
Daniel 10:15 710 Daniel 11:19
manydays: 10:15and when he had spoken to me
according to these words, I set my face toward
the ground, and was mute. 10:16Behold, one in
the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips:
then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to
him who stood before me, my lord, by reason
of the vision my sorrows are turned on me,
and I retain no strength. 10:17For how can the
servant of this m y lord talk with this m y lord?
for as for me, immediately there remained no
strength in me, neither was there breath left in
me. 10:18Then there touched me again one like
the appearance of a man, and he strengthened
me. 10:19He said, "Greatly beloved man, don't
be afraid: peace be to you, be strong, yes, be
strong."
When he spoke to me, I was strengthened,
and said, "Let my lord speak; for you have
strengthened me."
10:20Then he said, "Do you know why I have
come to you? Now I will return to fight with
the prince of Persia. When I go forth, behold,
the prince of Greece shall come. 10:21But I will
tell you that which is inscribed in the writing
of truth: and there is none who holds with me
against these, but Michael your prince."
11:1"As for me, in the first year of Darius
the Mede, I stood up to confirmand strengthen
him. 11:2Now will I show you the truth.
Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings
in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer
than they all: and when he has grown strong
through his riches, he shall stir up all against
the realmof Greece. 11:3A mighty king shall
stand up, who shall rule with great dominion,
and do according to his will. 11:4When he shall
stand up, his kingdoms hall be broken, and
shall be divided toward the four winds of the
sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his
dominionwithwhich he ruled; for his kingdom
shall be plucked up, even for others besides
these. 11:5The king of the south shall be strong,
and oneof his princes; and he shall be strong
above him, and have dominion; his dominion
shall be a great dominion. 11:6At the end of
years they shall join themselves together; and
the daughter of the king of the south shall come
to the king of the north to make an agreement:
but she shall not retain the strength of her arm;
neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she
shall be given up, and those who brought her,
and he who became the father of her, and he
who strengthened her in those times. 11:7But
out of a shoot fromh er roots shall one stand
up in his place, who shall come to the army,
and shall enter into the fortress of the king of
the north, and shall deal against them, and
shall prevail. 11:8Also their gods, with their
molten images, andwith their goodly vessels of
silver and of gold, shall he carry captive into
Egypt; and he shall refrain some years from
the king of the north. 11:9He shall come into
the realmo f the king of the south, but he shall
return into his own land. 11:10His sons shall
war, and shall assemble a multitude of great
forces, which shall come on, and overflow, and
pass through; and they shall return and war,
even to his fortress. 11:11The king of the south
shall be moved with anger, and shall come forth
and fight with him, even with the king of the
north; and he shall set forth a great multitude,
and the multitude shall be given into his hand.
11:12The multitude shall be lifted up, and his
heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down
tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.
11:13The king of the north shall return, and shall
set forth a multitude greater than the former;
and he shall come on at the end of the times,
even ofyears, with a great army and with much
substance. 11:14In those times there shall many
stand up against the king of the south: also the
children of the violent among your people shall
lift themselves up to establish the vision; but
they shall fall. 11:15So the king of the north shall
come, and cast up a mound, and take a wellfortified
city: and the forces of the south shall
not stand, neither his chosen people, neither
shall there be any strength to stand. 11:16But he
who comes against him shall do according to
his own will, and none shall stand before him;
and he shall stand in the glorious land, and in
his hand shall be destruction. 11:17He shall set
his face to come with the strength of his whole
kingdom, and with him equitable conditions;
and he shall performthe m: and he shall give
himthe daughter of women, to corrupt her;
but she shall not stand, neither be for him.
11:18After this shall he turn his face to the
islands, and shall take many: but a prince shall
cause the reproach offered by himto cease;
yes, moreover, he shall cause his reproach to
turn on him. 11:19Then he shall turn his face
toward the fortresses of his own land; but he
shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.
Daniel 11:20 711 Daniel 12:1
11:20Then shall stand up in his place one who
shall cause a tax collector to pass through the
kingdomto maintain its glory; but within few
days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger,
nor in battle. 11:21In his place shall stand up
a contemptible person, to whom they had not
given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall
come in time of security, and shall obtain the
kingdomby flatteries. 11:22The overwhelming
forces shall be overwhelmed from before him,
and shall be broken; yes, also the prince of the
covenant. 11:23After the league made with him
he shall work deceitfully; for he shall come up,
and shall become strong, with a small people.
11:24In time of security shall he come even
on 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
themp rey, and spoil, and substance: yes, he
shall devise his devices against the strongholds,
even for a time. 11:25He 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 war in battle with an exceeding great and
mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they
shall devise devices against him. 11:26Yes, they
who eat of his dainties shall destroy him, and
his army shall overflow; and many shall fall
down slain. 11:27As for both these kings, their
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.
11:28Then shall he return into his land with
great substance; and his heart shall beagainst
the holy covenant; and he shall do his pleasure,
and return to his own land. 11:29At the time
appointed he shall return, and come into the
south; but it shall not be in the latter time as it
was in the former. 11:30For ships of Kittims hall
come against him; therefore he shall be grieved,
and shall return, and have indignation against
the holy covenant, and shall do his pleasure:
he shall even return, and have regard to those
who forsake the holy covenant. 11:31Forces
shall stand on his part, and they shall profane
the sanctuary, even the fortress, and shall take
away the continual burnt offering, and they shall
set up the abomination that makes desolate.
11:32Such as do wickedly against the covenant
shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people
who know their God shall be strong, and do
exploits. 11:33Those who are wise am ong the
people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall
by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by
spoil, manydays. 11:34Now when they shall fall,
they shall be helpedwith a little help; but many
shall join themselves to them with flatteries.
11:35Some of those who are wise shall fall, to
refine them, and to purify, and to make them
white, even to the time of the end; because it
is yet for the time appointed. 11:36The king
shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt
himself, and magnify himself above every god,
and shall speak marvelous things against the
God of gods; and he shall prosper until the
indignation be accomplished; for that which is
determined shall be done. 11:37Neither shall he
regard the gods of his fathers, nor the desire
of women, nor regard any god; for he shall
magnify himself above all. 11:38But in his place
shall he honor the god of fortresses; and a
god whomhi s fathers didn't know shall he
honor with gold, and silver, and with precious
stones, and pleasant things. 11:39He shall deal
with the strongest fortresses by the help of
a foreign god: whoever acknowledges himhe
will increase with glory; and he shall cause
themto rule over many, and shall divide the
land for a price. 11:40At the tim e of the end
shall the king of the south contend with him;
and the king of the north shall come against
himlike a whirlwind, with chariots, and with
horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall
enter into the countries, and shall overflow
and pass through. 11:41He shall enter also into
the glorious land, and many countriesshall be
overthrown; but these shall be delivered out of
his hand: Edom, andMoab, and the chief of the
children of Ammon. 11:42He shall stretch forth
his hand also on the countries; and the land of
Egypt shall not escape. 11:43But 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. 11:44But news out of the east and out
of the north shall trouble him; and he shall go
forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to
sweep away many. 11:45He shall plant the tents
of his palace between the sea and the glorious
holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end,
and none shall help him.
12:1"At that time shall Michael stand up, the
great princewho stands for the children of your
people; and there shall be a time of trouble,
Daniel 12:2 712 Daniel 12:13
such as never was since there was a nation
even to that same time: and at that time your
people shall be delivered, everyone who shall
be foundwritten in the book. 12:2Many of those
who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
some to everlasting life, and some to shame and
everlasting contempt. 12:3Those who are wise
shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and
those who turn many to righteousness as the
stars forever and ever. 12:4But you, Daniel, shut
up the words, and seal the book, even to the
time of the end: many shall run back and forth,
and knowledge shall be increased."
12:5Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, there
stood other two, the one on the brink of the
river on this side, and the other on the brink of
the river on that side. 12:6One said to the m an
clothed in linen, who was above the waters of
the river, How long shall it be to the end of
these wonders? 12:7I heard the man clothed
in linen, who was above the waters of the
river, when he held up his right hand and his
left hand to heaven, and swore by himwho
lives forever that it shall be for a time, times,
and a half; and when they have made an end
of breaking in pieces the power of the holy
people, all these things shall be finished. 12:8I
heard, but I didn't understand: then said I, my
lord, what shall be the issue of these things?
12:9He said, Go your way, Daniel; for the words
are shut up and sealed until the time of the
end. 12:10Many shall purify themselves, and
make themselves white, and be refined; but
the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the
wicked shall understand; but those who are
wise shall understand. 12:11From the time that
the continual burnt offeringshall be taken away,
and the abomination that makes desolate set
up, there shall be one thousand two hundred
ninety days. 12:12Blessed is he who waits,
and comes to the one thousand three hundred
thirty-five days. 12:13But go you your way until
the end be; for you shall rest, and shall stand in
your lot, at the end of the days.
Hosea 1:1 713 Hosea 2:12
Hosea
1:1The word of Yahweh that came to Hosea
the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham,
Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in
the days of Jeroboamt he son of Joash, king
of Israel. 1:2When Yahweh spoke at the first
by Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, "Go, take
for yourself a wife of prostitution and children
of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great
adultery, forsaking Yahweh."
1:3So he went and took Gomer the daughter
of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a
son.
1:4Yahweh said to him, "Call his name
Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge
the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and
will cause the kingdomof the house of Israel to
cease. 1:5It will happen in that day that I will
break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel."
1:6She conceived again, and bore a daughter.
Then he said to him, "Call her name Lo-
Ruhamaha; for I will no longer have mercy on
the house of Israel, that I should in any way
pardon them. 1:7But I will have mercy on the
house of Judah, and will save themby Yahweh
their God, and will not save themby bow,
sword, battle, horses, or horsemen."
1:8Nowwhen she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah,
she conceived, and bore a son.
1:9He said, "Call his name Lo-Ammib; for
you are not my people, and I will not be
yours. 1:10Yet the number of the children of
Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which
can't be measured nor numbered; and it will
come to pass that, in the place where it was
said to them, 'You are not my people,' they
will be called 'sons of the living God.' 1:11The
children of Judah and the children of Israel
will be gathered together, and they will appoint
themselves one head, and will go up from the
land; for great will be the day of Jezreel.
2:1"Say to your brothers, 'My people!'c
and to your sisters, 'My loved one!'d
2:2Contend with your mother!
Contend, for she is not my wife,
neither amI her husband;
and let her put away her prostitution fromhe r
face,
and her adulteries frombe tween her
breasts;
2:3Lest I strip her naked,
and make her bare as in the day that she
was born,
and make her like a wilderness,
and set her like a dry land,
and kill her with thirst.
2:4Indeed, on her children I will have no mercy;
for they are children of unfaithfulness;
2:5For their mother has played the prostitute.
She who conceived themhas done
shamefully;
for she said, 'I will go after my lovers,
who give me my bread and my water,
m y wool and m y flax,
m y oil and m y drink.'
2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way
with thorns,
and I will build a wall against her,
that she can't find her way.
2:7She will follow after her lovers,
but she won't overtake them;
and she will seek them,
but won't find them.
Then she will say, 'I will go and return to my
first husband;
for then was it better with me than now.'
2:8For she did not know that I gave her the
grain, the new wine, and the oil,
and multiplied to her silver and gold,
which they used for Baal.
2:9Therefore I will take back my grain in its
time,
and my new wine in its season,
and will pluck away m ywool and m y
flax which should have covered her
nakedness.
2:10Now I will uncover her lewdness in the
sight of her lovers,
and no one will deliver her out of my
hand.
2:11I will also cause all her celebrations to cease:
her feasts, her new moons, her Sabbaths,
and all her solemn assemblies.
2:12I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees,
a1:6 Lo-Ruhamah means "not loved."
b1:9 Lo-Ammi means "not my people"
c2:1 'Ammi' in Hebrew
d2:1 'Ruhamah' in Hebrew
Hosea 2:13 714 Hosea 4:6
about which she has said, 'These are my
wages that my lovers have given me;
and I will make them a forest,'
and the animals of the field shall eat them.
2:13I will visit on her the days of the Baals,
to which she burned incense,
when she decked herself with her earrings and
her jewels,
and went after her lovers,
and forgot me," says Yahweh.
2:14"Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
and bring her into the wilderness,
and speak tenderly to her.
2:15I will give her vineyards fromt here,
and the valley of Achor for a door of
hope;
and she will respond there,
as in the days of her youth,
and as in the day when she came up out
of the land of Egypt.
2:16It will be in that day," says Yahweh,
"that you will call me 'my husband,'
and no longer call me 'my master.'
2:17For I will take away the names of the Baals
out of her mouth,
and they will no longer be mentioned by
name.
2:18In that day I will make a covenant for them
with the animals of the field,
and with the birds of the sky,
and with the creeping things of the
ground.
I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle
out of the land,
and will make them lie down safely.
2:19I will betroth you to me forever.
Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness,
in justice, in loving kindness, and
in compassion.
2:20Iwill even betroth you to me in faithfulness;
and you shall know Yahweh.
2:21It will happen in that day, I will respond,"
says Yahweh,
"I will respond to the heavens,
and they will respond to the earth;
2:22and the earth will respond to the
grain, and the new wine, and the oil;
and they will respond to Jezreel.
2:23I will sow her to me in the earth;
and I will have mercy on her who had not
obtained mercy;
and I will tell those who were not my
people, 'You are my people;'
and they will say, 'My God!'"
3:1Yahweh said to me, "Go again, love a
woman loved by another, and an adulteress,
even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel,
though they turn to other gods, and love cakes
of raisins."
3:2So I bought her for myself for fifteen
pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.
3:3I said to her, "You shall stay with me many
days. You shall not play the prostitute, and you
shall not be with any other man. I will also be
so toward you."
3:4For the children of Israel shall abide many
days without king, and without prince, and
without sacrifice, and without sacred stone,
and without ephod or idols. 3:5Afterward the
children of Israel shall return, and seek Yahweh
their God, and David their king, and shall come
with trembling to Yahweh and to his blessings
in the last days.
4:1Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of
Israel;
for Yahweh has a charge against the
inhabitants of the land:
"Indeed there is no truth,
nor goodness,
nor knowledge of God in the land.
4:2There is cursing, lying, m urder, stealing, and
committing adultery;
they break boundaries, and bloodshed
causes bloodshed.
4:3Therefore the land will mourn,
and everyone who dwells therein will
waste away.
all living things in her,
even the animals of the field and the birds
of the sky;
yes, the fish of the sea also die.
4:4"Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let
any man accuse; For your people are
like those who bring charges against a
priest.
4:5You will stumble in the day,
and the prophet will also stumble with
you in the night;
and I will destroy your mother.
4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge, I
will also reject you,
Hosea 4:7 715 Hosea 5:12
that you may be no priest to me.
Because you have forgotten your God's law,
I will also forget your children.
4:7As they were multiplied, so they sinned
against me.
I will change their glory into shame.
4:8They feed on the sin of my people,
and set their heart on their iniquity.
4:9It will be, like people, like priest;
and I will punish themfor their ways,
and will repay themfor their deeds.
4:10They will eat, and not have enough.
They will play the prostitute, and will not
increase;
because they have abandoned giving to
Yahweh.
4:11Prostitution,wine, and new wine take away
understanding.
4:12My people consult with their wooden
idol,
and answer to a stick of wood.
Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them
astray,
and they have been unfaithful to their
God.
4:13They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains,
and burn incense on the hills, under oaks
and poplars and terebinths,
because its shade is good.
Therefore your daughters play the prostitute,
and your brides commit adultery.
4:14I will not punish your daughters when they
play the prostitute,
nor your brides when they commit adultery;
because the men consort with prostitutes,
and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes;
so the people without understanding will
come to ruin.
4:15"Though you, Israel, play the prostitute,
yet don't let Judah offend;
and don't come to Gilgal,
neither go up to Beth Aven,
nor swear, 'As Yahweh lives.'
4:16For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly,
like a stubborn heifer.
Then how will Yahweh feed themlike a
lamb in a meadow.
4:17Ephraimis joined to idols.
Leave himal one!
4:18Their drink has become sour.
They play the prostitute continually.
Her rulers dearly love their shameful
way.
4:19The wind has wrapped her up in its wings;
and they shall be disappointed because of
their sacrifices.
5:1"Listen to this, you priests!
Listen, house of Israel,
and give ear, house of the king!
For the judgment is against you;
for you have been a snare at Mizpah,
and a net spread on Tabor.
5:2The rebels are deep in slaughter;
but I discipline all of them.
5:3I know Ephraim ,
and Israel is not hidden fromme;
for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute.
Israel is defiled.
5:4Their deedswon't allow themto turn to their
God;
for the spirit of prostitution is within
them,
and they don't know Yahweh.
5:5The pride of Israel testifies to his face.
Therefore Israel and Ephraimw ill stumble
in their iniquity.
Judah also will stumble with them.
5:6They will go with their flocks and with their
herds to seek Yahweh;
but they won't find him.
He has withdrawn himself from them.
5:7They are unfaithful to Yahweh;
for they have borne illegitimate children.
Now the new moon will devour them
with their fields.
5:8"Blow the cornet in Gibeah,
and the trumpet in Ramah!
Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind
you, Benjamin!
5:9Ephraimwi ll become a desolation in the day
of rebuke.
Among the tribes of Israel, I have made
known that which will surely be.
5:10The princes of Judah are like those who
remove a landmark.
I will pour out my wrath on them like
water.
5:11Ephraimis oppressed,
he is crushed in judgment;
Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
5:12Therefore I amto Ephraimlike amoth,
Hosea 5:13 716 Hosea 7:10
and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
5:13"When Ephraimsa w his sickness,
and Judah his wound,
Then Ephraimwe nt to Assyria,
and sent to king Jareb:
but he is not able to heal you,
neither will he cure you of your wound.
5:14For I will be to Ephraimlike a lion,
and like a young lion to the house of
Judah.
I myself will tear in pieces and go away.
I will carry off, and therewill be no one to
deliver.
5:15I will go and return to my place,
until they acknowledge their offense,
and seek my face.
In their affliction they will seek me
earnestly."
6:1"Come, and let us return to Yahweh;
for he has torn us to pieces,
and he will heal us;
he has injured us,
and he will bind up our wounds.
6:2After two days he will revive us.
On the third day he will raise us up,
and we will live before him.
6:3Let us acknowledge Yahweh.
Let us press on to know Yahweh.
As surely as the sun rises,
Yahweh will appear.
He will come to us like the rain,
like the spring rain that waters the earth."
6:4"Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your love is like a morning cloud,
and like the dew that disappears early.
6:5Therefore I have cut themt o pieces with the
prophets;
I killed themw ith the words of my
mouth.
Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
6:6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;
and the knowledge of God more than
burnt offerings.
6:7But they, like Adam, have broken the
covenant.
They were unfaithful to me, there.
6:8Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity;
it is stained with blood.
6:9As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man,
so the company of priests murder in the
way toward Shechem,
committing shameful crimes.
6:10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible
thing.
There is prostitution in Ephraim.
Israel is defiled.
6:11"Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed
for you,
when I restore the fortunes of my people.
7:1When I would heal Israel,
then the iniquity of Ephraimis uncovered,
also the wickedness of Samaria;
for they commit falsehood,
and the thief enters in,
and the gang of robbers ravages outside.
7:2They don't consider in their hearts that I
remember all their wickedness.
Now their own deeds have engulfed
them.
They are before my face.
7:3They make the king glad with their wickedness,
and the princes with their lies.
7:4They are all adulterers.
They are burning like an oven that the
baker stops stirring,
fromthe kneading of the dough, until it is
leavened.
7:5On the day of our king, the princes made
themselves sick with the heat of wine.
He joined his hand with mockers.
7:6For they have made ready their heart like an
oven,
while they lie in wait.
Their baker sleeps all the night.
In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.
7:7They are all hot as an oven,
and devour their judges.
All their kings have fallen.
There is no one among them who calls to
me.
7:8Ephraim, he mixes himself among the nations.
Ephraimi s a pancake not turned over.
7:9Strangers have devoured his strength,
and he doesn't realize it.
Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him,
and he doesn't realize it.
7:10The pride of Israel testifies to his face;
Hosea 7:11 717 Hosea 9:4
yet they haven't returned to Yahweh their
God,
nor sought him, for all this.
7:11"Ephraimis like an easily deceived dove,
without understanding.
They call to Egypt.
They go to Assyria.
7:12When they go, Iwill spread my net on them.
I will bring themdow n like the birds of
the sky.
I will chastise them, as their congregation
has heard.
7:13Woe to them!
For they have wandered fromme.
Destruction to them!
For they have trespassed against me.
Though I would redeemt hem,
yet they have spoken lies against me.
7:14They haven't cried to me with their heart,
but they howl on their beds.
They assemble themselves for grain and new
wine.
They turn away fromme.
7:15Though I have taught and strengthened
their arms,
yet they plot evil against me.
7:16They return, but not to the Most High.
They are like a faulty bow.
Their princeswill fall by the sword for the
rage of their tongue.
This will be their derision in the land of
Egypt.
8:1"Put the trumpet to your lips!
Something like an eagle is over Yahweh's
house,
because they have broken my covenant,
and rebelled against my law.
8:2They cry to me, 'My God, we Israel acknowledge
you!'
8:3Israel has cast off that which is good.
The enemy will pursue him.
8:4They have set up kings, but not by me.
They have made princes, and I didn't
approve.
Of their silver and their gold they have
made themselves idols,
that they may be cut off.
8:5Let Samaria throw out his calf idol!
My anger burns against them!
How long will it be until they are capable
of purity?
8:6For this is even fromI srael!
The workman made it, and it is no God;
indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken
in pieces.
8:7For they sow the wind,
and they will reap the whirlwind.
He has no standing grain.
The stalk will yield no head.
If it does yield, strangers will swallow it
up.
8:8Israel is swallowed up.
Now they are among the nations like a
worthless thing.
8:9For they have gone up to Assyria,
like a wild donkey wandering alone.
Ephraimh as hired lovers for himself.
8:10But although they sold themselves among
the nations,
I will now gather them;
and they begin to waste away because of
the oppression of the king of mighty
ones.
8:11Because Ephraimh as multiplied altars for
sinning,
they became for him altars for sinning.
8:12I wrote for him the many things of my law;
but theywere regarded as a strange thing.
8:13As for the sacrifices of my offerings,
they sacrifice flesh and eat it;
But Yahweh doesn't accept them.
Now he will remember their iniquity,
and punish their sins.
They will return to Egypt.
8:14For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built
palaces;
and Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
but I will send a fire on his cities,
and it will devour its fortresses."
9:1Don't rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the
nations;
for you were unfaithful to your God.
You love the wages of a prostitute at
every grain threshing floor.
9:2The threshing floor and the winepress won't
feed them,
and the new wine will fail her.
9:3They won't dwell in Yahweh's land;
but Ephraimwi ll return to Egypt,
and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
9:4They won't pour out wine offerings to Yahweh,
neither will they be pleasing to him.
Hosea 9:5 718 Hosea 10:8
Their sacrifices will be to theml ike the
bread of mourners;
all who eat of it will be polluted;
for their bread will be for their appetite.
It will not come into the house of Yahweh.
9:5What will you do in the day of solemn
assembly,
and in the day of the feast of Yahweh?
9:6For, behold, they have gone away from
destruction.
Egypt will gather themup .
Memphis will bury them.
Nettles will possess their pleasant things
of silver.
Thorns will be in their tents.
9:7The days of visitation have come.
The days of reckoning have come.
Israel will consider the prophet to be a fool,
and the man who is inspired to be insane,
because of the abundance of your sins,
and because your hostility is great.
9:8A prophet watches over Ephraimwi th my
God.
A fowler's snare is on all of his paths,
and hostility in the house of his God.
9:9They have deeply corrupted themselves,
as in the days of Gibeah.
He will remember their iniquity.
He will punish themf or their sins.
9:10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness.
I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the
fig tree at its first season;
but they came to Baal Peor, and consecrated
themselves to the shameful
thing,
and became abominable like that which
they loved.
9:11As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away
like a bird.
There will be no birth, none with child,
and no conception.
9:12Though they bring up their children,
yet I will bereave them, so that not a man
shall be left.
Indeed, woe also to themw hen I depart
fromt hem!
9:13I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a
pleasant place;
but Ephraimw ill bring out his children to
the murderer.
9:14Give them Yahweh what will you give?
Give them a miscarrying womb and dry
breasts.
9:15"All their wickedness is in Gilgal;
for there I hated them.
Because of the wickedness of their deeds
I will drive themout ofmy house!
I will love themn omore.
All their princes are rebels.
9:16Ephraimis struck.
Their root has dried up.
They will bear no fruit.
Even though they bring forth, yet I will
kill the beloved ones of their womb."
9:17My God will cast themaway , because they
did not listen to him;
and they will be wanderers among the
nations.
10:1Israel is a luxuriant vine that puts forth his
fruit.
According to the abundance of his fruit
he has multiplied his altars.
As their land has prospered, they have
adorned their sacred stones.
10:2Their heart is divided.
Now they will be found guilty.
He will demolish their altars.
He will destroy their sacred stones.
10:3Surely now they will say, "We have no king;
for we don't fear Yahweh;
and the king, what can he do for us?"
10:4They make promises, swearing falsely in
making covenants.
Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous
weeds in the furrows of the
field.
10:5The inhabitants of Samaria will be in terror
for the calves of Beth Aven;
for its people will mourn over it,
Along with its priests who rejoiced over
it,
for its glory, because it has departed from
it.
10:6It also will be carried to Assyria for a
present to a great king.
Ephraimwill receive shame,
and Israel will be ashamed of his own
counsel.
10:7Samaria and her king float away,
like a twig on the water.
10:8The high places also of Aven, the sin of
Israel, will be destroyed.
Hosea 10:9 719 Hosea 12:3
The thorn and the thistle will come up on
their altars.
They will tell the mountains, "Cover us!"
and the hills, "Fall on us!"
10:9"Israel, you have sinned fromthe days of
Gibeah.
There they remained.
The battle against the children of iniquity
doesn't overtake themi n Gibeah.
10:10When it is my desire, I will chastise them;
and the nations will be gathered against
them,
when they are bound to their two transgressions.
10:11Ephraimis a trained heifer that loves to
thresh;
so I will put a yoke on her beautiful neck.
I will set a rider on Ephraim.
Judah will plow.
Jacob will break his clods.
10:12Sow to yourselves in righteousness,
reap according to kindness.
Break up your fallow ground;
for it is time to seek Yahweh,
until he comes and rains righteousness on
you.
10:13You have plowed wickedness.
You have reaped iniquity.
You have eaten the fruit of lies,
for you trusted in your way, in the multitude
of your mighty men.
10:14Therefore a battle roar will arise among
your people,
and all your fortresses will be destroyed,
as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in the
day of battle.
The mother was dashed in pieces with
her children.
10:15So Bethel will do to you because of your
great wickedness.
At daybreak the king of Israel will be
destroyed.
11:1"When Israel was a child, then I loved him,
and called my son out of Egypt.
11:2They called to them, so they went from
them.
They sacrificed to the Baals,
and burned incense to engraved images.
11:3Yet I taught Ephraimto walk.
I took themb y his arms;
but they didn't know that I healed them.
11:4I drew themwi th cords of a man, with ties
of love;
and I was to themlike those who lift up
the yoke on their necks;
and I bent down to himand I fed him.
11:5"They won't return into the land of Egypt;
but the Assyrian will be their king,
because they refused to repent.
11:6The sword will fall on their cities,
and will destroy the bars of their gates,
and will put an end to their plans.
11:7My people are determined to turn from me.
Though they call to the Most High,
he certainly won't exalt them.
11:8"How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I make you like Zeboiim?
My heart is turned within me,
my compassion is aroused.
11:9I will not execute the fierceness of my anger.
I will not return to destroy Ephraim:
for I amGo d, and notman; the Holy One
in the midst of you;
and I will not come in wrath.
11:10They will walk after Yahweh,
who will roar like a lion;
for he will roar, and the children will
come trembling from the west.
11:11They will come trembling like a bird out of
Egypt,
and like a dove out of the land of Assyria;
and I will settle themin their houses," says
Yahweh.
11:12Ephraims urroundsme with falsehood,
and the house of Israel with deceit.
Judah still strays fromGod,
and is unfaithful to the Holy One.
12:1Ephraimfeeds on wind,
and chases the east wind.
He continually multiplies lies and desolation.
They make a covenant with Assyria,
and oil is carried into Egypt.
12:2Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah,
and will punish Jacob according to his
ways;
according to his deeds he will repay him.
12:3In the womb he took his brother by the heel;
and in his manhood he contended with
God.
Hosea 12:4 720 Hosea 13:15
12:4Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and
prevailed;
he wept, and made supplication to him.
He found himat Bethel, and there he
spoke with us,
12:5even Yahweh, the God of Armies;
Yahweh is his name of renown!
12:6Therefore turn to your God.
Keep kindness and justice,
and wait continually for your God.
12:7A merchant has dishonest scales in his
hand.
He loves to defraud.
12:8Ephraimsa id, "Surely I have become rich,
I have found myself wealth.
In all m y wealth they won't find in m e
any iniquity that is sin."
12:9"But I amYahweh your God fromthe land
of Egypt.
I will yet again make you dwell in tents,
as in the days of the solemn feast.
12:10I have also spoken to the prophets,
and I have multiplied visions;
and by the ministry of the prophets I have
used parables.
12:11If Gilead is wicked,
surely they are worthless.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls.
Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the
furrows of the field.
12:12Jacob fled into the country of Aram,
and Israel served to get a wife,
and for awife he tendedflocks and herds.
12:13By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out
of Egypt,
and by a prophet he was preserved.
12:14Ephraimhas bitterly provoked anger.
Therefore his blood will be left on him,
and his Lord will repay his contempt.
13:1When Ephraims poke, there was trembling.
He exalted himself in Israel,
but when he became guilty in Baal, he
died.
13:2Now they sin more and more,
and have made themselves molten images
of their silver,
even idols according to their own understanding,
all of themthe work of the craftsmen.
They say of them, 'They offer human
sacrifice and kiss the calves.'
13:3Therefore they will be like the morning
mist,
and like the dew that passes away early,
like the chaff that is driven with the
whirlwind out of the threshing floor,
and like the smoke out of the chimney.
13:4"Yet I amY ahweh your God from the land
of Egypt;
and you shall acknowledge no god but
me,
and besides me there is no savior.
13:5I knew you in the wilderness,
in the land of great drought.
13:6According to their pasture, so were they
filled;
they were filled, and their heart was
exalted.
Therefore they have forgotten me.
13:7Therefore I amlike a lion to them.
Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
13:8I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved
of her cubs,
and will tear the covering of their heart.
There I will devour themlike a lioness.
The wild animal will tear them.
13:9You are destroyed, Israel, because you are
against me,
against your help.
13:10Where is your king now, that he may save
you in all your cities?
And your judges, of whomyou said,
'Give me a king and princes?'
13:11I have given you a king in my anger,
and have taken himaway inmy wrath.
13:12The guilt of Ephraimis stored up.
His sin is stored up.
13:13The sorrows of a travailing woman will
come on him.
He is an unwise son;
for when it is time, he doesn't come to the
opening of the womb.
13:14I will ransomt hem from the power of
Sheol.
I will redeemt hem fromdea th!
Death, where are your plagues?
Sheol, where is your destruction?
"Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.
13:15Though he is fruitful among his
brothers, an east wind will come,
the breath of Yahweh coming up fromthe
wilderness;
and his spring will become dry,
Hosea 13:16 721 Joel 1:12
and his fountain will be dried up.
He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.
13:16Samaria will bear her guilt;
for she has rebelled against her God.
They will fall by the sword.
Their infants will be dashed in pieces,
and their pregnant women will be ripped
open."
14:1Israel, return to Yahweh your God;
for you have fallen because of your sin.
14:2Take words with you, and return to Yahweh.
Tell him, "Forgive all our sins,
and accept that which is good:
so we offer our lips like bulls.
14:3Assyria can't save us.
We won't ride on horses;
neither will we say any more to the work
of our hands, 'Our gods!'
for in you the fatherless finds mercy."
14:4"I will heal their waywardness.
I will love themfr eely;
for my anger is turned away from him.
14:5I will be like the dew to Israel.
He will blossomlike the lily,
and send down his roots like Lebanon.
14:6His branches will spread,
and his beauty will be like the olive tree,
and his fragrance like Lebanon.
14:7Men will dwell in his shade.
They will revive like the grain,
and blossomlike the vine.
Their fragrance will be like the wine of
Lebanon.
14:8Ephraim, what have I to do any more with
idols?
I answer, and will take care of him.
I amlike a green fir tree;
fromm e your fruit is found."
14:9Who is wise, that he may understand these
things?
Who is prudent, that he m ay knowthem ?
For the ways of Yahweh are right,
and the righteous walk in them;
But the rebellious stumble in them.
Joel
1:1TheWord of Yahweh that came to Joel, the
son of Pethuel.
1:2Hear this, you elders,
And listen, all you inhabitants of the land.
Has this ever happened in your days,
or in the days of your fathers?
1:3Tell your children about it,
and have your children tell their children,
and their children, another generation.
1:4What the swarming locust has left, the great
locust has eaten.
What the great locust has left, the
grasshopper has eaten.
What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar
has eaten.
1:5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of
the sweet wine;
for it is cut off fromy ourmouth.
1:6For a nation has come up on my land, strong,
and without number.
His teeth are the teeth of a lion,
and he has the fangs of a lioness.
1:7He has laid my vine waste,
and stripped my fig tree.
He has stripped its bark, and thrown it
away.
Its branches are made white.
1:8Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for
the husband of her youth! 1:9The meal
offering and the drink offering are cut
off fromYahweh's house.
The priests, Yahweh's ministers, mourn.
1:10The field is laid waste.
The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed,
The new wine has dried up,
and the oil languishes.
1:11Be confounded, you farmers!
Wail, you vineyard keepers;
for the wheat and for the barley;
for the harvest of the field has perished.
1:12The vine has dried up, and the fig tree
withered;
the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also,
and the apple tree,
even all of the trees of the field are
withered;
for joy has withered away fromthe sons
of men.
Joel 1:13 722 Joel 2:15
1:13Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests!
Wail, you ministers of the altar.
Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers
of my God,
for the meal offering and the drink offering
are withheld fromy our God's
house.
1:14Sanctify a fast.
Call a solemn assembly.
Gather the elders,
and all the inhabitants of the land, to the
house of Yahweh, your God,
and cry to Yahweh.
1:15Alas for the day!
For the day of Yahweh is at hand,
and it will come as destruction from the
Almighty.
1:16Isn't the food cut off before our eyes;
joy and gladness fromt he house of our
God?
1:17The seeds rot under their clods.
The granaries are laid desolate.
The barns are broken down, for the grain
has withered.
1:18How the animals groan!
The herds of livestock are perplexed,
because they have no pasture.
Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
1:19Yahweh, I cry to you,
For the fire has devoured the pastures of
the wilderness,
and the flame has burned all the trees of
the field.
1:20Yes, the animals of the field pant to you,
for the water brooks have dried up,
And the fire has devoured the pastures of
the wilderness.
2:1Blow the trumpet in Zion,
and sound an alarm in my holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
for the day of Yahweh comes,
for it is close at hand:
2:2A day of darkness and gloominess,
a day of clouds and thick darkness.
As the dawn spreading on the mountains,
a great and strong people;
there has never been the like,
neither will there be any more after them,
even to the years of many generations.
2:3A fire devours before them ,
and behind them, a flame burns.
The land is as the garden of Eden before them,
and behind them, a desolate wilderness.
Yes, and no one has escaped them.
2:4The appearance of themi s as the appearance
of horses,
and as horsem en, so do they run.
2:5Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the
mountains do they leap,
like the noise of a flame of fire that
devours the stubble,
as a strong people set in battle array.
2:6At their presence the peoples are in anguish.
All faces have grown pale.
2:7They run like mighty men.
They climb the wall like warriors.
They each march in his line, and they
don't swerve off course.
2:8Neither does one jostle another;
they march everyone in his path,
and they burst through the defenses,
and don't break ranks.
2:9They rush on the city.
They run on thewall.
They climb up into the houses.
They enter in at the windows like thieves.
2:10The earth quakes before them.
The heavens tremble.
The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
2:11Yahweh thunders his voice before his army;
for his forces are very great;
for he is strong who obeys his command;
for the day of Yahweh is great and very
awesome,
and who can endure it?
2:12"Yet even now," says Yahweh, "turn to me
with all your heart,
and with fasting, and with weeping, and
with mourning."
2:13Tear your heart, and not your garments,
and turn to Yahweh, your God;
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving
kindness,
and relents froms ending calamity.
2:14Who knows? He may turn and relent,
and leave a blessing behind him,
even a meal offering and a drink offering
to Yahweh, your God.
2:15Blow the trumpet in Zion!
Sanctify a fast.
Call a solemn assembly.
Joel 2:16 723 Joel 3:2
2:16Gather the people.
Sanctify the assembly.
Assemble the elders.
Gather the children, and those who suck
the breasts.
Let the bridegroomgo forth fromhis room,
and the bride out of her chamber.
2:17Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh,
weep between the porch and the altar,
and let thems ay, "Spare your people,
Yahweh,
and don't give your heritage to reproach,
that the nations should rule over them.
Why should they say am ong the peoples,
'Where is their God?'"
2:18Then Yahweh was jealous for his land,
And had pity on his people.
2:19Yahweh answered his people,
"Behold, I will send you grain, new wine,
and oil,
and you will be satisfied with them;
and I will no more make you a reproach
among the nations.
2:20But I will remove the northern army far
away fromy ou,
and will drive it into a barren and desolate
land,
its front into the eastern sea,
and its back into the western sea;
and its stench will come up,
and its bad smell will rise."
Surely he has done great things.
2:21Land, don't be afraid.
Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done
great things.
2:22Don't be afraid, you animals of the field;
for the pastures of the wilderness spring
up,
for the tree bears its fruit.
The fig tree and the vine yield their
strength.
2:23"Be glad then, you children of Zion,
and rejoice in Yahweh, your God;
for he gives you the former rain in just
measure,
and he causes the rain to come down for
you,
the former rain and the latter rain,
as before.
2:24The threshing floors will be full of wheat,
and the vats will overflow with new wine
and oil.
2:25I will restore to you the years that the
swarming locust has eaten,
the great locust, the grasshopper, and the
caterpillar,
my great army, which I sent among you.
2:26You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied,
and will praise the name of Yahweh, your
God,
who has dealt wondrously with you;
and my people will never again be disappointed.
2:27You will know that I amin the midst of
Israel,
and that I amY ahweh, your God, and
there is no one else;
and my people will never again be disappointed.
2:28"It will happen afterward, that I will pour
out my Spirit on all flesh;
and your sons and your daughters will
prophesy.
Your old men will dream dreams.
Your young men will see visions.
2:29And also on the servants and on the handmaids
in those days,
I will pour out my Spirit.
2:30I will show wonders in the heavens and in
the earth:
blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
2:31The sun will be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood,
before the great and terrible day of Yahweh
comes.
2:32It will happen that whoever will call on the
name of Yahweh shall be saved;
for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalemthe re
will be those who escape,
as Yahweh has said,
and among the remnant, those whom
Yahweh calls.
3:1"For, behold, in those days,
and in that time,
when I restore the fortunes of Judah and
Jerusalem,
3:2I will gather all nations,
and will bring themdow n into the valley
of Jehoshaphat;
and I will execute judgment on them
there for my people,
and for my heritage, Israel, whom they
have scattered among the nations.
They have divided my land,
Joel 3:3 724 Amos 1:2
3:3and have cast lots for my people,
and have given a boy for a prostitute,
and sold a girl for wine, that they may
drink.
3:4"Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and
Sidon,
and all the regions of Philistia?
Will you repay me?
And if you repay me,
I will swiftly and speedily return your
repayment on your own head.
3:5Because you have taken my silver and my
gold,
and have carried my finest treasures into
your temples,
3:6and have sold the children of Judah
and the children of Jerusalemto the
sons of the Greeks,
that you may remove them far from their
border.
3:7Behold, I will stir themup out of the place
where you have sold them,
and will return your repayment on your
own head;
3:8and I will sell your sons and your daughters
into the hands of the children of Judah,
and they will sell themto the men of
Sheba,
to a faraway nation,
for Yahweh has spoken it."
3:9Proclaimthi s among the nations:
"Prepare for war!
Stir up the mighty men.
Let all the warriors draw near.
Let themc ome up. 3:10Beat your plowshares
into swords,
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Let the weak say, 'I amst rong.'
3:11Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves together."
Cause your mighty ones to come down there,
Yahweh.
3:12"Let the nations arouse themselves,
and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat;
for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding
nations.
3:13Put in the sickle;
for the harvest is ripe.
Come, tread, for the winepress is full,
the vats overflow, for their wickedness is
great."
3:14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the day of Yahweh is near, in the
valley of decision.
3:15The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
3:16Yahweh will roar fromZion ,
and thunder fromJ erusalem;
and the heavens and the earth will shake;
but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people,
and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
3:17"So you will know that I amYahweh, your
God,
dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain.
Then Jerusalemw ill be holy,
and no strangers will pass through her
any more.
3:18It will happen in that day,
that the mountains will drop down sweet
wine,
the hills will flow with milk,
all the brooks of Judah will flow with
waters,
and a fountain will come forth from the
house of Yahweh,
and will water the valley of Shittim.
3:19Egypt will be a desolation,
and Edomw ill be a desolate wilderness,
for the violence done to the children of
Judah,
because they have shed innocent blood in
their land.
3:20But Judah will be inhabited forever,
and Jerusalemf romg eneration to generation.
3:21I will cleanse their blood,
that I have not cleansed:
for Yahweh dwells in Zion."
Amos
1:1The words of Amos, who was among the
herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning
Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and
in the days of Jeroboamt he son of Joash king of
Israel, two years before the earthquake. 1:2He
said:
"Yahweh will roar fromZ ion,
and utter his voice fromJer usalem;
and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn,
Amos 1:3 725 Amos 2:8
and the top of Carmel will wither."
1:3Thus says Yahweh:
"For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for
four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
because they have threshed Gilead with
threshing instruments of iron;
1:4but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,
and it will devour the palaces of Ben
Hadad.
1:5I will break the bar of Damascus,
and cut off the inhabitant fromthe valley
of Aven,
and himwho holds the scepter from the
house of Eden;
and the people of Syria shall go into
captivity to Kir,"
says Yahweh.
1:6Thus says Yahweh:
"For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
because they carried away captive the
whole community,
to deliver themup to Edom;
1:7but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,
and it will devour its palaces.
1:8I will cut off the inhabitant fromAs hdod,
and himwho holds the scepter from
Ashkelon;
and I will turn my hand against Ekron;
and the remnant of the Philistines will
perish,"
says the Lord Yahweh.
1:9Thus says Yahweh:
"For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
because they delivered up the whole
community to Edom,
and didn't remember the brotherly
covenant;
1:10but I will send a fire on thewall of Tyre,
and it will devour its palaces."
1:11Thus says Yahweh:
"For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
because he pursued his brother with the
sword,
and cast off all pity,
and his anger raged continually,
and he kept his wrath forever;
1:12but I will send a fire on Tem an,
and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah."
1:13Thus says Yahweh:
"For three transgressions of the children of
Ammon, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
because they have ripped open the pregnant
women of Gilead,
that they may enlarge their border.
1:14But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,
and it will devour its palaces,
with shouting in the day of battle,
with a stormi n the day of the whirlwind;
1:15and their king will go into captivity,
he and his princes together,"
says Yahweh.
2:1Thus says Yahweh:
"For three transgressions ofMoab, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
because he burned the bones of the king
of Edomin to lime;
2:2but I will send a fire on Moab,
and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth;
and Moab will die with tumult, with
shouting, and with the sound of the
trumpet;
2:3and I will cut off the judge fromthe irmidst,
and will kill all its princes with him,"
says Yahweh.
2:4Thus says Yahweh:
"For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
because they have rejected Yahweh's law,
and have not kept his statutes,
and their lies have led themas tray,
after which their fathers walked;
2:5But I will send a fire on Judah,
and it will devour the palaces of
Jerusalem."
2:6Thus says Yahweh:
"For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
because they have sold the righteous for
silver,
and the needy for a pair of shoes;
2:7They trample on the dust of the earth
on the head of the poor,
and deny justice to the oppressed;
and a man and his father use the same
maiden, to profane my holy name;
2:8and they lay themselves down beside
every altar on clothes taken in pledge;
and in the house of their God they drink
the wine of thosewho have been fined.
Amos 2:9 726 Amos 4:2
2:9Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them,
whose height was like the height of the
cedars,
and he was strong as the oaks;
yet I destroyed his fruit froma bove,
and his roots frombe neath.
2:10Also I brought you up out of the land of
Egypt,
and led you forty years in the wilderness,
to possess the land of the Amorite.
2:11I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
and some of your young men for
Nazirites.
Isn't this true,
you children of Israel?" says Yahweh.
2:12"But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
and commanded the prophets, saying,
'Don't prophesy!'
2:13Behold, I will crush you in your place,
as a cart crushes that is full of grain.
2:14Flight will perish fromt he swift;
and the strong won't strengthen his force;
neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
2:15neither shall he stand who handles the
bow;
and he who is swift of foot won't escape;
neither shall he who rides the horse deliver
himself;
2:16and he who is courageous among the
mighty will flee away naked on that
day,"
says Yahweh.
3:1Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken
against you, children of Israel, against the
whole family which I brought up out of the
land of Egypt, saying:
3:2"You only have I chosen of all the families of
the earth.
Therefore I will punish you for all of your
sins."
3:3Do two walk together,
unless they have agreed?
3:4Will a lion roar in the thicket,
when he has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out of his den,
if he has caught nothing?
3:5Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth,
where no snare is set for him?
Does a snare spring up fromthe ground,
when there is nothing to catch?
3:6Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city,
without the people being afraid?
Does evil happen to a city,
and Yahweh hasn't done it?
3:7Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing,
unless he reveals his secret to his servants
the prophets.
3:8The lion has roared.
Who will not fear?
The Lord Yahweh has spoken.
Who can but prophesy?
3:9Proclaimi n the palaces at Ashdod,
and in the palaces in the land of Egypt,
and say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountains
of Samaria,
and see what unrest is in her,
and what oppression is among them."
3:10"Indeed they don't know to do right," says
Yahweh,
"Who hoard plunder and loot in their
palaces."
3:11Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:
"An adversary will overrun the land;
and he will pull down your strongholds,
and your fortresses will be plundered."
3:12Thus says Yahweh:
"As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of
the lion two legs,
or a piece of an ear,
so shall the children of Israel be rescued
who sit in Samaria on the corner of a
couch,
and on the silken cushions of a bed."
3:13"Listen, and testify against the house
of Jacob," says the Lord Yahweh, the God of
Armies.
3:14"For in the day that I visit the transgressions
of Israel on him,
I will also visit the altars of Bethel;
and the horns of the altar will be cut off,
and fall to the ground.
3:15I will strike the winter house with the
summer house;
and the houses of ivory will perish,
and the great houses will have an end,"
says Yahweh.
4:1Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan,
who are on the mountain of Samaria, who
oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell
their husbands, "Bring us drinks!"
4:2The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness
that behold,
"The days shall come on you that they
will take you away with hooks,
Amos 4:3 727 Amos 5:10
and the last of you with fish hooks.
4:3You will go out at the breaks in the wall,
everyone straight before her;
and you will cast yourselves into Harmon,"
says Yahweh.
4:4"Go to Bethel, and sin;
to Gilgal, and sin more.
Bring your sacrifices every morning,
your tithes every three days,
4:5offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that
which is leavened,
and proclaimf ree will offerings and brag
about them:
for this pleases you, you children of
Israel," says the Lord Yahweh.
4:6"I also have given you cleanness of teeth in
all your cities,
and lack of bread in every town;
yet you haven't returned to me," says
Yahweh.
4:7"I also have withheld the rain fromy ou,
when there were yet three months to the
harvest;
and I caused it to rain on one city,
and caused it not to rain on another city.
One place was rained on,
and the piece where it didn't rain withered.
4:8So two or three cities staggered to one city to
drink water,
and were not satisfied:
yet you haven't returned to me," says
Yahweh.
4:9"I struck you with blight and mildew many
times in your gardens and your vineyards;
and your fig trees and your olive trees
have the swarming locust devoured:
yet you haven't returned to me," says
Yahweh.
4:10"I sent plagues among you like I did Egypt.
I have slain your young men with the
sword,
and have carried away your horses;
and I filled your nostrils with the stench
of your camp,
yet you haven't returned to me," says
Yahweh.
4:11"I have overthrown some of you,
as when God overthrew Sodoma nd Gomorrah,
and youwere like a burning stick plucked
out of the fire;
yet you haven't returned to me," says
Yahweh.
4:12"Therefore thus will I do to you, Israel;
because I will do this to you,
prepare to meet your God, Israel.
4:13For, behold, he who forms the mountains,
and creates the wind,
and declares to man what is his thought;
who makes the morning darkness,
and treads on the high places of the Earth:
Yahweh, the God of Armies, is his name."
5:1Listen to this word which I take up for a
lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
5:2"The virgin of Israel has fallen;
She shall rise no more.
She is cast down on her land;
there is no one to raise her up."
5:3For thus says the Lord Yahweh:
"The city that went forth a thousand shall have
a hundred left,
and that which went forth one hundred
shall have ten left to the house of
Israel."
5:4For thus says Yahweh to the house of
Israel:
"Seek me, and you will live;
5:5but don't seek Bethel,
nor enter into Gilgal,
and don't pass to Beersheba:
for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
and Bethel shall come to nothing.
5:6Seek Yahweh, and you will live;
lest he break out like fire in the house of
Joseph,
and it devour, and there be no one to
quench it in Bethel.
5:7You who turn justice to wormwood,
and cast down righteousness to the earth:
5:8seek himw homade the Pleiades and Orion,
and turns the shadow of death into the
morning,
and makes the day dark with night;
who calls for the waters of the sea,
and pours themo ut on the surface of the
earth, Yahweh is his name,
5:9who brings sudden destruction on the
strong,
so that destruction comes on the fortress.
5:10They hate himwho reproves in the gate,
Amos 5:11 728 Amos 6:8
and they abhor himwho speaks blamelessly.
5:11Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the
poor,
and take taxes fromhimof wheat:
You have built houses of cut stone,
but you will not dwell in them.
You have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
5:12For I know how many your offenses,
and how great are your sins
you who afflict the just,
who take a bribe,
and who turn aside the needy in the
courts.
5:13Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in
such a time,
for it is an evil time.
5:14Seek good, and not evil,
that you may live;
and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will
be with you,
as you say.
5:15Hate evil, love good,
and establish justice in the courts.
It may be that Yahweh, the God of
Armies, will be gracious to the remnant
of Joseph."
5:16Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of
Armies, the Lord:
"Wailing will be in all the broad ways;
and they will say in all the streets, 'Alas!
Alas!'
and they will call the farmer to mourning,
and those who are skillful in lamentation
to wailing.
5:17In all vineyards there will be wailing;
for I will pass through the midst of you,"
says Yahweh.
5:18"Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh!
Why do you long for the day of Yahweh?
It is darkness,
and not light.
5:19As if a man fled from a lion,
and a bear met him;
Or he went into the house and leaned his hand
on the wall,
and a snake bit him.
5:20Won't the day of Yahweh be darkness, and
not light?
Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
5:21I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.
5:22Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings
and meal offerings,
I will not accept them;
neither will I regard the peace offerings of
your fat animals.
5:23Take away fromme the noise of your songs!
Iwill not listen to the music of your harps.
5:24But let justice roll on like rivers,
and righteousness like a mighty stream.
5:25"Did you bring to me sacrifices and
offerings in the wilderness forty years, house
of Israel? 5:26You also carried the tent of your
king and the shrine of your images, the star
of your god, which you made for yourselves.
5:27Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity
beyond Damascus," says Yahweh, whose
name is the God of Armies.
6:1Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,
and to thosewho are secure on the m ountain
of Samaria,
the notable men of the chief of the nations,
to whomt he house of Israel come!
6:2Go to Calneh, and see;
and fromthe re go to Hamath the great;
then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
are they better than these kingdoms?
or is their border greater than your border?
6:3Those who put far away the evil day,
and cause the seat of violence to come
near;
6:4Who lie on beds of ivory,
and stretch themselves on their couches,
and eat the lambs out of the flock,
and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
6:5who strumo n the strings of a harp;
who invent for themselves instruments of
music, like David;
6:6who drink wine in bowls,
and anoint themselves with the best oils;
but they are not grieved for the affliction
of Joseph.
6:7Therefore they will now go captive with the
first who go captive;
and the feasting and lounging will end.
6:8"The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself,"
says Yahweh, the God of Armies:
"I abhor the pride of Jacob,
and detest his fortresses.
Amos 6:9 729 Amos 8:5
Therefore I will deliver up the city with
all that is in it.
6:9It will happen, if there remain ten men in one
house,
that they shall die.
6:10"When a man's relative carries him, even
he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the
house, and asks himwho is in the innermost
parts of the house, 'Is there yet any with you?'
And he says, 'No;' then he will say, 'Hush!
Indeed we must not mention the name of
Yahweh.'
6:11"For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the
great house will be smashed to pieces,
and the little house into bits.
6:12Do horses run on the rocky crags?
Does one plow there with oxen?
But you have turned justice into poison,
and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;
6:13you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who
say,
'Haven't we taken for ourselves horns by
our own strength?'
6:14For, behold, I will raise up against you a
nation, house of Israel,"
says Yahweh, the God of Armies;
"and they will afflict you fromthe entrance
of Hamath to the brook of the
Arabah."
7:1Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: and
behold, he formed locusts in the beginning
of the shooting up of the latter growth; and
behold, it was the latter growth after the king's
harvest. 7:2It happened that, when they made
an end of eating the grass of the land, then I
said, "Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you! How
could Jacob stand? For he is small."
7:3Yahweh relented concerning this. "It shall
not be," says Yahweh.
7:4Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and
behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment
by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and
would have devoured the land. 7:5Then I said,
"Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could
Jacob stand? For he is small."
7:6Yahweh relented concerning this. "This
also shall not be," says the Lord Yahweh.
7:7Thus he showed me and behold, the Lord
stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with
a plumb line in his hand. 7:8Yahweh said to me,
"Amos, what do you see?"
I said, "A plumb line."
Then the Lord said, "Behold, I will set a
plumb line in the midst of my people Israel. I
will not again pass by thema ny more. 7:9The
high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries
of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise
against the house of Jeroboamwi th the sword."
7:10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent
to Jeroboamk ing of Israel, saying, "Amos has
conspired against you in the midst of the house
of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his
words. 7:11For Amos says, 'Jeroboam will die
by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led
away captive out of his land.'"
7:12Amaziah also said to Amos, "You seer,
go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there
eat bread, and prophesy there: 7:13but don't
prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the
king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!"
7:14Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was
no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I
was a herdsm an, and a farm er of sycam orefigs;
7:15and Yahweh took me from following the
flock, and Yahweh said to me, 'Go, prophesy to
m y people Israel.' 7:16Now therefore listen to
the word of Yahweh: 'You say, Don't prophesy
against Israel, and don't preach against the
house of Isaac.' 7:17Therefore thus says Yahweh:
'Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city,
and your sons and your daughters shall fall by
the sword, and your land shall be divided by
line; and you yourself shall die in a land that
is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away
captive out of his land.'"
8:1Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold,
a basket of summer fruit.
8:2He said, "Am os, what do you see?"
I said, "A basket of summer fruit."
Then Yahweh said to me,
"The end has come on my people Israel.
I will not again pass by thema nymore.
8:3The songs of the temple will be wailings in
that day," says the Lord Yahweh.
"The dead bodies will be many. In every
place they will throw themout with
silence.
8:4Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the
needy,
and cause the poor of the land to fail,
8:5Saying, 'When will the new moon be
gone, that we may sell grain?
Amos 8:6 730 Amos 9:14
And the Sabbath, that we may market
wheat,
making the ephah small, and the shekel
large,
and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
8:6that we may buy the poor for silver,
and the needy for a pair of shoes,
and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
8:7Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob,
"Surely I will never forget any of their
works.
8:8Won't the land tremble for this,
and everyone mourn who dwells in it?
Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River;
and it will be stirred up and sink again,
like the River of Egypt.
8:9It will happen in that day," says the Lord
Yahweh,
"that I will cause the sun to go down at
noon,
and I will darken the earth in the clear
day.
8:10I will turn your feasts into mourning,
and all your songs into lamentation;
and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your
bodies,
and baldness on every head.
I will make it like the mourning for an only son,
and its end like a bitter day.
8:11Behold, the days come," says the Lord
Yahweh,
"that I will send a famine in the land,
not a famine of bread,
nor a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of Yahweh.
8:12They will wander fromsea to sea,
and fromthe north even to the east;
they will run back and forth to seek the
word of Yahweh,
and will not find it.
8:13In that day the beautiful virgins
and the young men will faint for thirst.
8:14Those who swear by the sin of Samaria,
and say, 'As your god, Dan, lives;'
and, 'As the way of Beersheba lives;'
they will fall, and never rise up again."
9:1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar,
and he said, "Strike the tops of the pillars, that
the thresholds may shake; and break them in
pieces on the head of all of them; and I will kill
the last of themwi th the sword: there shall not
one of themfl ee away, and there shall not one
of themesc ape. 9:2Though they dig into Sheol,
there my hand will take them; and though they
climb up to heaven, there I will bring them
down. 9:3Though they hide themselves in the
top of Carmel, I will search and take them out
there; and though they be hid frommy sight in
the bottom of the sea, there I will command the
serpent, and it will bite them. 9:4Though they
go into captivity before their enemies, there I
will command the sword, and it will kill them.
I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for
good. 9:5For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, is
he who touches the land and it melts, and all
who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up
wholly like the River, and will sink again, like
the River of Egypt. 9:6It is he who builds his
chambers in the heavens, and has founded his
vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters
of the sea, and pours themo ut on the surface
of the earth; Yahweh is his name. 9:7Are you
not like the children of the Ethiopians to me,
children of Israel?" says Yahweh. "Haven't I
brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and
the Philistines fromCa phtor, and the Syrians
fromKir? 9:8Behold, the eyes of the Lord
Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, and I will
destroy it fromo ff the surface of the earth;
except that I will not utterly destroy the house
of Jacob," says Yahweh. 9:9"For, behold, I will
command, and I will sift the house of Israel
among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a
sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the
earth. 9:10All the sinners of my people will die
by the sword, who say, 'Evil won't overtake
nor meet us.' 9:11In that day I will raise up
the tent of David who is fallen, and close up
its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and
I will build it as in the days of old; 9:12that
they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all
the nations who are called by my name," says
Yahweh who does this.
9:13"Behold, the days come," says Yahweh,
"that the plowman shall overtake the
reaper,
and the one treading grapes himwho
sows seed;
and sweet wine will drip fromt hemountains,
and flow fromt he hills.
9:14I will bring my people Israel back from
captivity,
Amos 9:15 731 Jonah 1:3
and they will rebuild the ruined cities,
and inhabit them;
and they will plant vineyards, and drink
wine fromthem.
They shall also make gardens,
and eat the fruit of them.
9:15I will plant themo n their land,
and they will no more be plucked up out
of their landwhich I have given them,"
says Yahweh your God.
Obadiah
1The vision of Obadiah. This is what the
Lord Yahweh says about Edom. We have
heard news fromYahweh, and an ambassador
is sent among the nations, saying, "Arise, and
let's rise up against her in battle. 2Behold,
I have made you small among the nations.
You are greatly despised. 3The pride of your
heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the
clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high,
who says in his heart, 'Who will bring me
down to the ground?' 4Though you mount
on high as the eagle, and though your nest
is set among the stars, I will bring you down
fromthe re," says Yahweh. 5"If thieves came
to you, if robbers by night oh, what disaster
awaits you wouldn't they only steal until they
had enough? If grape pickers came to you,
wouldn't they leave some gleaning grapes?
6How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden
treasures are sought out! 7All the men of your
alliance have brought you on your way, even to
the border. The men who were at peace with
you have deceived you, and prevailed against
you. Friends who eat your bread lay a snare
under you. There is no understanding in him."
8"Won't I in that day," says Yahweh, "destroy
the wise men out of Edom, and understanding
out of the mountain of Esau? 9Your
mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the
end that everyone may be cut off from the
mountain of Esau by slaughter. 10For the
violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will
cover you, and you will be cut off forever. 11In
the day that you stood on the other side, in the
day that strangers carried away his substance,
and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast
lots for Jerusalem, even you were like one of
them. 12But don't look down on your brother
in the day of his disaster, and don't rejoice
over the children of Judah in the day of their
destruction. Don't speak proudly in the day
of distress. 13Don't enter into the gate of my
people in the day of their calamity. Don't
look down on their affliction in the day of
their calamity, neither seize their wealth on the
day of their calamity. 14Don't stand in the
crossroads to cut off those of his who escape.
Don't deliver up those of his who remain in
the day of distress. 15For the day of Yahweh
is near all the nations! As you have done, it
will be done to you. Your deeds will return
upon your own head. 16For as you have drunk
on my holy mountain, so will all the nations
drink continually. Yes, they will drink, swallow
down, and will be as though they had not been.
17But in Mount Zion, there will be those who
escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob
will possess their possessions. 18The house of
Jacob will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame,
and the house of Esau for stubble. They will
burn among them, and devour them. There
will not be any remaining to the house of Esau."
Indeed, Yahweh has spoken.
19Those of the South will possess the mountain
of Esau, and those of the lowland, the
Philistines. They will possess the field of
Ephraim, and the field of Samaria. Benjamin
will possess Gilead. 20The captives of this
army of the children of Israel, who are among
the Canaanites, will possess even to Zarephath;
and the captives of Jerusalem, who are in
Sepharad, will possess the cities of the Negev.
21Saviors will go up on Mount Zion to judge
the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will
be Yahweh's.
Jonah
1:1Now the word of Yahweh came to Jonah
the son of Amittai, saying, 1:2"Arise, go to
Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it,
for their wickedness has come up before me."
1:3But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from
the presence of Yahweh. He went down to
Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he
paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with
themto Tarshish fromthe presence of Yahweh.
Jonah 1:4 732 Jonah 3:5
1:4But Yahweh sent out a greatwind on the sea,
and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so
that the ship was likely to break up. 1:5Then
the mariners were afraid, and cried every man
to his god. They threw the cargo that was in
the ship into the sea, to lighten it. But Jonah had
gone down into the innermost parts of the ship,
and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.
1:6So the shipmaster came to him, and said to
him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call
on your Goda! Maybe your Godb will notice
us, so that we won't perish."
1:7They all said to each other, "Come, let us
cast lots, that we may know for whose cause
this evil is on us." So they cast lots, and the
lot fell on Jonah. 1:8Then they asked him, "Tell
us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us.
What is your occupation? Where do you come
from? What is your country? Of what people
are you?"
1:9He said to them, "I am a Hebrew, and I
fear Yahweh, the God of heaven, who has made
the sea and the dry land."
1:10Then were the men exceedingly afraid,
and said to him, "What is this that you have
done?" For the men knew that he was fleeing
fromthe presence of Yahweh, because he had
told them. 1:11Then said they to him, "What
shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to
us?" For the sea grew more and more stormy.
1:12He said to them, "Take me up, and throw
me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for
you; for I know that because of me this great
stormis on you."
1:13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get
themback to the land; but they could not, for
the sea grew more and more stormy against
them. 1:14Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and
said, "We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, let us
not perish for this man's life, and don't lay on
us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done
as it pleased you." 1:15So they took up Jonah,
and threw himi nto the sea; and the sea ceased
its raging. 1:16Then the men feared Yahweh
exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to
Yahweh, and made vows.
1:17Yahweh prepared a great fish to swallow
up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish
three days and three nights.
2:1Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God,
out of the fish's belly. 2:2He said,
"I called because of my affliction to Yahweh.
He answered me.
Out of the belly of Sheol I cried.
You heard my voice.
2:3For you threw me into the depths,
in the heart of the seas.
The flood was all around me.
All your waves and your billows passed
over me.
2:4I said, 'I have been banished fromyour sight;
yet I will look again toward your holy
temple.'
2:5The waters surrounded me,
even to the soul.
The deep was around me.
The weeds were wrapped around my
head.
2:6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains.
The earth barred me in forever:
yet have you brought up my life from the
pit, Yahweh my God.
2:7"When my soul fainted within me, I remembered
Yahweh.
My prayer came in to you, into your holy
temple.
2:8Those who regard lying vanities forsake
their own mercy.
2:9But Iwill sacrifice to youwith the voice
of thanksgiving.
I will pay that which I have vowed.
Salvation belongs to Yahweh."
2:10Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited
out Jonah on the dry land.
3:1The word of Yahweh came to Jonah the
second time, saying, 3:2"Arise, go to Nineveh,
that great city, and preach to it the message that
I give you."
3:3So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh,
according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh
was an exceedingly great city, three days'
journey across. 3:4Jonah began to enter into
the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and
said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be
overthrown!"
3:5The people of Nineveh believed God; and
they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth,
fromthe greatest of them even to the least of
a1:6 or, gods
b1:6 or, gods
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them. 3:6The news reached the king of Nineveh,
and he arose fromhis throne, and took off
his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth,
and sat in ashes. 3:7He made a proclamation
and published through Nineveh by the decree
of the king and his nobles, saying, "Let neither
man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything;
let themno t feed, nor drink water; 3:8but let
thembe covered with sackcloth, bothman and
animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes,
let themtu rn everyone from his evil way, and
fromthe violence that is in his hands. 3:9Who
knows whether God will not turn and relent,
and turn away fromhi s fierce anger, so that we
might not perish?"
3:10God saw their works, that they turned
fromthe ir evilway. God relented of the disaster
which he said he would do to them, and he
didn't do it.
4:1But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and
he was angry. 4:2He prayed to Yahweh, and
said, "Please, Yahweh, wasn't this what I said
when I was still in my own country? Therefore
I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that
you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to
anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and
you relent of doing harm. 4:3Therefore now,
Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for
it is better for me to die than to live."
4:4Yahweh said, "Is it right for you to be
angry?"
4:5Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat
on the east side of the city, and there made
himself a booth, and sat under it in the shade,
until he might see what would become of the
city. 4:6Yahweh God prepared a vine, and made
it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a
shade over his head, to deliver himf romhi s
discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad
because of the vine. 4:7But God prepared a
wormat dawn the next day, and it chewed on
the vine, so that it withered. 4:8It happened,
when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry
east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so
that he fainted, and requested for himself that
he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die
than to live."
4:9God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to
be angry about the vine?"
He said, "I amrigh t to be angry, even to
death."
4:10Yahweh said, "You have been concerned
for the vine, for which you have not labored,
neither made it grow; which came up in a
night, and perished in a night. 4:11Shouldn't
I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city,
in which are more than one hundred twenty
thousand persons who can't discern between
their right hand and their left hand; and also
much livestock?"
Micah
1:1The word of Yahweh that came to Micah
the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz,
and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw
concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
1:2Hear, you peoples, all of you.
Listen, O earth, and all that is therein:
and let the Lord Yahweh be witness against
you,
the Lord fromh is holy temple.
1:3For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his
place,
and will come down and tread on the
high places of the earth.
1:4The mountains melt under him,
and the valleys split apart,
like wax before the fire,
like waters that are poured down a steep
place.
1:5"All this is for the disobedience of Jacob,
and for the sins of the house of Israel.
What is the disobedience of Jacob?
Isn't it Sam aria?
And what are the high places of Judah?
Aren't they Jerusalem?
1:6Therefore I will make Samaria like a rubble
heap of the field,
like places for planting vineyards;
and I will pour down its stones into the valley,
and I will uncover its foundations.
1:7All her idols will be beaten to pieces,
and all her temple gifts will be burned
with fire,
and all her images I will destroy;
for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered
them,
and to the hire of a prostitute shall they
return."
1:8For this I will lament and wail;
I will go stripped and naked;
Micah 1:9 734 Micah 3:1
I will howl like the jackals,
and moan like the daughters of owls.
1:9For her wounds are incurable;
for it has come even to Judah.
It reaches to the gate of my people,
even to Jerusalem.
1:10Don't tell it in Gath.
Don't weep at all.
At Beth Ophraha I have rolled myself in
the dust.
1:11Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness
and shame.
The inhabitant of Zaanan won't come out.
The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from
you his protection.
1:12For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously
for good,
because evil has come down from Yahweh
to the gate of Jerusalem.
1:13Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant
of Lachish.
She was the beginning of sin to the
daughter of Zion;
For the transgressions of Israel were
found in you.
1:14Therefore you will give a parting gift to
Moresheth Gath.
The houses of Achzib will be a deceitful
thing to the kings of Israel.
1:15I will yet bring to you, inhabitant of Mareshah.
He who is the glory of Israel will come to
Adullam.
1:16Shave your heads,
and cut off your hair for the children of
your delight.
Enlarge your baldness like the vulture;
for they have gone into captivity from
you!
2:1Woe to thosewho devise iniquity
and work evil on their beds!
When the morning is light, they practice it,
because it is in the power of their hand.
2:2They covet fields, and seize them;
and houses, and take themaway :
and they oppress a man and his house,
even a man and his heritage.
2:3Therefore thus says Yahweh:
"Behold, I amp lanning against these people a
disaster,
fromw hich you will not remove your
necks,
neither will you walk haughtily;
for it is an evil time.
2:4In that day they will take up a parable
against you,
and lament with a doleful lamentation,
saying,
'We are utterly ruined!
My people's possession is divided up.
Indeed he takes it fromm e and assigns
our fields to traitors!'"
2:5Therefore you will have no one who divides
the land by lot in the assembly of
Yahweh.
2:6"Don't prophesy!"
They prophesy.
"Don't prophesy about these things.
Disgrace won't overtake us."
2:7Shall it be said, O house of Jacob:
"Is the Spirit of Yahweh angry?
Are these his doings?
Don't my words do good to him who
walks blamelessly?"
2:8But lately my people have risen up as an
enemy.
You strip the robe and clothing fromt hose
who pass by without a care, returning
frombattl e.
2:9You drive the women of my people out from
their pleasant houses;
fromt heir young children you take away
my blessing forever.
2:10Arise, and depart!
For this is not your resting place,
because of uncleanness that destroys,
even with a grievous destruction.
2:11If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies:
"I will prophesy to you of wine and of
strong drink;"
he would be the prophet of this people.
2:12I will surely assemble, Jacob, all of you;
I will surely gather the remnant of Israel;
I will put themto gether as the sheep of Bozrah,
as a flock in the midst of their pasture;
they will swarmwi th people.
2:13He who breaks open the way goes up before
them.
They break through the gate, and go out.
And their king passes on before them,
with Yahweh at their head.
a1:10 Beth Ophrah means literally "House of Dust."
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3:1I said,
"Please listen, you heads of Jacob,
and rulers of the house of Israel:
Isn't it for you to know justice?
3:2You who hate the good,
and love the evil;
who tear off their skin,
and their flesh fromo ff their bones;
3:3who also eat the flesh of my people,
and flay their skin fromo ff them,
and break their bones,
and chop themi n pieces, as for the pot,
and as flesh within the caldron.
3:4Then they will cry to Yahweh,
but he will not answer them.
Yes, he will hide his face fromthemat that time,
because they made their deeds evil."
3:5Thus says Yahweh concerning the
prophets who lead my people astray; for those
who feed their teeth, they proclaim, "Peace!"
and whoever doesn't provide for their mouths,
they prepare war against him:
3:6"Therefore night is over you, with no vision,
and it is dark to you, that you may not
divine;
and the sun will go down on the
prophets,
and the day will be black over them.
3:7The seers shall be disappointed,
and the diviners confounded.
Yes, they shall all cover their lips;
for there is no answer fromG od."
3:8But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit
of Yahweh,
and of judgment, and of might,
to declare to Jacob his disobedience,
and to Israel his sin.
3:9Please listen to this, you heads of the house
of Jacob,
and rulers of the house of Israel,
who abhor justice,
and pervert all equity.
3:10They build up Zion with blood,
and Jerusalemwi th iniquity.
3:11Her leaders judge for bribes,
and her priests teach for a price,
and her prophets of it tell fortunes for
money:
yet they lean on Yahweh, and say,
"Isn't Yahweh in the midst of us?
No disaster will come on us."
3:12Therefore Zion for your sakewill be plowed
like a field,
and Jerusalemw ill become heaps of rubble,
and the mountain of the temple like the
high places of a forest.
4:1But in the latter days,
it will happen that the mountain of Yahweh's
temple will be established on
the top of the mountains,
and it will be exalted above the hills;
and peoples will streamto it.
4:2Many nations will go and say,
"Come, and let us go up to the mountain
of Yahweh,
and to the house of the God of Jacob;
and he will teach us of his ways,
and we will walk in his paths."
For out of Zion will go forth the law,
and the word of Yahweh fromJ erusalem;
4:3and he will judge between many peoples,
andwill decide concerning strong nations
afar off.
They will beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
neither will they learn war any more.
4:4But they will sit every man under his vine
and under his fig tree;
and no one will make them afraid:
For the mouth of Yahweh of Armies has
spoken. 4:5Indeed all the nations may
walk in the name of their gods;
but we will walk in the name of Yahweh
our God forever and ever.
4:6"In that day," says Yahweh,
"I will assemble that which is lame,
and I will gather that which is driven
away,
and that which I have afflicted;
4:7and I will make that which was lame a
remnant,
and that which was cast far off a strong
nation:
and Yahweh will reign over themon
Mount Zion from then on, even forever."
4:8You, tower of the flock, the hill of the
daughter of Zion,
to you it will come,
yes, the former dominion will come,
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the kingdomo f the daughter of
Jerusalem.
4:9Now why do you cry out aloud?
Is there no king in you?
Has your counselor perished,
that pains have taken hold of you as of a
woman in travail?
4:10Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, daughter
of Zion,
like a woman in travail;
for now you will go forth out of the city,
and will dwell in the field,
and will come even to Babylon.
There you will be rescued.
There Yahweh will redeemyou from the
hand of your enemies.
4:11Now many nations have assembled against
you, that say,
"Let her be defiled,
and let our eye gloat over Zion."
4:12But they don't know the thoughts of Yahweh,
neither do they understand his counsel;
for he has gathered themlike the sheaves
to the threshing floor.
4:13Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion;
for I will make your horn iron,
and I will make your hoofs brass;
and you will beat in pieces many peoples:
and I will devote their gain to Yahweh,
and their substance to the Lord of the
whole earth.
5:1Now you shall gather yourself in troops,
daughter of troops.
He has laid siege against us.
They will strike the judge of Israel with a
rod on the cheek.
5:2But you, BethlehemEph rathah,
being small among the clans of Judah,
out of you one will come forth to me that
is to be ruler in Israel;
whose goings forth are fromof old, from
everlasting.
5:3Therefore he will abandon themunti l the
time that she who is in labor gives
birth.
Then the rest of his brothers will return to
the children of Israel.
5:4He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the
strength of Yahweh,
in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his
God:
and theywill live, for then hewill be great
to the ends of the earth.
5:5He will be our peace when Assyria invades
our land,
and when he marches through our
fortresses,
then we will raise against himsev en
shepherds,
and eight leaders of men.
5:6They will rule the land of Assyria with the
sword,
and the land of Nimrod in its gates.
He will deliver us fromt he Assyrian,
when he invades our land,
and when he marches within our border.
5:7The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of
many peoples,
like dew fromYahweh,
like showers on the grass,
that don't wait for man,
nor wait for the sons of men.
5:8The remnant of Jacob will be among the
nations,
in the midst of many peoples,
like a lion among the animals of the
forest,
like a young lion among the flocks of
sheep;
who, if he goes through, treads down and
tears in pieces,
and there is no one to deliver.
5:9Let your hand be lifted up above your
adversaries,
and let all of your enemies be cut off.
5:10"It will happen in that day," says Yahweh,
"That I will cut off your horses out of the
midst of you,
and will destroy your chariots.
5:11I will cut off the cities of your land,
and will tear down all your strongholds.
5:12I will destroy witchcraft fromyour hand;
and you shall have no soothsayers.
5:13I will cut off your engraved images and
your pillars out of your midst;
and you shall no more worship the work
of your hands.
5:14I will uproot your Asherimout of your
midst;
and I will destroy your cities.
5:15I will execute vengeance in anger,
and wrath on the nations that didn't
listen."
Micah 6:2 737 Micah 7:5
6:1Listen now to what Yahweh says:
"Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear what you have to
say.
6:2Hear, you mountains, Yahweh's controversy,
and you enduring foundations of the
earth;
for Yahweh has a controversy with his
people,
and he will contend with Israel.
6:3My people, what have I done to you?
How have I burdened you?
Answer me!
6:4For I brought you up out of the land of
Egypt,
and redeemed you out of the house of
bondage.
I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and
Miriam.
6:5My people, remember now what Balak king
of Moab devised,
and what Balaamthe son of Beor answered
himf romShittimto Gilgal,
that you may know the righteous acts of
Yahweh."
6:6How shall I come before Yahweh,
and bow myself before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
6:7Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of
rams?
With tens of thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience?
The fruit of my body for the sin of my
soul?
6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good.
What does Yahweh require of you, but to
act justly,
to love mercy, and to walk humbly with
your God?
6:9Yahweh's voice calls to the city,
and wisdomsees your name:
"Listen to the rod,
and he who appointed it.
6:10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the
house of the wicked,
and a short ephahb that is accursed?
6:11Shall I be pure with dishonest scales,
and with a bag of deceitful weights?
6:12Her rich men are full of violence,
her inhabitants speak lies,
and their tongue is deceitful in their
speech.
6:13Therefore I also have struck you with a
grievous wound.
I have made you desolate because of your
sins.
6:14You shall eat, but not be satisfied.
Your humiliation will be in your midst.
You will store up, but not save;
and that which you save I will give up to
the sword.
6:15You will sow, but won't reap.
Youwill tread the olives, but won't anoint
yourself with oil;
and crush grapes, but won't drink the
wine.
6:16For the statutes of Omri are kept,
and all the works of the house of Ahab.
You walk in their counsels,
that I may make you a ruin,
and her inhabitants a hissing;
And you will bear the reproach of my
people."
7:1Misery is mine!
Indeed, I aml ike one who gathers the
summer fruits, as gleanings of the
vineyard:
There is no cluster of grapes to eat.
My soul desires to eat the early fig.
7:2The godly man has perished out of the earth,
and there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
every man hunts his brother with a net.
7:3Their hands are on that which is evil to do it
diligently.
The ruler and judge ask for a bribe;
and the powerful man dictates the evil
desire of his soul.
Thus they conspire together.
7:4The best of themis like a brier.
The most upright is worse than a thorn
hedge.
The day of your watchmen,
even your visitation, has come;
now is the time of their confusion.
7:5Don't trust in a neighbor.
Don't put confidence in a friend.
With the woman lying in your embrace,
b6:10An ephah is a measure of volume, and a short ephah is made smaller than a full ephah for the purpose
of cheating customers.
Micah 7:6 738 Nahum 1:10
be careful of the words of your mouth!
7:6For the son dishonors the father,
the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law against her motherin-
law;
a man's enemies are the men of his own
house.
7:7But as for me, I will look to Yahweh.
I will wait for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.
7:8Don't rejoice against me, my enemy.
When I fall, I will arise.
When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a
light to me.
7:9I will bear the indignation of Yahweh,
because I have sinned against him,
until he pleads my case, and executes
judgment for me.
He will bring me forth to the light.
I will see his righteousness.
7:10Then m y enem y will see it,
and shame will cover her who said to me,
where is Yahweh your God?
Then my enemy will see me and will cover her
shame.
Now she will be trodden down like the
mire of the streets.
7:11A day to build your walls
In that day, he will extend your boundary.
7:12In that day they will come to you from
Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
and fromE gypt even to the River,
and froms ea to sea,
and mountain to mountain.
7:13Yet the land will be desolate because of
those who dwell therein,
for the fruit of their doings.
7:14Shepherd your people with your staff,
the flock of your heritage,
who dwell by themselves in a forest,
in the midst of fertile pasture land, let
themfeed;
in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of
old.
7:15"As in the days of your coming forth out of
the land of Egypt,
I will show themm arvelous things."
7:16The nations will see and be ashamed of all
their might.
They will lay their hand on their mouth.
Their ears will be deaf.
7:17They will lick the dust like a serpent.
Like crawling things of the earth they
shall come trembling out of their dens.
They will come with fear to Yahweh our
God,
and will be afraid because of you.
7:18Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity,
and passes over the disobedience of the
remnant of his heritage?
He doesn't retain his anger forever,
because he delights in loving kindness.
7:19He will again have compassion on us.
He will tread our iniquities under foot;
and you will cast all their sins into the
depths of the sea.
7:20You will give truth to Jacob,
and mercy to Abraham,
as you have sworn to our fathers fromthe
days of old.
Nahum
1:1An oracle about Nineveh. The book of the
vision of Nahumt he Elkoshite. 1:2Yahweh is a
jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and
is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on
his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against
his enemies. 1:3Yahweh is slow to anger, and
great in power, and will by no means leave the
guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the
whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are
the dust of his feet. 1:4He rebukes the sea, and
makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan
languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of
Lebanon languishes. 1:5The mountains quake
before him, and the hills melt away. The earth
trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and
all who dwell in it. 1:6Who can stand before
his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness
of his anger? His wrath is poured out like
fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
1:7Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of
trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in
him. 1:8But with an overflowing flood, he will
make a full end of her place, and will pursue
his enemies into darkness. 1:9What do you
plot against Yahweh? He will make a full end.
Afflictionwon't rise up the second time. 1:10For
entangled like thorns, and drunken as with
their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry
Nahum 1:11 739 Nahum 3:14
stubble. 1:11There is one gone forth out of you,
who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels
wickedness. 1:12Thus says Yahweh: "Though
they be in full strength, and likewise many,
even so they will be cut down, and he shall pass
away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict
you no more. 1:13Now will I break his yoke
fromof f you, and will burst your bonds apart."
1:14Yahweh has commanded concerning you:
"No more descendants will bear your name.
Out of the house of your gods, will I cut off the
engraved image and the molten image. I will
make your grave, for you are vile."
1:15Behold, on the mountains the feet of him
who brings good news, who publishes peace!
Keep your feasts, Judah! Performy our vows,
for the wicked one will no more pass through
you. He is utterly cut off.
2:1He who dashes in pieces has com eup
against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the
way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your
power mightily! 2:2For Yahweh restores the
excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel;
for the destroyers have destroyed them, and
ruined their vine branches. 2:3The shield of his
mighty men is made red. The valiant men are
in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the
day of his preparation, and the pine spears are
brandished. 2:4The chariots rage in the streets.
They rush back and forth in the broad ways.
Their appearance is like torches. They run
like the lightnings. 2:5He summons his picked
troops. They stumble on their way. They dash
to its wall, and the protective shield is put in
place. 2:6The gates of the rivers are opened,
and the palace is dissolved. 2:7It is decreed:
she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her
handmaids moan as with the voice of doves,
beating on their breasts. 2:8But Nineveh has
been fromof old like a pool of water, yet they
flee away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one
looks back. 2:9Take the spoil of silver. Take the
spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the
glory of all goodly furniture. 2:10She is empty,
void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees
knock together, their bodies and faces have
grown pale. 2:11Where is the den of the lions,
and the feeding place of the young lions, where
the lion and the lioness walked, the lion's cubs,
and no one made them afraid? 2:12The lion tore
in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled
for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the
kill, and his dens with prey. 2:13"Behold, I am
against you," says Yahweh of Armies, "and I
will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the
sword will devour your young lions; and I will
cut off your prey fromthe earth, and the voice
of your messengers will no longer be heard."
3:1Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of
lies and robbery. The prey doesn't depart.
3:2The noise of the whip, the noise of the
rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding
chariots, 3:3the horseman mounting, and
the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a
multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses,
and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble
on their bodies, 3:4because of the multitude
of the prostitution of the alluring prostitute,
the mistress of witchcraft, who sells nations
through her prostitution, and families through
her witchcraft. 3:5"Behold, I amag ainst you,"
says Yahweh of Armies, "and I will lift your
skirts over your face. I will show the nations
your nakedness, and the kingdoms your
shame. 3:6I will throw abominable filth on you,
and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle.
3:7It will happen that all those who look at you
will flee fromy ou, and say, 'Nineveh is laid
waste! Who will mourn for her?' Where will
I seek comforters for you?"
3:8Are you better than No-Amon,a who was
situated among the rivers, who had the waters
around her; whose rampart was the sea, and
her wall was of the sea? 3:9Cush and Egypt
were her boundless strength. Put and Libya
were her helpers. 3:10Yet was she carried away.
She went into captivity. Her young children
also were dashed in pieces at the head of all
the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable
men, and all her great men were bound in
chains. 3:11You also will be drunken. You will
be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold
because of the enemy. 3:12All your fortresses
will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs:
if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth
of the eater. 3:13Behold, your troops in your
midst are women. The gates of your land are
set wide open to your enemies. The fire has
devoured your bars. 3:14Draw water for the
siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the
clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln
a3:8 or, Thebes
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strong. 3:15There the fire will devour you. The
sword will cut you off. It will devour you like
the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers.
Multiply like the locust. 3:16You have increased
your merchants more than the stars of the
skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away.
3:17Your guards are like the locusts, and your
officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle
on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun
appears, they flee away, and their place is not
known where they are. 3:18Your shepherds
slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down.
Your people are scattered on the mountains,
and there is no one to gather them. 3:19There
is no healing your wound, for your injury is
fatal. All who hear the report of you clap
their hands over you; for who hasn't felt your
endless cruelty?
Habakkuk
1:1The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet
saw. 1:2Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you
will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence!"
and will you not save? 1:3Why do you show
me iniquity, and look at perversity? For
destruction and violence are before me. There
is strife, and contention rises up. 1:4Therefore
the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes
forth; for the wicked surround the righteous;
therefore justice goes forth perverted.
1:5"Look among the nations, watch, and
wonder marvelously; for I am working a work
in your days, which you will not believe
though it is told you. 1:6For, behold, I raise up
the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that
march through the breadth of the earth, to possess
dwelling places that are not theirs. 1:7They
are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and
their dignity proceed fromt hemselves. 1:8Their
horses also are swifter than leopards, and are
more fierce than the evening wolves. Their
horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen
come from afar. They fly as an eagle
that hurries to devour. 1:9All of themcom e
for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He
gathers prisoners like sand. 1:10Yes, he scoffs
at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He
laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an
earthen ramp, and takes it. 1:11Then he sweeps
by like the wind, and goes on. He is indeed
guilty, whose strength is his god."
1:12Aren't you fromev erlasting, Yahwehmy
God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh,
you have appointed himf or judgment. You,
Rock, have established himto punish. 1:13You
who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who
cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate
those who deal treacherously, and keep silent
when the wicked swallows up the man who is
more righteous than he, 1:14and make men like
the fish of the sea, like the creeping things, that
have no ruler over them? 1:15He takes up all of
themwi th the hook. He catches themi n his net,
and gathers themi n his dragnet. Therefore he
rejoices and is glad. 1:16Therefore he sacrifices
to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet,
because by themh is life is luxurious, and his
food is good. 1:17Will he therefore continually
empty his net, and kill the nations without
mercy?
2:1I will stand at my watch, and set myself
on the ramparts, and will look out to see what
he will say to me, and what I will answer
concerning my complaint.
2:2Yahweh answered me, "Write the vision,
and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs
may read it. 2:3For the vision is yet for the
appointed time, and it hurries toward the end,
and won't prove false. Though it takes time,
wait for it; because it will surely come. It won't
delay. 2:4Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not
upright in him, but the righteous will live by
his faith. 2:5Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous.
A haughty man who doesn't stay at home,
who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is
like death, and can't be satisfied, but gathers
to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all
peoples. 2:6Won't all these take up a parable
against him, and a taunting proverb against
him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases that
which is not his, and who enriches himself by
extortion! How long?' 2:7Won't your debtors
rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make
you tremble, and you will be their victim?
2:8Because you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you,
because of men's blood, and for the violence
done to the land, to the city and to all who
dwell in it. 2:9Woe to himw ho gets an evil
gain for his house, that he may set his nest
on high, that he may be delivered from the
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hand of evil! 2:10You have devised shame to
your house, by cutting off many peoples, and
have sinned against your soul. 2:11For the
stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam
out of the woodwork will answer it. 2:12Woe
to himwho builds a town with blood, and
establishes a city by iniquity! 2:13Behold, isn't
it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor
for the fire, and the nations weary themselves
for vanity? 2:14For the earth will be filled with
the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, as the
waters cover the sea.
2:15"Woe to himwho gives his neighbor
drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they
are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked
bodies! 2:16You are filled with shame, and not
glory. You will also drink, and be exposed!
The cup of Yahweh's right hand will come
around to you, and disgrace will cover your
glory. 2:17For the violence done to Lebanon
will overwhelmyou, and the destruction of the
animals, which made them afraid; because of
men's blood, and for the violence done to the
land, to every city and to those who dwell in
them.
2:18"What value does the engraved image
have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten
image, even the teacher of lies, that he who
fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute
idols? 2:19Woe to him who says to the wood,
'Awake!' or to the mute stone, 'Arise!' Shall
this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and
silver, and there is no breath at all in its midst.
2:20But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the
earth be silent before him!"
3:1A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, set to
victorious music.
3:2Yahweh, I have heard of your fame.
I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh.
Renew your work in the midst of the years.
In the midst of the years make it known.
In wrath, you remember mercy.
3:3God came from Teman,
the Holy One fromMount Paran.
Selah.
His glory covered the heavens,
and his praise filled the earth.
3:4His splendor is like the sunrise.
Rays shine fromh is hand, where his
power is hidden.
3:5Plague went before him,
and pestilence followed his feet.
3:6He stood, and shook the earth.
He looked, and made the nations tremble.
The ancient mountains were crumbled.
The age-old hills collapsed.
His ways are eternal.
3:7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction.
The dwellings of the land of Midian
trembled.
3:8Was Yahweh displeased with the rivers?
Was your anger against the rivers,
or your wrath against the sea,
that you rode on your horses,
on your chariots of salvation?
3:9You uncovered your bow.
You called for your sworn arrows.
Selah.
You split the earth with rivers.
3:10The mountains saw you, and were afraid.
The stormo f waters passed by.
The deep roared and lifted up its hands
on high.
3:11The sun and moon stood still in the sky,
at the light of your arrows as they went,
at the shining of your glittering spear.
3:12You marched through the land in wrath.
You threshed the nations in anger.
3:13You went forth for the salvation of your
people,
for the salvation of your anointed.
You crushed the head of the land of wickedness.
You stripped themhe ad to foot.
Selah.
3:14You pierced the heads of his warriors with
their own spears.
They came as a whirlwind to scatter me,
gloating as if to devour the wretched in
secret.
3:15You trampled the sea with your horses,
churning mighty waters.
3:16I heard, and my body trembled.
My lips quivered at the voice.
Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble
in my place,
because I must wait quietly for the day of
trouble,
for the coming up of the people who
invade us.
3:17For though the fig tree doesn't flourish,
nor fruit be in the vines;
the labor of the olive fails,
the fields yield no food;
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the flocks are cut off fromthe fold,
and there is no herd in the stalls:
3:18yet I will rejoice in Yahweh.
I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
3:19Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength.
He makes my feet like deer's feet,
and enables m e to go in high places.
For the music director, on my stringed instruments.
Zephaniah
1:1The word of Yahweh which came to
Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of
Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of
Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of
Amon, king of Judah. 1:2I will utterly sweep
away everything off of the surface of the earth,
says Yahweh. 1:3I will sweep away man and
animal. I will sweep away the birds of the
sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble
with the wicked. I will cut off man from
the surface of the earth, says Yahweh. 1:4I
will stretch out my hand against Judah, and
against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will
cut off the remnant of Baal from this place:
the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
1:5those who worship the army of the sky on
the housetops, those who worship and swear
by Yahweh and also swear byMalcam, 1:6those
who have turned back fromf ollowing Yahweh,
and those who haven't sought Yahweh nor
inquired after him. 1:7Be silent at the presence
of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is
at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice.
He has consecrated his guests. 1:8It will happen
in the day of Yahweh's sacrifice, that I will
punish the princes, the king's sons, and all
those who are clothed with foreign clothing.
1:9In that day, I will punish all those who
leap over the threshold, who fill their master's
house with violence and deceit. 1:10In that day,
says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry
fromt he fish gate, a wailing from the second
quarter, and a great crashing fromt he hills.
1:11Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the
people of Canaan are undone! All those who
were loaded with silver are cut off. 1:12It will
happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem
with lamps, and I will punish the men who are
settled on their dregs, who say in their heart,
"Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do
evil." 1:13Their wealth will become a spoil,
and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will
build houses, but won't inhabit them. Theywill
plant vineyards, but won't drink their wine.
1:14The great day of Yahweh is near. It is near,
and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of
Yahweh. The mighty man cries there bitterly.
1:15That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress
and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day
of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and
blackness, 1:16a day of the trumpet and alarm,
against the fortified cities, and against the high
battlements. 1:17I will bring distress on men,
that they willwalk like blind men, because they
have sinned against Yahweh, and their blood
will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like
dung. 1:18Neither their silver nor their goldwill
be able to deliver themi n the day of Yahweh's
wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by
the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end,
yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the
land.
2:1Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together,
you nation that has no shame, 2:2before
the appointed time when the day passes as
the chaff, before the fierce anger of Yahweh
comes on you, before the day of Yahweh's
anger comes on you. 2:3Seek Yahweh, all
you humble of the land, who have kept his
ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility.
It may be that you will be hidden in the day of
Yahweh's anger. 2:4For Gaza will be forsaken,
and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out
Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted
up. 2:5Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast,
the nation of the Cherethites! The word of
Yahweh is against you, Canaan, the land of
the Philistines. I will destroy you, that there
will be no inhabitant. 2:6The sea coast will be
pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds
for flocks. 2:7The coast will be for the remnant
of the house of Judah. They will find pasture.
In the houses of Ashkelon, they will lie down
in the evening, for Yahweh, their God, will visit
them, and restore them. 2:8I have heard the reproach
of Moab, and the insults of the children
of Ammon, with which they have reproached
my people, and magnified themselves against
their border. 2:9Therefore as I live, says Yahweh
of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will
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be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as
Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits,
and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my
people will plunder them, and the survivors
of my nation will inherit them. 2:10This they
will have for their pride, because they have
reproached and magnified themselves against
the people of Yahweh of Armies. 2:11Yahweh
will be awesome to them, for he will famish all
the gods of the land. Men will worship him,
everyone fromhi s place, even all the shores of
the nations. 2:12You Cushites also, you will be
killed by my sword. 2:13He will stretch out his
hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and
will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like
the wilderness. 2:14Herds will lie down in the
midst of her, all the animals of the nations.
Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge
in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the
windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds,
for he has laid bare the cedar beams. 2:15This is
the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in
her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me."
How she has become a desolation, a place for
animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes
by her will hiss, and shake their fists.
3:1Woe to herwho is rebellious and polluted,
the oppressing city! 3:2She didn't obey the
voice. She didn't receive correction. She didn't
trust in Yahweh. She didn't draw near to her
God. 3:3Her princes in the midst of her are
roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves.
They leave nothing until the next day. 3:4Her
prophets are arrogant and treacherous people.
Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They
have done violence to the law. 3:5Yahweh, in
the midst of her, is righteous. He will do no
wrong. Every morning he brings his justice
to light. He doesn't fail, but the unjust know
no shame. 3:6I have cut off nations. Their
battlements are desolate. I have made their
streets waste, so that no one passes by. Their
cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so
that there is no inhabitant. 3:7I said, "Just fear
me. Receive correction, so that her dwelling
won't be cut off, according to all that I have
appointed concerning her." But they rose early
and corrupted all their doings. 3:8"Therefore
wait for me," says Yahweh, "until the day that
I rise up to the prey, for my determination is
to gather the nations, that I may assemble the
kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation,
even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will
be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. 3:9For
then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that
they may all call on the name of Yahweh,
to serve himsh oulder to shoulder. 3:10From
beyond the rivers of Cush, my worshipers,
even the daughter of my dispersed people, will
bring my offering. 3:11In that day you will not
be disappointed for all your doings, in which
you have transgressed against me; for then I
will take away out of the midst of you your
proudly exulting ones, and you will no more
be haughty in my holy mountain. 3:12But I will
leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor
people, and they will take refuge in the name of
Yahweh. 3:13The remnant of Israel will not do
iniquity, nor speak lies, neither will a deceitful
tongue be found in their mouth, for they will
feed and lie down, and no one will make them
afraid."
3:14Sing, daughter of Zion! Shout, Israel! Be
glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter
of Jerusalem. 3:15Yahweh has taken away your
judgments. He has thrown out your enemy.
The King of Israel, Yahweh, is in the midst of
you. You will not be afraid of evil any more.
3:16In that day, it will be said to Jerusalem,
"Don't be afraid, Zion. Don't let your hands be
slack." 3:17Yahweh, your God, is in the midst
of you, a mighty one who will save. He will
rejoice over you with joy. He will rest in his
love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
3:18Those who are sad for the appointed feasts,
I will remove from you. They are a burden and
a reproach to you. 3:19Behold, at that time I will
deal with all those who afflict you, and I will
save those who are lame, and gather those who
were driven away. I will give themp raise and
honor, whose shame has been in all the earth.
3:20At that time will I bring you in, and at that
time will I gather you; for I will give you honor
and praise among all the peoples of the earth,
when I bring back your captivity before your
eyes, says Yahweh.
Haggai
1:1In the second year of Darius the king,
in the sixth month, in the first day of the
month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai,
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the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of
Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, 1:2"This is
what Yahweh of Armies says: These people
say, 'The time hasn't yet come, the time for
Yahweh's house to be built.'"
1:3Then the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai,
the prophet, saying, 1:4"Is it a tim efor you
yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses,
while this house lies waste? 1:5Now therefore
this is what Yahweh of Armies says: Consider
your ways. 1:6You have sown much, and bring
in little. You eat, but you don't have enough.
You drink, but you aren't filled with drink. You
clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he
who earns wages earns wages to put themi nto
a bag with holes in it."
1:7This is what Yahweh of Armies says:
"Consider your ways. 1:8Go up to the mountain,
bring wood, and build the house. I will
take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified,"
says Yahweh. 1:9"You looked for much, and,
behold, it came to little; and when you brought
it home, I blew it away. Why?" says Yahweh
of Armies, "Because of my house that lies
waste, while each of you is busy with his own
house. 1:10Therefore for your sake the heavens
withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its
fruit. 1:11I called for a drought on the land, on
the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine,
on the oil, on that which the ground brings
forth, on men, on livestock, and on all the labor
of the hands."
1:12Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,
and Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high
priest, with all the remnant of the people,
obeyed the voice of Yahweh, their God, and
the words of Haggai, the prophet, as Yahweh,
their God, had sent him; and the people feared
Yahweh.
1:13Then Haggai, Yahweh's messenger,
spoke Yahweh's message to the people, saying,
"I amwi th you," says Yahweh.
1:14Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel,
the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and
the spirit of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the
high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of
the people; and they came and worked on the
house of Yahweh of Arm ies, their God, 1:15in
the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth
month, in the second year of Darius the king.
2:1In the seventh month, in the twenty-first
day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came
by Haggai the prophet, saying, 2:2"Speak now
to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of
Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the
high priest, and to the remnant of the people,
saying, 2:3'Who is left among you who saw this
house in its former glory? How do you see it
now? Isn't it in your eyes as nothing? 2:4Yet
now be strong, Zerubbabel,' says Yahweh. 'Be
strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high
priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,'
says Yahweh, 'and work, for I amwi th you,'
says Yahweh of Armies. 2:5This is the word
that I covenanted with you when you came
out of Egypt, and my Spirit lived among you.
'Don't be afraid.' 2:6For this is what Yahweh
of Armies says: 'Yet once, it is a little while,
and I will shake the heavens, the earth, the
sea, and the dry land; 2:7and I will shake all
nations. The precious things of all nations
will come, and I will fill this house with glory,
says Yahweh of Armies. 2:8The silver is mine,
and the gold is mine,' says Yahweh of Armies.
2:9'The latter glory of this house will be greater
than the former,' says Yahweh of Armies; 'and
in this place will I give peace,' says Yahweh of
Armies."
2:10In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth
month, in the second year of Darius, the Word
of Yahweh came byHaggai the prophet, saying,
2:11"Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Ask now
the priests concerning the law, saying, 2:12'If
someone carries holy meat in the fold of his
garment, and with his fold touches bread, stew,
wine, oil, or any food, will it become holy?'"
The priests answered, "No."
2:13Then Haggai said, "If one who is unclean
by reason of a dead body touch any of these,
will it be unclean?"
The priests answered, "It will be unclean."
2:14Then Haggai answered, "'So is this people,
and so is this nation before me,' says
Yahweh; 'and so is every work of their hands.
That which they offer there is unclean. 2:15Now,
please consider fromt his day and backward,
before a stone was laid on a stone in the temple
of Yahweh. 2:16Through all that time, when
one came to a heap of twenty measures, there
were only ten. When one came to the wine
vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty.
2:17I struck you with blight, mildew, and hail
in all the work of your hands; yet you didn't
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turn to me,' says Yahweh. 2:18'Consider, please,
fromthi s day and backward, fromthe twentyfourth
day of the ninth month, since the day
that the foundation of Yahweh's temple was
laid, consider it. 2:19Is the seed yet in the barn?
Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and
the olive tree haven't brought forth. Fromthi s
day will I bless you.'"
2:20The Word of Yahweh came the second
time to Haggai in the twenty-fourth day of
the month, saying, 2:21"Speak to Zerubbabel,
governor of Judah, saying, 'I will shake the
heavens and the earth. 2:22I will overthrow
the throne of kingdoms. I will destroy the
strength of the kingdoms of the nations. I will
overthrow the chariots, and those who ride in
them. The horses and their riders will come
down, everyone by the sword of his brother.
2:23In that day, says Yahweh of Armies, will I
take you, Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of
Shealtiel,' says Yahweh, 'and will make you as
a signet, for I have chosen you,' says Yahweh of
Armies."
Zechariah
1:1In the eighth month, in the second year of
Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah
the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the
prophet, saying, 1:2"Yahweh was very displeased
with your fathers. 1:3Therefore tell
them: Thus says Yahweh of Armies: 'Return
to me,' says Yahweh of Armies, 'and I will
return to you,' says Yahweh of Armies. 1:4Don't
you be like your fathers, to whomthe former
prophets proclaimed, saying: Thus says Yahweh
of Armies, 'Return now from your evil
ways, and fromyour evil doings;' but they did
not hear, nor listen to me, says Yahweh. 1:5Your
fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do
they live forever? 1:6But my words and my
decrees, which I commanded my servants the
prophets, didn't they overtake your fathers?
"Then they repented and said, 'Just as Yahweh
of Armies determined to do to us, according
to our ways, and according to our practices,
so he has dealt with us.'" 1:7On the twentyfourth
day of the eleventh month, which is the
month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the
word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of
Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
1:8"I had a vision in the night, and behold, a
man riding on a red horse, and he stood among
the myrtle trees that were in a ravine; and
behind himthe re were red, brown, and white
horses. 1:9Then I asked, 'My lord, what are
these?'"
The angel who talked with me said to me, "I
will show you what these are."
1:10The man who stood among the myrtle
trees answered, "They are the ones Yahweh has
sent to go back and forth through the earth."
1:11They reported to the angel of Yahweh
who stood among the myrtle trees, and said,
"We have walked back and forth through the
earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and in
peace."
1:12Then the angel of Yahweh replied, "O Yahweh
of Armies, how long will you not have
mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah,
against which you have had indignation these
seventy years?"
1:13Yahweh answered the angel who talked
with me with kind and comforting words.
1:14So the angel who talked with me said to
me, "Proclaim, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of
Armies: "I am jealous for Jerusalem and for
Zion with a great jealousy. 1:15I am very angry
with the nations that are at ease; for I was
but a little displeased, but they added to the
calamity." 1:16Therefore thus says Yahweh: "I
have returned to Jerusalemwi th mercy. My
house shall be built in it," says Yahweh of
Armies, "and a line shall be stretched forth over
Jerusalem."'
1:17"Proclaimf urther, saying, 'Thus says
Yahweh of Armies: "My cities will again
overflow with prosperity, and Yahweh will
again comfort Zion, and will again choose
Jerusalem."'"
1:18I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold,
four horns. 1:19I asked the angel who talked
with me, "What are these?"
He answered me, "These are the horns
which have scattered Judah, Israel, and
Jerusalem."
1:20Yahweh showed me four craftsmen.
1:21Then I asked, "What are these coming to
do?"
He said, "These are the horns which scattered
Judah, so that no man lifted up his head;
but these have come to terrify them, to cast
Zechariah 2:1 746 Zechariah 4:10
down the horns of the nations, which lifted up
their horn against the land of Judah to scatter
it."
2:1I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a
man with a measuring line in his hand. 2:2Then
I asked, "Where are you going?"
He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see
what is its breadth and what is its length."
2:3Behold, the angel who talked with me
went forth, and another angel went out to
meet him, 2:4and said to him, "Run, speak
to this young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be
inhabited as villages without walls, because of
the multitude of men and livestock in it. 2:5For
I,' says Yahweh, 'will be to her a wall of fire
around it, and I will be the glory in the midst
of her. 2:6Come! Come! Flee from the land
of the north,' says Yahweh; 'for I have spread
you abroad as the four winds of the sky,' says
Yahweh. 2:7'Come, Zion! Escape, you who
dwell with the daughter of Babylon.' 2:8For
thus says Yahweh of Armies: 'For honor he
has sent me to the nations which plundered
you; for he who touches you touches the apple
of his eye. 2:9For, behold, I will shake my
hand over them, and they will be a spoil to
those who served them; and you will know
that Yahweh of Armies has sent me. 2:10Sing
and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I
come, and I will dwell in the midst of you,'
says Yahweh. 2:11Many nations shall join
themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be
my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you,
and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has
sent me to you. 2:12Yahweh will inherit Judah
as his portion in the holy land, and will again
choose Jerusalem. 2:13Be silent, all flesh, before
Yahweh; for he has roused himself from his
holy habitation!"
3:1He showed me Joshua the high priest
standing before the angel of Yahweh, and Satan
standing at his right hand to be his adversary.
3:2Yahweh said to Satan, "Yahweh rebuke you,
Satan! Yes, Yahweh who has chosen Jerusalem
rebuke you! Isn't this a burning stick plucked
out of the fire?"
3:3Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments,
and was standing before the angel.
3:4He answered and spoke to those who stood
before him, saying, "Take the filthy garments
off of him." To him he said, "Behold, I have
caused your iniquity to pass fromy ou, and I
will clothe you with rich clothing."
3:5I said, "Let thems et a clean turban on his
head."
So they set a clean turban on his head, and
clothed him; and the angel of Yahweh was
standing by. 3:6The angel of Yahweh protested
to Joshua, saying, 3:7"Thus says Yahweh of
Armies: 'If you will walk in my ways, and
if you will follow my instructions, then you
also shall judge my house, and shall also keep
my courts, and I will give you a place of
access among these who stand by. 3:8Hear now,
Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows
who sit before you; for they are men who are a
sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant,
the Branch. 3:9For, behold, the stone that I
have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven
eyes: behold, I will engrave its engraving,'
says Yahweh of Armies, 'and I will remove the
iniquity of that land in one day. 3:10In that day,'
says Yahweh of Armies, 'you will invite every
man his neighbor under the vine and under the
fig tree.'"
4:1The angel who talked with me came
again, and wakened me, as a man who is
wakened out of his sleep. 4:2He said to me,
"What do you see?"
I said, "I have seen, and behold, a lampstand
all of gold, with its bowl on the top of it, and
its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes
to each of the lamps, which are on the top of
it; 4:3and two olive trees by it, one on the right
side of the bowl, and the other on the left side
of it."
4:4I answered and spoke to the angel who
talked with me, saying, "What are these, my
lord?"
4:5Then the angel who talked with me answered
me, "Don't you know what these are?"
I said, "No, my lord."
4:6Then he answered and spoke to me, saying,
"This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel,
saying, 'Not by might, nor by power, but by
my Spirit,' says Yahweh of Armies. 4:7Who are
you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you
are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone
with shouts of 'Grace, grace, to it!'"
4:8Moreover the word of Yahweh came to
me, saying, 4:9"The hands of Zerubbabel have
laid the foundation of this house. His hands
shall also finish it; and you will know that Yahweh
of Armies has sent me to you. 4:10Indeed,
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who despises the day of small things? For these
seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line
in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the eyes
of Yahweh, which run back and forth through
the whole earth."
4:11Then I asked him, "What are these two
olive trees on the right side of the lampstand
and on the left side of it?"
4:12I asked himt he second time, "What are
these two olive branches, which are beside the
two golden spouts, that pour the golden oil out
of themselves?"
4:13He answered me, "Don't you know what
these are?"
I said, "No, my lord."
4:14Then he said, "These are the two
anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the
whole earth."
5:1Then again I lifted up my eyes, and saw,
and behold, a flying scroll. 5:2He said to me,
"What do you see?"
I answered, "I see a flying scroll; its length is
twenty cubits, and its breadth ten cubits."
5:3Then he said to me, "This is the curse
that goes out over the surface of the whole
land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off
according to it on the one side; and everyone
who swears falsely shall be cut off according
to it on the other side. 5:4I will cause it to go
out," says Yahweh of Armies, "and it will enter
into the house of the thief, and into the house
of him who swears falsely by my name; and it
will remain in the midst of his house, and will
destroy it with its timber and its stones."
5:5Then the angel who talked with me came
forward, and said to me, "Lift up now your
eyes, and see what is this that is appearing."
5:6I said, "What is it?"
He said, "This is the ephaha basket that
is appearing." He said moreover, "This is
their appearance in all the land 5:7(and behold,
a talentb of lead was lifted up); and this is
a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah
basket." 5:8He said, "This is Wickedness;" and
he threw her down into the midst of the ephah
basket; and he threw the weight of lead on its
mouth.
5:9Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and
behold, there were two women, and the wind
was in their wings. Now they had wings
like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up
the ephah basket between earth and the sky.
5:10Then said I to the angelwho talkedwith me,
"Where are these carrying the ephah basket?"
5:11He said to me, "To build her a house in
the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will
be set there in her own place."
6:1Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw,
and behold, four chariots came out from between
two mountains; and the mountains were
mountains of brass. 6:2In the first chariot were
red horses; in the second chariot black horses;
6:3in the third chariot white horses; and in
the fourth chariot dappled horses, all of them
powerful. 6:4Then I asked the angel who talked
with me, "What are these, my lord?"
6:5The angel answered me, "These are the
four winds of the sky, which go forth from
standing before the Lord of all the earth. 6:6The
one with the black horses goes out toward the
north country; and the white went out after
them; and the dappled went forth toward the
south country." 6:7The strong went out, and
sought to go that they might walk back and
forth through the earth: and he said, "Go
around and through the earth!" So they walked
back and forth through the earth.
6:8Then he called to me, and spoke to me,
saying, "Behold, those who go toward the
north country have quieted my spirit in the
north country."
6:9The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
6:10"Take of themo f the captivity, even of
Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah; and come
the same day, and go into the house of Josiah
the son of Zephaniah, where they have come
fromBa bylon. 6:11Yes, take silver and gold,
and make crowns, and set them on the head
of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest;
6:12and speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh
of Armies, "Behold, the man whose name
is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his
place; and he shall build the temple of Yahweh;
6:13even he shall build the temple of Yahweh;
and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and
rule on his throne; and he shall be a priest on
his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be
a5:6 An ephah is a measure of volume of about 22 litres, 5.8 U. S. gallons, 4.8 imperial gallons, or a bit more
than half a bushel.
b5:7 A talent is a weight of about 34 kilograms or 75 pounds.
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between thembo th. 6:14The crowns shall be
to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and
to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial
in the tem ple of Yahweh. 6:15Those who are
far off shall come and build in the temple of
Yahweh; and you shall know that Yahweh of
Armies has sent me to you. This will happen,
if you will diligently obey the voice of Yahweh
your God."'"
7:1It happened in the fourth year of king
Darius that the word of Yahweh came to
Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month,
the month of Chislev. 7:2The people of Bethel
sent Sharezer and RegemMelec h, and their
men, to entreat Yahweh's favor, 7:3and to speak
to the priests of the house of Yahweh of Armies,
and to the prophets, saying, "Should I weep
in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have
done these so many years?"
7:4Then the word of Yahweh of Armies came
to me, saying, 7:5"Speak to all the people of
the land, and to the priests, saying, 'When
you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the
seventh month for these seventy years, did you
at all fast to me, really to me? 7:6When you
eat, and when you drink, don't you eat for
yourselves, and drink for yourselves? 7:7Aren't
these the words which Yahweh proclaimed by
the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited
and in prosperity, and its cities around
her, and the South and the lowland were
inhabited?'"
7:8The word of Yahweh came to Zechariah,
saying, 7:9"Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken,
saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show
kindness and compassion every man to his
brother. 7:10Don't oppress the widow, nor the
fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let
none of you devise evil against his brother
in your heart.' 7:11But they refused to listen,
and turned their backs, and stopped their ears,
that they might not hear. 7:12Yes, they made
their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might
hear the law, and the words which Yahweh of
Armies had sent by his Spirit by the former
prophets. Therefore great wrath came from
Yahweh of Armies. 7:13It has come to pass that,
as he called, and they refused to listen, so they
will call, and I will not listen," said Yahweh
of Armies; 7:14"but I will scatter themwi th a
whirlwind among all the nations which they
have not known. Thus the land was desolate
after them, so that no man passed through
nor returned: for they made the pleasant land
desolate."
8:1The word of Yahweh of Armies came to
me. 8:2Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "I am
jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am
jealous for her with great wrath."
8:3Thus says Yahweh: "I have returned to
Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.
Jerusalemsh all be called 'The City of Truth;'
and the mountain of Yahweh of Armies, 'The
Holy Mountain.'"
8:4Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "Old men
and old women will again dwell in the streets
of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his
hand for very age. 8:5The streets of the city will
be full of boys and girls playing in its streets."
8:6Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "If it is marvelous
in the eyes of the remnant of this people
in those days, should it also be marvelous in
my eyes?" says Yahweh of Armies.
8:7Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "Behold, I
will save my people from the east country, and
fromt he west country; 8:8and I will bring them,
and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem;
and they will be my people, and I will be their
God, in truth and in righteousness."
8:9Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "Let your
hands be strong, you who hear in these days
these words fromt he mouth of the prophets
who were in the day that the foundation of the
house of Yahweh of Armies was laid, even the
temple, that it might be built. 8:10For before
those days there was no wages for man, nor
any wages for an animal; neither was there any
peace to himwho went out or came in, because
of the adversary. For I set all men everyone
against his neighbor. 8:11But now I will not be
to the remnant of this people as in the former
days," says Yahweh of Armies. 8:12"For the
seed of peace and the vine will yield its fruit,
and the ground will give its increase, and the
heavens will give their dew; and I will cause
the remnant of this people to inherit all these
things. 8:13It shall come to pass that, as you
were a curse among the nations, house of Judah
and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you
shall be a blessing. Don't be afraid. Let your
hands be strong."
8:14For thus says Yahweh of Armies: "As
I thought to do evil to you, when your fathers
provoked me to wrath," says Yahweh of
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Armies, "and I didn't repent; 8:15so again have
I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem
and to the house of Judah. Don't be afraid.
8:16These are the things that you shall do: speak
every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute
the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,
8:17and let none of you devise evil in your
hearts against his neighbor, and love no false
oath: for all these are things that I hate," says
Yahweh.
8:18The word of Yahweh of Armies came to
me. 8:19Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "The
fasts of the fourth fifth, seventh, and tenth
months shall be for the house of Judah joy and
gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love
truth and peace."
8:20Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "Many
peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will
yet come; 8:21and the inhabitants of one shall go
to another, saying, 'Let us go speedily to entreat
the favor of Yahweh, and to seek Yahweh of
Armies. I will go also.' 8:22Yes, many peoples
and strong nations will come to seek Yahweh of
Armies in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of
Yahweh." 8:23Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "In
those days, ten men will take hold, out of all the
languages of the nations, they will take hold of
the skirt of himw ho is a Jew, saying, 'We will
go with you, forwe have heard that God iswith
you.'"
9:1An oracle.
The word of Yahweh is against the land of
Hadrach,
and will rest upon Damascus;
for the eye of man
and of all the tribes of Israel is toward
Yahweh;
9:2and Hamath, also, which borders on it;
Tyre and Sidon, because they are very
wise.
9:3Tyre built herself a stronghold,
and heaped up silver like the dust,
and fine gold like the mire of the streets.
9:4Behold, the Lord will dispossess her,
and he will strike her power in the sea;
and she will be devoured with fire.
9:5Ashkelon will see it, and fear;
Gaza also, and will writhe in agony;
as will Ekron, for her expectation will be
disappointed;
and the king will perish fromGaza,
and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
9:6Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod,
and I will cut off the pride of the
Philistines.
9:7I will take away his blood out of his mouth,
and his abominations from between his
teeth;
and he also will be a remnant for our God;
and he will be as a chieftain in Judah,
and Ekron as a Jebusite.
9:8I will encamp around my house against the
army,
that none pass through or return;
and no oppressor will pass through them
any more:
for now I have seen with my eyes.
9:9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion!
Shout, daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king comes to you!
He is righteous, and having salvation;
lowly, and riding on a donkey,
even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
9:10I will cut off the chariot fromEph raim,
and the horse fromJ erusalem;
and the battle bow will be cut off;
and he will speak peace to the nations:
and his dominion will be from sea to sea,
and fromthe River to the ends of the
earth.
9:11As for you also,
because of the blood of your covenant,
I have set free your prisoners fromt he pit
in which is no water.
9:12Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of
hope!
Even today I declare that I will restore
double to you.
9:13For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me.
I have filled the bow with Ephraim;
and I will stir up your sons, Zion,
against your sons, Greece,
and will make you like the sword of a
mighty man.
9:14Yahweh will be seen over them;
and his arrow will go flash like lightning;
and the Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet,
and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
9:15Yahweh of Armies will defend them;
and they will destroy and overcome with
sling stones;
and they will drink, and roar as through
wine;
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and they will be filled like bowls,
like the corners of the altar.
9:16Yahweh their God will save themi n that
day as the flock of his people;
for they are like the jewels of a crown,
lifted on high over his land.
9:17For how great is his goodness,
and how great is his beauty!
Grain will make the young men flourish,
and new wine the virgins.
10:1Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time,
Yahweh who makes storm clouds,
and he gives rain showers to everyone for
the plants in the field.
10:2For the teraphimhave spoken vanity,
and the diviners have seen a lie;
and they have told false dreams.
They comfort in vain.
Therefore they go their way like sheep.
They are oppressed, because there is no
shepherd.
10:3My anger is kindled against the shepherds,
and I will punish the male goats;
For Yahweh of Armies has visited his
flock, the house of Judah,
and will make them as his majestic horse
in the battle.
10:4Fromh imwill come forth the cornerstone,
fromhimthe nail,
fromhimthe battle bow,
fromh imevery ruler together.
10:5They shall be as mighty men,
treading down muddy streets in the battle;
and they shall fight, because Yahweh is
with them;
and the riders on horses will be confounded.
10:6"I will strengthen the house of Judah,
and I will save the house of Joseph,
and I will bring themb ack;
for I have mercy on them;
and they will be as though I had not cast
themo ff:
for I amYahweh their God, and Iwill hear
them.
10:7Ephraim will be like a mighty man,
and their heart will rejoice as through
wine;
yes, their children will see it, and rejoice.
Their heart will be glad in Yahweh.
10:8I will signal for them, and gather them;
for I have redeemed them;
and they will increase as they have increased.
10:9I will sow themamong the peoples;
and they will remember me in far countries;
and they will live with their children, and
will return.
10:10I will bring themag ain also out of the land
of Egypt,
and gather themo ut of Assyria;
and I will bring themin to the land of Gilead
and Lebanon;
and there won't be roomen ough for
them.
10:11He will pass through the sea of affliction,
and will strike the waves in the sea,
and all the depths of the Nile will dry up;
and the pride of Assyria will be brought
down,
and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
10:12I will strengthen themin Yahweh;
and they will walk up and down in his
name," says Yahweh.
11:1Open your doors, Lebanon,
that the fire may devour your cedars.
11:2Wail, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen,
because the stately ones are destroyed.
Wail, you oaks of Bashan,
for the strong forest has come down.
11:3A voice of the wailing of the shepherds!
For their glory is destroyed: a voice of the
roaring of young lions!
For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.
11:4Thus says Yahweh my God: "Feed the
flock of slaughter. 11:5Their buyers slaughter
them, and go unpunished. Those who sell them
say, 'Blessed be Yahweh, for I amric h;' and
their own shepherds don't pity them. 11:6For
I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,"
says Yahweh; "but, behold, I will deliver the
men everyone into his neighbor's hand, and
into the hand of his king. They will strike the
land, and out of their hand I will not deliver
them."
11:7So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially
the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two
staffs. The one I called "Favor," and the other I
called "Union," and I fed the flock. 11:8I cut off
the three shepherds in one month; for my soul
was weary of them, and their soul also loathed
me. 11:9Then I said, "I will not feed you. That
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which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut
off, let it be cut off; and let those who are left eat
each other's flesh." 11:10I took my staff Favor,
and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant
that I had made with all the peoples. 11:11It was
broken in that day; and thus the poor of the
flock that listened to me knew that it was the
word of Yahweh. 11:12I said to them ,"If you
think it best, give me my wages; and if not,
keep them." So they weighed for my wages
thirty pieces of silver. 11:13Yahweh said to me,
"Throw it to the potter, the handsome price that
I was valued at by them!" I took the thirty
pieces of silver, and threw themto the potter,
in the house of Yahweh. 11:14Then I cut apart
my other staff, even Union, that I might break
the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
11:15Yahweh said to me, "Take for yourself
yet again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
11:16For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in
the land, who will not visit those who are cut
off, neither will seek those who are scattered,
nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that
which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the
fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.
11:17Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves
the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and
on his right eye. His armw ill be completely
withered, and his right eye will be totally
blinded!"
12:1An oracle. The word of Yahweh concerning
Israel. Yahweh, who stretches out the
heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth,
and forms the spirit of man within him says:
12:2"Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of
reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and
on Judah also will it be in the siege against
Jerusalem. 12:3It will happen in that day, that
I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for
all the peoples. All who burden themselves
with it will be severely wounded, and all the
nations of the earth will be gathered together
against it. 12:4In that day," says Yahweh, "I
will strike every horse with terror, and his
rider with madness; and I will open my eyes
on the house of Judah, and will strike every
horse of the peoples with blindness. 12:5The
chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, 'The
inhabitants of Jerusalemare my strength in
Yahweh of Armies their God.' 12:6In that day
I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan
of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch
among sheaves; and they will devour all the
surrounding peoples, on the right hand and on
the left; and Jerusalemwi ll yet again dwell in
their own place, even in Jerusalem. 12:7Yahweh
also will save the tents of Judah first, that the
glory of the house of David and the glory of
the inhabitants of Jerusalemno t be magnified
above Judah. 12:8In that day Yahweh will
defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He who
is feeble among them at that day will be like
David, and the house of Davidwill be like God,
like the angel of Yahweh before them. 12:9Itwill
happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy
all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
12:10I will pour on the house of David, and on
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace
and of supplication; and they will look to mec
whomthe y have pierced; and they shallmourn
for him, as one mourns for his only son, and
will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for
his firstborn. 12:11In that day there will be a
great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning
of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
12:12The land will 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; 12:13the
family of the house of Levi apart, and their
wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart,
and their wives apart; 12:14all the families who
remain, every family apart, and their wives
apart.
13:1"In that day therewill be a spring opened
to the house of David and to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. 13:2It
will come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of
Armies, that I will cut off the names of the idols
out of the land, and they will be remembered
no more. I will also cause the prophets and the
spirit of impurity to pass out of the land. 13:3It
will happen that, when anyone still prophesies,
then his father and his mother who bore him
will tell him, 'You must die, because you speak
lies in the name of Yahweh;' and his father and
his mother who bore him will stab him when
he prophesies. 13:4It will happen in that day,
that the prophets will each be ashamed of his
c12:10 After "me," the Hebrew has the two letters "Aleph Tav" (the first and last letters of the Hebrew
alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker.
Zechariah 13:5 752 Zechariah 14:21
vision, when he prophesies; neither will they
wear a hairy mantle to deceive: 13:5but he will
say, 'I amno prophet, I ama tiller of the ground;
for I have been made a bondservant from my
youth.' 13:6One will say to him, 'What are these
wounds between your arms?' Then he will
answer, 'Those with which I was wounded in
the house of my friends.'
13:7"Awake, sword, against my shepherd,
and against the man who is close to me,"
says Yahweh of Armies.
"Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be
scattered;
and I will turn my hand against the little
ones.
13:8It shall happen that in all the land," says
Yahweh,
"two parts in it will be cut off and die;
but the third will be left in it.
13:9I will bring the third part into the fire,
and will refine thema s silver is refined,
and will test theml ike gold is tested.
They will call on my name, and I will hear
them.
I will say, 'It is my people;'
and they will say, 'Yahweh is my God.'"
14:1Behold, a day of Yahweh comes, when
your spoil will be divided in your midst.
14:2For I will gather all nations against
Jerusalemto battle; and the city will be taken,
the houses rifled, and the women ravished.
Half of the city will go out into captivity, and
the rest of the people will not be cut off from
the city. 14:3Then Yahweh will go out and fight
against those nations, as when he fought in the
day of battle. 14:4His feet will stand in that
day on the Mount of Olives, which is before
Jerusalemo n the east; and the Mount of Olives
will be split in two, fromea st to west, making
a very great valley. Half of the mountain will
move toward the north, and half of it toward
the south. 14:5You shall flee by the valley of
my mountains; for the valley of the mountains
shall reach to Azel; yes, you shall flee, just like
you fled frombe fore the earthquake in the days
of Uzziah king of Judah. Yahweh my God will
come, and all the holy ones with you. 14:6It will
happen in that day, that there will not be light,
cold, or frost. 14:7It will be a unique day which
is known to Yahweh; not day, and not night; but
it will come to pass, that at evening time there
will be light.
14:8It will happen in that day, that living
waters will go out fromJer usalem; half of them
toward the eastern sea, and half of themto ward
the western sea; in summer and in winter will
it be.
14:9Yahweh will be King over all the earth.
In that day Yahweh will be one, and his
name one. 14:10All the land will be made like
the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of
Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up, and will
dwell in her place, fromB enjamin's gate to
the place of the first gate, to the corner gate,
and fromthe tower of Hananel to the king's
winepresses. 14:11Men will dwell therein, and
there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem
will dwell safely. 14:12This will be the plague
with which Yahweh will strike all the peoples
who have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh
will consume away while they stand on their
feet, and their eyes will consume away in their
sockets, and their tongue will consume away
in their mouth. 14:13It will happen in that day,
that a great panic fromYahweh will be among
them; and they will lay hold everyone on the
hand of his neighbor, and his hand will rise up
against the hand of his neighbor. 14:14Judah
also will fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of
all the surrounding nations will be gathered
together: gold, and silver, and clothing, in great
abundance.
14:15So will be the plague of the horse, of
the mule, of the camel, and of the donkey,
and of all the animals that will be in those
camps, as that plague. 14:16It will happen that
everyone who is left of all the nations that
came against Jerusalemw ill go up fromyea r to
year to worship the King, Yahweh of Armies,
and to keep the feast of tents. 14:17It will be,
that whoever of all the families of the earth
doesn't go up to Jerusalemto worship the King,
Yahweh of Armies, on them there will be no
rain. 14:18If the family of Egypt doesn't go up,
and doesn't come, neither will it rain on them.
Thiswill be the plague withwhich Yahweh will
strike the nations that don't go up to keep the
feast of tents. 14:19This will be the punishment
of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations
that don't go up to keep the feast of tents.
14:20In that day there will be on the bells of the
horses, "HOLY TO YAHWEH;" and the pots in
Yahweh's house will be like the bowls before
the altar. 14:21Yes, every pot in Jerusalema nd in
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Judahwill be holy to Yahweh of Armies; and all
those who sacrifice will come and take of them,
and cook in them. In that day there will no
longer be a Canaanite in the house of Yahweh
of Armies.
Malachi
1:1An oracle: the word of Yahweh to Israel
by Malachi.
1:2"I have loved you," says Yahweh.
Yet you say, "How have you loved us?"
"Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?" says Yahweh,
"Yet I loved Jacob; 1:3but Esau I hated,
and made his mountains a desolation, and gave
his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness."
1:4Whereas Edomsa ys, "We are beaten down,
but we will return and build the waste places;"
thus says Yahweh of Armies, "They shall build,
but I will throw down; and men will call them
'The Wicked Land,' even the people against
whomYahweh shows wrath forever."
1:5Your eyes will see, and you will say,
"Yahweh is great even beyond the border of
Israel!"
1:6"A son honors his father, and a servant
his master. If I am a father, then where is my
honor? And if I ama master, where is the
respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to
you, priests, who despise my name. You say,
'How have we despised your name?' 1:7You
offer polluted bread on my altar. You say,
'How have we polluted you?' In that you say,
'Yahweh's table contemptible.' 1:8When you
offer the blind for sacrifice, isn't that evil? And
when you offer the lame and sick, isn't that
evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he
be pleased with you? Or will he accept your
person?" says Yahweh of Armies.
1:9"Now, please entreat the favor of God,
that he may be gracious to us. With this, will
he accept any of you?" says Yahweh of Armies.
1:10"Oh that there were one among you
who would shut the doors, that you might
not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have
no pleasure in you," says Yahweh of Armies,
"neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
1:11For fromt he rising of the sun even to the
going down of the same, my name is great
among the nations, and in every place incense
will be offered to my name, and a pure offering:
for my name is great among the nations," says
Yahweh of Armies. 1:12"But you profane it, in
that you say, 'Yahweh's table is polluted, and
its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.' 1:13You
say also, 'Behold, what a weariness it is!' and
you have sniffed at it," says Yahweh of Armies;
"and you have brought that which was taken
by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you
bring the offering. Should I accept this at your
hand?" says Yahweh.
1:14"But the deceiver is cursed, who has in
his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to
the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great
King," says Yahweh of Armies, "and my name
is awesome among the nations."
2:1"Now, you priests, this commandment is
for you. 2:2If you will not listen, and if you
will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my
name," says Yahweh of Armies, "then will I
send the curse on you, and I will curse your
blessings. Indeed, I have cursed thema lready,
because you do not lay it to heart. 2:3Behold,
I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung
on your faces, even the dung of your feasts;
and you will be taken away with it. 2:4You
will know that I have sent this commandment
to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,"
says Yahweh of Armies. 2:5"My covenant was
with himo f life and peace; and I gave them
to him who he might be reverent toward me;
and he was reverent toward me, and stood
in awe of my name. 2:6The law of truth was
in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not
found in his lips. He walked with me in peace
and uprightness, and turned many away from
iniquity. 2:7For the priest's lips should keep
knowledge, and they should seek the law at his
mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of
Armies. 2:8But you have turned aside out of
the way. You have caused many to stumble in
the law. You have corrupted the covenant of
Levi," says Yahweh of Armies. 2:9"Therefore
I have also made you contemptible and base
before all the people, according to the way you
have not kept my ways, but have had respect
for persons in the law. 2:10Don't we all have
one father? Hasn't one God created us? Why
do we deal treacherously every man against
his brother, profaning the covenant of our
fathers? 2:11Judah has dealt treacherously, and
an abomination is committed in Israel and in
Malachi 2:12 754 Malachi 4:3
Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness
of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the
daughter of a foreign god. 2:12Yahweh will cut
off, to the man who does this, him who wakes
and himwho answers, out of the tents of Jacob,
and himw ho offers an offering to Yahweh of
Armies. 2:13This again you do: you cover
the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping,
and with sighing, because he doesn't regard
the offering any more, neither receives it with
good will at your hand. 2:14Yet you say, 'Why?'
Because Yahweh has beenwitness between you
and the wife of your youth, against whomy ou
have dealt treacherously, though she is your
companion, and the wife of your covenant.
2:15Did he not make one, although he had the
residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a
godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit,
and let none deal treacherously against the wife
of his youth. 2:16For I hate divorce," says Yahweh,
the God of Israel, "and himw ho covers
his garment with violence!" says Yahweh of
Armies. "Therefore take heed to your spirit,
that you don't deal treacherously. 2:17You have
wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say,
'How have we wearied him?' In that you say,
'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of
Yahweh, and he delights in them;' or 'Where is
the God of justice?'
3:1"Behold, I send my messenger, and he
will prepare the way before me; and the Lord,
whomyou seek, will suddenly come to his
temple; and the messenger of the covenant,
whomyou desire, behold, he comes!" says
Yahweh of Armies. 3:2"But who can endure
the day of his coming? And who will stand
when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire,
and like launderer's soap; 3:3and he will sit as a
refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify
the sons of Levi, and refine themas gold and
silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings
in righteousness. 3:4Then the offering of Judah
and Jerusalemwill be pleasant to Yahweh, as in
the days of old, and as in ancient years. 3:5I will
come near to you to judgment; and I will be a
swift witness against the sorcerers, and against
the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and
against those who oppress the hireling in his
wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and
who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't
fear me," says Yahweh of Armies. 3:6"For I,
Yahweh, don't change; therefore you, sons of
Jacob, are not consumed. 3:7Fromthe days of
your fathers you have turned aside fromm y
ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to
me, and I will return to you," says Yahweh of
Armies. "But you say, 'How shall we return?'
3:8Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me!
But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In
tithes and offerings. 3:9You are cursed with the
curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
3:10Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse,
that there may be food in my house, and test
me now in this," says Yahweh of Armies, "if I
will not open you the windows of heaven, and
pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be
roomen ough for. 3:11I will rebuke the devourer
for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the
fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine
cast its fruit before its time in the field," says
Yahweh of Armies. 3:12"All nations shall call
you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,"
says Yahweh of Armies.
3:13"Your words have been stout against
me," says Yahweh. "Yet you say, 'What have
we spoken against you?' 3:14You have said,
'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it
that we have followed his instructions, and that
we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of
Armies? 3:15Now we call the proud happy; yes,
those who work wickedness are built up; yes,
they tempt God, and escape.' 3:16Then those
who feared Yahweh spoke one with another;
and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book
of memory was written before him, for those
who feared Yahweh, and who honored his
name. 3:17They shall be mine," says Yahweh
of Armies, "my own possession in the day that
I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares
his own sonwho serves him. 3:18Then you shall
return and discern between the righteous and
the wicked, between himwho serves God and
himwho doesn't serve him.
4:1"For, behold, the day comes, it burns as
a furnace; and all the proud, and all who
work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day
that comes will burn them up," says Yahweh
of Armies, "that it shall leave them neither
root nor branch. 4:2But to you who fear my
name shall the sun of righteousness arise with
healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap
like calves of the stall. 4:3You shall tread down
the wicked; for they will be ashes under the
soles of your feet in the day that I make," says
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Yahweh of Armies.
4:4"Remember the law ofMoses my servant,
which I commanded to him in Horeb for all
Israel, even statutes and ordinances. 4:5Behold,
I will send you Elijah the prophet before the
great and terrible day of Yahweh comes. 4:6He
will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,
and the hearts of the children to their
fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a
curse."
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The Good News
According to Matthew
1:1The book of the genealogy of Jesus
Christa, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
1:2Abrahambe came the father of Isaac. Isaac
became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the
father of Judah and his brothers. 1:3Judah
became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar.
Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron
became the father of Ram. 1:4Ramb ecame the
father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the
father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father
of Salmon. 1:5Salmon became the father of Boaz
by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by
Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse. 1:6Jesse
became the father of David the king. David
became the father of Solomon by her who had
been the wife of Uriah. 1:7Solomon became the
father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the
father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of
Asa. 1:8Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat.
Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram
became the father of Uzziah. 1:9Uzziah became
the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father
of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.
1:10Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh.
Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon
became the father of Josiah. 1:11Josiah became
the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at
the time of the exile to Babylon. 1:12After the
exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father
of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of
Zerubbabel. 1:13Zerubbabel became the father
of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim.
Eliakimb ecame the father of Azor. 1:14Azor
became the father of Sadoc. Sadoc became the
father of Achim. Achim became the father of
Eliud. 1:15Eliud became the father of Eleazar.
Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan
became the father of Jacob. 1:16Jacob became
the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from
whomwas born Jesusb, who is called Christ.
1:17So all the generations fromAbr aham to
David are fourteen generations; fromD avid
to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations;
and fromthe carrying away to Babylon to the
Christ, fourteen generations.
1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like
this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged
to Joseph, before they came together, she was
found pregnant by the Holy Spirit. 1:19Joseph,
her husband, being a righteous man, and not
willing to make her a public example, intended
to put her away secretly. 1:20But when he
thought about these things, behold, an angel of
the Lord appeared to himi n a dream, saying,
"Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take
to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is
conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 1:21She
shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name
Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from
their sins."
1:22Now all this has happened, that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord
through the prophet, saying,
1:23"Behold, the virgin shall be with child,
and shall bring forth a son.
They shall call his name Immanuel;"
which is, being interpreted, "God with
us."c
1:24Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as
the angel of the Lord commanded him, and
took his wife to himself; 1:25and didn't know
her sexually until she had brought forth her
firstborn son. He named him Jesus.
2:1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem
of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold,
wise mend from the east came to Jerusalem,
saying, 2:2"Where is he who is born King of
the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and
have com e to worship him ." 2:3When Herod
the king heard it, he was troubled, and all
Jerusalemw ith him. 2:4Gathering together all
the chief priests and scribes of the people, he
asked themwhe re the Christ would be born.
2:5They said to him, "In Bethlehemof Judea, for
thus it is written through the prophet,
2:6'You Bethlehem, land of Judah,
are in no way least among the princes of
Judah:
for out of you shall come forth a governor,
a1:1 Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ (Greek) both mean "Anointed One"
b1:16 "Jesus" means "Salvation."
c1:23 Isaiah 7:14
d2:1 The word for "wise men" (magoi) can also mean teachers, scientists, physicians, astrologers, seers,
interpreters of dreams, or sorcerers.
Matthew 2:7 757 Matthew 3:10
who shall shepherd my people, Israel.'"e
2:7Then Herod secretly called the wise men,
and learned fromt hem exactly what time the
star appeared. 2:8He sent themto Bethlehem,
and said, "Go and search diligently for the
young child. When you have found him, bring
me word, so that I also may come and worship
him."
2:9They, having heard the king, went their
way; and behold, the star, which they saw
in the east, went before them, until it came
and stood over where the young child was.
2:10When they saw the star, they rejoiced with
exceedingly great joy. 2:11They came into the
house and saw the young child with Mary,
his mother, and they fell down and worshiped
him. Opening their treasures, they
offered to himgift s: gold, frankincense, and
myrrh. 2:12Being warned in a dreamthat they
shouldn't return to Herod, they went back to
their own country another way.
2:13Now when they had departed, behold,
an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a
dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child
and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay
there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the
young child to destroy him."
2:14He arose and took the young child and
his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,
2:15and was there until the death of Herod;
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by
the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of
Egypt I called my son."f
2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was
mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly
angry, and sent out, and killed all the male
children who were in Bethlehema nd in all the
surrounding countryside, fromt wo years old
and under, according to the exact time which
he had learned fromt he wise men. 2:17Then
that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet
was fulfilled, saying,
2:18"A voice was heard in Ramah,
lamentation, weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
she wouldn't be comforted,
because they are no more."g
2:19But when Herod was dead, behold, an
angel of the Lord appeared in a dreamto Joseph
in Egypt, saying, 2:20"Arise and take the young
child and his mother, and go into the land of
Israel, for those who sought the young child's
life are dead."
2:21He arose and took the young child and
his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
2:22But when he heard that Archelaus was
reigning over Judea in the place of his father,
Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned
in a dream, he withdrew into the region of
Galilee, 2:23and came and lived in a city called
Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken through the prophets: "He will be
called a Nazarene."
3:1In those days, John the Baptizer came,
preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
3:2"Repent, for the Kingdomo f Heaven is at
hand!" 3:3For this is he who was spoken of by
Isaiah the prophet, saying,
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
make ready the way of the Lord.
Make his paths straight."h
3:4Now John himself wore clothing made
of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his
waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
3:5Then people fromJer usalem, all of Judea,
and all the region around the Jordan went out
to him. 3:6They were baptizedi by himi n
the Jordan, confessing their sins. 3:7But when
he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees
coming for his baptism,j he said to them, "You
offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee
fromthe wrath to come? 3:8Therefore bring
forth fruit worthy of repentance! 3:9Don't
think to yourselves, 'We have Abrahamf or our
father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up
children to Abrahamf romthese stones.
3:10"Even now the axe lies at the root of
the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't
bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast
e2:6 Micah 5:2
f2:15 Hosea 11:1
g2:18 Jeremiah 31:15
h3:3 Isaiah 40:3
i3:6 or, immersed
j3:7 or, immersion
Matthew 3:11 758 Matthew 4:23
into the fire. 3:11I indeed baptizek you in water
for repentance, but he who comes after me is
mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy
to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.l
3:12His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he
will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He
will gather hiswheat into the barn, but the chaff
he will burn up with unquenchable fire."
3:13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the
Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 3:14But
John would have hindered him, saying, "I need
to be baptized by you, and you come to me?"
3:15But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow
it now, for this is the fitting way for us
to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed
him. 3:16Jesus, when he was baptized, went
up directly fromthe water: and behold, the
heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit
of God descending as a dove, and coming on
him. 3:17Behold, a voice out of the heavens
said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am
well pleased."
4:1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into
the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
4:2When he had fasted forty days and forty
nights, he was hungry afterward. 4:3The
tempter came and said to him, "If you are the
Son of God, command that these stones become
bread."
4:4But he answered, "It is written, 'Man
shall not live by bread alone, but by every
word that proceeds out of the mouth of
God.'"m
4:5Then the devil took himi nto the holy city.
He set himo n the pinnacle of the temple, 4:6and
said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw
yourself down, for it is written, 'He will put his
angels in charge of you.' and,
'On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you don't dash your foot against a
stone.'"n
4:7Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written,
'Yous hall not test the Lord, your God.'"o
4:8Again, the devil took himto an exceedingly
high mountain, and showed him all the
kingdoms of the world, and their glory. 4:9He
said to him, "I will give you all of these things,
if you will fall down and worship me."
4:10Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind
me,p Satan! For it is written, 'Yousha ll
worship the Lord your God, and you shall
serve him only.'"q
4:11Then the devil left him, and behold,
angels came and served him. 4:12Now when
Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he
withdrew into Galilee. 4:13Leaving Nazareth,
he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by
the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
4:14that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
4:15"The land of Zebulun and the land of
Naphtali,
toward the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles,
4:16the people who sat in darkness saw a great
light,
to thosewho sat in the region and shadow
of death,
to theml ight has dawned."r
4:17Fromthat time, Jesus began to preach,
and to say, "Repent! For the Kingdom of
Heaven is at hand."
4:18Walking by the sea of Galilee, hes saw
two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and
Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea;
for they were fishermen. 4:19He said to them,
"Come after me, and I will make youfis hers
for men."
4:20They immediately left their nets and
followed him. 4:21Going on fromt here, he saw
two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee,
and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee
their father, mending their nets. He called
them. 4:22They immediately left the boat and
their father, and followed him.
4:23Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching
in their synagogues, preaching the Good News
k3:11 or, immerse
l3:11 TR and NU add "and with fire"
m4:4 Deuteronomy 8:3
n4:6 Psalm91: 11-12
o4:7 Deuteronomy 6:16
p4:10 TR and NU read "Go away" instead of "Get behind me"
q4:10 Deuteronomy 6:13
r4:16 Isaiah 9:1-2
s4:18 TR reads "Jesus" instead of "he"
Matthew 4:24 759 Matthew 5:25
of the Kingdom, and healing every disease
and every sickness among the people. 4:24The
report about himw ent out into all Syria. They
brought to hima ll who were sick, afflicted
with various diseases and torments, possessed
with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and
he healed them. 4:25Great multitudes from
Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from
beyond the Jordan followed him.
5:1Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto
the mountain. When he had sat down, his
disciples came to him. 5:2He opened his mouth
and taught them, saying,
5:3"Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.t
5:4Blessed are those who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.u
5:5Blessed are the gentle,
for they shall inherit the earth.v
5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst
after righteousness,
for they shall be filled.
5:7Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.
5:8Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they shall see God.
5:9Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called children of God.
5:10Blessed are those who have been persecuted
for righteousness' sake,
for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
5:11"Blessed are youw hen people reproach
you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil
against youfal sely, for my sake. 5:12Rejoice,
and be exceedingly glad, for great is your
reward in heaven. For that is how they
persecuted the prophetswhowere before you.
5:13"Youare the salt of the earth, but if
the salt has lost its flavor, with what will
it be salted? It is then good for nothing,
but to be cast out and trodden under the
feet of men. 5:14Youa re the light of the
world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.
5:15Neither do youlight a lamp, and put it
under ameasuring basket, but on a stand; and
it shines to all who are in the house. 5:16Even
so, let your light shine before men; that they
may see your good works, and glorify your
Father who is in heaven.
5:17"Don't think that I came to destroy the
law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy,
but to fulfill. 5:18For most certainly, I tell
you, until heaven and earth pass away, not
even one smallest letterw or one tiny pen
strokex shall in any way pass away from
the law, until all things are accomplished.
5:19Whoever, therefore, shall break one of
these least commandments, and teach others
to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom
of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach
them shall be called great in the Kingdom of
Heaven. 5:20For I tell youtha t unless your
righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and
Pharisees, there is no way youw ill enter into
the Kingdom of Heaven.
5:21"Youh ave heard that it was said to the
ancient ones, 'Yoush all not murder;'y and
'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of
the judgment.' 5:22But I tell you, that everyone
who is angry with his brother without a
causez shall be in danger of the judgment; and
whoever shall say to his brother, 'Racaa!' shall
be in danger of the council; andwhoever shall
say, 'Youf ool!' shall be in danger of the fire of
Gehenna.b
5:23"If therefore youare offering your gift
at the altar, and there remember that your
brother has anything against you, 5:24leave
your gift there before the altar, and go your
way. First be reconciled to your brother, and
then come and offer your gift. 5:25Agree with
your adversary quickly, while you are with
him in the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor
deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver
youto the officer, and yoube cast into prison.
t5:3 Isaiah 57:15; 66:2
u5:4 Isaiah 61:2; 66:10,13
v5:5 or, land. Psalm37: 11
w5:18 literally, iota
x5:18 or, serif
y5:21 Exodus 20:13
z5:22 NU omits "without a cause".
a5:22 "Raca" is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for "empty" and conveying the idea of emptyheadedness.
b5:22 or, Hell
Matthew 5:26 760 Matthew 6:6
5:26Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no
means get out of there, until you have paid the
last penny.c
5:27"Youh ave heard that it was said, d 'You
shall not commit adultery;'e 5:28but I tell you
that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust
after her has committed adultery with her
already in his heart. 5:29If your right eye
causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw
it away from you. For it is more profitable
for you that one of your members should
perish, than for your whole body to be cast
into Gehenna.f 5:30If your right hand causes
you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away
fromyou. For it is more profitable for you that
one of your members should perish, than for
your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.g
5:31"It was also said, 'Whoever shall put
away his wife, let him give her a writing
of divorce,'h 5:32but I tell you that whoever
puts away his wife, except for the cause of
sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress;
and whoever marries her when she is put
away commits adultery.
5:33"Again youha ve heard that it was said
to them of old time, 'Yous hall not make
false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your
vows,' 5:34but I tell you, don't swear at all:
neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
5:35nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of
his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of
the great King. 5:36Neither shall youswear
by your head, for you can't make one hair
white or black. 5:37But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes'
and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than
these is of the evil one.
5:38"Youh ave heard that it was said, 'An
eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'i 5:39But
I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but
whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn
to him the other also. 5:40If anyone sues you to
take away your coat, let him have your cloak
also. 5:41Whoever compels youto go onemile,
go with him two. 5:42Give to him who asks
you, and don't turn away him who desires to
borrow from you.
5:43"Youh ave heard that it was said, 'You
shall love your neighbor,j and hate your enemy.
k' 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies,
bless those who curse you, do good to those
who hate you, and pray for those whomistreat
you and persecute you, 5:45that youm ay be
children of your Father who is in heaven.
For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and
the good, and sends rain on the just and the
unjust. 5:46For if youlove those who love
you, what reward do you have? Don't even
the tax collectors do the same? 5:47If youonly
greet your friends, what more do you do than
others? Don't even the tax collectors do the
same? 5:48Therefore yoush all be perfect, just
as your Father in heaven is perfect.
6:1"Be careful that you don't do your charitable
giving before men, to be seen by them,
or else youha ve no reward from your Father
who is in heaven. 6:2Therefore when you
do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet
before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the
synagogues and in the streets, that they may
get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you,
they have received their reward. 6:3But when
you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand
know what your right hand does, 6:4so that
your merciful deeds may be in secret, then
your Fatherwho sees in secret will reward you
openly.
6:5"When youpr ay, you shall not be as the
hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray
in the synagogues and in the corners of the
streets, that they may be seen by men. Most
certainly, I tell you, they have received their
reward. 6:6But you, when you pray, enter into
your inner chamber, and having shut your
door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and
your Father who sees in secret will reward
c5:26 literally, kodrantes. A kodrantes was a small copper coin worth about 2 lepta (widow's mites) not
enough to buy very much of anything.
d5:27 TR adds "to the ancients,"
e5:27 Exodus 20:14
f5:29 or, Hell
g5:30 or, Hell
h5:31 Deuteronomy 24:1
i5:38 Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21
j5:43 Leviticus 19:18
k5:43 not in the Bible, but see Qumran Manual of Discipline Ix, 21-26
Matthew 6:7 761 Matthew 7:9
youope nly. 6:7In praying, don't use vain
repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think
that they will be heard for their much speaking.
6:8Therefore don't be like them, for your
Father knows what things youn eed, before
youa sk him. 6:9Pray like this: 'Our Father in
heaven, may your name be kept holy. 6:10Let
yourKingdom come. Let yourwill be done, as
in heaven, so on earth. 6:11Give us today our
daily bread. 6:12Forgive us our debts, as we
also forgive our debtors. 6:13Bring us not into
temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the
glory forever. Amen.l'
6:14"For if youfo rgivemen their trespasses,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
6:15But if you don't forgive men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your
trespasses.
6:16"Moreover when youf ast, don't be like
the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they
disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by
men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you,
they have received their reward. 6:17But you,
when youf ast, anoint your head, and wash
your face; 6:18so that youare not seen by men
to be fasting, but by your Father who is in
secret, and your Father, who sees in secret,
will reward you.
6:19"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves
on the earth, where moth and rust consume,
and where thieves break through and steal;
6:20but lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume,
and where thieves don't break through
and steal; 6:21for where your treasure is, there
your heart will be also.
6:22"The lamp of the body is the eye. If
therefore your eye is sound, your whole body
will be full of light. 6:23But if your eye is evil,
your whole body will be full of darkness. If
therefore the light that is in youis darkness,
how great is the darkness!
6:24"No one can serve two masters, for
either he will hate the one and love the other;
or else he will be devoted to one and despise
the other. Youca n't serve both God and
Mammon. 6:25Therefore, I tell you, don't be
anxious for your life: what you will eat, or
what youw ill drink; nor yet for your body,
what youw ill wear. Isn't life more than food,
and the body more than clothing? 6:26See the
birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither
do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your
heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't youo f
much more value than they?
6:27"Which of you, by being anxious, can
add one momentm to his lifespan? 6:28Why
are you anxious about clothing? Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't
toil, neither do they spin, 6:29yet I tell youtha t
even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed
like one of these. 6:30But if God so clothes
the grass of the field, which today exists, and
tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he
much more clothe you, you of little faith?
6:31"Therefore don't be anxious, saying,
'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or,
'With what will we be clothed?' 6:32For the
Gentiles seek after all these things, for your
heavenly Father knows that youn eed all these
things. 6:33But seek first God's Kingdom, and
his righteousness; and all these things will
be given to youa s well. 6:34Therefore don't
be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will
be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is
sufficient.
7:1"Don't judge, so that you won't be
judged. 7:2For with whatever judgment you
judge, you will be judged; and with whatever
measure you measure, it will be measured to
you. 7:3Why do yousee the speck that is
in your brother's eye, but don't consider the
beam that is in your own eye? 7:4Or how
will youte ll your brother, 'Let me remove the
speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam
is in your own eye? 7:5Youhypocrite ! First
remove the beam out of your own eye, and
then youca n see clearly to remove the speck
out of your brother's eye.
7:6"Don't give that which is holy to the
dogs, neither throw your pearls before the
pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under
their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
7:7"Ask, and itwill be given you. Seek, and
youwill find. Knock, and itwill be opened for
you. 7:8For everyone who asks receives. He
who seeks finds. To himwho knocks itwill be
opened. 7:9Or who is there among you, who,
l6:13 NU omits "For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen."
m6:27 literally, cubit
Matthew 7:10 762 Matthew 8:17
if his son asks him for bread, will give him
a stone? 7:10Or if he asks for a fish, who will
give him a serpent? 7:11If yout hen, being evil,
know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your Father who is in
heaven give good things to those who ask
him! 7:12Therefore whatever youde sire for
men to do to you ,you shall also do to them;
for this is the law and the prophets.
7:13"Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide
is the gate and broad is the way that leads
to destruction, and many are those who enter
in by it. 7:14Hown narrow is the gate, and
restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are
those who find it.
7:15"Beware of false prophets, who come
to youin sheep's clothing, but inwardly are
ravening wolves. 7:16By their fruits you will
know them. Do youga ther grapes from
thorns, or figs from thistles? 7:17Even so, every
good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt
tree produces evil fruit. 7:18A good tree can't
produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree
produce good fruit. 7:19Every tree that doesn't
grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into
the fire. 7:20Therefore, by their fruits you will
know them. 7:21Not everyone who says to
me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom
of Heaven; but he who does the will of my
Father who is in heaven. 7:22Many will tellme
in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy
in your name, in your name cast out demons,
and in your name do many mighty works?'
7:23Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you.
Depart from me, youw ho work iniquity.'
7:24"Everyone therefore who hears these
words of mine, and does them, I will liken
him to a wise man, who built his house on
a rock. 7:25The rain came down, the floods
came, and the winds blew, and beat on that
house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on
the rock. 7:26Everyone who hears these words
of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a
foolish man, who built his house on the sand.
7:27The rain came down, the floods came, and
the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it
fell and great was its fall."
7:28It happened, when Jesus had finished
saying these things, that the multitudes were
astonished at his teaching, 7:29for he taught
themwi th authority, and not like the scribes.
8:1When he came down from the mountain,
great multitudes followed him. 8:2Behold, a
leper came to him and worshiped him, saying,
"Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
8:3Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched
him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean."
Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 8:4Jesus
said to him, "See that youte ll nobody, but
go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the
gift thatMoses commanded, as a testimony to
them."
8:5When he came into Capernaum, a centurion
came to him, asking him, 8:6and saying,
"Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed,
grievously tormented."
8:7Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal
him."
8:8The centurion answered, "Lord, I'mn ot
worthy for you to come under my roof. Just
say the word, and my servant will be healed.
8:9For I amal so aman under authority, having
under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go,' and
he goes; and tell another, 'Come,' and he comes;
and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
8:10When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and
said to those who followed, "Most certainly I
tell you, I haven't found so great a faith, not
even in Israel. 8:11I tell youtha t many will
come from the east and the west, and will
sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in
the Kingdom of Heaven, 8:12but the children
of the Kingdom will be thrown out into
the outer darkness. There will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth." 8:13Jesus said to the
centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done for
youa s you have believed." His servant was
healed in that hour.
8:14When Jesus came into Peter's house, he
saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever.
8:15He touched her hand, and the fever left her.
She got up and served him.o 8:16When evening
came, they brought to him many possessed
with demons. He cast out the spirits with a
word, and healed all who were sick; 8:17that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken through
Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He took our
n7:14 TR reads "Because" instead of "How"
o8:15 TR reads "them" instead of "him"
Matthew 8:18 763 Matthew 9:17
infirmities, and bore our diseases."p 8:18Now
when Jesus saw great multitudes around him,
he gave the order to depart to the other side.
8:19A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher,
I will follow you wherever you go."
8:20Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes,
and the birds of the sky have nests, but the
Son ofMan has nowhere to lay his head."
8:21Another of his disciples said to him,
"Lord, allowme first to go and bury my father."
8:22But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and
leave the dead to bury their own dead."
8:23When he got into a boat, his disciples
followed him. 8:24Behold, a violent stormc ame
up on the sea, so much that the boat was
covered with the waves, but he was asleep.
8:25They came to him, and woke him up,
saying, "Save us, Lord!We are dying!"
8:26He said to them, "Why are youfearfu l,
O youof little faith?" Then he got up, rebuked
the wind and the sea, and there was a great
calm.
8:27The men marveled, saying, "What kind
of man is this, that even the wind and the sea
obey him?"
8:28When he came to the other side, into
the country of the Gergesenes,q two people
possessed by demons met him there, coming
out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that
nobody could pass that way. 8:29Behold, they
cried out, saying, "What do we have to do with
you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here
to torment us before the time?" 8:30Now there
was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from
them. 8:31The demons begged him, saying, "If
you cast us out, permit us to go away into the
herd of pigs."
8:32He said to them, "Go!"
They came out, and went into the herd
of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs
rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in
the water. 8:33Those who fed themfl ed, and
went away into the city, and told everything,
including what happened to those who were
possessed with demons. 8:34Behold, all the city
came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him,
they begged that he would depart fromt heir
borders.
9:1He entered into a boat, and crossed over,
and came into his own city. 9:2Behold, they
brought to hima man who was paralyzed,
lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said
to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up! Your sins are
forgiven you."
9:3Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves,
"This man blasphemes."
9:4Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said,
"Why do youthink evil in your hearts? 9:5For
which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven;'
or to say, 'Get up, and walk?' 9:6But that you
may know that the Son of Man has authority
on earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the
paralytic), "Get up, and take up your mat, and
go up to your house."
9:7He arose and departed to his house.
9:8But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled
and glorified God, who had given such
authority to men.
9:9As Jesus passed by fromt here, he saw a
man calledMatthew sitting at the tax collection
office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got
up and followed him. 9:10It happened as he sat
in the house, behold, many tax collectors and
sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his
disciples. 9:11When the Pharisees saw it, they
said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher
eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
9:12When Jesus heard it, he said to them,
"Those who are healthy have no need for a
physician, but those who are sick do. 9:13But
youg o and learn what this means: 'I desire
mercy, and not sacrifice,'r for I came not to call
the righteous, but sinners to repentance.s"
9:14Then John's disciples came to him, saying,
"Why do we and the Pharisees fast often,
but your disciples don't fast?"
9:15Jesus said to them, "Can the friends
of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the
bridegroom is with them? But the days will
come when the bridegroom will be taken
away from them, and then they will fast.
9:16No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on
an old garment; for the patch would tear away
from the garment, and a worse hole is made.
9:17Neither do people put new wine into old
p8:17 Isaiah 53:4
q8:28 NU reads "Gadarenes"
r9:13 Hosea 6:6
s9:13 NU omits "to repentance".
Matthew 9:18 764 Matthew 10:15
wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and
the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No,
they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and
both are preserved."
9:18While he told these things to them, behold,
a ruler came and worshiped him, saying,
"My daughter has just died, but come and lay
your hand on her, and she will live."
9:19Jesus got up and followed him, as did
his disciples. 9:20Behold, a woman who had
an issue of blood for twelve years came behind
him, and touched the fringet of his garment;
9:21for she said within herself, "If I just touch
his garment, I will be made well."
9:22But Jesus, turning around and seeing her,
said, "Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has
made youw ell." And the woman was made
well fromthat hour.
9:23When Jesus came into the ruler's house,
and saw the flute players, and the crowd in
noisy disorder, 9:24he said to them, "Make
room, because the girl isn't dead, but sleeping."
They were ridiculing him. 9:25But when the
crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by
the hand, and the girl arose. 9:26The report of
this went out into all that land. 9:27As Jesus
passed by fromt here, two blind men followed
him, calling out and saying, "Have mercy on
us, son of David!"
9:28When he had come into the house, the
blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do
yoube lieve that I am able to do this?"
They told him, "Yes, Lord."
9:29Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According
to your faith be it done to you."
9:30Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly
commanded them, saying, "See that no one
knows about this." 9:31But they went out and
spread abroad his fame in all that land.
9:32As they went out, behold, a mute man
who was demon possessedwas brought to him.
9:33When the demon was cast out, the mute
man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying,
"Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!"
9:34But the Pharisees said, "By the prince of
the demons, he casts out demons."
9:35Jesus went about all the cities and the
villages, teaching in their synagogues, and
preaching the Good News of the Kingdom,
and healing every disease and every sickness
among the people. 9:36But when he saw the
multitudes, he was moved with compassion for
them, because they were harassedu and scattered,
like sheep without a shepherd. 9:37Then
he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed
is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 9:38Pray
therefore that the Lord of the harvest will
send out laborers into his harvest."
10:1He called to himself his twelve disciples,
and gave themautho rity over unclean spirits,
to cast themo ut, and to heal every disease
and every sickness. 10:2Now the names of the
twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who
is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the
son of Zebedee; John, his brother; 10:3Philip;
Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector;
James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus,
whose surname wasv Thaddaeus; 10:4Simon
the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also
betrayed him.
10:5Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded
them, saying, "Don't go among the
Gentiles, and don't enter into any city of the
Samaritans. 10:6Rather, go to the lost sheep
of the house of Israel. 10:7As yougo, preach,
saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!'
10:8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepersw, and cast
out demons. Freely you received, so freely
give. 10:9Don't take any gold, nor silver, nor
brass in your money belts. 10:10Take no bag
for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes,
nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his
food. 10:11Into whatever city or village you
enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay
there until you go on. 10:12As youe nter into
the household, greet it. 10:13If the household
is worthy, let your peace come on it, but
if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to
you. 10:14Whoever doesn't receive you, nor
hear your words, as you go out of that house
or that city, shake off the dust from your
feet. 10:15Most certainly I tell you, it will
be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and
Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for
that city.
t9:20 or, tassel
u9:36 TR reads "weary" instead of "harassed"
v10:3 NU omits "Lebbaeus, whose surname was"
w10:8 TR adds ", raise the dead"
Matthew 10:16 765 Matthew 11:8
10:16"Behold, I send youo ut as sheep in
the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as
serpents, and harmless as doves. 10:17But
beware of men: for they will deliver youu p
to councils, and in their synagogues they will
scourge you. 10:18Yes, and youw ill be brought
before governors and kings for my sake, for a
testimony to them and to the nations. 10:19But
when they deliver you up, don't be anxious
how or what youw ill say, for it will be given
youin that hour what youwill say. 10:20For it
is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your
Father who speaks in you.
10:21"Brother will deliver up brother to
death, and the father his child. Children will
rise up against parents, and cause them to be
put to death. 10:22Youwill be hated by all
men for my name's sake, but he who endures
to the end will be saved. 10:23But when they
persecute you in this city, flee into the next,
for most certainly I tell you, you will not have
gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son
of Man has come.
10:24"A disciple is not above his teacher,
nor a servant above his lord. 10:25It is enough
for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and
the servant like his lord. If they have called
the master of the house Beelzebul, how much
more those of his household! 10:26Therefore
don't be afraid of them, for there is nothing
covered that will not be revealed; and hidden
that will not be known. 10:27What I tell you
in the darkness, speak in the light; and what
youh ear whispered in the ear, proclaimon the
housetops. 10:28Don't be afraid of those who
kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul.
Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both
soul and body in Gehenna.x
10:29"Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion
coiny? Not one of them falls on the
ground apart from your Father's will, 10:30but
the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
10:31Therefore don't be afraid. Youa re ofmore
value than many sparrows. 10:32Everyone
therefore who confesses me before men, him
I will also confess before my Father who is in
heaven. 10:33But whoever denies me before
men, him I will also deny before my Father
who is in heaven.
10:34"Don't think that I came to send peace
on the earth. I didn't come to send peace,
but a sword. 10:35For I came to set a man at
odds against his father, and a daughter against
her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her
mother-in-law. 10:36A man's foes will be those
of his own household.z 10:37He who loves
father or mother more than me is not worthy
of me; and he who loves son or daughter
more than me isn't worthy of me. 10:38He
who doesn't take his cross and follow after
me, isn't worthy of me. 10:39He who seeks
his life will lose it; and he who loses his
life for my sake will find it. 10:40He who
receives yourecei ves me, and he who receives
me receives him who sent me. 10:41He who
receives a prophet in the name of a prophet
will receive a prophet's reward: and he who
receives a righteous man in the name of a
righteous man will receive a righteous man's
reward. 10:42Whoever gives one of these little
ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the
name of a disciple,most certainly I tell youhe
will in no way lose his reward."
11:1It happened that when Jesus had finished
directing his twelve disciples, he departed
fromthe re to teach and preach in their cities.
11:2Now when John heard in the prison the
works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples
11:3and said to him, "Are you he who comes,
or should we look for another?"
11:4Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John
the things which youh ear and see: 11:5the
blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the
lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear,a the dead
are raised up, and the poor have good news
preached to them.b 11:6Blessed is he who finds
no occasion for stumbling in me."
11:7As these went their way, Jesus began to
say to the multitudes concerning John, "What
did yougo out into the wilderness to see? A
reed shaken by the wind? 11:8But what did
yougo out to see? A man in soft clothing?
x10:28 or, Hell.
y10:29 An assarion is a small coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius (approximately
the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor).
z10:36 Micah 7:6
a11:5 Isaiah 35:5
b11:5 Isaiah 61:1-4
Matthew 11:9 766 Matthew 12:11
Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in
king's houses. 11:9But why did you go out?
To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much
more than a prophet. 11:10For this is he,
of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my
messenger before your face, who will prepare
your way before you.'c 11:11Most certainly
I tell you, among those who are born of
women there has not arisen anyone greater
than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least
in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
11:12From the days of John the Baptizer until
now, theKingdomof Heaven suffers violence,
and the violent take it by force.d 11:13For all
the prophets and the law prophesied until
John. 11:14If youa re willing to receive it, this
is Elijah, who is to come. 11:15He who has ears
to hear, let him hear.
11:16"But to what shall I compare this generation?
It is like children sitting in the
marketplaces, who call to their companions
11:17and say, 'We played the flute for you, and
you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and
youdidn' t lament.' 11:18For John came neither
eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a
demon.' 11:19The Son of Man came eating and
drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous
man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors
and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her
children.e"
11:20Then he began to denounce the cities
in which most of his mighty works had been
done, because they didn't repent. 11:21"Woe
to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
For if the mighty works had been done in
Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they
would have repented long ago in sackcloth
and ashes. 11:22But I tell you, it will be more
tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of
judgment than for you. 11:23You, Capernaum,
who are exalted to heaven, youwi ll go down
to Hades.f For if the mighty works had been
done in Sodom which were done in you, it
would have remained until this day. 11:24But
I tell youtha t it will be more tolerable for the
land of Sodom, on the day of judgment, than
for you."
11:25At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank
you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that
youhid these things from the wise and understanding,
and revealed them to infants.
11:26Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in
your sight. 11:27All things have been delivered
to me by my Father. No one knows the
Son, except the Father; neither does anyone
know the Father, except the Son, and he to
whom the Son desires to reveal him.
11:28"Come to me, all youwh o labor and
are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from
me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and
you will find rest for your souls. 11:30For my
yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
12:1At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath
day through the grain fields. His discipleswere
hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and
to eat. 12:2But the Pharisees, when they saw it,
said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is
not lawful to do on the Sabbath."
12:3But he said to them, "Haven't youread
what David did, when he was hungry, and
those who were with him; 12:4how he entered
into the house of God, and ate the show
bread, which was not lawful for him to eat,
neither for those who were with him, but
only for the priests?g 12:5Or have younot
read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the
priests in the temple profane the Sabbath,
and are guiltless? 12:6But I tell you that one
greater than the temple is here. 12:7But if
youha d known what this means, 'I desire
mercy, and not sacrifice,'h youw ould not have
condemned the guiltless. 12:8For the Son of
Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
12:9He departed there, and went into their
synagogue. 12:10And behold there was a m an
with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it
lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they
might accuse him.
12:11He said to them, "What man is there
among you, who has one sheep, and if this
one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't
c11:10 Malachi 3:1
d11:12 or, plunder it.
e11:19 NU reads "actions" instead of "children"
f11:23 or, Hell
g12:4 1 Samuel 21:3-6
h12:7 Hosea 6:6
Matthew 12:12 767 Matthew 12:45
he grab on to it, and lift it out? 12:12Of
how much more value then is a man than
a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good
on the Sabbath day." 12:13Then he told the
man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched
it out; and it was restored whole, just like the
other. 12:14But the Pharisees went out, and
conspired against him, how they might destroy
him. 12:15Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew
from there. Great multitudes followed him;
and he healed thema ll, 12:16and commanded
themthat they should not make him known:
12:17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
12:18"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen;
my beloved in whom my soul is well
pleased:
I will put my Spirit on him.
He will proclaimj ustice to the nations.
12:19He will not strive, nor shout;
neither will anyone hear his voice in the
streets.
12:20He won't break a bruised reed.
He won't quench a smoking flax,
until he leads justice to victory.
12:21In his name, the nations will hope."i
12:22Then one possessed by a demon, blind
and mute, was brought to him and he healed
him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke
and saw. 12:23All the multitudes were amazed,
and said, "Can this be the son of David?"
12:24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said,
"This man does not cast out demons, except by
Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."
12:25Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to
them, "Every kingdom divided against itself
is brought to desolation, and every city or
house divided against itself will not stand.
12:26If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided
against himself. How then will his kingdom
stand? 12:27If I by Beelzebul cast out demons,
by whom do your children cast them out?
Therefore they will be your judges. 12:28But
if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons,
then the Kingdom ofGod has come upon you.
12:29Or how can one enter into the house of
the strongman, and plunder his goods, unless
he first bind the strong man? Then he will
plunder his house.
12:30"He who is not with me is against
me, and he who doesn't gather with me,
scatters. 12:31Therefore I tell you, every sin
and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but
the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be
forgiven men. 12:32Whoever speaks a word
against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven
him; but whoever speaks against the Holy
Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in
this age, nor in that which is to come.
12:33"Either make the tree good, and its
fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its
fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its
fruit. 12:34Youof fspring of vipers, how can
you, being evil, speak good things? For out of
the abundance of the heart, themouth speaks.
12:35The good man out of his good treasure
brings out good things, and the evil man out
of his evil treasurej brings out evil things.
12:36I tell yout hat every idle word that men
speak, they will give account of it in the day
of judgment. 12:37For by your words you will
be justified, and by your words you will be
condemned."
12:38Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees
answered, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from
you."
12:39But he answered them, "An evil and
adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but
no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah
the prophet. 12:40For as Jonah was three days
and three nights in the belly of the whale, so
will the Son of Man be three days and three
nights in the heart of the earth. 12:41The men
of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment
with this generation, and will condemn it,
for they repented at the preaching of Jonah;
and behold, someone greater than Jonah is
here. 12:42The queen of the south will rise
up in the judgment with this generation, and
will condemn it, for she came from the ends
of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon;
and behold, someone greater than Solomon
is here. 12:43But the unclean spirit, when
he is gone out of the man, passes through
waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't
find it. 12:44Then he says, 'I will return into
my house from which I came out,' and when
he has come back, he finds it empty, swept,
and pu t in order. 12:45Then he goes, and takes
i12:21 Isaiah 42:1-4
j12:35 TR adds "of the heart"
Matthew 12:46 768 Matthew 13:27
with himself seven other spirits more evil
than he is, and they enter in and dwell there.
The last state of that man becomes worse than
the first. Even so will it be also to this evil
generation."
12:46While he was yet speaking to the multitudes,
behold, his mother and his brothers
stood outside, seeking to speak to him.
12:47One said to him, "Behold, your mother and
your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to
you."
12:48But he answered himwho spoke to him,
"Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?"
12:49He stretched out his hand towards his
disciples, and said, "Behold, my mother and
my brothers! 12:50Forwhoever does thewill of
my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother,
and sister, and mother."
13:1On that day Jesus went out of the house,
and sat by the seaside. 13:2Great multitudes
gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat,
and sat, and all the multitude stood on the
beach. 13:3He spoke to themm any things in
parables, saying, "Behold, a farmerwent out to
sow. 13:4As he sowed, some seeds fell by the
roadside, and the birds came and devoured
them. 13:5Others fell on rocky ground, where
they didn't have much soil, and immediately
they sprang up, because they had no depth
of earth. 13:6When the sun had risen, they
were scorched. Because they had no root, they
withered away. 13:7Others fell among thorns.
The thorns grew up and choked them: 13:8and
others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit:
some one hundred times as much, some sixty,
and some thirty. 13:9He who has ears to hear,
let him hear."
13:10The disciples came, and said to him,
"Why do you speak to themi n parables?"
13:11He answered them, "To youit is given
to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of
Heaven, but it is not given to them. 13:12For
whoever has, to him will be given, and he
will have abundance, but whoever doesn't
have, from him will be taken away even that
which he has. 13:13Therefore I speak to them
in parables, because seeing they don't see,
and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they
understand. 13:14In them the prophecy of
Isaiah is fulfilled, which says,
'By hearing youwi ll hear,
and will in no way understand;
Seeing youwi ll see,
and will in no way perceive:
13:15for this people's heart has grown callous,
their ears are dull of hearing,
they have closed their eyes;
or else perhaps theymight perceive with their
eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their heart,
and should turn again;
and I would heal them.'k
13:16"But blessed are your eyes, for they
see; and your ears, for they hear. 13:17For most
certainly I tell youtha t many prophets and
righteousmen desired to see the thingswhich
yousee, and didn't see them; and to hear the
things which youhe ar, and didn't hear them.
13:18"Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
13:19When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom,
and doesn't understand it, the evil one
comes, and snatches away that which has
been sown in his heart. This is what was
sown by the roadside. 13:20What was sown
on the rocky places, this is he who hears the
word, and immediately with joy receives it;
13:21yet he has no root in himself, but endures
for a while. When oppression or persecution
arises because of the word, immediately he
stumbles. 13:22What was sown among the
thorns, this is he who hears the word, but
the cares of this age and the deceitfulness
of riches choke the word, and he becomes
unfruitful. 13:23What was sown on the good
ground, this is he who hears the word, and
understands it, whomost certainly bears fruit,
and brings forth, some one hundred times as
much, some sixty, and some thirty."
13:24He set another parable before them,
saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like
a man who sowed good seed in his field,
13:25but while people slept, his enemy came
and sowed darnel weedsl also among the
wheat, and went away. 13:26But when the
blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then
the darnel weeds appeared also. 13:27The
k13:15 Isaiah 6:9-10
l13:25 darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum) that looks very much like
wheat until it is mature, when the difference becomes very apparent.
Matthew 13:28 769 Matthew 13:56
servants of the householder came and said to
him, 'Sir, didn't yous ow good seed in your
field? Where did this darnel come from?'
13:28"He said to them, 'An enemy has done
this.'
"The servants asked him, 'Do youw ant us
to go and gather them up?'
13:29"But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while
youga ther up the darnel weeds, your oot
up the wheat with them. 13:30Let both grow
together until the harvest, and in the harvest
time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up
the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles
to burn them; but gather the wheat into my
barn."'"
13:31He set another parable before them,
saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a
grain of mustard seed, which a man took,
and sowed in his field; 13:32which indeed is
smaller than all seeds. Butwhen it is grown, it
is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree,
so that the birds of the air come and lodge in
its branches."
13:33He spoke another parable to them. "The
Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a
woman took, and hid in three measuresm of
meal, until it was all leavened."
13:34Jesus spoke all these things in parables
to the multitudes; and without a parable, he
didn't speak to them, 13:35that it might be ful-
filled which was spoken through the prophet,
saying,
"I will open my mouth in parables;
I will utter things hidden fromthe foundation
of the world."n
13:36Then Jesus sent the multitudes away,
and went into the house. His disciples came to
him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the
darnel weeds of the field."
13:37He answered them, "He who sows
the good seed is the Son of Man, 13:38the
field is the world; and the good seed, these
are the children of the Kingdom; and the
darnel weeds are the children of the evil
one. 13:39The enemy who sowed them is the
devil. The harvest is the end of the age,
and the reapers are angels. 13:40As therefore
the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned
with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.
13:41The Son of Man will send out his angels,
and they will gather out of his Kingdom all
things that cause stumbling, and those who
do iniquity, 13:42and will cast them into the
furnace of fire. There will be weeping and
the gnashing of teeth. 13:43Then the righteous
will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom
of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let
him hear.
13:44"Again, the Kingdomof Heaven is like
a treasure hidden in the field, which a man
found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells
all that he has, and buys that field.
13:45"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is
like a man who is a merchant seeking fine
pearls, 13:46who having found one pearl of
great price, he went and sold all that he had,
and bought it.
13:47"Again, the Kingdomof Heaven is like
a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and
gathered some fish of every kind, 13:48which,
when it was filled, they drew up on the
beach. They sat down, and gathered the good
into containers, but the bad they threw away.
13:49So will it be in the end of the world.
The angels will come forth, and separate the
wicked from among the righteous, 13:50and
will cast them into the furnace of fire. There
will be the weeping and the gnashing of
teeth." 13:51Jesus said to them, "Have you
understood all these things?"
They answered him, "Yes, Lord."
13:52He said to them, "Therefore, every
scribe who has been made a disciple in the
Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a
householder, who brings out of his treasure
new and old things."
13:53It happened that when Jesus had finished
these parables, he departed fromt here.
13:54Coming into his own country, he taught
themi n their synagogue, so that they were
astonished, and said, "Where did this man
get this wisdom, and these mighty works?
13:55Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his
mother called Mary, and his brothers, James,
Joses, Simon, and Judaso? 13:56Aren't all of his
sisterswith us? Where then did this man get all
m13:33 literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 litres or a bit more than a bushel
n13:35 Psalm78: 2
o13:55 or, Judah
Matthew 13:57 770 Matthew 14:36
of these things?" 13:57They were offended by
him.
But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not
without honor, except in his own country, and
in his own house." 13:58He didn't do many
mighty works there because of their unbelief.
14:1At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard
the report concerning Jesus, 14:2and said to
his servants, "This is John the Baptizer. He
is risen fromthe dead. That is why these
powers work in him." 14:3For Herod had laid
hold of John, and bound him, and put him
in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother
Philip's wife. 14:4For John said to him, "It is
not lawful for you to have her." 14:5When
he would have put himto death, he feared
the multitude, because they counted him as
a prophet. 14:6But when Herod's birthday
came, the daughter of Herodias danced among
themand pleased Herod. 14:7Whereupon he
promised with an oath to give her whatever
she should ask. 14:8She, being prompted by her
mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the
head of John the Baptizer."
14:9The king was grieved, but for the sake of
his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with
him ,he com m anded it to be given, 14:10and he
sent and beheaded John in the prison. 14:11His
head was brought on a platter, and given to the
young lady: and she brought it to her mother.
14:12His disciples came, and took the body,
and buried it; and they went and told Jesus.
14:13Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew
fromthe re in a boat, to a deserted place apart.
When the multitudes heard it, they followed
himon foot from the cities.
14:14Jesus went out, and he saw a great
multitude. He had compassion on them, and
healed their sick. 14:15When evening had come,
his disciples came to him, saying, "This place
is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send
the multitudes away, that they may go into the
villages, and buy themselves food."
14:16But Jesus said to them, "They don't
need to go away. Youg ive them something to
eat."
14:17They told him, "We only have here five
loaves and two fish."
14:18He said, "Bring them here to me."
14:19He commanded the multitudes to sit down
on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the
two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed,
broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and
the disciples gave to the multitudes. 14:20They
all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve
baskets full of that which remained left over
fromt he broken pieces. 14:21Those who ate
were about five thousand men, besides women
and children.
14:22Immediately Jesus made the disciples
get into the boat, and to go ahead of himto
the other side, while he sent the multitudes
away. 14:23After he had sent the multitudes
away, he went up into the mountain by himself
to pray. When evening had come, he was there
alone. 14:24But the boat was now in the middle
of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the
wind was contrary. 14:25In the fourth watch
of the night,p Jesus came to them, walking
on the sea.q 14:26When the disciples saw
himwal king on the sea, they were troubled,
saying, "It's a ghost!" and they cried out for
fear. 14:27But immediately Jesus spoke to them,
saying "Cheer up! It is I!r Don't be afraid."
14:28Peter answered himand said, "Lord, if
it is you, command me to come to you on the
waters."
14:29He said, "Come!"
Peter stepped down fromthe boat, and
walked on the waters to come to Jesus. 14:30But
when he saw that the wind was strong, he
was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out,
saying, "Lord, save m e!"
14:31Immediately Jesus stretched out his
hand, took hold of him, and said to him, "You
of little faith, why did youdou bt?" 14:32When
they got up into the boat, the wind ceased.
14:33Those who were in the boat came and
worshiped him, saying, "You are truly the Son
of God!"
14:34When they had crossed over, they came
to the land of Gennesaret. 14:35When the people
of that place recognized him, they sent into all
that surrounding region, and brought to himal l
who were sick, 14:36and they begged himthat
p14:25 The night was equally divided into four watches, so the fourth watch is approximately 3:00 A. M.
to sunrise.
q14:25 see Job 9:8
r14:27 or, I AM!
Matthew 15:1 771 Matthew 15:32
they might just touch the fringes of his garment.
As many as touched it were made whole.
15:1Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus
fromJer usalem, saying, 15:2"Why do your
disciples disobey the tradition of the elders?
For they don't wash their hands when they eat
bread."
15:3He answered them, "Why do youa lso
disobey the commandment of God because
of your tradition? 15:4For God commanded,
'Honor your father and your mother,'t and,
'He who speaks evil of father or mother,
let him be put to death.'u 15:5But you say,
'Whoever may tell his father or his mother,
"Whatever help youm ight otherwise have
gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"
15:6he shall not honor his father or mother.'
Youha ve made the commandment of God
void because of your tradition. 15:7Youhypocrites!
Well did Isaiah prophesy of you,
saying,
15:8'These people draw near to me with their
mouth,
and honor me with their lips;
but their heart is far from me.
15:9And in vain do they worshipme,
teaching as doctrine rules made by
men.'"v
15:10He summoned the multitude, and said
to them, "Hear, and understand. 15:11That
which enters into the mouth doesn't defile
the man; but that which proceeds out of the
mouth, this defiles the man."
15:12Then the disciples came, and said to
him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were
offended, when they heard this saying?"
15:13But he answered, "Every plant which
my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted.
15:14Leave them alone. They are blind
guides of the blind. If the blind guide the
blind, both will fall into a pit."
15:15Peter answered him, "Explain the parable
to us."
15:16So Jesus said, "Do youa lso still not
understand? 15:17Don't youu nderstand that
whatever goes into the mouth passes into the
belly, and then out of the body? 15:18But
the things which proceed out of the mouth
come out of the heart, and they defile the
man. 15:19For out of the heart come forth
evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual
sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
15:20These are the things which defile the
man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't
defile the man."
15:21Jesus went out fromt here, and withdrew
into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
15:22Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from
those borders, and cried, saying, "Have mercy
on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is
severely demonized!"
15:23But he answered her not a word.
His disciples came and begged him, saying,
"Send her away; for she cries after us."
15:24But he answered, "I wasn't sent to
anyone but the lost sheep of the house of
Israel."
15:25But she came and worshiped him, saying,
"Lord, help me."
15:26But he answered, "It is not appropriate
to take the children's bread and throw it to the
dogs."
15:27But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the
dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their
masters' table."
15:28Then Jesus answered her, "Woman,
great is your faith! Be it done to you even
as youde sire." And her daughter was healed
fromthat hour.
15:29Jesus departed there, and came near to
the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the
mountain, and sat there. 15:30Great multitudes
came to him, having with them the lame, blind,
mute, maimed, and many others, and they
put themd own at his feet. He healed them,
15:31so that the multitude wondered when they
saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame
walking, and blind seeing and they glorified
the God of Israel.
15:32Jesus summoned his disciples and said,
"I have compassion on themultitude, because
they continue with me now three days and
have nothing to eat. I don'twant to send them
away fasting, or they might faint on the way."
s14:36 or, tassel
t15:4 Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16
u15:4 Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9
v15:9 Isaiah 29:13
Matthew 15:33 772 Matthew 16:27
15:33The disciples said to him, "Where
should we get so many loaves in a deserted
place as to satisfy so great a multitude?"
15:34Jesus said to them, "How many loaves
do youha ve?"
They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."
15:35He commanded the multitude to sit
down on the ground; 15:36and he took the
seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and
broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the
disciples to the multitudes. 15:37They all ate,
and were filled. They took up seven baskets
full of the broken pieces that were left over.
15:38Those who ate were four thousand men,
besides women and children. 15:39Then he sent
away the multitudes, got into the boat, and
came into the borders of Magdala.
16:1The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and
testing him, asked him to show them a sign
fromh eaven. 16:2But he answered them,
"When it is evening, yous ay, 'It will be
fair weather, for the sky is red.' 16:3In the
morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for
the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites!
Youknow how to discern the appearance of
the sky, but you can't discern the signs of the
times! 16:4An evil and adulterous generation
seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign
given to it, except the sign of the prophet
Jonah."
He left them, and departed. 16:5The disciples
came to the other side and had forgotten to
take bread. 16:6Jesus said to them, "Take heed
and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and
Sadducees."
16:7They reasoned among themselves, saying,
"We brought no bread."
16:8Jesus, perceiving it, said, "Why do
youre ason among yourselves, youof little
faith, 'because you have brought no bread?'
16:9Don't youy et perceive, neither remember
the five loaves for the five thousand, and how
many baskets youtook up? 16:10Nor the seven
loaves for the four thousand, and how many
baskets youtook up? 16:11How is it that
youdon' t perceive that I didn't speak to you
concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of
the Pharisees and Sadducees."
16:12Then they understood that he didn't tell
themto beware of the yeast of bread, but of
the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
16:13Now when Jesus came into the parts of
Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying,
"Who do men say that I, the Son of Man,
am?"
16:14They said, "Some say John the Baptizer,
some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the
prophets."
16:15He said to them, "But who do you say
that I am?"
16:16Simon Peter answered, "You are the
Christ, the Son of the living God."
16:17Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you,
Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not
revealed this to you, but my Father who is in
heaven. 16:18I also tell yout hat you are Peter,w
and on this rockx I will build my assembly,
and the gates of Hadesy will not prevail
against it. 16:19I will give to youthe keys
of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever
youbind on earth will have been bound in
heaven; and whatever yourel ease on earth
will have been released in heaven." 16:20Then
he commanded the disciples that they should
tell no one that he is Jesus the Christ. 16:21From
that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that
he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things
fromt he elders, chief priests, and scribes, and
be killed, and the third day be raised up.
16:22Peter took himas ide, and began to
rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord!
This will never be done to you."
16:23But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get
behind me, Satan! Youa re a stumbling block
to me, for youa re not setting your mind
on the things of God, but on the things of
men." 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If
anyone desires to come after me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross, and followme.
16:25For whoever desires to save his life will
lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my
sake will find it. 16:26For what will it profit a
man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits
his life? Or what will a man give in exchange
for his life? 16:27For the Son of Man will come
in the glory of his Father with his angels, and
then he will render to everyone according to
w16:18 Peter's name, Petros in Greek, is the word for a specific rock or stone.
x16:18 Greek, petra, a rock mass or bedrock.
y16:18 or, Hell
Matthew 16:28 773 Matthew 18:4
his deeds. 16:28Most certainly I tell you, there
are some standing here who will in no way
taste of death, until they see the Son of Man
coming in his Kingdom."
17:1After six days, Jesus took with himPe ter,
James, and John his brother, and brought them
up into a high mountain by themselves. 17:2He
was transfigured before them. His face shone
like the sun, and his garments became as white
as the light. 17:3Behold, Moses and Elijah
appeared to themtal king with him.
17:4Peter answered, and said to Jesus, "Lord,
it is good for us to be here. If you want, let's
make three tents here: one for you, one for
Moses, and one for Elijah."
17:5While he was still speaking, behold, a
bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a
voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my
beloved Son, inwhomI amwell pleased. Listen
to him."
17:6When the disciples heard it, they fell on
their faces, and were very afraid. 17:7Jesus
came and touched them and said, "Get up, and
don't be afraid." 17:8Lifting up their eyes, they
saw no one, except Jesus alone. 17:9As they
were coming down from the mountain, Jesus
commanded them, saying, "Don't tell anyone
what yous aw, until the Son of Man has risen
from the dead."
17:10His disciples asked him, saying, "Then
why do the scribes say that Elijah must come
first?"
17:11Jesus answered them, "Elijah indeed
comes first, andwill restore all things, 17:12but
I tell youtha t Elijah has come already, and
they didn't recognize him, but did to him
whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of
Man will also suffer by them." 17:13Then the
disciples understood that he spoke to themof
John the Baptizer.
17:14When they came to the multitude, a
man came to him, kneeling down to him,
saying, 17:15"Lord, have mercy on my son, for
he is epileptic, and suffers grievously; for he
often falls into the fire, and often into the water.
17:16So I brought himto your disciples, and
they could not cure him."
17:17Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse
generation! How long will I be with
you? How long will I bear with you? Bring
him here to me." 17:18Jesus rebuked him, the
demon went out of him, and the boy was cured
fromthat hour.
17:19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately,
and said, "Why weren't we able to cast
it out?"
17:20He said to them, "Because of your
unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you
have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you
will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to
there,' and it will move; and nothing will be
impossible for you. 17:21But this kind doesn't
go out except by prayer and fasting."
17:22While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus
said to them, "The Son of Man is about
to be delivered up into the hands of men,
17:23and they will kill him, and the third day
he will be raised up."
They were exceedingly sorry. 17:24When
they had come to Capernaum, those who
collected the didrachma coinsz came to Peter,
and said, "Doesn't your teacher pay the
didrachma?" 17:25He said, "Yes."
When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated
him, saying, "What do youthink,
Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth
receive toll or tribute? From their children, or
from strangers?"
17:26Peter said to him, "From strangers."
Jesus said to him, "Therefore the children
are exempt. 17:27But, lest we cause them to
stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take
up the first fish that comes up. When you have
opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin.a
Take that, and give it to themforme and you."
18:1In that hour the disciples came to Jesus,
saying, "Who then is greatest in the Kingdom
of Heaven?"
18:2Jesus called a little child to himself, and
set him in the midst of them, 18:3and said,
"Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn,
and become as little children, youwill in
no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
18:4Whoever therefore humbles himself as
z17:24 A didrachma is a Greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas, about as much as 2 Roman denarii, or about
2 days' wages. It was commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax, because 2 drachmas were worth one
half shekel of silver.
a17:27 A stater is a silver coin equivalent to four Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel:
just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel temple tax for two people.
Matthew 18:5 774 Matthew 18:34
this little child, the same is the greatest in the
Kingdom of Heaven. 18:5Whoever receives
one such little child in my name receives me,
18:6butwhoever causes one of these little ones
who believe in me to stumble, it would be
better for him that a hugemillstone should be
hung around his neck, and that he should be
sunk in the depths of the sea.
18:7"Woe to the world because of occasions
of stumbling! For itmust be that the occasions
come, but woe to that person through whom
the occasion comes! 18:8If your hand or your
foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast
it from you. It is better for you to enter into
life maimed or crippled, rather than having
two hands or two feet to be cast into the
eternal fire. 18:9If your eye causes you to
stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you.
It is better for youto enter into life with one
eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into
the Gehennab of fire. 18:10See that youdon' t
despise one of these little ones, for I tell you
that in heaven their angels always see the face
of my Father who is in heaven. 18:11For the
Son ofMan came to save that which was lost.
18:12"What do youthink? If a man has
one hundred sheep, and one of them goes
astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, go
to the mountains, and seek that which has
gone astray? 18:13If he finds it, most certainly
I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over
the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
18:14Even so it is not the will of your Father
who is in heaven that one of these little ones
should perish.
18:15"If your brother sins against you, go,
show him his fault between you and him
alone. If he listens to you, you have gained
back your brother. 18:16But if he doesn't
listen, take one or two more with you, that
at the mouth of two or three witnesses every
word may be established.c 18:17If he refuses
to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he
refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be
to youa s a Gentile or a tax collector. 18:18Most
certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind
on earth will have been bound in heaven,
and whatever things yourel ease on earth will
have been released in heaven. 18:19Again,
assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will
agree on earth concerning anything that they
will ask, itwill be done for thembymy Father
who is in heaven. 18:20For where two or three
are gathered together in my name, there I am
in the midst of them."
18:21Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord,
how often shall my brother sin against me, and
I forgive him? Until seven times?"
18:22Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you
until seven times, but, until seventy times
seven. 18:23Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven
is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile
accounts with his servants. 18:24When he
had begun to reconcile, one was brought to
him who owed him ten thousand talents.d
18:25But because he couldn't pay, his lord
commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his
children, and all that he had, and payment to
be made. 18:26The servant therefore fell down
and kneeled before him, saying, 'Lord, have
patience with me, and I will repay youa ll!'
18:27The lord of that servant, being moved
with compassion, released him, and forgave
him the debt.
18:28"But that servant went out, and found
one of his fellow servants, who owed him one
hundred denarii,e and he grabbed him, and
took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what
youow e!'
18:29"So his fellow servant fell down at his
feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience
with me, and I will repay you!' 18:30He
would not, but went and cast him into prison,
until he should pay back that which was
due. 18:31So when his fellow servants saw
what was done, they were exceedingly sorry,
and came and told to their lord all that was
done. 18:32Then his lord called him in, and
said to him, 'Youw icked servant! I forgave
youa ll that debt, because yoube gged me.
18:33Shouldn't you also have had mercy on
your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on
you?' 18:34His lord was angry, and delivered
him to the tormentors, until he should pay
b18:9 or, Hell
c18:16 Deuteronomy 19:15
d18:24 Ten thousand talents represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000
denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day's wages for agricultural labor.
e18:28 100 denarii was about one sixtieth of a talent.
Matthew 18:35 775 Matthew 19:29
all that was due to him. 18:35So my heavenly
Father will also do to you, if you don't each
forgive your brother from your hearts for his
misdeeds."
19:1It happened when Jesus had finished
these words, he departed fromGal ilee, and
came into the borders of Judea beyond the
Jordan. 19:2Great multitudes followed him, and
he healed themt here. 19:3Pharisees came to
him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for
a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
19:4He answered, "Haven't youread that
he who made them from the beginning made
them male and female,f 19:5and said, 'For this
cause a man shall leave his father and mother,
and shall join to his wife; and the two shall
become one flesh?'g 19:6So that they are no
more two, but one flesh. What therefore God
has joined together, don't let man tear apart."
19:7They asked him, "Why then did Moses
command us to give her a bill of divorce, and
divorce her?"
19:8He said to them, "Moses, because of
the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to
divorce your wives, but from the beginning
it has not been so. 19:9I tell youtha t whoever
divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality,
and marries another, commits adultery;
and he who marries her when she is divorced
commits adultery."
19:10His disciples said to him, "If this is the
case of the manwith hiswife, it is not expedient
to marry."
19:11But he said to them, "Not all men can
receive this saying, but those to whom it is
given. 19:12For there are eunuchs who were
born that way from their mother's womb, and
there are eunuchswhoweremade eunuchs by
men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves
eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's
sake. He who is able to receive it, let him
receive it."
19:13Then little children were brought to
him, that he should lay his hands on them
and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.
19:14But Jesus said, "Allow the little children,
and don't forbid them to come to me; for
the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like
these." 19:15He laid his hands on them, and
departed fromt here.
19:16Behold, one came to him and said,
"Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that
I may have eternal life?"
19:17He said to him, "Why do youc all me
good? No one is good but one, that is, God.
But if you want to enter into life, keep the
commandments."
19:18He said to him, "Which ones?"
Jesus said, "'Yoush all not murder.' 'You
shall not commit adultery.' 'You shall not
steal.' 'Yous hall not offer false testimony.'
19:19'Honor your father and mother.'h And,
'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"i
19:20The young man said to him, "All these
things I have observed fromm y youth. What
do I still lack?"
19:21Jesus said to him, "If youw ant to be
perfect, go, sell what youha ve, and give to the
poor, and youw ill have treasure in heaven;
and come, follow me." 19:22But when the
young man heard the saying, he went away
sad, for he was one who had great possessions.
19:23Jesus said to his disciples, "Most
certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter
into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
19:24Again I tell you, 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."
19:25When the disciples heard it, they were
exceedingly astonished, saying, "Who then can
be saved?"
19:26Looking at them, Jesus said, "With men
this is impossible, but with God all things are
possible."
19:27Then Peter answered, "Behold, we have
left everything, and followed you. What then
will we have?"
19:28Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell
youtha t you who have followed me, in the
regeneration when the Son of Man will sit
on the throne of his glory, youa lso will sit
on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes
of Israel. 19:29Everyone who has left houses,
or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother,
or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's
f19:4 Genesis 1:27
g19:5 Genesis 2:24
h19:19 Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20
i19:19 Leviticus 19:18
Matthew 19:30 776 Matthew 20:31
sake, will receive one hundred times, and will
inherit eternal life. 19:30But many will be last
who are first; and first who are last.
20:1"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a
man who was the master of a household, who
went out early in the morning to hire laborers
for his vineyard. 20:2When he had agreed with
the laborers for a denariusj a day, he sent them
into his vineyard. 20:3He went out about the
third hour,k and saw others standing idle in
the marketplace. 20:4To them he said, 'You
also go into the vineyard, and whatever is
right I will give you.' So they went their way.
20:5Again he went out about the sixth and the
ninth hour,l and did likewise. 20:6About the
eleventh hourm he went out, and found others
standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you
stand here all day idle?'
20:7"They said to him, 'Because no one has
hired us.'
"He said to them, 'Youal so go into the
vineyard, and youw ill receive whatever is
right.' 20:8When evening had come, the lord
of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the
laborers and pay them their wages, beginning
from the last to the first.'
20:9"When those who were hired at about
the eleventh hour came, they each received a
denarius. 20:10When the first came, they supposed
that they would receive more; and they
likewise each received a denarius. 20:11When
they received it, they murmured against the
master of the household, 20:12saying, 'These
last have spent one hour, and you have made
them equal to us, who have borne the burden
of the day and the scorching heat!'
20:13"But he answered one of them, 'Friend,
I am doing youno wrong. Didn't youa gree
with me for a denarius? 20:14Take that which
is yours, and go your way. It is my desire
to give to this last just as much as to you.
20:15Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to
with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because
I am good?' 20:16So the last will be first, and
the first last. For many are called, but few are
chosen."
20:17As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he
took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way
he said to them, 20:18"Behold, we are going
up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be
delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and
they will condemn him to death, 20:19and will
hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to
scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he
will be raised up."
20:20Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee
came to himwith her sons, kneeling and asking
a certain thing of him. 20:21He said to her,
"What do youw ant?"
She said to him, "Command that these, my
two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and
one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."
20:22But Jesus answered, "Youdon' t know
what youa re asking. Are you able to drink the
cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized
with the baptism that I am baptized with?"
They said to him, "We are able."
20:23He said to them, "Youwi ll indeed
drink my cup, and be baptized with the
baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit
on my right hand and on my left hand is not
mine to give; but it is for whom it has been
prepared by my Father."
20:24When the ten heard it, they were indignant
with the two brothers.
20:25But Jesus summoned them, and said,
"Youknow that the rulers of the nations lord
it over them, and their great ones exercise
authority over them. 20:26It shall not be
so among you, but whoever desires to become
great among yous hall ben your servant.
20:27Whoever desires to be first among you
shall be your bondservant, 20:28even as the
Son of Man came not to be served, but to
serve, and to give his life as a ransom for
many."
20:29As they went out fromJerich o, a great
multitude followed him. 20:30Behold, two blind
men sitting by the road, when they heard that
Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have
mercy on us, you son of David!" 20:31The
multitude rebuked them, telling them that they
j20:2 A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a
day of farml abor.
k20:3 Time was measured from sunrise to sunset, so the third hour would be about 9:00 AM.
l20:5 noon and 3:00 P. M.
m20:6 5:00 PM
n20:26 TR reads "let himb e" instead of "shall be"
Matthew 20:32 777 Matthew 21:26
should be quiet, but they cried out even more,
"Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!"
20:32Jesus stood still, and called them, and
asked, "What do youw ant me to do for you?"
20:33They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may
be opened."
20:34Jesus, being moved with compassion,
touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes
received their sight, and they followed him.
21:1When they drew near to Jerusalem, and
came to Bethsphage,o to the Mount of Olives,
then Jesus sent two disciples, 21:2saying to
them, "Go into the village that is opposite
you, and immediately you will find a donkey
tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and
bring them to me. 21:3If anyone says anything
to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,'
and immediately he will send them."
21:4All this was done, that it might be ful-
filled which was spoken through the prophet,
saying,
21:5"Tell the daughter of Zion,
behold, your King comes to you,
humble, and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey."p
21:6The disciples went, and did just as Jesus
commanded them, 21:7and brought the donkey
and the colt, and laid their clothes on them;
and he sat on them. 21:8A very great multitude
spread their clothes on the road. Others cut
branches fromthe trees, and spread them
on the road. 21:9The multitudes who went
before him, and who followed kept shouting,
"Hosannaq to the son of David! Blessed is he
who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna
in the highest!"r
21:10When he had come into Jerusalem, all
the city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"
21:11The multitudes said, "This is the prophet,
Jesus, fromNazar eth of Galilee."
21:12Jesus entered into the temple of God,
and drove out all of those who sold and bought
in the temple, and overthrew the money changers'
tables and the seats of those who sold the
doves. 21:13He said to them, "It is written, 'My
house shall be called a house of prayer,'s but
youha ve made it a den of robbers!"t
21:14The blind and the lame came to him
in the temple, and he healed them. 21:15But
when the chief priests and the scribes saw the
wonderful things that he did, and the children
who were crying in the temple and saying,
"Hosanna to the son of David!" they were
indignant, 21:16and said to him, "Do you hear
what these are saying?"
Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did youne ver
read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing
babies youha ve perfected praise?'"u
21:17He left them, and went out of the city
to Bethany, and lodged there. 21:18Now in the
morning, as he returned to the city, he was
hungry. 21:19Seeing a fig tree by the road, he
came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves.
He said to it, "Let there be no fruit from you
forever!"
Immediately the fig tree withered away.
21:20When the disciples saw it, they marveled,
saying, "How did the fig tree immediately
wither away?"
21:21Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I
tell you, if you have faith, and don't doubt,
youw ill not only do what was done to the
fig tree, but even if you told this mountain,
'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would
be done. 21:22All things, whatever youask in
prayer, believing, youwill receive."
21:23When he had come into the temple, the
chief priests and the elders of the people came
to himas he was teaching, and said, "By what
authority do you do these things? Who gave
you this authority?"
21:24Jesus answered them, "I also will ask
youone question, which if youte ll me, I
likewise will tell youby what authority I do
these things. 21:25The baptism of John, where
was it from? From heaven or from men?"
They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If
we say, 'Fromh eaven,' he will ask us, 'Why
then did you not believe him?' 21:26But if we
say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all
o21:1 TR & NU read "Bethphage" instead of "Bethsphage"
p21:5 Zechariah 9:9
q21:9 "Hosanna" means "save us" or "help us, we pray."
r21:9 Psalm118: 26
s21:13 Isaiah 56:7
t21:13 Jeremiah 7:11
u21:16 Psalm8: 2
Matthew 21:27 778 Matthew 22:14
hold John as a prophet." 21:27They answered
Jesus, and said, "We don't know."
He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you
by what authority I do these things. 21:28But
what do youthink? A man had two sons, and
he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work
today in my vineyard.' 21:29He answered, 'I
will not,' but afterward he changed his mind,
and went. 21:30He came to the second, and
said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,'
but he didn't go. 21:31Which of the two did the
will of his father?"
They said to him, "The first."
Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you
that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are
entering into the Kingdom ofGod before you.
21:32For John came to youin the way of righteousness,
and you didn't believe him, but
the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed
him. When yous aw it, youdidn' t even repent
afterward, that youmi ght believe him.
21:33"Hear another parable. There was a
man who was a master of a household, who
planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug
a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it
out to farmers, and went into another country.
21:34When the season for the fruit drew
near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to
receive his fruit. 21:35The farmers took his
servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned
another. 21:36Again, he sent other servants
more than the first: and they treated them
the same way. 21:37But afterward he sent
to them his son, saying, 'They will respect
my son.' 21:38But the farmers, when they
saw the son, said among themselves, 'This
is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize
his inheritance.' 21:39So they took him, and
threwhim out of the vineyard, and killed him.
21:40When therefore the lord of the vineyard
comes, what will he do to those farmers?"
21:41They told him, "He will miserably destroy
those miserable men, and will lease out
the vineyard to other farmers, who will give
himt he fruit in its season."
21:42Jesus said to them, "Did youne ver read
in the Scriptures,
'The stone which the builders rejected,
the same was made the head of the
corner.
This was from the Lord.
It is marvelous in our eyes?'v
21:43"Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of
God will be taken away from you, and will
be given to a nation bringing forth its fruit.
21:44He who falls on this stone will be broken
to pieces, but on whoever it will fall, it will
scatter him as dust."
21:45When the chief priests and the Pharisees
heard his parables, they perceived that he
spoke about them. 21:46When they sought to
seize him, they feared the multitudes, because
they considered himt o be a prophet.
22:1Jesus answered and spoke again in parables
to them, saying, 22:2"The Kingdom of
Heaven is like a certain king, who made a
marriage feast for his son, 22:3and sent out
his servants to call those who were invited to
the marriage feast, but they would not come.
22:4Again he sent out other servants, saying,
'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have
made ready my dinner. My cattle and my
fatlings are killed, and all things are ready.
Come to the marriage feast!"' 22:5But they
made light of it, and went their ways, one
to his own farm, another to his merchandise,
22:6and the rest grabbed his servants, and
treated them shamefully, and killed them.
22:7When the king heard that, he was angry,
and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers,
and burned their city.
22:8"Then he said to his servants, 'The
wedding is ready, but those who were invited
weren't worthy. 22:9Go therefore to
the intersections of the highways, and as
many as youm ay find, invite to the marriage
feast.' 22:10Those servants went out into the
highways, and gathered together as many as
they found, both bad and good. The wedding
was filled with guests. 22:11But when the
king came in to see the guests, he saw there
a man who didn't have on wedding clothing,
22:12and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you
come in here not wearing wedding clothing?'
He was speechless. 22:13Then the king said
to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot,
take him away, and throw him into the outer
darkness; there is where the weeping and
grinding of teeth will be.' 22:14For many are
called, but few chosen."
v21:42 Psalm118: 22-23
Matthew 22:15 779 Matthew 23:6
22:15Then the Pharisees went and took counsel
how they might entrap him in his talk.
22:16They sent their disciples to him, along with
the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that
you are honest, and teach the way of God in
truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren't
partial to anyone. 22:17Tell us therefore, what
do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar,
or not?"
22:18But Jesus perceived their wickedness,
and said, "Why do youte st me, youhypocrites?
22:19Show me the tax money."
They brought to hima denarius.
22:20He asked them, "Whose is this image
and inscription?"
22:21They said to him, "Caesar's."
Then he said to them, "Give therefore to
Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God
the things that are God's."
22:22When they heard it, they marveled, and
left him, and went away.
22:23On that day Sadducees (those who say
that there is no resurrection) came to him.
They asked him, 22:24saying, "Teacher, Moses
said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his
brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed
for his brother.' 22:25Now there were with us
seven brothers. The first married and died,
and having no seed left his wife to his brother.
22:26In like manner the second also, and the
third, to the seventh. 22:27After themal l, the
woman died. 22:28In the resurrection therefore,
whose wife will she be of the seven? For they
all had her."
22:29But Jesus answered them, "Youare
mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the
power of God. 22:30For in the resurrection
they neither marry, nor are given in marriage,
but are like God's angels in heaven.
22:31But concerning the resurrection of the
dead, haven't youread that whichwas spoken
to youby God, saying, 22:32'I am the God of
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God
of Jacob?'w God is not the God of the dead,
but of the living."
22:33When the multitudes heard it, theywere
astonished at his teaching. 22:34But the Pharisees,
when they heard that he had silenced
the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.
22:35One of them , alawyer, asked him a question,
testing him. 22:36"Teacher, which is the
greatest commandment in the law?"
22:37Jesus said to him, "'Yoush all love the
Lord your God with all your heart, with all
your soul, and with all your mind.'x 22:38This
is the first and great commandment. 22:39A
second likewise is this, 'Yoush all love your
neighbor as yourself.'y 22:40The whole law
and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
22:41Now while the Pharisees were gathered
together, Jesus asked thema question,
22:42saying, "What do youthink of the Christ?
Whose son is he?"
They said to him, "Of David."
22:43He said to them, "How then does
David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
22:44'The Lord said to my Lord,
sit on my right hand,
until Imake your enemies a footstool for
your feet?'z
22:45"If then David calls him Lord, how is
he his son?"
22:46No one was able to answer hima word,
neither did any man dare ask him any more
questions fromthat day forth.
23:1Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and
to his disciples, 23:2saying, "The scribes and
the Pharisees sat onMoses' seat. 23:3All things
therefore whatever they tell youto observe,
observe and do, but don't do their works;
for they say, and don't do. 23:4For they bind
heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne,
and lay them on men's shoulders; but they
themselves will not lift a finger to help them.
23:5But all their works they do to be seen by
men. They make their phylacteriesa broad,
enlarge the fringesb of their garments, 23:6and
w22:32 Exodus 3:6
x22:37 Deuteronomy 6:5
y22:39 Leviticus 19:18
z22:44 Psalm110: 1
a23:5 phylacteries (tefillin in Hebrew) are small leather pouches that some Jewish men wear on their
forehead and arm in prayer. They are used to carry a small scroll with some Scripture in it. See Deuteronomy
6:8.
b23:5 or, tassels
Matthew 23:7 780 Matthew 23:36
love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats
in the synagogues, 23:7the salutations in the
marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi, Rabbi'
by men. 23:8But don't you be called 'Rabbi,'
for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of
youare brothers. 23:9Call no man on the earth
your father, for one is your Father, he who
is in heaven. 23:10Neither be called masters,
for one is your master, the Christ. 23:11But
he who is greatest among youw ill be your
servant. 23:12Whoever exalts himself will be
humbled, and whoever humbles himself will
be exalted.
23:13"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses,
and as a pretense youmak e long prayers.
Therefore youwi ll receive greater condemnation.
23:14"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom
of Heaven against men; for youd on't enter in
yourselves, neither do you allow those who
are entering in to enter.c 23:15Woe to you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you
travel around by sea and land to make one
proselyte; and when he becomes one, you
make him twice asmuch of a son ofGehennad
as yourselves.
23:16"Woe to you, you blind guides, who
say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is
nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of
the temple, he is obligated.' 23:17Youblind
fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the
temple that sanctifies the gold? 23:18'Whoever
swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever
swears by the gift that is on it, he is
obligated?' 23:19Youblind fools! For which
is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies
the gift? 23:20He therefore who swears by the
altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.
23:21He who swears by the temple, swears by
it, and by him who was living in it. 23:22He
who swears by heaven, swears by the throne
of God, and by him who sits on it.
23:23"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For youtithe mint, dill, and
cumin,e and have left undone the weightier
matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith.
But you ought to have done these, and not
to have left the other undone. 23:24Youblind
guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a
camel!
23:25"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For youcle an the outside of the
cup and of the platter, but within they are full
of extortion and unrighteousness.f 23:26You
blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup
and of the platter, that its outsidemay become
clean also.
23:27"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For youa re like whitened tombs,
which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly
are full of dead men's bones, and of all
uncleanness. 23:28Even so youal so outwardly
appear righteous tomen, but inwardly you are
full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
23:29"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For youbu ild the tombs of
the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the
righteous, 23:30and say, 'If we had lived in
the days of our fathers, we wouldn't have
been partakers with them in the blood of
the prophets.' 23:31Therefore youte stify to
yourselves that you are children of those who
killed the prophets. 23:32Fill up, then, the
measure of your fathers. 23:33Yous erpents,
youof fspring of vipers, how will you escape
the judgment of Gehennag? 23:34Therefore,
behold, I send to youpr ophets, wise men,
and scribes. Some of them youwill kill and
crucify; and some of them you will scourge in
your synagogues, and persecute from city to
city; 23:35that on youm ay come all the righteous
blood shed on the earth, from the blood
of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah
son of Barachiah, whom youkille d between
the sanctuary and the altar. 23:36Most certainly
I tell you, all these things will come upon this
generation.
c23:14 Some Greek manuscripts reverse the order of verses 13 and 14, and some omit verse 13, numbering
verse 14 as 13.
d23:15 or, Hell
e23:23 cumin is an aromatic seed from Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance.
It is used as a spice.
f23:25 TR reads "self-indulgence" instead of "unrighteousness"
g23:33 or, Hell
Matthew 23:37 781 Matthew 24:33
23:37"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the
prophets, and stones those who are sent to
her! How often I would have gathered your
children together, even as a hen gathers her
chicks under her wings, and you would not!
23:38Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
23:39For I tell you, you will not see me from
now on, until you say, 'Blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord!'"h
24:1Jesus went out fromt he temple, and was
going on his way. His disciples came to him to
show himt he buildings of the temple. 24:2But
he answered them, "Don't yous ee all of these
things? Most certainly I tell you, there will
not be left here one stone on another, that will
not be thrown down."
24:3As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the
disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell
us, when will these things be? What is the sign
of your coming, and of the end of the age?"
24:4Jesus answered them, "Be careful that
no one leads youast ray. 24:5For many will
come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,'
and will lead many astray. 24:6Youwill hear
of wars and rumors of wars. See that you
aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but
the end is not yet. 24:7For nation will rise
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
and there will be famines, plagues,
and earthquakes in various places. 24:8But
all these things are the beginning of birth
pains. 24:9Then they will deliver youu p to
oppression, and will kill you. You will be
hated by all of the nations formy name's sake.
24:10Thenmany will stumble, and will deliver
up one another, and will hate one another.
24:11Many false prophets will arise, and will
lead many astray. 24:12Because iniquity will
be multiplied, the love of many will grow
cold. 24:13But he who endures to the end, the
same will be saved. 24:14This Good News of
the Kingdom will be preached in the whole
world for a testimony to all the nations, and
then the end will come.
24:15"When, therefore, yousee the abomination
of desolation,i which was spoken
of through Daniel the prophet, standing in
the holy place (let the reader understand),
24:16then let those who are in Judea flee to
the mountains. 24:17Let him who is on the
housetop not go down to take out things that
are in his house. 24:18Let him who is in
the field not return back to get his clothes.
24:19But woe to those who are with child and
to nursing mothers in those days! 24:20Pray
that your flight will not be in the winter, nor
on a Sabbath, 24:21for then there will be great
oppression, such as has not been from the
beginning of the world until now, no, nor
ever will be. 24:22Unless those days had been
shortened, no flesh would have been saved.
But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days
will be shortened.
24:23"Then if any man tells you, 'Behold,
here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't believe it.
24:24For there will arise false christs, and false
prophets, and they will show great signs and
wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even
the chosen ones.
24:25"Behold, I have told yoube forehand.
24:26If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in
the wilderness,' don't go out; 'Behold, he is in
the inner chambers,' don't believe it. 24:27For
as the lightning flashes from the east, and is
seen even to the west, so will be the coming of
the Son of Man. 24:28For wherever the carcass
is, there is where the vulturesj gather together.
24:29But immediately after the oppression of
those days, the sun will be darkened, the
moon will not give its light, the stars will fall
from the sky, and the powers of the heavens
will be shaken;k 24:30and then the sign of the
Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all
the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they
will see the Son ofMan coming on the clouds
of the sky with power and great glory. 24:31He
will send out his angels with a great sound of
a trumpet, and they will gather together his
chosen ones from the four winds, from one
end of the sky to the other.
24:32"Now from the fig tree learn this parable.
When its branch has now become tender,
and puts forth its leaves, you know that the
summer is near. 24:33Even so youal so, when
yous ee all these things, know that it is
h23:39 Psalm118: 26
i24:15 Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11
j24:28 or, eagles
k24:29 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4
Matthew 24:34 782 Matthew 25:22
near, even at the doors. 24:34Most certainly
I tell you, this generationl will not pass
away, until all these things are accomplished.
24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my
words will not pass away. 24:36But no one
knows of that day and hour, not even the
angels of heaven, but my Father only.
24:37"As the days of Noah were, so will
be the coming of the Son of Man. 24:38For
as in those days which were before the flood
they were eating and drinking, marrying and
giving in marriage, until the day that Noah
entered into the ship, 24:39and they didn't
know until the flood came, and took them all
away, sowill be the coming of the Son ofMan.
24:40Then two men will be in the field: one
will be taken and one will be left; 24:41two
women grinding at themill, one will be taken
and one will be left. 24:42Watch therefore,
for you don't know in what hour your Lord
comes. 24:43But know this, that if the master
of the house had known in what watch of the
night the thief was coming, he would have
watched, and would not have allowed his
house to be broken into. 24:44Therefore also
be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect,
the Son of Man will come.
24:45"Who then is the faithful and wise
servant, whom his lord has set over his household,
to give them their food in due season?
24:46Blessed is that servant whom his lord
finds doing so when he comes. 24:47Most
certainly I tell youtha t he will set him over all
that he has. 24:48But if that evil servant should
say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his
coming,' 24:49and begins to beat his fellowservants,
and eat and drink with the drunkards,
24:50the lord of that servant will come in a
day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour
when he doesn't know it, 24:51andwill cut him
in pieces, and appoint his portion with the
hypocrites. There is where the weeping and
grinding of teeth will be.
25:1"Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be
like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and
went out to meet the bridegroom. 25:2Five
of them were foolish, and five were wise.
25:3Those who were foolish, when they took
their lamps, took no oil with them, 25:4but the
wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
25:5Now while the bridegroom delayed, they
all slumbered and slept. 25:6But at midnight
there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is
coming! Come out to meet him!' 25:7Then
all those virgins arose, and trimmed their
lamps.m 25:8The foolish said to the wise,
'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are
going out.' 25:9But the wise answered, saying,
'What if there isn't enough for us and you?
Yougo rather to those who sell, and buy for
yourselves.' 25:10While they went away to
buy, the bridegroom came, and those who
were ready went in with him to the marriage
feast, and the door was shut. 25:11Afterward
the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord,
Lord, open to us.' 25:12But he answered,
'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'
25:13Watch therefore, for youdon' t know the
day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is
coming.
25:14"For it is like aman, going into another
country, who called his own servants, and
entrusted his goods to them. 25:15To one he
gave five talents, to another two, to another
one; to each according to his own ability. Then
he went on his journey. 25:16Immediately he
who received the five talents went and traded
with them, and made another five talents.
25:17In like manner he also who got the two
gained another two. 25:18But he who received
the one went away and dug in the earth, and
hid his lord's money.
25:19"Now after a long time the lord of
those servants came, and reconciled accounts
with them. 25:20He who received the five
talents came and brought another five talents,
saying, 'Lord, youde livered tome five talents.
Behold, I have gained another five talents
besides them.'
25:21"His lord said to him, 'Well done, good
and faithful servant. You have been faithful
over a few things, I will set youove r many
things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
25:22"He also who got the two talents came
and said, 'Lord, youd elivered to me two
l24:34 The word for "generation" (genea) can also be translated as "race."
m25:7 The end of the wick of an oil lamp needs to be cut off periodically to avoid having it become clogged
with carbon deposits. The wick height is also adjusted so that the flame burns evenly and gives good light
without producing a lot of smoke.
Matthew 25:23 783 Matthew 26:13
talents. Behold, I have gained another two
talents besides them.'
25:23"His lord said to him, 'Well done, good
and faithful servant. You have been faithful
over a few things, I will set youove r many
things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
25:24"He also who had received the one
talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew youtha t
youare a hard man, reaping where you did
not sow, and gathering where youdid not
scatter. 25:25I was afraid, and went away and
hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have
what is yours.'
25:26"But his lord answered him, 'You
wicked and slothful servant. You knew that
I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where
I didn't scatter. 25:27Youo ught therefore to
have deposited my money with the bankers,
and at my coming I should have received
back my own with interest. 25:28Take away
therefore the talent from him, and give it
to him who has the ten talents. 25:29For to
everyone who has will be given, and he will
have abundance, but from him who doesn't
have, even that which he has will be taken
away. 25:30Throw out the unprofitable servant
into the outer darkness, where there will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
25:31"But when the Son of Man comes
in his glory, and all the holy angels with
him, then he will sit on the throne of his
glory. 25:32Before him all the nations will
be gathered, and he will separate them one
from another, as a shepherd separates the
sheep from the goats. 25:33He will set the
sheep on his right hand, but the goats on
the left. 25:34Then the King will tell those
on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my
Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world; 25:35for I
was hungry, and you gave me food to eat; I
was thirsty, and youga ve me drink; I was a
stranger, and youtook me in; 25:36naked, and
youc lothed me; I was sick, and youvis ited
me; I was in prison, and youcame to me.'
25:37"Then the righteous will answer him,
saying, 'Lord, when did we see youhu ngry,
and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a
drink? 25:38When didwe see youas a stranger,
and take youi n; or naked, and clothe you?
25:39When did we see yousick , or in prison,
and come to you?'
25:40"The King will answer them, 'Most
certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to
one of the least of thesemy brothersn, youdid
it to me.' 25:41Then he will say also to those
on the left hand, 'Depart fromme, youcu rsed,
into the eternal fire which is prepared for the
devil and his angels; 25:42for I was hungry,
and youdidn' t give me food to eat; I was
thirsty, and youga ve me no drink; 25:43I was
a stranger, and youdidn' t take me in; naked,
and youdidn' t clothe me; sick, and in prison,
and youdidn' t visit me.'
25:44"Then they will also answer, saying,
'Lord, when did we see youhu ngry, or thirsty,
or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison,
and didn't help you?'
25:45"Then he will answer them, saying,
'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you
didn't do it to one of the least of these, you
didn't do it to me.' 25:46These will go away
into eternal punishment, but the righteous
into eternal life."
26:1It happened, when Jesus had finished
all these words, that he said to his disciples,
26:2"Youknow that after two days the
Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will
be delivered up to be crucified."
26:3Then the chief priests, the scribes, and
the elders of the people were gathered together
in the court of the high priest, who was called
Caiaphas. 26:4They took counsel together that
they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.
26:5But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a
riot occur among the people."
26:6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the
house of Simon the leper, 26:7a wom an cam eto
himhavi ng an alabaster jar of very expensive
ointment, and she poured it on his head as he
sat at the table. 26:8But when his disciples saw
this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this
waste? 26:9For this ointment might have been
sold for much, and given to the poor."
26:10However, knowing this, Jesus said to
them, "Why do youtr ouble the woman?
Because she has done a good work for me.
26:11For youa lways have the poor with you;
but you don't always have me. 26:12For
in pouring this ointment on my body, she
did it to prepare me for burial. 26:13Most
n25:40 The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."
Matthew 26:14 784 Matthew 26:47
certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News
is preached in the whole world, what this
woman has done will also be spoken of as a
memorial of her."
26:14Then one of the twelve, who was called
Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests, 26:15and
said, "What are you willing to give me, that I
should deliver himt o you?" They weighed out
for himt hirty pieces of silver. 26:16Fromthat
tim e he sought opportunity to betray him .
26:17Now on the first day of unleavened
bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to
him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you
to eat the Passover?"
26:18He said, "Go into the city to a certain
person, and tell him, 'The Teacher says, "My
time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at
your house with my disciples."'"
26:19The disciples did as Jesus commanded
them, and they prepared the Passover.
26:20Now when evening had come, he was
reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.
26:21As they were eating, he said, "Most
certainly I tell youtha t one of you will betray
me."
26:22They were exceedingly sorrowful, and
each began to ask him, "It isn't me, is it, Lord?"
26:23He answered, "He who dipped his
hand withme in the dish, the same will betray
me. 26:24The Son of Man goes, even as it is
written of him, but woe to that man through
whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would
be better for that man if he had not been
born."
26:25Judas, who betrayed him, answered, "It
isn't me, is it, Rabbi?"
He said to him, "Yousa id it."
26:26As they were eating, Jesus took bread,
gave thanks foro it, and broke it. He gave
to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this
is my body." 26:27He took the cup, gave
thanks, and gave to them, saying, "All of you
drink it, 26:28for this is my blood of the new
covenant, which is poured out for many for
the remission of sins. 26:29But I tell you that
I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from
now on, until that day when I drink it anew
with youin my Father's Kingdom." 26:30When
they had sung a hymn, they went out to the
Mount of Olives.
26:31Then Jesus said to them, "All of you
will be made to stumble because of me
tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the
shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be
scattered.'p 26:32But after I am raised up, I will
go before youinto Galilee."
26:33But Peter answered him, "Even if all
will be m ade to stum ble because of you, I will
never be made to stumble."
26:34Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell
youtha t tonight, before the rooster crows, you
will deny me three times."
26:35Peter said to him, "Even if I must die
with you, I will not deny you." All of the
disciples also said likewise.
26:36Then Jesus came with them to a place
called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples,
"Sit here, while I go there and pray."
26:37He took with himPe ter and the two sons
of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and
severely troubled. 26:38Then he said to them,
"My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to
death. Stay here, and watch with me."
26:39He went forward a little, fell on his
face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it
is possible, let this cup pass away from me;
nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you
desire."
26:40He came to the disciples, and found
themsleepin g, and said to Peter, "What,
couldn't you watch with me for one hour?
26:41Watch and pray, that youdon' t enter into
temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but
the flesh is weak."
26:42Again, a second time he went away,
and prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cup
can't pass away from me unless I drink it,
your desire be done." 26:43He came again and
found themsleepin g, for their eyes were heavy.
26:44He left themag ain, went away, and prayed
a third time, saying the same words. 26:45Then
he came to his disciples, and said to 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. 26:46Arise,
let's be going. Behold, he who betrays me is
at hand."
26:47While he was still speaking, behold,
Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with
o26:26 TR reads "blessed" instead of "gave thanks for"
p26:31 Zechariah 13:7
Matthew 26:48 785 Matthew 27:9
hima great multitude with swords and clubs,
fromt he chief priest and elders of the people.
26:48Now he who betrayed himg ave them a
sign, saying, "Whoever I kiss, he is the one.
Seize him." 26:49Immediately he came to Jesus,
and said, "Hail, Rabbi!" and kissed him.
26:50Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you
here?" Then they came and laid hands on
Jesus, and took him. 26:51Behold, one of those
who were with Jesus stretched out his hand,
and drew his sword, and struck the servant of
the high priest, and struck off his ear. 26:52Then
Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into
its place, for all those who take the sword will
die by the sword. 26:53Or do youthink that
I couldn't ask my Father, and he would even
now send me more than twelve legions of
angels? 26:54How then would the Scriptures
be fulfilled that it must be so?"
26:55In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes,
"Have youc ome out as against a robber with
swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily
in the temple teaching, and youdidn' t arrest
me. 26:56But all this has happened, that the
Scriptures of the prophetsmight be fulfilled."
Then all the disciples left him, and fled.
26:57Those who had taken Jesus led himaway
to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes
and the elders were gathered together. 26:58But
Peter followed himfr om a distance, to the
court of the high priest, and entered in and sat
with the officers, to see the end. 26:59Now the
chief priests, the elders, and the whole council
sought false testimony against Jesus, that they
might put him to death; 26:60and they found
none. Even though many false witnesses came
forward, they found none. But at last two false
witnesses came forward, 26:61and said, "This
man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of
God, and to build it in three days.'"
26:62The high priest stood up, and said to
him, "Have you no answer? What is this that
these testify against you?" 26:63But Jesus held
his peace. The high priest answered him, "I
adjure you by the living God, that you tell us
whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."
26:64Jesus said to him, "Youha ve said it.
Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see
the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of
Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."
26:65Then the high priest tore his clothing,
saying, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do
we need any morewitnesses? Behold, now you
have heard his blasphemy. 26:66What do you
think?"
They answered, "He is worthy of death!"
26:67Then they spit in his face and beat himwi th
their fists, and some slapped him, 26:68saying,
"Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?"
26:69Now Peter was sitting outside in the
court, and a maid came to him, saying, "You
were also with Jesus, the Galilean!"
26:70But he denied it before thema ll, saying,
"I don't know what you are talking about."
26:71When he had gone out onto the porch,
someone else saw him, and said to those who
were there, "This man also was with Jesus of
Nazareth."
26:72Again he denied it with an oath, "I don't
know the man."
26:73After a little while those who stood by
came and said to Peter, "Surely you are also one
of them, for your speech makes you known."
26:74Then he began to curse and to swear, "I
don't know the man!"
Immediately the rooster crowed. 26:75Peter
remembered the word which Jesus had said to
him, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny
me three times." He went out and wept bitterly.
27:1Now when morning had come, all the
chief priests and the elders of the people took
counsel against Jesus to put himt o death:
27:2and they bound him, and led him away,
and delivered himup to Pontius Pilate, the
governor. 27:3Then Judas, who betrayed him,
when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt
remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of
silver to the chief priests and elders, 27:4saying,
"I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent
blood."
But they said, "What is that to us? You see
to it."
27:5He threw down the pieces of silver in the
sanctuary, and departed. He went away and
hanged himself. 27:6The chief priests took the
pieces of silver, and said, "It's not lawful to
put themi nto the treasury, since it is the price
of blood." 27:7They took counsel, and bought
the potter's field with them, to bury strangers
in. 27:8Therefore that field was called "The
Field of Blood" to this day. 27:9Then that which
Matthew 27:10 786 Matthew 27:43
was spoken through Jeremiahq the prophet was
fulfilled, saying,
"They took the thirty pieces of silver,
the price of himupon whoma price had
been set,
whom some of the children of Israel
priced,
27:10and they gave themf or the potter's field,
as the Lord commanded me."r
27:11Now Jesus stood before the governor:
and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you
the King of the Jews?"
Jesus said to him, "So yous ay."
27:12When he was accused by the chief
priests and elders, he answered nothing.
27:13Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear
how many things they testify against you?"
27:14He gave himn o answer, not even one
word, so that the governor marveled greatly.
27:15Now at the feast the governor was accustomed
to release to the multitude one prisoner,
whomt hey desired. 27:16They had then a
notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 27:17When
therefore they were gathered together, Pilate
said to them, "Whom do you want me to
release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus,who is called
Christ?" 27:18For he knew that because of envy
they had delivered himup.
27:19While he was sitting on the judgment
seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have
nothing to do with that righteous man, for I
have suffered many things this day in a dream
because of him." 27:20Now the chief priests
and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask
for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 27:21But the
governor answered them, "Which of the two do
you want me to release to you?"
They said, "Barabbas!"
27:22Pilate said to them, "What then shall I
do to Jesus, who is called Christ?"
They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"
27:23But the governor said, "Why? What evil
has he done?"
But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let
himbe crucified!"
27:24So when Pilate saw that nothing was
being gained, but rather that a disturbance was
starting, he took water, and washed his hands
before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of
the blood of this righteous person. You see to
it."
27:25All the people answered, "May his
blood be on us, and on our children!"
27:26Then he released to themB arabbas, but
Jesus he flogged and delivered to be cruci-
fied. 27:27Then the governor's soldiers took
Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the
whole garrison together against him. 27:28They
stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.
27:29They braided a crown of thorns and put it
on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and
they kneeled down before him, and mocked
him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 27:30They
spat on him, and took the reed and struck
himo n the head. 27:31When they had mocked
him, they took the robe off of him, and put his
clothes on him, and led him away to crucify
him.
27:32As they came out, they found a man of
Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled
him to go with them, that he might carry
his cross. 27:33They cam e to a place called
"Golgotha," that is to say, "The place of a
skull." 27:34They gave hims our wine to drink
mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he
would not drink. 27:35When they had crucified
him, they divided his clothing among them,
casting lots,s 27:36and they sat and watched
himt here. 27:37They set up over his head
the accusation against himwr itten, "THIS IS
JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
27:38Then there were two robbers crucified
with him, one on his right hand and one on
the left. 27:39Those who passed by blasphemed
him, wagging their heads, 27:40and saying,
"You who destroy the temple, and build it in
three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of
God, come down from the cross!"
27:41Likewise the chief priests also mocking,
with the scribes, the Pharisees,t and the elders,
said, 27:42"He saved others, but he can't save
himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come
down fromt he cross now, and we will believe
in him. 27:43He trusts in God. Let God deliver
q27:9 some manuscripts omit "Jeremiah"
r27:10 Zechariah 11:12-13; Jeremiah 19:1-13; 32:6-9
s27:35 TR adds "that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: 'They divided my garments
among them, and for my clothing they cast lots;'" [see Psalm 22:18 and John 19:24]
t27:41 TR omits "the Pharisees"
Matthew 27:44 787 Matthew 28:12
himno w, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am
the Son of God.'" 27:44The robbers also who
were crucified with himcas t on himthe same
reproach.
27:45Now fromthe sixth houru there was
darkness over all the land until the ninth
hour.v 27:46About the ninth hour Jesus cried
with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, limaw
sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God,
why have youfo rsaken me?"x
27:47Some of them who stood there, when
they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah."
27:48Immediately one of them ran, and took
a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put
it on a reed, and gave hima drink. 27:49The
rest said, "Let himb e. Let's see whether Elijah
comes to save him."
27:50Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and
yielded up his spirit. 27:51Behold, the veil of
the temple was torn in two from the top to the
bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were
split. 27:52The tombs were opened, and many
bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were
raised; 27:53and coming out of the tombs after
his resurrection, they entered into the holy city
and appeared to many. 27:54Now the centurion,
and those who were with himwatchi ng Jesus,
when they saw the earthquake, and the things
that were done, feared exceedingly, saying,
"Truly this was the Son of God."
27:55Many women were therewatching from
afar, who had followed Jesus fromGa lilee,
serving him. 27:56Among them were Mary
Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and
Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
27:57When evening had come, a rich man from
Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was
also Jesus' disciple came. 27:58This man went
to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then
Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
27:59Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in
a clean linen cloth, 27:60and laid it in his own
new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock,
and he rolled a great stone to the door of the
tomb, and departed. 27:61Mary Magdalene was
there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the
tomb. 27:62Now on the next day, which was the
day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests
and the Pharisees were gathered together to
Pilate, 27:63saying, "Sir, we rememberwhat that
deceiver said while he was still alive: 'After
three days I will rise again.' 27:64Command
therefore that the tomb be made secure until
the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come
at night and steal himaway , and tell the
people, 'He is risen fromthe dead;' and the last
deception will be worse than the first."
27:65Pilate said to them, "You have a guard.
Go, m ake it as secure as you can." 27:66So they
went with the guard and made the tomb secure,
sealing the stone.
28:1Now after the Sabbath, as it began to
dawn on the first day of the week, Mary
Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the
tomb. 28:2Behold, there was a great earthquake,
for an angel of the Lord descended fromt he
sky, and came and rolled away the stone from
the door, and sat on it. 28:3His appearance
was like lightning, and his clothing white as
snow. 28:4For fear of him, the guards shook,
and became like dead men. 28:5The angel
answered the women, "Don't be afraid, for
I know that you seek Jesus, who has been
crucified. 28:6He is not here, for he has risen,
just like he said. Come, see the place where
the Lord was lying. 28:7Go quickly and tell
his disciples, 'He has risen fromt he dead, and
behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there
you will see him.' Behold, I have told you."
28:8They departed quickly fromt he tomb
with fear and great joy, and ran to bring
his disciples word. 28:9As they went to tell
his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying,
"Rejoice!"
They came and took hold of his feet, and
worshiped him.
28:10Then Jesus said to them, "Don't be
afraid. Go tell my brothersy that they should
go into Galilee, and there they will see me."
28:11Now while they were going, behold,
some of the guards came into the city, and
told the chief priests all the things that had
happened. 28:12When they were assembled
with the elders, and had taken counsel, they
u27:45 noon
v27:45 3:00 P. M.
w27:46 TR reads "lama" instead of "lima"
x27:46 Psalm22: 1
y28:10 The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."
Matthew 28:13 788 Mark 1:27
gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,
28:13saying, "Say that his disciples came by
night, and stole himaway while we slept.
28:14If this comes to the governor's ears, we will
persuade hima nd make you free of worry."
28:15So they took the money and did as they
were told. This saying was spread abroad
among the Jews, and continues until this day.
28:16But the eleven disciples went into
Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent
them. 28:17When they saw him, they bowed
down to him, but some doubted. 28:18Jesus
came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All
authority has been given to me in heaven
and on earth. 28:19Therefore go, and make
disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, 28:20teaching them to observe all
things that I commanded you. Behold, I am
with youal ways, even to the end of the age."
Amen.
The Good News
According to Mark
1:1The beginning of the Good News of Jesus
Christ, the Son of God. 1:2As it is written in the
prophets,
"Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way before you.a
1:3The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
'Make ready the way of the Lord!
Make his paths straight!'"b
1:4John came baptizingc in the wilderness
and preaching the baptismo f repentance for
forgiveness of sins. 1:5All the country of Judea
and all those of Jerusalemwe nt out to him.
They were baptized by himin the Jordan river,
confessing their sins. 1:6John was clothed with
camel's hair and a leather belt around hiswaist.
He ate locusts and wild honey. 1:7He preached,
saying, "After me comes he who is mightier
than I, the thong of whose sandals I amno t
worthy to stoop down and loosen. 1:8I baptized
you ind water, but he will baptize you in the
Holy Spirit."
1:9It happened in those days, that Jesus came
fromNazar eth of Galilee, and was baptized by
John in the Jordan. 1:10Immediately coming up
fromthe water, he saw the heavens parting,
and the Spirit descending on himlike a dove.
1:11A voice came out of the sky, "You are my
beloved Son, in whomI amw ell pleased."
1:12Immediately the Spirit drove him out
into the wilderness. 1:13He was there in the
wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He
was with the wild animals; and the angels were
serving him.
1:14Now after John was taken into custody,
Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good
News of the Kingdomof God, 1:15and saying,
"The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of
God is at hand! Repent, and believe in the
Good News."
1:16Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he
saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon
casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
1:17Jesus said to them, "Come after me,
and I will make youinto fishers for men."
1:18Immediately they left their nets, and
followed him. 1:19Going on a little further from
there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and
John, his brother, who were also in the boat
mending the nets. 1:20Immediately he called
them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in
the boat with the hired servants, and went
after him. 1:21They went into Capernaum, and
immediately on the Sabbath day he entered
into the synagogue and taught. 1:22They were
astonished at his teaching, for he taught them
as having authority, and not as the scribes.
1:23Immediately there was in their synagogue
a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
1:24saying, "Ha! What do we have to do with
you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to
destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy
One of God!"
1:25Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet,
and come out of him!"
1:26The unclean spirit, convulsing hima nd
crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
1:27They were all amazed, so that they questioned
among themselves, saying, "What is
a1:2 Malachi 3:1
b1:3 Isaiah 40:3
c1:4 or, immersing
d1:8 The Greek word (en) translated here as "in" could also be translated as "with" in some contexts.
Mark 1:28 789 Mark 2:18
this? A new teaching? For with authority he
commands even the unclean spirits, and they
obey him!" 1:28The report of himw ent out
immediately everywhere into all the region of
Galilee and its surrounding area.
1:29Immediately, when they had come out
of the synagogue, they came into the house
of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
1:30Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick with
a fever, and immediately they told him about
her. 1:31He came and took her by the hand,
and raised her up. The fever left her, and she
served them. 1:32At evening, when the sun
had set, they brought to himal l who were sick,
and those who were possessed by demons.
1:33All the city was gathered together at the
door. 1:34He healed many who were sick with
various diseases, and cast out many demons.
He didn't allow the demons to speak, because
they knew him.
1:35Early in the morning, while it was still
dark, he rose up and went out, and departed
into a deserted place, and prayed there.
1:36Simon and those who were with him followed
after him; 1:37and they found him, and
told him, "Everyone is looking for you."
1:38He said to them, "Let's go elsewhere
into the next towns, that I may preach there
also, because I came out for this reason."
1:39He went into their synagogues throughout
all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.
1:40A leper came to him, begging him, kneeling
down to him, and saying to him, "If you
want to, you can make me clean."
1:41Being moved with compassion, he
stretched out his hand, and touched him, and
said to him, "I want to. Be made clean."
1:42When he had said this, immediately the
leprosy departed fromhi m, and he was
made clean. 1:43He strictly warned him, and
immediately sent him out, 1:44and said to
him, "See yous ay nothing to anybody, but
go show yourself to the priest, and offer
for your cleansing the things which Moses
commanded, for a testimony to them."
1:45But he went out, and began to proclaim
it much, and to spread about the matter, so that
Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but
was outside in desert places: and they came to
himfr om everywhere.
2:1When he entered again into Capernaum
after some days, it was heard that he was in
the house. 2:2Immediately many were gathered
together, so that there was no more room,
not even around the door; and he spoke the
word to them. 2:3Four people came, carrying a
paralytic to him. 2:4When they could not come
near to himf or the crowd, they removed the
roof where he was. When they had broken it
up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was
lying on. 2:5Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the
paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."
2:6But there were some of the scribes sitting
there, and reasoning in their hearts, 2:7"Why
does this man speak blasphemies like that?
Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
2:8Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit
that they so reasoned within themselves, said
to them, "Why do your eason these things
in your hearts? 2:9Which is easier, to tell
the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to
say, 'Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?'
2:10But that you may know that the Son of
Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"
he said to the paralytic 2:11"I tell you, arise,
take up your mat, and go to your house."
2:12He arose, and immediately took up the
mat, and went out in front of them all; so
that they were all amazed, and glorified God,
saying, "We never saw anything like this!"
2:13He went out again by the seaside. All the
multitude came to him, and he taught them.
2:14As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of
Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to
him, "Follow me." And he arose and followed
him.
2:15It happened, that he was reclining at the
table in his house, and many tax collectors and
sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples,
for there were many, and they followed him.
2:16The scribes and the Pharisees, when they
saw that he was eating with the sinners and
tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why is it
that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and
sinners?"
2:17When Jesus heard it, he said to them,
"Those who are healthy have no need for a
physician, but those who are sick. I came
not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
2:18John's disciples and the Pharisees were
fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why
do John's disciples and the disciples of the
Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"
Mark 2:19 790 Mark 3:31
2:19Jesus said to them, "Can the groomsmen
fast while the bridegroom is with them? As
long as they have the bridegroom with them,
they can't fast. 2:20But the days will come
when the bridegroom will be taken away
from them, and then will they fast in that day.
2:21No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth
on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks
and the new tears away from the old, and a
worse hole ismade. 2:22No one puts newwine
into old wineskins, or else the new wine will
burst the skins, and the wine pours out, and
the skins will be destroyed; but they put new
wine into fresh wineskins."
2:23It happened that he was going on the
Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his
disciples began, as they went, to pluck the
ears of grain. 2:24The Pharisees said to him,
"Behold, why do they do that which is not
lawful on the Sabbath day?"
2:25He said to them, "Did youne ver read
what David did, when he had need, and was
hungry he, and those who were with him?
2:26How he entered into the house of God
when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the
show bread, which is not lawful to eat except
for the priests, and gave also to those who
were with him?" 2:27He said to them, "The
Sabbath was made for man, not man for the
Sabbath. 2:28Therefore the Son ofMan is lord
even of the Sabbath."
3:1He entered again into the synagogue, and
there was a man there who had his hand
withered. 3:2They watched him, whether he
would heal himo n the Sabbath day, that they
might accuse him. 3:3He said to the man who
had his hand withered, "Stand up." 3:4He said
to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to
do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or
to kill?" But they were silent. 3:5When he
had looked around at themwi th anger, being
grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he
said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He
stretched it out, and his hand was restored as
healthy as the other. 3:6The Pharisees went out,
and immediately conspiredwith the Herodians
against him, how they might destroy him.
3:7Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples,
and a great multitude followed him from
Galilee, fromJudea , 3:8fromJer usalem, from
Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from
around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude,
hearing what great things he did, came to him.
3:9He spoke to his disciples that a little boat
should stay near himbe cause of the crowd,
so that they wouldn't press on him. 3:10For
he had healed many, so that as many as had
diseases pressed on himthat they might touch
him. 3:11The unclean spirits, whenever they
saw him, fell down before him, and cried, "You
are the Son of God!" 3:12He sternly warned
themthat they should notmake himk nown.
3:13He went up into the mountain, and
called to himself those whom he wanted, and
they went to him. 3:14He appointed twelve,
that they might be with him, and that he
might send them out to preach, 3:15and to
have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast
out demons: 3:16Simon, to whom he gave the
name Peter; 3:17James the son of Zebedee; John,
the brother of James, and he surnamed them
Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder;
3:18Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew;
Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus;
Simon the Zealot; 3:19and Judas Iscariot,
who also betrayed him.
He cam e into a house. 3:20The multitude
came together again, so that they could not so
much as eat bread. 3:21When his friends heard
it, they went out to seize him: for they said,
"He is insane." 3:22The scribeswho cam e down
fromJer usalemsa id, "He has Beelzebul," and,
"By the prince of the demons he casts out the
demons."
3:23He summoned them, and said to them
in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
3:24If a kingdom is divided against itself,
that kingdom cannot stand. 3:25If a house
is divided against itself, that house cannot
stand. 3:26If Satan has risen up against himself,
and is divided, he can't stand, but has
an end. 3:27But no one can enter into the
house of the strong man to plunder, unless he
first binds the strong man; and then he will
plunder his house. 3:28Most certainly I tell
you, all sins of the descendants of man will
be forgiven, including their blasphemies with
which they may blaspheme; 3:29but whoever
may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never
has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal
sin"3:30 because they said, "He has an unclean
spirit."
3:31His mother and his brothers came, and
standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.
Mark 3:32 791 Mark 4:32
3:32A multitude was sitting around him, and
they told him, "Behold, your mother, your
brothers, and your sisterse are outside looking
for you."
3:33He answered them, "Who are my
mother andmy brothers?" 3:34Looking around
at those who sat around him, he said, "Behold,
my mother and my brothers! 3:35For whoever
does the will of God, the same is my brother,
and my sister, and mother."
4:1Again he began to teach by the seaside.
A great multitude was gathered to him, so
that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat
down. All the multitude were on the land
by the sea. 4:2He taught themm any things
in parables, and told themin his teaching,
4:3"Listen! Behold, the farmer went out
to sow, 4:4and it happened, as he sowed,
some seed fell by the road, and the birdsf
came and devoured it. 4:5Others fell on the
rocky ground, where it had little soil, and
immediately it sprang up, because it had no
depth of soil. 4:6When the sun had risen,
it was scorched; and because it had no root,
it withered away. 4:7Others fell among the
thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked
it, and it yielded no fruit. 4:8Others fell into
the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing
up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty
times, some sixty times, and some one hundred
times as much."4:9He said, "Whoever has
ears to hear, let him hear."
4:10When he was alone, those who were
around himwi th the twelve asked himabo ut
the parables. 4:11He said to them, "To youis
given the mystery of the Kingdom of God,
but to those who are outside, all things are
done in parables, 4:12that 'seeing they may
see, and not perceive; and hearing they may
hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they
should turn again, and their sins should be
forgiven them.'"g
4:13He said to them, "Don't youu nderstand
this parable? How will youu nderstand all of
the parables? 4:14The farmer sows the word.
4:15The ones by the road are the ones where
the word is sown; and when they have heard,
immediately Satan comes, and takes away the
word which has been sown in them. 4:16These
in like manner are those who are sown on
the rocky places, who, when they have heard
the word, immediately receive it with joy.
4:17They have no root in themselves, but are
short-lived. When oppression or persecution
arises because of the word, immediately they
stumble. 4:18Others are those who are sown
among the thorns. These are those who have
heard the word, 4:19and the cares of this age,
and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts
of other things entering in choke the word,
and it becomes unfruitful. 4:20Those which
were sown on the good ground are those who
hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit,
some thirty times, some sixty times, and some
one hundred times."
4:21He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to
be put under a basketh or under a bed? Isn't
it put on a stand? 4:22For there is nothing
hidden, except that it should be made known;
neither was anything made secret, but that it
should come to light. 4:23If any man has ears
to hear, let him hear."
4:24He said to them, "Take heed what you
hear. With whatever measure you measure,
it will be measured to you, and more will be
given to youw ho hear. 4:25Forwhoever has, to
him will more be given, and he who doesn't
have, even that which he has will be taken
away from him."
4:26He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if
a man should cast seed on the earth, 4:27and
should sleep and rise night and day, and the
seed should spring up and grow, he doesn't
know how. 4:28For the earth bears fruit: first
the blade, then the ear, then the full grain
in the ear. 4:29But when the fruit is ripe,
immediately he puts forth the sickle, because
the harvest has come."
4:30He said, "How will we liken the Kingdom
of God? Or with what parable will we
illustrate it? 4:31It's like a grain of mustard
seed, which, when it is sown in the earth,
though it is less than all the seeds that are on
the earth, 4:32yet when it is sown, grows up,
and becomes greater than all the herbs, and
e3:32 TR omits "your sisters"
f4:4 TR adds "of the air"
g4:12 Isaiah 6:9-10
h4:21 literally, a modion, a dry measuring basket containing about a peck (about 9 litres)
Mark 4:33 792 Mark 5:30
puts out great branches, so that the birds of
the sky can lodge under its shadow."
4:33With many such parables he spoke the
word to them, as they were able to hear it.
4:34Without a parable he didn't speak to them;
but privately to his own disciples he explained
everything.
4:35On that day, when evening had come,
he said to them, "Let's go over to the other
side." 4:36Leaving the multitude, they took him
with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other
small boats were also with him. 4:37A bigwind
stormaro se, and the waves beat into the boat,
so much that the boat was already filled. 4:38He
himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion,
and they woke himu p, and told him, "Teacher,
don't you care that we are dying?"
4:39He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and
said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" The wind
ceased, and there was a great calm. 4:40He said
to them, "Why are youso afraid? How is it
that youha ve no faith?"
4:41They were greatly afraid, and said to one
another, "Who then is this, that even the wind
and the sea obey him?"
5:1They came to the other side of the sea, into
the country of the Gadarenes. 5:2When he had
come out of the boat, immediately a man with
an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.
5:3He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind
himany more, not even with chains, 5:4because
he had been often bound with fetters and
chains, and the chains had been torn apart by
him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody
had the strength to tame him. 5:5Always, night
and day, in the tombs and in the mountains,
he was crying out, and cutting himself with
stones. 5:6When he saw Jesus froma far, he
ran and bowed down to him, 5:7and crying out
with a loud voice, he said, "What have I to do
with you, Jesus, you Son of theMostHigh God?
I adjure you by God, don't torment me." 5:8For
he said to him, "Come out of the man, you
unclean spirit!"
5:9He asked him, "What is your name?"
He said to him, "My name is Legion, for
we are many." 5:10He begged himm uch that
he would not send themaway out of the
country. 5:11Now on the mountainside there
was a great herd of pigs feeding. 5:12All the
demons begged him, saying, "Send us into the
pigs, that we may enter into them."
5:13At once Jesus gave themperm ission. The
unclean spirits came out and entered into the
pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed
down the steep bank into the sea, and they were
drowned in the sea. 5:14Those who fed them
fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
The people came to see what it was that had
happened. 5:15They came to Jesus, and sawhim
who had been possessed by demons sitting,
clothed, and in his right mind, even him who
had the legion; and they were afraid. 5:16Those
who saw it declared to themho w it happened
to himw ho was possessed by demons, and
about the pigs. 5:17They began to beg himt o
depart fromt heir region.
5:18As he was entering into the boat, he who
had been possessed by demons begged him
that he might be with him. 5:19He didn't allow
him, but said to him, "Go to your house, to
your friends, and tell them what great things
the Lord has done for you, and how he had
mercy on you."
5:20He went his way, and began to proclaim
in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things
for him, and everyone marveled.
5:21When Jesus had crossed back over in
the boat to the other side, a great multitude
was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.
5:22Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue,
Jairus by name, came; and seeing him, he fell at
his feet, 5:23and begged himm uch, saying, "My
little daughter is at the point of death. Please
come and lay your hands on her, that she may
be made healthy, and live."
5:24He went with him, and a great multitude
followed him, and they pressed upon him on
all sides. 5:25A certain woman, who had an
issue of blood for twelve years, 5:26and had
suffered many things by many physicians, and
had spent all that she had, and was no better,
but rather grew worse, 5:27having heard the
things concerning Jesus, came up behind him
in the crowd, and touched his clothes. 5:28For
she said, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be
made well." 5:29Immediately the flow of her
blood was dried up, and she felt in her body
that she was healed of her affliction.
5:30Immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself
that the power had gone out fromhim, turned
around in the crowd, and asked, "Who touched
my clothes?"
Mark 5:31 793 Mark 6:23
5:31His disciples said to him, "You see the
multitude pressing against you, and you say,
'Who touched me?'"
5:32He looked around to see her who had
done this thing. 5:33But the woman, fearing and
trembling, knowingwhat had been done to her,
came and fell down before him, and told himall
the truth.
5:34He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has
made youwel l. Go in peace, and be cured of
your disease."
5:35While he was still speaking, people
cam e from the synagogue ruler'shouse saying,
"Your daughter is dead. Why bother the
Teacher any more?"
5:36But Jesus, when he heard the message
spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the
synagogue, "Don't be afraid, only believe."
5:37He allowed no one to follow him, except
Peter, James, and John the brother of James.
5:38He came to the synagogue ruler's house,
and he saw an uproar, weeping, and great
wailing. 5:39When he had entered in, he said
to them, "Why do youm ake an uproar and
weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep."
5:40They ridiculed him. But he, having put
themal l out, took the father of the child, her
mother, and those who were with him, and
went in where the child was lying. 5:41Taking
the child by the hand, he said to her, "Talitha
cumi!" which means, being interpreted, "Girl,
I tell you, get up!" 5:42Immediately the girl
rose up and walked, for she was twelve years
old. They were amazed with great amazement.
5:43He strictly ordered themthat no one should
know this, and commanded that something
should be given to her to eat.
6:1He went out fromt here. He came into his
own country, and his disciples followed him.
6:2When the Sabbath had come, he began to
teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him
were astonished, saying, "Where did this man
get these things?" and, "What is the wisdom
that is given to this man, that such mighty
works come about by his hands? 6:3Isn't this
the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of
James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren't his
sisters here with us?" They were offended at
him.
6:4Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not
without honor, except in his own country,
and among his own relatives, and in his own
house." 6:5He could do no m ighty work there,
except that he laid his hands on a few sick
people, and healed them. 6:6He marveled
because of their unbelief.
He went around the villages teaching. 6:7He
called to himself the twelve, and began to send
themo ut two by two; and he gave themautho rity
over the unclean spirits. 6:8He commanded
themthat they should take nothing for their
journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet,
no money in their purse, 6:9but to wear sandals,
and not put on two tunics. 6:10He said to them,
"Wherever youe nter into a house, stay there
until you depart from there. 6:11Whoever
will not receive younor hear you, as you
depart from there, shake off the dust that
is under your feet for a testimony against
them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more
tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day
of judgment than for that city!"
6:12They went out and preached that people
should repent. 6:13They cast out many demons,
and anointed many with oil who were sick,
and healed them . 6:14King Herod heard this,
for his name had become known, and he said,
"John the Baptizer has risen fromt he dead, and
therefore these powers are at work in him."
6:15But others said, "He is Elijah." Others said,
"He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets."
6:16But Herod, when he heard this, said, "This
is John, whomI beheaded. He has risen from
the dead." 6:17For Herod himself had sent out
and arrested John, and bound himi n prison for
the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,
for he had married her. 6:18For John said to
Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your
brother'swife." 6:19Herodias set herself against
him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn't,
6:20forHerod feared John, knowing that he was
a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe.
When he heard him, he did many things, and
he heard himg ladly.
6:21Then a convenient day came, that Herod
on his birthday made a supper for his nobles,
the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.
6:22When the daughter of Herodias herself
came in and danced, she pleased Herod and
those sitting with him. The king said to the
young lady, "Ask me whatever you want, and
I will give it to you." 6:23He swore to her,
"Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you,
up to half of my kingdom."
Mark 6:24 794 Mark 6:56
6:24She went out, and said to her mother,
"What shall I ask?"
She said, "The head of John the Baptizer."
6:25She came in immediately with haste to
the king, and asked, "I want you to give me
right now the head of John the Baptizer on a
platter."
6:26The king was exceedingly sorry, but for
the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests,
he didn't wish to refuse her. 6:27Immediately
the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and
commanded to bring John's head, and he
went and beheaded himin the prison, 6:28and
brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the
young lady; and the young lady gave it to her
mother.
6:29When his disciples heard this, they came
and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
6:30The apostles gathered themselves together
to Jesus, and they told himal l things,
whatever they had done, and whatever they
had taught. 6:31He said to them, "Youco me
apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile."
For there were many coming and going, and
they had no leisure so much as to eat. 6:32They
went away in the boat to a deserted place
by themselves. 6:33Theyi saw themgoin g,
and many recognized him and ran there on
foot froma ll the cities. They arrived before
them and came together to him. 6:34Jesus
came out, saw a great multitude, and he had
compassion on them, because they were like
sheep without a shepherd, and he began to
teach themm any things. 6:35When it was late
in the day, his disciples came to him, and said,
"This place is deserted, and it is late in the
day. 6:36Send themaway , that they may go
into the surrounding country and villages, and
buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to
eat."
6:37But he answered them, "Yougive them
something to eat."
They asked him, "Shall we go and buy two
hundred denariij worth of bread, and give them
something to eat?"
6:38He said to them, "How many loaves do
youha ve? Go see."
When they knew, they said, "Five, and two
fish."
6:39He commanded them that everyone
should sit down in groups on the green grass.
6:40They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and
by fifties. 6:41He took the five loaves and
the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he
blessed and broke the loaves, and he gave to
his disciples to set before them, and he divided
the two fish among them all. 6:42They all
ate, and were filled. 6:43They took up twelve
baskets full of broken pieces and also of the
fish. 6:44Those who ate the loaves werek five
thousand men.
6:45Immediately he made his disciples get
into the boat, and to go ahead to the other
side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the
multitude away. 6:46After he had taken leave
of them, he went up the mountain to pray.
6:47When evening had come, the boat was
in the midst of the sea, and he was alone
on the land. 6:48Seeing themdist ressed in
rowing, for the wind was contrary to them,
about the fourth watch of the night he came
to them, walking on the sea,l and he would
have passed by them, 6:49but they, when they
saw himw alking on the sea, supposed that it
was a ghost, and cried out; 6:50for they all saw
him, and were troubled. But he immediately
spoke with them, and said to them, "Cheer
up! It is I!m Don't be afraid." 6:51He got into
the boat with them; and the wind ceased, and
they were very amazed among themselves, and
marveled; 6:52for they hadn't understood about
the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
6:53When they had crossed over, they came
to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.
6:54When they had come out of the boat, immediately
the people recognized him, 6:55and
ran around that whole region, and began to
bring those who were sick, on their mats, to
where they heard he was. 6:56Wherever he
entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the
country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces,
and begged himthat they might touch just the
i6:33 TR reads "The multitudes" instead of "They"
j6:37 200 denarii was about 7 or 8 months wages for an agricultural laborer.
k6:44 TR adds "about"
l6:48 see Job 9:8
m6:50 or, "I AM!"
Mark 7:1 795 Mark 7:33
fringen of his garment; and as many as touched
himw eremade well.
7:1Then the Pharisees, and some of the
scribes gathered together to him, having come
fromJer usalem. 7:2Now when they saw some
of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that
is, unwashed, hands, they found fault. 7:3(For
the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless
they wash their hands and forearms, holding
to the tradition of the elders. 7:4They don't eat
when they come from the marketplace, unless
they bathe themselves, and there are many
other things, which they have received to hold
to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels,
and couches.) 7:5The Pharisees and the scribes
asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk
according to the tradition of the elders, but eat
their bread with unwashed hands?"
7:6He answered them, "Well did Isaiah
prophesy of youhypocrite s, as it is written,
'This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me.
7:7Bu t in vain do they worshipme,
teaching as doctrines the commandments
of men.'o
7:8"For yous et aside the commandment
of God, and hold tightly to the tradition
of men the washing of pitchers and cups,
and youdo many other such things." 7:9He
said to them, "Full well do you reject the
commandment of God, that youm ay keep
your tradition. 7:10For Moses said, 'Honor
your father and your mother;'p and, 'He who
speaks evil of father or mother, let him be
put to death.'q 7:11But you say, 'If a man
tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit
youm ight have received from me is Corbanr,
that is to say, given to God;"' 7:12then you
no longer allow him to do anything for his
father or hismother, 7:13making void theword
of God by your tradition, which you have
handed down. Youdo many things like this."
7:14He called all the multitude to himself,
and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and
understand. 7:15There is nothing fromoutside
of theman, that going into him can defile him;
but the things which proceed out of the man
are those that defile theman. 7:16If anyone has
ears to hear, let him hear!"
7:17When he had entered into a house away
fromthe multitude, his disciples asked him
about the parable. 7:18He said to them, "Are
you thus without understanding also? Don't
youp erceive that whatever goes into the man
from outside can't defile him, 7:19because it
doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach,
then into the latrine, thus making all foods
clean?" 7:20He said, "That which proceeds out
of the man, that defiles the man. 7:21For from
within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil
thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders,
thefts, 7:22covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful
desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and
foolishness. 7:23All these evil things come
from within, and defile the man."
7:24Fromthe re he arose, and went away into
the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into
a house, and didn't want anyone to know it,
but he couldn't escape notice. 7:25For awoman,
whose little daughter had an unclean spirit,
having heard of him, came and fell down at
his feet. 7:26Now the woman was a Greek, a
Syrophoenician by race. She begged himthat
he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
7:27But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be
filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the
children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
7:28But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet
even the dogs under the table eat the children's
crumbs."
7:29He said to her, "For this saying, go
your way. The demon has gone out of your
daughter."
7:30She went away to her house, and found
the child having been laid on the bed, with the
demon gone out.
7:31Again he departed fromthe borders of
Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee,
through the midst of the region of Decapolis.
7:32They brought to himon e who was deaf
and had an impediment in his speech. They
begged himt o lay his hand on him. 7:33He took
himas ide from the multitude, privately, and
put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and
n6:56 or, tassel
o7:7 Isaiah 29:13
p7:10 Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16
q7:10 Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9
r7:11 Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.
Mark 7:34 796 Mark 8:33
touched his tongue. 7:34Looking up to heaven,
he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that
is, "Be opened!" 7:35Immediately his ears were
opened, and the impediment of his tongue
was released, and he spoke clearly. 7:36He
commanded them that they should tell no one,
but the more he commanded them, so much the
more widely they proclaimed it. 7:37They were
astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has
done all things well. He makes even the deaf
hear, and the mute speak!"
8:1In those days, when there was a very
great multitude, and they had nothing to eat,
Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to
them, 8:2"I have compassion on themultitude,
because they have stayed with me now three
days, and have nothing to eat. 8:3If I send
them away fasting to their home, they will
faint on the way, for some of them have come
a longway."
8:4His disciples answered him, "Fromwhere
could one satisfy these people with bread here
in a deserted place?"
8:5He asked them, "How many loaves do
youha ve?"
They said, "Seven."
8:6He commanded the multitude to sit down
on the ground, and he took the seven loaves.
Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave
themto his disciples to serve, and they served
the multitude. 8:7They had a few small fish.
Having blessed them, he said to serve these
also. 8:8They ate, and were filled. They took
up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left
over. 8:9Those who had eaten were about four
thousand. Then he sent themaway.
8:10Immediately he entered into the boat
with his disciples, and came into the region of
Dalmanutha. 8:11The Pharisees came out and
began to question him, seeking fromhim a sign
fromhe aven, and testing him. 8:12He sighed
deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this
generations seek a sign? Most certainly I tell
you, no sign will be given to this generation."
8:13He left them, and again entering into the
boat, departed to the other side. 8:14They forgot
to take bread; and they didn't have more than
one loaf in the boat with them. 8:15He warned
them, saying, "Take heed: beware of the yeast
of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."
8:16They reasoned with one another, saying,
"It's because we have no bread."
8:17Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why
do your eason that it's because youha ve
no bread? Don't youpe rceive yet, neither
understand? Is your heart still hardened?
8:18Having eyes, don't yous ee? Having
ears, don't youhe ar? Don't your emember?
8:19When I broke the five loaves among the
five thousand, how many baskets full of
broken pieces did youta ke up?"
They told him, "Twelve."
8:20"When the seven loaves fed the four
thousand, how many baskets full of broken
pieces did youta ke up?"
They told him, "Seven."
8:21He asked them, "Don't youu nderstand,
yet?"
8:22He came to Bethsaida. They brought a
blind man to him, and begged him to touch
him. 8:23He took hold of the blind man by the
hand, and brought himout of the village. When
he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on
him, he asked him if he saw anything.
8:24He looked up, and said, "I see men; for I
see themlike trees walking."
8:25Then again he laid his hands on his eyes.
He looked intently, and was restored, and saw
everyone clearly. 8:26He sent himaway to his
house, saying, "Don't enter into the village,
nor tell anyone in the village."
8:27Jesus went out, with his disciples, into
the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way
he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I
am?"
8:28They told him, "John the Baptizer, and
others say Elijah, but others: one of the
prophets."
8:29He said to them, "But who do you say
that I am?"
Peter answered, "You are the Christ."
8:30He commanded them that they should
tell no one about him. 8:31He began to teach
them that the Son of Man must suffer many
things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief
priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after
three days rise again. 8:32He spoke to them
openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke
him. 8:33But he, turning around, and seeing his
disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind
s8:12 The word translated "generation" here (genea) could also be translated "people," "race," or "family."
Mark 8:34 797 Mark 9:31
me, Satan! For youha ve in mind not the
things of God, but the things of men."
8:34He called the multitude to himself with
his disciples, and said to them, "Whoever
wants to come after me, let him deny himself,
and take up his cross, and follow me. 8:35For
whoever wants to save his life will lose it;
and whoever will lose his life for my sake
and the sake of the Good News will save
it. 8:36For what does it profit a man, to gain
the whole world, and forfeit his life? 8:37For
what will a man give in exchange for his
life? 8:38For whoever will be ashamed of
me and of my words in this adulterous and
sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be
ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory
of his Father with the holy angels."
9:1He said to them, "Most certainly I tell
you, there are some standing here who will in
noway taste death until they see the Kingdom
of God come with power."
9:2After six days Jesus took with himPe ter,
James, and John, and brought them up onto
a high mountain privately by themselves, and
he was changed into another formi n front
of them. 9:3His clothing became glistening,
exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer
on earth can whiten them. 9:4Elijah and
Moses appeared to them, and they were talking
with Jesus.
9:5Peter answered Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good
for us to be here. Let's make three tents: one for
you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." 9:6For
he didn't know what to say, for they were very
afraid.
9:7A cloud came, overshadowing them, and
a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my
beloved Son. Listen to him."
9:8Suddenly looking around, they saw no
one with thema nymore, except Jesus only.
9:9As they were coming down from the
mountain, he commanded them that they
should tell no one what things they had seen,
until after the Son of Man had risen fromthe
dead. 9:10They kept this saying to themselves,
questioning what the "rising fromt he dead"
meant.
9:11They asked him, saying, "Why do the
scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
9:12He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes
first, and restores all things. How is it written
about the Son of Man, that he should suffer
many things and be despised? 9:13But I tell
youtha t Elijah has come, and they have also
done to him whatever they wanted to, even as
it is written about him."
9:14Coming to the disciples, he saw a great
multitude around them, and scribes questioning
them. 9:15Immediately all the multitude,
when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and
running to himg reeted him. 9:16He asked the
scribes, "What are youa sking them?"
9:17One of the multitude answered,
"Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has
a m ute spirit; 9:18and wherever it seizes him, it
throws him down, and he foams at the mouth,
and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked
your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't
able."
9:19He answered him, "Unbelieving generation,
how long shall I bewith you? How long
shall I bear with you? Bring him to me."
9:20They brought himt o him, and when
he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed
him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and
foaming at the mouth.
9:21He asked his father, "How long has it
been since this has come to him?"
He said, "Fromc hildhood. 9:22Often it has
cast himbo th into the fire and into the water, to
destroy him. But if you can do anything, have
compassion on us, and help us."
9:23Jesus said to him, "If youc an believe, all
things are possible to him who believes."
9:24Immediately the father of the child cried
out with tears, "I believe. Help my unbelief!"
9:25When Jesus saw that a multitude came
running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit,
saying to him, "Youmu te and deaf spirit, I
command you, come out of him, and never
enter him again!"
9:26Having cried out, and convulsed greatly,
it came out of him. The boy became like one
dead; so much that most of them said, "He is
dead." 9:27But Jesus took himby the hand, and
raised himu p; and he arose.
9:28When he had come into the house, his
disciples asked himpriv ately, "Why couldn't
we cast it out?" 9:29He said to them, "This kind
can come out by nothing, except by prayer and
fasting."
9:30They went out fromt here, and passed
through Galilee. He didn't want anyone to
know it. 9:31For he was teaching his disciples,
Mark 9:32 798 Mark 10:14
and said to them, "The Son of Man is being
handed over to the hands of men, and they
will kill him; and when he is killed, on the
third day he will rise again."
9:32But they didn't understand the saying,
and were afraid to ask him.
9:33He came to Capernaum, and when he
was in the house he asked them, "What were
you arguing among yourselves on the way?"
9:34But they were silent, for they had disputed
one with another on the way about who
was the greatest.
9:35He sat down, and called the twelve; and
he said to them, "If any man wants to be first,
he shall be last of all, and servant of all."
9:36He took a little child, and set himin the
midst of them. Taking him in his arms, he said
to them, 9:37"Whoever receives one such little
child in my name, receives me, and whoever
receives me, doesn't receive me, but him who
sent me."
9:38John said to him, "Teacher, we sawsomeone
who doesn't follow us casting out demons
in your name; and we forbade him, because he
doesn't follow us."
9:39But Jesus said, "Don't forbid him, for
there is no one who will do a mighty work in
my name, and be able quickly to speak evil
of me. 9:40For whoever is not against us is on
our side. 9:41For whoever will give youa cup
of water to drink in my name, because you
are Christ's, most certainly I tell you, he will
in no way lose his reward. 9:42Whoever will
cause one of these little ones who believe in
me to stumble, it would be better for him if
he was thrown into the sea with a millstone
hung around his neck. 9:43If your hand causes
you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you
to enter into life maimed, rather than having
your two hands to go into Gehenna,t into
the unquenchable fire, 9:44'where their worm
doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'
9:45If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it
off. It is better for youto enter into life lame,
rather than having your two feet to be cast
into Gehenna,u into the fire that will never be
quenched 9:46'where theirwormdoesn't die,
and the fire is not quenched.' 9:47If your eye
causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better
for youto enter into the Kingdom of God
with one eye, rather than having two eyes to
be cast into the Gehennav of fire, 9:48'where
their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not
quenched.'w 9:49For everyone will be salted
with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned
with salt. 9:50Salt is good, but if the salt has
lost its saltiness, with what will youse ason it?
Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with
one another."
10:1He arose fromthe re and came into
the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan.
Multitudes came together to him again. As
he usually did, he was again teaching them.
10:2Pharisees came to him testing him, and
asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce
his wife?"
10:3He answered, "What did Moses command
you?"
10:4They said, "Moses allowed a certificate
of divorce to be written, and to divorce her."
10:5But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness
of heart, he wrote youthis commandment.
10:6But from the beginning of the
creation, God made them male and female.x
10:7For this cause a man will leave his father
and mother, and will join to his wife, 10:8and
the two will become one flesh,y so that they
are no longer two, but one flesh. 10:9What
therefore God has joined together, let no man
separate."
10:10In the house, his disciples asked him
again about the same matter. 10:11He said to
them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries
another, commits adultery against her.
10:12If a woman herself divorces her husband,
and marries another, she commits adultery."
10:13They were bringing to himlit tle children,
that he should touch them, but the disciples
rebuked those who were bringing them.
10:14But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with
indignation, and said to them, "Allow the little
children to come tome! Don't forbid them, for
t9:43 or, Hell
u9:45 or, Hell
v9:47 or, Hell
w9:48 Isaiah 66:24
x10:6 Genesis 1:27
y10:8 Genesis 2:24
Mark 10:15 799 Mark 10:47
the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
10:15Most certainly I tell you,whoever will not
receive the Kingdom of God like a little child,
he will in no way enter into it." 10:16He took
them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his
hands on them.
10:17As he was going out into the way, one
ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him,
"Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may
inherit eternal life?"
10:18Jesus said to him, "Why do youc all
me good? No one is good except one God.
10:19Youknow the commandments: 'Do not
murder,' 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not
steal,' 'Do not give false testimony,' 'Do not
defraud,' 'Honor your father and mother.'"z
10:20He said to him, "Teacher, I have observed
all these things frommy youth."
10:21Jesus looking at himlov ed him, and said
to him, "One thing youla ck. Go, sell whatever
youha ve, and give to the poor, and youw ill
have treasure in heaven; and come, followme,
taking up the cross."
10:22But his face fell at that saying, and he
went away sorrowful, for he was one who had
great possessions. 10:23Jesus looked around,
and said to his disciples, "How difficult it is
for those who have riches to enter into the
Kingdom of God!"
10:24The disciples were amazed at his words.
But Jesus answered again, "Children, how
hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter
into the Kingdom of God! 10:25It is easier for
a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a
rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
10:26They were exceedingly astonished, saying
to him, "Then who can be saved?"
10:27Jesus, looking at them, said, "With men
it is impossible, but not with God, for all
things are possible with God."
10:28Peter began to tell him, "Behold, we
have left all, and have followed you."
10:29Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you,
there is no one who has left house, or brothers,
or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or
children, or land, formy sake, and for the sake
of theGoodNews, 10:30but he will receive one
hundred times more now in this time, houses,
brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land,
with persecutions; and in the age to come
eternal life. 10:31But many who are first will
be last; and the last first."
10:32They were on the way, going up to
Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of
them, and they were amazed; and those who
followedwere afraid. He again took the twelve,
and began to tell themthe things that were
going to happen to him . 10:33"Behold, we
are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man
will be delivered to the chief priests and the
scribes. They will condemn him to death, and
will deliver him to the Gentiles. 10:34They
will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and
kill him. On the third day he will rise again."
10:35James and John, the sons of Zebedee,
came near to him, saying, "Teacher, we want
you to do for us whatever we will ask."
10:36He said to them, "What do youwantme
to do for you?"
10:37They said to him, "Grant to us that we
may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your
left hand, in your glory."
10:38But Jesus said to them, "Youd on't
know what youa re asking. Are youa ble to
drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized
with the baptism that I am baptized with?"
10:39They said to him, "We are able."
Jesus said to them, "Yoush all indeed drink
the cup that I drink, and you shall be baptized
with the baptism that I am baptized with;
10:40but to sit at my right hand and at my left
hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has
been prepared."
10:41When the ten heard it, they began to be
indignant towards James and John.
10:42Jesus summoned them, and said to
them, "Youknow that they who are recognized
as rulers over the nations lord it
over them, and their great ones exercise
authority over them. 10:43But it shall not
be so among you, but whoever wants to
become great among yous hall be your servant.
10:44Whoever of youw ants to become
first among you, shall be bondservant of all.
10:45For the Son of Man also came not to be
served, but to serve, and to give his life as a
ransom for many."
10:46They came to Jericho. As he went out
fromJerich o,with his disciples and a greatmultitude,
the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind
beggar, was sitting by the road. 10:47When he
z10:19 Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20
Mark 10:48 800 Mark 11:26
heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began
to cry out, and say, "Jesus, you son of David,
have mercy on me!" 10:48Many rebuked him,
that he should be quiet, but he cried out much
more, "You son of David, have mercy on me!"
10:49Jesus stood still, and said, "Call him."
They called the blind man, saying to him,
"Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!"
10:50He, casting away his cloak, sprang up,
and came to Jesus.
10:51Jesus asked him, "What do youw ant
me to do for you?"
The blind man said to him, "Rhabboni,a that
I may see again."
10:52Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your
faith has made youwe ll." Immediately he
received his sight, and followed Jesus in the
way.
11:1When they drew near to Jerusalem, to
Bethsphageb and Bethany, at the Mount of
Olives, he sent two of his disciples, 11:2and said
to them, "Go your way into the village that
is opposite you. Immediately as you enter
into it, youwill find a young donkey tied, on
which no one has sat. Untie him, and bring
him. 11:3If anyone asks you, 'Why are you
doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs him;' and
immediately he will send him back here."
11:4They went away, and found a young
donkey tied at the door outside in the open
street, and they untied him. 11:5Some of those
who stood there asked them, "What are you
doing, untying the young donkey?" 11:6They
said to themjus t as Jesus had said, and they let
themg o.
11:7They brought the young donkey to Jesus,
and threw their garments on it, and Jesus
sat on it. 11:8Many spread their garments
on the way, and others were cutting down
branches fromthe trees, and spreading them
on the road. 11:9Those who went in front,
and those who followed, cried out, "Hosannac !
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
Lord!d 11:10Blessed is the kingdomof our father
David that is coming in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest!"
11:11Jesus entered into the temple in
Jerusalem. When he had looked around at
everything, it being now evening, he went out
to Bethany with the twelve.
11:12The next day, when they had come out
fromB ethany, he was hungry. 11:13Seeing a fig
tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if
perhaps he might find anything on it. When
he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for
it was not the season for figs. 11:14Jesus told it,
"May no one ever eat fruit from you again!"
and his disciples heard it.
11:15They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered
into the temple, and began to throw out
those who sold and those who bought in the
temple, and overthrew the tables of the money
changers, and the seats of those who sold the
doves. 11:16Hewould not allow anyone to carry
a container through the temple. 11:17He taught,
saying to them, "Isn't it written, 'My house
will be called a house of prayer for all the
nations?'e But you have made it a den of
robbers!"f
11:18The chief priests and the scribes heard
it, and sought how they might destroy him. For
they feared him, because all the multitude was
astonished at his teaching.
11:19When evening came, he went out of the
city. 11:20As they passed by in the morning,
they saw the fig tree withered away fromthe
roots. 11:21Peter, remembering, said to him,
"Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has
withered away."
11:22Jesus answered them, "Have faith in
God. 11:23For most certainly I tell you, whoever
may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up
and cast into the sea,' and doesn't doubt in
his heart, but believes that what he says is
happening; he shall have whatever he says.
11:24Therefore I tell you, all things whatever
youpr ay and ask for, believe that youha ve
received them, and yoush all have them.
11:25Whenever yous tand praying, forgive, if
youha ve anything against anyone; so that
your Father, who is in heaven, may also
forgive youyou r transgressions. 11:26But if
a10:51 Rhabboni is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for "great teacher."
b11:1 TR & NU read "Bethphage" instead of "Bethsphage"
c11:9 "Hosanna" means "save us" or "help us, we pray."
d11:9 Psalm118: 25-26
e11:17 Isaiah 56:7
f11:17 Jeremiah 7:11
Mark 11:27 801 Mark 12:27
youdo not forgive, neither will your Father
in heaven forgive your transgressions."
11:27They came again to Jerusalem, and as
he was walking in the temple, the chief priests,
and the scribes, and the elders came to him,
11:28and they began saying to him, "By what
authority do you do these things? Or who gave
you this authority to do these things?"
11:29Jesus said to them, "I will ask youone
question. Answer me, and I will tell you by
what authority I do these things. 11:30The
baptismof John was it fromheaven, or from
men? Answer me."
11:31They reasoned with themselves, saying,
"If we should say, 'Fromhe aven;' he will say,
'Why then did you not believe him?' 11:32If
we should say, 'Fromm en'" they feared the
people, for all held John to really be a prophet.
11:33They answered Jesus, "We don't know."
Jesus said to them, "Neither do I tell youb y
what authority I do these things."
12:1He began to speak to themi n parables.
"A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge
around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a
tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into
another country. 12:2When it was time, he sent
a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer
his share of the fruit of the vineyard. 12:3They
took him, beat him, and sent himaway empty.
12:4Again, he sent another servant to them;
and they threw stones at him, wounded him
in the head, and sent him away shamefully
treated. 12:5Again he sent another; and they
killed him; and many others, beating some,
and killing some. 12:6Therefore still having
one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them,
saying, 'They will respect my son.' 12:7But
those farmers said among themselves, 'This
is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the
inheritance will be ours.' 12:8They took him,
killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
12:9What therefore will the lord of the
vineyard do? He will come and destroy the
farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.
12:10Haven't youev en read this Scripture:
'The stone which the builders rejected,
the same was made the head of the
corner.
12:11This was from the Lord,
it is marvelous in our eyes'?"g
12:12They tried to seize him, but they feared
the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke
the parable against them. They left him,
and went away. 12:13They sent some of the
Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that
they might trap him with words. 12:14When
they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we
know that you are honest, and don't defer to
anyone; for you aren't partial to anyone, but
truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay
taxes to Caesar, or not? 12:15Shall we give, or
shall we not give?"
But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to
them, "Why do youte st me? Bring me a
denarius, that I may see it."
12:16They brought it.
He said to them, "Whose is this image and
inscription?"
They said to him, "Caesar's."
12:17Jesus answered them, "Render to Caesar
the things that are Caesar's, and to God the
things that are God's."
They marveled greatly at him.
12:18There came to him Sadducees, who say
that there is no resurrection. They asked
him, saying, 12:19"Teacher, Moses wrote to us,
'If a man's brother dies, and leaves a wife
behind him, and leaves no children, that his
brother should take his wife, and raise up
offspring for his brother.' 12:20Therewere seven
brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left
no offspring. 12:21The second took her, and
died, leaving no children behind him. The third
likewise; 12:22and the seven took her and left
no children. Last of all the woman also died.
12:23In the resurrection, when they rise, whose
wife will she be of them? For the seven had her
as a wife."
12:24Jesus answered them, "Isn't this because
you are mistaken, not knowing the
Scriptures, nor the power of God? 12:25For
when they will rise from the dead, they
neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but
are like angels in heaven. 12:26But about the
dead, that they are raised; haven't youread
in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how
God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob'h? 12:27He is not the God of the dead,
g12:11 Psalm118: 22-23
h12:26 Exodus 3:6
Mark 12:28 802 Mark 13:11
but of the living. You are therefore badly
mistaken."
12:28One of the scribes came, and heard
themquest ioning together. Knowing that he
had answered themw ell, asked him, "Which
commandment is the greatest of all?"
12:29Jesus answered, "The greatest is, 'Hear,
Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:
12:30yous hall love the Lord your God with all
your heart, andwith all your soul, andwith all
your mind, and with all your strength.'i This
is the first commandment. 12:31The second
is like this, 'Yous hall love your neighbor as
yourself.'j There is no other commandment
greater than these."
12:32The scribe said to him, "Truly, teacher,
you have said well that he is one, and there is
none other but he, 12:33and to love himwi th all
the heart, and with all the understanding, with
all the soul, and with all the strength, and to
love his neighbor as himself, is more important
than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."
12:34When Jesus saw that he answered
wisely, he said to him, "Youare not far from
the Kingdom of God."
No one dared ask himany question after
that. 12:35Jesus responded, as he taught in the
temple, "How is it that the scribes say that
the Christ is the son of David? 12:36For David
himself said in the Holy Spirit,
'The Lord said to my Lord,
"Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies the footstool
of your feet."'k
12:37Therefore David himself calls him
Lord, so howcan he be his son?"
The common people heard him gladly.
12:38In his teaching he said to them ,"Beware
of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes,
and to get greetings in the marketplaces,
12:39and the best seats in the synagogues,
and the best places at feasts: 12:40those who
devour widows' houses, and for a pretense
make long prayers. These will receive greater
condemnation."
12:41Jesus sat down opposite the treasury,
and saw how the multitude cast money into
the treasury. Many who were rich cast in
much. 12:42A poor widow came, and she cast in
two small brass coins,l which equal a quadrans
coin.m 12:43He called his disciples to himself,
and said to them, "Most certainly I tell you,
this poor widow gavemore than all thosewho
are giving into the treasury, 12:44for they all
gave out of their abundance, but she, out of
her poverty, gave all that she had to live on."
13:1As he went out of the temple, one of his
disciples said to him, "Teacher, see what kind
of stones and what kind of buildings!"
13:2Jesus said to him, "Do yousee these
great buildings? There will not be left here
one stone on another, which will not be
thrown down."
13:3As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite
the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew
asked himpriv ately, 13:4"Tell us, when will
these things be? What is the sign that these
things are all about to be fulfilled?"
13:5Jesus, answering, began to tell them, "Be
careful that no one leads you astray. 13:6For
many will come in my name, saying, 'I am
he!n' and will lead many astray.
13:7"When youh ear of wars and rumors
of wars, don't be troubled. For those must
happen, but the end is not yet. 13:8For
nation will rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom. There will be earthquakes
in various places. There will be famines and
troubles. These things are the beginning of
birth pains. 13:9But watch yourselves, for they
will deliver you up to councils. You will be
beaten in synagogues. You will stand before
rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony
to them. 13:10The Good News must first be
preached to all the nations. 13:11When they
lead youaway and deliver you up, don't be
i12:30 Deuteronomy 6:4-5
j12:31 Leviticus 19:18
k12:36 Psalm110: 1
l12:42 literally, lepta (or widow's mites). Lepta are very small brass coins worth half a quadrans each,
which is a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker's daily
wages.
m12:42 A quadrans is a coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is about one day's wages for an
agricultural laborer.
n13:6 or, "I AM!"
Mark 13:12 803 Mark 14:9
anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you
will say, but say whatever will be given you
in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but
the Holy Spirit.
13:12"Brother will deliver up brother to
death, and the father his child. Children will
rise up against parents, and cause them to be
put to death. 13:13Youwill be hated by all
men for my name's sake, but he who endures
to the end, the same will be saved. 13:14But
when yousee the abomination of desolation,o
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing
where it ought not (let the reader understand),
then let those who are in Judea flee to the
mountains, 13:15and let him who is on the
housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take
anything out of his house. 13:16Let him who
is in the field not return back to take his
cloak. 13:17But woe to those who are with
child and to those who nurse babies in those
days! 13:18Pray that your flight won't be in
the winter. 13:19For in those days there will
be oppression, such as there has not been the
like from the beginning of the creation which
God created until now, and never will be.
13:20Unless the Lord had shortened the days,
no flesh would have been saved; but for the
sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out,
he shortened the days. 13:21Then if anyone
tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look,
there!' don't believe it. 13:22For there will
arise false christs and false prophets, and
will show signs and wonders, that they may
lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
13:23But you watch.
"Behold, I have told youal l things beforehand.
13:24But in those days, after that
oppression, the sun will be darkened, the
moon will not give its light, 13:25the stars will
be falling from the sky, and the powers that
are in the heavens will be shaken.p 13:26Then
they will see the Son ofMan coming in clouds
with great power and glory. 13:27Then he will
send out his angels, and will gather together
his chosen ones fromthe fourwinds, fromthe
ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.
13:28"Now from the fig tree, learn this
parable. When the branch has now become
tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know
that the summer is near; 13:29even so youal so,
when yousee these things coming to pass,
know that it is near, at the doors. 13:30Most
certainly I say to you, this generationq will
not pass away until all these things happen.
13:31Heaven and earth will pass away, but my
words will not pass away. 13:32But of that
day or that hour no one knows, not even the
angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the
Father. 13:33Watch, keep alert, and pray; for
youdon' t know when the time is.
13:34"It is like a man, traveling to another
country, having left his house, and given
authority to his servants, and to each one his
work, and also commanded the doorkeeper
to keep watch. 13:35Watch therefore, for you
don't know when the lord of the house is
coming, whether at evening, or at midnight,
or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;
13:36lest coming suddenly he might find you
sleeping. 13:37What I tell you, I tell all:
Watch."
14:1It was now two days before the feast of
the Passover and the unleavened bread, and
the chief priests and the scribes sought how
they might seize him by deception, and kill
him. 14:2For they said, "Not during the feast,
because there might be a riot of the people."
14:3While he was at Bethany, in the house of
Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman
came having an alabaster jar of ointment of
pure nard very costly. She broke the jar, and
poured it over his head. 14:4But there were
some who were indignant among themselves,
saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted?
14:5For this might have been sold for more than
three hundred denarii,r and given to the poor."
They grumbled against her.
14:6But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why
do youtr ouble her? She has done a good
work forme. 14:7For youa lways have the poor
with you, and whenever you want to, you
can do them good; but you will not always
have me. 14:8She has done what she could.
She has anointed my body beforehand for
the burying. 14:9Most certainly I tell you,
o13:14 Daniel 9:17; 11:31; 12:11
p13:25 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4
q13:30 The word translated "generation" (genea) could also be translated "race," "family," or "people."
r14:5 300 denarii was about a years wages for an agricultural laborer.
Mark 14:10 804 Mark 14:43
wherever this Good News may be preached
throughout the whole world, that which this
woman has done will also be spoken of for a
memorial of her."
14:10Judas Iscariot, who was one of the
twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he
might deliver him to them. 14:11They, when
they heard it, were glad, and promised to
give him money. He sought how he might
conveniently deliver him. 14:12On the first day
of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the
Passover, his disciples asked him, "Where do
you want us to go and make ready that you
may eat the Passover?"
14:13He sent two of his disciples, and said
to them, "Go into the city, and there you
will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water.
Follow him, 14:14and wherever he enters in,
tell themaster of the house, 'The Teacher says,
"Where is the guest room, where I may eat
the Passover with my disciples?"' 14:15He
will himself show youa large upper room
furnished and ready. Make ready for us
there."
14:16His disciples went out, and came into
the city, and found things as he had said to
them, and they prepared the Passover.
14:17When it was evening he came with the
twelve. 14:18As they sat and were eating, Jesus
said, "Most certainly I tell you, one of youwill
betray me he who eats with me."
14:19They began to be sorrowful, and to ask
himo ne by one, "Surely not I?" And another
said, "Surely not I?"
14:20He answered them, "It is one of the
twelve, he who dips with me in the dish.
14:21For the Son of Man goes, even as it is
written about him, but woe to that man by
whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would
be better for that man if he had not been
born."
14:22As they were eating, Jesus took bread,
and when he had blessed, he broke it, and
gave to them, and said, "Take, eat. This is my
body."
14:23He took the cup, and when he had given
thanks, he gave to them. They all drank of it.
14:24He said to them, "This is my blood of the
new covenant, which is poured out for many.
14:25Most certainly I tell you, I will no more
drink of the fruit of the vine, until that day
when I drink it anewin the Kingdom of God."
14:26When they had sung a hymn, they went
out to the Mount of Olives.
14:27Jesus said to them, "All of youw ill be
made to stumble because of me tonight, for
it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and
the sheep will be scattered.'s 14:28However,
after I am raised up, I will go before you into
Galilee."
14:29But Peter said to him, "Although all will
be offended, yet I will not."
14:30Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell
you, that you today, even this night, before the
rooster crows twice, youwill deny me three
times."
14:31But he spoke all the more, "If I must die
with you, I will not deny you." They all said
the same thing.
14:32They cam e to a place which was nam ed
Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, "Sit
here, while I pray." 14:33He took with him
Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly
troubled and distressed. 14:34He said to them,
"My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to
death. Stay here, and watch."
14:35He went forward a little, and fell on the
ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the
hour might pass away from him. 14:36He said,
"Abba, Father, all things are possible to you.
Please remove this cup from me. However,
not what I desire, but what you desire."
14:37He came and found them sleeping,
and said to Peter, "Simon, are yous leeping?
Couldn't you watch one hour? 14:38Watch and
pray, that youm ay not enter into temptation.
The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is
weak."
14:39Again he went away, and prayed, saying
the same words. 14:40Again he returned,
and found themsleepin g, for their eyes were
very heavy, and they didn't know what to
answer him. 14:41He came the third time, and
said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your
rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold,
the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of
sinners. 14:42Arise, let us be going. Behold, he
who betrays me is at hand."
14:43Immediately, while he was still speaking,
Judas, one of the twelve, came and with
hima multitude with swords and clubs, from
s14:27 Zechariah 13:7
Mark 14:44 805 Mark 15:12
the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.
14:44Now he who betrayed himhad given them
a sign, saying, "Whoever I will kiss, that is
he. Seize him, and lead him away safely."
14:45When he had come, immediately he came
to him, and said, "Rabbi! Rabbi!" and kissed
him. 14:46They laid their hands on him, and
seized him. 14:47But a certain one of those
who stood by drew his sword, and struck the
servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
14:48Jesus answered them, "Have youco me
out, as against a robber, with swords and
clubs to seize me? 14:49I was daily with you
in the temple teaching, and youdidn' t arrest
me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be
fulfilled."
14:50They all left him, and fled. 14:51A certain
young man followed him, having a linen cloth
thrown around himself, over his naked body.
The young men grabbed him, 14:52but he left
the linen cloth, and fled fromthe m naked.
14:53They led Jesus away to the high priest.
All the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes
came together with him.
14:54Peter had followed himfr om a distance,
until he came into the court of the high priest.
He was sitting with the officers, and warming
himself in the light of the fire. 14:55Now the
chief priests and the whole council sought
witnesses against Jesus to put himt o death,
and found none. 14:56For many gave false
testimony against him, and their testimony
didn't agree with each other. 14:57Some stood
up, and gave false testimony against him,
saying, 14:58"We heard himsa y, 'I will destroy
this temple that is made with hands, and in
three days I will build another made without
hands.'" 14:59Even so, their testimony did not
agree.
14:60The high priest stood up in the midst,
and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What
is it which these testify against you?" 14:61But
he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again
the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ,
the Son of the Blessed?"
14:62Jesus said, "I am. Youwi ll see the Son
of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and
coming with the clouds of the sky."
14:63The high priest tore his clothes, and
said, "What further need have we of witnesses?
14:64You have heard the blasphemy! What do
you think?" They all condemned him to be
worthy of death. 14:65Some began to spit on
him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with
fists, and to tell him, "Prophesy!" The officers
struck himwi th the palms of their hands.
14:66As Peter was in the courtyard below,
one of the maids of the high priest came,
14:67and seeing Peter warming himself, she
looked at him, and said, "You were also with
the Nazarene, Jesus!"
14:68But he denied it, saying, "I neither
know, nor understand what you are saying."
He went out on the porch, and the rooster
crowed.
14:69The maid saw him, and began again to
tell those who stood by, "This is one of them."
14:70But he again denied it. After a little while
again those who stood by said to Peter, "You
truly are one of them, for you are a Galilean,
and your speech shows it." 14:71But he began
to curse, and to swear, "I don't know this man
of whomyou speak!" 14:72The rooster crowed
the second time. Peter remembered the word,
how that Jesus said to him, "Before the rooster
crows twice, youwill deny me three times."
When he thought about that, he wept.
15:1Immediately in the morning the chief
priests, with the elders and scribes, and the
whole council, held a consultation, and bound
Jesus, and carried himaway, and delivered him
up to Pilate. 15:2Pilate asked him, "Are you the
King of the Jews?"
He answered, "So yous ay."
15:3The chief priests accused himof many
things. 15:4Pilate again asked him, "Have you
no answer? See how many things they testify
against you!"
15:5But Jesus made no further answer, so that
Pilate marveled.
15:6Now at the feast he used to release to
themo ne prisoner, whom they asked of him.
15:7There was one called Barabbas, bound with
those who had made insurrection, men who
in the insurrection had committed murder.
15:8The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask
himto do as he always did for them. 15:9Pilate
answered them, saying, "Do you want me to
release to you the King of the Jews?" 15:10For
he perceived that for envy the chief priests had
delivered himup. 15:11But the chief priests
stirred up the multitude, that he should release
Barabbas to themin stead. 15:12Pilate again
Mark 15:13 806 Mark 15:47
asked them, "What then should I do to him
whomy ou call the King of the Jews?"
15:13They cried out again, "Crucify him!"
15:14Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has
he done?"
But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify
him!"
15:15Pilate, wishing to please the multitude,
released Barabbas to them, and handed over
Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be cruci-
fied. 15:16The soldiers led himaway within
the court, which is the Praetorium; and they
called together the whole cohort. 15:17They
clothed himw ith purple, and weaving a crown
of thorns, they put it on him. 15:18They began to
salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 15:19They
struck his head with a reed, and spat on him,
and bowing their knees, did homage to him.
15:20When they had mocked him, they took the
purple off of him, and put his own garments
on him. They led him out to crucify him.
15:21They compelled one passing by, coming
fromt he country, Simon of Cyrene, the father
of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that
he might bear his cross. 15:22They brought him
to the place called Golgotha, which is, being
interpreted, "The place of a skull." 15:23They
offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink,
but he didn't take it.
15:24Crucifying him, they parted his garments
among them, casting lots on them, what
each should take. 15:25It was the third hour,t
and they crucified him. 15:26The superscription
of his accusation was written over him, "THE
KING OF THE JEWS." 15:27With himthe y
crucified two robbers; one on his right hand,
and one on his left. 15:28The Scripture was
fulfilled, which says, "He was numbered with
transgressors."
15:29Those who passed by blasphemed him,
wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You
who destroy the temple, and build it in three
days, 15:30save yourself, and come down from
the cross!"
15:31Likewise, also the chief priests mocking
among themselves with the scribes said, "He
saved others. He can't save himself. 15:32Let
the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down
fromthe cross, that we may see and believe
him.u" Those who were crucified with him
insulted him.
15:33When the sixth hourv had come, there
was darkness over the whole land until the
ninth hour.w 15:34At the ninth hour Jesus cried
with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama
sabachthani?" which is, being interpreted,
"My God, my God, why have youf orsaken
me?"x
15:35Some of those who stood by, when they
heard it, said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah."
15:36One ran, and filling a sponge full of
vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to himto
drink, saying, "Let himb e. Let's see whether
Elijah comes to take him down."
15:37Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and
gave up the spirit. 15:38The veil of the temple
was torn in two fromthe top to the bottom.
15:39When the centurion, who stood by opposite
him, saw that he cried out like this and
breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was
the Son of God!"
15:40There were also women watching from
afar, amongwhomwere bothMaryMagdalene,
and Mary the mother of James the less and
of Joses, and Salome; 15:41who, when he was
in Galilee, followed him, and served him; and
many other women who came up with him to
Jerusalem.
15:42When evening had now come, because
it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day
before the Sabbath, 15:43Joseph of Arimathaea,
a prominent council member who also himself
was looking for the Kingdomof God, came. He
boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus'
body. 15:44Pilate marveled if he were already
dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked
himwhe ther he had been dead long. 15:45When
he found out fromthe centurion, he granted the
body to Joseph. 15:46He bought a linen cloth,
and taking himdow n, wound himin the linen
cloth, and laid himi n a tomb which had been
cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the
door of the tomb. 15:47Mary Magdalene and
t15:25 9:00 A. M.
u15:32 TR omits "him"
v15:33 or, noon
w15:33 3:00 PM
x15:34 Psalm22: 1
Mark 16:1 807 Luke 1:14
Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was
laid.
16:1When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene,
and Mary the mother of James, and
Salome, bought spices, that they might come
and anoint him. 16:2Very early on the first day
of the week, they came to the tomb when the
sun had risen. 16:3They were saying among
themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from
the door of the tomb for us?" 16:4for it was very
big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was
rolled back.
16:5Entering into the tomb, they saw a young
man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white
robe, and they were amazed. 16:6He said to
them, "Don't be amazed. You seek Jesus, the
Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has
risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where
they laid him! 16:7But go, tell his disciples and
Peter, 'He goes before you into Galilee. There
you will see him, as he said to you.'"
16:8They went out,y and fled fromthe tomb,
for trembling and astonishment had come on
them. They said nothing to anyone; for they
were afraid. 16:9Now when he had risen early
on the first day of the week, he appeared
first to Mary Magdalene, fromw hom he had
cast out seven demons. 16:10She went and
told those who had been with him, as they
mourned and wept. 16:11When they heard that
he was alive, and had been seen by her, they
disbelieved. 16:12After these things he was
revealed in another formto two of them, as
they walked, on their way into the country.
16:13They went away and told it to the rest.
They didn't believe them, either.
16:14Afterward hewas revealed to the eleven
themselves as they sat at the table, and he
rebuked themf or their unbelief and hardness
of heart, because they didn't believe those who
had seen himaf ter he had risen. 16:15He
said to them, "Go into all the world, and
preach the Good News to the whole creation.
16:16He who believes and is baptized will
be saved; but he who disbelieves will be
condemned. 16:17These signs will accompany
those who believe: in my name they will
cast out demons; they will speak with new
languages; 16:18they will take up serpents; and
if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no
way hurt them; they will lay hands on the
sick, and they will recover."
16:19So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken
to them, was received up into heaven, and
sat down at the right hand of God. 16:20They
went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord
working with them, and confirming the word
by the signs that followed. Amen.
The Good News
According to Luke
1:1Since many have undertaken to set in order
a narrative concerning those matters which
have been fulfilled among us, 1:2even as those
who fromthe beginning were eyewitnesses and
servants of the word delivered themto us,
1:3it seemed good to me also, having traced
the course of all things accurately fromthe
first, to write to you in order, most excellent
Theophilus; 1:4that you might know the certainty
concerning the things in which you were
instructed.
1:5There was in the days of Herod, the king
of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias,
of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a
wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name
was Elizabeth. 1:6They were both righteous
before God, walking blamelessly in all the
commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
1:7But they had no child, because Elizabeth was
barren, and they both were well advanced in
years. 1:8Now it happened, while he executed
the priest's office before God in the order of
his division, 1:9according to the customof the
priest's office, his lot was to enter into the
temple of the Lord and burn incense. 1:10The
whole multitude of the people were praying
outside at the hour of incense.
1:11An angel of the Lord appeared to him,
standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
1:12Zacharias was troubled when he saw him,
and fear fell upon him. 1:13But the angel said
to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because
your request has been heard, and your wife,
Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall
call his name John. 1:14You will have joy and
gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.
y16:8 TR adds "quickly"
Luke 1:15 808 Luke 1:53
1:15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord,
and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He
will be filledwith the Holy Spirit, even fromhis
mother's womb. 1:16He will turn many of the
children of Israel to the Lord, their God. 1:17He
will go before himin the spirit and power of
Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the
children,' and the disobedient to the wisdomof
the just; to make ready a people prepared for
the Lord."
1:18Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I
be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my
wife is well advanced in years."
1:19The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel,
who stands in the presence of God. I was sent
to speak to you, and to bring you this good
news. 1:20Behold, you will be silent and not
able to speak, until the day that these things
will happen, because you didn't believe my
words, which will be fulfilled in their proper
time."
1:21The people were waiting for Zacharias,
and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.
1:22When he cam e out, he could not speak
to them, and they perceived that he had seen
a vision in the temple. He continued making
signs to them, and remained mute. 1:23It
happened, when the days of his service were
fulfilled, he departed to his house. 1:24After
these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and
she hid herself five months, saying, 1:25"Thus
has the Lord done to me in the days in which he
looked at me, to take away my reproach among
men."
1:26Now in the sixth month, the angel
Gabriel was sent fromGod to a city of Galilee,
named Nazareth, 1:27to a virgin pledged to be
married to a man whose name was Joseph, of
the house of David. The virgin's name was
Mary. 1:28Having come in, the angel said to her,
"Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is
with you. Blessed are you among women!"
1:29But when she saw him, she was greatly
troubled at the saying, and considered what
kind of salutation this might be. 1:30The angel
said to her, "Don't be afraid,Mary, for you have
found favor with God. 1:31Behold, you will
conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son,
and will call his name 'Jesus.' 1:32He will be
great, and will be called the Son of the Most
High. The Lord God will give himthe throne
of his father, David, 1:33and he will reign over
the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end
to his Kingdom."
1:34Mary said to the angel, "How can this be,
seeing I ama virgin?"
1:35The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit
will come on you, and the power of the Most
High will overshadow you. Therefore also the
holy one who is born fromyou will be called
the Son of God. 1:36Behold, Elizabeth, your
relative, also has conceived a son in her old
age; and this is the sixth month with her who
was called barren. 1:37For everything spoken
by God is possible."
1:38Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the
Lord; be it to me according to your word."
The angel departed fromh er. 1:39Mary arose
in those days and went into the hill country
with haste, into a city of Judah, 1:40and entered
into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.
1:41It happened, when Elizabeth heard
Mary's greeting, that the baby leaped in her
womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy
Spirit. 1:42She called out with a loud voice,
and said, "Blessed are you among women, and
blessed is the fruit of your womb! 1:43Why am
I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should
come to me? 1:44For behold, when the voice
of your greeting came into my ears, the baby
leaped in my womb for joy! 1:45Blessed is she
who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of
the things which have been spoken to her from
the Lord!"
1:46Mary said,
"My soul magnifies the Lord.
1:47My spirit has rejoiced in God my
Savior,
1:48for he has looked at the humble state
of his handmaid.
For behold, fromn ow on, all generations will
call me blessed.
1:49For he who is mighty has done great
things for me.
Holy is his name.
1:50His mercy is for generations of generations
on those who fear him.
1:51He has shown strength with his arm.
He has scattered the proud in the imagination
of their heart.
1:52He has put down princes fromthe ir thrones.
And has exalted the lowly.
1:53He has filled the hungry with good things.
He has sent the rich away empty.
Luke 1:54 809 Luke 2:16
1:54He has given help to Israel, his servant, that
he might remember mercy,
1:55As he spoke to our fathers,
to Abrahamand his seed forever."
1:56Mary stayed with her about three
months, and then returned to her house.
1:57Now the time that Elizabeth should give
birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a son.
1:58Her neighbors and her relatives heard that
the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her,
and they rejoiced with her. 1:59It happened on
the eighth day, that they came to circumcise
the child; and they would have called him
Zacharias, after the name of the father. 1:60His
mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called
John."
1:61They said to her, "There is no one among
your relatives who is called by this name."
1:62They made signs to his father, what he
would have himc alled.
1:63He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote,
"His name is John."
They all marveled. 1:64His mouth was
opened immediately, and his tongue freed,
and he spoke, blessing God. 1:65Fear came
on all who lived around them, and all these
sayings were talked about throughout all the
hill country of Judea. 1:66All who heard them
laid themup in their heart, saying, "What then
will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was
with him. 1:67His father, Zacharias, was filled
with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
1:68"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
for he has visited and worked redemption
for his people;
1:69and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David
1:70(as he spoke by the mouth of his holy
prophets who have been fromof old),
1:71salvation fromour enemies, and from
the hand of all who hate us;
1:72to show mercy towards our fathers,
to remember his holy covenant,
1:73the oath which he spoke to Abraham, our
father,
1:74to grant to us that we, being delivered
out of the hand of our enemies,
should serve himw ithout fear,
1:75In holiness and righteousness before
himal l the days of our life.
1:76And you, child, will be called a prophet of
the Most High,
for you will go before the face of the Lord
to make ready his ways,
1:77to give knowledge of salvation to his
people by the remission of their sins,
1:78because of the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the dawn fromo n high will visit
us,
1:79to shine on those who sit in darkness
and the shadow of death;
to guide our feet into the way of peace."
1:80The child was growing, and becoming
strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the
day of his public appearance to Israel.
2:1Now it happened in those days, that a
decree went out fromC aesar Augustus that all
the world should be enrolled. 2:2This was the
first enrollment madewhen Quiriniuswas governor
of Syria. 2:3All went to enroll them selves,
everyone to his own city. 2:4Joseph also went
up fromGal ilee, out of the city of Nazareth,
into Judea, to the city of David, which is called
Bethlehem, because he was of the house and
family of David; 2:5to enroll himself with Mary,
who was pledged to be married to him as wife,
being pregnant.
2:6It happened, while they were there, that
the day had come that she should give birth.
2:7She brought forth her firstborn son, and
she wrapped himin bands of cloth, and laid
himi n a feeding trough, because there was
no roomf or them in the inn. 2:8There were
shepherds in the same country staying in the
field, and keeping watch by night over their
flock. 2:9Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by
them, and the glory of the Lord shone around
them, and they were terrified. 2:10The angel
said to them, "Don't be afraid, for behold, I
bring you good news of great joy which will be
to all the people. 2:11For there is born to you,
this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who
is Christ the Lord. 2:12This is the sign to you:
you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth,
lying in a feeding trough." 2:13Suddenly, there
was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly
army praising God, and saying,
2:14"Glory to God in the highest,
on earth peace, good will toward men."
2:15It happened, when the angels went away
fromtheminto the sky, that the shepherds said
one to another, "Let's go to Bethlehem, now,
and see this thing that has happened, which the
Lord has made known to us." 2:16They came
Luke 2:17 810 Luke 2:51
with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph,
and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.
2:17When they saw it, they publicized widely
the saying which was spoken to themabo ut
this child. 2:18All who heard it wondered at
the things which were spoken to themby the
shepherds. 2:19But Mary kept all these sayings,
pondering themi n her heart. 2:20The shepherds
returned, glorifying and praising God for all
the things that they had heard and seen, just as
it was told them.
2:21When eight days were fulfilled for the
circumcision of the child, his name was called
Jesus, which was given by the angel before he
was conceived in the womb.
2:22When the days of their purification according
to the law ofMoses were fulfilled, they
brought himup to Jerusalem, to present himto
the Lord 2:23(as it is written in the law of the
Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall
be called holy to the Lord"),a 2:24and to offer a
sacrifice according to that which is said in the
law of the Lord, "A pair of turtledoves, or two
young pigeons."b
2:25Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem
whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous
and devout, looking for the consolation
of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. 2:26It
had been revealed to himby the Holy Spirit
that he should not see death before he had seen
the Lord'sChrist.c 2:27He came in the Spirit into
the temple. When the parents brought in the
child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him
according to the customof the law, 2:28then he
received himin to his arms, and blessed God,
and said,
2:29"Now you are releasing your servant, Master,
according to your word, in peace;
2:30for my eyes have seen your salvation,
2:31which you have prepared before the
face of all peoples;
2:32a light for revelation to the nations,
and the glory of your people Israel."
2:33Joseph and his mother were marveling
at the things which were spoken concerning
him, 2:34and Simeon blessed them, and said to
Mary, his mother, "Behold, this child is set for
the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and
for a sign which is spoken against. 2:35Yes, a
sword will pierce through your own soul, that
the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."
2:36There was one Anna, a prophetess, the
daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher
(she was of a great age, having lived with a
husband seven years fromhe r virginity, 2:37and
she had been a widow for about eighty-four
years), who didn't depart fromt he temple,
worshipping with fastings and petitions night
and day. 2:38Coming up at that very hour, she
gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of himto
all those who were looking for redemption in
Jerusalem.
2:39When they had accomplished all things
that were according to the law of the Lord,
they returned into Galilee, to their own city,
Nazareth. 2:40The child was growing, and was
becoming strong in spirit, being filled with
wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
2:41His parents went every year to Jerusalema t
the feast of the Passover.
2:42When hewas twelve years old, theywent
up to Jerusalemaccord ing to the custom of the
feast, 2:43and when they had fulfilled the days,
as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed
behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother
didn't know it, 2:44but supposing himto be in
the company, they went a day's journey, and
they looked for himam ong their relatives and
acquaintances. 2:45When they didn't find him,
they returned to Jerusalem, looking for him.
2:46It happened after three days they found
him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the
teachers, both listening to them, and asking
themquest ions. 2:47All who heard himwe re
amazed at his understanding and his answers.
2:48When they saw him, they were astonished,
and his mother said to him, "Son, why have
you treated us this way? Behold, your father
and I were anxiously looking for you."
2:49He said to them, "Why were youlooking
for me? Didn't youknow that I must
be in my Father's house?" 2:50They didn't
understand the saying which he spoke to them.
2:51And he went down with them ,and cam e
to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and
his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
a2:23 Exodus 13:2,12
b2:24 Leviticus 12:8
c2:26 "Christ" (Greek) and "Messiah" (Hebrew) both mean "Anointed One"
Luke 2:52 811 Luke 3:33
2:52And Jesus increased in wisdomand stature,
and in favor with God and men.
3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of
Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor
of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee,
and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of
Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch
of Abilene, 3:2in the high priesthood of Annas
and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John,
the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness. 3:3He
cam e into all the region around the Jordan,
preaching the baptismof repentance for remission
of sins. 3:4As it is written in the book of the
words of Isaiah the prophet,
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
'Make ready the way of the Lord.
Make his paths straight.
3:5Every valley will be filled.
Every mountain and hill will be brought low.
The crooked will become straight,
and the rough ways smooth.
3:6All flesh will see God's salvation.'"d
3:7He said therefore to the multitudes who
went out to be baptized by him, "You offspring
of vipers, who warned you to flee fromt he
wrath to come? 3:8Bring forth therefore fruits
worthy of repentance, and don't begin to say
among yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our
father;' for I tell you that God is able to raise
up children to Abrahamf rom these stones!
3:9Even now the axe also lies at the root of the
trees. Every tree therefore that doesn't bring
forth good fruit is cut down, and thrown into
the fire."
3:10The multitudes asked him, "What then
must we do?"
3:11He answered them, "He who has two
coats, let himg ive to him who has none. He
who has food, let himdo likewise."
3:12Tax collectors also came to be baptized,
and they said to him, "Teacher, what must we
do?"
3:13He said to them, "Collect no more than
that which is appointed to you."
3:14Soldiers also asked him, saying, "What
about us? What must we do?"
He said to them, "Extort from no one by
violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be
content with your wages."
3:15As the people were in expectation, and
all men reasoned in their hearts concerning
John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,
3:16John answered thema ll, "I indeed baptize
you with water, but he comes who is mightier
than I, the latchet of whose sandals I amno t
worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in
the Holy Spirit and fire, 3:17whose fan is in
his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his
threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into
his barn; but he will burn up the chaff with
unquenchable fire."
3:18Then with many other exhortations he
preached good news to the people, 3:19but
Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by himf or
Herodias, his brother'se wife, and for all the
evil things which Herod had done, 3:20added
this also to themal l, that he shut up John
in prison. 3:21Now it happened, when all
the people were baptized, Jesus also had been
baptized, and was praying. The sky was
opened, 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended in a
bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came
out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son.
In you I amwe ll pleased."
3:23Jesus himself, when he began to teach,
was about thirty years old, being the son (as
was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
3:24the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the
son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of
Joseph, 3:25the son of Mattathias, the son of
Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the
son of Naggai, 3:26the son of Maath, the son
of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of
Joseph, the son of Judah, 3:27the son of Joanan,
the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the
son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, 3:28the son of
Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the
son of Elmodam, the son of Er, 3:29the son of
Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the
son of Matthat, the son of Levi, 3:30the son of
Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the
son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim, 3:31the son of
Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha,
the son of Nathan, the son of David, 3:32the
son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz,
the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, 3:33the
son of Amminadab, the son of Aram,f the son
d3:6 Isaiah 40:3-5
e3:19 TR reads "brother Philip's" instead of "brother's"
f3:33 NU reads "Admin, the son of Arni" instead of "Aram"
Luke 3:34 812 Luke 4:27
of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
3:34the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of
Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
3:35the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of
Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, 3:36the
son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son
of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
3:37the son ofMethuselah, the son of Enoch, the
son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of
Cainan, 3:38the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the
son of Adam, the son of God.
4:1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned
fromt he Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into
the wilderness 4:2for forty days, being tempted
by the devil. He ate nothing in those days.
Afterward, when they were completed, he was
hungry. 4:3The devil said to him, "If you are
the Son of God, command this stone to become
bread."
4:4Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written,
'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by
every word of God.'"g
4:5The devil, leading himup on a high
mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the
world in a moment of time. 4:6The devil said to
him, "I will give you all this authority, and their
glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give
it to whomever I want. 4:7If you therefore will
worship before me, it will all be yours."
4:8Jesus answered him, "Get behind me
Satan! For it is written, 'Yousha ll worship
the Lord your God, and you shall serve him
only.'"h
4:9He led himt o Jerusalem, and set him on
the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him,
"If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down
fromh ere, 4:10for it is written,
'He will put his angels in charge of you, to
guard you;'
4:11and,
'On their hands they will bear you up,
lest perhaps you dash your foot against a
stone.'"i
4:12Jesus answering, said to him, "It has
been said, 'Yoush all not tempt the Lord your
God.'"j
4:13When the devil had completed every
temptation, he departed fromhimuntil another
time.
4:14Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit
into Galilee, and news about hims pread
through all the surrounding area. 4:15He taught
in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
4:16He came to Nazareth, where he had been
brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into
the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood
up to read. 4:17The book of the prophet Isaiah
was handed to him. He opened the book, and
found the place where it was written,
4:18"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me to preach
good news to the poor.
He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted,k
to proclaim release to the captives,
recovering of sight to the blind,
to deliver those who are crushed,
4:19and to proclaim the acceptable year
of the Lord."l
4:20He closed the book, gave it back to the
attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the
synagoguewere fastened on him. 4:21He began
to tell them, "Today, this Scripture has been
fulfilled in your hearing."
4:22All testified about him, and wondered at
the gracious words which proceeded out of his
mouth, and they said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"
4:23He said to them, "Doubtless you will
tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself!
Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum,
do also here in your hometown.'" 4:24He
said, "Most certainly I tell you, no prophet
is acceptable in his hometown. 4:25But truly
I tell you, there were many widows in Israel
in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut
up three years and six months, when a great
famine came over all the land. 4:26Elijah was
sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in
the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a
widow. 4:27There were many lepers in Israel
in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one
of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the
Syrian."
g4:4 Deuteronomy 8:3
h4:8 Deuteronomy 6:13
i4:11 Psalm91: 11-12
j4:12 Deuteronomy 6:16
k4:18 NU omits "to heal the brokenhearted"
l4:19 Isaiah 61:1-2
Luke 4:28 813 Luke 5:18
4:28They were all filled with wrath in the
synagogue, as they heard these things. 4:29They
rose up, threw himo ut of the city, and led
himto the brow of the hill that their city was
built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.
4:30But he, passing through the midst of them,
went his way.
4:31He came down to Capernaum, a city
of Galilee. He was teaching themon the
Sabbath day, 4:32and they were astonished at
his teaching, for his word was with authority.
4:33In the synagogue there was a man who had
a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out
with a loud voice, 4:34saying, "Ah! what have
we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have
you come to destroy us? I know you who you
are: the Holy One of God!"
4:35Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent,
and come out of him!" When the demon had
thrown him down in their midst, he came out
of him, having done him no harm.
4:36Amazement came on all, and they spoke
together, one with another, saying, "What is
this word? For with authority and power he
commands the unclean spirits, and they come
out!" 4:37News about himwe nt out into every
place of the surrounding region.
4:38He rose up fromthe synagogue, and
entered into Simon's house. Simon's motherin-
law was afflicted with a great fever, and they
begged himfor her. 4:39He stood over her, and
rebuked the fever; and it left her. Immediately
she rose up and served them. 4:40When the sun
was setting, all those who had any sick with
various diseases brought themto him; and he
laid his hands on every one of them, and healed
them. 4:41Demons also came out from many,
crying out, and saying, "You are the Christ, the
Son of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't allow
themto speak, because they knew that he was
the Christ.
4:42When it was day, he departed and went
into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes
looked for him, and came to him, and held
on to him, so that he wouldn't go away from
them. 4:43But he said to them, "I must preach
the good news of the Kingdom of God to the
other cities also. For this reason I have been
sent." 4:44He was preaching in the synagogues
of Galilee.
5:1Now it happened, while the multitude
pressed on himand heard the word of God,
that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
5:2He saw two boats standing by the lake, but
the fishermen had gone out of them, and were
washing their nets. 5:3He entered into one of
the boats, which was Simon's, and asked himto
put out a little fromthe land. He sat down and
taught the multitudes from the boat. 5:4When
he had finished speaking, he said to Simon,
"Put out into the deep, and let down your nets
for a catch."
5:5Simon answered him, "Master, we
worked all night, and took nothing; but at your
word I will let down the net." 5:6When they
had done this, they caught a great multitude
of fish, and their net was breaking. 5:7They
beckoned to their partners in the other boat,
that they should come and help them. They
came, and filled both boats, so that they began
to sink. 5:8But Simon Peter, when he saw it,
fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from
me, for I am a sinful man, Lord." 5:9For he
was amazed, and all who were with him, at the
catch of fish which they had caught; 5:10and
so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee,
who were partners with Simon.
Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid. From
now on youw ill be catching people alive."
5:11When they had brought their boats to
land, they left everything, and followed him.
5:12It happened, while he was in one of the
cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy.
When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and
begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you
can make me clean."
5:13He stretched out his hand, and touched
him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean."
Immediately the leprosy left him. 5:14He
commanded him to tell no one, "But go your
way, and show yourself to the priest, and offer
for your cleansing according to what Moses
commanded, for a testimony to them." 5:15But
the report concerning him spread much more,
and great multitudes came together to hear,
and to be healed by himof their infirmities.
5:16But he withdrew himself into the desert,
and prayed.
5:17It happened on one of those days, that
he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and
teachers of the law sitting by, who had come
out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and
Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with
himto heal them. 5:18Behold, men brought
Luke 5:19 814 Luke 6:14
a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought
to bring himin to lay before Jesus. 5:19Not
finding a way to bring himin because of the
multitude, they went up to the housetop, and
let himdow n through the tiles with his cot into
the midst before Jesus. 5:20Seeing their faith,
he said to him, "Man, your sins are forgiven
you."
5:21The scribes and the Pharisees began to
reason, saying, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies?
Who can forgive sins, but God
alone?"
5:22But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered
them, "Why are youreaso ning so in
your hearts? 5:23Which is easier to say, 'Your
sins are forgiven you;' or to say, 'Arise and
walk?' 5:24But that you may know that the
Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive
sins" (he said to the paralyzed man), "I tell
you, arise, and take up your cot, and go to your
house."
5:25Immediately he rose up before them,
and took up that which he was laying on,
and departed to his house, glorifying God.
5:26Amazement took hold on all, and they
glorified God. They were filled with fear,
saying, "We have seen strange things today."
5:27After these things he went out, and saw a
tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office,
and said to him, "Follow me!"
5:28He left everything, and rose up and
followed him. 5:29Levi made a great feast for
himi n his house. There was a great crowd
of tax collectors and others who were reclining
with them. 5:30Their scribes and the Pharisees
murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why
do you eat and drink with the tax collectors
and sinners?" 5:31Jesus answered them, "Those
who are healthy have no need for a physician,
but those who are sick do. 5:32I have not
come to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance."
5:33They said to him, "Why do John's disciples
often fast and pray, likewise also the
disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and
drink?"
5:34He said to them, "Can youmak e the
friends of the bridegroom fast, while the
bridegroom is with them? 5:35But the days
will come when the bridegroom will be taken
away from them. Then they will fast in those
days." 5:36He also told a parable to them. "No
one puts a piece from a new garment on an
old garment, or else he will tear the new, and
also the piece from the new will not match
the old. 5:37No one puts new wine into old
wineskins, or else the new wine will burst
the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins
will be destroyed. 5:38But new wine must
be put into fresh wineskins, and both are
preserved. 5:39Noman having drunk oldwine
immediately desires new, for he says, 'The old
is better.'"
6:1Now it happened on the second Sabbath
after the first, that he was going through the
grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads
of grain, and ate, rubbing themi n their hands.
6:2But some of the Pharisees said to them,
"Why do you do that which is not lawful to do
on the Sabbath day?"
6:3Jesus, answering them, said, "Haven't
youread what David did when he was hungry,
he, and those who were with him; 6:4how
he entered into the house of God, and took
and ate the show bread, and gave also to
those who were with him, which is not lawful
to eat except for the priests alone?" 6:5He
said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the
Sabbath."
6:6It also happened on another Sabbath that
he entered into the synagogue and taught.
There was a man there, and his right hand
was withered. 6:7The scribes and the Pharisees
watched him, to see whether he would heal on
the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation
against him. 6:8But he knew their thoughts;
and he said to the man who had the withered
hand, "Rise up, and stand in the middle." He
arose and stood. 6:9Then Jesus said to them,
"I will ask yousom ething: Is it lawful on
the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To
save a life, or to kill?" 6:10He looked around
at themal l, and said to the man, "Stretch out
your hand." He did, and his hand was restored
as sound as the other. 6:11But they were filled
with rage, and talked with one another about
what they might do to Jesus.
6:12It happened in these days, that he went
out to the mountain to pray, and he continued
all night in prayer to God. 6:13When
it was day, he called his disciples, and from
themhe chose twelve, whomhe also named
apostles: 6:14Simon, whom he also named
Peter; Andrew, his brother; James; John; Philip;
Luke 6:15 815 Luke 6:45
Bartholomew; 6:15Matthew; Thomas; James,
the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called
the Zealot; 6:16Judas the son of James; and
Judas Iscariot, who also became a traitor. 6:17He
came down with them, and stood on a level
place, with a crowd of his disciples, and a
great number of the people from all Judea and
Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon,
who came to hear him and to be healed of their
diseases; 6:18as well as thosewho were troubled
by unclean spirits, and they were being healed.
6:19All the multitude sought to touch him, for
power came out from him and healed them all.
6:20He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and
said,
"Blessed are youw ho are poor,
for yours is the Kingdom of God.
6:21Blessed are youw ho hunger now,
for youwill be filled.
Blessed are youwh o weep now,
for youwill laugh.
6:22Blessed are youw hen men shall hate you,
and when they shall exclude and
mock you, and throw out your name
as evil, for the Son ofMan's sake.
6:23Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy,
for behold, your reward is great in
heaven, for their fathers did the same
thing to the prophets.
6:24"But woe to you who are rich!
For youha ve received your consolation.
6:25Woe to you, you who are full now,
for youw ill be hungry.
Woe to youw ho laugh now,
for youwi ll mourn and weep.
6:26Woe,m whenn men speak well of you,
for their fathers did the same thing to
the false prophets.
6:27"But I tell you who hear: love your
enemies, do good to those who hate you,
6:28bless those who curse you, and pray for
those who mistreat you. 6:29To him who
strikes youo n the cheek, offer also the other;
and from him who takes away your cloak,
don't withhold your coat also. 6:30Give to
everyone who asks you, and don't ask him
who takes away your goods to give them back
again.
6:31"As youwould like people to do to you,
do exactly so to them. 6:32If youlove those
who love you, what credit is that to you? For
even sinners love those who love them. 6:33If
youdo good to those who do good to you,
what credit is that to you? For even sinners do
the same. 6:34If youle nd to those from whom
youhope to receive, what credit is that to
you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive
back as much. 6:35But love your enemies, and
do good, and lend, expecting nothing back;
and your reward will be great, and you will
be children of the Most High; for he is kind
toward the unthankful and evil.
6:36Therefore be merciful,
even as your Father is also merciful.
6:37Don't judge,
and youw on't be judged.
Don't condemn,
and youw on't be condemned.
Set free,
and youwi ll be set free.
6:38"Give, and it will be given to you: good
measure, pressed down, shaken together, and
running over, will be given to you.o For
with the same measure you measure it will be
measured back to you."
6:39He spoke a parable to them. "Can the
blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall
into a pit? 6:40A disciple is not above his
teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained
will be like his teacher. 6:41Why do you see
the speck of chaff that is in your brother's
eye, but don't consider the beam that is in
your own eye? 6:42Or how can youte ll your
brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of
chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself
don't see the beam that is in your own eye?
Youhypocrite ! First remove the beam from
your own eye, and then you can see clearly
to remove the speck of chaff that is in your
brother's eye. 6:43For there is no good tree that
brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten
tree that brings forth good fruit. 6:44For each
tree is known by its own fruit. For people
don't gather figs from thorns, nor do they
gather grapes from a bramble bush. 6:45The
good man out of the good treasure of his
heart brings out that which is good, and the
m6:26 TR adds "to you"
n6:26 TR adds "all"
o6:38 literally, into your bosom.
Luke 6:46 816 Luke 7:28
evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart
brings out that which is evil, for out of the
abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.
6:46"Why do youc all me, 'Lord, Lord,' and
don't do the things which I say? 6:47Everyone
who comes to me, and hears my words, and
does them, I will show youwho he is like.
6:48He is like a man building a house, who
dug and went deep, and laid a foundation
on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream
broke against that house, and could not shake
it, because it was founded on the rock. 6:49But
he who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man
who built a house on the earth without a
foundation, against which the stream broke,
and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that
house was great."
7:1After he had finished speaking in the
hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
7:2A certain centurion's servant, who
was dear to him, was sick and at the point of
death. 7:3When he heard about Jesus, he sent
to hime lders of the Jews, asking himto come
and save his servant. 7:4When they came to
Jesus, they begged himea rnestly, saying, "He
is worthy for you to do this for him, 7:5for he
loves our nation, and he built our synagogue
for us." 7:6Jesus went with them. When he
was now not far fromt he house, the centurion
sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, don't
trouble yourself, for I amn ot worthy for you to
come under my roof. 7:7Therefore I didn't even
think myselfworthy to come to you; but say the
word, and my servant will be healed. 7:8For I
also ama man placed under authority, having
under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go!' and
he goes; and to another, 'Come!' and he comes;
and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
7:9When Jesus heard these things, he marveled
at him, and turned and said to the
multitude who followed him, "I tell you, I
have not found such great faith, no, not in
Israel." 7:10Those who were sent, returning to
the house, found that the servant who had been
sick was well.
7:11It happened soon afterwards, that he
went to a city called Nain. Many of his
disciples, along with a great multitude, went
with him. 7:12Now when he drew near to the
gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was
carried out, the only son of his mother, and she
was a widow. Many people of the city were
with her. 7:13When the Lord saw her, he had
compassion on her, and said to her, "Don't cry."
7:14He came near and touched the coffin, and
the bearers stood still. He said, "Young man, I
tell you, arise!" 7:15He who was dead sat up,
and began to speak. And he gave himto his
mother.
7:16Fear took hold of all, and they glori-
fied God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen
among us!" and, "God has visited his people!"
7:17This report went out concerning himin the
whole of Judea, and in all the surrounding
region.
7:18The disciples of John told hima bout all
these things. 7:19John, calling to himself two of
his disciples, sent themt o Jesus, saying, "Are
you the one who is coming, or should we look
for another?" 7:20When the men had come to
him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to
you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should
we look for another?'"
7:21In that hour he cured many of diseases
and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who
were blind he gave sight. 7:22Jesus answered
them, "Go and tell John the things which you
have seen and heard: that the blind receive
their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised
up, and the poor have good news preached to
them. 7:23Blessed is he who is not offended
by me."
7:24When John's messengers had departed,
he began to tell the multitudes about John,
"What did yougo out into the wilderness to
see? A reed shaken by the wind? 7:25But what
did yougo out to see? A man clothed in soft
clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously
dressed, and live delicately, are in kings'
courts. 7:26But what did you go out to see? A
prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than
a prophet. 7:27This is he of whom it is written,
'Behold, I send my messenger before your
face,
whowill prepare yourway before you.'p
7:28"For I tell you, among those who are
born of women there is not a greater prophet
than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in
the Kingdom of God is greater than he."
p7:27 Malachi 3:1
Luke 7:29 817 Luke 8:12
7:29When all the people and the tax collectors
heard this, they declared God to be
just, having been baptized with John's baptism.
7:30But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected
the counsel of God, not being baptized by him
themselves.
7:31q"To what then will I liken the people
of this generation? What are they like?
7:32They are like children who sit in the
marketplace, and call one to another, saying,
'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We
mourned, and you didn't weep.' 7:33For John
the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor
drinkingwine, and yous ay, 'He has a demon.'
7:34The Son of Man has come eating and
drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous
man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors
and sinners!' 7:35Wisdom is justified by all her
children."
7:36One of the Pharisees invited himt o eat
with him. He entered into the Pharisee's
house, and sat at the table. 7:37Behold, a
woman in the city who was a sinner, when she
knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee's
house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment.
7:38Standing behind at his feet weeping, she
began to wet his feet with her tears, and she
wiped themwi th the hair of her head, kissed
his feet, and anointed themwi th the ointment.
7:39Now when the Pharisee who had invited
him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he
were a prophet,would have perceivedwho and
what kind of woman this is who touches him,
that she is a sinner."
7:40Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have
something to tell you."
He said, "Teacher, say on."
7:41"A certain lender had two debtors. The
one owed five hundred denarii, and the other
fifty. 7:42When they couldn't pay, he forgave
them both. Which of them therefore will love
him most?"
7:43Simon answered, "He, I suppose, to
whomhe forgave themost."
He said to him, "Youha ve judged correctly."
7:44Turning to the woman, he said to
Simon, "Do yousee this woman? I entered
into your house, and you gave me no water
for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her
tears, and wiped them with the hair of her
head. 7:45Youga ve me no kiss, but she, since
the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my
feet. 7:46Youdidn' t anoint my head with oil,
but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
7:47Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are
many, are forgiven, for she lovedmuch. But to
whom little is forgiven, the same loves little."
7:48He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."
7:49Those who sat at the table with him
began to say to themselves, "Who is this who
even forgives sins?"
7:50He said to the woman, "Your faith has
saved you. Go in peace."
8:1It happened soon afterwards, that hewent
about through cities and villages, preaching
and bringing the good news of the Kingdomof
God. With himwe re the twelve, 8:2and certain
women who had been healed of evil spirits and
infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene,
fromwhom seven demons had gone out; 8:3and
Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's steward;
Susanna; and many others; who served themr
fromt heir possessions. 8:4When a great multitude
came together, and people fromevery city
were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.
8:5"The farmer went out to sow his seed. As
he sowed, some fell along the road, and it
was trampled under foot, and the birds of
the sky devoured it. 8:6Other seed fell on
the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered
away, because it had no moisture. 8:7Other
fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with
it, and choked it. 8:8Other fell into the good
ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one
hundred times." As he said these things, he
called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him
hear!"
8:9Then his disciples asked him, "What does
this parable mean?"
8:10He said, "To youit is given to know
the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to
the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not
see, and hearing they may not understand.'s
8:11Now the parable is this: The seed is the
word of God. 8:12Those along the road are
those who hear, then the devil comes, and
takes away the word from their heart, that
q7:31 TR adds "But the Lord said,"
r8:3 TR reads "him" instead of "them"
s8:10 Isaiah 6:9
Luke 8:13 818 Luke 8:43
they may not believe and be saved. 8:13Those
on the rock are they who, when they hear,
receive the word with joy; but these have no
root, who believe for a while, then fall away
in time of temptation. 8:14That which fell
among the thorns, these are those who have
heard, and as they go on their way they are
choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of
life, and bring no fruit to maturity. 8:15That
in the good ground, these are such as in
an honest and good heart, having heard the
word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit
with patience.
8:16"No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers
it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but
puts it on a stand, that those who enter inmay
see the light. 8:17For nothing is hidden, that
will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that
will not be known and come to light. 8:18Be
careful therefore how you hear. For whoever
has, to him will be given; and whoever
doesn't have, from him will be taken away
even that which he thinks he has."
8:19His mother and brothers came to him,
and they could not come near him for the
crowd. 8:20It was told himb y some saying,
"Your mother and your brothers stand outside,
desiring to see you."
8:21But he answered them, "My mother and
my brothers are these who hear the word of
God, and do it."
8:22Now it happened on one of those days,
that he entered into a boat, himself and his
disciples, and he said to them, "Let's go over to
the other side of the lake." So they launched
out. 8:23But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A
wind stormcam e down on the lake, and they
were taking on dangerous amounts of water.
8:24They came to him, and awoke him, saying,
"Master, master, we are dying!" He awoke, and
rebuked the wind and the raging of the water,
and they ceased, and it was calm. 8:25He said
to them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid
they marveled, saying one to another, "Who is
this, then, that he commands even the winds
and the water, and they obey him?" 8:26They
arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which
is opposite Galilee.
8:27When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain
man out of the city who had demons for a
long tim e m e t him . He wore no clothes,
and didn't live in a house, but in the tombs.
8:28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell
down before him, and with a loud voice said,
"What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you
Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't
torment me!" 8:29For Jesus was commanding
the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For
the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He
was kept under guard, and bound with chains
and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was
driven by the demon into the desert.
8:30Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"
He said, "Legion," for many demons had
entered into him. 8:31They begged himthat he
would not command them to go into the abyss.
8:32Now there was there a herd of many pigs
feeding on the mountain, and they begged him
that he would allow themto enter into those.
He allowed them. 8:33The demons came out
fromthe man, and entered into the pigs, and
the herd rushed down the steep bank into the
lake, and were drowned. 8:34When those who
fed thems aw what had happened, they fled,
and told it in the city and in the country.
8:35People went out to see what had happened.
They came to Jesus, and found the
man from whom the demons had gone out,
sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right
mind; and they were afraid. 8:36Those who saw
it told themho w he who had been possessed
by demons was healed. 8:37All the people
of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes
asked himto depart from them, for they were
very much afraid. He entered into the boat,
and returned. 8:38But the man from whom
the demons had gone out begged him that he
might go with him, but Jesus sent him away,
saying, 8:39"Return to your house, and declare
what great things God has done for you."
He went his way, proclaiming throughout the
whole city what great things Jesus had done for
him.
8:40It happened, when Jesus returned, that
the multitude welcomed him, for they were
all waiting for him. 8:41Behold, there came a
man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the
synagogue. He fell down at Jesus' feet, and
begged himt o come into his house, 8:42for he
had an only daughter, about twelve years of
age, and she was dying. But as he went, the
multitudes pressed against him. 8:43A wom an
who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who
had spent all her living on physicians, and
Luke 8:44 819 Luke 9:20
could not be healed by any, 8:44came behind
him, and touched the fringet of his cloak, and
immediately the flow of her blood stopped.
8:45Jesus said, "Who touched me?"
When all denied it, Peter and those with him
said, "Master, the multitudes press and jostle
you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'"
8:46But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me,
for I perceived that power has gone out of
me." 8:47When the woman saw that she was
not hidden, she came trembling, and falling
down before himd eclared to him in the presence
of all the people the reason why she
had touched him, and how she was healed
immediately. 8:48He said to her, "Daughter,
cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go
in peace."
8:49While he still spoke, one fromt he ruler
of the synagogue's house came, saying to him,
"Your daughter is dead. Don't trouble the
Teacher."
8:50But Jesus hearing it, answered him,
"Don't be afraid. Only believe, and she will
be healed."
8:51When he came to the house, he didn't
allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John,
James, the father of the child, and her mother.
8:52All were weeping and mourning her, but
he said, "Don't weep. She isn't dead, but
sleeping."
8:53They were ridiculing him, knowing that
she was dead. 8:54But he put themal l outside,
and taking her by the hand, he called, saying,
"Child, arise!" 8:55Her spirit returned, and
she rose up immediately. He commanded that
something be given to her to eat. 8:56Her
parents were amazed, but he commanded them
to tell no one what had been done.
9:1He called the twelveu together, and gave
themp ower and authority over all demons,
and to cure diseases. 9:2He sent themfor th
to preach the Kingdomo f God, and to heal
the sick. 9:3He said to them, "Take nothing
for your journey neither staffs, nor wallet,
nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats
apiece. 9:4Into whatever house you enter, stay
there, and depart from there. 9:5As many as
don't receive you, when you depart from that
city, shake off even the dust fromyour feet for
a testimony against them."
9:6They departed, and went throughout the
villages, preaching the Good News, and healing
everywhere. 9:7Now Herod the tetrarch
heard of all that was done by him; and he was
very perplexed, because it was said by some
that John had risen fromthe dead, 9:8and by
some that Elijah had appeared, and by others
that one of the old prophets had risen again.
9:9Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is
this, about whomI hear such things?" He
sought to see him. 9:10The apostles, when they
had returned, told himwhat things they had
done.
He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted
place of a city called Bethsaida. 9:11But
the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him.
He welcomed them, and spoke to them of the
Kingdomof God, and he cured those who
needed healing. 9:12The day began to wear
away; and the twelve came, and said to him,
"Send the multitude away, that they may go
into the surrounding villages and farms, and
lodge, and get food, for we are here in a
deserted place."
9:13But he said to them, "Yougive them
something to eat."
They said, "We have no more than five
loaves and two fish, unless we should go and
buy food for all these people." 9:14For they
were about five thousand men.
He said to his disciples, "Make them sit
down in groups of about fifty each." 9:15They
did so, and made themall sit down. 9:16He took
the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up
to the sky, he blessed them, and broke them,
and gave themto the disciples to set before the
multitude. 9:17They ate, and were all filled.
They gathered up twelve baskets of broken
pieces that were left over.
9:18It happened, as he was praying alone,
that the disciples were with him, and he asked
them, "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"
9:19They answered, "'John the Baptizer,' but
others say, 'Elijah,' and others, that one of the
old prophets is risen again."
9:20He said to them, "But who do you say
that I am?"
Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
t8:44 or, tassel
u9:1 TR reads "his twelve disciples" instead of "the twelve"
Luke 9:21 820 Luke 9:54
9:21But he warned them, and commanded
themto tell this to no one, 9:22saying, "The
Son of Man must suffer many things, and
be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and
scribes, and be killed, and the third day be
raised up."
9:23He said to all, "If anyone desires to come
after me, let him deny himself, take up his
cross,v and followme. 9:24Forwhoever desires
to save his life will lose it, but whoever will
lose his life for my sake, the same will save
it. 9:25For what does it profit a man if he gains
the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own
self? 9:26For whoever will be ashamed of me
and of my words, of him will the Son of Man
be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and
the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.
9:27But I tell you the truth: There are some
of those who stand here, who will in no way
taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of
God."
9:28It happened about eight days after these
sayings, that he took with himPe ter, John,
and James, and went up onto the mountain to
pray. 9:29As he was praying, the appearance of
his face was altered, and his clothing became
white and dazzling. 9:30Behold, two men were
talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah,
9:31who appeared in glory, and spoke of his
departure,w which he was about to accomplish
at Jerusalem.
9:32Now Peter and those who werewith him
were heavy with sleep, but when they were
fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two
men who stood with him. 9:33It happened, as
they were parting fromh im, that Peter said
to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here.
Let's make three tents: one for you, and one for
Moses, and one for Elijah," not knowing what
he said.
9:34While he said these things, a cloud came
and overshadowed them, and they were afraid
as they entered into the cloud. 9:35A voice came
out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved
Son. Listen to him!" 9:36When the voice came,
Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and
told no one in those days any of the things
which they had seen.
9:37It happened on the next day, when they
had come down fromthe mountain, that a great
multitude met him. 9:38Behold, a man from
the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg
you to look at my son, for he is my only child.
9:39Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries
out, and it convulses hims o that he foams,
and it hardly departs fromhi m, bruising him
severely. 9:40I begged your disciples to cast it
out, and they couldn't."
9:41Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse
generation, how long shall I be with youa nd
bear with you? Bring your son here."
9:42While he was still coming, the demon
threw himd own and convulsed him violently.
But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and
healed the boy, and gave himback to his father.
9:43They were all astonished at the majesty of
God.
But while all were marveling at all the
things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,
9:44"Let these words sink into your ears, for
the Son of Man will be delivered up into the
hands of men." 9:45But they didn't understand
this saying. It was concealed fromthe m, that
they should not perceive it, and they were
afraid to ask himabo ut this saying.
9:46There arose an argument among them
aboutwhich of themwas the greatest. 9:47Jesus,
perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a
little child, and set himb y his side, 9:48and said
to them, "Whoever receives this little child in
my name receives me. Whoever receives me
receives him who sent me. For whoever is
least among youa ll, this one will be great."
9:49John answered, "Master, we saw someone
casting out demons in your name, and we
forbade him, because he doesn't follow with
us."
9:50Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for
hewho is not against u s is for u s."
9:51It came to pass, when the days were near
that he should be taken up, he intently set his
face to go to Jerusalem, 9:52and sent messengers
before his face. They went, and entered into
a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare
for him. 9:53They didn't receive him, because
he was traveling with his face set towards
Jerusalem. 9:54When his disciples, James and
John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want
v9:23 TR, NU add "daily"
w9:31 literally, "exodus"
Luke 9:55 821 Luke 10:24
us to command fire to come down fromthe sky,
and destroy them, just as Elijah did?"
9:55But he turned and rebuked them, "You
don't know of what kind of spirit youa re.
9:56For the Son of Man didn't come to destroy
men's lives, but to save them."
They went to another village. 9:57As they
went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I
want to follow you wherever you go, Lord."
9:58Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes,
and the birds of the sky have nests, but the
Son ofMan has no place to lay his head."
9:59He said to another, "Follow me!"
But he said, "Lord, allow me first to go and
bury my father."
9:60But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead
to bury their own dead, but you go and
announce the Kingdom of God."
9:61Another also said, "I want to follow you,
Lord, but first allow me to bid farewell to those
who are at my house."
9:62But Jesus said to him, "No one, having
put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is
fit for the Kingdom of God."
10:1Now after these things, the Lord also
appointed seventy others, and sent themtwo
by two ahead of himx into every city and place,
where he was about to com e. 10:2Then he
said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful,
but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to
the Lord of the harvest, that he may send
out laborers into his harvest. 10:3Go your
ways. Behold, I send youou t as lambs among
wolves. 10:4Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor
sandals. Greet no one on the way. 10:5Into
whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be
to this house.' 10:6If a son of peace is there,
your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will
return to you. 10:7Remain in that same house,
eating and drinking the things they give, for
the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don't go
from house to house. 10:8Into whatever city
youen ter, and they receive you, eat the things
that are set before you. 10:9Heal the sick
who are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom
of God has come near to you.' 10:10But
into whatever city youen ter, and they don't
receive you, go out into its streets and say,
10:11'Even the dust from your city that clings
to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless
know this, that the Kingdom of God has come
near to you.' 10:12I tell you, it will be more
tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that
city.
10:13"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you,
Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been
done in Tyre and Sidon which were done
in you, they would have repented long ago,
sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 10:14Bu t it will
be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the
judgment than for you. 10:15You, Capernaum,
who are exalted to heaven, will be brought
down to Hades.y 10:16Whoever listens to you
listens to me, and whoever rejects youre jects
me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent
me."
10:17The seventy returned with joy, saying,
"Lord, even the demons are subject to us in
your name!"
10:18He said to them, "I saw Satan
having fallen like lightning from heaven.
10:19Behold, I give youa uthority to tread on
serpents and scorpions, and over all the power
of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt
you. 10:20Nevertheless, don't rejoice in this,
that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice
that your names are written in heaven."
10:21In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in
the Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank you, O
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you
have hidden these things from the wise and
understanding, and revealed them to little
children. Yes, Father, for so it was wellpleasing
in your sight."
10:22Turning to the disciples, he said, "All
things have been delivered to me by my
Father. No one knows who the Son is, except
the Father, and who the Father is, except the
Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to
reveal him."
10:23Turning to the disciples, he said privately,
"Blessed are the eyes which see the
things that youse e, 10:24for I tell youtha t
many prophets and kings desired to see the
things which youse e, and didn't see them,
and to hear the things which youhe ar, and
didn't hear them."
x10:1 literally, "before his face"
y10:15 Hades is the lower realmof the dead, or Hell.
Luke 10:25 822 Luke 11:14
10:25Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and
tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to
inherit eternal life?"
10:26He said to him, "What is written in the
law? How do youre ad it?"
10:27He answered, "You shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart, with all your
soul, with all your strength, and with all your
mind;z and your neighbor as yourself."a
10:28He said to him, "Youh ave answered
correctly. Do this, and youwill live."
10:29But he, desiring to justify himself, asked
Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"
10:30Jesus answered, "A certain man was
going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and
he fell among robbers, who both stripped
him and beat him, and departed, leaving him
half dead. 10:31By chance a certain priest was
going down that way. When he saw him, he
passed by on the other side. 10:32In the same
way a Levite also, when he came to the place,
and saw him, passed by on the other side.
10:33But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled,
came where hewas. When he saw him, he was
moved with compassion, 10:34came to him,
and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil
and wine. He set him on his own animal,
and brought him to an inn, and took care of
him. 10:35On the next day, when he departed,
he took out two denarii, and gave them to
the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him.
Whatever yousp end beyond that, I will repay
youwh en I return.' 10:36Now which of these
three do youthink seemed to be a neighbor to
him who fell among the robbers?"
10:37He said, "He who showed mercy on
him."
Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
10:38It happened as they went on their way,
he entered into a certain village, and a certain
woman named Martha received him into her
house. 10:39She had a sister called Mary, who
also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
10:40ButMartha was distracted with much serving,
and she came up to him, and said, "Lord,
don't you care that my sister left me to serve
alone? Ask her therefore to help me."
10:41Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha,
you are anxious and troubled about many
things, 10:42but one thing is needed. Mary has
chosen the good part, which will not be taken
away from her."
11:1It happened, that when he finished praying
in a certain place, one of his disciples said
to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also
taught his disciples."
11:2He said to them, "When youp ray, say,
'Our Father in heaven,
may your name be kept holy.
May your Kingdom come.
May your will be done on Earth, as it is
in heaven.
11:3Give us day by day our daily bread.
11:4Forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves also forgive everyone
who is indebted to us.
Bring us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.'"
11:5He said to them, "Which of you, if you
go to a friend at midnight, and tell him,
'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 11:6for
a friend of mine has come to me from a
journey, and I have nothing to set before him,'
11:7and he from within will answer and say,
'Don't bother me. The door is now shut, and
my children are with me in bed. I can't get up
and give it to you'? 11:8I tell you, although he
will not rise and give it to him because he is
his friend, yet because of his persistence, he
will get up and give him as many as he needs.
11:9"I tell you, keep asking, and it will be
given you. Keep seeking, and you will find.
Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
11:10For everyone who asks receives. He who
seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be
opened.
11:11"Which of youf athers, if your son asks
for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks
for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead
of a fish, will he? 11:12Or if he asks for an egg,
he won't give him a scorpion, will he? 11:13If
youthe n, being evil, know how to give good
gifts to your children, how much more will
your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to
those who ask him?"
11:14He was casting out a demon, and it was
mute. It happened, when the demon had gone
out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes
z10:27 Deuteronomy 6:5
a10:27 Leviticus 19:18
Luke 11:15 823 Luke 11:49
marveled. 11:15But some of them said, "He
casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the
demons." 11:16Others, testing him, sought from
hima sign fromheaven. 11:17But he, knowing
their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom
divided against itself is brought to desolation.
A house divided against itself falls. 11:18If
Satan also is divided against himself, how
will his kingdom stand? For yous ay that I
cast out demons by Beelzebul. 11:19But if I
cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do
your children cast them out? Therefore will
they be your judges. 11:20But if I by the finger
of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of
God has come to you.
11:21"When the strong man, fully armed,
guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.
11:22But when someone stronger attacks him
and overcomes him, he takes from him his
whole armor in which he trusted, and divides
his spoils.
11:23"He that is not with me is against
me. He who doesn't gather with me scatters.
11:24The unclean spirit, when he has gone
out of the man, passes through dry places,
seeking rest, and finding none, he says, 'I
will turn back to my house from which I
came out.' 11:25When he returns, he finds it
swept and put in order. 11:26Then he goes,
and takes seven other spirits more evil than
himself, and they enter in and dwell there.
The last state of that man becomes worse than
the first."
11:27It came to pass, as he said these things,
a certain woman out of the multitude lifted
up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the
womb that bore you, and the breasts which
nursed you!"
11:28But he said, "On the contrary, blessed
are those who hear the word of God, and keep
it."
11:29When the multitudes were gathering
together to him, he began to say, "This is an
evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No
sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah,
the prophet. 11:30For even as Jonah became
a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son
of Man be to this generation. 11:31The Queen
of the South will rise up in the judgment
with the men of this generation, and will
condemn them: for she came from the ends
of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon;
and behold, one greater than Solomon is
here. 11:32The men of Nineveh will stand
up in the judgment with this generation, and
will condemn it: for they repented at the
preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater
than Jonah is here.
11:33"No one, when he has lit a lamp,
puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on
a stand, that those who come in may see
the light. 11:34The lamp of the body is the
eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your
whole body is also full of light; but when
it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
11:35Therefore see whether the light that is
in youis n't darkness. 11:36If therefore your
whole body is full of light, having no part
dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when
the lamp with its bright shining gives you
light."
11:37Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee
asked himto dine with him. He went in, and
sat at the table. 11:38When the Pharisee saw it,
he marveled that he had not first washed himself
before dinner. 11:39The Lord said to him,
"NowyouP harisees cleanse the outside of the
cup and of the platter, but your inward part
is full of extortion and wickedness. 11:40You
foolish ones, didn't he who made the outside
make the inside also? 11:41But give for gifts
to the needy those things which are within,
and behold, all things will be clean to you.
11:42But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe
mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass
justice and the love of God. You ought to
have done these, and not to have left the other
undone. 11:43Woe to youPha risees! For you
love the best seats in the synagogues, and
the greetings in the marketplaces. 11:44Woe
to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For
youa re like hidden graves, and the men who
walk over them don't know it."
11:45One of the lawyers answered him,
"Teacher, in saying this you insult us also."
11:46He said, "Woe to youla wyers also! For
youloa d men with burdens that are diffi-
cult to carry, and you yourselves won't even
lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
11:47Woe to you! For you build the tombs of
the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
11:48So youte stify and consent to the works
of your fathers. For they killed them, and
youbu ild their tombs. 11:49Therefore also
Luke 11:50 824 Luke 12:28
the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them
prophets and apostles; and some of them they
will kill and persecute, 11:50that the blood of
all the prophets, which was shed from the
foundation of the world, may be required
of this generation; 11:51from the blood of
Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished
between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes, I
tell you, it will be required of this generation.
11:52Woe to youla wyers! For youtook away
the key of knowledge. Youdidn' t enter in
yourselves, and those who were entering in,
youhinde red."
11:53As he said these things to them, the
scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly
angry, and to draw many things out of him;
11:54lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch
him in something he might say, that they might
accuse him.
12:1Meanwhile, when a multitude of many
thousands had gathered together, so much so
that they trampled on each other, he began to
tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the
yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
12:2But there is nothing covered up, that will
not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not
be known. 12:3Therefore whatever youha ve
said in the darkness will be heard in the
light. What youha ve spoken in the ear in
the inner chambers will be proclaimed on the
housetops.
12:4"I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid
of those who kill the body, and after that have
no more that they can do. 12:5But I will warn
youw hom you should fear. Fear him, who
after he has killed, has power to cast into
Gehenna.b Yes, I tell you, fear him.
12:6"Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria
coinsc? Not one of them is forgotten by
God. 12:7But the very hairs of your head are
all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You
are of more value than many sparrows.
12:8"I tell you, everyone who confesses me
before men, him will the Son of Man also
confess before the angels of God; 12:9but
he who denies me in the presence of men
will be denied in the presence of the angels
of God. 12:10Everyone who speaks a word
against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but
those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit
will not be forgiven. 12:11When they bring
you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the
authorities, don't be anxious how or what you
will answer, or what youwill say; 12:12for the
Holy Spirit will teach youin that same hour
what youmu st say."
12:13One of the multitude said to him,
"Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance
with me."
12:14But he said to him, "Man, who made
me a judge or an arbitrator over you?" 12:15He
said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from
covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist
of the abundance of the things which he
possesses."
12:16He spoke a parable to them, saying,
"The ground of a certain rich man brought
forth abundantly. 12:17He reasoned within
himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I
don't have room to store my crops?' 12:18He
said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down
my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I
will store all my grain and my goods. 12:19I
will tellmy soul, "Soul, you havemany goods
laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat,
drink, be merry."'
12:20"ButGod said to him, 'You foolish one,
tonight your soul is required of you. The
things which youha ve prepared whose will
they be?' 12:21So is he who lays up treasure
for himself, and is not rich toward God."
12:22He said to his disciples, "Therefore I
tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what
youw ill eat, nor yet for your body, what you
will wear. 12:23Life is more than food, and the
body is more than clothing. 12:24Consider the
ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they
have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds
them. How much more valuable are you than
birds! 12:25Which of youby being anxious can
add a cubit to his height? 12:26If then you
aren't able to do even the least things, why are
you anxious about the rest? 12:27Consider the
lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, neither
do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in
all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
12:28But if this is how God clothes the grass
in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow
is cast into the oven, how much more will he
b12:5 or, Hell
c12:6 An assarion was a small copper coin worth about an hour's wages for an agricultural laborer.
Luke 12:29 825 Luke 13:3
clothe you, O you of little faith? 12:29Don't
seek what youwi ll eat or what youwi ll drink;
neither be anxious. 12:30For the nations of
the world seek after all of these things, but
your Father knows that you need these things.
12:31But seek God's Kingdom, and all these
things will be added to you. 12:32Don't be
afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good
pleasure to give you the Kingdom. 12:33Sell
that which youha ve, and give gifts to the
needy. Make for yourselves purses which
don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens
that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches,
neither moth destroys. 12:34For where your
treasure is, there will your heart be also.
12:35"Let your waist be girded and your
lamps burning. 12:36Be like men watching for
their lord, when he returns from the marriage
feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they
may immediately open to him. 12:37Blessed
are those servants, whom the lord will find
watching when he comes. Most certainly
I tell you, that he will dress himself, and
make them recline, and will come and serve
them. 12:38They will be blessed if he comes
in the second or third watch, and finds them
so. 12:39But know this, that if the master
of the house had known in what hour the
thief was coming, he would have watched,
and not allowed his house to be broken into.
12:40Therefore be ready also, for the Son of
Man is coming in an hour that you don't
expect him."
12:41Peter said to him, "Lord, are you telling
this parable to us, or to everybody?"
12:42The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful
and wise steward, whom his lord will set
over his household, to give themtheir portion
of food at the right times? 12:43Blessed is
that servant whom his lord will find doing
so when he comes. 12:44Truly I tell you, that
he will set him over all that he has. 12:45But
if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord
delays his coming,' and begins to beat the
menservants and the maidservants, and to eat
and drink, and to be drunken, 12:46then the
lord of that servant will come in a day when
he isn't expecting him, and in an hour that
he doesn't know, and will cut him in two,
and place his portion with the unfaithful.
12:47That servant, who knew his lord's will,
and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted,
will be beaten with many stripes, 12:48but he
who didn't know, and did things worthy of
stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To
whoever much is given, of him will much be
required; and to whom much was entrusted,
of him more will be asked.
12:49"I came to throw fire on the earth.
I wish it were already kindled. 12:50But I
have a baptism to be baptized with, and
how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
12:51Do youthink that I have come to give
peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather
division. 12:52For from now on, there will
be five in one house divided, three against
two, and two against three. 12:53They will be
divided, father against son, and son against
father; mother against daughter, and daughter
against her mother; mother-in-law against her
daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against
her mother-in-law."
12:54He said to the multitudes also, "When
yousee a cloud rising from the west, immediately
yousay , 'A shower is coming,' and so
it happens. 12:55When a south wind blows,
yous ay, 'There will be a scorching heat,' and
it happens. 12:56Youhypoc rites! Youknow
how to interpret the appearance of the earth
and the sky, but how is it that you don't
interpret this time? 12:57Why don't youju dge
for yourselves what is right? 12:58For when
youa re going with your adversary before the
magistrate, try diligently on the way to be
released from him, lest perhaps he drag you
to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the
officer, and the officer throw youinto prison.
12:59I tell you, you will by no means get out
of there, until you have paid the very last
penny.d"
13:1Now there were some present at the
same time who told him about the Galileans,
whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacri-
fices. 13:2Jesus answered them, "Do youthink
that these Galileans were worse sinners than
all the other Galileans, because they suffered
such things? 13:3I tell you, no, but, unless you
d12:59 literally, lepton. A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman quadrans each,
which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker's
daily wages.
Luke 13:4 826 Luke 13:35
repent, youw ill all perish in the same way.
13:4Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in
Siloamfell, and killed them; do youthink that
they were worse offenders than all the men
who dwell in Jerusalem? 13:5I tell you, no,
but, unless you repent, you will all perish in
the same way."
13:6He spoke this parable. "A certain man
had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and
he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.
13:7He said to the vine dresser, 'Behold, these
three years I have come looking for fruit on
this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down.
Why does it waste the soil?' 13:8He answered,
'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I
dig around it, and fertilize it. 13:9If it bears
fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it
down.'"
13:10He was teaching in one of the synagogues
on the Sabbath day. 13:11Behold,
there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity
eighteen years, and she was bent over,
and could in no way straighten herself up.
13:12When Jesus saw her, he called her, and
said to her, "Woman, youare freed from your
infirmity." 13:13He laid his hands on her,
and immediately she stood up straight, and
glorified God.
13:14The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant
because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath,
said to the multitude, "There are six days in
which men ought to work. Therefore come
on those days and be healed, and not on the
Sabbath day!"
13:15Therefore the Lord answered him, "You
hypocrites! Doesn't each one of youf ree his
ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath,
and lead him away to water? 13:16Ought
not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham,
whom Satan had bound eighteen long
years, be freed from this bondage on the
Sabbath day?"
13:17As he said these things, all his adversaries
were disappointed, and all the multitude
rejoiced for all the glorious things that were
done by him.
13:18He said, "What is the Kingdom of God
like? To what shall I compare it? 13:19It is
like a grain of mustard seed, which a man
took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and
became a large tree, and the birds of the sky
lodged in its branches."
13:20Again he said, "To what shall I compare
the Kingdom of God? 13:21It is like
yeast, which a woman took and hid in three
measurese of flour, until it was all leavened."
13:22He went on his way through cities
and villages, teaching, and traveling on to
Jerusalem. 13:23One said to him, "Lord, are they
few who are saved?"
He said to them, 13:24"Strive to enter in
by the narrow door, for many, I tell you,
will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
13:25When once the master of the house has
risen up, and has shut the door, and you
begin to stand outside, and to knock at the
door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then
he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know
youor where youc ome from.' 13:26Then
youw ill begin to say, 'We ate and drank in
your presence, and you taught in our streets.'
13:27He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know
where youco me from. Depart from me, all
youw orkers of iniquity.' 13:28There will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth, when yousee
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets,
in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being
thrown outside. 13:29They will come from the
east, west, north, and south, and will sit down
in the Kingdom of God. 13:30Behold, there are
some who are last who will be first, and there
are some who are first who will be last."
13:31On that same day, some Pharisees came,
saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away,
for Herod wants to kill you."
13:32He said to them, "Go and tell that
fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform
cures today and tomorrow, and the third day
I complete my mission. 13:33Nevertheless I
must go on my way today and tomorrow and
the next day, for it can't be that a prophet
perish outside of Jerusalem.'
13:34"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the
prophets, and stones those who are sent to
her! How often I wanted to gather your
children together, like a hen gathers her own
brood under her wings, and you refused!
13:35Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
I tell you, you will not see me, until you say,
e13:21 literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 litres or a bit more than a bushel
Luke 14:1 827 Luke 14:34
'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
Lord!'"f
14:1It happened, when he went into the
house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on
a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching
him. 14:2Behold, a certain man who had dropsy
was in front of him. 14:3Jesus, answering, spoke
to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it
lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"
14:4But they were silent.
He took him, and healed him, and let him
go. 14:5He answered them, "Which of you, if
your song or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't
immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"
14:6They couldn't answer himr egarding
these things.
14:7He spoke a parable to those who were
invited, when he noticed how they chose the
best seats, and said to them, 14:8"When youare
invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't
sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone
more honorable than youm ight be invited
by him, 14:9and he who invited both of you
would come and tell you, 'Make room for this
person.' Then youw ould begin, with shame,
to take the lowest place. 14:10But when you
are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so
that when he who invited youc omes, he may
tell you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you
will be honored in the presence of all who sit
at the table with you. 14:11For everyone who
exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever
humbles himself will be exalted."
14:12He also said to the one who had invited
him, "When youm ake a dinner or a supper,
don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor
your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps
they might also return the favor, and pay you
back. 14:13But when you make a feast, ask
the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
14:14and youw ill be blessed, because they
don't have the resources to repay you. For
youwill be repaid in the resurrection of the
righteous."
14:15When one of those who sat at the table
with himhe ard these things, he said to him,
"Blessed is he who will feast in the Kingdom
of God!"
14:16But he said to him ,"A certain man
made a great supper, and he invited many
people. 14:17He sent out his servant at supper
time to tell those whowere invited, 'Come, for
everything is ready now.' 14:18They all as one
began to make excuses.
"The first said to him, 'I have bought a
field, and I must go and see it. Please have
me excused.'
14:19"Another said, 'I have bought five yoke
of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please
have me excused.'
14:20"Another said, 'I have married a wife,
and therefore I can't come.'
14:21"That servant came, and told his lord
these things. Then the master of the house,
being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out
quickly into the streets and lanes of the city,
and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and
lame.'
14:22"The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as
youcom manded, and there is still room.'
14:23"The lord said to the servant, 'Go out
into the highways and hedges, and compel
them to come in, that my house may be filled.
14:24For I tell youtha t none of those men who
were invited will taste of my supper.'"
14:25Now great multitudes were going with
him. He turned and said to them, 14:26"If
anyone comes to me, and doesn't hate his own
father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and
sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be
my disciple. 14:27Whoever doesn't bear his
own cross, and come after me, can't be my
disciple. 14:28For which of you, desiring to
build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count
the cost, to see if he has enough to complete
it? 14:29Or perhaps, when he has laid a
foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone
who sees begins to mock him, 14:30saying,
'This man began to build, and wasn't able
to finish.' 14:31Or what king, as he goes to
encounter another king in war, will not sit
down first and consider whether he is able
with ten thousand to meet him who comes
against him with twenty thousand? 14:32Or
else, while the other is yet a great way off,
he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of
peace. 14:33So therefore whoever of youwh o
doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be
my disciple. 14:34Salt is good, but if the salt
f13:35 Psalm118: 26
g14:5 TR reads "donkey" instead of "son"
Luke 14:35 828 Luke 16:3
becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you
season it? 14:35It is fit neither for the soil nor
for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who
has ears to hear, let him hear."
15:1Now all the tax collectors and sinners
were coming close to him to hear him. 15:2The
Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying,
"This man welcomes sinners, and eats with
them."
15:3He told themthi s parable. 15:4"Which of
youm en, if youha d one hundred sheep, and
lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninetynine
in the wilderness, and go after the one
that was lost, until he found it? 15:5When he
has found it, he carries it on his shoulders,
rejoicing. 15:6When he comes home, he calls
together his friends and his neighbors, saying
to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found
my sheep which was lost!' 15:7I tell yout hat
even so there will be more joy in heaven over
one sinnerwho repents, than over ninety-nine
righteous people who need no repentance.
15:8Or what woman, if she had ten drachmah
coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't
light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek
diligently until she found it? 15:9When she
has found it, she calls together her friends
and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for
I have found the drachma which I had lost.'
15:10Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the
presence of the angels of God over one sinner
repenting."
15:11He said, "A certain man had two sons.
15:12The younger of them said to his father,
'Father, give me my share of your property.'
He divided his livelihood between them.
15:13Not many days after, the younger son
gathered all of this together and traveled into
a far country. There he wasted his property
with riotous living. 15:14When he had spent
all of it, there arose a severe famine in that
country, and he began to be in need. 15:15He
went and joined himself to one of the citizens
of that country, and he sent him into his fields
to feed pigs. 15:16He wanted to fill his belly
with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one
gave him any. 15:17But when he came to
himself he said, 'How many hired servants of
my father's have bread enough to spare, and
I'm dying with hunger! 15:18I will get up and
go to my father, and will tell him, "Father, I
have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.
15:19I am no more worthy to be called your
son. Make me as one of your hired servants."'
15:20"He arose, and came to his father. But
while he was still far off, his father saw him,
and was moved with compassion, and ran,
and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 15:21The
son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against
heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer
worthy to be called your son.'
15:22"But the father said to his servants,
'Bring out the best robe, and put it on him.
Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.
15:23Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us
eat, and celebrate; 15:24for this, my son, was
dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is
found.' They began to celebrate.
15:25"Now his elder son was in the field. As
he came near to the house, he heardmusic and
dancing. 15:26He called one of the servants to
him, and asked what was going on. 15:27He
said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your
father has killed the fattened calf, because
he has received him back safe and healthy.'
15:28But he was angry, and would not go in.
Therefore his father came out, and begged
him. 15:29But he answered his father, 'Behold,
these many years I have served you, and I
never disobeyed a commandment of yours,
but you never gave me a goat, that I might
celebrate with my friends. 15:30But when this,
your son, came, who has devoured your living
with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf
for him.'
15:31"He said to him, 'Son, youare always
withme, and all that is mine is yours. 15:32But
it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad,
for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive
again. He was lost, and is found.'"
16:1He also said to his disciples, "There was
a certain rich man who had a manager. An
accusation was made to him that this man
was wasting his possessions. 16:2He called
him, and said to him, 'What is this that
I hear about you? Give an accounting of
your management, for you can no longer be
manager.'
16:3"The manager said within himself,
'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking
away the management position from me? I
h15:8 A drachma coin was worth about 2 days wages for an agricultural laborer.
Luke 16:4 829 Luke 17:3
don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to
beg. 16:4I know what I will do, so that when
I am removed from management, they may
receive me into their houses.' 16:5Calling each
one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to
the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'
16:6He said, 'A hundred batosi of oil.' He said
to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly
and write fifty.' 16:7Then said he to another,
'Howmuch do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred
corsj of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill,
and write eighty.'
16:8"His lord commended the dishonest
manager because he had done wisely, for the
children of this world are, in their own generation,
wiser than the children of the light.
16:9I tell you, make for yourselves friends by
means of unrighteousmammon, so that when
youfa il, they may receive youinto the eternal
tents. 16:10He who is faithful in a very little is
faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in
a very little is also dishonest in much. 16:11If
therefore youha ve not been faithful in the
unrighteous mammon, who will commit to
your trust the true riches? 16:12If youha ve not
been faithful in that which is another's, who
will give youtha t which is your own? 16:13No
servant can serve two masters, for either he
will hate the one, and love the other; or else
he will hold to one, and despise the other. You
aren't able to serve God and mammonk."
16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of
money, also heard all these things, and they
scoffed at him. 16:15He said to them, "Youare
those who justify yourselves in the sight of
men, but God knows your hearts. For that
which is exalted among men is an abomination
in the sight of God. 16:16The law and
the prophets were until John. From that time
the Good News of the Kingdom of God is
preached, and everyone is forcing his way
into it. 16:17But it is easier for heaven and
earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke
of a pen in the law to fall. 16:18Everyone
who divorces his wife, and marries another,
commits adultery. He whomarries one who is
divorced from a husband commits adultery.
16:19"Now therewas a certain rich man, and
he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living
in luxury every day. 16:20A certain beggar,
named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of
sores, 16:21and desiring to be fed with the
crumbs that fell from the rich man's table.
Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
16:22It happened that the beggar died, and
that he was carried away by the angels to
Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died,
and was buried. 16:23In Hadesl, he lifted up
his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham
far off, and Lazarus at his bosom. 16:24He
cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy
on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the
tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue!
For I am in anguish in this flame.'
16:25"But Abraham said, 'Son, remember
that you, in your lifetime, received your good
things, and Lazarus, in like manner, bad
things. But now here he is comforted and you
are in anguish. 16:26Besides all this, between
us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that
those who want to pass from here to youa re
not able, and that none may cross over from
there to us.'
16:27"He said, 'I ask yout herefore, father,
that youwould send him tomy father's house;
16:28for I have five brothers, that he may
testify to them, so they won't also come into
this place of torment.'
16:29"But Abraham said to him, 'They have
Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to
them.'
16:30"He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if
one goes to them from the dead, they will
repent.'
16:31"He said to him, 'If they don't listen to
Moses and the prophets, neither will they be
persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"
17:1He said to the disciples, "It is impossible
that no occasions of stumbling should come,
but woe to him through whom they come!
17:2It would be better for him if a millstone
were hung around his neck, and he were
thrown into the sea, rather than that he should
cause one of these little ones to stumble.
17:3Be careful. If your brother sins against
i16:6 100 batos is about 395 litres, 104 U. S. gallons, or 87 imperial gallons.
j16:7 100 cors = about 3,910 litres or 600 bushels.
k16:13 "Mammon" refers to riches or a false god of wealth.
l16:23 or, Hell
Luke 17:4 830 Luke 18:7
you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive
him. 17:4If he sins against yous even times
in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I
repent,' yous hall forgive him."
17:5The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase
our faith."
17:6The Lord said, "If youha d faith like
a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this
sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in
the sea,' and it would obey you. 17:7Butwho is
there among you, having a servant plowing or
keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes
in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit
down at the table,' 17:8and will not rather
tell him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself
properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink.
Afterward yoush all eat and drink'? 17:9Does
he thank that servant because he did the
things that were commanded? I think not.
17:10Even so youa lso, when you have done
all the things that are commanded you, say,
'We are unworthy servants. We have done our
duty.'"
17:11It happened as he was on his way
to Jerusalem, that he was passing along the
borders of Samaria and Galilee. 17:12As he
entered into a certain village, ten men who
were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.
17:13They lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus,
Master, have mercy on us!"
17:14When he saw them, he said to them,
"Go and show yourselves to the priests."
It happened that as they went, they were
cleansed. 17:15One of them, when he saw that
he was healed, turned back, glorifying God
with a loud voice. 17:16He fell on his face
at Jesus' feet, giving himt hanks; and he was
a Samaritan. 17:17Jesus answered, "Weren't
the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
17:18Were there none found who returned
to give glory to God, except this stranger?"
17:19Then he said to him, "Get up, and go your
way. Your faith has healed you."
17:20Being asked by the Pharisees when the
Kingdomof God would come, he answered
them, "The Kingdom of God doesn't come
with observation; 17:21neither will they say,
'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for behold, the
Kingdom of God is within you."
17:22He said to the disciples, "The days will
come, when youwill desire to see one of the
days of the Son of Man, and youw ill not see
it. 17:23They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or
'Look, there!' Don't go away, nor follow after
them, 17:24for as the lightning, when it flashes
out of the one part under the sky, shines to
the other part under the sky; so will the Son
of Man be in his day. 17:25But first, he must
suffer many things and be rejected by this
generation. 17:26As it happened in the days
of Noah, even so will it be also in the days
of the Son of Man. 17:27They ate, they drank,
they married, they were given in marriage,
until the day that Noah entered into the ship,
and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
17:28Likewise, even as it happened in the days
of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they
sold, they planted, they built; 17:29but in the
day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained
fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed
them all. 17:30It will be the same way in the
day that the Son of Man is revealed. 17:31In
that day, he who will be on the housetop, and
his goods in the house, let him not go down
to take them away. Let him who is in the
field likewise not turn back. 17:32Remember
Lot's wife! 17:33Whoever seeks to save his life
loses it, butwhoever loses his life preserves it.
17:34I tell you, in that night there will be two
people in one bed. The one will be taken, and
the other will be left. 17:35There will be two
grinding grain together. One will be taken,
and the other will be left." 17:36m
17:37They, answering, asked him, "Where,
Lord?"
He said to them, "Where the body is, there
will the vultures also be gathered together."
18:1He also spoke a parable to themthat they
must always pray, and not give up, 18:2saying,
"There was a judge in a certain city who
didn't fear God, and didn't respect man. 18:3A
widow was in that city, and she often came to
him, saying, 'Defend me from my adversary!'
18:4He wouldn't for a while, but afterward he
said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God,
nor respect man, 18:5yet because this widow
bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will
wear me out by her continual coming.'"
18:6The Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous
judge says. 18:7Won't God avenge
his chosen ones, who are crying out to him
m17:36 Some Greek manuscripts add: "Two will be in the field: the one taken, and the other left."
Luke 18:8 831 Luke 19:3
day and night, and yet he exercises patience
with them? 18:8I tell yout hat he will avenge
them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of
Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"
18:9He spoke also this parable to certain
people who were convinced of their own
righteousness, and who despised all others.
18:10"Two men went up into the temple to
pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was
a tax collector. 18:11The Pharisee stood and
prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you,
that I amnot like the rest ofmen, extortioners,
unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax
collector. 18:12I fast twice a week. I give tithes
of all that I get.' 18:13But the tax collector,
standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his
eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying,
'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' 18:14I
tell you, this man went down to his house
justified rather than the other; for everyone
who exalts himself will be humbled, but he
who humbles himself will be exalted."
18:15They were also bringing their babies to
him, that he might touch them. But when the
disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 18:16Jesus
summoned them, saying, "Allow the little
children to come to me, and don't hinder
them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to
such as these. 18:17Most certainly, I tell you,
whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of God
like a little child, he will in no way enter into
it."
18:18A certain ruler asked him, saying,
"Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal
life?"
18:19Jesus asked him, "Why do youc all me
good? No one is good, except one God.
18:20Youknow the commandments: 'Don't
commit adultery,' 'Don't murder,' 'Don't
steal,' 'Don't give false testimony,' 'Honor
your father and your mother.'"n
18:21He said, "I have observed all these
things fromm y youth up."
18:22When Jesus heard these things, he said
to him, "Youstill lack one thing. Sell all that
youha ve, and distribute it to the poor. You
will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow
me."
18:23But when he heard these things, he
became very sad, for he was very rich.
18:24Jesus, seeing that he became very sad,
said, "How hard it is for those who have riches
to enter into the Kingdom of God! 18:25For
it is easier for a camel to enter in through a
needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into
the Kingdom of God."
18:26Thosewho heard it said, "Then who can
be saved?"
18:27But he said, "The things which are
impossible with men are possible with God."
18:28Peter said, "Look, we have left everything,
and followed you."
18:29He said to them, "Most certainly I tell
you, there is no one who has left house, or
wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for
the Kingdom of God's sake, 18:30who will not
receive many times more in this time, and in
the world to come, eternal life."
18:31He took the twelve aside, and said to
them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem,
and all the things that are written through the
prophets concerning the Son of Man will be
completed. 18:32For he will be delivered up to
the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully,
and spit on. 18:33They will scourge and
kill him. On the third day, he will rise again."
18:34They understood none of these things.
This saying was hidden fromthe m, and they
didn't understand the things that were said.
18:35It happened, as he came near Jericho, a
certain blind man sat by the road, begging.
18:36Hearing a multitude going by, he asked
what this meant. 18:37They told himthat Jesus
of Nazareth was passing by. 18:38He cried out,
"Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!"
18:39Those who led the way rebuked him, that
he should be quiet; but he cried out all the
more, "You son of David, have mercy on me!"
18:40Standing still, Jesus commanded him to
be brought to him. When he had come near, he
asked him, 18:41"What do youw ant me to do?"
He said, "Lord, that I may see again."
18:42Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight.
Your faith has healed you."
18:43Immediately he received his sight, and
followed him, glorifying God. All the people,
when they saw it, praised God.
19:1He entered and was passing through
Jericho. 19:2There was a man named Zacchaeus.
He was a chief tax collector, and he was
rich. 19:3He was trying to see who Jesus was,
n18:20 Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20
Luke 19:4 832 Luke 19:39
and couldn't because of the crowd, because he
was short. 19:4He ran on ahead, and climbed
up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was
to pass that way. 19:5When Jesus came to the
place, he looked up and saw him, and said
to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down,
for today I must stay at your house." 19:6He
hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.
19:7When they saw it, they all murmured,
saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a man
who is a sinner."
19:8Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord,
"Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the
poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of
anyone, I restore four times as much."
19:9Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has
come to this house, because he also is a son of
Abraham. 19:10For the Son ofMan cam e to seek
and to save that which was lost."
19:11As they heard these things, he went
on and told a parable, because he was near
Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom
of God would be revealed immediately.
19:12He said therefore, "A certain nobleman
went into a far country to receive for himself
a kingdom, and to return. 19:13He called
ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina
coins,o and told them, 'Conduct business until
I come.' 19:14But his citizens hated him, and
sent an envoy after him, saying, 'We don't
want this man to reign over us.'
19:15"It happened when he had come back
again, having received the kingdom, that he
commanded these servants, to whom he had
given the money, to be called to him, that he
might know what they had gained by conducting
business. 19:16The first came before
him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten
more minas.'
19:17"He said to him, 'Well done, yougood
servant! Because you were found faithful
with very little, yousha ll have authority over
ten cities.'
19:18"The second came, saying, 'Your mina,
Lord, has made five minas.'
19:19"So he said to him, 'And youare to be
over five cities.' 19:20Another came, saying,
'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid
away in a handkerchief, 19:21for I feared you,
because youare an exacting man. Yout ake up
that which youdidn' t lay down, and reap that
which youdidn' t sow.'
19:22"He said to him, 'Out of your own
mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant!
Youk new that I am an exacting man, taking
up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping
that which I didn't sow. 19:23Then why didn't
youde posit my money in the bank, and at my
coming, I might have earned interest on it?'
19:24He said to those who stood by, 'Take the
mina away from him, and give it to him who
has the ten minas.'
19:25"They said to him, 'Lord, he has ten
minas!' 19:26'For I tell youtha t to everyone
who has, will more be given; but from him
who doesn't have, even that which he has
will be taken away from him. 19:27But bring
those enemies of mine who didn't want me
to reign over them here, and kill them before
me.'" 19:28Having said these things, he went on
ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
19:29It happened, when he drew near to
Bethsphagep and Bethany, at the mountain that
is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,
19:30saying, "Go your way into the village on
the other side, in which, as youe nter, you will
find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat.
Untie it, and bring it. 19:31If anyone asks you,
'Why are youu ntying it?' say to him: 'The
Lord needs it.'"
19:32Those who were sent went away, and
found things just as he had told them. 19:33As
they were untying the colt, its owners said
to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"
19:34They said, "The Lord needs it." 19:35They
brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on
the colt, and set Jesus on them. 19:36As he went,
they spread their cloaks in the way. 19:37As
he was now getting near, at the descent of the
Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the
disciples began to rejoice and praise God with
a loud voice for all the mighty works which
they had seen, 19:38saying, "Blessed is the King
who com es in the nam eof the Lord!q Peace in
heaven, and glory in the highest!"
19:39Some of the Pharisees from the multitude
said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your discio19:
13 10 minas was more than 3 years' wages for an agricultural laborer.
p19:29 TR, NU read "Bethpage" instead of "Bethsphage"
q19:38 Psalm118: 26
Luke 19:40 833 Luke 20:24
ples!"
19:40He answered them, "I tell youtha t if
these were silent, the stones would cry out."
19:41When he drew near, he saw the city and
wept over it, 19:42saying, "If you, even you,
had known today the things which belong to
your peace! But now, they are hidden from
your eyes. 19:43For the days will come on you,
when your enemies will throw up a barricade
against you, surround you, hem you in on
every side, 19:44and will dash youa nd your
children within youto the ground. They will
not leave in youone stone on another, because
youdidn' t know the time of your visitation."
19:45He entered into the temple, and began
to drive out those who bought and sold in it,
19:46saying to them, "It is written, 'My house
is a house of prayer,'r but you have made it a
'den of robbers'!"s
19:47He was teaching daily in the temple, but
the chief priests and the scribes and the leading
men among the people sought to destroy him.
19:48They couldn't find what they might do, for
all the people hung on to every word that he
said.
20:1It happened on one of those days, as
he was teaching the people in the temple and
preaching the Good News, that the tpriests and
scribes came to him with the elders. 20:2They
asked him, "Tell us: by what authority do you
do these things? Or who is giving you this
authority?"
20:3He answered them, "I also will ask you
one question. Tell me: 20:4the baptism of
John, was it from heaven, or from men?"
20:5They reasoned with themselves, saying,
"If we say, 'Fromhe aven,' he will say,
'Why didn't you believe him?' 20:6But if we
say, 'Fromm en,' all the people will stone
us, for they are persuaded that John was a
prophet." 20:7They answered that they didn't
know where it was from.
20:8Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell
youby what authority I do these things."
20:9He began to tell the people this parable.
"A uman planted a vineyard, and rented it out
to some farmers, and went into another country
for a long time. 20:10At the proper season,
he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his
share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the
farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.
20:11He sent yet another servant, and they also
beat him, and treated him shamefully, and
sent him away empty. 20:12He sent yet a third,
and they also wounded him, and threw him
out. 20:13The lord of the vineyard said, 'What
shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may
be that seeing him, they will respect him.'
20:14"But when the farmers saw him, they
reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This
is the heir. Come, let's kill him, that the
inheritancemay be ours.' 20:15They threwhim
out of the vineyard, and killed him. What
therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to
them? 20:16He will come and destroy these
farmers, and will give the vineyard to others."
When they heard it, they said, "May it never
be!"
20:17But he looked at them, and said, "Then
what is this that is written,
'The stone which the builders rejected,
the same was made the chief cornerstone?'
v
20:18Everyone who falls on that stone will be
broken to pieces,
but it will crush whomever it falls on to
dust."
20:19The chief priests and the scribes sought
to lay hands on himthat very hour, but
they feared the people for they knew he had
spoken this parable against them. 20:20They
watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended
to be righteous, that they might trap
himi n something he said, so as to deliver him
up to the power and authority of the governor.
20:21They asked him, "Teacher, we know that
you say and teach what is right, and aren't
partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of
God. 20:22Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to
Caesar, or not?"
20:23But he perceived their craftiness, and
said to them, "Why do youte st me? 20:24Show
me a denarius. Whose image and inscription
are on it?"
r19:46 Isaiah 56:7
s19:46 Jeremiah 7:11
t20:1 TR adds "chief"
u20:9 NU (in brackets) and TR add "certain"
v20:17 Psalm118: 22
Luke 20:25 834 Luke 21:16
They answered, "Caesar's."
20:25He said to them, "Then give to Caesar
the things that are Caesar's, and to God the
things that are God's."
20:26They weren't able to trap himin his
words before the people. They marveled at
his answer, and were silent. 20:27Some of the
Sadducees came to him, those who deny that
there is a resurrection. 20:28They asked him,
"Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's
brother dies having a wife, and he is childless,
his brother should take the wife, and raise
up children for his brother. 20:29There were
therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife,
and died childless. 20:30The second took her as
wife, and he died childless. 20:31The third took
her, and likewise the seven all left no children,
and died. 20:32Afterward the woman also died.
20:33Therefore in the resurrectionwhose wife of
themw ill she be? For the seven had her as a
wife."
20:34Jesus said to them, "The children of
this age marry, and are given in marriage.
20:35But those who are considered worthy to
attain to that age and the resurrection from the
dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.
20:36For they can't die any more, for they are
like the angels, and are children ofGod, being
children of the resurrection. 20:37Bu t that the
dead are raised, even Moses showed at the
bush, when he called the Lord 'The God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob.'w 20:38Now he is not the God of the
dead, but of the living, for all are alive to
him."
20:39Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher,
you speak well." 20:40They didn't dare to ask
himany more questions.
20:41He said to them, "Why do they say that
the Christ is David's son? 20:42David himself
says in the book of Psalms,
'The Lord said to my Lord,
"Sit at my right hand,
20:43until I make your enemies the footstool
of your feet."'x
20:44"David therefore calls him Lord, so
how is he his son?"
20:45In the hearing of all the people, he said
to his disciples, 20:46"Beware of the scribes,
who like to walk in long robes, and love
greetings in themarketplaces, the best seats in
the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;
20:47who devour widows' houses, and for a
pretense make long prayers: thesewill receive
greater condemnation."
21:1He looked up, and saw the rich people
who were putting their gifts into the treasury.
21:2He saw a certain poor widow casting in
two small brass coins.y 21:3He said, "Truly I
tell you, this poor widow put in more than
all of them, 21:4for all these put in gifts for
God fromtheir abundance, but she, out of her
poverty, put in all that she had to live on."
21:5As some were talking about the temple
and how it was decoratedwith beautiful stones
and gifts, he said, 21:6"As for these things
which youse e, the days will come, in which
there will not be left here one stone on
another that will not be thrown down."
21:7They asked him, "Teacher, so when will
these things be? What is the sign that these
things are about to happen?"
21:8He said, "Watch out that you don't
get led astray, for many will come in my
name, saying, 'I am hez,' and, 'The time is at
hand.' Therefore don't follow them. 21:9When
youh ear of wars and disturbances, don't be
terrified, for these things must happen first,
but the end won't come immediately."
21:10Then he said to them, "Nation will rise
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
21:11There will be great earthquakes,
famines, and plagues in various places. There
will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
21:12But before all these things, they will lay
their hands on you and will persecute you,
delivering you up to synagogues and prisons,
bringing yoube fore kings and governors for
my name's sake. 21:13It will turn out as a
testimony for you. 21:14Settle it therefore in
your hearts not to meditate beforehand how
to answer, 21:15for I will give youa mouth
and wisdom which all your adversaries will
not be able to withstand or to contradict.
21:16Youw ill be handed over even by parents,
w20:37 Exodus 3:6
x20:43 Psalm110: 1
y21:2 literally, "two lepta." 2 lepta was about 1% of a day's wages for an agricultural laborer.
z21:8 or, I AM
Luke 21:17 835 Luke 22:21
brothers, relatives, and friends. They will
cause some of you to be put to death. 21:17You
will be hated by all men for my name's sake.
21:18And not a hair of your head will perish.
21:19"By your endurance you will win your
lives.
21:20"But when you see Jerusalem surrounded
by armies, then know that its desolation
is at hand. 21:21Then let those who are
in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who
are in the midst of her depart. Let those who
are in the country not enter therein. 21:22For
these are days of vengeance, that all things
which are written may be fulfilled. 21:23Woe
to those who are pregnant and to those who
nurse infants in those days! For there will be
great distress in the land, and wrath to this
people. 21:24They will fall by the edge of the
sword, and will be led captive into all the
nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by
the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles
are fulfilled. 21:25There will be signs in the
sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety
of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the
sea and the waves; 21:26men fainting for fear,
and for expectation of the things which are
coming on the world: for the powers of the
heavens will be shaken. 21:27Then they will
see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with
power and great glory. 21:28But when these
things begin to happen, look up, and lift up
your heads, because your redemption is near."
21:29He told thema parable. "See the fig
tree, and all the trees. 21:30When they are
already budding, you see it and know by your
own selves that the summer is already near.
21:31Even so youalso , when yousee these
things happening, know that the Kingdom of
God is near. 21:32Most certainly I tell you, this
generation will not pass away until all things
are accomplished. 21:33Heaven and earth will
pass away, but my words will by no means
pass away.
21:34"So be careful, or your hearts will be
loaded down with carousing, drunkenness,
and cares of this life, and that day will come
on yous uddenly. 21:35For it will come like a
snare on all those who dwell on the surface
of all the earth. 21:36Therefore be watchful
all the time, praying that youm ay be counted
worthy to escape all these things that will
happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."
21:37Every day Jesus was teaching in the
temple, and every night he would go out and
spend the night on the mountain that is called
Olivet. 21:38All the people came early in the
morning to him in the temple to hear him.
22:1Now the feast of unleavened bread,
which is called the Passover, drew near. 22:2The
chief priests and the scribes sought how they
might put him to death, for they feared the
people. 22:3Satan entered into Judas, who was
surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered with
the twelve. 22:4He went away, and talked with
the chief priests and captains about how he
might deliver him to them. 22:5They were glad,
and agreed to give himm oney. 22:6He consented,
and sought an opportunity to deliver
himto them in the absence of the multitude.
22:7The day of unleavened bread came, on
which the Passover must be sacrificed. 22:8He
sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare
the Passover for us, that we may eat."
22:9They said to him, "Where do you want
us to prepare?"
22:10He said to them, "Behold, when you
have entered into the city, a man carrying a
pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him
into the house which he enters. 22:11Tell the
master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you,
"Where is the guest room, where I may eat
the Passover with my disciples?"' 22:12He
will show you a large, furnished upper room.
Make preparations there."
22:13They went, found things as he had
told them, and they prepared the Passover.
22:14When the hour had come, he sat down
with the twelve apostles. 22:15He said to them,
"I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover
with youb efore I suffer, 22:16for I tell you ,
I will no longer by any means eat of it
until it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God."
22:17He received a cup, and when he had given
thanks, he said, "Take this, and share it among
yourselves, 22:18for I tell you, I will not drink
at all again from the fruit of the vine, until the
Kingdom of God comes."
22:19He took bread, and when he had given
thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying,
"This is my body which is given for you.
Do this in memory of me." 22:20Likewise, he
took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup
is the new covenant in my blood, which is
poured out for you. 22:21But behold, the hand
Luke 22:22 836 Luke 22:57
of him who betrays me is with me on the
table. 22:22The Son of Man indeed goes, as
it has been determined, but woe to that man
through whom he is betrayed!"
22:23They began to question am ong them -
selves, which of themit was who would do
this thing. 22:24There arose also a contention
among them, which of them was considered to
be greatest. 22:25He said to them, "The kings of
the nations lord it over them, and those who
have authority over them are called 'benefactors.'
22:26But not so with you. But one who
is the greater among you, let him become as
the younger, and one who is governing, as
one who serves. 22:27For who is greater, one
who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn't
it he who sits at the table? But I am in the
midst of youa s one who serves. 22:28But you
are those who have continued with me in my
trials. 22:29I confer on youa kingdom, even as
my Father conferred on me, 22:30that youm ay
eat and drink at my table inmy Kingdom. You
will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes
of Israel."
22:31The Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold,
Satan asked to have you, that he might sift
youas wheat, 22:32but I prayed for you, that
your faith wouldn't fail. You, when once you
have turned again, establish your brothersa."
22:33He said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go
with you both to prison and to death!"
22:34He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster
will by no means crow today until you deny
that youk now me three times."
22:35He said to them, "When I sent youou t
without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you
lack anything?"
They said, "Nothing."
22:36Then he said to them, "But now, whoever
has a purse, let him take it, and likewise
a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his
cloak, and buy a sword. 22:37For I tell youtha t
this which is written must still be fulfilled in
me: 'He was counted with the lawless.'b For
that which concerns me has an end."
22:38They said, "Lord, behold, here are two
swords."
He said to them, "That is enough."
22:39He came out, and went, as his custom
was, to the Mount of Olives. His disciples also
followed him. 22:40When he was at the place,
he said to them, "Pray that youdon' t enter into
temptation."
22:41He was withdrawn fromthe m about a
stone's throw, and he knelt down and prayed,
22:42saying, "Father, if youa re willing, remove
this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will,
but yours, be done."
22:43An angel fromhe aven appeared to him,
strengthening him. 22:44Being in agony he
prayed more earnestly. His sweat became
like great drops of blood falling down on the
ground.
22:45When he rose up fromhi s prayer, he
came to the disciples, and found them sleeping
because of grief, 22:46and said to them, "Why
do yous leep? Rise and pray that youm ay not
enter into temptation."
22:47While he was still speaking, behold, a
multitude, and he who was called Judas, one
of the twelve, was leading them. He came near
to Jesus to kiss him. 22:48But Jesus said to him,
"Judas, do you betray the Son of Man with a
kiss?"
22:49When those who were around hims aw
what was about to happen, they said to him,
"Lord, shall we strike with the sword?" 22:50A
certain one of thems truck the servant of the
high priest, and cut off his right ear.
22:51But Jesus answered, "Let me at least do
this" and he touched his ear, and healed him.
22:52Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of
the temple, and elders, who had come against
him, "Have youc ome out as against a robber,
with swords and clubs? 22:53When I was with
youin the temple daily, you didn't stretch out
your hands against me. But this is your hour,
and the power of darkness."
22:54They seized him, and led him away,
and brought himi nto the high priest's house.
But Peter followed froma distance. 22:55When
they had kindled a fire in the middle of the
courtyard, and had sat down together, Peter sat
among them. 22:56A certain servant girl saw
himas he sat in the light, and looking intently
at him, said, "This man also was with him."
22:57He denied Jesus, saying, "Woman, I
don't know him."
a22:32 The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."
b22:37 Isaiah 53:12
Luke 22:58 837 Luke 23:27
22:58After a little while someone else saw
him, and said, "You also are one of them!"
But Peter answered, "Man, I amn ot!"
22:59After about one hour passed, another
confidently affirmed, saying, "Truly this man
also was with him, for he is a Galilean!"
22:60But Peter said, "Man, I don't know what
you are talking about!" Immediately, while he
was still speaking, a rooster crowed. 22:61The
Lord turned, and looked at Peter. Then Peter
remembered the Lord's word, how he said to
him, "Before the rooster crows youw ill deny
me three times." 22:62He went out, and wept
bitterly.
22:63The men who held Jesus mocked him
and beat him. 22:64Having blindfolded him,
they struck himo n the face and asked him,
"Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?"
22:65They spoke many other things against him,
insulting him.
22:66As soon as it was day, the assembly of
the elders of the people was gathered together,
both chief priests and scribes, and they led him
away into their council, saying, 22:67"If you are
the Christ, tell us."
But he said to them, "If I tell you, you won't
believe, 22:68and if I ask, youwill in no way
answer me or let me go. 22:69From now on, the
Son ofMan will be seated at the right hand of
the power of God."
22:70They all said, "Are you then the Son of
God?"
He said to them, "Yousay it, because I am."
22:71They said, "Why do we need any more
witness? For we ourselves have heard fromhi s
own mouth!"
23:1The whole company of them rose up
and brought himbe fore Pilate. 23:2They began
to accuse him, saying, "We found this man
perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes
to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ,
a king."
23:3Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of
the Jews?"
He answered him, "So yous ay."
23:4Pilate said to the chief priests and the
multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against
this man."
23:5But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the
people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning
fromGa lilee even to this place." 23:6But
when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked
if the man was a Galilean. 23:7When he found
out that he was in Herod's jurisdiction, he
sent himto Herod, who was also in Jerusalem
during those days.
23:8Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was
exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see
himf or a long time, because he had heard
many things about him. He hoped to see some
miracle done by him. 23:9He questioned him
with many words, but he gave no answers.
23:10The chief priests and the scribes stood,
vehemently accusing him. 23:11Herod with
his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him.
Dressing himin luxurious clothing, they sent
himback to Pilate. 23:12Herod and Pilate
became friends with each other that very day,
for before that they were enemies with each
other.
23:13Pilate called together the chief priests
and the rulers and the people, 23:14and said to
them, "You brought this man to me as one that
perverts the people, and see, I have examined
himbe fore you, and found no basis for a charge
against this man concerning those things of
which you accuse him. 23:15Neither has Herod,
for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy
of death has been done by him. 23:16I will
therefore chastise hima nd release him."
23:17Now he had to release one prisoner to
themat the feast. 23:18But they all cried out
together, saying, "Away with this man! Release
to us Barabbas!" 23:19one who was thrown
into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and
for murder.
23:20Then Pilate spoke to themag ain, wanting
to release Jesus, 23:21but they shouted,
saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"
23:22He said to themthe third time, "Why?
What evil has this man done? I have found no
capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise
hima nd release him." 23:23But they were
urgent with loud voices, asking that he might
be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the
chief priests prevailed. 23:24Pilate decreed that
what they asked for should be done. 23:25He
released himwho had been thrown into prison
for insurrection and murder, for whom they
asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.
23:26When they led himaway , they grabbed
one Simon of Cyrene, coming fromthe country,
and laid on himthe cross, to carry it after Jesus.
23:27A great multitude of the people followed
Luke 23:28 838 Luke 24:10
him, including women who also mourned and
lamented him. 23:28But Jesus, turning to them,
said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, don't weep for
me, but weep for yourselves and for your
children. 23:29For behold, the days are coming
in which theywill say, 'Blessed are the barren,
the wombs that never bore, and the breasts
that never nursed.' 23:30Then they will begin
to tell the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and tell
the hills, 'Cover us.'c 23:31For if they do these
things in the green tree, what will be done in
the dry?"
23:32There were also others, two criminals,
led with himt o be put to death. 23:33When they
came to the place that is called The Skull, they
crucified himt here with the criminals, one on
the right and the other on the left.
23:34Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for
they don't know what they are doing."
Dividing his garments among them, they
cast lots. 23:35The people stood watching. The
rulers with themal so scoffed at him, saying,
"He saved others. Let hims ave himself, if this
is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"
23:36The soldiers also mocked him, coming
to himand offering himvi negar, 23:37and
saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save
yourself!"
23:38An inscription was also written over
himi n letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew:
"THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."
23:39One of the criminals who was hanged
insulted him, saying, "If you are the Christ,
save yourself and us!"
23:40But the other answered, and rebuking
himsa id, "Don't you even fear God, seeing you
are under the same condemnation? 23:41And
we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward
for our deeds, but this man has done nothing
wrong." 23:42He said to Jesus, "Lord, remember
me when you come into your Kingdom."
23:43Jesus said to him, "Assuredly I tell you,
today youwill be with me in Paradise."
23:44It was now about the sixth hourd, and
darkness came over the whole land until the
ninth hour.e 23:45The sun was darkened,
and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
23:46Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father,
into your hands I commit my spirit!"
Having said this, he breathed his last.
23:47When the centurion saw what was
done, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this
was a righteous man." 23:48All the multitudes
that came together to see this, when they saw
the things that were done, returned home beating
their breasts. 23:49All his acquaintances,
and the women who followed with him from
Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these
things.
23:50Behold, a man named Joseph, who was
a member of the council, a good and righteous
man 23:51(he had not consented to their counsel
and deed), fromAr imathaea, a city of the Jews,
who was also waiting for the Kingdomo f God:
23:52this man went to Pilate, and asked for
Jesus' body. 23:53He took it down, and wrapped
it in a linen cloth, and laid himin a tomb that
was cut in stone, where no one had ever been
laid. 23:54It was the day of the Preparation,
and the Sabbath was drawing near. 23:55The
women, who had comewith him out of Galilee,
followed after, and saw the tomb, and how
his body was laid. 23:56They returned, and
prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath
they rested according to the commandment.
24:1But on the first day of the week, at early
dawn, they and some others came to the tomb,
bringing the spices which they had prepared.
24:2They found the stone rolled away fromt he
tomb. 24:3They entered in, and didn't find
the Lord Jesus' body. 24:4It happened, while
they were greatly perplexed about this, behold,
two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.
24:5Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces
down to the earth.
They said to them, "Why do you seek the
living among the dead? 24:6He isn't here, but
is risen. Remember what he told you when he
was still in Galilee, 24:7saying that the Son of
Man must be delivered up into the hands of
sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day
rise again?"
24:8They remembered his words,
24:9returned fromthe tomb, and told all these
things to the eleven, and to all the rest.
24:10Now they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna,
and Mary the mother of James. The other
c23:30 Hosea 10:8
d23:44 Time was counted from sunrise, so the sixth hour was about noon.
e23:44 3:00 PM
Luke 24:11 839 Luke 24:49
women with them told these things to the
apostles. 24:11These words seemed to them
to be nonsense, and they didn't believe them.
24:12But Peter got up and ran to the tomb.
Stooping and looking in, he saw the strips of
linen lying by themselves, and he departed to
his home, wondering what had happened.
24:13Behold, two of themwe re going that
very day to a village named Emmaus, which
was sixty stadiaf fromJer usalem. 24:14They
talked with each other about all of these things
which had happened. 24:15It happened, while
they talked and questioned together, that Jesus
himself came near, and went with them.
24:16But their eyes were kept fromr ecognizing
him. 24:17He said to them, "What are you
talking about as you walk, and are sad?"
24:18One of them, named Cleopas, answered
him, "Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem
who doesn't know the things which have happened
there in these days?"
24:19He said to them, "What things?"
They said to him, "The things concerning
Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty
in deed and word before God and all the
people; 24:20and how the chief priests and our
rulers delivered himup to be condemned to
death, and crucified him. 24:21But we were
hoping that itwas hewho would redeemI srael.
Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day
since these things happened. 24:22Also, certain
women of our company amazed us, having
arrived early at the tomb; 24:23and when they
didn't find his body, they came saying that they
had also seen a vision of angels, who said that
he was alive. 24:24Some of us went to the tomb,
and found it just like the women had said, but
they didn't see him."
24:25He said to them, "Foolish men, and
slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets
have spoken! 24:26Didn't the Christ have
to suffer these things and to enter into his
glory?" 24:27Beginning fromM oses and from
all the prophets, he explained to themi n all
the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
24:28They drew near to the village, where they
were going, and he acted like he would go
further.
24:29They urged him, saying, "Stay with us,
for it is almost evening, and the day is almost
over."
He went in to stay with them. 24:30It
happened, that when he had sat down at the
table with them, he took the bread and gave
thanks. Breaking it, he gave to them. 24:31Their
eyes were opened, and they recognized him,
and he vanished out of their sight. 24:32They
said one to another, "Weren't our hearts burning
within us, while he spoke to us along
the way, and while he opened the Scriptures
to us?" 24:33They rose up that very hour,
returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven
gathered together, and those who were with
them, 24:34saying, "The Lord is risen indeed,
and has appeared to Simon!" 24:35They related
the things that happened along the way, and
howhewas recognized by themi n the breaking
of the bread.
24:36As they said these things, Jesus himself
stood among them, and said to them, "Peace be
to you."
24:37But they were terrified and filled with
fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
24:38He said to them, "Why are youtr oubled?
Why do doubts arise in your hearts?
24:39See my hands and my feet, that it is truly
me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn't
have flesh and bones, as yous ee that I have."
24:40When he had said this, he showed themhi s
hands and his feet. 24:41While they still didn't
believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them,
"Do youha ve anything here to eat?"
24:42They gave hima piece of a broiled fish
and some honeycomb. 24:43He took them, and
ate in front of them. 24:44He said to them,
"This is what I told you, while I was still with
you, that all things which are written in the
law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms,
concerning me must be fulfilled."
24:45Then he opened their minds, that they
might understand the Scriptures. 24:46He said
to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was
necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise
from the dead the third day, 24:47and that
repentance and remission of sins should be
preached in his name to all the nations, beginning
at Jerusalem. 24:48Youa re witnesses
of these things. 24:49Behold, I send forth the
promise of my Father on you. But wait in the
city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with
power from on high."
f24:13 60 stadia = about 11 kilometers or about 7 miles.
Luke 24:50 840 John 1:36
24:50He led themo ut as far as Bethany,
and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
24:51It happened, while he blessed them, that
he withdrew fromt hem, and was carried up
into heaven. 24:52They worshiped him, and
returned to Jerusalemwi th great joy, 24:53and
were continually in the temple, praising and
blessing God. Amen.
The Good News
According to John
1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God.
1:2The same was in the beginning with God.
1:3All things were made through him. Without
himwas not anything made that has been
made. 1:4In himw as life, and the life was
the light of men. 1:5The light shines in the
darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcomea
it. 1:6There cam e am an, sent fromGod,whose
name was John. 1:7The sam e cam e as awitness,
that he might testify about the light, that all
might believe through him. 1:8He was not
the light, but was sent that he might testify
about the light. 1:9The true light that enlightens
everyone was coming into the world.
1:10He was in the world, and the world
was made through him, and the world didn't
recognize him. 1:11He came to his own, and
those who were his own didn't receive him.
1:12But as many as received him, to them he
gave the right to become God's children, to
those who believe in his name: 1:13who were
born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of man, but ofGod. 1:14TheWord
became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his
glory, such glory as of the one and only Son
of the Father, full of grace and truth. 1:15John
testified about him. He cried out, saying,
"This was he of whomI said, 'He who comes
after me has surpassed me, for he was before
me.'" 1:16Fromh is fullness we all received
grace upon grace. 1:17For the law was given
through Moses. Grace and truth came through
Jesus Christ. 1:18No one has seen God at any
time. The one and only Son,b who is in the
bosomo f the Father, he has declared him.
1:19This is John's testimony, when the Jews
sent priests and Levites fromJer usalem to ask
him, "Who are you?"
1:20He confessed, and didn't deny, but he
confessed, "I amn ot the Christ."
1:21They asked him, "What then? Are you
Elijah?"
He said, "I amnot. "
"Are you the prophet?"
He answered, "No."
1:22They said therefore to him, "Who are
you? Give us an answer to take back to those
who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
1:23He said, "I amt he voice of one crying in
the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the
Lord,'c as Isaiah the prophet said."
1:24The ones who had been sent were from
the Pharisees. 1:25They asked him, "Why then
do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor
Elijah, nor the prophet?"
1:26John answered them, "I baptize in water,
but among you stands one whom you don't
know. 1:27He is the one who comes after me,
who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap
I'mn ot worthy to loosen." 1:28These things
were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan,
where John was baptizing.
1:29The next day, he saw Jesus coming to
him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who
takes away the sin of the world! 1:30This is he
of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who
is preferred before me, for he was before me.'
1:31I didn't knowhim, but for this reason I came
baptizing in water: that he would be revealed
to Israel." 1:32John testified, saying, "I have
seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of
heaven, and it remained on him. 1:33I didn't
recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize
in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you
will see the Spirit descending, and remaining
on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy
Spirit.' 1:34I have seen, and have testified that
this is the Son of God."
1:35Again, the next day, John was standing
with two of his disciples, 1:36and he looked
a1:5 The word translated "overcome" (katelaben) can also be translated "comprehended." It refers to
getting a grip on an enemy to defeat him.
b1:18 NU reads "God"
c1:23 Isaiah 40:3
John 1:37 841 John 2:19
at Jesus as he walked, and said, "Behold, the
Lamb of God!" 1:37The two disciples heard
hims peak, and they followed Jesus. 1:38Jesus
turned, and saw themf ollowing, and said to
them, "What are youlooking for?"
They said to him, "Rabbi" (which is to say,
being interpreted, Teacher), "where are you
staying?"
1:39He said to them, "Come, and see."
They came and saw where he was staying,
and they stayed with himthat day. It was
about the tenth hour.d 1:40One of the two who
heard John, and followed him, was Andrew,
Simon Peter's brother. 1:41He first found his
own brother, Simon, and said to him, "We
have found the Messiah!" (which is, being
interpreted, Christe). 1:42He brought himto
Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, "Youare
Simon the son of Jonah. Yoush all be called
Cephas" (which is by interpretation, Peter).
1:43On the next day, he was determined to go
out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus
said to him, "Follow me." 1:44Now Philip
was fromB ethsaida, of the city of Andrew and
Peter. 1:45Philip found Nathanael, and said to
him, "We have found him, of whom Moses
in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of
Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
1:46Nathanael said to him, "Can any good
thing come out of Nazareth?"
Philip said to him, "Come and see."
1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and
said about him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed,
in whom is no deceit!"
1:48Nathanael said to him, "How do you
know me?"
Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called
you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw
you."
1:49Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you
are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!"
1:50Jesus answered him, "Because I told
you, 'I saw you underneath the fig tree,' do
yoube lieve? Youwill see greater things than
these!" 1:51He said to him, "Most certainly,
I tell you, hereafter you will see heaven
opened, and the angels of God ascending and
descending on the Son of Man."
2:1The third day, there was a marriage in
Cana of Galilee. Jesus' mother was there.
2:2Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to
the marriage. 2:3When the wine ran out, Jesus'
mother said to him, "They have no wine."
2:4Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does that
have to do with youa nd me? My hour has not
yet come."
2:5His mother said to the servants, "Whatever
he says to you, do it." 2:6Now there were
six water pots of stone set there after the Jews'
manner of purifying, containing two or three
metretesf apiece. 2:7Jesus said to them, "Fill the
water pots with water." They filled themup
to the brim. 2:8He said to them, "Now draw
some out, and take it to the ruler of the feast."
So they took it. 2:9When the ruler of the feast
tasted the water now become wine, and didn't
know where it came from (but the servants
who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of
the feast called the bridegroom, 2:10and said to
him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and
when the guests have drunk freely, then that
which is worse. You have kept the good wine
until now!" 2:11This beginning of his signs
Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his
glory; and his disciples believed in him.
2:12After this, he went down to Capernaum,
he, and his mother, his brothers, and his
disciples; and they stayed there a few days.
2:13The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and
Jesuswent up to Jerusalem. 2:14He found in the
temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves,
and the changers of money sitting. 2:15He made
awhip of cords, and threwall out of the temple,
both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured
out the changers' money, and overthrew their
tables. 2:16To thosewho soldthe doves, he said,
"Take these things out of here! Don't make
my Father's house a marketplace!" 2:17His
disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal
for your house will eat me up."g
2:18The Jews therefore answered him, "What
sign do you show us, seeing that you do these
things?"
2:19Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple,
and in three days I will raise it up."
d1:39 4:00 PM.
e1:41 "Messiah" (Hebrew) and "Christ" (Greek) both mean "Anointed One".
f2:6 2 to 3 metretes is about 20 to 30 U. S. Gallons, 16 to 25 imperial gallons, or 75 to 115 litres.
g2:17 Psalm69: 9
John 2:20 842 John 3:33
2:20The Jews therefore said, "Forty-six years
was this temple in building, and will you raise
it up in three days?" 2:21But he spoke of the
temple of his body. 2:22When therefore he was
raised from the dead, his disciples remembered
that he said this, and they believed the Scripture,
and the word which Jesus had said.
2:23Now when he was in Jerusalemat the
Passover, during the feast, many believed in his
name, observing his signswhich he did. 2:24But
Jesus didn't trust himself to them, because he
knew everyone, 2:25and because he didn't need
for anyone to testify concerning man; for he
himself knew what was in man.
3:1Now there was a man of the Pharisees
named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 3:2The
same came to him by night, and said to him,
"Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come
fromG od, for no one can do these signs that
you do, unless God is with him."
3:3Jesus answered him, "Most certainly, I
tell you, unless one is born anew,h he can't see
the Kingdom of God."
3:4Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man
be born when he is old? Can he enter a second
time into his mother's womb, and be born?"
3:5Jesus answered, "Most certainly I tell
you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he
can't enter into the Kingdom of God! 3:6That
which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which
is born of the Spirit is spirit. 3:7Don't marvel
that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.'
3:8Thewindi blowswhere it wants to, and you
hear its sound, but don't knowwhere it comes
from and where it is going. So is everyone
who is born of the Spirit."
3:9Nicodemus answered him, "How can
these things be?"
3:10Jesus answered him, "Are youthe
teacher of Israel, and don't understand these
things? 3:11Most certainly I tell you, we
speak that which we know, and testify of that
which we have seen, and youd on't receive
our witness. 3:12If I told youe arthly things
and youdon' t believe, how will yoube lieve
if I tell youhe avenly things? 3:13No one has
ascended into heaven, but he who descended
out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in
heaven. 3:14As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so must the Son of
Man be lifted up, 3:15that whoever believes in
him should not perish, but have eternal life.
3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave
his one and only Son, that whoever believes
in him should not perish, but have eternal
life. 3:17For God didn't send his Son into the
world to judge the world, but that the world
should be saved through him. 3:18He who
believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't
believe has been judged already, because he
has not believed in the name of the one and
only Son of God. 3:19This is the judgment,
that the light has come into the world, and
men loved the darkness rather than the light;
for their works were evil. 3:20For everyone
who does evil hates the light, and doesn't
come to the light, lest his works would be
exposed. 3:21But he who does the truth comes
to the light, that his works may be revealed,
that they have been done in God."
3:22After these things, Jesus came with his
disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there
with them, and baptized. 3:23John also was
baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there
was much water there. They came, and were
baptized. 3:24For John was not yet thrown into
prison. 3:25There arose therefore a questioning
on the part of John's disciples with some Jews
about purification. 3:26They cam e to John, and
said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you
beyond the Jordan, to whomy ou have testified,
behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is
coming to him."
3:27John answered, "A man can receive nothing,
unless it has been given himfr om heaven.
3:28You yourselves testify that I said, 'I amno t
the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'
3:29He who has the bride is the bridegroom;
but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands
and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the
bridegroom's voice. This, my joy, therefore is
made full. 3:30He m ust increase, but I m ust
decrease. 3:31He who comes from above is
above all. He who is fromthe Earth belongs
to the Earth, and speaks of the Earth. He who
comes from heaven is above all. 3:32What he
has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and
no one receives his witness. 3:33He who has
received his witness has set his seal to this, that
h3:3 The word translated "anew" here and in John 3:7 (anothen) also means "again" and "from above".
i3:8 The same Greek word (pneuma) means wind, breath, and spirit.
John 3:34 843 John 4:37
God is true. 3:34For he whomG od has sent
speaks the words of God; for God gives the
Spirit without measure. 3:35The Father loves
the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
3:36One who believes in the Son has eternal life,
but one who disobeysj the Son won't see life,
but the wrath of God remains on him."
4:1Therefore when the Lord knew that the
Pharisees had heard that Jesuswas making and
baptizing more disciples than John 4:2(although
Jesus himself didn't baptize, but his disciples),
4:3he left Judea, and departed into Galilee.
4:4He needed to pass through Samaria. 4:5So
he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar,
near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to
his son, Joseph. 4:6Jacob's well was there.
Jesus therefore, being tired fromhi s journey, sat
down by the well. It was about the sixth hourk.
4:7A woman of Samaria came to draw water.
Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." 4:8For
his disciples had gone away into the city to buy
food.
4:9The Samaritan woman therefore said to
him, "How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for
a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" (For
Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
4:10Jesus answered her, "If youkne w the
gift of God, and who it is who says to you,
'Giveme a drink,' youw ould have asked him,
and he would have given you living water."
4:11The woman said to him, "Sir, you have
nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.
Fromwhe re then have you that living water?
4:12Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who
gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did
his children, and his livestock?"
4:13Jesus answered her, "Everyone who
drinks of this water will thirst again, 4:14but
whoever drinks of the water that I will give
him will never thirst again; but the water that
I will give him will become in him a well of
water springing up to eternal life."
4:15The woman said to him, "Sir, give me
this water, so that I don't get thirsty, neither
come all the way here to draw."
4:16Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband,
and come here."
4:17The woman answered, "I have no husband."
Jesus said to her, "Yousa id well, 'I have no
husband,' 4:18for youha ve had five husbands;
and he whom younow have is not your
husband. This you have said truly."
4:19The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive
that you are a prophet. 4:20Our fathers worshiped
in this mountain, and you Jews say that
in Jerusalemis the place where people ought to
worship."
4:21Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me,
the hour comes, when neither in this mountain,
nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the
Father. 4:22Youw orship that which youdon' t
know. We worship that which we know; for
salvation is from the Jews. 4:23But the hour
comes, and now is,when the trueworshippers
will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for
the Father seeks such to be his worshippers.
4:24God is spirit, and those who worship him
must worship in spirit and truth."
4:25The woman said to him, "I know that
Messiah comes," (he who is called Christ).
"When he has come, he will declare to us all
things."
4:26Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who
speaks to you." 4:27At this, his disciples came.
They marveled that he was speaking with a
woman; yet no one said, "What are you looking
for?" or, "Why do you speak with her?" 4:28So
the woman left her water pot, and went away
into the city, and said to the people, 4:29"Come,
see a man who told me everything that I did.
Can this be the Christ?"
4:30They went out of the city, and were
coming to him. 4:31In the meanwhile, the
disciples urged him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."
4:32But he said to them ,"I have food to eat
that youdon' t know about."
4:33The disciples therefore said one to another,
"Has anyone brought hims omething to
eat?"
4:34Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the
will of him who sent me, and to accomplish
his work. 4:35Don't yous ay, 'There are yet
four months until the harvest?' Behold, I tell
you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields,
that they are white for harvest already. 4:36He
who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit
to eternal life; that both he who sows and
he who reaps may rejoice together. 4:37For in
j3:36 The same word can be translated "disobeys" or "disbelieves" in this context.
k4:6 noon
John 4:38 844 John 5:19
this the saying is true, 'One sows, and another
reaps.' 4:38I sent yout o reap that for which
youh aven't labored. Others have labored,
and youha ve entered into their labor."
4:39From that city many of the Samaritans
believed in himb ecause of the word of the
woman, who testified, "He told me everything
that I did." 4:40So when the Samaritans came
to him, they begged him to stay with them.
He stayed there two days. 4:41Many more
believed because of his word. 4:42They said to
the woman, "Now we believe, not because of
your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves,
and know that this is indeed the Christ, the
Savior of the world."
4:43After the two days he went out from
there and went into Galilee. 4:44For Jesus himself
testified that a prophet has no honor in his
own country. 4:45So when he came into Galilee,
the Galileans received him, having seen all the
things that he did in Jerusalemat the feast,
for they also went to the feast. 4:46Jesus came
therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he
made the water into wine. There was a certain
nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.
4:47When he heard that Jesus had come out of
Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and begged
himthat he would come down and heal his
son, for he was at the point of death. 4:48Jesus
therefore said to him, "Unless yousee signs
and wonders, youwill in no way believe."
4:49The nobleman said to him, "Sir, come
down before my child dies." 4:50Jesus said to
him, "Go your way. Your son lives." The
man believed the word that Jesus spoke to
him, and he went his way. 4:51As he was
now going down, his servants met him and
reported, saying "Your child lives!" 4:52So he
inquired of themthe hour when he began to get
better. They said therefore to him, "Yesterday
at the seventh hour,l the fever left him." 4:53So
the father knew that it was at that hour in
which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives." He
believed, as did his whole house. 4:54This is
again the second sign that Jesus did, having
come out of Judea into Galilee.
5:1After these things, there was a feast of the
Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 5:2Now
in Jerusalemb y the sheep gate, there is a pool,
which is called in Hebrew, "Bethesda," having
five porches. 5:3In these lay a great multitude of
those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed,
waiting for the moving of the water; 5:4for
an angel of the Lord went down at certain
times into the pool, and stirred up the water.
Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the
water was made whole of whatever disease he
had. 5:5A certain man was there, who had been
sick for thirty-eight years. 5:6When Jesus saw
himl ying there, and knewthat he had been sick
for a long time, he asked him, "Do youw ant to
be made well?"
5:7The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have
no one to put me into the pool when the water
is stirred up, but while I'mc oming, another
steps down before me."
5:8Jesus said to him, "Arise, take up your
mat, and walk."
5:9Immediately, the man was madewell, and
took up his mat and walked.
Now it was the Sabbath on that day. 5:10So
the Jews said to himwho was cured, "It is the
Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the
mat."
5:11He answered them, "He who made me
well, the same said to me, 'Take up your mat,
and walk.'"
5:12Then they asked him, "Who is the man
who said to you, 'Take up your mat, and
walk'?"
5:13But he who was healed didn't know who
it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being
in the place.
5:14Afterward Jesus found himi n the temple,
and said to him, "Behold, youare made
well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse
happens to you."
5:15The man went away, and told the Jews
that it was Jesus who had made him well.
5:16For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus,
and sought to kill him, because he did these
things on the Sabbath. 5:17But Jesus answered
them, "My Father is still working, so I am
working, too." 5:18For this cause therefore the
Jews sought all the more to kill him, because
he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called
God his own Father, making himself equal with
God. 5:19Jesus therefore answered them, "Most
certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing
of himself, but what he sees the Father doing.
For whatever things he does, these the Son
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also does likewise. 5:20For the Father has
affection for the Son, and shows him all
things that he himself does. He will show
him greater works than these, that youm ay
marvel. 5:21For as the Father raises the dead
and gives them life, even so the Son also gives
life to whom he desires. 5:22For the Father
judges no one, but he has given all judgment
to the Son, 5:23that all may honor the Son,
even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't
honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who
sent him.
5:24"Most certainly I tell you, he who hears
my word, and believes him who sent me, has
eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment,
but has passed out of death into life. 5:25Most
certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now
is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's
voice; and those who hear will live. 5:26For as
the Father has life in himself, even so he gave
to the Son also to have life in himself. 5:27He
also gave him authority to execute judgment,
because he is a son ofman. 5:28Don'tmarvel at
this, for the hour comes, in which all that are
in the tombs will hear his voice, 5:29and will
come out; those who have done good, to the
resurrection of life; and those who have done
evil, to the resurrection of judgment. 5:30I
can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge,
andmy judgment is righteous; because I don't
seek my own will, but the will of my Father
who sent me.
5:31"If I testify about myself, my witness
is not valid. 5:32It is another who testifies
about me. I know that the testimony which
he testifies about me is true. 5:33Youh ave
sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
5:34But the testimony which I receive is not
from man. However, I say these things that
youmay be saved. 5:35He was the burning
and shining lamp, and youwe re willing to
rejoice for a while in his light. 5:36But the
testimony which I have is greater than that of
John, for the works which the Father gave me
to accomplish, the veryworks that I do, testify
about me, that the Father has sent me. 5:37The
Father himself, who sent me, has testified
about me. You have neither heard his voice
at any time, nor seen his form. 5:38Youdon' t
have his word living in you; because you
don't believe him whom he sent.
5:39"You search the Scriptures, because you
think that in them youha ve eternal life;
and these are they which testify about me.
5:40Yet youw ill not come to me, that you
may have life. 5:41I don't receive glory from
men. 5:42But I know you, that you don't have
God's love in yourselves. 5:43I have come in
my Father's name, and youdon' t receive me.
If another comes in his own name, youw ill
receive him. 5:44How can yoube lieve, who
receive glory from one another, and youdon' t
seek the glory that comes from the only God?
5:45"Don't think that I will accuse you to
the Father. There is one who accuses you,
even Moses, onwhom youha ve set your hope.
5:46For if yoube lieved Moses, youw ould
believe me; for he wrote about me. 5:47But if
youdon' t believe his writings, how will you
believe my words?"
6:1After these things, Jesus went away to the
other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also
called the Sea of Tiberias. 6:2A great multitude
followed him, because they sawhis signswhich
he did on those who were sick. 6:3Jesus went
up into the mountain, and he sat there with his
disciples. 6:4Now the Passover, the feast of the
Jews, was at hand. 6:5Jesus therefore lifting up
his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was
coming to him, said to Philip, "Where are we
to buy bread, that these may eat?" 6:6This he
said to test him, for he himself knew what he
would do.
6:7Philip answered him, "Two hundred
denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for
them, that everyone of them may receive a
little."
6:8One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's
brother, said to him, 6:9"There is a boy
here who has five barley loaves and two fish,
but what are these among so many?"
6:10Jesus said, "Have the people sit down."
Now there was much grass in that place.
So the men sat down, in number about five
thousand. 6:11Jesus took the loaves; and having
given thanks, he distributed to the disciples,
and the disciples to those who were sitting
down; likewise also of the fish as much as
they desired. 6:12When they were filled, he
said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken
pieces which are left over, that nothing be
lost." 6:13So they gathered themup, and filled
twelve baskets with broken pieces fromt he five
barley loaves, which were left over by those
John 6:14 846 John 6:47
who had eaten. 6:14When therefore the people
saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, "This
is truly the prophetwho comes into the world."
6:15Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were
about to come and take him by force, to make
himk ing, withdrew again to the mountain by
himself.
6:16When evening came, his disciples went
down to the sea, 6:17and they entered into the
boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum.
It was now dark, and Jesus had not
come to them. 6:18The seawas tossed by a great
wind blowing. 6:19When therefore they had
rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia,m they
saw Jesus walking on the sea,n and drawing
near to the boat; and they were afraid. 6:20But
he said to them, "It is Io. Don't be afraid."
6:21They were willing therefore to receive him
into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the
land where they were going.
6:22On the next day, the multitude that stood
on the other side of the sea saw that there was
no other boat there, except the one in which his
disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn't
entered with his disciples into the boat, but his
disciples had gone away alone. 6:23However
boats fromT iberias came near to the place
where they ate the bread after the Lord had
given thanks. 6:24When the multitude therefore
saw that Jesus wasn't there, nor his disciples,
they themselves got into the boats, and came
to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. 6:25When they
found himo n the other side of the sea, they
asked him , "Rabbi, when did you com ehere?"
6:26Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I
tell you, you seek me, not because you saw
signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and
were filled. 6:27Don't work for the food which
perishes, but for the food which remains to
eternal life, which the Son of Man will give
to you. For God the Father has sealed him."
6:28They said therefore to him, "What must
we do, that we may work the works of God?"
6:29Jesus answered them, "This is the work
of God, that yoube lieve in him whom he has
sent."
6:30They said therefore to him, "What then
do you do for a sign, that we may see, and
believe you? What work do you do? 6:31Our
fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is
written, 'He gave thembre ad out of heavenp to
eat.'"q
6:32Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly,
I tell you, it wasn't Moses who gave
you the bread out of heaven, but my Father
gives you the true bread out of heaven. 6:33For
the bread of God is that which comes down
out of heaven, and gives life to the world."
6:34They said therefore to him, "Lord, always
give us this bread."
6:35Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of
life. He who comes to me will not be hungry,
and he who believes in me will never be
thirsty. 6:36But I told you that you have seen
me, and yet youdon' t believe. 6:37All those
who the Father givesmewill come tome. Him
who comes to me I will in no way throw out.
6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to
do my own will, but the will of him who sent
me. 6:39This is the will of my Father who sent
me, that of all he has given to me I should
lose nothing, but should raise him up at the
last day. 6:40This is the will of the one who
sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and
believes in him, should have eternal life; and
I will raise him up at the last day."
6:41The Jews therefore murmured concerning
him, because he said, "I am the bread
which came down out of heaven." 6:42They
said, "Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose
father and mother we know? How then does
he say, 'I have come down out of heaven?'"
6:43Therefore Jesus answered them, "Don't
murmur among yourselves. 6:44No one can
come to me unless the Father who sent me
draws him, and I will raise him up in the
last day. 6:45It is written in the prophets,
'They will all be taught by God.'r Therefore
everyone who hears from the Father, and has
learned, comes to me. 6:46Not that anyone has
seen the Father, except he who is from God.
He has seen the Father. 6:47Most certainly, I
m6:19 25 to 30 stadia is about 5 to 6 kilometers or about 3 to 4 miles
n6:19 see Job 9:8
o6:20 or, I AM
p6:31 Greek and Hebrew use the same word for "heaven", "the heavens", "the sky", and "the air".
q6:31 Exodus 16:4; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalm 78:24-25
r6:45 Isaiah 54:13
John 6:48 847 John 7:19
tell you, he who believes in me has eternal
life. 6:48I am the bread of life. 6:49Your fathers
ate the manna in the wilderness, and they
died. 6:50This is the bread which comes down
out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and
not die. 6:51I am the living bread which came
down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this
bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread
which I will give for the life of the world is
my flesh."
6:52The Jews therefore contended with one
another, saying, "How can this man give us his
flesh to eat?"
6:53Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly
I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the
Son of Man and drink his blood, youdon' t
have life in yourselves. 6:54He who eats my
flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life,
and I will raise him up at the last day. 6:55For
my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is
drink indeed. 6:56He who eats my flesh and
drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.
6:57As the living Father sent me, and I live
because of the Father; so he who feeds on me,
he will also live because of me. 6:58This is the
bread which came down out of heaven not
as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He
who eats this bread will live forever." 6:59He
said these things in the synagogue, as he taught
in Capernaum.
6:60Therefore many of his disciples, when
they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying!
Who can listen to it?"
6:61But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples
murmured at this, said to them, "Does
this cause you to stumble? 6:62Then what if
youw ould see the Son of Man ascending to
where he was before? 6:63It is the spirit who
gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The
words that I speak to youare spirit, and are
life. 6:64But there are some of you who don't
believe." For Jesus knew fromt he beginning
who they were who didn't believe, and who it
was who would betray him. 6:65He said, "For
this cause have I said to you that no one can
come to me, unless it is given to him by my
Father."
6:66At this, many of his disciples went back,
and walked no more with him. 6:67Jesus said
therefore to the twelve, "Youdon' t also want
to go away, do you?"
6:68Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to
whomwo uld we go? You have the words of
eternal life. 6:69We have come to believe and
know that you are the Christ, the Son of the
living God."
6:70Jesus answered them, "Didn't I choose
you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"
6:71Now he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon
Iscariot, for it was he who would betray him,
being one of the twelve.
7:1After these things, Jesus was walking in
Galilee, for he wouldn't walk in Judea, because
the Jews sought to kill him. 7:2Now the
feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at
hand. 7:3His brothers therefore said to him,
"Depart fromhe re, and go into Judea, that
your disciples also may see your works which
you do. 7:4For no one does anything in secret,
and himself seeks to be known openly. If you
do these things, reveal yourself to the world."
7:5For even his brothers didn't believe in him.
7:6Jesus therefore said to them, "My time
has not yet come, but your time is always
ready. 7:7Theworld can't hate you , bu t it hates
me, because I testify about it, that its works
are evil. 7:8Yougo up to the feast. I am not yet
going up to this feast, because my time is not
yet fulfilled."
7:9Having said these things to them, he
stayed in Galilee. 7:10But when his brothers
had gone up to the feast, then he also went up,
not publicly, but as it were in secret. 7:11The
Jews therefore sought himat the feast, and
said, "Where is he?" 7:12There was much
murmuring among the multitudes concerning
him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others
said, "Not so, but he leads the multitude
astray." 7:13Yet no one spoke openly of him
for fear of the Jews. 7:14But when it was
now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into
the temple and taught. 7:15The Jews therefore
marveled, saying, "How does this man know
letters, having never been educated?"
7:16Jesus therefore answered them, "My
teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
7:17If anyone desires to do his will, he will
know about the teaching, whether it is from
God, or if I am speaking from myself. 7:18He
who speaks from himself seeks his own glory,
but he who seeks the glory of him who sent
him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
7:19Didn't Moses give youthe law, and yet
none of youke eps the law? Why do yous eek
John 7:20 848 John 8:5
to kill me?"
7:20The multitude answered, "You have a
demon! Who seeks to kill you?"
7:21Jesus answered them, "I did one work,
and youal l marvel because of it. 7:22Moses
has given youc ircumcision (not that it is of
Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath
youc ircumcise a boy. 7:23If a boy receives
circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of
Moses may not be broken, are youa ngry with
me, because I made a man completely healthy
on the Sabbath? 7:24Don't judge according to
appearance, but judge righteous judgment."
7:25Therefore some of them of Jerusalem
said, "Isn't this he whomt hey seek to kill?
7:26Behold, he speaks openly, and they say
nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed
know that this is truly the Christ? 7:27However
we know where this man comes from, but
when the Christ comes, no one will know
where he com es from ."
7:28Jesus therefore cried out in the temple,
teaching and saying, "Youb oth know me, and
know where I am from. I have not come of
myself, but he who sent me is true, whom
youdon' t know. 7:29I know him, because I am
from him, and he sent me."
7:30They sought therefore to take him; but
no one laid a hand on him, because his hour
had not yet come. 7:31But of the multitude,
many believed in him. They said, "When
the Christ comes, he won't do more signs
than those which this man has done, will
he?" 7:32The Pharisees heard the multitude
murmuring these things concerning him, and
the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers
to arrest him.
7:33Then Jesus said, "I will be with youa
little while longer, then I go to him who sent
me. 7:34Youw ill seek me, and won't find me;
and where I am, youc an't come."
7:35The Jews therefore said among themselves,
"Where will this man go that we won't
find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among
the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? 7:36What
is this word that he said, 'Youwill seek me,
and won't find me; and where I am, youc an't
come'?"
7:37Now on the last and greatest day of the
feast, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone is
thirsty, let him come to me and drink! 7:38He
who believes in me, as the Scripture has said,
from within him will flow rivers of living
water." 7:39But he said this about the Spirit,
which those believing in himw ere to receive.
For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because
Jesus wasn't yet glorified.
7:40Many of the multitude therefore, when
they heard these words, said, "This is truly the
prophet." 7:41Others said, "This is the Christ."
But some said, "What, does the Christ come
out of Galilee? 7:42Hasn't the Scripture said
that the Christ comes of the seed of David,s
and fromB ethlehem,t the village where David
was?" 7:43So there arose a division in the
multitude because of him. 7:44Some of them
would have arrested him, but no one laid hands
on him. 7:45The officers therefore came to the
chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to
them, "Why didn't you bring him?"
7:46The officers answered, "No man ever
spoke like this man!"
7:47The Pharisees therefore answered them,
"You aren't also led astray, are you? 7:48Have
any of the rulers believed in him, or of the
Pharisees? 7:49But this multitude that doesn't
know the law is accursed."
7:50Nicodemus (he who came to him by
night, being one of them) said to them,
7:51"Does our law judge a man, unless it first
hears fromhimpersonally and knows what he
does?"
7:52They answered him, "Are you also from
Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has
arisen out of Galilee.u"
7:53Everyone went to his own house, 8:1but
Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 8:2Now
very early in the morning, he came again into
the temple, and all the people came to him.
He sat down, and taught them. 8:3The scribes
and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in
adultery. Having set her in the midst, 8:4they
told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in
adultery, in the very act. 8:5Now in our law,
Moses commanded us to stone such.v What
s7:42 2 Samuel 7:12
t7:42 Micah 5:2
u7:52 See Isaiah 9:1 and Matthew 4:13-16.
v8:5 Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22
John 8:6 849 John 8:38
then do you say about her?" 8:6They said this
testing him, that they might have something to
accuse himof.
But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the
ground with his finger. 8:7But when they
continued asking him, he looked up and said
to them, "He who is without sin among you,
let him throw the first stone at her." 8:8Again
he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on
the ground.
8:9They, when they heard it, being convicted
by their conscience, went out one by one,
beginning fromthe oldest, even to the last.
Jesus was left alone with the woman where
she was, in the middle. 8:10Jesus, standing up,
saw her and said, "Woman, where are your
accusers? Did no one condemn you?"
8:11She said, "No one, Lord."
Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go
your way. From now on, sin no more."
8:12Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them,
saying, "I am the light of the world.w He who
follows me will not walk in the darkness, but
will have the light of life."
8:13The Pharisees therefore said to him, "You
testify about yourself. Your testimony is not
valid."
8:14Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify
aboutmyself,my testimony is true, for I know
where I came from, and where I am going; but
youdon' t know where I came from, or where
I am going. 8:15Youju dge according to the
flesh. I judge no one. 8:16Even if I do judge,
my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I
am with the Father who sent me. 8:17It's also
written in your law that the testimony of two
people is valid.x 8:18I am one who testifies
about myself, and the Father who sent me
testifies about me."
8:19They said therefore to him, "Where is
your Father?"
Jesus answered, "Youk now neither me, nor
my Father. If youkne w me, youw ould know
my Father also." 8:20Jesus spoke thesewords in
the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no
one arrested him, because his hour had not yet
come. 8:21Jesus said therefore again to them, "I
am going away, and youwi ll seek me, and you
will die in your sins. Where I go, you can't
come."
8:22The Jews therefore said, "Will he kill
himself, that he says, 'Where I am going, you
can't come?'"
8:23He said to them, "Youare from beneath.
I am from above. Youa re of this world. I
am not of this world. 8:24I said therefore to
youtha t youw ill die in your sins; for unless
yoube lieve that I amy he, youw ill die in your
sins."
8:25They said therefore to him, "Who are
you?"
Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been
saying to youf rom the beginning. 8:26I have
many things to speak and to judge concerning
you. However he who sent me is true; and the
things which I heard from him, these I say to
the world."
8:27They didn't understand that he spoke to
themabo ut the Father. 8:28Jesus therefore said
to them, "When youha ve lifted up the Son of
Man, then youw ill know that I am he, and I
do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught
me, I say these things. 8:29He who sent me is
with me. The Father hasn't left me alone, for I
always do the things that are pleasing to him."
8:30As he spoke these things, many believed
in him. 8:31Jesus therefore said to those Jews
who had believed him, "If youre main in my
word, then youa re trulymy disciples. 8:32You
will know the truth, and the truth will make
youf ree."z
8:33They answered him, "We are Abraham's
seed, and have never been in bondage to
anyone. How do you say, 'Youw ill be made
free?'"
8:34Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I
tell you, everyone who commits sin is the
bondservant of sin. 8:35A bondservant doesn't
live in the house forever. A son remains
forever. 8:36If therefore the Son makes you
free, youwi ll be free indeed. 8:37I know that
youare Abraham's seed, yet you seek to kill
me, because my word finds no place in you.
8:38I say the things which I have seen with my
Father; and youa lso do the things which you
have seen with your father."
w8:12 Isaiah 60:1
x8:17 Deuteronomy 17:6; 19:15
y8:24 or, I AM
z8:32 Psalm119: 45
John 8:39 850 John 9:17
8:39They answered him, "Our father is Abraham."
Jesus said to them, "If youwere Abraham's
children, youwou ld do the works of Abraham.
8:40But now you seek to kill me, a man
who has told youthe truth, which I heard
from God. Abraham didn't do this. 8:41You
do the works of your father."
They said to him, "We were not born of
sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."
8:42Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God
were your father, you would love me, for
I came out and have come from God. For
I haven't come of myself, but he sent me.
8:43Why don't youu nderstand my speech?
Because you can't hear my word. 8:44Youa re
of your father, the devil, and you want to do
the desires of your father. He was a murderer
from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the
truth, because there is no truth in him. When
he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he
is a liar, and its father. 8:45But because I tell
the truth, you don't believe me. 8:46Which of
youc onvicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why
do younot believe me? 8:47He who is of God
hears the words of God. For this cause you
don't hear, because you are not of God."
8:48Then the Jews answered him, "Don't we
say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a
demon?"
8:49Jesus answered, "I don't have a demon,
but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
8:50But I don't seek my own glory. There is
one who seeks and judges. 8:51Most certainly,
I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will
never see death."
8:52Then the Jews said to him, "Now we
know that you have a demon. Abraham died,
and the prophets; and you say, 'If a man keeps
my word, he will never taste of death.' 8:53Are
you greater than our father, Abraham, who
died? The prophets died. Who do you make
yourself out to be?"
8:54Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my
glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies
me, of whom yous ay that he is our God.
8:55Youha ve not known him, but I know him.
If I said, 'I don't know him,' I would be like
you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his
word. 8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see
my day. He saw it, and was glad."
8:57The Jews therefore said to him, "You
are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen
Abraham?"
8:58Jesus said to them, "Most certainly, I tell
you, before Abraham came into existence, I
AM.a"
8:59Therefore they took up stones to throw
at him, but Jesus was hidden, and went out of
the temple, having gone through the midst of
them, and so passed by.
9:1As he passed by, he saw a man blind from
birth. 9:2His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who
sinned, this man or his parents, that he was
born blind?"
9:3Jesus answered, "Neither did this man
sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of
Godmight be revealed in him. 9:4I mu stwork
the works of him who sent me, while it is
day. The night is coming, when no one can
work. 9:5While I am in the world, I am the
light of the world." 9:6When he had said this,
he spat on the ground, made mud with the
saliva, anointed the blind man's eyes with the
mud, 9:7and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool
of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went
away, washed, and came back seeing. 9:8The
neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he
was blind before, said, "Isn't this he who sat
and begged?" 9:9Others were saying, "It is he."
Still others were saying, "He looks like him."
He said, "I amh e." 9:10They therefore were
asking him, "How were your eyes opened?"
9:11He answered, "A man called Jesus made
mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to
the pool of Siloam, and wash.' So I went away
and washed, and I received sight."
9:12Then they asked him, "Where is he?"
He said, "I don't know."
9:13They brought himw ho had been blind to
the Pharisees. 9:14It was a Sabbath when Jesus
made the mud and opened his eyes. 9:15Again
therefore the Pharisees also asked himho w he
received his sight. He said to them, "He put
mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see."
9:16Some therefore of the Pharisees said,
"This man is not from God, because he doesn't
keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a
man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was
division among them. 9:17Therefore they asked
a8:58 or, I am
John 9:18 851 John 10:13
the blind man again, "What do you say about
him, because he opened your eyes?"
He said, "He is a prophet."
9:18The Jews therefore did not believe concerning
him, that he had been blind, and had
received his sight, until they called the parents
of himwho had received his sight, 9:19and
asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was
born blind? How then does he now see?"
9:20His parents answered them, "We know
that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
9:21but how he now sees, we don't know; or
who opened his eyes, we don't know. He is
of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself."
9:22His parents said these things because they
feared the Jews; for the Jews had already
agreed that if any man would confess him as
Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
9:23Therefore his parents said, "He is of age.
Ask him."
9:24So they called the man who was blind a
second time, and said to him, "Give glory to
God. We know that this man is a sinner."
9:25He therefore answered, "I don't know if
he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though
I was blind, now I see."
9:26They said to himag ain, "What did he do
to you? How did he open your eyes?"
9:27He answered them, "I told you already,
and you didn't listen. Why do you want to
hear it again? You don't also want to become
his disciples, do you?"
9:28They insulted himand said, "You are his
disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 9:29We
know that God has spoken to Moses. But as
for this man, we don't know where he comes
from."
9:30The man answered them, "How amazing!
You don't know where he comes from,
yet he opened my eyes. 9:31We know that
God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a
worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens
to him.b 9:32Since the world began it has never
been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of
someone born blind. 9:33If this man were not
fromG od, he could do nothing."
9:34They answered him, "You were altogether
born in sins, and do you teach us?" They
threw himo ut.
9:35Jesus heard that they had thrown him
out, and finding him, he said, "Do yoube lieve
in the Son of God?"
9:36He answered, "Who is he, Lord, that I
may believe in him?"
9:37Jesus said to him, "Youh ave both seen
him, and it is he who speaks with you."
9:38He said, "Lord, I believe!" and he
worshiped him.
9:39Jesus said, "I came into this world for
judgment, that those who don't see may see;
and that those who see may become blind."
9:40Those of the Pharisees who were with
himhe ard these things, and said to him, "Are
we also blind?"
9:41Jesus said to them, "If youw ere blind,
you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We
see.' Therefore your sin remains.
10:1"Most certainly, I tell you, one who
doesn't enter by the door into the sheep fold,
but climbs up some other way, the same is a
thief and a robber. 10:2But one who enters
in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
10:3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him,
and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls
his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
10:4Whenever he brings out his own sheep,
he goes before them, and the sheep follow
him, for they know his voice. 10:5They will
by no means follow a stranger, but will flee
from him; for they don't know the voice of
strangers." 10:6Jesus spoke this parable to
them, but they didn't understand what he was
telling them.
10:7Jesus therefore said to themag ain, "Most
certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.
10:8All who came before me are thieves and
robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.
10:9I am the door. If anyone enters in by
me, he will be saved, and will go in and
go out, and will find pasture. 10:10The thief
only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came
that they may have life, and may have it
abundantly. 10:11I am the good shepherd.c
The good shepherd lays down his life for the
sheep. 10:12He who is a hired hand, and not
a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees
the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees.
The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters
them. 10:13The hired hand flees because he is
b9:31 Psalm66: 18, Proverbs 15:29; 28:9
c10:11 Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:11-12,15,22
John 10:14 852 John 11:11
a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep.
10:14I am the good shepherd. I know my own,
and I'm known by my own; 10:15even as the
Father knows me, and I know the Father. I
lay down my life for the sheep. 10:16I have
other sheep, which are not of this fold.d I
must bring them also, and they will hear my
voice. They will become one flock with one
shepherd. 10:17Therefore the Father loves me,
because I lay down my life,e that I may take it
again. 10:18No one takes it away from me, but
I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay
it down, and I have power to take it again. I
received this commandment frommy Father."
10:19Therefore a division arose again among
the Jews because of these words. 10:20Many
of themsa id, "He has a demon, and is insane!
Why do you listen to him?" 10:21Others said,
"These are not the sayings of one possessed by
a demon. It isn't possible for a demon to open
the eyes of the blind, is it?"f
10:22It was the Feast of the Dedicationg at
Jerusalem. 10:23It was winter, and Jesus was
walking in the temple, in Solomon's porch.
10:24The Jews therefore came around him and
said to him, "How long will you hold us in
suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
10:25Jesus answered them, "I told you, and
youdon' t believe. The works that I do in my
Father's name, these testify aboutme. 10:26But
youdon' t believe, because youa re not of my
sheep, as I told you. 10:27My sheep hear my
voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
10:28I give eternal life to them. They will
never perish, and no one will snatch them out
of my hand. 10:29My Father, who has given
them to me, is greater than all. No one is able
to snatch them out of my Father's hand. 10:30I
and the Father are one."
10:31Therefore Jews took up stones again to
stone him. 10:32Jesus answered them, "I have
shown youm any goodworks frommy Father.
For which of those works do yous tone me?"
10:33The Jews answered him, "We don't
stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy:
because you, being a man, make yourselfGod."
10:34Jesus answered them, "Isn't it written
in your law, 'I said, you are gods?'h 10:35If
he called them gods, to whom the word of
God came (and the Scripture can't be broken),
10:36do yous ay of him whom the Father
sanctified and sent into the world, 'Youbla spheme,'
because I said, 'I am the Son of God?'
10:37If I don't do theworks ofmy Father, don't
believe me. 10:38But if I do them, though you
don't believe me, believe the works; that you
may know and believe that the Father is in
me, and I in the Father."
10:39They sought again to seize him, and
he went out of their hand. 10:40He went
away again beyond the Jordan into the place
where John was baptizing at first, and there he
stayed. 10:41Many cam e to him . They said,
"John indeed did no sign, but everything that
John said about this man is true." 10:42Many
believed in himt here.
11:1Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus
fromBet hany, of the village of Mary and her
sister, Martha. 11:2It was that Mary who had
anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped
his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus,
was sick. 11:3The sisters therefore sent to him,
saying, "Lord, behold, he for whomy ou have
great affection is sick." 11:4But when Jesus
heard it, he said, "This sickness is not to
death, but for the glory ofGod, thatGod's Son
may be glorified by it." 11:5Now Jesus loved
Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. 11:6When
therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed
two days in the place where he was. 11:7Then
after this he said to the disciples, "Let's go into
Judea again."
11:8The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jews
were just trying to stone you, and are you going
there again?"
11:9Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve
hours of daylight? If a man walks in the
day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the
light of this world. 11:10But if a man walks in
the night, he stumbles, because the light isn't
in him." 11:11He said these things, and after
that, he said to them, "Our friend, Lazarus, has
d10:16 Isaiah 56:8
e10:17 Isaiah 53:7-8
f10:21 Exodus 4:11
g10:22 The "Feast of the Dedication" is the Greek name for "Hanukkah," a celebration of the rededication
of the Temple.
h10:34 Psalm82: 6
John 11:12 853 John 11:48
fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may
awake him out of sleep."
11:12The disciples therefore said, "Lord, if he
has fallen asleep, he will recover."
11:13Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but
they thought that he spoke of taking rest in
sleep. 11:14So Jesus said to themp lainly then,
"Lazarus is dead. 11:15I amglad for your sakes
that I was not there, so that youm ay believe.
Nevertheless, let's go to him."
11:16Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus,
i said to his fellow disciples, "Let's go also,
that we may die with him."
11:17So when Jesus came, he found that
he had been in the tomb four days already.
11:18Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about
fifteen stadiaj away. 11:19Many of the Jews
had joined the women around Martha and
Mary, to console themc oncerning their brother.
11:20Then when Martha heard that Jesus was
coming, she went and met him, but Mary
stayed in the house. 11:21ThereforeMartha said
to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here,
my brother wouldn't have died. 11:22Even now
I know that, whatever you ask of God, God will
give you." 11:23Jesus said to her, "Your brother
will rise again."
11:24Martha said to him, "I know that he will
rise again in the resurrection at the last day."
11:25Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection
and the life. He who believes in me will still
live, even if he dies. 11:26Whoever lives and
believes in me will never die. Do yoube lieve
this?"
11:27She said to him , "Yes, Lord. I have com e
to believe that you are the Christ, God's Son, he
who comes into the world."
11:28When she had said this, she went away,
and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying,
"The Teacher is here, and is calling you."
11:29When she heard this, she arose quickly,
and went to him. 11:30Now Jesus had not yet
come into the village, but was in the place
whereMartha met him. 11:31Then the Jewswho
were with her in the house, and were consoling
her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up
quickly and went out, followed her, saying,
"She is going to the tomb to weep there."
11:32Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus
was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet,
saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been
here, my brother wouldn't have died."
11:33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping,
and the Jews weeping who came with her,
he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
11:34and said, "Where have youla id him?"
They told him, "Lord, come and see."
11:35Jesus wept.
11:36The Jews therefore said, "See how much
affection he had for him!" 11:37Some of them
said, "Couldn't this man, who opened the eyes
of himwho was blind, have also kept thisman
fromdyin g?"
11:38Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself,
came to the tomb. Now itwas a cave, and a
stone lay against it. 11:39Jesus said, "Take away
the stone."
Martha, the sister of himwho was dead, said
to him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for
he has been dead four days."
11:40Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell youtha t
if yoube lieved, you would see God's glory?"
11:41So they took away the stone fromthe
place where the dead man was lying.k Jesus
lifted up his eyes, and said, "Father, I thank
youtha t youliste ned to me. 11:42I know
that you always listen to me, but because
of the multitude that stands around I said
this, that they may believe that youse nt me."
11:43When he had said this, he criedwith a loud
voice, "Lazarus, come out!"
11:44He who was dead came out, bound
hand and foot with wrappings, and his face
waswrapped around with a cloth.
Jesus said to them, "Free him, and let him
go."
11:45Therefore many of the Jews, who came
to Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed in
him. 11:46But some of them went away to
the Pharisees, and told themthe things which
Jesus had done. 11:47The chief priests therefore
and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said,
"What are we doing? For this man does many
signs. 11:48If we leave hima lone like this,
everyone will believe in him, and the Romans
will com e and take away both our place and
our nation."
i11:16 "Didymus" means "Twin"
j11:18 15 stadia is about 2.8 kilometers or 1.7 miles
k11:41 NU omits "from the place where the dead man was lying."
John 11:49 854 John 12:26
11:49But a certain one of them, Caiaphas,
being high priest that year, said to them, "You
know nothing at all, 11:50nor do you consider
that it is advantageous for us that one man
should die for the people, and that the whole
nation not perish." 11:51Now he didn't say this
of himself, but being high priest that year, he
prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
11:52and not for the nation only, but that he
might also gather together into one the children
of God who are scattered abroad. 11:53So from
that day forward they took counsel that they
might put him to death. 11:54Jesus therefore
walked no more openly among the Jews, but
departed fromt here into the country near the
wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed
there with his disciples.
11:55Now the Passover of the Jews was
at hand. Many went up fromthe country
to Jerusalembe fore the Passover, to purify
themselves. 11:56Then they sought for Jesus
and spoke one with another, as they stood in
the temple, "What do you think that he isn't
coming to the feast at all?" 11:57Now the chief
priests and the Pharisees had commanded that
if anyone knew where he was, he should report
it, that they might seize him.
12:1Then six days before the Passover, Jesus
came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had
been dead, whomh e raised from the dead.
12:2So they made him a supper there. Martha
served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at
the table with him. 12:3Mary, therefore, took a
poundl of ointment of pure nard, very precious,
and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his
feet with her hair. The house was filled with
the fragrance of the ointment. 12:4Then Judas
Iscariot, Simon's son, one of his disciples, who
would betray him, said, 12:5"Why wasn't this
ointment sold for three hundred denarii,m and
given to the poor?" 12:6Now he said this, not
because he cared for the poor, but because he
was a thief, and having the money box, used
to steal what was put into it. 12:7But Jesus said,
"Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day
ofmy burial. 12:8For youa lways have the poor
with you, but you don't always have me."
12:9A large crowd therefore of the Jews
learned that he was there, and they came,
not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might
see Lazarus also, whomhe had raised from
the dead. 12:10But the chief priests conspired
to put Lazarus to death also, 12:11because on
account of himm any of the Jews went away
and believed in Jesus.
12:12On the next day a great multitude had
come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus
was coming to Jerusalem, 12:13they took the
branches of the palmtre es, and went out to
meet him, and cried out, "Hosannan! Blessed
is he who comes in the name of the Lord,o the
King of Israel!"
12:14Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat
on it. As it is written, 12:15"Don't be afraid,
daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes,
sitting on a donkey's colt."p 12:16His disciples
didn't understand these things at first, but
when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered
that these things were written about him,
and that they had done these things to him.
12:17The multitude therefore that was with him
when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and
raised himfr om the dead, was testifying about
it. 12:18For this cause also the multitude went
and met him, because they heard that he had
done this sign. 12:19The Pharisees therefore said
among themselves, "See how you accomplish
nothing. Behold, the world has gone after
him."
12:20Now there were certain Greeks among
those that went up to worship at the feast.
12:21These, therefore, came to Philip, who was
fromBet hsaida of Galilee, and asked him,
saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus." 12:22Philip
came and told Andrew, and in turn, Andrew
came with Philip, and they told Jesus.
12:23Jesus answered them, "The time has come
for the Son of Man to be glorified. 12:24Most
certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat
falls into the earth and dies, it remains by
itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
12:25He who loves his life will lose it. He
who hates his life in this world will keep it to
eternal life. 12:26If anyone serves me, let him
l12:3 a Roman pound of 12 ounces, or about 340 grams
m12:5 300 denarii was about a year's wages for an agricultural laborer.
n12:13 "Hosanna" means "save us" or "help us, we pray."
o12:13 Psalm118: 25-26
p12:15 Zechariah 9:9
John 12:27 855 John 13:8
follow me. Where I am, there will my servant
also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will
honor him.
12:27"Now my soul is troubled. What shall
I say? 'Father, save me from this time?' But
for this cause I came to this time. 12:28Father,
glorify your name!"
Then there came a voice out of the sky,
saying, "I have both glorified it, andwill glorify
it again."
12:29The multitude therefore, who stood by
and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others
said, "An angel has spoken to him."
12:30Jesus answered, "This voice hasn't
come for my sake, but for your sakes.
12:31Now is the judgment of this world. Now
the prince of this world will be cast out.
12:32And I, if I am lifted up from the earth,
will draw all people to myself." 12:33But he
said this, signifying by what kind of death he
should die. 12:34The multitude answered him,
"We have heard out of the law that the Christ
remains forever.q How do you say, 'The Son
of Man must be lifted up?' Who is this Son of
Man?"
12:35Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little
while the light is with you. Walk while you
have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake
you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't
know where he is going. 12:36While youha ve
the light, believe in the light, that youm ay
become children of light." Jesus said these
things, and he departed and hid himself from
them. 12:37But though he had done so many
signs before them, yet they didn't believe in
him, 12:38that the word of Isaiah the prophet
might be fulfilled, which he spoke,
"Lord, who has believed our report?
To whomh as the arm of the Lord been
revealed?"r
12:39For this cause they couldn't believe, for
Isaiah said again,
12:40"He has blinded their eyes and he hardened
their heart,
lest they should see with their eyes,
and perceive with their heart,
and would turn,
and I would heal them."s
12:41Isaiah said these things when he saw
his glory, and spoke of him.t 12:42Nevertheless
even of the rulers many believed in him, but
because of the Pharisees they didn't confess
it, so that they wouldn't be put out of the
synagogue, 12:43for they loved men's praise
more than God's praise.
12:44Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever
believes in me, believes not in me, but in
him who sent me. 12:45He who sees me sees
him who sent me. 12:46I have come as a
light into the world, that whoever believes in
me may not remain in the darkness. 12:47If
anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn't
believe, I don't judge him. For I came not
to judge the world, but to save the world.
12:48He who rejects me, and doesn't receive
my sayings, has one who judges him. The
word that I spoke, the same will judge him
in the last day. 12:49For I spoke not from
myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave
me a commandment, what I should say, and
what I should speak. 12:50I know that his
commandment is eternal life. The things
therefore which I speak, even as the Father
has said to me, so I speak."
13:1Now before the feast of the Passover,
Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he
would depart fromthi s world to the Father,
having loved his own who were in the world,
he loved themto the end. 13:2After supper, the
devil having already put into the heart of Judas
Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, 13:3Jesus,
knowing that the Father had given all things
into his hands, and that he came forth from
God, and was going to God, 13:4arose from
supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He
took a towel, and wrapped a towel around his
waist. 13:5Then he poured water into the basin,
and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to
wipe themwi th the towel that was wrapped
around him. 13:6Then he came to Simon Peter.
He said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"
13:7Jesus answered him, "Youdon' t know
what I amdoing now, but youwill understand
later."
13:8Peter said to him, "You will never wash
my feet!"
q12:34 Isaiah 9:7; Daniel 2:44 (but see also Isaiah 53:8)
r12:38 Isaiah 53:1
s12:40 Isaiah 6:10
t12:41 Isaiah 6:1
John 13:9 856 John 14:7
Jesus answered him, "If I don't wash you,
youha ve no part with me."
13:9Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my
feet only, but also my hands and my head!"
13:10Jesus said to him, "Someone who has
bathed only needs to have his feet washed,
but is completely clean. You are clean, but not
all of you." 13:11For he knew himw ho would
betray him, therefore he said, "Youare not all
clean." 13:12So when he had washed their feet,
put his outer garment back on, and sat down
again, he said to them, "Do youknow what I
have done to you? 13:13Youcal l me, 'Teacher'
and 'Lord.' Yousay so correctly, for so I am.
13:14If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have
washed your feet, you also ought to wash one
another's feet. 13:15For I have given youan
example, that youal so should do as I have
done to you. 13:16Most certainly I tell you,
a servant is not greater than his lord, neither
one who is sent greater than he who sent him.
13:17If youknow these things, blessed are you
if youdo them. 13:18I don't speak concerning
all of you. I know whom I have chosen.
But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He
who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel
against me.'u 13:19From now on, I tell you
before it happens, that when it happens, you
may believe that I am he. 13:20Most certainly
I tell you, he who receives whomever I send,
receives me; and he who receives me, receives
him who sent me."
13:21When Jesus had said this, he was troubled
in spirit, and testified, "Most certainly I
tell youtha t one of you will betray me."
13:22The disciples looked at one another,
perplexed about whomh e spoke. 13:23One of
his disciples, whomJ esus loved, was at the
table, leaning against Jesus' breast. 13:24Simon
Peter therefore beckoned to him, and said to
him, "Tell us who it is of whom he speaks."
13:25He, leaning back, as he was, on Jesus'
breast, asked him, "Lord, who is it?"
13:26Jesus therefore answered, "It is he to
whom I will give this piece of bread when I
have dipped it." So when he had dipped the
piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of
Simon Iscariot. 13:27After the piece of bread,
then Satan entered into him.
Then Jesus said to him, "What youdo, do
quickly."
13:28Now no man at the table knew why he
said this to him. 13:29For some thought, because
Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to
him, "Buy what things we need for the feast,"
or that he should give something to the poor.
13:30Therefore, having received that morsel, he
went out immediately. It was night.
13:31When he had gone out, Jesus said,
"Now the Son of Man has been glorified,
and God has been glorified in him. 13:32If
God has been glorified in him, God will also
glorify him in himself, and he will glorify
him immediately. 13:33Little children, I will
be with youa little while longer. You will
seek me, and as I said to the Jews, 'Where I
am going, youc an't come,' so now I tell you.
13:34A new commandment I give to you, that
youlove one another, just like I have loved
you; that you also love one another. 13:35By
this everyone will know that youa re my
disciples, if youha ve love for one another."
13:36Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where
are you going?"
Jesus answered, "Where I am going, you
can't follow now, but you will follow afterwards."
13:37Peter said to him, "Lord, why can't I
follow you now? I will lay down my life for
you."
13:38Jesus answered him, "Will youla y
down your life for me? Most certainly I tell
you, the rooster won't crow until you have
denied me three times.
14:1"Don't let your heart be troubled. Believe
in God. Believe also in me. 14:2In my
Father's house are many homes. If it weren't
so, I would have told you. I am going to
prepare a place for you. 14:3If I go and prepare
a place for you, I will come again, and will
receive youto myself; that where I am, you
may be there also. 14:4Where I go, youknow ,
and youknow the way."
14:5Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't
know where you are going. How can we know
the way?"
14:6Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the
truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father,
except through me. 14:7If youha d known me,
youw ould have known my Father also. From
now on, youknow him, and have seen him."
u13:18 Psalm41: 9
John 14:8 857 John 15:15
14:8Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the
Father, and that will be enough for us."
14:9Jesus said to him, "Have I been with
yous uch a long time, and do younot know
me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen
the Father. How do yous ay, 'Show us the
Father?' 14:10Don't yoube lieve that I am in
the Father, and the Father in me? The words
that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but
the Father who lives in me does his works.
14:11Believeme that I amin the Father, and the
Father in me; or else believe me for the very
works' sake. 14:12Most certainly I tell you,
he who believes in me, the works that I do,
he will do also; and he will do greater works
than these, because I am going to my Father.
14:13Whatever youwi ll ask in my name, that
will I do, that the Father may be glorified in
the Son. 14:14If youwill ask anything in my
name, I will do it. 14:15If youlove me, keepmy
commandments. 14:16I will pray to the Father,
and he will give youa nother Counselor,v that
he may be with youf orever, 14:17the Spirit
of truth, whom the world can't receive; for
it doesn't see him, neither knows him. You
know him, for he lives with you, and will be
in you. 14:18I will not leave youor phans. I
will come to you. 14:19Yet a little while, and
the world will see me no more; but you will
see me. Because I live, you will live also.
14:20In that day youw ill know that I am in my
Father, and youin me, and I in you. 14:21One
who hasmy commandments, and keeps them,
that person is one who loves me. One who
loves me will be loved by my Father, and I
will love him, and will reveal myself to him."
14:22Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord,
what has happened that you are about to reveal
yourself to us, and not to the world?"
14:23Jesus answered him, "If a man loves
me, he will keep my word. My Father will
love him, and we will come to him, and make
our home with him. 14:24He who doesn't love
me doesn't keep my words. The word which
youh ear isn't mine, but the Father's who sent
me. 14:25I have said these things to you, while
still living with you. 14:26But the Counselor,
the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send
in my name, he will teach youa ll things,
and will remind youof all that I said to you.
14:27Peace I leave with you. My peace I give
to you; not as the world gives, give I to you.
Don't let your heart be troubled, neither let
it be fearful. 14:28Youhe ard how I told you,
'I go away, and I come to you.' If you loved
me, you would have rejoiced, because I said
'I am going to my Father;' for the Father is
greater than I. 14:29Now I have told yoube fore
it happens so that, when it happens, youm ay
believe. 14:30I will no more speak much with
you, for the prince of the world comes, and
he has nothing in me. 14:31Bu t that theworld
may know that I love the Father, and as the
Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise,
let us go from here.
15:1"I am the true vine, andmy Father is the
farmer. 15:2Every branch in me that doesn't
bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch
that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear
more fruit. 15:3Youare already pruned clean
because of the word which I have spoken to
you. 15:4Remain in me, and I in you. As
the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it
remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless
youre main in me. 15:5I am the vine. Youa re
the branches. He who remains in me, and I in
him, the same bearsmuch fruit, for apart from
me youc an do nothing. 15:6If a man doesn't
remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch,
and is withered; and they gather them, throw
them into the fire, and they are burned. 15:7If
youremai n in me, and my words remain in
you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it
will be done for you.
15:8"In this is my Father glorified, that
you bear much fruit; and so you will be my
disciples. 15:9Even as the Father has lovedme,
I also have loved you. Remain in my love.
15:10If youke ep my commandments, youw ill
remain in my love; even as I have kept my
Father's commandments, and remain in his
love. 15:11I have spoken these things to you,
that my joy may remain in you, and that your
joy may be made full.
15:12"This is my commandment, that you
love one another, even as I have loved you.
15:13Greater love has no one than this, that
someone lay down his life for his friends.
15:14Youare my friends, if you do whatever I
command you. 15:15No longer do I call you
servants, for the servant doesn't know what
v14:16 Greek Parakleton: Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, and Comfortor.
John 15:16 858 John 16:21
his lord does. But I have called you friends,
for everything that I heard from my Father,
I have made known to you. 15:16Youdidn' t
choose me, but I chose you, and appointed
you, that you should go and bear fruit, and
that your fruit should remain; that whatever
youwill ask of the Father inmy name, hemay
give it to you.
15:17"I command these things to you, that
youm ay love one another. 15:18If the world
hates you, you know that it has hated me
before it hated you. 15:19If youw ere of the
world, the world would love its own. But
because you are not of theworld, since I chose
youou t of the world, therefore the world
hates you. 15:20Remember the word that I
said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his
lord.'w If they persecuted me, they will also
persecute you. If they keptmyword, theywill
keep yours also. 15:21But all these things will
they do to youfo r my name's sake, because
they don't know him who sent me. 15:22If I
had not come and spoken to them, they would
not have had sin; but now they have no excuse
for their sin. 15:23He who hates me, hates
my Father also. 15:24If I hadn't done among
them the works which no one else did, they
wouldn't have had sin. But now have they
seen and also hated both me and my Father.
15:25But this happened so that the word may
be fulfilled which was written in their law,
'They hated me without a cause.'x
15:26"When the Counselory has come,
whom I will send to youf rom the Father, the
Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father,
he will testify about me. 15:27Youwill also
testify, because you have been with me from
the beginning.
16:1"These things have I spoken to you,
so that you wouldn't be caused to stumble.
16:2They will put you out of the synagogues.
Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you
will think that he offers service to God.
16:3They will do these thingsz because they
have not known the Father, nor me. 16:4But
I have told yout hese things, so that when
the time comes, youmay remember that I
told youa bout them. I didn't tell you these
things fromthe beginning, because Iwaswith
you. 16:5But now I am going to him who
sent me, and none of youa sks me, 'Where
are yougoing? ' 16:6But because I have told
yout hese things, sorrow has filled your heart.
16:7Nevertheless I tell youthe truth: It is to
your advantage that I go away, for if I don't go
away, the Counselor won't come to you. But
if I go, I will send him to you. 16:8When he
has come, he will convict the world about sin,
about righteousness, and about judgment;
16:9about sin, because they don't believe in
me; 16:10about righteousness, because I am
going to my Father, and youw on't see me any
more; 16:11about judgment, because the prince
of this world has been judged.
16:12"I have yet many things to tell you,
but you can't bear them now. 16:13However
when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will
guide you into all truth, for he will not speak
from himself; but whatever he hears, he will
speak. He will declare to youthings that are
coming. 16:14He will glorify me, for he will
take from what is mine, and will declare it to
you. 16:15All things whatever the Father has
are mine; therefore I said that he takesa of
mine, and will declare it to you. 16:16A little
while, and youwill not see me. Again a little
while, and youwill see me."
16:17Some of his disciples therefore said to
one another, "What is this that he says to us,
'A little while, and youwon' t see me, and
again a little while, and youwill see me;' and,
'Because I go to the Father?'" 16:18They said
therefore, "What is this that he says, 'A little
while?' We don't know what he is saying."
16:19Therefore Jesus perceived that they
wanted to ask him, and he said to them, "Do
you inquire among yourselves concerning
this, that I said, 'A little while, and youwon' t
see me, and again a little while, and you
will see me?' 16:20Most certainly I tell you,
that youwi ll weep and lament, but the world
will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your
sorrow will be turned into joy. 16:21Awoman,
when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her
w15:20 John 13:16
x15:25 Psalms 35:19; 69:4
y15:26 Greek Parakletos: Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, and Comfortor.
z16:3 TR adds "to you"
a16:15 TR reads "will take" instead of "takes"
John 16:22 859 John 17:23
time has come. But when she has delivered
the child, she doesn't remember the anguish
any more, for the joy that a human being is
born into the world. 16:22Therefore younow
have sorrow, but Iwill see you again, and your
heart will rejoice, and no one will take your
joy away from you.
16:23"In that day youwi ll ask me no questions.
Most certainly I tell you, whatever
youmay ask of the Father in my name, he
will give it to you. 16:24Until now, youha ve
asked nothing in my name. Ask, and youw ill
receive, that your joy may be made full. 16:25I
have spoken these things to youin figures of
speech. But the time is coming when I will
no more speak to youin figures of speech,
but will tell you plainly about the Father.
16:26In that day youwi ll ask in my name;
and I don't say to you, that I will pray to
the Father for you, 16:27for the Father himself
loves you, because you have loved me, and
have believed that I came forth from God.
16:28I came out fromthe Father, and have come
into the world. Again, I leave the world, and
go to the Father."
16:29His disciples said to him, "Behold, now
you speak plainly, and speak no figures of
speech. 16:30Now we know that you know all
things, and don't need for anyone to question
you. By this we believe that you came forth
fromGod."
16:31Jesus answered them, "Do younow
believe? 16:32Behold, the time is coming, yes,
and has now come, that youwi ll be scattered,
everyone to his own place, and youw ill leave
me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the
Father is with me. 16:33I have told youthe se
things, that in me youmay have peace. In the
world you have oppression; but cheer up! I
have overcome the world."
17:1Jesus said these things, and lifting up his
eyes to heaven, he said, "Father, the time has
come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may
also glorify you; 17:2even as youga ve him
authority over all flesh, he will give eternal
life to all whom youha ve given him. 17:3This
is eternal life, that they should know you, the
only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus
Christ. 17:4I glorified youon the earth. I have
accomplished the work which youha ve given
me to do. 17:5Now, Father, glorify me with
your own self with the glory which I had with
yoube fore the world existed. 17:6I revealed
your name to the people whom you have
given me out of the world. They were yours,
and youha ve given them to me. They have
kept your word. 17:7Now they have known
that all things whatever youha ve given me
are from you, 17:8for the words which you
have given me I have given to them, and they
received them, and knew for sure that I came
forth from you, and they have believed that
yous ent me. 17:9I pray for them. I don't pray
for the world, but for those whom you have
given me, for they are yours. 17:10All things
that are mine are yours, and yours are mine,
and I am glorified in them. 17:11I amnomore
in the world, but these are in the world, and
I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them
through your name which you have given
me, that they may be one, even as we are.
17:12While I was with them in the world, I
kept them in your name. Those whom you
have given me I have kept. None of them
is lost, except the son of destruction, that the
Scripture might be fulfilled. 17:13But now I
come to you, and I say these things in the
world, that theymay havemy joymade full in
themselves. 17:14I have given them yourword.
Theworld hated them, because they are not of
theworld, even as I amnot of the world. 17:15I
pray not that youw ould take them from the
world, but that youwould keep themfromthe
evil one. 17:16They are not of the world even
as I am not of the world. 17:17Sanctify them
in your truth. Your word is truth.b 17:18As
yous ent me into the world, even so I have
sent them into the world. 17:19For their sakes
I sanctify myself, that they themselves also
may be sanctified in truth. 17:20Not for these
only do I pray, but for those also who believe
in me through their word, 17:21that they may
all be one; even as you, Father, are in me,
and I in you, that they also may be one in
us; that the world may believe that you sent
me. 17:22The glory which youha ve given
me, I have given to them; that they may be
one, even as we are one; 17:23I in them, and
youin me, that they may be perfected into
one; that the world may know that yous ent
me, and loved them, even as youlove d me.
b17:17 Psalm119: 142
John 17:24 860 John 18:29
17:24Father, I desire that they also whom you
have given me be with me where I am, that
they may see my glory, which youha ve given
me, for youlove d me before the foundation
of the world. 17:25Righteous Father, the world
hasn't known you, but I knew you; and these
knew that yous ent me. 17:26I made known to
them your name, andwill make it known; that
the love with which youlove d me may be in
them, and I in them."
18:1When Jesus had spoken these words, he
went out with his disciples over the brook
Kidron, where there was a garden, into which
he and his disciples entered. 18:2Now Judas,
who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus
often met there with his disciples. 18:3Judas
then, having taken a detachment of soldiers
and officers fromthe chief priests and the
Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches,
and weapons. 18:4Jesus therefore, knowing all
the things that were happening to him, went
forth, and said to them, "Who are youlooking
for?"
18:5They answered him, "Jesus ofNazareth."
Jesus said to them, "I am he."
Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing
with them. 18:6When therefore he said to them,
"I am he," they went backward, and fell to the
ground.
18:7Again therefore he asked them, "Who
are youlooking for?"
They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
18:8Jesus answered, "I told youtha t I am
he. If therefore youseek me, let these go
their way," 18:9that the word might be fulfilled
which he spoke, "Of those whom youha ve
given me, I have lost none."c
18:10Simon Peter therefore, having a sword,
drew it, and struck the high priest's servant,
and cut off his right ear. The servant's name
was Malchus. 18:11Jesus therefore said to Peter,
"Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which
the Father has given me, shall I not surely
drink it?"
18:12So the detachment, the commanding
officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus
and bound him, 18:13and led himto Annas
first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who
was high priest that year. 18:14Now it was
Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was
expedient that one man should perish for the
people. 18:15Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did
another disciple. Now that disciple was known
to the high priest, and entered in with Jesus
into the court of the high priest; 18:16but Peter
was standing at the door outside. So the other
disciple, who was known to the high priest,
went out and spoke to her who kept the door,
and brought in Peter. 18:17Then the maid who
kept the door said to Peter, "Are you also one
of this man's disciples?"
He said, "I amnot. "
18:18Now the servants and the officers were
standing there, having made a fire of coals, for
it was cold. They were warming themselves.
Peter was with them, standing and warming
himself. 18:19The high priest therefore asked Jesus
about his disciples, and about his teaching.
18:20Jesus answered him, "I spoke openly to
theworld. I always taught in synagogues, and
in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I
said nothing in secret. 18:21Why do youa sk
me? Ask thosewho have heardmewhat I said
to them. Behold, these know the things which
I said."
18:22When he had said this, one of the offi-
cers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand,
saying, "Do you answer the high priest like
that?"
18:23Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken
evil, testify of the evil; but ifwell, why do you
beat me?"
18:24Annas sent himbo und to Caiaphas,
the high priest. 18:25Now Simon Peter was
standing and warming himself. They said
therefore to him, "You aren't also one of his
disciples, are you?"
He denied it, and said, "I amno t."
18:26One of the servants of the high priest,
being a relative of himwho se ear Peter had cut
off, said, "Didn't I see you in the garden with
him?"
18:27Peter therefore denied it again, and
immediately the rooster crowed.
18:28They led Jesus therefore fromCa iaphas
into the Praetorium. It was early, and they
themselves didn't enter into the Praetorium,
that they might not be defiled, but might eat
the Passover. 18:29Pilate therefore went out to
them, and said, "What accusation do you bring
against this man?"
c18:9 John 6:39
John 18:30 861 John 19:19
18:30They answered him, "If this man
weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered
himup to you."
18:31Pilate therefore said to them, "Take him
yourselves, and judge hima ccording to your
law."
Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not
lawful for us to put anyone to death," 18:32that
the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he
spoke, signifying by what kind of death he
should die.
18:33Pilate therefore entered again into the
Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, "Are
you the King of the Jews?"
18:34Jesus answered him, "Do yous ay this
by yourself, or did others tell you about me?"
18:35Pilate answered, "I'mn ot a Jew, amI ?
Your own nation and the chief priests delivered
you to me. What have you done?"
18:36Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not
of this world. If my Kingdom were of this
world, then my servants would fight, that I
wouldn't be delivered to the Jews. But now
my Kingdom is not from here."
18:37Pilate therefore said to him, "Are you a
king then?"
Jesus answered, "Yousay that I am a king.
For this reason I have been born, and for
this reason I have come into the world, that
I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is
of the truth listens to my voice."
18:38Pilate said to him, "What is truth?"
When he had said this, he went out again
to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no basis
for a charge against him. 18:39But you have a
custom, that I should release someone to you
at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to
release to you the King of the Jews?"
18:40Then they all shouted again, saying,
"Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas
was a robber.
19:1So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged
him. 19:2The soldiers twisted thorns into a
crown, and put it on his head, and dressed
himi n a purple garment. 19:3They kept saying,
"Hail, King of the Jews!" and they kept
slapping him.
19:4Then Pilate went out again, and said to
them, "Behold, I bring him out to you, that
you may know that I find no basis for a charge
against him."
19:5Jesus therefore came out, wearing the
crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate
said to them, "Behold, the man!"
19:6When therefore the chief priests and the
officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify!
Crucify!"
Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves,
and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge
against him."
19:7The Jews answered him, "We have a law,
and by our law he ought to die, because he
made himself the Son of God."
19:8When therefore Pilate heard this saying,
he was more afraid. 19:9He entered into the
Praetoriumag ain, and said to Jesus, "Where
are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.
19:10Pilate therefore said to him, "Aren't you
speaking to me? Don't you know that I have
power to release you, and have power to
crucify you?"
19:11Jesus answered, "Youw ould have no
power at all against me, unless it were given
to youfro m above. Therefore he who delivered
me to youh as greater sin."
19:12At this, Pilate was seeking to release
him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you
release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend!
Everyone who makes himself a king speaks
against Caesar!"
19:13When Pilate therefore heard these
words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down
on the judgm ent seat at a place called "The
Pavement," but in Hebrew, "Gabbatha."
19:14Now it was the Preparation Day of the
Passover, at about the sixth hour.d He said to
the Jews, "Behold, your King!"
19:15They cried out, "Away with him! Away
with him! Crucify him!"
Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your
King?"
The chief priests answered, "We have no
king but Caesar!"
19:16So then he delivered himt o themt o be
crucified. So they took Jesus and led hima way.
19:17He went out, bearing his cross, to the place
called "The Place of a Skull," which is called in
Hebrew, "Golgotha," 19:18where they crucified
him, and with him two others, on either side
one, and Jesus in the middle. 19:19Pilate wrote
d19:14 noon
John 19:20 862 John 20:7
a title also, and put it on the cross. There
was written, "JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE
KING OF THE JEWS." 19:20Therefore many of
the Jews read this title, for the place where
Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it
was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.
19:21The chief priests of the Jews therefore said
to Pilate, "Don't write, 'The King of the Jews,'
but, 'he said, I amKi ng of the Jews.'"
19:22Pilate answered, "What I have written, I
have written."
19:23Then the soldiers, when they had crucified
Jesus, took his garments and made four
parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat.
Now the coat was without seam, woven from
the top throughout. 19:24Then they said to one
another, "Let's not tear it, but cast lots for it
to decide whose it will be," that the Scripture
might be fulfilled, which says,
"They parted my garments among them.
For my cloak they cast lots."e
Therefore the soldiers did these things.
19:25But there were standing by the cross of
Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary
the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
19:26Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and
the disciple whomhe loved standing there, he
said to his mother, "Woman, behold your son!"
19:27Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your
mother!" Fromthat hour, the disciple took her
to his own home.
19:28After this, Jesus, seeingf that all things
were now finished, that the Scripture might be
fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty." 19:29Now a vessel
full of vinegar was set there; so they put a
sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held
it at his mouth. 19:30When Jesus therefore had
received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished."
He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
19:31Therefore the Jews, because it was the
Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn't
rem ain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that
Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate
that their legs might be broken, and that they
might be taken away. 19:32Therefore the soldiers
came, and broke the legs of the first,
and of the other who was crucified with him;
19:33but when they came to Jesus, and saw that
he was already dead, they didn't break his
legs. 19:34However one of the soldiers pierced
his side with a spear, and immediately blood
and water came out. 19:35He who has seen
has testified, and his testimony is true. He
knows that he tells the truth, that you may
believe. 19:36For these things happened, that
the Scripture might be fulfilled, "A bone of
himwi ll not be broken."g 19:37Again another
Scripture says, "They will look on himw hom
they pierced."h
19:38After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea,
being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly
for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he
might take away Jesus' body. Pilate gave him
permission. He came therefore and took away
his body. 19:39Nicodemus, who at first came to
Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture
of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.i
19:40So they took Jesus' body, and bound it in
linen cloths with the spices, as the customo f
the Jews is to bury. 19:41Now in the place where
he was crucified there was a garden. In the
garden was a new tomb in which no man had
ever yet been laid. 19:42Then because of the
Jews' Preparation Day (for the tomb was near
at hand) they laid Jesus there.
20:1Now on the first day of the week, Mary
Magdalenewent early,while itwas still dark, to
the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from
the tomb. 20:2Therefore she ran and came to
Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom
Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken
away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't
knowwhere they have laid him !"
20:3Therefore Peter and the other disciple
went out, and they went toward the tomb.
20:4They both ran together. The other disciple
outran Peter, and came to the tomb first.
20:5Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen
cloths lying, yet he didn't enter in. 20:6Then
Simon Peter came, following him, and entered
into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,
20:7and the cloth that had been on his head, not
lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a
e19:24 Psalm22: 18
f19:28 NU, TR read "knowing" instead of "seeing"
g19:36 Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12; Psalm 34:20
h19:37 Zechariah 12:10
i19:39 100 Roman pounds of 12 ounces each, or about 72 pounds, or 33 Kilograms.
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place by itself. 20:8So then the other disciple
who came first to the tomb also entered in, and
he saw and believed. 20:9For as yet they didn't
know the Scripture, that he must rise from the
dead. 20:10So the disciples went away again to
their own homes.
20:11But Mary was standing outside at the
tomb weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped
and looked into the tomb, 20:12and she saw two
angels in white sitting, one at the head, and
one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had
lain. 20:13They told her, "Woman, why are you
weeping?"
She said to them, "Because they have taken
away my Lord, and I don't know where they
have laid him." 20:14When she had said this,
she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and
didn't know that it was Jesus.
20:15Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you
weeping? Who are youlooking for?"
She, supposing himto be the gardener, said
to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell
me where you have laid him, and I will take
himaway."
20:16Jesus said to her, "Mary."
She turned and said to him, "Rhabbouni!"
which is to say, "Teacher!"
20:17Jesus said to her, "Don't touch me, for
I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to
my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending
to my Father and your Father, to my God and
your God.'"
20:18Mary Magdalene came and told the
disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that
he had said these things to her. 20:19When
therefore it was evening, on that day, the first
day of the week, and when the doors were
locked where the disciples were assembled, for
fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the
midst, and said to them, "Peace be to you."
20:20When he had said this, he showed them
his hands and his side. The disciples therefore
were glad when they saw the Lord. 20:21Jesus
therefore said to themag ain, "Peace be to you.
As the Father has sent me, even so I send
you." 20:22When he had said this, he breathed
on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy
Spirit! 20:23Whoever's sins youf orgive, they
are forgiven them. Whoever's sins your etain,
they have been retained."
20:24But Thomas, one of the twelve, called
Didymus, wasn't with them when Jesus came.
20:25The other disciples therefore said to him,
"We have seen the Lord!"
But he said to them, "Unless I see in his
hands the print of the nails, and put my hand
into his side, I will not believe."
20:26After eight days again his discipleswere
inside, and Thomaswaswith them. Jesus came,
the doors being locked, and stood in the midst,
and said, "Peace be to you." 20:27Then he said
to Thomas, "Reach here your finger, and see
my hands. Reach here your hand, and put
it into my side. Don't be unbelieving, but
believing."
20:28Thomas answered him, "My Lord and
m y God!"
20:29Jesus said to him, "Because you have
seen me,j youha ve believed. Blessed are those
who have not seen, and have believed."
20:30Therefore Jesus did many other signs
in the presence of his disciples, which are not
written in this book; 20:31but these are written,
that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God, and that believing you may have
life in his name.
21:1After these things, Jesus revealed himself
again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias.
He revealed himself this way. 21:2Simon Peter,
Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana
in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two
others of his disciples were together. 21:3Simon
Peter said to them, "I'm going fishing."
They told him, "We are also coming with
you." They immediately went out, and entered
into the boat. That night, they caught nothing.
21:4But when day had already come, Jesus
stood on the beach, yet the disciples didn't
know that it was Jesus. 21:5Jesus therefore
said to them, "Children, have youa nything to
eat?"
They answered him, "No."
21:6He said to them, "Cast the net on the
right side of the boat, and youwill find some."
They cast it therefore, and now they weren't
able to draw it in for the multitude of fish.
21:7That disciple therefore whomJesus loved
said to Peter, "It's the Lord!"
So when Simon Peter heard that it was the
Lord, he wrapped his coat around him( for he
was naked), and threw himself into the sea.
j20:29 TR adds " Thomas,"
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21:8But the other disciples came in the little boat
(for they were not far fromt he land, but about
two hundred cubitsk away), dragging the net
full of fish. 21:9So when they got out on the
land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid
on it, and bread. 21:10Jesus said to them, "Bring
some of the fish which you have just caught."
21:11Simon Peter went up, and drew the net
to land, full of great fish, one hundred fiftythree;
and even though there were so many, the
net wasn't torn.
21:12Jesus said to them, "Come and eat
breakfast."
None of the disciples dared inquire of him,
"Who are you?" knowing that it was the Lord.
21:13Then Jesus came and took the bread,
gave it to them, and the fish likewise. 21:14This
is now the third time that Jesus was revealed to
his disciples, after he had risen fromt he dead.
21:15So when they had eaten their breakfast,
Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of
Jonah, do youlove me more than these?"
He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I
have affection for you."
He said to him, "Feed my lambs." 21:16He
said to himag ain a second time, "Simon, son
of Jonah, do youlove me?"
He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I
have affection for you."
He said to him, "Tend my sheep." 21:17He
said to himthe third time, "Simon, son of
Jonah, do youha ve affection for me?"
Peter was grieved because he asked himthe
third time, "Do youha ve affection for me?"
He said to him, "Lord, you know everything.
You know that I have affection for you."
Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.
21:18Most certainly I tell you, when you were
young, you dressed yourself, and walked
where youw anted to. But when youa re old,
you will stretch out your hands, and another
will dress you, and carry you where you don't
want to go."
21:19Now he said this, signifying by what
kind of death he would glorify God. When he
had said this, he said to him, "Follow me."
21:20Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple
following. This was the disciple whom
Jesus sincerely loved, the one who had also
leaned on Jesus' breast at the supper and asked,
"Lord, who is going to betray You?" 21:21Peter
seeing him, said to Jesus, "Lord, what about
this man?"
21:22Jesus said to him, "If I desire that
he stay until I come, what is that to you?
Youfollow me." 21:23This saying therefore
went out among the brothersl, that this disciple
wouldn't die. Yet Jesus didn't say to himt hat he
wouldn't die, but, "If I desire that he stay until
I come, what is that to you?" 21:24This is the
disciple who testifies about these things, and
wrote these things. We know that his witness
is true. 21:25There are also many other things
which Jesus did, which if they would all be
written, I suppose that even the world itself
wouldn't have roomfor the books that would
be written.
k21:8 200 cubits is about 100 yards or about 91 meters
l21:23 The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."
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The Acts of the
Apostles
1:1The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned
all that Jesus began both to do and
to teach, 1:2until the day in which he was
received up, after he had given commandment
through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom
he had chosen. 1:3To these he also showed
himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs,
appearing to themo ver a period of forty days,
and speaking about God's Kingdom. 1:4Being
assembled together with them, he commanded
them, "Don't depart from Jerusalem, but wait
for the promise of the Father,which youhe ard
from me. 1:5For John indeed baptized in
water, but you will be baptized in the Holy
Spirit not many days from now."
1:6Therefore, when they had come together,
they asked him, "Lord, are you now restoring
the kingdomto Israel?"
1:7He said to them, "It isn't for youto know
times or seasons which the Father has set
within his own authority. 1:8But you will
receive power when the Holy Spirit has come
upon you. You will be witnesses to me in
Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to
the uttermost parts of the earth."
1:9When he had said these things, as they
were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud
received himo ut of their sight. 1:10While
they were looking steadfastly into the sky as
he went, behold, two men stood by them in
white clothing, 1:11who also said, "You men of
Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky?
This Jesus, who was received up fromyou into
the sky will come back in the same way as you
saw himgoin g into the sky."
1:12Then they returned to Jerusalemfr om
the mountain called Olivet, which is near
Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.
1:13When they had come in, they went up into
the upper room, where they were staying; that
is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas,
Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus,
Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of
James. 1:14All these with one accord continued
steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along
with the women, andMary the mother of Jesus,
and with his brothers.
1:15In these days, Peter stood up in the midst
of the disciples (and the number of names
was about one hundred twenty), and said,
1:16"Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture
should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit
spoke before by the mouth of David concerning
Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.
1:17For he was numbered with us, and received
his portion in this ministry. 1:18Now this
man obtained a field with the reward for his
wickedness, and falling headlong, his body
burst open, and all his intestines gushed out.
1:19It became known to everyone who lived in
Jerusalemthat in their language that field was
called 'Akeldama,' that is, 'The field of blood.'
1:20For it is written in the book of Psalms,
'Let his habitation be made desolate.
Let no one dwell therein;'a
and,
'Let another take his office.'b
1:21"Of the men therefore who have accompanied
us all the time that the Lord Jesus went
in and out among us, 1:22beginning fromthe
baptismo f John, to the day that he was received
up from us, of these one must become a witness
with us of his resurrection."
1:23They put forward two, Joseph called
Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and
Matthias. 1:24They prayed, and said, "You,
Lord, who know the hearts of all m en, show
which one of these two you have chosen 1:25to
take part in this ministry and apostleship from
which Judas fell away, that he might go to his
own place." 1:26They drew lots for them, and
the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered
with the eleven apostles.
2:1Now when the day of Pentecost had
come, they were all with one accord in one
place. 2:2Suddenly there came from the sky
a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind,
and it filled all the house where they were
sitting. 2:3Tongues like fire appeared and
were distributed to them, and one sat on
each of them. 2:4They were all filled with
the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with
other languages, as the Spirit gave themthe
ability to speak. 2:5Now there were dwelling
in JerusalemJew s, devout men, fromev ery
a1:20 Psalm69: 25
b1:20 Psalm109: 8
Acts 2:6 866 Acts 2:36
nation under the sky. 2:6When this sound
was heard, the multitude came together, and
were bewildered, because everyone heard them
speaking in his own language. 2:7They were all
amazed and marveled, saying to one another,
"Behold, aren't all these who speak Galileans?
2:8How dowe hear, everyone in our own native
language? 2:9Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and
people fromMesopot amia, Judea, Cappadocia,
Pontus, Asia, 2:10Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt,
the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from
Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 2:11Cretans
and Arabians: we hear thems peaking in our
languages the mighty works of God!" 2:12They
were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying
one to another, "What does this mean?"
2:13Others, mocking, said, "They are filled with
new wine."
2:14But Peter, standing up with the eleven,
lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them,
"You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at
Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen
to my words. 2:15For these aren't drunken, as
you suppose, seeing it is only the third hour of
the dayc. 2:16But this is what has been spoken
through the prophet Joel:
2:17'It will be in the last days, says God,
that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh.
Your sons and your daughters will prophesy.
Your young men will see visions.
Your old men will dream dreams.
2:18Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens
in those days,
I will pour out my Spirit, and they will
prophesy.
2:19I will show wonders in the sky above,
and signs on the earth beneath;
blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.
2:20The sun will be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood,
before the great and glorious day of the
Lord comes.
2:21It will be, that whoever will call on the
name of the Lord will be saved.'d
2:22"Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus
of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you
by mightyworks and wonders and signswhich
God did by himin themidst of you, even as you
yourselves know, 2:23him, being delivered up
by the determined counsel and foreknowledge
of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless
men, crucified and killed; 2:24whomGo d raised
up, having freed himf romthe agony of death,
because it was not possible that he should be
held by it. 2:25For David says concerning him,
'I saw the Lord always before my face,
For he is on my right hand, that I should
not be moved.
2:26Therefore my heart was glad, and my
tongue rejoiced.
Moreover my flesh also will dwell in
hope;
2:27because you will not leave my soul in
Hadese,
neither will you allow your Holy One to
see decay.
2:28You made known to me the ways of life.
You will make me full of gladness with
your presence.'f
2:29"Brothers, I may tell you freely of the
patriarch David, that he both died and was
buried, and his tom b is with us to this day.
2:30Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing
that God had sworn with an oath to himthat
of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh,
he would raise up the Christ to sit on his
throne, 2:31he foreseeing this spoke about the
resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his
soul left in Hadesg, nor did his flesh see decay.
2:32This Jesus God raised up, to which we all
are witnesses. 2:33Being therefore exalted by
the right hand of God, and having received
fromt he Father the promise of the Holy Spirit,
he has poured out this, which you now see
and hear. 2:34For David didn't ascend into the
heavens, but he says himself,
'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by my right
hand,
2:35until I make your enemies a footstool
for your feet."'h
2:36"Let all the house of Israel therefore
know certainly that God has made him both
c2:15 about 9:00 AM
d2:21 Joel 2:28-32
e2:27 or, Hell
f2:28 Psalm16: 8-11
g2:31 or, Hell
h2:35 Psalm110: 1
Acts 2:37 867 Acts 3:23
Lord and Christ, this Jesus whomy ou cruci-
fied."
2:37Now when they heard this, theywere cut
to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the
apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"
2:38Peter said to them, "Repent, and be
baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus
Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will
receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 2:39For to
you is the promise, and to your children, and
to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord
our God will call to himself." 2:40With many
other words he testified, and exhorted them,
saying, "Save yourselves fromt his crooked
generation!"
2:41Then thosewho gladly received his word
were baptized. There were added that day
about three thousand souls. 2:42They continued
steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship,
in the breaking of bread, and prayer.
2:43Fear came on every soul, and many wonders
and signs were done through the apostles.
2:44All who believed were together, and had
all things in common. 2:45They sold their
possessions and goods, and distributed themt o
all, according as anyone had need. 2:46Day by
day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in
the temple, and breaking bread at home, they
took their food with gladness and singleness of
heart, 2:47praising God, and having favor with
all the people. The Lord added to the assembly
day by day those who were being saved.
3:1Peter and John were going up into the
temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth houri.
3:2A certain man who was lame from his
mother's womb was being carried, whom they
laid daily at the door of the temple which is
called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of
those who entered into the temple. 3:3Seeing
Peter and John about to go into the temple, he
asked to receive gifts for the needy. 3:4Peter,
fastening his eyes on him, with John, said,
"Look at us." 3:5He listened to them, expecting
to receive something from them. 3:6But Peter
said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what
I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!" 3:7He
took himby the right hand, and raised him
up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones
received strength. 3:8Leaping up, he stood, and
began to walk. He entered with themi nto the
temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.
3:9All the people saw himw alking and praising
God. 3:10They recognized him, that it was he
who used to sit begging for gifts for the needy
at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. They were
filledwith wonder and amazement at what had
happened to him. 3:11As the lame man who
was healed held on to Peter and John, all the
people ran together to themin the porch that is
called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
3:12When Peter saw it, he responded to the
people, "You men of Israel, why do you marvel
at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on
us, as though by our own power or godliness
we had made him walk? 3:13The God of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our
fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom
you delivered up, and denied in the presence of
Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
3:14But you denied the Holy and Righteous
One, and asked for a murderer to be granted
to you, 3:15and killed the Prince of life, whom
God raised fromthe dead, to which we are
witnesses. 3:16By faith in his name, his name
has made this man strong, whom you see and
know. Yes, the faith which is through him
has given himthi s perfect soundness in the
presence of you all.
3:17"Now, brothersj, I know that you did this
in ignorance, as did also your rulers. 3:18But
the things which God announced by the mouth
of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he
thus fulfilled.
3:19"Repent therefore, and turn again, that
your sins may be blotted out, so that there may
come times of refreshing from the presence of
the Lord, 3:20and that he may send Christ Jesus,
who was ordained for you before, 3:21whom
heaven must receive until the times of restoration
of all things, which God spoke long ago by
the mouth of his holy prophets. 3:22For Moses
indeed said to the fathers, 'The Lord God will
raise up a prophet for you froma mong your
brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in
all things whatever he says to you. 3:23It will
be, that every soul that will not listen to that
prophet will be utterly destroyed froma mong
i3:1 3:00 PM
j3:17 The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."
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the people.'k 3:24Yes, and all the prophets
fromSa muel and those who followed after, as
many as have spoken, they also told of these
days. 3:25You are the children of the prophets,
and of the covenant which God made with
our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'In your seed
will all the families of the earth be blessed.'l
3:26God, having raised up his servant, Jesus,
sent himto you first, to bless you, in turning
away everyone of you fromyour wickedness."
4:1As they spoke to the people, the priests
and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees
came to them, 4:2being upset because
they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus
the resurrection fromthe dead. 4:3They laid
hands on them, and put them in custody until
the next day, for it was now evening. 4:4But
many of those who heard the word believed,
and the number of the men came to be about
five thousand.
4:5It happened in the morning, that their
rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together
in Jerusalem. 4:6Annas the high priest
was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and
as many as were relatives of the high priest.
4:7When they had stood themi n the middle
of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in
what name, have you done this?"
4:8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit,
said to them, "You rulers of the people, and
elders of Israel, 4:9if we are examined today
concerning a good deed done to a crippled
man, by what means this man has been healed,
4:10be it known to you all, and to all the people
of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of
Nazareth, whomy ou crucified, whomGo d
raised fromt he dead, in him does this man
stand here before you whole. 4:11He is 'the
stone which was regarded as worthless by you,
the builders, which has become the head of
the corner.'m 4:12There is salvation in none
other, for neither is there any other name under
heaven, that is given among men, by which we
must be saved!"
4:13Now when they saw the boldness of Peter
and John, and had perceived that they were
unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled.
They recognized that they had been with Jesus.
4:14Seeing the man who was healed standing
with them, they could say nothing against it.
4:15But when they had commanded them to
go aside out of the council, they conferred
among themselves, 4:16saying, "What shall we
do to these men? Because indeed a notable
miracle has been done through them, as can be
plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and
we can't deny it. 4:17But so that this spreads
no further among the people, let's threaten
them, that from now on they don't speak to
anyone in this name." 4:18They called them,
and commanded them not to speak at all nor
teach in the name of Jesus.
4:19But Peter and John answered them,
"Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen
to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
4:20forwe can't help telling the thingswhichwe
saw and heard."
4:21When they had further threatened them,
they let themg o, finding no way to punish
them, because of the people; for everyone
glorified God for that which was done. 4:22For
the man on whom this miracle of healing was
performed was more than forty years old.
4:23Being let go, they came to their own
company, and reported all that the chief priests
and the elders had said to them. 4:24When they
heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with
one accord, and said, "O Lord, you are God,
who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and
all that is in them; 4:25who by the mouth of your
servant, David, said,
'Why do the nations rage,
and the peoples plot a vain thing?
4:26The kings of the earth take a stand,
and the rulers take council together,
against the Lord, and against his
Christn.'o
4:27"For truly, in this city against your
holy servant, Jesus, whomy ou anointed, both
Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles
and the people of Israel,were gathered together
4:28to do whatever your hand and your council
foreordained to happen. 4:29Now, Lord, look
k3:23 Deuteronomy 18:15,18-19
l3:25 Genesis 22:18; 26:4
m4:11 Psalm118: 22
n4:26 Christ (Greek) and Messiah (Hebrew) both mean Anointed One.
o4:26 Psalm2: 1-2
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at their threats, and grant to your servants to
speak your word with all boldness, 4:30while
you stretch out your hand to heal; and that
signs and wonders may be done through the
name of your holy Servant Jesus."
4:31When they had prayed, the place was
shaken where they were gathered together.
They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and
they spoke the word of God with boldness.
4:32The multitude of those who believed were
of one heart and soul. Not one of them
claimed that anything of the things which he
possessed was his own, but they had all things
in common. 4:33With great power, the apostles
gave their testimony of the resurrection of the
Lord Jesus. Great gracewas on themall. 4:34For
neither was there among them any who lacked,
for as m any as were owners of lands or houses
sold them, and brought the proceeds of the
things that were sold, 4:35and laid themat the
apostles' feet, and distribution was made to
each, according as anyone had need. 4:36Joses,
who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas
(which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement),
a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,
4:37having a field, sold it, and brought the
money and laid it at the apostles' feet.
5:1But a certain man named Ananias, with
Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession, 5:2and
kept back part of the price, his wife also being
aware of it, and brought a certain part, and
laid it at the apostles' feet. 5:3But Peter said,
"Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie
to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the
price of the land? 5:4While you kept it, didn't it
remain your own? After it was sold, wasn't it in
your power? How is it that you have conceived
this thing in your heart? You haven't lied to
men, but to God."
5:5Ananias, hearing these words, fell down
and died. Great fear came on all who heard
these things. 5:6The young men arose and
wrapped himup, and they carried him out
and buried him. 5:7About three hours later, his
wife, not knowing what had happened, came
in. 5:8Peter answered her, "Tell me whether you
sold the land for so much."
She said, "Yes, for so much."
5:9But Peter asked her, "How is it that you
have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of
the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have
buried your husband are at the door, and they
will carry you out."
5:10She fell down immediately at his feet,
and died. The young men came in and found
her dead, and they carried her out and buried
her by her husband. 5:11Great fear came on
the whole assembly, and on all who heard
these things. 5:12By the hands of the apostles
many signs and wonders were done among
the people. They were all with one accord in
Solomon's porch. 5:13None of the rest dared to
join them, however the people honored them.
5:14More believers were added to the Lord,
multitudes of both men and women. 5:15They
even carried out the sick into the streets, and
laid themo n cots and mattresses, so that as
Peter came by, at the least his shadow might
overshadow some of them. 5:16Multitudes also
came together fromthe cities around Jerusalem,
bringing sick people, and those who were
tormented by unclean spirits: and they were all
healed.
5:17But the high priest rose up, and all those
who were with him(w hich is the sect of the
Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,
5:18and laid hands on the apostles, and put
themin public custody. 5:19But an angel of the
Lord opened the prison doors by night, and
brought themo ut, and said, 5:20"Go stand and
speak in the temple to the people all the words
of this life."
5:21When they heard this, they entered into
the temple about daybreak, and taught. But
the high priest came, and those who were with
him, and called the council together, and all
the senate of the children of Israel, and sent
to the prison to have thembro ught. 5:22But
the officers who came didn't find them in the
prison. They returned and reported, 5:23"We
found the prison shut and locked, and the
guards standing before the doors, but when we
opened them, we found no one inside!"
5:24Now when the high priest, the captain
of the temple, and the chief priests heard these
words, they were very perplexed about them
and what might become of this. 5:25One came
and told them, "Behold, the men whom you
put in prison are in the temple, standing and
teaching the people." 5:26Then the captain went
with the officers, and brought themwi thout
violence, for they were afraid that the people
might stone them.
5:27When they had brought them, they set
Acts 5:28 870 Acts 7:3
themb efore the council. The high priest questioned
them, 5:28saying, "Didn't we strictly
command you not to teach in this name?
Behold, you have filled Jerusalemw ith your
teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood
on us."
5:29But Peter and the apostles answered,
"We must obey God rather than men. 5:30The
God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom
you killed, hanging himon a tree. 5:31God
exalted himwi th his right hand to be a Prince
and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and
remission of sins. 5:32We are His witnesses of
these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit,
whomGo d has given to those who obey him."
5:33But they, when they heard this, were
cut to the heart, and determined to kill them.
5:34But one stood up in the council, a Pharisee
named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored
by all the people, and commanded to put the
apostles out for a little while. 5:35He said to
them, "You men of Israel, be careful concerning
these men, what you are about to do. 5:36For
before these days Theudas rose up, making
himself out to be somebody; towhom a number
of men, about four hundred, joined themselves:
who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him,
were dispersed, and came to nothing. 5:37After
this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days
of the enrollment, and drew away some people
after him. He also perished, and all, as many as
obeyed him, were scattered abroad. 5:38Now I
tell you, withdraw fromthe se men, and leave
thema lone. For if this counsel or this work is
of men, it will be overthrown. 5:39But if it is of
God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and
you would be found even to be fighting against
God!"
5:40They agreed with him. Summoning the
apostles, they beat them and commanded them
not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let
themg o. 5:41They therefore departed fromt he
presence of the council, rejoicing that they were
counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus'
name.
5:42Every day, in the temple and at home,
they never stopped teaching and preaching
Jesus, the Christ.
6:1Now in those days, when the number
of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint
arose fromthe Hellenistsp against the Hebrews,
because their widows were neglected in the
daily service. 6:2The twelve sum m o ned the
multitude of the disciples and said, "It is
not appropriate for us to forsake the word
of God and serve tables. 6:3Therefore select
from among you, brothers, seven men of good
report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom,
whomwe may appoint over this business.
6:4But we will continue steadfastly in prayer
and in the ministry of the word."
6:5These words pleased the whole multitude.
They chose Stephen, a man full of
faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus,
Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a
proselyte of Antioch; 6:6whomt hey set before
the apostles. When they had prayed, they
laid their hands on them. 6:7The word of
God increased and the number of the disciples
multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. A great
company of the priests were obedient to the
faith.
6:8Stephen, full of faith and power, performed
great wonders and signs among the
people. 6:9But some of those who were of the
synagogue called "The Libertines," and of the
Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of
Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.
6:10They weren't able to withstand the wisdom
and the Spirit by which he spoke. 6:11Then they
secretly induced men to say, "We have heard
hims peak blasphemous words against Moses
and God." 6:12They stirred up the people, the
elders, and the scribes, and came against him
and seized him, and brought him in to the
council, 6:13and set up falsewitnesseswho said,
"This man never stops speaking blasphemous
words against this holy place and the law.
6:14For we have heard hims ay that this Jesus
of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will
change the customs which Moses delivered to
us." 6:15All who sat in the council, fastening
their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the
face of an angel.
7:1The high priest said, "Are these things
so?"
7:2He said, "Brothers and fathers, listen. The
God of glory appeared to our father Abraham,
when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived
in Haran, 7:3and said to him, 'Get out of your
land, and fromy our relatives, and come into a
p6:1 The Hellenists used Greek language and culture, even though they were also of Hebrew descent.
Acts 7:4 871 Acts 7:35
land which I will show you.'q 7:4Then he came
out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in
Haran. Fromt here, when his father was dead,
God moved him into this land, where you are
now living. 7:5He gave himno inheritance in
it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He
promised that he would give it to him for a
possession, and to his seed after him, when
he still had no child. 7:6God spoke in this
way: that his seed would live as aliens in a
strange land, and that they would be enslaved
and mistreated for four hundred years. 7:7'I
will judge the nation to which they will be
in bondage,' said God, 'and after that will
they com e out, and serve m e in this place.'r
7:8He gave himthe covenant of circumcision.
So Abrahambe came the father of Isaac, and
circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became
the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father
of the twelve patriarchs.
7:9"The patriarchs, moved with jealousy
against Joseph, sold himi nto Egypt. God
was with him, 7:10and delivered himout of
all his afflictions, and gave himf avor and
wisdombe fore Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He
made him governor over Egypt and all his
house. 7:11Now a fam ine cam e over all the
land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction.
Our fathers found no food. 7:12But when
Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he
sent out our fathers the first time. 7:13On
the second time Joseph was made known to
his brothers, and Joseph's race was revealed
to Pharaoh. 7:14Joseph sent, and summoned
Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-
five souls. 7:15Jacob went down into Egypt, and
he died, himself and our fathers, 7:16and they
were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the
tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver
from the children of Hamor of Shechem.
7:17"But as the time of the promise came
close which God had sworn to Abraham, the
people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 7:18until
there arose a different king, who didn't know
Joseph. 7:19The same took advantage of our
race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced
themto throw out their babies, so that they
wouldn't stay alive. 7:20At that time Moses
was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He
was nourished three months in his father's
house. 7:21When he was thrown out, Pharaoh's
daughter took himu p, and reared himas her
own son. 7:22Moses was instructed in all the
wisdomo f the Egyptians. He was mighty in
his words and works. 7:23But when he was
forty years old, it came into his heart to visit
his brotherss, the children of Israel. 7:24Seeing
one of thems uffer wrong, he defended him,
and avenged himwho was oppressed, striking
the Egyptian. 7:25He supposed that his brothers
understood that God, by his hand, was giving
themdeliv erance; but they didn't understand.
7:26"The day following, he appeared to them
as they fought, and urged themto be at peace
again, saying, 'Sirs, you are brothers. Why do
you wrong one another?' 7:27But he who did
his neighbor wrong pushed himaway , saying,
'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
7:28Do you want to kill me, as you killed the
Egyptian yesterday?'t 7:29Moses fled at this
saying, and became a stranger in the land of
Midian, where he became the father of two
sons.
7:30"When forty years were fulfilled, an
angel of the Lord appeared to himi n the
wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in
a bush. 7:31When Moses saw it, he wondered
at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice
of the Lord came to him, 7:32'I amthe God of
your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'u Moses trembled,
and dared not look. 7:33The Lord said to him,
'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place
where you stand is holy ground. 7:34I have
surely seen the affliction of my people that is
in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have
come down to deliver them. Now come, I will
send you into Egypt.'v
7:35"ThisMoses,whomthe y refused, saying,
'Who made you a ruler and a judge?' God
q7:3 Genesis 12:1
r7:7 Genesis 15:13-14
s7:23 The word for "brothers" here andwhere the context allows may be also correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
t7:28 Exodus 2:14
u7:32 Exodus 3:6
v7:34 Exodus 3:5,7-8,10
Acts 7:36 872 Acts 8:7
has sent hima s both a ruler and a deliverer by
the hand of the angel who appeared to himi n
the bush. 7:36This man led them out, having
worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the
Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
7:37This is that Moses, who said to the children
of Israel, 'The Lord our God will raise up a
prophet for you fromamong your brothers, like
me.w'x 7:38This is he who was in the assembly
in the wilderness with the angel that spoke
to himo n Mount Sinai, and with our fathers,
who received living oracles to give to us, 7:39to
whomour fathers wouldn't be obedient, but
rejected him, and turned back in their hearts
to Egypt, 7:40saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods
that will go before us, for as for thisMoses,who
led us out of the land of Egypt, we don't know
what has become of him.'y 7:41They made a
calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the
idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
7:42But God turned, and gave themup to serve
the army of the sky,z as it is written in the book
of the prophets,
'Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices
forty years in the wilderness, O house of
Israel?
7:43You took up the tent of Moloch,
the star of your god Rephan,
the figures which you made to worship.
I will carry you awaya beyond Babylon.'
7:44"Our fathers had the tent of the testimony
in the wilderness, even as he who spoke
toMoses commanded him to make it according
to the pattern that he had seen; 7:45which
also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with
Joshua when they entered into the possession
of the nations, whomGod drove out before
the face of our fathers, to the days of David,
7:46who found favor in the sight of God, and
asked to find a habitation for the God of
Jacob. 7:47But Solomon built him a house.
7:48However, the Most High doesn't dwell in
temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
7:49'heaven is my throne,
and the earth a footstool for my feet.
What kind of house will you build me?' says
the Lord;
'or what is the place of my rest?
7:50Didn't my hand make all these things?'b
7:51"You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in
heart and ears, you always resist the Holy
Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
7:52Which of the prophets didn't your fathers
persecute? They killed those who foretold the
coming of the Righteous One, of whom you
have now become betrayers and murderers.
7:53You received the law as it was ordained by
angels, and didn't keep it!"
7:54Now when they heard these things, they
were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him
with their teeth. 7:55But he, being full of the
Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven,
and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing
on the right hand of God, 7:56and said, "Behold,
I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man
standing at the right hand of God!"
7:57But they cried out with a loud voice, and
stopped their ears, and rushed at himwi th one
accord. 7:58They threw himout of the city,
and stoned him. The witnesses placed their
garments at the feet of a young man named
Saul. 7:59They stoned Stephen as he called out,
saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" 7:60He
kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice,
"Lord, don't hold this sin against them!" When
he had said this, he fell asleep.
8:1Saul was consenting to his death. A great
persecution arose against the assembly which
was in Jerusalemi n that day. They were all scattered
abroad throughout the regions of Judea
and Samaria, except for the apostles. 8:2Devout
men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over
him. 8:3But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering
into every house, and dragged both men and
women off to prison. 8:4Therefore those who
were scattered abroad went around preaching
the word. 8:5Philip went down to the city of
Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ.
8:6The multitudes listened with one accord to
the things that were spoken by Philip, when
they heard and saw the signs which he did.
8:7For unclean spirits came out of many of those
w7:37 TR adds "You shall listen to him."
x7:37 Deuteronomy 18:15
y7:40 Exodus 32:1
z7:42 This idiomcould also be translatted "host of heaven," or "angelic beings," or "heavenly bodies."
a7:43 Amos 5:25-27
b7:50 Isaiah 66:1-2
Acts 8:8 873 Acts 9:1
who had them. They came out, crying with a
loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and
lamewere healed. 8:8Therewas great joy in that
city.
8:9But there was a certain man, Simon by
nam e, who used to practice sorcery in the city,
and amazed the people of Samaria, making
himself out to be some great one, 8:10to whom
they all listened, fromthe least to the greatest,
saying, "This man is that great power of God."
8:11They listened to him, because for a long
time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
8:12But when they believed Philip preaching
good news concerning the Kingdomo f God
and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,
both men and women. 8:13Simon himself
also believed. Being baptized, he continued
with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles
occurring, he was amazed.
8:14Now when the apostles who were at
Jerusalemhe ard that Samaria had received the
word of God, they sent Peter and John to
them, 8:15who, when they had come down,
prayed for them, that they might receive the
Holy Spirit; 8:16for as yet he had fallen on
none of them. They had only been baptized
in the name of Christ Jesus. 8:17Then they laid
their hands on them, and they received the
Holy Spirit. 8:18Now when Simon saw that
the Holy Spirit was given through the laying
on of the apostles' hands, he offered them
money, 8:19saying, "Give me also this power,
that whoever I lay my hands on may receive
the Holy Spirit." 8:20But Peter said to him,
"May your silver perish with you, because you
thought you could obtain the gift of God with
money! 8:21You have neither part nor lot in this
matter, for your heart isn't right before God.
8:22Repent therefore of this, your wickedness,
and ask God if perhaps the thought of your
heart may be forgiven you. 8:23For I see that
you are in the gall of bitterness and in the
bondage of iniquity."
8:24Simon answered, "Pray for me to the
Lord, that none of the things which you have
spoken happen to me."
8:25They therefore, when they had testified
and spoken the word of the Lord, returned
to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News
to many villages of the Samaritans. 8:26But
an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying,
"Arise, and go toward the south to the way that
goes down fromJ erusalem to Gaza. This is a
desert."
8:27He arose and went; and behold, there
was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great
authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians,
who was over all her treasure, who had
come to Jerusalem to worship. 8:28He was
returning and sitting in his chariot, and was
reading the prophet Isaiah.
8:29The Spirit said to Philip, "Go near, and
join yourself to this chariot."
8:30Philip ran to him, and heard him reading
Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand
what you are reading?"
8:31He said, "How can I, unless someone
explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come
up and sit with him. 8:32Now the passage of
the Scripture which he was reading was this,
"He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.
As a lamb before his shearer is silent,
so he doesn't open his mouth.
8:33In his humiliation, his judgment was taken
away.
Who will declare His generation?
For his life is taken fromthe earth."c
8:34The eunuch answered Philip, "Who is
the prophet talking about? About himself, or
about someone else?"
8:35Philip opened his mouth, and beginning
fromt his Scripture, preached to him Jesus.
8:36As they went on the way, they came to
some water, and the eunuch said, "Behold,
here is water. What is keeping me from being
baptized?"
8:37d 8:38He commanded the chariot to stand
still, and they both went down into the water,
both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized
him.
8:39When they came up out of the water, the
Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the
eunuch didn't see hima ny more, for he went
on his way rejoicing. 8:40But Philip was found
at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the
Good News to all the cities, until he came to
Caesarea.
c8:33 Isaiah 53:7,8
d8:37 TR adds "Philip said, 'If you believe with all your heart, you may.' He answered, 'I believe that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God.'"
Acts 9:2 874 Acts 9:31
9:1But Saul, still breathing threats and
slaughter against the disciples of the Lord,
went to the high priest, 9:2and asked for letters
fromhim to the synagogues of Damascus, that
if he found any who were of the Way, whether
men or women, he might bring them bound
to Jerusalem. 9:3As he traveled, it happened
that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a
light fromt he sky shone around him. 9:4He fell
on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him,
"Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
9:5He said, "Who are you, Lord?"
The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are
persecuting.e 9:6Butf rise up, and enter into
the city, and youwill be told what you must
do."
9:7The men who traveled with him stood
speechless, hearing the sound, but seeing no
one. 9:8Saul arose fromthe ground, and when
his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They
led himby the hand, and brought himi nto
Damascus. 9:9He was without sight for three
days, and neither ate nor drank.
9:10Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus
named Ananias. The Lord said to him in
a vision, "Ananias!"
He said, "Behold, it's me, Lord."
9:11The Lord said to him, "Arise, and go to
the street which is called Straight, and inquire
in the house of Judahg for one named Saul,
a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,
9:12and in a vision he has seen a man named
Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on
him, that he might receive his sight."
9:13But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have
heard from many about this man, how much
evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem. 9:14Here
he has authority fromthe chief priests to bind
all who call on your name."
9:15But the Lord said to him, "Go your way,
for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name
before the nations and kings, and the children
of Israel. 9:16For I will show him how many
things he must suffer for my name's sake."
9:17Ananias departed, and entered into the
house. Laying his hands on him, he said,
"Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you
on the road by which you came, has sent
me, that you may receive your sight, and be
filled with the Holy Spirit." 9:18Immediately
something like scales fell from his eyes, and he
received his sight. He arose and was baptized.
9:19He took food and was strengthened. Saul
stayed several days with the disciples who
were at Damascus. 9:20Immediately in the
synagogues he proclaimed the Christ, that he
is the Son of God. 9:21All who heard him
were amazed, and said, "Isn't this he who in
Jerusalemm ade havoc of those who called on
this name? And he had come here intending to
bring thembo und before the chief priests!"
9:22But Saul increased more in strength, and
confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus,
proving that this is the Christ. 9:23When many
dayswere fulfilled, the Jews conspired together
to kill him, 9:24but their plot became known
to Saul. They watched the gates both day
and night that they might kill him, 9:25but his
disciples took himby night, and let himdown
through the wall, lowering himin a basket.
9:26When Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried
to join himself to the disciples; but they were
all afraid of him, not believing that he was
a disciple. 9:27But Barnabas took him, and
brought himto the apostles, and declared to
themho w he had seen the Lord in the way,
and that he had spoken to him, and how at
Damascus he had preached boldly in the name
of Jesus. 9:28He was with theme ntering intoh
Jerusalem, 9:29preaching boldly in the name of
the Lord. He spoke and disputed against the
Hellenists,i but they were seeking to kill him.
9:30When the brothersj knew it, they brought
himd own to Caesarea, and sent himo ff to
Tarsus. 9:31So the assemblies throughout all
Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and
were built up. They were multiplied, walking
in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the
Holy Spirit.
e9:5 TR adds "It's hard for you to kick against the goads."
f9:6 TR omits "But"
g9:11 or, Judas
h9:28 TR and NU add "and going out"
i9:29 The Hellenists were Hebrews who used Greek language and culture.
j9:30 The word for "brothers" here andwhere the context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
Acts 9:32 875 Acts 10:23
9:32It happened, as Peter went throughout
all those parts, he came down also to the saints
who lived at Lydda. 9:33There he found a
certain man named Aeneas, who had been
bedridden for eight years, because he was
paralyzed. 9:34Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus
Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed!"
Immediately he arose. 9:35All who lived at
Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned
to the Lord.
9:36Now therewas at Joppa a certain disciple
named Tabitha, which when translated, means
Dorcas.k This woman was full of good works
and acts of mercy which she did. 9:37It happened
in those days that she fell sick, and died.
When they had washed her, they laid her in an
upper chamber. 9:38As Lydda was near Joppa,
the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent
two menl to him, imploring him not to delay
in coming to them. 9:39Peter got up and went
with them. When he had come, they brought
himi nto the upper chamber. All the widows
stood by himwe eping, and showing the coats
and garments which Dorcas had made while
she was with them. 9:40Peter put themal l out,
and kneeled down and prayed. Turning to the
body, he said, "Tabitha, get up!" She opened
her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
9:41He gave her his hand, and raised her up.
Calling the saints and widows, he presented
her alive. 9:42And it became known throughout
all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. 9:43It
happened, that he stayed many days in Joppa
with one Simon, a tanner.
10:1Now there was a certain man in Caesarea,
Cornelius by name, a centurion of what
was called the Italian Regiment, 10:2a devout
man, and one who feared God with all his
house, who gave gifts for the needy generously
to the people, and always prayed to God. 10:3At
about the ninth hour of the daym, he clearly saw
in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and
saying to him, "Cornelius!"
10:4He, fastening his eyes on him, and being
frightened, said, "What is it, Lord?"
He said to him, "Your prayers and your
gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial
before God. 10:5Now send men to Joppa, and
get Simon, who is surnamed Peter. 10:6He
lodges with one Simon, a tanner, whose house
is by the seaside.n"
10:7When the angel who spoke to himhad
departed, Cornelius called two of his household
servants and a devout soldier of those
who waited on himc ontinually. 10:8Having
explained everything to them, he sent them
to Joppa. 10:9Now on the next day as they
were on their journey, and got close to the
city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray
at about noon. 10:10He became hungry and
desired to eat, but while they were preparing,
he fell into a trance. 10:11He saw heaven
opened and a certain container descending to
him, like a great sheet let down by four corners
on the earth, 10:12in which were all kinds of
four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals,
reptiles, and birds of the sky. 10:13A voice came
to him, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat!"
10:14But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I
have never eaten anything that is common or
unclean."
10:15A voice came to him again the second
time, "What God has cleansed, youm ust not
call unclean." 10:16This was done three times,
and immediately the vessel was received up
into heaven. 10:17Now while Peter was very
perplexed in himself what the vision which
he had seen might mean, behold, the men
who were sent by Cornelius, having made
inquiry for Simon's house, stood before the
gate, 10:18and called and asked whether Simon,
who was surnamed Peter, was lodging there.
10:19While Peter was pondering the vision, the
Spirit said to him, "Behold, threeo men seek
you. 10:20But arise, get down, and go with
them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them."
10:21Peter went down to the men, and said,
"Behold, I amhe whom you seek. Why have
you come?"
10:22They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a
righteous man and one who fears God, and
well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews,
was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his
house, and to listen to what you say." 10:23So he
k9:36 "Dorcas" is Greek for "Gazelle."
l9:38 Reading from NU, TR; MT omits "two men"
m10:3 3:00 PM
n10:6 TR adds "This one will tell you what it is necessary for you to do."
o10:19 Reading fromT R and NU. MT omits "three"
Acts 10:24 876 Acts 11:8
called themi n and lodged them. On the next
day Peter arose and went out with them, and
some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied
him. 10:24On the next day they entered into
Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them,
having called together his relatives and his
near friends. 10:25When it happened that Peter
entered, Cornelius met him, fell down at his
feet, and worshiped him. 10:26But Peter raised
himup , saying, "Stand up! I myself amal so
a m an." 10:27As he talked with him, he went
in and found many gathered together. 10:28He
said to them, "You yourselves know how it is
an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to
join himself or come to one of another nation,
but God has shown me that I shouldn't call any
man unholy or unclean. 10:29Therefore also I
came without complaint when I was sent for. I
ask therefore, why did you send for me?"
10:30Cornelius said, "Four days ago, I was
fasting until this hour, and at the ninth hour,p
I prayed in my house, and behold, a man
stood before me in bright clothing, 10:31and
said, 'Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and
your gifts to the needy are remembered in the
sight of God. 10:32Send therefore to Joppa, and
summon Simon, who is surnamed Peter. He
lodges in the house of Simon a tanner, by the
seaside. When he comes, he will speak to you.'
10:33Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was
good of you to come. Now therefore we are
all here present in the sight of God to hear
all things that have been commanded you by
God."
10:34Peter opened his mouth and said,
"Truly I perceive that God doesn't show favoritism;
10:35but in every nation he who fears
himand works righteousness is acceptable to
him. 10:36The word which he sent to the children
of Israel, preaching good news of peace
by Jesus Christ he is Lord of all 10:37that
spoken word you yourselves know, which was
proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning
fromGa lilee, after the baptism which John
preached; 10:38even Jesus of Nazareth, how
God anointed himwi th the Holy Spirit and
with power, who went about doing good and
healing all who were oppressed by the devil,
for God was with him. 10:39We are witnesses
of everything he did both in the country of the
Jews, and in Jerusalem; whomthey alsoq killed,
hanging himo n a tree. 10:40God raised him
up the third day, and gave himto be revealed,
10:41not to all the people, but to witnesses who
were chosen before by God, to us, who ate and
drank with himaf ter he rose from the dead.
10:42He commanded us to preach to the people
and to testify that this is he who is appointed
by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.
10:43All the prophets testify about him, that
through his name everyone who believes in
himwill receive remission of sins."
10:44While Peter was still speaking these
words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who
heard the word. 10:45They of the circumcision
who believed were amazed, as many as came
with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit
was also poured out on the Gentiles. 10:46For
they heard thems peaking in other languages
and magnifying God.
Then Peter answered, 10:47"Can any man
forbid the water, that these who have received
the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be
baptized?" 10:48He commanded them to be
baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they
asked himto stay some days.
11:1Now the apostles and the brothersr who
were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also
received the word of God. 11:2When Peter had
come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the
circumcision contended with him, 11:3saying,
"You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate
with them!"
11:4But Peter began, and explained to them
in order, saying, 11:5"I was in the city of Joppa
praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain
container descending, like it was a great sheet
let down fromh eaven by four corners. It came
as far as me. 11:6When I had looked intently
at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed
animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping
things, and birds of the sky. 11:7I also heard
a voice saying to m e, 'Rise, Peter, kill and
eat!' 11:8But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing
unholy or unclean has ever entered into my
p10:30 3:00 P. M.
q10:39 TR omits "also"
r11:1 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
Acts 11:9 877 Acts 12:12
mouth.' 11:9But a voice answered m e the
second time out of heaven, 'What God has
cleansed, don't youc all unclean.' 11:10This
was done three times, and all were drawn up
again into heaven. 11:11Behold, immediately
three men stood before the house where I
was, having been sent fromCa esarea to me.
11:12The Spirit told me to gowith them,without
discriminating. These six brothers also accompanied
me, and we entered into the man's
house. 11:13He told us how he had seen the
angel standing in his house, and saying to him,
'Send to Joppa, and get Sim on, whose surnam e
is Peter, 11:14who will speak to you words by
which you will be saved, you and all your
house.' 11:15As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit
fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.
11:16I remembered the word of the Lord, how
he said, 'John indeed baptized in water, but
youwill be baptized in theHoly Spirit.' 11:17If
then God gave to themthe same gift as us,
when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who
was I, that I could withstand God?"
11:18When they heard these things, they held
their peace, and glorified God, saying, "Then
God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance
to life!"
11:19They therefore who were scattered
abroad by the oppression that arose about
Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus,
and Antioch, speaking the word to no one
except to Jews only. 11:20But there were
some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene,
who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke
to the Hellenists,s preaching the Lord Jesus.
11:21The hand of the Lord was with them, and a
great number believed and turned to the Lord.
11:22The report concerning themca me to the
ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem.
They sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch,
11:23who, when he had come, and had seen the
grace of God, was glad. He exhorted themal l,
that with purpose of heart they should remain
near to the Lord. 11:24For he was a good man,
and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and
many people were added to the Lord.
11:25Barnabas went out to Tarsus to look
for Saul. 11:26When he had found him, he
brought himto Antioch. It happened, that for a
whole year they were gathered together with
the assembly, and taught many people. The
discipleswere first called Christians inAntioch.
11:27Now in these days, prophets came
down fromJer usalemt o Antioch. 11:28One of
themnam ed Agabus stood up, and indicated
by the Spirit that there should be a great famine
all over the world, which also happened in the
days of Claudius. 11:29As any of the disciples
had plenty, each determined to send relief to
the brothers who lived in Judea; 11:30which
they also did, sending it to the elders by the
hands of Barnabas and Saul.
12:1Now about that time, Herod the king
stretched out his hands to oppress some of the
assembly. 12:2He killed James, the brother of
John, with the sword. 12:3When he saw that it
pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter
also. This was during the days of unleavened
bread. 12:4When he had arrested him, he put
himin prison, and delivered himt o four squads
of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to
bring himout to the people after the Passover.
12:5Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but
constant prayer was made by the assembly to
God for him. 12:6The sam e night when Herod
was about to bring himo ut, Peter was sleeping
between two soldiers, bound with two chains.
Guards in front of the door kept the prison.
12:7And behold, an angel of the Lord stood
by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck
Peter on the side, and woke himu p, saying,
"Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from
his hands. 12:8The angel said to him, "Get
dressed and put on your sandals." He did
so. He said to him, "Put on your cloak, and
follow me." 12:9And he went out and followed
him. He didn't know that what was being
done by the angel was real, but thought he saw
a vision. 12:10When they were past the first
and the second guard, they came to the iron
gate that leads into the city, which opened to
themby itself. They went out, and went down
one street, and immediately the angel departed
fromh im.
12:11When Peter had come to himself, he
said, "Now I truly know that the Lord has
sent out his angel and delivered me out of
the hand of Herod, and fromev erything the
Jewish people were expecting." 12:12Thinking
about that, he came to the house of Mary,
the mother of John whose surname was Mark,
s11:20 A Hellenist is someone who keeps Greek customs and culture.
Acts 12:13 878 Acts 13:19
where many were gathered together and were
praying. 12:13When Peter knocked at the door
of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.
12:14When she recognized Peter's voice,
she didn't open the gate for joy, but ran in, and
reported that Peter was standing in front of the
gate.
12:15They said to her, "You are crazy!" But
she insisted that it was so. They said, "It is
his angel." 12:16But Peter continued knocking.
When they had opened, they saw him, and
were amazed. 12:17But he, beckoning to them
with his hand to be silent, declared to themho w
the Lord had brought himout of the prison.
He said, "Tell these things to James, and to
the brothers." Then he departed, and went to
another place.
12:18Nowas soon as itwas day, therewas no
small stir among the soldiers about what had
become of Peter. 12:19When Herod had sought
for him, and didn't find him, he examined the
guards, and commanded that they should be
put to death. He went down from Judea to
Caesarea, and stayed there. 12:20Now Herod
was very angry with the people of Tyre and
Sidon. They came with one accord to him,
and, having made Blastus, the king's personal
aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because
their country depended on the king's country
for food. 12:21On an appointed day, Herod
dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the
throne, and gave a speech to them. 12:22The
people shouted, "The voice of a god, and not
of a man!" 12:23Immediately an angel of the
Lord struck him, because he didn't give God
the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
12:24But the word of God grew and multiplied.
12:25Barnabas and Saul returned tot
Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their service,
also taking with themJoh n whose surname
was Mark.
13:1Now in the assembly that was at Antioch
there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas,
Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of
Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod
the tetrarch, and Saul. 13:2As they served the
Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate
Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to
which I have called them."
13:3Then, when they had fasted and prayed
and laid their hands on them, they sent them
away. 13:4So, being sent out by the Holy
Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From
there they sailed to Cyprus. 13:5When they
were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word
of God in the Jewish synagogues. They had
also John as their attendant. 13:6When they
had gone through the island to Paphos, they
found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a
Jew, whose name was Bar Jesus, 13:7who was
with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of
understanding. This man summoned Barnabas
and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.
13:8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name
by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to
turn aside the proconsul fromthe faith. 13:9But
Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the
Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him, 13:10and
said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son
of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness,
will you not cease to pervert the right ways
of the Lord? 13:11Now, behold, the hand of
the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not
seeing the sun for a season!"
Immediately a mist and darkness fell on
him. He went around seeking someone to lead
himby the hand. 13:12Then the proconsul,
when he saw what was done, believed, being
astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
13:13Now Paul and his company set sail
from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia.
John departed fromt hem and returned to
Jerusalem. 13:14But they, passing on from
Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They went
into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat
down. 13:15After the reading of the law and the
prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to
them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word
of exhortation for the people, speak."
13:16Paul stood up, and beckoning with his
hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear
God, listen. 13:17The God of this peopleu chose
our fathers, and exalted the people when they
stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt, and with
an uplifted arm, he led them out of it. 13:18For a
period of about forty years he put up with them
in the wilderness. 13:19When he had destroyed
seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave
themthe ir land for an inheritance, for about
t12:25 TR reads "from" instead of "to"
u13:17 TR, NU add "Israel"
Acts 13:20 879 Acts 13:49
four hundred fifty years. 13:20After these things
he gave themju dges until Samuel the prophet.
13:21Afterward they asked for a king, and God
gave to themSaul the son of Kish, aman of the
tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 13:22When
he had removed him, he raised up David to be
their king, to whomhe also testified, 'I have
found David the son of Jesse, a man after my
heart, who will do all my will.' 13:23From
this man's seed, God has brought salvationv
to Israel according to his promise, 13:24before
his coming, when John had first preached the
baptismo f repentance to Israel.w 13:25As John
was fulfilling his course, he said, 'What do you
suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold,
one comes after me the sandals of whose feet I
amno t worthy to untie.' 13:26Brothers, children
of the stock of Abraham, and those among
you who fear God, the word of this salvation
is sent out to you. 13:27For those who dwell
in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they
didn't know him, nor the voices of the prophets
which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled themby
condemning him. 13:28Though they found no
cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have
himkilled. 13:29When they had fulfilled all
things that were written about him, they took
himdown fromthe tree, and laid himin a tomb.
13:30ButGod raised himfromthe dead, 13:31and
he was seen for many days by those who came
up with himfr omGalilee to Jerusalem, who are
his witnesses to the people. 13:32We bring you
good news of the promise made to the fathers,
13:33that God has fulfilled the same to us, their
children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also
written in the second psalm,
'You are my Son.
Today I have become your father.'x
13:34"Concerning that he raised himup from
the dead, nowno m ore to return to corruption,
he has spoken thus: 'I will give you the holy
and sure blessings of David.'y 13:35Therefore
he says also in another psalm, 'You will not
allow your Holy One to see decay.'z 13:36For
David, after he had in his own generation
served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was
laid with his fathers, and saw decay. 13:37But he
whomGo d raised up saw no decay. 13:38Be it
known to you therefore, brothersa, that through
this man is proclaimed to you remission of
sins, 13:39and by himev eryone who believes
is justified fromal l things, from which you
could not be justified by the law of Moses.
13:40Beware therefore, lest that come on you
which is spoken in the prophets:
13:41'Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and
perish;
for I work a work in your days,
a work which you will in no way believe,
if one declares it to you.'"b
13:42So when the Jews went out of the synagogue,
the Gentiles begged that these words
might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
13:43Now when the synagogue broke up, many
of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed
Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to
them, urged them to continue in the grace
of God. 13:44The next Sabbath almost the
whole city was gathered together to hear the
word of God. 13:45But when the Jews saw the
multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and
contradicted the things which were spoken by
Paul, and blasphemed.
13:46Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly,
and said, "It was necessary that God's word
should be spoken to you first. Since indeed
you thrust it fromyou , and judge yourselves
unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the
Gentiles. 13:47For so has the Lord commanded
us, saying,
'I have set you as a light for the Gentiles,
that you should bring salvation to the
uttermost parts of the earth.'"c
13:48As the Gentiles heard this, they were
glad, and glorified the word of God. As
many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
13:49The Lord's word was spread
v13:23 TR, NU read "a Savior, Jesus" instead of "salvation"
w13:24 TR, NU read "to all the people of Israel" instead of "to Israel"
x13:33 Psalm2: 7
y13:34 Isaiah 55:3
z13:35 Psalm16: 10
a13:38 The word for "brothers" here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated
"brothers and sisters" or "siblings."
b13:41 Habakkuk 1:5
c13:47 Isaiah 49:6
Acts 13:50 880 Acts 15:3
abroad throughout all the region. 13:50But
the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent
women and the chief men of the city,
and stirred up a persecution against Paul and
Barnabas, and threw themo ut of their borders.
13:51But they shook off the dust of their feet
against them, and came to Iconium. 13:52The
disciples were filled with joy with the Holy
Spirit.
14:1It happened in Iconiumthat they entered
together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so
spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and
of Greeks believed. 14:2But the disbelievingd
Jews stirred up and embittered the souls of
the Gentiles against the brothers. 14:3Therefore
they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly
in the Lord, who testified to the word of his
grace, granting signs and wonders to be done
by their hands. 14:4But the multitude of the
city was divided. Part sided with the Jews, and
part with the apostles. 14:5When some of both
the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers,
made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone
them, 14:6they became aware of it, and fled to
the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the
surrounding region. 14:7There they preached
the Good News.
14:8At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in
his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb,
who never had walked. 14:9He was listening
to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him,
and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,
14:10said with a loud voice, "Stand upright
on your feet!" He leaped up and walked.
14:11When the multitude saw what Paul had
done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the
language of Lycaonia, "The gods have come
down to us in the likeness of men!" 14:12They
called Barnabas "Jupiter," and Paul "Mercury,"
because he was the chief speaker. 14:13The
priest of Jupiter, whose temple was in front
of their city, brought oxen and garlands to
the gates, and would have made a sacrifice
along with the multitudes. 14:14But when
the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it,
they tore their clothes, and sprang into the
multitude, crying out, 14:15"Men, why are you
doing these things? We also are men of like
passions with you, and bring you good news,
that you should turn fromthe se vain things to
the living God, who made the sky and the earth
and the sea, and all that is in them; 14:16who in
the generations gone by allowed all the nations
to walk in their own ways. 14:17Yet he didn't
leave himself without witness, in that he did
good and gave youe rains fromthe sky and
fruitful seasons, filling our heartswith food and
gladness."
14:18Even saying these things, they hardly
stopped the multitudes frommaking a sacrifice
to them. 14:19But some Jews from Antioch and
Iconiumcam e there, and having persuaded the
multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him
out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
14:20But as the disciples stood around him,
he rose up, and entered into the city. On the
next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe.
14:21When they had preached the Good News
to that city, and had made many disciples,
they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
14:22confirming the souls of the disciples,
exhorting themto continue in the faith, and
that through many afflictions we must enter
into the Kingdomo f God. 14:23When they had
appointed elders for themin every assembly,
and had prayed with fasting, they commended
themto the Lord, on whomthe y had believed.
14:24They passed through Pisidia, and came
to Pamphylia. 14:25When they had spoken the
word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
14:26Fromt here they sailed to Antioch, from
where they had been committed to the grace
of God for the work which they had fulfilled.
14:27When they had arrived, and had gathered
the assembly together, they reported all the
things that God had done with them, and that
he had opened a door of faith to the nations.
14:28They stayed there with the disciples for a
long time.
15:1Som e m e n cam e down from Judea and
taught the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised
after the customof Moses, you can't be
saved." 15:2Therefore when Paul and Barnabas
had no small discord and discussion with
them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and
some others of them, to go up to Jerusalem
to the apostles and elders about this question.
15:3They, being sent on their way by the assembly,
passed through both Phoenicia and
d14:2 or, disobedient
e14:17 TR reads "us" instead of "you"
Acts 15:4 881 Acts 15:32
Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles.
They caused great joy to all the brothers.f
15:4When they had come to Jerusalem, they
were received by the assembly and the apostles
and the elders, and they reported all things that
God had done with them.
15:5But some of the sect of the Pharisees
who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary
to circumcise them, and to command them to
keep the law of Moses."
15:6The apostles and the elders were gathered
together to see about this matter. 15:7When
there had been much discussion, Peter rose up
and said to them, "Brothers, you know that
a good while ago God made a choice among
you, that by my mouth the nations should
hear the word of the Good News, and believe.
15:8God, who knows the heart, testified about
them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he
did to us. 15:9He made no distinction between
us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
15:10Now therefore why do you tempt God,
that you should put a yoke on the neck of the
discipleswhich neither our fathers nor we were
able to bear? 15:11But we believe that we are
saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus,g just
as they are."
15:12All the multitude kept silence, and they
listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what
signs and wonders God had done among the
nations through them. 15:13After they were
silent, James answered, "Brothers, listen to me.
15:14Simeon has reported how God first visited
the nations, to take out of thema people for his
name. 15:15This agrees with the words of the
prophets. As it is written,
15:16'After these things I will return.
I will again build the tent of David, which
has fallen.
I will again build its ruins.
I will set it up,
15:17That the rest of men may seek after
the Lord;
All the Gentiles who are called by my
name,
Says the Lord, who does all these things.h
15:18All his works are known to God from
eternity.'
15:19"Therefore my judgment is that we
don't trouble those fromam ong the Gentiles
who turn to God, 15:20but that we write to
themthat they abstain from the pollution of
idols, from sexual immorality, from what is
strangled, and fromblood. 15:21ForMoses from
generations of old has in every city those who
preach him, being read in the synagogues every
Sabbath."
15:22Then it seemed good to the apostles
and the elders, with the whole assembly, to
choose men out of their company, and send
themto Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas
called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among
the brothers.i 15:23They wrote these things by
their hand:
"The apostles, the elders, and the brothers,
to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch,
Syria, and Cilicia: greetings. 15:24Because
we have heard that some who went out fromus
have troubled you with words, unsettling your
souls, saying, 'You must be circumcised and
keep the law,' to whom we gave no commandment;
15:25it seemed good to us, having come to
one accord, to choose out men and send them
to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
15:26men who have risked their lives for the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15:27We have
sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves
will also tell you the same things by word of
mouth. 15:28For it seemed good to the Holy
Spirit, and to us, to lay no greater burden on
you than these necessary things: 15:29that you
abstain fromthi ngs sacrificed to idols, from
blood, fromthi ngs strangled, and from sexual
immorality, fromwhich if you keep yourselves,
it will be well with you. Farewell."
15:30So, when they were sent off, they came
to Antioch. Having gathered the multitude
together, they delivered the letter. 15:31When
they had read it, they rejoiced over the encouragement.
15:32Judas and Silas, also being
prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers
with many words, and strengthened them.
f15:3 The word for "brothers" here andwhere the context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
g15:11 TR adds "Christ"
h15:17 Amos 9:11-12
i15:22 The word for "brothers" here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated
"brothers and sisters" or "siblings."
Acts 15:33 882 Acts 16:26
15:33After they had spent some time there,
they were sent back with greetings fromthe
brothers to the apostles. 15:34j 15:35But Paul
and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and
preaching the word of the Lord, with many
others also.
15:36After some days Paul said to Barnabas,
"Let's return now and visit our brothers in
every city in which we proclaimed the word
of the Lord, to see how they are doing."
15:37Barnabas planned to take John, who was
called Mark, with themal so. 15:38But Paul
didn't think that it was a good idea to take
with thems omeone who had withdrawn from
themi n Pamphylia, and didn't go with them
to do the work. 15:39Then the contention grew
so sharp that they separated frome ach other.
Barnabas tookMark with him, and sailed away
to Cyprus, 15:40but Paul chose Silas, and went
out, being commended by the brothers to the
grace of God. 15:41He went through Syria and
Cilicia, strengthening the assemblies.
16:1He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold,
a certain disciple was there, named Timothy,
the son of a Jewess who believed; but his
father was a Greek. 16:2The brothers who were
at Lystra and Iconiumg ave a good testimony
about him. 16:3Paul wanted to have himg o
out with him, and he took and circumcised
himbe cause of the Jews who were in those
parts; for they all knew that his father was a
Greek. 16:4As they went on their way through
the cities, they delivered the decrees to themt o
keep which had been ordained by the apostles
and elders who were at Jerusalem. 16:5So the
assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and
increased in number daily.
16:6When they had gone through the region
of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden
by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
16:7When they had come opposite Mysia, they
tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn't
allow them. 16:8Passing by Mysia, they came
down to Troas. 16:9A vision appeared to Paul
in the night. There was a man of Macedonia
standing, begging him, and saying, "Come
over into Macedonia and help us." 16:10When
he had seen the vision, immediately we sought
to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the
Lord had called us to preach the Good News to
them. 16:11Setting sail therefore fromTroas, we
made a straight course to Samothrace, and the
day following to Neapolis; 16:12and fromthe re
to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the
foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We
were staying some days in this city.
16:13On the Sabbath day we went forth
outside of the city by a riverside, where we
supposed there was a place of prayer, and we
sat down, and spoke to the women who had
come together. 16:14A certain woman named
Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira,
one who worshiped God, heard us; whose
heart the Lord opened to listen to the things
which were spoken by Paul. 16:15When she and
her household were baptized, she begged us,
saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful
to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So
she persuaded us.
16:16It happened, as we were going to
prayer, that a certain girl having a spirit of
divination met us, who brought her masters
much gain by fortune telling. 16:17Following
Paul and us, she cried out, "These men are
servants of the Most High God, who proclaim
to us a way of salvation!" 16:18She was doing
this for many days.
But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned
and said to the spirit, "I command you in
the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!"
It came out that very hour. 16:19But when
her masters saw that the hope of their gain
was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and
dragged themi nto the marketplace before the
rulers. 16:20When they had brought themt o
the magistrates, they said, "These men, being
Jews, are agitating our city, 16:21and set forth
customs which it is not lawful for us to accept
or to observe, being Romans."
16:22The multitude rose up together against
them, and the magistrates tore their clothes
off of them, and commanded them to be
beaten with rods. 16:23When they had laid
many stripes on them, they threw them into
prison, charging the jailer to keep themsa fely,
16:24who, having received such a command,
threw themi nto the inner prison, and secured
their feet in the stocks.
16:25But about midnight Paul and Silas were
praying and singing hymns to God, and the
prisonerswere listening to them. 16:26Suddenly
j15:34 Some manuscripts add: But it seemed good to Silas to stay there.
Acts 16:27 883 Acts 17:17
there was a great earthquake, so that the
foundations of the prison were shaken; and
immediately all the doors were opened, and
everyone's bonds were loosened. 16:27The
jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing
the prison doors open, drew his sword and
was about to kill himself, supposing that the
prisoners had escaped. 16:28But Paul cried with
a loud voice, saying, "Don't harmyourself, for
we are all here!"
16:29He called for lights and sprang in, and,
fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,
16:30and brought themo ut and said, "Sirs,what
must I do to be saved?"
16:31They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus
Christ, and you will be saved, you and your
household." 16:32They spoke the word of the
Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.
16:33He took themthe same hour of the
night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately
baptized, he and all his household.
16:34He brought themu p into his house, and set
food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all
his household, having believed in God.
16:35But when it was day, the magistrates
sent the sergeants, saying, "Let those men go."
16:36The jailer reported these words to Paul,
saying, "The magistrates have sent to let you
go; now therefore come out, and go in peace."
16:37But Paul said to them, "They have
beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are
Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they
now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but
let them come themselves and bring us out!"
16:38The sergeants reported these words to
the magistrates, and they were afraid when
they heard that they were Romans, 16:39and
they came and begged them. When they had
brought themo ut, they asked themto depart
fromt he city. 16:40They went out of the prison,
and entered into Lydia's house. When they had
seen the brothers, they encouraged them, and
departed.
17:1Now when they had passed through
Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica,
where there was a Jewish synagogue.
17:2Paul, as was his custom ,went in to them ,
and for three Sabbath days reasoned with
themf rom the Scriptures, 17:3explaining and
demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and
rise again fromthe dead, and saying, "This
Jesus, whomI proclaimto you, is the Christ."
17:4Some of them were persuaded, and
joined Paul and Silas, of the devout Greeks
a great multitude, and not a few of the chief
women. 17:5But the unpersuaded Jews took
alongk somewicked men fromthe marketplace,
and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar.
Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought
to bring themo ut to the people. 17:6When
they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and
certain brothersl before the rulers of the city,
crying, "These who have turned the world
upside down have come here also, 17:7whom
Jason has received. These all act contrary to the
decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another
king, Jesus!" 17:8The multitude and the rulers
of the city were troubledwhen they heard these
things. 17:9When they had taken security from
Jason and the rest, they let themg o. 17:10The
brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away
by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they
went into the Jewish synagogue.
17:11Now these were more noble than those
in Thessalonica, in that they received the word
with all readiness of the mind, examining the
Scriptures daily to see whether these things
were so. 17:12Many of themt herefore believed;
also of the prominent Greek women, and not
a few men. 17:13But when the Jews of Thessalonica
had knowledge that the word of God
was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they
came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.
17:14Then the brothers immediately sent out
Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and
Timothy still stayed there. 17:15But those who
escorted Paul brought hima s far as Athens. Receiving
a commandment to Silas and Timothy
that they should come to himvery quickly, they
departed.
17:16Now while Paul waited for thema t
Athens, his spirit was provoked within hima s
he saw the city full of idols. 17:17So he reasoned
in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout
persons, and in the marketplace every day with
k17:5 TR reads "And the Jews who were unpersuaded, becoming envious and taking along" instead of
"But the unpersuaded Jews took along"
l17:6 The word for "brothers" here andwhere the context allows may be also correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
Acts 17:18 884 Acts 18:15
those who met him. 17:18Some of the Epicurean
and Stoic philosophers alsom were conversing
with him. Some said, "What does this babbler
want to say?"
Others said, "He seems to be advocating
foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and
the resurrection.
17:19They took hold of him, and brought him
to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what
this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?
17:20For you bring certain strange things to our
ears. We want to know therefore what these
things mean." 17:21Now all the Athenians and
the strangers living there spent their time in
nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some
new thing.
17:22Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus,
and said, "You men of Athens, I perceive
that you are very religious in all things. 17:23For
as I passed along, and observed the objects
of your worship, I found also an altar with
this inscription: 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.'
What therefore you worship in ignorance, this
I announce to you. 17:24The God who made
the world and all things in it, he, being Lord
of heaven and earth, doesn't dwell in temples
made with hands, 17:25neither is he served by
men's hands, as though he needed anything,
seeing he himself gives to all life and breath,
and all things. 17:26He made from one blood
every nation of men to dwell on all the surface
of the earth, having determined appointed
seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,
17:27that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps
they might reach out for him and find him,
though he is not far fromea ch one of us.
17:28'For in himwe live, and move, and have
our being.' As some of your own poets have
said, 'For we are also his offspring.' 17:29Being
then the offspring of God, we ought not to
think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or
silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of
man. 17:30The times of ignorance therefore God
overlooked. But now he commands that all
people everywhere should repent, 17:31because
he has appointed a day in which he will
judge the world in righteousness by the man
whomhe has ordained; of which he has given
assurance to all men, in that he has raised him
fromt he dead."
17:32Now when they heard of the resurrection
of the dead, some mocked; but others said,
"We want to hear you again concerning this."
17:33Thus Paul went out from among them.
17:34But certain men joined with him, and
believed, among whom also was Dionysius the
Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and
others with them.
18:1After these things Paul departed from
Athens, and came to Corinth. 18:2He found
a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus
by race, who had recently come from Italy,
with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had
commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome.
He came to them, 18:3and because he practiced
the same trade, he lived with themandworked,
for by trade they were tent makers. 18:4He
reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and
persuaded Jews and Greeks. 18:5But when Silas
and Timothy came down fromMacedonia, Paul
was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the
Jews that Jesus was the Christ. 18:6When they
opposed hima nd blasphemed, he shook out his
clothing and said to them, "Your blood be on
your own heads! I amcl ean. From now on, I
will go to the Gentiles!"
18:7He departed there, and went into the
house of a certain man named Justus, one who
worshiped God, whose house was next door
to the synagogue. 18:8Crispus, the ruler of the
synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his
house. Many of the Corinthians, when they
heard, believed and were baptized. 18:9The
Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision,
"Don't be afraid, but speak and don't be
silent; 18:10for I am with you, and no one
will attack youto harm you, for I have many
people in this city."
18:11He lived there a year and six months,
teaching the word of God among them.
18:12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia,
the Jews with one accord rose up against
Paul and brought himbefor e the judgment
seat, 18:13saying, "This man persuades men to
worship God contrary to the law."
18:14But when Paul was about to open his
mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If indeed it
were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you
Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear
with you; 18:15but if they are questions about
words and names and your own law, look to
m17:18 TR omits "also"
Acts 18:16 885 Acts 19:19
it yourselves. For I don't want to be a judge
of these matters." 18:16He drove themfr om the
judgment seat.
18:17Then all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes,
the ruler of the synagogue, and beat
himb efore the judgment seat. Gallio didn't
care about any of these things.
18:18Paul, having stayed after this many
more days, took his leave of the brothers,n
and sailed fromthe re for Syria, together with
Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in
Cenchreae, for he had a vow. 18:19He came to
Ephesus, and he left themt here; but he himself
entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with
the Jews. 18:20When they asked himto stay
with thema longer time, he declined; 18:21but
taking his leave of them, and saying, "I must by
all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem,
but I will return again to you if God wills," he
set sail fromEph esus.
18:22When he had landed at Caesarea, he
went up and greeted the assembly, and went
down to Antioch. 18:23Having spent some
time there, he departed, and went through
the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order,
establishing all the disciples. 18:24Nowa certain
Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race,
an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was
mighty in the Scriptures. 18:25This man had
been instructed in the way of the Lord; and
being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately
the things concerning Jesus, although
he knew only the baptismo f John. 18:26He
began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But
when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took
himas ide, and explained to himthe way of
God more accurately.
18:27When he had determined to pass over
into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and
wrote to the disciples to receive him. When
he had come, he greatly helped those who had
believed through grace; 18:28for he powerfully
refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the
Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
19:1It happened that, while Apollos was
at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the
upper country, came to Ephesus, and found
certain disciples. 19:2He said to them, "Did you
receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?"
They said to him, "No, we haven't even
heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
19:3He said, "Into what then were you baptized?"
They said, "Into John's baptism."
19:4Paul said, "John indeed baptized with
the baptismo f repentance, saying to the people
that they should believe in the one who would
come after him, that is, in Jesus."
19:5When they heard this, they were baptized
in the name of the Lord Jesus. 19:6When
Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy
Spirit came on them, and they spoke with
other languages and prophesied. 19:7Theywere
about twelve men in all. 19:8He entered into
the synagogue, and spoke boldly for a period of
three months, reasoning and persuading about
the things concerning the Kingdomo f God.
19:9But when some were hardened and disobedient,
speaking evil of the Way before
the multitude, he departed from them, and
separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the
school of Tyrannus. 19:10This continued for
two years, so that all those who lived in Asia
heard theword of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and
Greeks.
19:11God worked special m i racles by the
hands of Paul, 19:12so that even handkerchiefs
or aprons were carried away fromhi s body to
the sick, and the evil spirits went out. 19:13But
some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on
themselves to invoke over those who had the
evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying,
"We adjure you by JesuswhomP aul preaches."
19:14There were seven sons of one Sceva, a
Jewish chief priest, who did this.
19:15The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know,
and Paul I know, but who are you?" 19:16The
man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on
them, and overpowered them, and prevailed
against them, so that they fled out of that house
naked and wounded. 19:17This became known
to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at
Ephesus. Fear fell on themal l, and the name of
the Lord Jesus was magnified. 19:18Many also
of those who had believed came, confessing,
and declaring their deeds. 19:19Many of those
who practiced magical arts brought their books
together and burned themi n the sight of all.
They counted the price of them, and found it
n18:18 The word for "brothers" here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated
"brothers and sisters" or "siblings."
Acts 19:20 886 Acts 20:9
to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.o 19:20So the
word of the Lord was growing and becoming
mighty.
19:21Now after these things had ended, Paul
determined in the spirit, when he had passed
through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to
Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I
must also see Rome."
19:22Having sent into Macedonia two of
those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he
himself stayed in Asia for a while. 19:23About
that time there arose no small stir concerning
the Way. 19:24For a certain man named
Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver
shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to
the craftsmen, 19:25whomhe gathered together,
with the workmen of like occupation, and said,
"Sirs, you know that by this business we have
our wealth. 19:26You see and hear, that not
at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all
Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away
many people, saying that they are no gods,
that are made with hands. 19:27Not only is
there danger that this our trade come into
disrepute, but also that the temple of the great
goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing,
and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and
the world worships."
19:28When they heard this they were filled
with anger, and cried out, saying, "Great is
Artemis of the Ephesians!" 19:29The whole
city was filled with confusion, and they rushed
with one accord into the theater, having seized
Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia,
Paul's companions in travel. 19:30When Paul
wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples
didn't allow him. 19:31Certain also of the
Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to himand
begged himno t to venture into the theater.
19:32Some therefore cried one thing, and some
another, for the assembly was in confusion.
Most of themdidn 't know why they had come
together. 19:33They brought Alexander out of
the multitude, the Jews putting him forward.
Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would
have made a defense to the people. 19:34But
when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with
one voice for a time of about two hours cried
out, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
19:35When the town clerk had quieted the
multitude, he said, "You men of Ephesus,
what man is there who doesn't know that the
city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the
great goddess Artemis, and of the image which
fell down fromZeus? 19:36Seeing then that
these things can't be denied, you ought to be
quiet, and to do nothing rash. 19:37For you
have brought these men here, who are neither
robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your
goddess. 19:38If therefore Demetrius and the
craftsmen who are with him have a matter
against anyone, the courts are open, and there
are proconsuls. Let themp ress charges against
one another. 19:39But if you seek anything
about other matters, it will be settled in the
regular assembly. 19:40For indeed we are in
danger of being accused concerning this day's
riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we
wouldn't be able to give an account of this
commotion." 19:41When he had thus spoken,
he dismissed the assembly.
20:1After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent
for the disciples, took leave of them, and
departed to go into Macedonia. 20:2When
he had gone through those parts, and had
encouraged them with many words, he came
into Greece. 20:3When he had spent three
months there, and a plot was made against him
by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria,
he determined to return through Macedonia.
20:4These accompanied him as far as Asia:
Sopater of Beroea; Aristarchus and Secundus
of the Thessalonians; Gaius of Derbe; Timothy;
and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia. 20:5But
these had gone ahead, and were waiting for
us at Troas. 20:6We sailed away fromP hilippi
after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came
to themat Troas in five days, where we stayed
seven days.
20:7On the first day of the week, when
the disciples were gathered together to break
bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart
on the next day, and continued his speech
until midnight. 20:8There were many lights in
the upper chamber where wep were gathered
together. 20:9A certain young man named
Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down
o19:19 The 50,000 pieces of silver here probably referred to 50,000 drachmas. If so, the value of the burned
books was equivalent to about 160 man-years of wages for agricultural laborers
p20:8 TR reads "they" instead of "we"
Acts 20:10 887 Acts 21:5
with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer,
being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down
fromthe third story, and was taken up dead.
20:10Paul went down, and fell upon him, and
embracing him said, "Don't be troubled, for his
life is in him."
20:11When he had gone up, and had broken
bread, and eaten, and had talked with them
a long while, even until break of day, he
departed. 20:12They brought the boy in alive,
and were greatly comforted.
20:13But we who went ahead to the ship set
sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard
there, for he had so arranged, intending himself
to go by land. 20:14When he met us at Assos,
we took hima board, and came to Mitylene.
20:15Sailing fromt here, we came the following
day opposite Chios. The next day we touched
at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium, and the day
after we came to Miletus. 20:16For Paul had
determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might
not have to spend time in Asia; for he was
hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in
Jerusalemon the day of Pentecost.
20:17FromMilet us he sent to Ephesus, and
called to himself the elders of the assembly.
20:18When they had come to him, he said to
them, "You yourselves know, from the first day
that I set foot in Asia, howIwas with you all the
time, 20:19serving the Lord with all humility,
with many tears, and with trials which happened
to me by the plots of the Jews; 20:20how
I didn't shrink fromd eclaring to you anything
that was profitable, teaching you publicly and
from house to house, 20:21testifying both to
Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God,
and faith toward our Lord Jesus.q 20:22Now,
behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem,
not knowing what will happen to me there;
20:23except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every
city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for
me. 20:24But these things don't count; nor do
I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may
finish my race with joy, and the ministry which
I received fromt he Lord Jesus, to fully testify to
the Good News of the grace of God.
20:25"Now, behold, I know that you all,
among whom I went about preaching the
Kingdom of God, will see my face no more.
20:26Therefore I testify to you this day that I am
clean fromt he blood of allmen, 20:27for I didn't
shrink fromdecla ring to you the whole counsel
of God. 20:28Take heed, therefore, to yourselves,
and to all the flock, in which the Holy
Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the
assembly of the Lord andr God which he purchased
with his own blood. 20:29For I know that
after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in
among you, not sparing the flock. 20:30Menwill
arise fromam ong your own selves, speaking
perverse things, to draw away the disciples
after them. 20:31Therefore watch, remembering
that for a period of three years I didn't cease to
admonish everyone night and day with tears.
20:32Now, brothers,s I entrust you to God, and
to the word of his grace, which is able to build
up, and to give you the inheritance among all
thosewho are sanctified. 20:33I coveted no one's
silver, or gold, or clothing. 20:34You yourselves
know that these hands served my necessities,
and those who were with me. 20:35In all things
I gave you an example, that so laboring you
ought to help the weak, and to remember the
words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said,
'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
20:36When he had spoken these things,
he knelt down and prayed with themal l.
20:37They all wept a lot, and fell on Paul's
neck and kissed him, 20:38sorrowing most of all
because of the word which he had spoken, that
they should see his face no more. And they
accompanied him to the ship.
21:1When it happened that we had parted
fromthe m and had set sail, we came with a
straight course to Cos, and the next day to
Rhodes, and fromthe re to Patara. 21:2Having
found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we
went aboard, and set sail. 21:3When we had
come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left
hand, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre,
for there the ship was to unload her cargo.
21:4Having found disciples, we stayed there
seven days. These said to Paul through the
Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
21:5When it happened that we had accomplished
the days, we departed and went on
q20:21 TR adds "Christ"
r20:28 TR, NU omit "the Lord and"
s20:32 The word for "brothers" here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated
"brothers and sisters" or "siblings."
Acts 21:6 888 Acts 21:37
our journey. They all, with wives and children,
brought us on our way until we were out of
the city. Kneeling down on the beach, we
prayed. 21:6After saying goodbye to each other,
we went on board the ship, and they returned
home again.
21:7When we had finished the voyage from
Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais. We greeted the
brothers, and stayed with themo ne day. 21:8On
the next day, we, who were Paul's companions,
departed, and came to Caesarea.
We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist,
who was one of the seven, and stayed
with him. 21:9Now this man had four virgin
daughters who prophesied. 21:10As we stayed
there some days, a certain prophet named
Agabus came down from Judea. 21:11Coming
to us, and taking Paul's belt, he bound his own
feet and hands, and said, "Thus says the Holy
Spirit: 'So will the Jews at Jerusalemb ind the
man who owns this belt, and will deliver him
into the hands of the Gentiles.'"
21:12When we heard these things, both we
and they of that place begged himno t to go
up to Jerusalem. 21:13Then Paul answered,
"What are you doing, weeping and breaking
my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound,
but also to die at Jerusalemfor the name of the
Lord Jesus."
21:14When he would not be persuaded, we
ceased, saying, "The Lord's will be done."
21:15After these days we took up our baggage
and went up to Jerusalem. 21:16Some
of the disciples fromC aesarea also went with
us, bringing one Mnason of Cyprus, an early
disciple, with whomw e would stay.
21:17When we had come to Jerusalem, the
brothers received us gladly. 21:18The day
following, Paul went in with us to James; and
all the elders were present. 21:19When he had
greeted them, he reported one by one the things
which God had worked among the Gentiles
through his ministry. 21:20They, when they
heard it, glorified God. They said to him, "You
see, brother, how many thousands there are
among the Jews of those who have believed,
and they are all zealous for the law. 21:21They
have been informed about you, that you teach
all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to
forsake Moses, telling themn ot to circumcise
their children neither to walk after the customs.
21:22What then? The assembly must certainly
meet, for they will hear that you have come.
21:23Therefore do what we tell you. We have
four men who have taken a vow. 21:24Take
them, and purify yourself with them, and pay
their expenses for them, that they may shave
their heads. Then all will know that there
is no truth in the things that they have been
informed about you, but that you yourself also
walk keeping the law. 21:25But concerning
the Gentiles who believe, we have written
our decision that they should observe no such
thing, except that they should keep themselves
fromfood offered to idols, fromb lood, from
strangled things, and from sexual immorality."
21:26Then Paul took the men, and the next
day, purified himself and went with them into
the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days
of purification, until the offering was offered
for every one of them. 21:27When the seven
days were almost completed, the Jews from
Asia, when they saw himi n the temple, stirred
up all the multitude and laid hands on him,
21:28crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the
man who teaches all men everywhere against
the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover,
he also brought Greeks into the temple,
and has defiled this holy place!" 21:29For they
had seen Trophimus, the Ephesian, with him
in the city, and they supposed that Paul had
brought himin to the temple.
21:30All the city was m oved, and the people
ran together. They seized Paul and dragged
him out of the temple. Immediately the doors
were shut. 21:31As they were trying to kill him,
news came up to the commanding officer of the
regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
21:32Immediately he took soldiers and centurions,
and ran down to them. They, when they
saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped
beating Paul. 21:33Then the commanding offi-
cer came near, arrested him, commanded him
to be bound with two chains, and inquired
who he was and what he had done. 21:34Some
shouted one thing, and some another, among
the crowd. When he couldn't find out the truth
because of the noise, he commanded him to be
brought into the barracks.
21:35When he came to the stairs, it happened
that he was carried by the soldiers because of
the violence of the crowd; 21:36for the multitude
of the people followed after, crying out,
"Away with him!" 21:37As Paul was about
Acts 21:38 889 Acts 22:30
to be brought into the barracks, he asked the
commanding officer, "May I speak to you?"
He said, "Do you know Greek? 21:38Aren't
you then the Egyptian, who before these days
stirred up to sedition and led out into the
wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?"
21:39But Paul said, "I ama Jew, fromTarsus
in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. I beg
you, allow me to speak to the people."
21:40When he had given himp ermission,
Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with
his hand to the people. When there was a
great silence, he spoke to themi n the Hebrew
language, saying,
22:1"Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense
which I now make to you."
22:2When they heard that he spoke to them
in the Hebrew language, they were even more
quiet. He said, 22:3"I amin deed a Jew, born
in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city
at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according
to the strict manner of the law of our fathers,
being zealous for God, even as you all are this
day. 22:4I persecuted this Way to the death,
binding and delivering into prisons both men
and women. 22:5As also the high priest and all
the council of the elders testify, fromwhomalso
I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to
Damascus to bring them also who were there
to Jerusalemin bonds to be punished. 22:6It
happened that, as I made my journey, and came
close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there
shone fromthe sky a great light around me.
22:7I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying
to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting
me?' 22:8I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He
said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you
persecute.'
22:9"Those who were with me indeed saw
the light and were afraid, but they didn't
understand the voice of himwho spoke tome.
22:10I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' The Lord
said to me, 'Arise, and go into Damascus.
There youwill be told about all things which
are appointed for youto do.' 22:11When I
couldn't see for the glory of that light, being led
by the hand of those who were with me, I came
into Damascus. 22:12One Ananias, a devout
man according to the law, well reported of by
all the Jews who lived in Damascus, 22:13came
to me, and standing by me said to me, 'Brother
Saul, receive your sight!' In that very hour I
looked up at him. 22:14He said, 'The God of our
fathers has appointed you to know hiswill, and
to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice
fromh ismouth. 22:15For you will be a witness
for himto all men of what you have seen and
heard. 22:16Now why do you wait? Arise, be
baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on
the name of the Lord.'
22:17"It happened that, when I had returned
to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple,
I fell into a trance, 22:18and saw hims aying to
me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly,
because they will not receive testimony concerning
me from you.' 22:19I said, 'Lord,
they themselves know that I imprisoned and
beat in every synagogue those who believed
in you. 22:20When the blood of Stephen, your
witness, was shed, I also was standing by,
and consenting to his death, and guarding the
cloaks of those who killed him.'
22:21"He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send
youou t far from here to the Gentiles.'"
22:22They listened to himunti l he said that;
then they lifted up their voice, and said, "Rid
the earth of this fellow, for he isn't fit to live!"
22:23As they cried out, and threw off their
cloaks, and threw dust into the air, 22:24the
commanding officer commanded him to be
brought into the barracks, ordering himto be
examined by scourging, that he might know
for what crime they shouted against him like
that. 22:25When they had tied himup with
thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by,
"Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a
Roman, and not found guilty?"
22:26When the centurion heard it, he went to
the commanding officer and told him, "Watch
what you are about to do, for this man is a
Roman!"
22:27The commanding officer came and
asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?"
He said, "Yes."
22:28The commanding officer answered, "I
bought my citizenship for a great price."
Paul said, "But I was born a Roman."
22:29Immediately those who were about to
examine him departed from him, and the
commanding officer also was afraid when he
realized that he was a Roman, because he had
bound him. 22:30But on the next day, desiring
to know the truth about why he was accused
Acts 23:1 890 Acts 23:28
by the Jews, he freed himf romthe bonds, and
commanded the chief priests and all the council
to come together, and brought Paul down and
set himb efore them.
23:1Paul, looking steadfastly at the council,
said, "Brothers, I have lived before God in all
good conscience until this day."
23:2The high priest, Ananias, commanded
those who stood by himt o strike him on the
mouth.
23:3Then Paul said to him, "God will strike
you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to
judge m e according to the law, and com m and
me to be struck contrary to the law?"
23:4Those who stood by said, "Do you malign
God's high priest?"
23:5Paul said, "I didn't know, brothers, that
he was high priest. For it is written, 'You
shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'"t
23:6But when Paul perceived that the one part
were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he
cried out in the council, "Men and brothers, I
ama Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning
the hope and resurrection of the dead I am
being judged!"
23:7When he had said this, an argument
arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees,
and the assembly was divided. 23:8For the
Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor
angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all
of these. 23:9A great clamor arose, and some of
the scribes of the Pharisees part stood up, and
contended, saying, "We find no evil in this man.
But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let's
not fight against God!"
23:10When a great argument arose, the commanding
officer, fearing that Paul would be
torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers
to go down and take himby force from
among them, and bring him into the barracks.
23:11The following night, the Lord stood by
him, and said, "Cheer up, Paul, for as you have
testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must
testify also at Rome."
23:12When it was day, some of the Jews
banded together, and bound themselves under
a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor
drink until they had killed Paul. 23:13There
were more than forty people who had made
this conspiracy. 23:14They came to the chief
priests and the elders, and said, "We have
bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste
nothing until we have killed Paul. 23:15Now
therefore, you with the council informt he
commanding officer that he should bring him
down to you tomorrow, as though you were
going to judge his case more exactly. We are
ready to kill himbe fore he comes near."
23:16But Paul's sister's son heard of their
lying in wait, and he came and entered into the
barracks and told Paul. 23:17Paul summoned
one of the centurions, and said, "Bring this
young man to the commanding officer, for he
has something to tell him."
23:18So he took him, and brought him to
the commanding officer, and said, "Paul, the
prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring
this young man to you, who has something to
tell you."
23:19The commanding officer took him by
the hand, and going aside, asked himp rivately,
"What is it that you have to tell me?"
23:20He said, "The Jews have agreed to
ask you to bring Paul down to the council
tomorrow, as though intending to inquire
somewhat more accurately concerning him.
23:21Therefore don't yield to them, for more
than forty men lie in wait for him, who have
bound themselves under a curse neither to eat
nor to drink until they have killed him. Now
they are ready, looking for the promise from
you."
23:22So the commanding officer let the young
man go, charging him, "Tell no one that you
have revealed these things to me." 23:23He
called to himself two of the centurions, and
said, "Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as
far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and
two hundred men armed with spears, at the
third hour of the nightu." 23:24He asked them
to provide animals, that they might set Paul on
one, and bring hims afely to Felix the governor.
23:25He wrote a letter like this:
23:26"Claudius Lysias to the most excellent
governor Felix: Greetings.
23:27"This man was seized by the Jews, and
was about to be killed by them, when I came
with the soldiers and rescued him, having
learned that he was a Roman. 23:28Desiring
t23:5 Exodus 22:28
u23:23 about 9:00 PM
Acts 23:29 891 Acts 24:27
to know the cause why they accused him, I
brought himdow n to their council. 23:29I found
himto be accused about questions of their law,
but not to be charged with anything worthy of
death or of imprisonment. 23:30When Iwas told
that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him
to you immediately, charging his accusers also
to bring their accusations against himbe fore
you. Farewell."
23:31So the soldiers, carrying out their orders,
took Paul and brought himby night to
Antipatris. 23:32But on the next day they left the
horsemen to go with him, and returned to the
barracks. 23:33When they came to Caesarea and
delivered the letter to the governor, they also
presented Paul to him. 23:34When the governor
had read it, he asked what province he was
from. When he understood that he was from
Cilicia, he said, 23:35"I will hear you fully when
your accusers also arrive." He commanded
that he be kept in Herod's palace.
24:1After five days, the high priest, Ananias,
came down with certain elders and an orator,
one Tertullus. They informed the governor
against Paul. 24:2When he was called, Tertullus
began to accuse him, saying, "Seeing that by
you we enjoy much peace, and that excellent
measures are coming to this nation, 24:3we
accept it in all ways and in all places, most
excellent Felix, with all thankfulness. 24:4But,
that I don't delay you, I entreat you to bear
with us and hear a few words. 24:5For we have
found this man to be a plague, an instigator
of insurrections among all the Jews throughout
the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the
Nazarenes. 24:6He even tried to profane the
temple, and we arrested him.v 24:7w 24:8xBy
examining him yourself you may ascertain all
these things of which we accuse him."
24:9The Jews also joined in the attack, af-
firming that these things were so. 24:10When
the governor had beckoned to himto speak,
Paul answered, "Because I know that you have
been a judge of this nation for many years, I
cheerfully make my defense, 24:11seeing that
you can recognize that it is not more than
twelve days since I went up to worship at
Jerusalem. 24:12In the temple they didn't find
me disputing with anyone or stirring up a
crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city.
24:13Nor can they prove to you the things of
which they now accuse me. 24:14But this I
confess to you, that after the Way, which they
call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers,
believing all things which are according to the
law, and which are written in the prophets;
24:15having hope toward God, which these
also themselves look for, that there will be
a resurrection of the dead, both of the just
and unjust. 24:16Herein I also practice always
having a conscience void of offense toward
God and men. 24:17Now after some years, I
came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation,
and offerings; 24:18amid which certain Jews
from Asia found me purified in the temple, not
with a mob, nor with turmoil. 24:19They ought
to have been here before you, and to make
accusation, if they had anything against me.
24:20Or else let these men themselves say what
injustice they found in me when I stood before
the council, 24:21unless it is for this one thing
that I cried standing among them, 'Concerning
the resurrection of the dead I ambe ing judged
before you today!'"
24:22But Felix, having more exact knowledge
concerning the Way, deferred them, saying,
"When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes
down, I will decide your case." 24:23He ordered
the centurion that Paul should be kept
in custody, and should have some privileges,
and not to forbid any of his friends to serve
himo r to visit him. 24:24But after some days,
Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was
a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him
concerning the faith in Christ Jesus. 24:25As
he reasoned about righteousness, self-control,
and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified,
and answered, "Go your way for this time, and
when it is convenient for me, I will summon
you." 24:26Meanwhile, he also hoped that
money would be given to him by Paul, that
he might release him. Therefore also he sent
for him more often, and talked with him.
24:27But when two years were fulfilled, Felix
was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring
v24:6 TR adds "We wanted to judge himaccor ding to our law,"
w24:7 TR adds "but the commanding officer, Lysias, came by and with great violence took him out of our
hands,"
x24:8 TR adds "commanding his accusers to come to you."
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to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in
bonds.
25:1Festus therefore, having come into the
province, after three days went up to Jerusalem
fromCa esarea. 25:2Then the high priest and
the principal men of the Jews informed him
against Paul, and they begged him, 25:3asking
a favor against him, that he would summon
himto Jerusalem; plotting to kill him on the
way. 25:4However Festus answered that Paul
should be kept in custody at Caesarea, and that
he himself was about to depart shortly. 25:5"Let
themthe refore," said he, "that are in power
among you go down with me, and if there is
anything wrong in the man, let them accuse
him."
25:6When he had stayed among them more
than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and
on the next day he sat on the judgment seat,
and commanded Paul to be brought. 25:7When
he had come, the Jews who had come down
fromJer usalem stood around him, bringing
against himmany and grievous charges which
they could not prove, 25:8while he said in his
defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews,
nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have
I sinned at all."
25:9But Festus, desiring to gain favor with
the Jews, answered Paul and said, "Are you
willing to go up to Jerusalem, and be judged
by me there concerning these things?"
25:10But Paul said, "I ams tanding before
Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be
tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you
also know very well. 25:11For if I have done
wrong, and have committed anything worthy
of death, I don't refuse to die; but if none of
those things is true that they accuse me of,
no one can give me up to them. I appeal to
Caesar!"
25:12Then Festus, when he had conferred
with the council, answered, "You have appealed
to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go."
25:13Now when some days had passed,
Agrippa the King and Bernice arrived at Caesarea,
and greeted Festus. 25:14As he stayed
there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before
the king, saying, "There is a certain man
left a prisoner by Felix; 25:15about whom,
when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and
the elders of the Jews informed me, asking
for a sentence against him. 25:16To whom
I answered that it is not the customo f the
Romans to give up any man to destruction,
before the accused has met the accusers face
to face, and has had opportunity to make his
defense concerning the matter laid against him.
25:17When therefore they had come together
here, I didn't delay, but on the next day sat on
the judgment seat, and commanded the man to
be brought. 25:18Concerning whom, when the
accusers stood up, they brought no charge of
such things as I supposed; 25:19but had certain
questions against hima bout their own religion,
and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom
Paul affirmed to be alive. 25:20Being perplexed
how to inquire concerning these things, I asked
whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem
and there be judged concerning these matters.
25:21But when Paul had appealed to be kept for
the decision of the emperor, I commanded him
to be kept until I could send himto Caesar."
25:22Agrippa said to Festus, "I also would
like to hear the man myself."
"Tomorrow," he said, "you shall hear him."
25:23So on the next day, when Agrippa and
Bernice had come with great pomp, and they
had entered into the place of hearing with
the commanding officers and principal men of
the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was
brought in. 25:24Festus said, "King Agrippa,
and all men who are here present with us, you
see this man, about whom all the multitude of
the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and
here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
25:25But when I found that he had committed
nothing worthy of death, and as he himself
appealed to the emperor I determined to send
him. 25:26Of whomI have no certain thing to
write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him
forth before you, and especially before you,
King Agrippa, that, after examination, I may
have something to write. 25:27For it seems to
me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to
also specify the charges against him."
26:1Agrippa said to Paul, "You may speak
for yourself."
Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made
his defense. 26:2"I think myself happy, King
Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before
you this day concerning all the things that I am
accused by the Jews, 26:3especially because you
are expert in all customs and questions which
are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear
Acts 26:4 893 Acts 27:6
me patiently.
26:4"Indeed, all the Jews know my way
of life fromm y youth up, which was from
the beginning among my own nation and at
Jerusalem; 26:5having known me from the first,
if they are willing to testify, that after the
strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
26:6Now I stand here to be judged for the hope
of the promise made by God to our fathers,
26:7which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving
night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this
hope I ama ccused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
26:8Why is it judged incrediblewith you, if God
does raise the dead?
26:9"I myself most certainly thought that I
ought to do many things contrary to the name
of Jesus of Nazareth. 26:10This I also did in
Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints
in prisons, having received authority fromt he
chief priests, and when they were put to death
I gave m yvote against them . 26:11Punishing
themo ften in all the synagogues, I tried to
make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly
enraged against them, I persecuted them even
to foreign cities.
26:12"Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus
with the authority and commission from the
chief priests, 26:13at noon, O King, I saw on
the way a light fromthe sky, brighter than
the sun, shining around me and those who
traveled with me. 26:14When we had all fallen
to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in
the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you
persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick
against the goads.'
26:15"I said, 'Who are you, Lord?'
"He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are
persecuting. 26:16But arise, and stand on
your feet, for I have appeared to you for
this purpose: to appoint you a servant and
a witness both of the things which youha ve
seen, and of the things which I will reveal
to you; 26:17delivering youfrom the people,
and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
26:18to open their eyes, that they may turn
from darkness to light and from the power of
Satan to God, that they may receive remission
of sins and an inheritance among those who
are sanctified by faith in me.'
26:19"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not
disobedient to the heavenly vision, 26:20but declared
first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem,
and throughout all the country of Judea, and
also to the Gentiles, that they should repent
and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
26:21For this reason the Jews seized me
in the temple, and tried to kill me. 26:22Having
therefore obtained the help that is fromGo d, I
stand to this day testifying both to small and
great, saying nothing but what the prophets
and Moses said would happen, 26:23how the
Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection
of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light
both to these people and to the Gentiles."
26:24As he thus made his defense, Festus said
with a loud voice, "Paul, you are crazy! Your
great learning is driving you insane!"
26:25But he said, "I amno t crazy, most
excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of
truth and reasonableness. 26:26For the king
knows of these things, to whomal so I speak
freely. For I amp ersuaded that none of these
things is hidden fromhim, for this has not been
done in a corner. 26:27King Agrippa, do you
believe the prophets? I know that you believe."
26:28Agrippa said to Paul, "With a little
persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?"
26:29Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether
with little or with much, not only you, but also
all that hear me this day, might become such as
I am, except for these bonds."
26:30The king rose up with the governor,
and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
26:31When they hadwithdrawn, they spoke one
to another, saying, "This man does nothing
worthy of death or of bonds." 26:32Agrippa
said to Festus, "This man might have been set
free if he had not appealed to Caesar."
27:1When it was determined that we should
sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain
other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of
the Augustan band. 27:2Embarking in a ship
of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to
places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea;
Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica,
being with us. 27:3The next day, we touched
at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave
himp ermission to go to his friends and refresh
himself. 27:4Putting to sea fromthe re, we sailed
under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds
were contrary. 27:5When we had sailed across
the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we
came to Myra, a city of Lycia. 27:6There the
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centurion found a ship ofAlexandria sailing for
Italy, and he put us on board. 27:7When we
had sailed slowly many days, and had come
with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not
allowing us further, we sailed under the lee
of Crete, opposite Salmone. 27:8With difficulty
sailing along itwe came to a certain place called
Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.
27:9When much time had passed and the
voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast
had now already gone by, Paul admonished
them, 27:10and said to them, "Sirs, I perceive
that the voyage will be with injury and much
loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but
also of our lives." 27:11But the centurion gave
more heed to the master and to the owner of the
ship than to those things which were spoken by
Paul. 27:12Because the haven was not suitable
to winter in, the majority advised going to sea
fromt here, if by any means they could reach
Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of
Crete, looking northeast and southeast.
27:13When the south wind blew softly, supposing
that they had obtained their purpose,
they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete,
close to shore. 27:14But before long, a stormy
wind beat down froms hore, which is called
Euroclydon.y 27:15When the ship was caught,
and couldn't face the wind, we gave way to
it, and were driven along. 27:16Running under
the lee of a small island called Clauda, we
were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.
27:17After they had hoisted it up, they used
cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that
they would run aground on the Syrtis sand
bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were
driven along. 27:18As we labored exceedingly
with the storm, the next day they began to
throw things overboard. 27:19On the third day,
they threw out the ship's tackle with their own
hands. 27:20When neither sun nor stars shone
on us for many days, and no small storm
pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved
was now taken away.
27:21When they had been long without food,
Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said,
"Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not
have set sail fromC rete, and have gotten this
injury and loss. 27:22Now I exhort you to cheer
up, for there will be no loss of life among you,
but only of the ship. 27:23For there stood by me
this night an angel, belonging to the God whose
I am and whom I serve, 27:24saying, 'Don't be
afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar.
Behold, God has granted you all those who sail
with you.' 27:25Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I
believe God, that it will be just as it has been
spoken to me. 27:26But we must run aground
on a certain island."
27:27But when the fourteenth night had
come, as we were driven back and forth in
the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors
surmised that they were drawing near to some
land. 27:28They took soundings, and found
twenty fathoms.z After a little while, they took
soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.a
27:29Fearing that we would run aground on
rocky ground, they let go four anchors from
the stern, and wished for daylight. 27:30As the
sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and
had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending
that they would lay out anchors fromthe
bow, 27:31Paul said to the centurion and to the
soldiers, "Unless these stay in the ship, you
can't be saved." 27:32Then the soldiers cut away
the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.
27:33While the day was coming on, Paul
begged themal l to take some food, saying,
"This day is the fourteenth day that you wait
and continue fasting, having taken nothing.
27:34Therefore I beg you to take some food,
for this is for your safety; for not a hair will
perish froma ny of your heads." 27:35When he
had said this, and had taken bread, he gave
thanks to God in the presence of all, and he
broke it, and began to eat. 27:36Then they all
cheered up, and they also took food. 27:37In
all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on
the ship. 27:38When they had eaten enough,
they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat
into the sea. 27:39When it was day, they didn't
recognize the land, but they noticed a certain
bay with a beach, and they decided to try to
drive the ship onto it. 27:40Casting off the
anchors, they left themi n the sea, at the same
time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the
foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.
y27:14 Or, "a northeaster."
z27:28 20 fathoms = 120 feet = 36.6 meters
a27:28 15 fathoms = 90 feet = 27.4 meters
Acts 27:41 895 Acts 28:25
27:41But coming to a place where two seas met,
they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck
and remained immovable, but the stern began
to break up by the violence of the waves.
27:42The soldiers' counsel was to kill the
prisoners, so that none of themwo uld swim
out and escape. 27:43But the centurion, desiring
to save Paul, stopped themf romtheir purpose,
and commanded that those who could swim
should throw themselves overboard first to
go toward the land; 27:44and the rest should
follow, some on planks, and some on other
things fromthe ship. So it happened that they
all escaped safely to the land.
28:1When we had escaped, then theyb
learned that the island was called Malta.
28:2The natives showed us uncommon kindness;
for they kindled a fire, and received us
all, because of the present rain, and because
of the cold. 28:3But when Paul had gathered
a bundle of sticks and laid themo n the fire,
a viper came out because of the heat, and
fastened on his hand. 28:4When the natives
saw the creature hanging fromhi s hand, they
said one to another, "No doubt this man is a
murderer, whom, though he has escaped from
the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live."
28:5However he shook off the creature into the
fire, and wasn't harmed. 28:6But they expected
that he would have swollen or fallen down
dead suddenly, but when they watched for a
long time and saw nothing bad happen to him,
they changed their minds, and said that he was
a god.
28:7Now in the neighborhood of that place
were lands belonging to the chief man of the
island, named Publius, who received us, and
courteously entertained us for three days. 28:8It
happened that the father of Publius lay sick of
fever and dysentery. Paul entered in to him,
prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed
him. 28:9Then when this was done, the rest also
who had diseases in the island came, and were
cured. 28:10They also honored us with many
honors, and when we sailed, they put on board
the things that we needed.
28:11After three months, we set sail in a
ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the
island, whose sign was "The Twin Brothers."
28:12Touching at Syracuse, we stayed there
three days. 28:13Fromt here we circled around
and arrived at Rhegium. After one day, a south
wind sprang up, and on the second day we
came to Puteoli, 28:14wherewe found brothers,c
and were entreated to stay with themf or seven
days. So we cam e to Rom e. 28:15Fromt here
the brothers, when they heard of us, came to
meet us as far as The Market of Appius and
The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he
thanked God, and took courage. 28:16When we
entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the
prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul
was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier
who guarded him.
28:17It happened that after three days Paul
called together those who were the leaders of
the Jews. When they had come together, he
said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done
nothing against the people, or the customs
of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner
fromJ erusalem into the hands of the Romans,
28:18who, when they had examined me, desired
to set m e free, because there was no cause of
death in me. 28:19But when the Jews spoke
against it, Iwas constrained to appeal to Caesar,
not that I had anything about which to accuse
my nation. 28:20For this cause therefore I asked
to see you and to speak with you. For because
of the hope of Israel I ambo und with this
chain."
28:21They said to him, "We neither received
letters fromJudea concerning you, nor did any
of the brothers come here and report or speak
any evil of you. 28:22But we desire to hear from
you what you think. For, as concerning this
sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is
spoken against."
28:23When they had appointed hima day,
many people came to him at his lodging.
He explained to them, testifying about the
Kingdomo f God, and persuading them concerning
Jesus, both fromthe law of Moses
and fromthe prophets, fromm orning until
evening. 28:24Some believed the things which
were spoken, and some disbelieved. 28:25When
they didn't agree among themselves, they departed
after Paul had spoken one word, "The
b28:1 NU reads "we"
c28:14 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
Acts 28:26 896 Acts 28:31
Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah, the
prophet, to our fathers, 28:26saying,
'Go to this people, and say,
in hearing, you will hear,
but will in no way understand.
In seeing, you will see,
but will in no way perceive.
28:27For this people's heart has grown callous.
Their ears are dull of hearing.
Their eyes they have closed.
Lest they should see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their heart,
and would turn again,
and I would heal them.'d
28:28"Be it known therefore to you, that the
salvation of God is sent to the nations. They
will also listen."
28:29When he had said these words, the
Jews departed, having a great dispute among
themselves.
28:30Paul stayed two whole years in his
own rented house, and received all who were
coming to him, 28:31preaching the Kingdomo f
God, and teaching the things concerning the
Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without
hindrance.
d28:27 Isaiah 6:9-10
Romans 1:1 897 Romans 2:2
Paul's Letter to the
Romans
1:1Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to
be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of
God, 1:2which he promised before through his
prophets in the holy Scriptures, 1:3concerning
his Son, who was born of the seed of David
according to the flesh, 1:4who was declared to
be the Son of God with power, according to
the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from
the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 1:5through
whomwe received grace and apostleship, for
obedience of faith among all the nations, for
his nam e's sake; 1:6among whom you are also
called to belong to JesusChrist; 1:7to allwho are
in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints:
Grace to you and peace fromGo d our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ
for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed
throughout the whole world. 1:9For God is
my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the
Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I
make mention of you always in my prayers,
1:10requesting, if by any means now at last I
may be prospered by the will of God to come to
you. 1:11For I long to see you, that I may impart
to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you
may be established; 1:12that is, that I with you
may be encouraged in you, each of us by the
other's faith, both yours and mine.
1:13Now I don't desire to have you unaware,
brothers, that I often planned to come to you,
and was hindered so far, that I might have some
fruit among you also, even as among the rest
of the Gentiles. 1:14I amd ebtor both to Greeks
and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the
foolish. 1:15So, as m uch as is in m e, I am eager
to preach the Good News to you also who are
in Rome. 1:16For I amno t ashamed of the Good
News of Christ, for it is the power of God for
salvation for everyone who believes; for the
Jew first, and also for the Greek. 1:17For in it
is revealed God's righteousness fromfa ith to
faith. As it is written, "But the righteous shall
live by faith."a 1:18For the wrath of God is
revealed fromhe aven against all ungodliness
and unrighteousness of men, who suppress
the truth in unrighteousness, 1:19because that
which is known of God is revealed in them,
for God revealed it to them. 1:20For the
invisible things of hims ince the creation of
the world are clearly seen, being perceived
through the things that are made, even his
everlasting power and divinity; that they may
be without excuse. 1:21Because, knowing God,
they didn't glorify hima s God, neither gave
thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and
their senseless heart was darkened.
1:22Professing themselves to be wise, they
became fools, 1:23and traded the glory of the incorruptible
God for the likeness of an image of
corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed
animals, and creeping things. 1:24Therefore
God also gave themup in the lusts of their
hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should
be dishonored among themselves, 1:25who exchanged
the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped
and served the creature rather than the
Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
1:26For this reason, God gave themu p to
vile passions. For their women changed the
natural function into that which is against
nature. 1:27Likewise also the men, leaving
the natural function of the woman, burned
in their lust toward one another, men doing
what is inappropriate with men, and receiving
in themselves the due penalty of their error.
1:28Even as they refused to have God in their
knowledge, God gave themup to a reprobate
mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
1:29being filledwith all unrighteousness, sexual
immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness;
full of envy, murder, strife, deceit,
evil habits, secret slanderers, 1:30backbiters,
hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful,
inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
1:31without understanding, covenant breakers,
without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;
1:32who, knowing the ordinance of God,
that those who practice such things are worthy
of death, not only do the same, but also
approve of those who practice them.
2:1Therefore you are without excuse, O man,
whoever you are who judge. For in that which
you judge another, you condemn yourself. For
you who judge practice the same things. 2:2We
know that the judgment of God is according to
truth against those who practice such things.
a1:17 Habakkuk 2:4
Romans 2:3 898 Romans 3:10
2:3Do you think this, O man who judges those
who practice such things, and do the same,
that you will escape the judgment of God?
2:4Or do you despise the riches of his goodness,
forbearance, and patience, not knowing that
the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
2:5But according to your hardness and unrepentant
heart you are treasuring up for yourself
wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the
righteous judgment of God; 2:6who "will pay
back to everyone according to their works:"b
2:7to those who by patience in well-doing seek
for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal
life; 2:8but to those who are self-seeking, and
don't obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness,
will be wrath and indignation, 2:9oppression
and anguish, on every soul of man who works
evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
2:10But glory, honor, and peace go to every
man who works good, to the Jew first, and
also to the Greek. 2:11For there is no partiality
with God. 2:12For as many as have sinned
without law will also perish without the law.
As many as have sinned under the law will be
judged by the law. 2:13For it isn't the hearers
of the law who are righteous before God, but
the doers of the law will be justified 2:14(for
when Gentiles who don't have the law do by
nature the things of the law, these, not having
the law, are a law to themselves, 2:15in that
they show the work of the law written in their
hearts, their conscience testifying with them,
and their thoughts among themselves accusing
or else excusing them) 2:16in the day when God
will judge the secrets of men, according to my
Good News, by Jesus Christ.
2:17Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, and
rest on the law, and glory in God, 2:18and
know his will, and approve the things that
are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
2:19and are confident that you yourself are a
guide of the blind, a light to those who are
in darkness, 2:20a corrector of the foolish, a
teacher of babies, having in the law the formo f
knowledge and of the truth. 2:21You therefore
who teach another, don't you teach yourself?
You who preach that a man shouldn't steal, do
you steal? 2:22You who say a man shouldn't
commit adultery. Do you commit adultery?
You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
2:23You who glory in the law, through your
disobedience of the law do you dishonor God?
2:24For "the name of God is blasphemed among
the Gentiles because of you,"c just as it is
written. 2:25For circumcision indeed profits,
if you are a doer of the law, but if you are
a transgressor of the law, your circumcision
has become uncircumcision. 2:26If therefore
the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the
law, won't his uncircumcision be accounted
as circumcision? 2:27Won't the uncircumcision
which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge
you, who with the letter and circumcision are
a transgressor of the law? 2:28For he is not
a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that
circumcision which is outward in the flesh;
2:29but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and
circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not
in the letter; whose praise is not fromm en, but
fromGod.
3:1Then what advantage does the Jew have?
Or what is the profit of circumcision? 3:2Much
in every way! Because first of all, they were
entrusted with the oracles of God. 3:3For what
if some were without faith? Will their lack of
faith nullify the faithfulness of God? 3:4May it
never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every
man a liar. As it is written,
"That you might be justified in your words,
and might prevail when you come into
judgment."d
3:5But if our unrighteousness commends the
righteousness of God, what will we say? Is
God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak
like men do. 3:6May it never be! For then how
will God judge the world? 3:7For if the truth
of God through my lie abounded to his glory,
why amI also still judged as a sinner? 3:8Why
not (as we are slanderously reported, and as
some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, that
good may come?" Those who say so are justly
condemned. 3:9What then? Are we better than
they? No, in noway. Forwe previouslywarned
both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under
sin. 3:10As it is written,
"There is no one righteous;
no, not one.
b2:6 Psalm62: 12; Proverbs 24:12
c2:24 Isaiah 52:5; Ezekiel 36:22
d3:4 Psalm51: 4
Romans 3:11 899 Romans 4:12
3:11There is no onewho understands.
There is no one who seeks after God.
3:12They have all turned aside.
They have together become unprofitable.
There is no one who does good,
no, not, so m uch as one."e
3:13"Their throat is an open tomb.
With their tongues they have used deceit."
f
"The poison of vipers is under their lips;"g
3:14"Whose mouth is full of cursing and
bitterness."h
3:15"Their feet are swift to shed blood.
3:16Destruction and misery are in their
ways.
3:17The way of peace, they haven't
known."i
3:18"There is no fear of God before their eyes."j
3:19Now we know that whatever things the
law says, it speaks to those who are under the
law, that every mouth may be closed, and all
the world may be brought under the judgment
of God. 3:20Because by the works of the law, no
flesh will be justified in his sight. For through
the law comes the knowledge of sin. 3:21But
now apart fromthe law, a righteousness of God
has been revealed, being testified by the law
and the prophets; 3:22even the righteousness
of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all
and on all those who believe. For there is
no distinction, 3:23for all have sinned, and fall
short of the glory of God; 3:24being justified
freely by his grace through the redemption that
is in Christ Jesus; 3:25whomGo d set forth to
be an atoning sacrificek, through faith in his
blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness
through the passing over of prior sins, in God's
forbearance; 3:26to demonstrate his righteousness
at this present time; that he might himself
be just, and the justifier of himwho has faith in
Jesus.
3:27Where then is the boasting? It is excluded.
By what manner of law? Of works?
No, but by a law of faith. 3:28We maintain
therefore that a man is justified by faith apart
fromt he works of the law. 3:29Or is God
the God of Jews only? Isn't he the God of
Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 3:30since
indeed there is one God who will justify the
circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised
through faith. 3:31Do we then nullify the law
through faith? May it never be! No, we
establish the law.
4:1What then will we say that Abraham, our
forefather, has found according to the flesh?
4:2For if Abrahamwas justified by works, he
has something to boast about, but not toward
God. 4:3For what does the Scripture say?
"Abrahambe lieved God, and it was accounted
to himfor righteousness."l 4:4Now to himwh o
works, the reward is not counted as grace, but
as debt. 4:5But to him who doesn't work, but
believes in himw ho justifies the ungodly, his
faith is accounted for righteousness. 4:6Even
as David also pronounces blessing on the man
to whomG od counts righteousness apart from
works,
4:7"Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.
4:8Blessed is the man whom the Lordwill by no
means charge with sin."m
4:9Is this blessing then pronounced on the
circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also?
For we say that faith was accounted to Abrahamf
or righteousness. 4:10How then was it
counted? When he was in circumcision, or
in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but
in uncircumcision. 4:11He received the sign of
circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the
faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision,
that he might be the father of all those
who believe, though they be in uncircumcision,
that righteousness might also be accounted to
them. 4:12The father of circumcision to those
who not only are of the circumcision, but who
e3:12 Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20
f3:13 Psalm5: 9
g3:13 Psalm140: 3
h3:14 Psalm10: 7
i3:17 Isaiah 59:7-8
j3:18 Psalm36: 1
k3:25 or, a propitiation
l4:3 Genesis 15:6
m4:8 Psalm32: 1-2
Romans 4:13 900 Romans 5:21
also walk in the steps of that faith of our father
Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.
4:13For the promise to Abraham and to his seed
that he should be heir of the world wasn't
through the law, but through the righteousness
of faith. 4:14For if those who are of the law
are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise
is m ade of no effect. 4:15For the law works
wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there
disobedience. 4:16For this cause it is of faith,
that it may be according to grace, to the end
that the promise may be sure to all the 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. 4:17As it is written, "I have
made you a father of many nations."n This
is in the presence of himw homh e believed:
God, who gives life to the dead, and calls
the things that are not, as though they were.
4:18Who in hope believed against hope, to the
end that he might become a father of many
nations, according to that which had been
spoken, "So will your seed be."o 4:19Without
being weakened in faith, he didn't consider
his own body, already having been worn out,
(he being about a hundred years old), and the
deadness of Sarah's womb. 4:20Yet, looking to
the promise of God, he didn't waver through
unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving
glory to God, 4:21and being fully assured that
what he had promised, he was able also to
perform. 4:22Therefore it also was "reckoned
to himfor righteousness."p 4:23Now it was not
written that itwas accounted to himf or his sake
alone, 4:24but for our sake also, to whomit will
be accounted, who believe in himw ho raised
Jesus, our Lord, fromt he dead, 4:25who was
delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised
for our justification.
5:1Being therefore justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
5:2through whomwe also have our access by
faith into this grace in which we stand. We
rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 5:3Not
only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings,
knowing that suffering works perseverance;
5:4and perseverance, proven character; and
proven character, hope: 5:5and hope doesn't
disappoint us, because God's love has been
poured out into our hearts through the Holy
Spirit who was given to us. 5:6For while we
were yet weak, at the right time Christ died
for the ungodly. 5:7For one will hardly die for
a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a righteous
person someone would even dare to die. 5:8But
God commends his own love toward us, in that
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
5:9Much more then, being now justified by
his blood, we will be saved fromGod's wrath
through him. 5:10For if, while we were enemies,
we were reconciled to God through the death of
his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will
be saved by his life.
5:11Not only so, but we also rejoice in
God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through
whomw e have now received the reconciliation.
5:12Therefore, as sin entered into the
world through one man, and death through
sin; and so death passed to all men, because
all sinned. 5:13For until the law, sin was in
the world; but sin is not charged when there
is no law. 5:14Nevertheless death reigned from
Adamunti l Moses, even over those whose
sins weren't like Adam's disobedience, who
is a foreshadowing of himwho was to come.
5:15But the free gift isn't like the trespass. For
if by the trespass of the one the many died,
much more did the grace of God, and the
gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ,
abound to the many. 5:16The gift is not as
through one who sinned: for the judgment
came by one to condemnation, but the free
gift came of many trespasses to justification.
5:17For if by the trespass of the one, death
reigned through the one; so much more will
those who receive the abundance of grace and
of the gift of righteousness reign in life through
the one, Jesus Christ. 5:18So then as through
one trespass, all men were condemned; even
so through one act of righteousness, all men
were justified to life. 5:19For as through the one
man's disobedience many were made sinners,
even so through the obedience of the one, many
will be made righteous. 5:20The law came in
besides, that the trespass might abound; but
where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;
5:21that as sin reigned in death, even
n4:17 Genesis 17:5
o4:18 Genesis 15:5
p4:22 Genesis 15:6
Romans 6:1 901 Romans 7:10
so grace might reign through righteousness to
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
6:1What shall we say then? Shall we continue
in sin, that grace may abound? 6:2May
it never be! We who died to sin, how could
we live in it any longer? 6:3Or don't you
know that all wewho were baptized into Christ
Jesus were baptized into his death? 6:4We were
buried therefore with himthro ugh baptism to
death, that just like Christ was raised fromt he
dead through the glory of the Father, so we also
might walk in newness of life. 6:5For if we have
become united with him in the likeness of his
death, we will also be part of his resurrection;
6:6knowing this, that our old man was crucified
with him, that the body of sin might be done
away with, so that we would no longer be in
bondage to sin. 6:7For he who has died has
been freed fromsin . 6:8But if we died with
Christ, we believe that we will also live with
him; 6:9knowing that Christ, being raised from
the dead, dies no more. Death no more has
dominion over him! 6:10For the death that he
died, he died to sin one time; but the life that
he lives, he lives to God. 6:11Thus consider
yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to
God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
6:12Therefore don't let sin reign in your
mortal body, that you should obey it in its
lusts. 6:13Neither present your members to
sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but
present yourselves to God, as alive fromt he
dead, and your members as instruments of
righteousness to God. 6:14For sin will not have
dominion over you. For you are not under
law, but under grace. 6:15What then? Shall
we sin, because we are not under law, but
under grace? May it never be! 6:16Don't you
know that to whomy ou present yourselves
as servants to obedience, his servants you are
whomy ou obey; whether of sin to death, or of
obedience to righteousness? 6:17But thanks be
to God, that, whereas you were bondservants
of sin, you became obedient from the heart
to that formo f teaching whereunto you were
delivered. 6:18Being m ade free from sin, you
became bondservants of righteousness.
6:19I speak in human terms because of the
weakness of your flesh, for as you presented
your members as servants to uncleanness and
to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now
present your members as servants to righteousness
for sanctification. 6:20For when you were
servants of sin, you were free in regard to
righteousness. 6:21What fruit then did you
have at that time in the things of which you
are now ashamed? For the end of those things
is death. 6:22But now, being made free from
sin, and having become servants of God, you
have your fruit of sanctification, and the result
of eternal life. 6:23For the wages of sin is death,
but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
7:1Or don't you know, brothersq (for I speak
to men who know the law), that the law has
dominion over a man for as long as he lives?
7:2For the woman that has a husband is bound
by law to the husband while he lives, but if
the husband dies, she is discharged fromthe
law of the husband. 7:3So then if, while the
husband lives, she is joined to another man,
she would be called an adulteress. But if the
husband dies, she is free fromt he law, so that
she is no adulteress, though she is joined to
another man. 7:4Therefore, my brothers, you
also were made dead to the law through the
body of Christ, that you would be joined to
another, to himwho was raised fromthe dead,
that we might bring forth fruit to God. 7:5For
when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions
which were through the law, worked in our
members to bring forth fruit to death. 7:6But
now we have been discharged fromthe law,
having died to that in which we were held; so
that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not
in oldness of the letter.
7:7What shall we say then? Is the law sin?
May it never be! However, I wouldn't have
known sin, except through the law. For I
wouldn't have known coveting, unless the law
had said, "You shall not covet."r 7:8But sin,
finding occasion through the commandment,
produced in me all kinds of coveting. For
apart fromthe law, sin is dead. 7:9I was
alive apart fromthe law once, but when the
commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
7:10The commandment, which was for life, this
q7:1 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and
sisters" or "siblings."
r7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21
Romans 7:11 902 Romans 8:24
I found to be for death; 7:11for sin, finding
occasion through the commandment, deceived
me, and through it killed me. 7:12Therefore the
lawindeed is holy, and the commandment holy,
and righteous, and good.
7:13Did then that which is good become
death to me? May it never be! But sin,
that it might be shown to be sin, by working
death to me through that which is good; that
through the commandment sin might become
exceeding sinful. 7:14For we know that the law
is spiritual, but I amfl eshly, sold under sin.
7:15For I don't know what I amd oing. For I
don't practice what I desire to do; but what I
hate, that I do. 7:16But if what I don't desire,
that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
7:17So now it is no more I that do it, but sin
which dwells in me. 7:18For I know that in
me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing.
For desire is present with me, but I don't find
it doing that which is good. 7:19For the good
which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which
I don't desire, that I practice. 7:20But if what I
don't desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it,
but sin which dwells in me. 7:21I find then the
law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil
is present. 7:22For I delight in God's law after
the inward man, 7:23but I see a different law
in my members, warring against the law of my
mind, and bringing me into captivity under the
law of sin which is in my members. 7:24What a
wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of
the body of this death? 7:25I thank God through
Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind,
I myself serve God's law, but with the flesh, the
sin's law.
8:1There is therefore now no condemnation
to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't
walk according to the flesh, but according to
the Spirit.s 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life
in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of
sin and of death. 8:3For what the law couldn't
do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God
did, sending his own Son in the likeness of
sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the
flesh; 8:4that the ordinance of the law might be
fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but
after the Spirit. 8:5For those who live according
to the flesh set their minds on the things of
the flesh, but those who live according to the
Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 8:6For the mind
of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is
life and peace; 8:7because the mind of the flesh
is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to
God's law, neither indeed can it be. 8:8Those
who are in the flesh can't please God. 8:9But
you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is
so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if
any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is
not his. 8:10If Christ is in you, the body is dead
because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of
righteousness. 8:11But if the Spirit of himw ho
raised up Jesus fromt he dead dwells in you, he
who raised up Christ Jesus fromt he dead will
also give life to your mortal bodies through his
Spirit who dwells in you. 8:12So then, brothers,
we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after
the flesh. 8:13For if you live after the flesh, you
must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death
the deeds of the body, you will live. 8:14For as
many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are
children of God. 8:15For you didn't receive the
spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received
the Spirit of adoption, by whomwe cry, "Abbat !
Father!"
8:16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit
that we are children of God; 8:17and if children,
then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with
Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that
we may also be glorified with him. 8:18For
I consider that the sufferings of this present
time are not worthy to be compared with the
glorywhich will be revealed toward us. 8:19For
the creation waits with eager expectation for
the children of God to be revealed. 8:20For
the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its
own will, but because of himw ho subjected
it, in hope 8:21that the creation itself also will
be delivered fromt he bondage of decay into
the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
8:22For we know that the whole creation groans
and travails in pain together until now. 8:23Not
only so, but ourselves also, who have the first
fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan
within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the
redemption of our body. 8:24For we were saved
in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For
s8:1 NU omits "who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit"
t8:15 Abba is an Aramaic word for father or daddy, often used affectionately and respectfully in prayer to
our Father in heaven.
Romans 8:25 903 Romans 9:19
who hopes for that which he sees? 8:25But if we
hope for that which we don't see, we wait for
it with patience. 8:26In the same way, the Spirit
also helps our weaknesses, for we don't know
how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself
makes intercession for uswith groaningswhich
can't be uttered. 8:27He who searches the hearts
knows what is on the Spirit's mind, because he
makes intercession for the saints according to
God.
8:28We know that all things work together
for good for those who love God, to those who
are called according to his purpose. 8:29For
whomhe foreknew, he also predestined to be
conformed to the image of his Son, that he
might be the firstborn among many brothers.u
8:30Whomhe predestined, those he also called.
Whomh e called, those he also justified. Whom
he justified, those he also glorified.
8:31What then shall we say about these
things? If God is for us, who can be against
us? 8:32He who didn't spare his own Son,
but delivered himup for us all, how would
he not also with himfr eely give us all things?
8:33Who could bring a charge against God's
chosen ones? It is God who justifies. 8:34Who
is he who condemns? It is Christ who died,
yes rather, who was raised fromthe dead, who
is at the right hand of God, who also makes
intercession for us.
8:35Who shall separate us fromthe love
of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or
persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril,
or sword? 8:36Even as it is written, "For
your sake we are killed all day long. We
were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."v
8:37No, in all these things, we are more than
conquerors through himwh o loved us. 8:38For
I amp ersuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor
angels, nor principalities, nor things present,
nor things to come, nor powers, 8:39nor height,
nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be
able to separate us fromthe love of God, which
is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
9:1I tell the truth in Christ. I amno t lying,my
conscience testifyingwith me in theHoly Spirit,
9:2that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain
in my heart. 9:3For I could wish that I myself
were accursed fromC hrist for my brothers'
sake, m y relatives according to the flesh, 9:4who
are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory,
the covenants, the giving of the law, the service,
and the promises; 9:5of whomare the fathers,
and fromwho m is Christ as concerning the
flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever.
Amen.
9:6But it is not as though the word of God
has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel,
that are of Israel. 9:7Neither, because they are
Abraham's seed, are they all children. But,
"In Isaac will your seed be called."w 9:8That
is, it is not the children of the flesh who are
children of God, but the children of the promise
are counted as a seed. 9:9For this is a word of
promise, "At the appointed time I will come,
and Sarah will have a son."x 9:10Not only
so, but Rebecca also conceived by one, by our
father Isaac. 9:11For being not yet born, neither
having done anything good or bad, that the
purpose of God according to election might
stand, not of works, but of himw ho calls,
9:12it was said to her, "The elder will serve the
younger."y 9:13Even as it is written, "Jacob I
loved, but Esau I hated."z
9:14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness
with God? May it never be! 9:15For
he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom
I have mercy, and I will have compassion on
whomI have compassion."a 9:16So then it is not
of himw ho wills, nor of himw ho runs, but of
God who has mercy. 9:17For the Scripture says
to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I caused you
to be raised up, that I might show in you my
power, and that my name might be proclaimed
in all the earth."b 9:18So then, he has mercy
on whomh e desires, and he hardens whom
he desires. 9:19You will say then to me, "Why
u8:29 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
v8:36 Psalm44: 22
w9:7 Genesis 21:12
x9:9 Genesis 18:10,14
y9:12 Genesis 25:23
z9:13 Malachi 1:2-3
a9:15 Exodus 33:19
b9:17 Exodus 9:16
Romans 9:20 904 Romans 10:12
does he still find fault? For who withstands his
will?" 9:20But indeed, O man, who are you to
reply against God? Will the thing formed ask
him who formed it, "Why did you make me
like this?"c 9:21Or hasn't the potter a right over
the clay, from the same lump to make one part
a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
9:22What if God, willing to show his wrath, and
to make his power known, endured with much
patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,
9:23and that he might make known the riches
of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he
prepared beforehand for glory, 9:24us, whom
he also called, not fromthe Jews only, but also
fromthe Gentiles? 9:25As he says also inHosea,
"I will call them'm y people,' which were not
my people;
and her 'beloved,' who was not
beloved."d
9:26"It will be that in the place where it was said
to them, 'You are not my people,'
There they will be called 'children of the
living God.'"e
9:27Isaiah cries concerning Israel,
"If the number of the children of Israel are as
the sand of the sea,
it is the remnant who will be saved;
9:28for He will finish the work and cut it short
in righteousness,
because the LORD will make a short
work upon the earth."f
9:29As Isaiah has said before,
"Unless the Lord of Armiesg had left us a seed,
we would have become like Sodom,
and would have been made like Gomorrah."
h
9:30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles,
who didn't follow after righteousness, attained
to righteousness, even the righteousness
which is of faith; 9:31but Israel, following after
a law of righteousness, didn't arrive at the law
of righteousness. 9:32Why? Because they didn't
seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the
law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
9:33even as it is written,
"Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a
rock of offense;
and no one who believes in himw ill be
disappointed."i
10:1Brothers, my heart's desire and my
prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be
saved. 10:2For I testify about themthat they
have a zeal for God, but not according to
knowledge. 10:3For being ignorant of God's
righteousness, and seeking to establish their
own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves
to the righteousness of God. 10:4For
Christ is the fulfillmentj of the law for righteousness
to everyone who believes. 10:5For
Moses writes about the righteousness of the
law, "The one who does themw ill live by
them."k 10:6But the righteousness which is of
faith says this, "Don't say in your heart, 'Who
will ascend into heaven?'l (that is, to bring
Christ down); 10:7or, 'Who will descend into
the abyss?'m (that is, to bring Christ up from
the dead.)" 10:8But what does it say? "The
word is near you, in your mouth, and in your
heart;"n that is, the word of faith, which we
preach: 10:9that if you will confess with your
mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your
heart that God raised himf rom the dead, you
will be saved. 10:10For with the heart, one believes
unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation. 10:11For the
Scripture says, "Whoever believes in himw ill
not be disappointed."o
10:12For there is no distinction between Jew
and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all,
c9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
d9:25 Hosea 2:23
e9:26 Hosea 1:10
f9:28 Isaiah 10:22-23
g9:29 Greek: Sabaoth (for Hebrew: Tze'va'ot)
h9:29 Isaiah 1:9
i9:33 Isaiah 8:14; 28:16
j10:4 or, completion, or end
k10:5 Leviticus 18:5
l10:6 Deuteronomy 30:12
m10:7 Deuteronomy 30:13
n10:8 Deuteronomy 30:14
o10:11 Isaiah 28:16
Romans 10:13 905 Romans 11:18
and is rich to all who call on him. 10:13For,
"Whoever will call on the name of the Lord
will be saved."p 10:14How then will they call
on himi n whomthey have not believed? How
will they believe in himw hom they have not
heard? How will they hear without a preacher?
10:15And how will they preach unless they are
sent? As it is written:
"How beautiful are the feet of thosewho preach
the Good News of peace,
who bring glad tidings of good things!"q
10:16But they didn't all listen to the glad
news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed
our report?"r 10:17So faith comes by hearing,
and hearing by the word of God. 10:18But I say,
didn't they hear? Yes, most certainly,
"Their sound went out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world."s
10:19But I ask, didn't Israel know? First
Moses says,
"I will provoke you to jealousy with that which
is no nation,
with a nation void of understanding Iwill
make you angry."t
10:20Isaiah is very bold, and says,
"I was found by those who didn't seek me.
I was revealed to those who didn't ask for
me."u
10:21But as to Israel he says, "All day long
I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and
contrary people."v
11:1I ask then, did God reject his people?
May it never be! For I also ama n Israelite,
a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
11:2God didn't reject his people, which
he foreknew. Or don't you know what the
Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads
with God against Israel: 11:3"Lord, they have
killed your prophets, they have broken down
your altars; and I aml eft alone, and they seek
my life."w 11:4But how does God answer him?
"I have reserved for myself seven thousand
men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."x
11:5Even so then at this present time also there
is a remnant according to the election of grace.
11:6And if by grace, then it is no longer of
works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But
if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise
work is no longer work.
11:7What then? That which Israel seeks
for, that he didn't obtain, but the chosen
ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
11:8According as it is written, "God gave them
a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see,
and ears that they should not hear, to this very
day."y 11:9David says,
"Let their table be made a snare, and a trap,
a stumbling block, and a retribution to
them.
11:10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may
not see.
Bow down their back always."z
11:11I ask then, did they stumble that they
might fall? May it never be! But by their fall
salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke
themto jealousy. 11:12Now if their fall is the
riches of the world, and their loss the riches
of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?
11:13For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since
then as I aman apostle to Gentiles, I glorifymy
ministry; 11:14if by any means I may provoke to
jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save
some of them. 11:15For if the rejection of themi s
the reconciling of the world, what would their
acceptance be, but life fromthe dead? 11:16If
the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the
root is holy, so are the branches. 11:17But if
some of the branches were broken off, and you,
being awild olive,were grafted in among them,
and became partaker with them of the root
and of the richness of the olive tree; 11:18don't
boast over the branches. But if you boast, it
is not you who support the root, but the root
p10:13 Joel 2:32
q10:15 Isaiah 52:7
r10:16 Isaiah 53:1
s10:18 Psalm19: 4
t10:19 Deuteronomy 32:31
u10:20 Isaiah 65:1
v10:21 Isaiah 65:2
w11:3 1 Kings 19:10,14
x11:4 1 Kings 19:18
y11:8 Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10
z11:10 Psalm69: 22,23
Romans 11:19 906 Romans 12:18
supports you. 11:19Youwill say then, "Branches
were broken off, that I might be grafted in."
11:20True; by their unbelief they were broken
off, and you stand by your faith. Don't be
conceited, but fear; 11:21for if God didn't spare
the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
11:22See then the goodness and severity of God.
Toward those who fell, severity; but toward
you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness;
otherwise you also will be cut off. 11:23They
also, if they don't continue in their unbelief,
will be grafted in, for God is able to graft
themi n again. 11:24For if you were cut out of
that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and
were grafted contrary to nature into a good
olive tree, how much more will these, which
are the natural branches, be grafted into their
own olive tree? 11:25For I don't desire you
to be ignorant, brothers,a of this mystery, so
that you won't be wise in your own conceits,
that a partial hardening has happened to Israel,
until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,
11:26and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is
written,
"There will come out of Zion the Deliverer,
and he will turn away ungodliness from
Jacob.
11:27This is my covenant to them,
when I will take away their sins."b
11:28Concerning the Good News, they are
enemies for your sake. But concerning the
election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.
11:29For the gifts and the calling of God are
irrevocable. 11:30For as you in time past were
disobedient to God, but now have obtained
mercy by their disobedience, 11:31even so these
also have now been disobedient, that by the
mercy shown to you they may also obtain
mercy. 11:32For God has shut up all to disobedience,
that he might have mercy on all.
11:33Oh the depth of the riches both of the
wisdoma nd the knowledge of God! How
unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways
past tracing out!
11:34"For who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?"c
11:35"Or who has first given to him,
and it will be repaid to himag ain?"d
11:36For of him, and through him, and to
him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever!
Amen.
12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the
mercies of God, to present your bodies a living
sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your
spiritual service. 12:2Don't be conformed to this
world, but be transformed by the renewing of
your mind, so that you may prove what is the
good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
12:3For I say, through the grace that was given
me, to every man who is among you, not to
think of himself more highly than he ought
to think; but to think reasonably, as God has
apportioned to each person a measure of faith.
12:4For even aswe have m any m em bers in one
body, and all the members don't have the same
function, 12:5so we, who are many, are one
body in Christ, and individually members one
of another. 12:6Having gifts differing according
to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy,
let us prophesy according to the proportion of
our faith; 12:7or service, let us give ourselves
to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;
12:8or he who exhorts, to his exhorting: he who
gives, let himdo it with liberality; he who
rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy,
with cheerfulness.
12:9Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor
that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
12:10In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate
one to another; in honor preferring one
another; 12:11not lagging in diligence; fervent in
spirit; serving the Lord; 12:12rejoicing in hope;
enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in
prayer; 12:13contributing to the needs of the
saints; given to hospitality. 12:14Bless those
who persecute you; bless, and don't curse.
12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with
those who weep. 12:16Be of the same mind one
toward another. Don't set your mind on high
things, but associate with the humble. Don't
be wise in your own conceits. 12:17Repay no
one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable
in the sight of all men. 12:18If it is possible,
as m uch as it is up to you, be at peace with
a11:25 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
b11:27 Isaiah 59:20-21; 27:9; Jeremiah 31:33-34
c11:34 Isaiah 40:13
d11:35 Job 41:11
Romans 12:19 907 Romans 14:14
all men. 12:19Don't seek revenge yourselves,
beloved, but give place to God'swrath. For it is
written, "Vengeance belongs to me; Iwill repay,
says the Lord."e 12:20Therefore
"If your enemy is hungry, feed him.
If he is thirsty, give hima drink;
for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire
on his head."f
12:21Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome
evil with good.
13:1Let every soul be in subjection to the
higher authorities, for there is no authority
except fromGod, and those who exist are
ordained by God. 13:2Therefore he who resists
the authority, withstands the ordinance of
God; and those who withstand will receive to
themselves judgment. 13:3For rulers are not a
terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do
you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do
that which is good, and you will have praise
fromthe same, 13:4for he is a servant of God
to you for good. But if you do that which is
evil, be afraid, for he doesn't bear the sword in
vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for
wrath to himwho does evil. 13:5Therefore you
need to be in subjection, not only because of the
wrath, but also for conscience' sake. 13:6For this
reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants
of God's service, attending continually on this
very thing. 13:7Give therefore to everyone
what you owe: taxes to whomtax es are due;
customs to whom customs; respect to whom
respect; honor to whomho nor. 13:8Owe no one
anything, except to love one another; for he
who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
13:9For the commandments, "You shall not
commit adultery," "You shall not murder,"
"You shall not steal," "You shall not give false
testimony," "You shall not covet,"gh and whatever
other commandments there are, are all
summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall
love your neighbor as yourself."i 13:10Love
doesn't harma neighbor. Love therefore is the
fulfillment of the law. 13:11Do this, knowing the
time, that it is already time for you to awaken
out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us
than when we first believed. 13:12The night is
far gone, and the day is near. Let's therefore
throw off the works of darkness, and let's put
on the armor of light. 13:13Let us walk properly,
as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness,
not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and
not in strife and jealousy. 13:14But put on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for
the flesh, for its lusts.
14:1Now accept one who isweak in faith, but
not for disputes over opinions. 14:2One man
has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak
eats only vegetables. 14:3Don't let himwho eats
despise himw ho doesn't eat. Don't let him
who doesn't eat judge himwho eats, for God
has accepted him. 14:4Who are you who judge
another's servant? To his own lord he stands or
falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has
power to make him stand.
14:5One man esteems one day as more important.
Another esteems every day alike. Let
each man be fully assured in his own mind.
14:6He who observes the day, observes it to the
Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to
the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats,
eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He
who doesn't eat, to the Lord he doesn't eat, and
gives God thanks. 14:7For none of us lives to
himself, and none dies to himself. 14:8For if we
live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die
to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are
the Lord's. 14:9For to this end Christ died, rose,
and lived again, that he might be Lord of both
the dead and the living.
14:10But you, why do you judge your
brother? Or you again, why do you despise
your brother? For we will all stand before the
judgment seat of Christ. 14:11For it is written,
"'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to me every knee
will bow.
Every tongue will confess to God.'"j
14:12So then each one of us will give account
of himself to God. 14:13Therefore let's not
judge one another any more, but judge this
rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his
brother's way, or an occasion for falling. 14:14I
e12:19 Deuteronomy 32:35
f12:20 Proverbs 25:21-22
g13:9 TR adds "You shall not give false testimony,"
h13:9 Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deuteronomy 5:17-19,21
i13:9 Leviticus 19:18
j14:11 Isaiah 45:23
Romans 14:15 908 Romans 15:18
know, and amp ersuaded in the Lord Jesus, that
nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him
who considers anything to be unclean, to him
it is unclean. 14:15Yet if because of food your
brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love.
Don't destroy with your food himf or whom
Christ died. 14:16Then don't let your good be
slandered, 14:17for the Kingdomo f God is not
eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace,
and joy in the Holy Spirit. 14:18For he who
serves Christ in these things is acceptable to
God and approved by men. 14:19So then, let
us follow after things which make for peace,
and things by which we may build one another
up. 14:20Don't overthrow God'swork for food's
sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is
evil for that man who creates a stumbling block
by eating. 14:21It is good to not eat meat, drink
wine, nor do anything by which your brother
stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.
14:22Do you have faith? Have it to yourself
before God. Happy is he who doesn't judge
himself in that which he approves. 14:23But he
who doubts is condem ned if he eats, because it
isn't of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.
14:24Nowto himwho is able to establish you
according to my Good News and the preaching
of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of
the mystery which has been kept secret through
long ages, 14:25but now is revealed, and by
the Scriptures of the prophets, according to
the commandment of the eternal God, is made
known for obedience of faith to all the nations;
14:26to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ,
to whombe the glory forever! Amen.k
15:1Now we who are strong ought to bear
the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please
ourselves. 15:2Let each one of us please his
neighbor for that which is good, to be building
himu p. 15:3For even Christ didn't please
himself. But, as it is written, "The reproaches
of those who reproached you fell on me."l
15:4For whatever things were written before
were written for our learning, that through
patience and through encouragement of the
Scriptures we might have hope. 15:5Now the
God of patience and of encouragement grant
you to be of the same mind one with another
according to Christ Jesus, 15:6that with one
accord you may with one mouth glorify the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15:7Therefore accept one another, even as
Christ also accepted you,m to the glory of God.
15:8Now I say that Christ has been made a
servant of the circumcision for the truth of God,
that he might confirm the promises given to the
fathers, 15:9and that the Gentiles might glorify
God for his m ercy. As it is written,
"Therefore will I give praise to you among the
Gentiles,
and sing to your name."n
15:10Again he says,
"Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people."o
15:11Again,
"Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles!
Let all the peoples praise him."p
15:12Again, Isaiah says,
"There will be the root of Jesse,
he who arises to rule over the Gentiles;
in himt he Gentiles will hope."q
15:13Now may the God of hope fill you with
all joy and peace in believing, that you may
abound in hope, in the power of the Holy
Spirit. 15:14I myself am also persuaded about
you, my brothersr, that you yourselves are full
of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able
also to admonish others. 15:15But I write the
more boldly to you in part, as reminding you,
because of the grace that was given to m e by
God, 15:16that I should be a servant of Christ
Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest the
Good News of God, that the offering up of the
Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified
by the Holy Spirit. 15:17I have therefore my
boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining
to God. 15:18For I will not dare to speak of
any things except those which Christ worked
k14:26 TR places verses 24-26 after Romans 16:24 as verses 25-27.
l15:3 Psalm69: 9
m15:7 TR reads "us" instead of "you"
n15:9 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49
o15:10 Deuteronomy 32:43
p15:11 Psalm117: 1
q15:12 Isaiah 11:10
r15:14 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
Romans 15:19 909 Romans 16:20
through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles,
by word and deed, 15:19in the power of signs
and wonders, in the power of God's Spirit; so
that fromJ erusalem, and around as far as to
Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News
of Christ; 15:20yes, m aking it m y aim to preach
the Good News, not where Christ was already
named, that I might not build on another's
foundation. 15:21But, as it is written,
"They will see, to whomno news of himcam e.
They who haven't heard will understand."
s
15:22Therefore also I was hindered these
many times from coming to you, 15:23but now,
no longer having any place in these regions,
and having these many years a longing to come
to you, 15:24whenever I journey to Spain, I will
com e to you. For I hope to see you on m y
journey, and to be helped on my way there
by you, if first I may enjoy your company
for a while. 15:25But now, I say, I amgoin g
to Jerusalem, serving the saints. 15:26For it
has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and
Achaia to make a certain contribution for the
poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.
15:27Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and
they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles
have been made partakers of their spiritual
things, they owe it to themal so to serve them
in fleshly things. 15:28When therefore I have
accomplished this, and have sealed to themthis
fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain. 15:29I
know that, when I come to you, I will come in
the fullness of the blessing of the Good News of
Christ.
15:30Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord
Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that
you strive together with me in your prayers to
God for me, 15:31that I may be delivered from
those who are disobedient in Judea, and that
my service which I have for Jerusalem may be
acceptable to the saints; 15:32that I may come to
you in joy through thewill of God, and together
with you, find rest. 15:33Now the God of peace
be with you all. Amen.
16:1I commend to you Phoebe, our sister,
who is a servantt of the assembly that is at
Cenchreae, 16:2that you receive her in the Lord,
in a way worthy of the saints, and that you
assist her in whatever matter she may need
fromyou, for she herself also has been a helper
of many, and of my own self.
16:3Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow
workers in Christ Jesus, 16:4who for my life,
laid down their own necks; to whomno t only
I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the
Gentiles. 16:5Greet the assembly that is in their
house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is
the first fruits of Achaia to Christ. 16:6Greet
Mary, who labored much for us. 16:7Greet
Andronicus and Junias, my relatives and my
fellow prisoners, who are notable among the
apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
16:8Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord.
16:9Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ,
and Stachys, my beloved. 16:10Greet Apelles,
the approved in Christ. Greet those who are
of the household of Aristobulus. 16:11Greet
Herodion, my kinsman. Greet them of the
household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord.
16:12Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor
in the Lord. Greet Persis, the beloved, who
labored much in the Lord. 16:13Greet Rufus,
the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and
mine. 16:14Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes,
Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothersu who are
with them. 16:15Greet Philologus and Julia,
Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all
the saints who are with them. 16:16Greet one
another with a holy kiss. The assemblies of
Christ greet you.
16:17Now I beg you, brothers, look out for
those who are causing the divisions and occasions
of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine
which you learned, and turn away fromthem.
16:18For those who are such don't serve our
Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and
by their smooth and flattering speech, they
deceive the hearts of the innocent. 16:19For your
obedience has become known to all. I rejoice
therefore over you. But I desire to have you
wise in that which is good, but innocent in that
which is evil. 16:20And the God of peace will
quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
s15:21 Isaiah 52:15
t16:1 or, deacon
u16:14 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
Romans 16:21 910 1 Corinthians 1:30
16:21Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you,
as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my relatives.
16:22I, Tertius, who write the letter, greet you
in the Lord. 16:23Gaius, my host and host
of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus,
the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does
Quartus, the brother. 16:24The grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ be with you all! Amen.16:25v
Paul's First Letter to
the Corinthians
1:1Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus
Christ through the will of God, and our brother
Sosthenes, 1:2to the assembly of God which is
at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ
Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every
place, both theirs and ours: 1:3Grace to you and
peace fromGo d our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
1:4I always thank my God concerning you,
for the grace of God which was given you in
Christ Jesus; 1:5that in everything you were
enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;
1:6even as the testimony of Christ was
confirmed in you: 1:7so that you come behind
in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord
Jesus Christ; 1:8who will also confirmyou until
the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus
Christ. 1:9God is faithful, through whomy ou
were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus
Christ, our Lord. 1:10Now I beg you, brothers,a
through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that
you all speak the same thing and that there
be no divisions among you, but that you be
perfected together in the same mind and in the
same judgment. 1:11For it has been reported
to me concerning you, my brothers, by those
who are fromC hloe's household, that there are
contentions among you. 1:12Now I mean this,
that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I
follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I
follow Christ." 1:13Is Christ divided? Was
Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized
into the name of Paul? 1:14I thank God that
I baptized none of you, except Crispus and
Gaius, 1:15so that no one should say that I had
baptized you into my own name. 1:16(I also
baptized the household of Stephanas; besides
them, I don't know whether I baptized any
other.) 1:17For Christ sent me not to baptize,
but to preach the Good News not in wisdom
of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn't
be made void. 1:18For the word of the cross is
foolishness to those who are dying, but to us
who are saved it is the power of God. 1:19For it
is written,
"I will destroy the wisdomof the wise,
I will bring the discernment of the discerning
to nothing."b
1:20Where is the wise? Where is the scribe?
Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn't God
made foolish the wisdom of this world? 1:21For
seeing that in the wisdomo f God, the world
through its wisdomdidn 't know God, it was
God's good pleasure through the foolishness
of the preaching to save those who believe.
1:22For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after
wisdom, 1:23but we preach Christ crucified;
a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness
to Greeks, 1:24but to those who are called,
both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power
of God and the wisdomof God. 1:25Because
the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and
the weakness of God is stronger than men.
1:26For you see your calling, brothers, that not
many are wise according to the flesh, not many
mighty, and not many noble; 1:27but God chose
the foolish things of the world that he might
put to shame those who are wise. God chose
the weak things of the world, that he might
put to shame the things that are strong; 1:28and
God chose the lowly things of the world, and
the things that are despised, and the things
that are not, that he might bring to nothing
the things that are: 1:29that no flesh should
boast before God. 1:30But of him, you are in
Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from
God, and righteousness and sanctification, and
v16:25 TR places Romans 14:24-26 at the end of Romans instead of at the end of chapter 14, and numbers
these verses 16:25-27.
a1:10 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
b1:19 Isaiah 29:14
1 Corinthians 1:31 911 1 Corinthians 3:19
redemption: 1:31that, according as it is written,
"He who boasts, let himbo ast in the Lord."c
2:1When I came to you, brothers, I didn't
come with excellence of speech or of wisdom,
proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
2:2For I determined not to know anything
among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
2:3I was with you in weakness, in fear,
and in much trembling. 2:4My speech and
my preaching were not in persuasive words of
human wisdom, but in demonstration of the
Spirit and of power, 2:5that your faith wouldn't
stand in the wisdomof men, but in the power
of God. 2:6We speak wisdom, however, among
those who are full grown; yet a wisdomno t of
this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who
are coming to nothing. 2:7But we speak God's
wisdomi n a mystery, the wisdom that has
been hidden, which God foreordained before
the worlds for our glory, 2:8which none of the
rulers of this world has known. For had they
known it, they wouldn't have crucified the
Lord of glory. 2:9But as it is written,
"Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear
didn't hear,
which didn't enter into the heart of man,
these God has prepared for those who love
him."d
2:10But to us, God revealed themt hrough the
Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes,
the deep things of God. 2:11For who among
men knows the things of a man, except the
spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so,
no one knows the things of God, except God's
Spirit. 2:12But we received, not the spirit of the
world, but the Spiritwhich is fromGod, thatwe
might know the things that were freely given
to us by God. 2:13Which things also we speak,
not in words which man's wisdom teaches, but
which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual
things with spiritual things. 2:14Now the
natural man doesn't receive the things of God's
Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he
can't know them, because they are spiritually
discerned. 2:15But he who is spiritual discerns
all things, and he himself is judged by no one.
2:16"For who has known the mind of the Lord,
that he should instruct him?"e But we have
Christ's mind.
3:1Brothers, I couldn't speak to you as to
spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in
Christ. 3:2I fed you with milk, not with meat;
for you weren't yet ready. Indeed, not even
now are you ready, 3:3for you are still fleshly.
For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and
factions among you, aren't you fleshly, and
don't you walk in the ways of men? 3:4For
when one says, "I follow Paul," and another,
"I follow Apollos," aren't you fleshly? 3:5Who
then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants
through whomy ou believed; and each as the
Lord gave to him? 3:6I planted. Apollos
watered. But God gave the increase. 3:7So
then neither he who plants is anything, nor he
who waters, but God who gives the increase.
3:8Now he who plants and he who waters
are the same, but each will receive his own
reward according to his own labor. 3:9For
we are God's fellow workers. You are God's
farming, God's building. 3:10According to the
grace of God which was given to me, as a
wise master builder I laid a foundation, and
another builds on it. But let each man be
careful how he builds on it. 3:11For no one
can lay any other foundation than that which
has been laid, which is Jesus Christ. 3:12But
if anyone builds on the foundation with gold,
silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;
3:13each man's work will be revealed. For the
Day will declare it, because it is revealed in
fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of
work each man's work is. 3:14If any man's work
remains which he built on it, he will receive a
reward. 3:15If any man's work is burned, he
will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved,
but as through fire.
3:16Don't you know that you are a temple of
God, and that God's Spirit lives in you? 3:17If
anyone destroys the temple of God, God will
destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which
you are. 3:18Let no one deceive himself. If
anyone thinks that he is wise among you in
this world, let him become a fool, that he may
become wise. 3:19For the wisdomof this world
is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He
c1:31 Jeremiah 9:24
d2:9 Isaiah 64:4
e2:16 Isaiah 40:13
1 Corinthians 3:20 912 1 Corinthians 5:11
has taken the wise in their craftiness."f 3:20And
again, "The Lord knows the reasoning of the
wise, that it is worthless."g 3:21Therefore let
no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
3:22whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the
world, or life, or death, or things present, or
things to come. All are yours, 3:23and you are
Christ's, and Christ is God's.
4:1So let a man think of us as Christ's
servants, and stewards of God's mysteries.
4:2Here, moreover, it is required of stewards,
that they be found faithful. 4:3But with me it
is a very small thing that I should be judged
by you, or by man's judgment. Yes, I don't
judge my own self. 4:4For I know nothing
against myself. Yet I am not justified by this,
but he who judges me is the Lord. 4:5Therefore
judge nothing before the time, until the Lord
comes, who will both bring to light the hidden
things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of
the hearts. Then each man will get his praise
fromGod.
4:6Now these things, brothers, I have in a
figure transferred to myself and Apollos for
your sakes, that in us you might learn not to
think beyond the things which are written, that
none of you be puffed up against one another.
4:7For who makes you different? And what do
you have that you didn't receive? But if you
did receive it, why do you boast as if you had
not received it? 4:8You are already filled. You
have already become rich. You have come to
reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did
reign, that we also might reignwith you. 4:9For,
I think that God has displayed us, the apostles,
last of all, like men sentenced to death. For
we are made a spectacle to the world, both to
angels and men. 4:10We are fools for Christ's
sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak,
but you are strong. You have honor, but we
have dishonor. 4:11Even to this present hourwe
hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have
no certain dwelling place. 4:12We toil, working
with our own hands. When people curse us, we
bless. Being persecuted, we endure. 4:13Being
defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth
of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even
until now. 4:14I don't write these things to
shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved
children. 4:15For though you have ten thousand
tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For
in Christ Jesus, I became your father through
the Good News. 4:16I beg you therefore, be
imitators of me. 4:17Because of this I have
sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and
faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you
of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach
everywhere in every assembly. 4:18Now some
are puffed up, as though I were not coming to
you. 4:19But I will come to you shortly, if the
Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word
of those who are puffed up, but the power.
4:20For the Kingdomo f God is not in word, but
in power. 4:21What do you want? Shall I come
to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of
gentleness?
5:1It is actually reported that there is sexual
immorality among you, and such sexual
immorality as is not even named among the
Gentiles, that one has his father's wife. 5:2You
are puffed up, and didn't rather mourn, that
he who had done this deed might be removed
froma mong you. 5:3For I most certainly, as
being absent in body but present in spirit, have
already, as though I were present, judged him
who has done this thing. 5:4In the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ, you being gathered together,
and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus
Christ, 5:5are to deliver such a one to Satan for
the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may
be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
5:6Your boasting is not good. Don't you
know that a little yeast leavens the whole
lump? 5:7Purge out the old yeast, that you
may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened.
For indeed Christ, our Passover, has
been sacrificed in our place. 5:8Therefore let
us keep the feast, not with old yeast, neither
with the yeast of malice and wickedness, but
with the unleavened bread of sincerity and
truth. 5:9I wrote to you in my letter to have
no company with sexual sinners; 5:10yet not
at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this
world, or with the covetous and extortioners,
or with idolaters; for then you would have to
leave the world. 5:11But as it is, I wrote to you
not to associate with anyone who is called a
brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or
an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an
f3:19 Job 5:13
g3:20 Psalm94: 11
1 Corinthians 5:12 913 1 Corinthians 7:14
extortioner. Don't even eat with such a person.
5:12For what have I to do with also judging
those who are outside? Don't you judge those
who are within? 5:13But those who are outside,
God judges. "Put away the wicked man from
among yourselves."h
6:1Dare any of you, having a matter against
his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous,
and not before the saints? 6:2Don't you know
that the saints will judge the world? And if
the world is judged by you, are you unworthy
to judge the smallest matters? 6:3Don't you
know that we will judge angels? How much
more, things that pertain to this life? 6:4If
then, you have to judge things pertaining to
this life, do you set themto judge who are of
no account in the assembly? 6:5I say this to
move you to shame. Isn't there even one wise
man among you who would be able to decide
between his brothers? 6:6But brother goes to
law with brother, and that before unbelievers!
6:7Therefore it is already altogether a defect in
you, that you have lawsuits one with another.
Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather
be defrauded? 6:8No, but you yourselves do
wrong, and defraud, and that against your
brothers. 6:9Or don't you know that the unrighteous
will not inherit the Kingdomo f God?
Don't be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral,
nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male
prostitutes, nor homosexuals, 6:10nor thieves,
nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers,
nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdomo f
God. 6:11Such were some of you, but you
were washed. But you were sanctified. But
you were justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God. 6:12"All
things are lawful for me," but not all things
are expedient. "All things are lawful for me,"
but I will not be brought under the power of
anything. 6:13"Foods for the belly, and the belly
for foods," but God will bring to nothing both
it and them. But the body is not for sexual
immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for
the body. 6:14Now God raised up the Lord, and
will also raise us up by his power. 6:15Don't
you know that your bodies are members of
Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ,
and make them members of a prostitute? May
it never be! 6:16Or don't you know that he
who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For,
"The two," says he, "will become one flesh."i
6:17But he who is joined to the Lord is one
spirit. 6:18Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin
that a man does is outside the body," but he
who commits sexual immorality sins against
his own body. 6:19Or don't you know that your
body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in
you, which you have fromGod? You are not
your own, 6:20for you were bought with a price.
Therefore glorify God in your body and in your
spirit, which are God's.
7:1Now concerning the things about which
you wrote to me: it is good for a man not
to touch a woman. 7:2But, because of sexual
immoralities, let each man have his own wife,
and let each woman have her own husband.
7:3Let the husband render to his wife the affection
owed her, and likewise also the wife to her
husband. 7:4The wife doesn't have authority
over her own body, but the husband. Likewise
also the husband doesn't have authority over
his own body, but the wife. 7:5Don't deprive
one another, unless it is by consent for a season,
that you may give yourselves to fasting and
prayer, and may be together again, that Satan
doesn't tempt you because of your lack of selfcontrol.
7:6But this I say by way of concession, not
of commandment. 7:7Yet I wish that all men
were like me. However each man has his own
gift fromGod, one of this kind, and another
of that kind. 7:8But I say to the unmarried
and to widows, it is good for themif they
remain even as I am. 7:9But if they don't have
self-control, let themm arry. For it's better to
marry than to burn. 7:10But to the married I
command not I, but the Lord that the wife
not leave her husband 7:11(but if she departs,
let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled
to her husband), and that the husband not leave
his wife.
7:12But to the rest I not the Lord say, if
any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she
is content to live with him, let him not leave
her. 7:13The woman who has an unbelieving
husband, and he is content to live with her,
let her not leave her husband. 7:14For the
unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife,
h5:13 Deuteronomy 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21; 24:7
i6:16 Genesis 2:24
1 Corinthians 7:15 914 1 Corinthians 8:9
and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the
husband. Otherwise your children would be
unclean, but now they are holy. 7:15Yet if the
unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The
brother or the sister is not under bondage in
such cases, but God has called us in peace.
7:16For how do you know, wife, whether you
will save your husband? Or how do you know,
husband, whether you will save your wife?
7:17Only, as the Lord has distributed to each
man, as God has called each, so let him walk.
So I command in all the assemblies.
7:18Was anyone called having been circumcised?
Let him not become uncircumcised. Has
anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let
himno t be circumcised. 7:19Circumcision is
nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but
the keeping of the commandments of God.
7:20Let each man stay in that calling in which
he was called. 7:21Were you called being a
bondservant? Don't let that bother you, but
if you get an opportunity to become free,
use it. 7:22For he who was called in the
Lord being a bondservant is the Lord's free
man. Likewise he who was called being free
is Christ's bondservant. 7:23You were bought
with a price. Don't become bondservants of
men. 7:24Brothers, let each man, in whatever
condition he was called, stay in that condition
with God.
7:25Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment
from the Lord, but I give my judgment
as one who has obtained mercy from the
Lord to be trustworthy. 7:26I think that it is
good therefore, because of the distress that is
on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
7:27Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be
freed. Are you free froma wife? Don't seek a
wife. 7:28But if you marry, you have not sinned.
If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such
will have oppression in the flesh, and I want
to spare you. 7:29But I say this, brothers: the
time is short, that fromnow on, both those who
have wives may be as though they had none;
7:30and those who weep, as though they didn't
weep; and those who rejoice, as though they
didn't rejoice; and those who buy, as though
they didn't possess; 7:31and those who use the
world, as not using it to the fullest. For the
mode of thisworld passes away. 7:32But I desire
to have you to be free fromcare s. He who is
unmarried is concerned for the things of the
Lord, how he may please the Lord; 7:33but he
who is married is concerned about the things
of the world, how he may please his wife.
7:34There is also a difference between a wife
and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares
about the things of the Lord, that she may be
holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is
married cares about the things of the world
how she may please her husband. 7:35This I
say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare
you, but for that which is appropriate, and that
you may attend to the Lordwithout distraction.
7:36But if any man thinks that he is behaving
inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past
the flower of her age, and if need so requires,
let himdo what he desires. He doesn't sin. Let
themmarry. 7:37But he who stands steadfast in
his heart, having no necessity, but has power
over his own heart, to keep his own virgin,
does well. 7:38So then both he who gives his
own virgin in marriage does well, and he who
doesn't give her in marriage does better. 7:39A
wife is bound by law for as long as her husband
lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to
be married to whoever she desires, only in the
Lord. 7:40But she is happier if she stays as she
is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have
God's Spirit.
8:1Now concerning things sacrificed to idols:
We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge
puffs up, but love builds up. 8:2But
if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he
doesn't yet know as he ought to know. 8:3But
if anyone loves God, the same is known by
him. 8:4Therefore concerning the eating of
things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol
is anything in the world, and that there is no
other God but one. 8:5For though there are
things that are called "gods," whether in the
heavens or on earth; as there are many "gods"
and many "lords;" 8:6yet to us there is one
God, the Father, of whomare all things, and
we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through
whoma re all things, and we live through him.
8:7However, that knowledge isn't in all men.
But some, with consciousness of the idol until
now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and
their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8:8But
food will not commend us to God. For neither,
if we don't eat, are we the worse; nor, if we
eat, are we the better. 8:9But be careful that
by no means does this liberty of yours become
1 Corinthians 8:10 915 1 Corinthians 10:7
a stumbling block to the weak. 8:10For if a
man sees you who have knowledge sitting in
an idol's temple, won't his conscience, if he is
weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed
to idols? 8:11And through your knowledge, he
who is weak perishes, the brother for whose
sake Christ died. 8:12Thus, sinning against the
brothers, and wounding their conscience when
it is weak, you sin against Christ. 8:13Therefore,
if food causes my brother to stumble, I will
eat no meat forevermore, that I don't cause my
brother to stumble.
9:1AmI not free? AmI not an apostle?
Haven't I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren't
you my work in the Lord? 9:2If to others I
amno t an apostle, yet at least I amto you;
for you are the seal of my apostleship in the
Lord. 9:3My defense to those who examine
m e is this. 9:4Have we no right to eat and
to drink? 9:5Have we no right to take along
a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of
the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and
Cephas? 9:6Or have only Barnabas and I no
right to not work? 9:7What soldier ever serves
at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard,
and doesn't eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a
flock, and doesn't drink fromthe flock's milk?
9:8Do I speak these things according to the
ways of men? Or doesn't the law also say the
same thing? 9:9For it is written in the law of
Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it
treads out the grain."j Is it for the oxen that
God cares, 9:10or does he say it assuredly for
our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake,
because he who plows ought to plow in hope,
and he who threshes in hope should partake
of his hope. 9:11If we sowed to you spiritual
things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly
things? 9:12If others partake of this right over
you, don't we yet more? Nevertheless we did
not use this right, but we bear all things, that
we may cause no hindrance to the Good News
of Christ. 9:13Don't you know that those who
serve around sacred things eat fromthe things
of the temple, and those who wait on the altar
have their portion with the altar? 9:14Even so
the Lord ordained that those who proclaimthe
Good News should live fromt he Good News.
9:15But I have used none of these things, and
I don't write these things that it may be done
so in my case; for I would rather die, than that
anyone should make my boasting void. 9:16For
if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to
boast about; for necessity is laid on me; but
woe is to me, if I don't preach the Good News.
9:17For if I do this of my own will, I have a
reward. But if not of my own will, I have a
stewardship entrusted to me. 9:18What then
is my reward? That, when I preach the Good
News, I may present the Good News of Christ
without charge, so as not to abuse my authority
in the Good News. 9:19For though I was free
fromal l, I broughtmyself under bondage to all,
that I might gain the more. 9:20To the Jews I
became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those
who are under the law, as under the law, that I
might gain those who are under the law; 9:21to
those who are without law, as without law (not
being without law toward God, but under law
toward Christ), that I might win those who are
without law. 9:22To the weak I becam e asweak,
that I might gain the weak. I have become all
things to all men, that I may by all means save
some. 9:23Now I do this for the sake of the
Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of
it. 9:24Don't you know that those who run in
a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run
like that, that you may win. 9:25Every man who
strives in the games exercises self-control in all
things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible
crown, but we an incorruptible. 9:26I therefore
run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that,
as not beating the air, 9:27but I beat my body
and bring it into submission, lest by any means,
after I have preached to others, I myself should
be rejected.
10:1Now I would not have you ignorant,
brothers, that our fathers were all under the
cloud, and all passed through the sea; 10:2and
were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and
in the sea; 10:3and all ate the same spiritual
food; 10:4and all drank the same spiritual drink.
For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed
them, and the rock was Christ. 10:5However
with most of them, God was not well pleased,
for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
10:6Now these things were our examples, to
the intent we should not lust after evil things,
as they also lusted. 10:7Neither be idolaters,
as some of them were. As it is written, "The
people sat down to eat and drink, and rose
j9:9 Deuteronomy 25:4
1 Corinthians 10:8 916 1 Corinthians 11:16
up to play."k 10:8Neither let us commit sexual
immorality, as some of them committed, and in
one day twenty-three thousand fell. 10:9Neither
let us test the Lord, as som eof them tested, and
perished by the serpents. 10:10Neither grumble,
as some of them also grumbled, and perished
by the destroyer. 10:11Now all these things
happened to themby way of example, and they
were written for our admonition, on whom the
ends of the ages have come. 10:12Therefore let
himwho thinks he stands be careful that he
doesn't fall.
10:13No temptation has taken you except
what is common to man. God is faithful, who
will not allow you to be tempted above what
you are able, but will with the temptation also
make the way of escape, that you may be able
to endure it. 10:14Therefore, my beloved, flee
fromidola try. 10:15I speak as to wise men.
Judge what I say. 10:16The cup of blessing
which we bless, isn't it a sharing of the blood
of Christ? The bread which we break, isn't it
a sharing of the body of Christ? 10:17Because
there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many,
are one body; for we all partake of the one
loaf of bread. 10:18Consider Israel according
to the flesh. Don't those who eat the sacrifices
participate in the altar?
10:19What amI saying then? That a thing
sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is
anything? 10:20But I say that the things which
the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons,
and not to God, and I don't desire that you
would have fellowship with demons. 10:21You
can't both drink the cup of the Lord and the
cup of demons. You can't both partake of the
table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.
10:22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy?
Are we stronger than he? 10:23"All things are
lawful for me," but not all things are profitable.
"All things are lawful for me," but not all things
build up. 10:24Let no one seek his own, but each
one his neighbor's good. 10:25Whatever is sold
in the butcher shop, eat, asking no question
for the sake of conscience, 10:26for "the earth is
the Lord's, and its fullness."l 10:27But if one of
those who don't believe invites you to a meal,
and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set
before you, asking no questions for the sake
of conscience. 10:28But if anyone says to you,
"This was offered to idols," don't eat it for the
sake of the one who told you, and for the sake
of conscience. For "the earth is the Lord's,
and all its fullness." 10:29Conscience, I say, not
your own, but the other's conscience. For why
is my liberty judged by another conscience?
10:30If I partake with thankfulness, why amI
denounced for that for which I give thanks?
10:31Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or
whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
10:32Give no occasions for stumbling, either to
Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;
10:33even as I also please all men in all things,
not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the
many, that they may be saved.
11:1Be imitators of me, even as I also am of
Christ. 11:2Now I praise you, brothers, that
you remember me in all things, and hold firm
the traditions, even as I delivered themt o you.
11:3But 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. 11:4Every man praying or prophesying,
having his head covered, dishonors his head.
11:5But every woman praying or prophesying
with her head unveiled dishonors her head.
For it is one and the same thing as if she were
shaved. 11:6For if a woman is not covered, let
her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for
a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be
covered. 11:7For a man indeed ought not to
have his head covered, because he is the image
and glory of God, but the woman is the glory
of the man. 11:8For man is not from woman,
but woman from man; 11:9for neither was man
created for thewoman, but woman for the man.
11:10For this cause the woman ought to have
authority on her head, because of the angels.
11:11Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent
of the man, nor the man independent
of the woman, in the Lord. 11:12For as
woman came from man, so a man also comes
through a woman; but all things are from God.
11:13Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that
a woman pray to God unveiled? 11:14Doesn't
even nature itself teach you that if a man has
long hair, it is a dishonor to him? 11:15But if a
woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her
hair is given to her for a covering. 11:16But if
k10:7 Exodus 32:6
l10:26 Psalm24: 1
1 Corinthians 11:17 917 1 Corinthians 12:23
any man seems to be contentious, we have no
such custom, neither do God's assemblies.
11:17But in giving you this command, I don't
praise you, that you come together not for the
better but for the worse. 11:18For first of all,
when you come together in the assembly, I hear
that divisions exist among you, and I partly
believe it. 11:19For there also must be factions
among you, that those who are approved may
be revealed among you. 11:20When therefore
you assemble yourselves together, it is not the
Lord's supper that you eat. 11:21For in your
eating each one takes his own supper first. One
is hungry, and another is drunken. 11:22What,
don't you have houses to eat and to drink in?
Or do you despise God's assembly, and put
themto shame who don't have? What shall
I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don't
praise you.
11:23For I received fromt he Lord that which
also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on
the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
11:24When he had given thanks, he broke it, and
said, "Take, eat. This is my body, which is
broken for you. Do this in memory of me."
11:25In the same way he also took the cup, after
supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant
in my blood. Do this, as often as youdr ink,
in memory of me." 11:26For as often as you
eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim
the Lord's death until he comes. 11:27Therefore
whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord's
cup in a manner unworthy of the Lord will
be guilty of the body and the blood of the
Lord. 11:28But let a man examine himself, and
so let himea t of the bread, and drink of the
cup. 11:29For he who eats and drinks in an
unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to
himself, if he doesn't discern the Lord's body.
11:30For this cause many among you are weak
and sickly, and not a few sleep. 11:31For if we
discerned ourselves, we wouldn't be judged.
11:32But when we are judged, we are punished
by the Lord, that we may not be condemned
with the world. 11:33Therefore, my brothers,
when you come together to eat, wait one for
another. 11:34But if anyone is hungry, let him
eat at home, lest your coming together be for
judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever
I com e.
12:1Now concerning spiritual things, brothers,
I don't want you to be ignorant. 12:2You
know that when you were heathenm, youwere
led away to those mute idols, however you
might be led. 12:3Therefore I make known to
you that no man speaking by God's Spirit says,
"Jesus is accursed." No one can say, "Jesus is
Lord," but by the Holy Spirit. 12:4Now there
are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
12:5There are various kinds of service, and
the same Lord. 12:6There are various kinds of
workings, but the same God, who works all
things in all. 12:7But to each one is given the
manifestation of the Spirit for the profit of all.
12:8For to one is given through the Spirit the
word of wisdom, and to another the word of
knowledge, according to the same Spirit; 12:9to
another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another
gifts of healings, by the same Spirit; 12:10and
to another workings of miracles; and to another
prophecy; and to another discerning of
spirits; to another different kinds of languages;
and to another the interpretation of languages.
12:11But the one and the sam e Spirit works all
of these, distributing to each one separately as
he desires.
12:12For as the body is one, and has many
members, and all the members of the body,
being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
12:13For in one Spirit we were all baptized into
one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether
bond or free; and were all given to drink into
one Spirit. 12:14For the body is not one member,
but many. 12:15If the foot would say, "Because
I'mno t the hand, I'mno t part of the body," it
is not therefore not part of the body. 12:16If the
ear would say, "Because I'mn ot the eye, I'm
not part of the body," it's not therefore not part
of the body. 12:17If the whole body were an
eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole
were hearing, where would the smelling be?
12:18But now God has set the m em bers, each
one of them, in the body, just as he desired.
12:19If they were all one member, where would
the body be? 12:20But now they are many
members, but one body. 12:21The eye can't tell
the hand, "I have no need for you," or again
the head to the feet, "I have no need for you."
12:22No, much rather, those members of the
body which seemt o be weaker are necessary.
12:23Those parts of the body which we think
m12:2 or Gentiles
1 Corinthians 12:24 918 1 Corinthians 14:14
to be less honorable, on those we bestow more
abundant honor; and our unpresentable parts
have more abundant propriety; 12:24whereas
our presentable parts have no such need. But
God composed the body together, giving more
abundant honor to the inferior part, 12:25that
there should be no division in the body, but that
the members should have the same care for one
another. 12:26When one member suffers, all the
members suffer with it. Or when one member
is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
12:27Now you are the body of Christ, and
members individually. 12:28God has set some
in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets,
third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts
of healings, helps, governments, and various
kinds of languages. 12:29Are all apostles? Are
all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracle
workers? 12:30Do all have gifts of healings?
Do all speak with various languages? Do all
interpret? 12:31But earnestly desire the best
gifts. Moreover, I show a most excellent way
to you.
13:1If I speak with the languages of men
and of angels, but don't have love, I have
become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
13:2If I have the gift of prophecy, and know
all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have
all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don't
have love, I amno thing. 13:3If I dole out all my
goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body
to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me
nothing.
13:4Love is patient and is kind; love
doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not
proud, 13:5doesn't behave itself inappropriately,
doesn't seek its ownway, is not provoked,
takes no account of evil; 13:6doesn't rejoice in
unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
13:7bears all things, believes all things, hopes
all things, endures all things. 13:8Love never
fails. But where there are prophecies, they will
be done away with. Where there are various
languages, they will cease. Where there is
knowledge, it will be done away with. 13:9For
we know in part, and we prophesy in part;
13:10but when that which is complete has come,
then that which is partial will be done away
with. 13:11When I was a child, I spoke as a
child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now
that I have become a man, I have put away
childish things. 13:12For now we see in a mirror,
dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in
part, but then I will know fully, even as I was
also fully known. 13:13But now faith, hope, and
love remain these three. The greatest of these
is love.
14:1Follow after love, and earnestly desire
spiritual gifts, but especially that you may
prophesy. 14:2For he who speaks in another
language speaks not to men, but to God; for
no one understands; but in the Spirit he speaks
mysteries. 14:3But he who prophesies speaks
to men for their edification, exhortation, and
consolation. 14:4He who speaks in another
language edifies himself, but he who prophesies
edifies the assembly. 14:5Now I desire
to have you all speak with other languages,
but rather that you would prophesy. For he
is greater who prophesies than he who speaks
with other languages, unless he interprets, that
the assembly may be built up.
14:6But now, brothers,n if I come to you
speaking with other languages, what would
I profit you, unless I speak to you either by
way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of
prophesying, or of teaching? 14:7Even things
without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or
harp, if they didn't give a distinction in the
sounds, how would it be known what is piped
or harped? 14:8For if the trumpet gave an
uncertain sound, who would prepare himself
for war? 14:9So also you, unless you uttered
by the tongue words easy to understand, how
would it be known what is spoken? For you
would be speaking into the air. 14:10There are, it
may be, so many kinds of sounds in the world,
and none of themi s without meaning. 14:11If
then I don't know the meaning of the sound,
I would be to himwho speaks a foreigner,
and he who speaks would be a foreigner to
me. 14:12So also you, since you are zealous
for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to
the building up of the assembly. 14:13Therefore
let himw ho speaks in another language pray
that he may interpret. 14:14For if I pray in
another language, my spirit prays, but my
understanding is unfruitful.
n14:6 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
1 Corinthians 14:15 919 1 Corinthians 15:13
14:15What 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. 14:16Otherwise if
you bless with the spirit, how will he who fills
the place of the unlearned say the "Amen" at
your giving of thanks, seeing he doesn't know
what you say? 14:17For you most certainly give
thanks well, but the other person is not built
up. 14:18I thank my God, I speak with other
languages more than you all. 14:19However in
the assembly I would rather speak five words
with my understanding, that I might instruct
others also, than ten thousand words in another
language.
14:20Brothers, don't be children in thoughts,
yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be
mature. 14:21In the law it is written, "By men of
strange languages and by the lips of strangers
I will speak to this people. Not even thus will
they hear me, says the Lord."o 14:22Therefore
other languages are for a sign, not to those
who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying
is for a sign, not to the unbelieving,
but to those who believe. 14:23If therefore the
whole assembly is assembled together and all
speak with other languages, and unlearned or
unbelieving people come in, won't they say
that you are crazy? 14:24But if all prophesy,
and someone unbelieving or unlearned comes
in, he is reproved by all, and he is judged by
all. 14:25And thus the secrets of his heart are
revealed. So he will fall down on his face and
worship God, declaring that God is among you
indeed.
14:26What is it then, brothers? When you
come together, each one of you has a psalm,
has a teaching, has a revelation, has another
language, has an interpretation. Let all things
be done to build each other up. 14:27If any
man speaks in another language, let it be two,
or at the most three, and in turn; and let one
interpret. 14:28But if there is no interpreter,
let himkeep silent in the assembly, and let
himspea k to himself, and to God. 14:29Let
the prophets speak, two or three, and let the
others discern. 14:30But if a revelation is made
to another sitting by, let the first keep silent.
14:31For you all can prophesy one by one,
that all may learn, and all may be exhorted.
14:32The spirits of the prophets are subject to
the prophets, 14:33for God is not a God of
confusion, but of peace.
As in all the assemblies of the saints, 14:34let
your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for
it has not been permitted for them to speak;
but let thembe in subjection, as the law also
says. 14:35If they desire to learn anything, let
themas k their own husbands at home, for
it is shameful for a woman to chatter in the
assembly. 14:36What? Was it fromy ou that
the word of God went out? Or did it come to
you alone? 14:37If any man thinks himself to
be a prophet, or spiritual, let himr ecognize the
things which I write to you, that they are the
commandment of the Lord. 14:38But if anyone
is ignorant, let himbe ignorant. 14:39Therefore,
brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and
don't forbid speaking with other languages.
14:40Let all things be done decently and in
order.
15:1Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good
News which I preached to you, which also
you received, in which you also stand, 15:2by
which also you are saved, if you hold firmly
the word which I preached to you unless you
believed in vain. 15:3For I delivered to you first
of all that which I also received: that Christ
died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
15:4that he was buried, that he was raised on the
third day according to the Scriptures, 15:5and
that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
15:6Then he appeared to over five hundred
brothers at once, most of whom remain until
now, but some have also fallen asleep. 15:7Then
he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
15:8and last of all, as to the child born at the
wrong time, he appeared to me also. 15:9For I
amthe least of the apostles, who is not worthy
to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the
assembly of God. 15:10But by the grace of God
I amwhat I am. His grace which was bestowed
on me was not futile, but I worked more than
all of them; yet not I, but the grace ofGodwhich
was with me. 15:11Whether then it is I or they,
so we preach, and so you believed.
15:12Now if Christ is preached, that he has
been raised fromt he dead, how do some
among you say that there is no resurrection of
the dead? 15:13But if there is no resurrection
of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.
o14:21 Isaiah 28:11-12
1 Corinthians 15:14 920 1 Corinthians 15:53
15:14If Christ has not been raised, then our
preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in
vain. 15:15Yes, we are found false witnesses of
God, because we testified about God that he
raised up Christ, whomh e didn't raise up, if
it is so that the dead are not raised. 15:16For if
the dead aren't raised, neither has Christ been
raised. 15:17If Christ has not been raised, your
faith is vain; you are still in your sins. 15:18Then
they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have
perished. 15:19If we have only hoped in Christ
in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
15:20But now Christ has been raised fromt he
dead. He became the first fruits of those who
are asleep. 15:21For since death came by man,
the resurrection of the dead also came by man.
15:22For as in Adama ll die, so also in Christ all
will be made alive. 15:23But each in his own
order: Christ the first fruits, then those who
are Christ's, at his coming. 15:24Then the end
comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom
to God, even the Father; when he will have
abolished all rule and all authority and power.
15:25For he must reign until he has put all his
enemies under his feet. 15:26The last enemy that
will be abolished is death. 15:27For, "He put all
things in subjection under his feet."p But when
he says, "All things are put in subjection," it
is evident that he is excepted who subjected
all things to him. 15:28When all things have
been subjected to him, then the Son will also
himself be subjected to him who subjected all
things to him, that God may be all in all. 15:29Or
else what will they do who are baptized for the
dead? If the dead aren't raised at all, why then
are they baptized for the dead? 15:30Why do
we also stand in jeopardy every hour? 15:31I
affirm, by the boasting in you which I have
in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 15:32If
I fought with anim als at Ephesus for hum an
purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead
are not raised, then "let us eat and drink, for
tomorrow we die."q 15:33Don't be deceived!
"Evil companionships corrupt good morals."
15:34Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for
some have no knowledge of God. I say this to
your shame. 15:35But someone will say, "How
are the dead raised?" and, "With what kind
of body do they come?" 15:36You foolish one,
that which you yourself sow is not made alive
unless it dies. 15:37That which you sow, you
don't sow the body that will be, but a bare
grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.
15:38But God gives it a body even as it pleased
him, and to each seed a body of its own. 15:39All
flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh
of men, another flesh of animals, another of
fish, and another of birds. 15:40There are also
celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies; but the
glory of the celestial differs fromt hat of the
terrestrial. 15:41There is one glory of the sun,
another glory of the moon, and another glory
of the stars; for one star differs fromano ther
star in glory. 15:42So also is the resurrection of
the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised
in incorruption. 15:43It is sown in dishonor; it
is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is
raised in power. 15:44It is sown a natural body;
it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural
body and there is also a spiritual body.
15:45So also it is written, "The first man,
Adam, became a living soul."r The last Adam
became a life-giving spirit. 15:46However that
which is spiritual isn't first, but that which is
natural, then that which is spiritual. 15:47The
first man is of the earth, made of dust. The
second man is the Lord from heaven. 15:48As
is the one made of dust, such are those who
are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly,
such are they also that are heavenly. 15:49As
we have borne the image of those made of
dust, let'ss also bear the image of the heavenly.
15:50Now I say this, brothers,t that flesh and
blood can't inherit the KingdomofGod; neither
does corruption inherit incorruption.
15:51Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will
not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 15:52in
a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the
last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and
the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we
will be changed. 15:53For this corruptible must
put on incorruption, and this mortal must put
p15:27 Psalm8: 6
q15:32 Isaiah 22:13
r15:45 Genesis 2:7
s15:49 NU, TR read "we will" instead of "let's"
t15:50 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
1 Corinthians 15:54 921 2 Corinthians 1:7
on immortality. 15:54But when this corruptible
will have put on incorruption, and this mortal
will have put on immortality, then what is
written will happen: "Death is swallowed up
in victory."u
15:55"Death, where is your sting?
Hadesv, where is your victory?"w
15:56The sting of death is sin, and the power
of sin is the law. 15:57But thanks be to God, who
gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ. 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be
steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the
Lord's work, because you know that your labor
is not in vain in the Lord.
16:1Now concerning the collection for the
saints, as I commanded the assemblies of Galatia,
you do likewise. 16:2On the first day of
the week, let each one of you save, as he may
prosper, that no collections be made when I
come. 16:3When I arrive, I will send whoever
you approve with letters to carry your gracious
gift to Jerusalem. 16:4If it is appropriate for
me to go also, they will go with me. 16:5But I
will come to you when I have passed through
Macedonia, for I amp assing through Macedonia.
16:6But with you it may be that I will stay,
or even winter, that you may send me on my
journey wherever I go. 16:7For I do not wish
to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay
a while with you, if the Lord permits. 16:8But
I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost, 16:9for
a great and effective door has opened to me,
and there are many adversaries. 16:10Now if
Timothy comes, see that he is with you without
fear, for he does the work of the Lord, as I also
do. 16:11Therefore let no one despise him. But
set himf orward on his journey in peace, that
he may come to me; for I expect him with the
brothers.
16:12Now concerning Apollos, the brother, I
strongly urged himto come to you with the
brothers; and it was not at all his desire to
come now; but he will come when he has an
opportunity.
16:13Watch! Stand firmi n the faith! Be
courageous! Be strong! 16:14Let all that you do
be done in love.
16:15Now I beg you, brothers (you know the
house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of
Achaia, and that they have set themselves to
serve the saints), 16:16that you also be in subjection
to such, and to everyone who helps in the
work and labors. 16:17I rejoice at the coming of
Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus; for that
which was lacking on your part, they supplied.
16:18For they refreshed my spirit and yours.
Therefore acknowledge those who are like that.
16:19The assemblies of Asia greet you.
Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the
Lord, together with the assembly that is in their
house. 16:20All the brothers greet you. Greet
one another with a holy kiss.
16:21This greeting is by me, Paul, with my
own hand. 16:22If any man doesn't love the
Lord Jesus Christ, let himb e accursedx. Com e,
Lord!y 16:23The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
be with you. 16:24My love to all of you in Christ
Jesus. Amen.
Paul's Second Letter
to the Corinthians
1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through
the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to
the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with
all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
1:2Grace to you and peace fromGo d our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God
of all comfort; 1:4who comforts us in all our
affliction, that we may be able to comfort those
who are in any affliction, through the comfort
with which we ourselves are comforted
by God. 1:5For as the sufferings of Christ
abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds
through Christ. 1:6But if we are afflicted,
it is for your comfort and salvation. If we
are comforted, it is for your comfort, which
produces in you the patient enduring of the
same sufferings which we also suffer. 1:7Our
u15:54 Isaiah 25:8
v15:55 or, Hell
w15:55 Hosea 13:14
x16:22 Greek: anathema.
y16:22 Aramaic: Maranatha!
2 Corinthians 1:8 922 2 Corinthians 2:17
hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since
you are partakers of the sufferings, so also are
you of the comfort. 1:8For we don't desire to
have you uninformed, brothers,a concerning
our affliction which happened to us in Asia,
that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond
our power, so much that we despaired
even of life. 1:9Yes, we ourselves have had
the sentence of death within ourselves, that we
should not trust in ourselves, but in God who
raises the dead, 1:10who delivered us out of
so great a death, and does deliver; on whom
we have set our hope that he will also still
deliver us; 1:11you also helping together on
our behalf by your supplication; that, for the
gift bestowed on us by means of many, thanks
may be given by many persons on your behalf.
1:12For our boasting is this: the testimony of
our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity
of God, not in fleshly wisdombu t in the grace
of God we behaved ourselves in the world,
and more abundantly toward you. 1:13For we
write no other things to you, than what you
read or even acknowledge, and I hope you
will acknowledge to the end; 1:14as also you
acknowledged us in part, that we are your
boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day
of our Lord Jesus. 1:15In this confidence, I was
determined to come first to you, that you might
have a second benefit; 1:16and by you to pass
into Macedonia, and again fromM acedonia to
come to you, and to be sent forward by you on
my journey to Judea. 1:17When I therefore was
thus determined, did I show fickleness? Or the
things that I purpose, do I purpose according
to the flesh, that with me there should be the
"Yes, yes" and the "No, no?" 1:18But as God
is faithful, our word toward you was not "Yes
and no." 1:19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ,
who was preached among you by us, by me,
Silvanus, and Timothy, was not "Yes and no,"
but in himis "Yes." 1:20For however many
are the promises of God, in him is the "Yes."
Therefore also through himis the "Amen," to
the glory of God through us.
1:21Now he who establishes us with you in
Christ, and anointed us, is God; 1:22who also
sealed us, and gave us the down payment of
the Spirit in our hearts. 1:23But I call God for
a witness to my soul, that I didn't come to
Corinth to spare you. 1:24Not that we have
lordship over your faith, but are fellowworkers
with you for your joy. For you stand firmin
faith.
2:1But I determined this for myself, that I
would not come to you again in sorrow. 2:2For
if I make you sorry, then who will make me
glad but he who is made sorry by me? 2:3And
I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when
I came, I wouldn't have sorrow from them of
whomI ought to rejoice; having confidence
in you all, that my joy would be shared by
all of you. 2:4For out of much affliction and
anguish of heart I wrote to you with many
tears, not that you should be made sorry, but
that you might know the love that I have so
abundantly for you. 2:5But if any has caused
sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but
in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.
2:6Sufficient to such a one is this punishment
which was inflicted by the many; 2:7so that
on the contrary you should rather forgive him
and comfort him, lest by any means such a
one should be swallowed up with his excessive
sorrow. 2:8Therefore I beg you to confirmyour
love toward him. 2:9For to this end I also
wrote, that I might know the proof of you,
whether you are obedient in all things. 2:10Now
I also forgive whomever you forgive anything.
For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have
forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence
of Christ, 2:11that no advantage may be gained
over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his
schemes.
2:12Now when I came to Troas for the Good
News of Christ, and when a door was opened
to me in the Lord, 2:13I had no relief for my
spirit, because I didn't find Titus, my brother,
but taking my leave of them, I went out into
Macedonia. 2:14Now thanks be to God, who
always leads us in triumph in Christ, and
reveals through us the sweet aroma of his
knowledge in every place. 2:15For we are a
sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who
are saved, and in those who perish; 2:16to the
one a stench fromd eath to death; to the other a
sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient
for these things? 2:17For we are not as so many,
peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity,
a1:8 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and
sisters" or "siblings."
2 Corinthians 3:1 923 2 Corinthians 5:1
but as of God, in the sight of God,we speak in
Christ.
3:1Are we beginning again to commend
ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters
of commendation to you or from you? 3:2You
are our letter, written in our hearts, known and
read by all men; 3:3being revealed that you are
a letter of Christ, served by us, written not
with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God;
not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are
hearts of flesh. 3:4Such confidence we have
through Christ toward God; 3:5not that we are
sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as
fromourselv es; but our sufficiency is fromGod;
3:6who also made us sufficient as servants of
a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the
Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives
life. 3:7But if the service of death, written
engraved on stones, came with glory, so that
the children of Israel could not look steadfastly
on the face of Moses for the glory of his face;
which was passing away: 3:8won't service of
the Spirit be with m uch m ore glory? 3:9For
if the service of condemnation has glory, the
service of righteousness exceeds much more in
glory. 3:10For most certainly that which has
been made glorious has not been made glorious
in this respect, by reason of the glory that
surpasses. 3:11For if that which passes away
was with glory, much more that which remains
is in glory.
3:12Having therefore such a hope, we use
great boldness of speech, 3:13and not as Moses,
who put a veil on his face, that the children
of Israel wouldn't look steadfastly on the end
of that which was passing away. 3:14But their
minds were hardened, for until this very day
at the reading of the old covenant the same
veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.
3:15But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil
lies on their heart. 3:16But whenever one turns
to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 3:17Now
the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of
the Lord is, there is liberty. 3:18But we all,
with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror
the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the
same image from glory to glory, even as from
the Lord, the Spirit.
4:1Therefore seeing we have this ministry,
even as we obtained mercy, we don't faint.
4:2But we have renounced the hidden things
of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling
the word of God deceitfully; but by
the manifestation of the truth commending
ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight
of God. 4:3Even if our Good News is veiled,
it is veiled in those who perish; 4:4in whom
the god of this world has blinded the minds
of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good
News of the glory of Christ, who is the image
of God, should not dawn on them. 4:5For
we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as
Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus'
sake; 4:6seeing it is God who said, "Light will
shine out of darkness,"b who has shone in our
hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the
glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
4:7But we have this treasure in clay vessels,
that the exceeding greatness of the power may
be of God, and not fromourselv es. 4:8We
are pressed on every side, yet not crushed;
perplexed, yet not to despair; 4:9pursued, yet
not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
4:10always carrying in the body the putting to
death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus
may also be revealed in our body. 4:11For
we who live are always delivered to death for
Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be
revealed in our mortal flesh. 4:12So then death
works in us, but life in you. 4:13But having the
same spirit of faith, according to that which is
written, "I believed, and therefore I spoke."c
We also believe, and therefore also we speak;
4:14knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus
will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us
with you. 4:15For all things are for your sakes,
that the grace, being multiplied through the
many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to
the glory of God. 4:16Therefore we don't faint,
but though our outward man is decaying, yet
our inward man is renewed day by day. 4:17For
our light affliction, which is for the moment,
works for us more and more exceedingly an
eternal weight of glory; 4:18while we don't look
at the things which are seen, but at the things
which are not seen. For the things which are
seen are temporal, but the things which are not
seen are eternal.
b4:6 Genesis 1:3
c4:13 Psalm116: 10
2 Corinthians 5:2 924 2 Corinthians 6:17
5:1For we know that if the earthly house
of our tent is dissolved, we have a building
fromGod, a house not made with hands,
eternal, in the heavens. 5:2For most certainly
in this we groan, longing to be clothed with
our habitation which is fromhe aven; 5:3if so
be that being clothed we will not be found
naked. 5:4For indeed we who are in this tent
do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to
be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed,
that what is mortal may be swallowed up by
life. 5:5Now he who made us for this very thing
is God,who also gave to us the down paym ent
of the Spirit.
5:6Therefore, we are always confident and
know that while we are at home in the body,
we are absent fromthe Lord; 5:7for we walk
by faith, not by sight. 5:8We are of good
courage, I say, and are willing rather to be
absent fromthe body, and to be at home with
the Lord. 5:9Therefore also we make it our aim,
whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing
to him. 5:10For we must all be revealed before
the judgment seat of Christ; that each one
may receive the things in the body, according
to what he has done, whether good or bad.
5:11Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we
persuade men, but we are revealed to God;
and I hope that we are revealed also in your
consciences. 5:12For we are not commending
ourselves to you again, but speak as giving
you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that
you may have something to answer those who
boast in appearance, and not in heart. 5:13For
if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or
if we are of sober mind, it is for you. 5:14For
the love of Christ constrains us; because we
judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all
died. 5:15He died for all, that those who live
should no longer live to themselves, but to
himw ho for their sakes died and rose again.
5:16Therefore we know no one after the flesh
fromno w on. Even though we have known
Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him
so no more. 5:17Therefore if anyone is in
Christ, he is a new creation. The old things
have passed away. Behold, all things have
become new. 5:18But all things are of God, who
reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ,
and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;
5:19namely, that God was in Christ reconciling
the world to himself, not reckoning to them
their trespasses, and having committed to us
the word of reconciliation. 5:20We are therefore
ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though
God were entreating by us: we beg you on
behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 5:21For
himwho knew no sin he made to be sin on
our behalf; so that in him we might become the
righteousness of God.
6:1Working together, we entreat also that
you not receive the grace of God in vain, 6:2for
he says,
"At an acceptable time I listened to you,
in a day of salvation I helped you."d
Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold,
now is the day of salvation. 6:3We give no
occasion of stumbling in anything, that our
service may not be blamed, 6:4but in everything
commending ourselves, as servants of God, in
great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships,
in distresses, 6:5in beatings, in imprisonments,
in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
6:6in pureness, in knowledge, in patience, in
kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,
6:7in the word of truth, in the power of God; by
the armor of righteousness on the right hand
and on the left, 6:8by glory and dishonor, by
evil report and good report; as deceivers, and
yet true; 6:9as unknown, and yet well known;
as dying, and behold, we live; as punished,
and not killed; 6:10as sorrowful, yet always
rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as
having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
6:11Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians.
Our heart is enlarged. 6:12You are not restricted
by us, but you are restricted by your own
affections. 6:13Now in return, I speak as to
my children, you also be open wide. 6:14Don't
be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what
fellowship have righteousness and iniquity?
Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
6:15What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or
what portion has a believerwith an unbeliever?
6:16What agreement has a temple of God with
idols? For you are a temple of the living God.
Even as God said, "I will dwell in them, and
walk in them; and I will be their God, and they
will be my people."e 6:17Therefore,
d6:2 Isaiah 49:8
e6:16 Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 32:38; Ezekiel 37:27
2 Corinthians 6:18 925 2 Corinthians 8:14
"'Come out from among them,
and be separate,' says the Lord.
'Touch no unclean thing.
I will receive you.f
6:18I will be to you a Father.
You will be to me sons and daughters,'
says the Lord Almighty."g
7:1Having therefore these promises,
beloved, let us cleanse ourselves froma ll
defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting
holiness in the fear of God. 7:2Open your hearts
to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted
no one. We took advantage of no one. 7:3I
say this not to condemn you, for I have said
before, that you are in our hearts to die together
and live together. 7:4Great is my boldness
of speech toward you. Great is my boasting
on your behalf. I amfi lled with comfort. I
overflow with joy in all our affliction. 7:5For
even when we had come into Macedonia, our
flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on
every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was
inside. 7:6Nevertheless, he who comforts the
lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of
Titus; 7:7and not by his coming only, but also
by the comfort with which he was comforted in
you, while he told us of your longing, your
mourning, and your zeal for me; so that I
rejoiced still more.
7:8For though I made you sorry with my
letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret
it. For I see that my letter made you sorry,
though just for a while. 7:9I now rejoice, not
that you were made sorry, but that you were
made sorry to repentance. For you were made
sorry in a godly way, that you might suffer
loss by us in nothing. 7:10For godly sorrow
works repentance to salvation, which brings
no regret. But the sorrow of the world works
death. 7:11For behold, this same thing, that
you were made sorry in a godly way, what
earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what
defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and
vengeance! In everything you demonstrated
yourselves to be pure in the matter. 7:12So
although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his
cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that
suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care
for us might be revealed in you in the sight of
God. 7:13Therefore we have been comforted. In
our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly
for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been
refreshed by you all. 7:14For if in anything I
have boasted to himo n your behalf, I was not
disappointed. But as we spoke all things to
you in truth, so our glorying also which I made
before Titus was found to be truth. 7:15His
affection is more abundantly toward you,while
he remembers all of your obedience, how with
fear and trembling you received him. 7:16I
rejoice that in everything I amo f good courage
concerning you.
8:1Moreover, brothers, we make known to
you the grace of God which has been given
in the assemblies of Macedonia; 8:2how that
in much proof of affliction the abundance of
their joy and their deep poverty abounded to
the riches of their liberality. 8:3For according
to their power, I testify, yes and beyond
their power, they gave of their own accord,
8:4begging us with much entreaty to receive
this grace and the fellowship in the service to
the saints. 8:5Thiswas not aswe had hoped, but
first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and
to us through the will of God. 8:6So we urged
Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he
would also complete in you this grace. 8:7But as
you abound in everything, in faith, utterance,
knowledge, all earnestness, and in your love
to us, see that you also abound in this grace.
8:8I speak not by way of commandment, but as
proving through the earnestness of others the
sincerity also of your love. 8:9For you know the
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he
was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor,
that you through his poverty might become
rich. 8:10I give a judgment in this: for this is
expedient for you, who were the first to start a
year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.
8:11But now complete the doing also, that as
there was the readiness to be willing, so there
may be the completion also out of your ability.
8:12For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable
according to what you have, not according to
what you don't have. 8:13For this is not that
others may be eased and you distressed, 8:14but
for equality. Your abundance at this present
time supplies their lack, that their abundance
also may become a supply for your lack; that
f6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41
g6:18 2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8
2 Corinthians 8:15 926 2 Corinthians 10:7
there may be equality. 8:15As it is written, "He
who gathered much had nothing left over, and
he who gathered little had no lack."h
8:16But thanks be to God, who puts the same
earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
8:17For he indeed accepted our exhortation,
but being himself very earnest, he went out
to you of his own accord. 8:18We have sent
together with himthe brother whose praise
in the Good News is known through all the
assemblies. 8:19Not only so, but who was also
appointed by the assemblies to travel with us
in this grace, which is served by us to the glory
of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.
8:20We are avoiding this, that any man should
blam e us concerning this abundance which is
administered by us. 8:21Having regard for
honorable things, not only in the sight of the
Lord, but also in the sight of men. 8:22We have
sent with themo ur brother, whomwe have
many times proved earnest in many things,
but now much more earnest, by reason of the
great confidence which he has in you. 8:23As
for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker
for you. As for our brothers, they are the
apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.
8:24Therefore show the proof of your love to
themin front of the assemblies, and of our
boasting on your behalf.
9:1It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to
you concerning the service to the saints, 9:2for I
know your readiness, of which I boast on your
behalf to themo f Macedonia, that Achaia has
been prepared for a year past. Your zeal has
stirredupverymany of them .9:3But I have sent
the brothers that our boasting on your behalf
may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I
said, you may be prepared, 9:4so that I won't
by any means, if there come with me any of
Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (to
say nothing of you) should be disappointed in
this confident boasting. 9:5I thought it necessary
therefore to entreat the brothers that they
would go before to you, and arrange ahead
of time the generous gift that you promised
before, that the same might be ready as a
matter of generosity, and not of greediness.
9:6Remember this: he who sows sparingly will
also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully
will also reap bountifully. 9:7Let each man give
according as he has determined in his heart;
not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God
loves a cheerful giver. 9:8And God is able
to make all grace abound to you, that you,
always having all sufficiency in everything,
may abound to every good work. 9:9As it is
written,
"He has scattered abroad, he has given to the
poor.
His righteousness remains forever."i
9:10Now may he who supplies seed to the
sower and bread for food, supply and multiply
your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits
of your righteousness; 9:11you being enriched
in everything to all liberality, which works
through us thanksgiving to God. 9:12For
this service of giving that you performn ot
only makes up for lack among the saints,
but abounds also through many givings of
thanks to God; 9:13seeing that through the
proof given by this service, they glorify God for
the obedience of your confession to the Good
News of Christ, and for the liberality of your
contribution to themand to all; 9:14while they
themselves also, with supplication on your
behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding
grace of God in you. 9:15Now thanks be to God
for his unspeakable gift!
10:1Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by
the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who
in your presence amlow ly among you, but
being absent amof good courage toward you.
10:2Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present,
show courage with the confidence with which
I intend to be bold against some, who consider
us to be walking according to the flesh.
10:3For though we walk in the flesh, we don't
wage war according to the flesh; 10:4for the
weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but
mighty before God to the throwing down of
strongholds, 10:5throwing down imaginations
and every high thing that is exalted against
the knowledge of God, and bringing every
thought into captivity to the obedience of
Christ; 10:6and being in readiness to avenge
all disobedience, when your obedience will be
made full. 10:7Do you look at things only as
they appear in front of your face? If anyone
trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him
h8:15 Exodus 16:8
i9:9 Psalm112: 9
2 Corinthians 10:8 927 2 Corinthians 11:26
consider this again with himself, that, even as
he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's. 10:8For
though I should boast somewhat abundantly
concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave
for building you up, and not for casting you
down) I will not be disappointed, 10:9that I may
not seema s if I desire to terrify you by my
letters. 10:10For, "His letters," they say, "are
weighty and strong, but his bodily presence
is weak, and his speech is despised." 10:11Let
such a person consider this, that what we are
in word by letters when we are absent, such
are we also in deed when we are present.
10:12For we are not bold to num ber or com pare
ourselves with some of those who commend
themselves. But they themselves, measuring
themselves by themselves, and comparing
themselves with themselves, are without understanding.
10:13But wewill not boast beyond
proper limits, but within the boundaries with
which God appointed to us, which reach even
to you. 10:14For we don't stretch ourselves
too much, as though we didn't reach to you.
For we came even as far as to you with the
Good News of Christ, 10:15not boasting beyond
proper limits in other men's labors, but having
hope that as your faith grows, we will be
abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of
influence, 10:16so as to preach the Good News
even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in
what someone else has already done. 10:17But
"he who boasts, let himbo ast in the Lord."j
10:18For it isn't he who commends himself who
is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
11:1I wish that you would bear with me in a
little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with
me. 11:2For I amje alous over you with a godly
jealousy. For I married you to one husband,
that I might present you as a pure virgin to
Christ. 11:3But I amaf raid that somehow,
as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness,
so your minds might be corrupted from the
simplicity that is in Christ. 11:4For if he who
comes preaches another Jesus, whom we did
not preach, or if you receive a different spirit,
which you did not receive, or a different "good
news", which you did not accept, you put up
with that well enough. 11:5For I reckon that
I amno t at all behind the very best apostles.
11:6But though I amun skilled in speech, yet I
amn ot unskilled in knowledge. No, in every
way we have been revealed to you in all things.
11:7Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself
that you might be exalted, because I preached
to you God's Good News free of charge? 11:8I
robbed other assemblies, taking wages from
themthat I might serve you. 11:9When I was
present with you and was in need, I wasn't a
burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they
came from Macedonia, supplied the measure
of my need. In everything I kept myself from
being burdensome to you, and I will continue
to do so. 11:10As the truth of Christ is in me,
no one will stop me from this boasting in the
regions of Achaia. 11:11Why? Because I don't
love you? God knows. 11:12But what I do,
that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from
themthat desire an occasion, that in which they
boast, they may be found even as we. 11:13For
such men are false apostles, deceitful workers,
masquerading as Christ's apostles. 11:14And
no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an
angel of light. 11:15It is no great thing therefore
if his servants also masquerade as servants of
righteousness, whose end will be according to
their works.
11:16I say again, let no one think me foolish.
But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also
may boast a little. 11:17That which I speak,
I don't speak according to the Lord, but as
in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
11:18Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I
will also boast. 11:19For you bear with the
foolish gladly, being wise. 11:20For you bear
with a man, if he brings you into bondage,
if he devours you, if he takes you captive,
if he exalts himself, if he strikes you on the
face. 11:21I speak by way of disparagement,
as though we had been weak. Yet however
any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I amb old
also. 11:22Are they Hebrews? So amI. Are
they Israelites? So amI . Are they the seed of
Abraham? So am I. 11:23Are they servants of
Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am
more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons
more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in
deaths often. 11:24Five times from the Jews I
received forty stripes minus one. 11:25Three
times I was beaten with rods. Once I was
stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I
have been a night and a day in the deep. 11:26I
j10:17 Jeremiah 9:24
2 Corinthians 11:27 928 2 Corinthians 13:3
have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils
of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils
fromt he Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the
wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false
brothers; 11:27in labor and travail, in watchings
often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often,
and in cold and nakedness.
11:28Besides those things that are outside,
there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety
for all the assemblies. 11:29Who is weak, and I
amno t weak? Who is caused to stumble, and
I don't burn with indignation? 11:30If I must
boast, I will boast of the things that concern my
weakness. 11:31The God and Father of the Lord
Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forevermore,
knows that I don't lie. 11:32In Damascus the
governor under Aretas the king guarded the
city of the Damascenes desiring to arrest me.
11:33Through a window I was let down in a
basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.
12:1It is doubtless not profitable for me to
boast. For I will come to visions and revelations
of the Lord. 12:2I know a man in Christ,
fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I don't
know, orwhether out of the body, I don't know;
God knows), such a one caught up into the
third heaven. 12:3I know such a man (whether
in the body, or outside of the body, I don't
know; God knows), 12:4how he was caught up
into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words,
which it is not lawful for a man to utter. 12:5On
behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my
own behalf I will not boast, except in my
weaknesses. 12:6For if I would desire to boast,
I will not be foolish; for I will speak the truth.
But I refrain, so that no man may think more of
me than that which he sees in me, or hears from
me. 12:7By reason of the exceeding greatness
of the revelations, that I should not be exalted
excessively, there was given to me a thorn
in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment
me, that I should not be exalted excessively.
12:8Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord
three times that it might depart fromme. 12:9He
has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you,
for my power is made perfect in weakness."
Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my
weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest
on me.
12:10Therefore I take pleasure inweaknesses,
in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in
distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am
weak, then amI strong. 12:11I have becom e
foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I
ought to have been commended by you, for in
nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles,
though I amno thing. 12:12Truly the signs
of an apostle were worked among you in all
patience, in signs and wonders and mighty
works. 12:13For what is there in which you
were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies,
unless it is that I myself was not a burden to
you? Forgive me this wrong.
12:14Behold, this is the third time I am ready
to come to you, and I will not be a burden
to you; for I seek not your possessions, but
you. For the children ought not to save up for
the parents, but the parents for the children.
12:15I will most gladly spend and be spent for
your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am
I loved the less? 12:16But be it so, I did not
myself burden you. But, being crafty, I caught
you with deception. 12:17Did I take advantage
of you by anyone of themw homI have sent
to you? 12:18I exhorted Titus, and I sent the
brotherwith him. Did Titus take any advantage
of you? Didn't we walk in the same spirit?
Didn't we walk in the same steps? 12:19Again,
do you think that we are excusing ourselves to
you? In the sight of God we speak in Christ.
But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.
12:20For I amaf raid that by any means, when
I come, I might find you not the way I want
to, and that I might be found by you as you
don't desire; that by any means there would
be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions,
slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;
12:21that again when I come my God would
humble me before you, and I would mourn
for many of those who have sinned before
now, and not repented of the uncleanness and
sexual immorality and lustfulness which they
committed.
13:1This is the third time I am coming to you.
"At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall
every word be established."k 13:2I have said
beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when
I was present the second time, so now, being
absent, I write to those who have sinned before
now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I
will not spare; 13:3seeing that you seek a proof
k13:1 Deuteronomy 19:15
2 Corinthians 13:4 929 Galatians 2:2
of Christ who speaks in me; who toward you is
not weak, but is powerful in you. 13:4For he
was crucified through weakness, yet he lives
through the power of God. For we also are
weak in him, but we will live with him through
the power of God toward you. 13:5Test your
own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test
your own selves. Or don't you know as to your
own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless
indeed you are disqualified. 13:6But I hope that
you will know that we aren't disqualified.
13:7Now I pray to God that you do no evil;
not that we may appear approved, but that you
may do that which is honorable, though we are
as reprobate. 13:8For we can do nothing against
the truth, but for the truth. 13:9For we rejoice
when we areweak and you are strong. And this
we also pray for, even your perfecting. 13:10For
this cause Iwrite these things while absent, that
I may not deal sharplywhen present, according
to the authority which the Lord gave me for
building up, and not for tearing down.
13:11Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected,
be comforted, be of the same mind, live in
peace, and the God of love and peace will be
with you. 13:12Greet one another with a holy
kiss. 13:13All the saints greet you. 13:14The
grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with
you all. Amen.
Paul's Letter to the
Galatians
1:1Paul, an apostle (not fromm en, neither
through man, but through Jesus Christ, and
God the Father, who raised himf romthe dead),
1:2and all the brothersa who are with me, to
the assemblies of Galatia: 1:3Grace to you and
peace fromGo d the Father, and our Lord Jesus
Christ, 1:4who gave himself for our sins, that
he might deliver us out of this present evil
age, according to the will of our God and
Father 1:5to whombe the glory forever and
ever. Amen.
1:6I marvel that you are so quickly deserting
himw ho called you in the grace of Christ
to a different "good news"; 1:7and there isn't
another "good news." Only there are some
who trouble you, and want to pervert the Good
News of Christ. 1:8But even though we, or
an angel fromhe aven, should preach to you
any "good news" other than that which we
preached to you, let himb e cursed. 1:9As we
have said before, so I now say again: if any
man preaches to you any "good news" other
than that which you received, let himbe cursed.
1:10For amI now seeking the favor of men, or
of God? Or amI striving to please men? For
if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a
servant of Christ. 1:11But I make known to you,
brothers, concerning the Good News which
was preached by me, that it is not according
to man. 1:12For neither did I receive it from
man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me
through revelation of Jesus Christ. 1:13For
you have heard of my way of living in time
past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond
measure I persecuted the assembly of God,
and ravaged it. 1:14I advanced in the Jews'
religion beyond many of my own age among
my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous
for the traditions of my fathers. 1:15But
when it was the good pleasure of God, who
separated me from my mother's womb, and
called me through his grace, 1:16to reveal his
Son in me, that I might preach him among the
Gentiles, I didn't immediately confer with flesh
and blood, 1:17nor did I go up to Jerusalem
to those who were apostles before me, but I
went away into Arabia. Then I returned to
Damascus. 1:18Then after three years I went
up to Jerusalemto visit Peter, and stayed with
himfi fteen days. 1:19But of the other apostles
I saw no one, except James, the Lord's brother.
1:20Now about the things which I write to you,
behold, before God, I'mno t lying. 1:21Then I
came to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 1:22I
was still unknown by face to the assemblies
of Judea which were in Christ, 1:23but they
only heard: "He who once persecuted us now
preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy."
1:24And they glorified God in me.
2:1Then after a period of fourteen years I
went up again to Jerusalemwi th Barnabas,
taking Titus also with me. 2:2I went up by
a1:2 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and
sisters" or "siblings."
Galatians 2:3 930 Galatians 3:13
revelation, and I laid before themthe Good
News which I preach among the Gentiles, but
privately before those who were respected, for
fear that I might be running, or had run, in
vain. 2:3But not even Titus, who was with me,
being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
2:4This was because of the false brothers
secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our
liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they
might bring us into bondage; 2:5to whomwe
gave no place in the way of subjection, not for
an hour, that the truth of the Good News might
continue with you. 2:6But fromt hose who
were reputed to be important (whatever they
were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn't
show partiality to man) they, I say, who were
respected imparted nothing to me, 2:7but to
the contrary, when they saw that I had been
entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcision,
even as Peter with the Good News
for the circumcision 2:8(for he who appointed
Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision
appointed me also to the Gentiles); 2:9andwhen
they perceived the grace that was given to me,
James and Cephas and John, they who were
reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas
the right hand of fellowship, that we should go
to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.
2:10They only asked us to remember the poor
which very thing I was also zealous to do.
2:11But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted
himto his face, because he stood condemned.
2:12For before some people came from
James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they
came, he drew back and separated himself,
fearing those who were of the circumcision.
2:13And the rest of the Jews joined himi n his
hypocrisy; so that even Barnabas was carried
away with their hypocrisy. 2:14But when I saw
that they didn't walk uprightly according to
the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter
before thema ll, "If you, being a Jew, live as the
Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do,why do you
compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?
2:15"We, being Jews by nature, and not Gentile
sinners, 2:16yet knowing that a man is not
justified by the works of the law but through
faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ
Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in
Christ, and not by the works of the law, because
no flesh will be justified by the works of the
law. 2:17But if,whilewe sought to be justified in
Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is
Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not! 2:18For if
I build up again those thingswhich I destroyed,
I prove myself a law-breaker. 2:19For I, through
the law, died to the law, that I might live to
God. 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and
it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in
me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I
live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me,
and gave himself up for me. 2:21I don't m ake
void the grace of God. For if righteousness is
through the law, then Christ died for nothing!"
3:1FoolishGalatians, who has bewitched you
not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus
Christ was openly set forth among you as
crucified? 3:2I just want to learn this fromy ou.
Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the
law, or by hearing of faith? 3:3Are you so
foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you
now completed in the flesh? 3:4Did you suffer
so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?
3:5He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you,
and works miracles among you, does he do it
by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?
3:6Even as Abraham" believed God, and it was
counted to himfor righteousness." 3:7Know
therefore that those who are of faith, the same
are children of Abraham. 3:8The Scripture,
foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles
by faith, preached the Good News beforehand
to Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations
will be blessed."b 3:9So then, those who are
of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
3:10For as many as are of the works of the law
are under a curse. For it is written, "Cursed
is everyone who doesn't continue in all things
that are written in the book of the law, to do
them."c 3:11Now that no man is justified by the
law before God is evident, for, "The righteous
will live by faith."d 3:12The law is not of faith,
but, "The man who does them will live by
them."e
3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the
b3:8 Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18
c3:10 Deuteronomy 27:26
d3:11 Habakkuk 2:4
e3:12 Leviticus 18:5
Galatians 3:14 931 Galatians 4:22
law, having become a curse for us. For it is
written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a
tree,"f 3:14that the blessing of Abrahamm ight
come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that
we might receive the promise of the Spirit
through faith. 3:15Brothers, speaking of human
terms, though it is only a man's covenant, yet
when it has been confirmed, no one makes it
void, or adds to it. 3:16Now the promises were
spoken to Abrahama nd to his seed. He doesn't
say, "To seeds," as of many, but as of one, "To
your seed,"g which is Christ. 3:17NowI say this.
A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in
Christ, the law,which came four hundred thirty
years after, does not annul, so as to make the
promise of no effect. 3:18For if the inheritance
is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God
has granted it to Abrahamby promise.
3:19What then is the law? It was added
because of transgressions, until the seed should
come to whom the promise has been made. It
was ordained through angels by the hand of a
mediator. 3:20Now a mediator is not between
one, but God is one. 3:21Is the law then against
the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there
had been a law given which could make alive,
most certainly righteousness would have been
of the law. 3:22But the Scriptures imprisoned
all things under sin, that the promise by faith
in Jesus Christ might be given to those who
believe. 3:23But before faith came, we were
kept in custody under the law, confined for
the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
3:24So that the law has become our tutor to
bring us to Christ, that we might be justified
by faith. 3:25But now that faith has come, we
are no longer under a tutor. 3:26For you are
all children of God, through faith in Christ
Jesus. 3:27For as many of you as were baptized
into Christ have put on Christ. 3:28There is
neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave
nor free man, there is neither male nor female;
for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 3:29If you
are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and
heirs according to promise.
4:1But I say that so long as the heir is a child,
he is no different froma bondservant, though
he is lord of all; 4:2but is under guardians and
stewards until the day appointed by the father.
4:3So we also, when we were children, were
held in bondage under the elemental principles
of the world. 4:4But when the fullness of the
time came, God sent out his Son, born to a
woman, born under the law, 4:5that he might
redeemtho se who were under the law, that
we might receive the adoption of children.
4:6And because you are children, God sent out
the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying,
"Abba,h Father!" 4:7So you are no longer a
bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an
heir of God through Christ. 4:8However at that
time, not knowing God, you were in bondage
to those who by nature are not gods. 4:9But
now that you have come to know God, or
rather to be known by God, why do you turn
back again to the weak and miserable elemental
principles, towhich you desire to be in bondage
all over again? 4:10You observe days, months,
seasons, and years. 4:11I am afraid for you, that
I might have wasted my labor for you. 4:12I
beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also
have becom e as you are. You did m e nowrong,
4:13but you know that because of weakness of
the flesh I preached the Good News to you the
first time. 4:14That which was a temptation to
you in my flesh, you didn't despise nor reject;
but you received me as an angel of God, even
as Christ Jesus.
4:15What was the blessing you enjoyed? For
I testify to you that, if possible, you would
have plucked out your eyes and given themt o
me. 4:16So then, have I become your enemy
by telling you the truth? 4:17They zealously
seek you in no good way. No, they desire to
alienate you, that you may seek them. 4:18But
it is always good to be zealous in a good cause,
and not only when I ampr esent with you.
4:19My little children, of whomI am again
in travail until Christ is formed in you 4:20but
I could wish to be present with you now, and
to change my tone, for I am perplexed about
you. 4:21Tell me, you that desire to be under
the law, don't you listen to the law? 4:22For
it is written that Abrahamhad two sons, one
by the handmaid, and one by the free woman.
f3:13 Deuteronomy 21:23
g3:16 Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 24:7
h4:6 Abba is a Greek spelling for the Aramaic word for "Father" or "Daddy" used in a familiar, respectful,
and loving way.
Galatians 4:23 932 Galatians 6:5
4:23However, the son by the handmaid was
born according to the flesh, but the son by
the free woman was born through promise.
4:24These things contain an allegory, for these
are two covenants. One is fromM ount Sinai,
bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.
4:25For this Hagar isMount Sinai in Arabia, and
answers to the Jerusalemthat exists now, for
she is in bondage with her children. 4:26But
the Jerusalemthat is above is free, which is the
mother of us all. 4:27For it is written,
"Rejoice, you barren who don't bear.
Break forth and shout, you that don't
travail.
For more are the children of the desolate
than of her who has a husband."i
4:28Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are
children of promise. 4:29But as then, he who
was born according to the flesh persecuted him
who was born according to the Spirit, so also
it is now. 4:30However what does the Scripture
say? "Throw out the handmaid and her son,
for the son of the handmaid will not inherit
with the son of the free woman."j 4:31So then,
brothers, we are not children of a handmaid,
but of the free woman.
5:1Stand firmthe refore in the liberty by
which Christ has made us free, and don't
be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
5:2Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive
circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
5:3Yes, I testify again to every man who receives
circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the
whole law. 5:4You are alienated fromC hrist,
you who desire to be justified by the law.
You have fallen away fromg race. 5:5For we,
through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope
of righteousness. 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither
circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision,
but faith working through love.
5:7You were running well! Who interfered with
you that you should not obey the truth? 5:8This
persuasion is not fromh imwho calls you. 5:9A
little yeast grows through the whole lump. 5:10I
have confidence toward you in the Lord that
you will think no other way. But he who
troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever
he is.
5:11But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision,
why amI still persecuted? Then the
stumbling block of the cross has been removed.
5:12I wish that those who disturb you would
cut themselves off. 5:13For you, brothers,
were called for freedom. Only don't use your
freedomfor gain to the flesh, but through love
be servants to one another. 5:14For the whole
law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall
love your neighbor as yourself."k 5:15But if
you bite and devour one another, be careful
that you don't consume one another. 5:16But
I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill
the lust of the flesh. 5:17For the flesh lusts
against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the
flesh; and these are contrary to one another,
that you may not do the things that you desire.
5:18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are
not under the law. 5:19Now the works of
the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery,
sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,
5:20idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies,
outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
5:21envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies,
and things like these; of which I forewarn
you, even as I also forewarned you, that those
who practice such things will not inherit the
Kingdomof God.
5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,l
5:23gentleness, and self-control. Against such
things there is no law. 5:24Those who belong to
Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions
and lusts. 5:25If we live by the Spirit, let's
also walk by the Spirit. 5:26Let's not become
conceited, provoking one another, and envying
one another.
6:1Brothers, even if a man is caught in some
fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a
one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself
so that you also aren't tempted. 6:2Bear one
another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of
Christ. 6:3For if a man thinks himself to be
something when he is nothing, he deceives
himself. 6:4But let each man test his own work,
and then he will take pride in himself and not
in his neighbor. 6:5For each man will bear
i4:27 Isaiah 54:1
j4:30 Genesis 21:10
k5:14 Leviticus 19:18
l5:22 or, faithfulness
Galatians 6:6 933 Ephesians 1:22
his own burden. 6:6But let himwho is taught
in the word share all good things with him
who teaches. 6:7Don't be deceived. God is
not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that
he will also reap. 6:8For he who sows to his
own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption.
But he who sows to the Spirit will fromthe
Spirit reap eternal life. 6:9Let us not be weary
in doing good, for we will reap in due season,
if we don't give up. 6:10So then, as we have
opportunity, let's do what is good toward all
men, and especially toward those who are of
the household of the faith.
6:11See with what large letters I write to you
with my own hand. 6:12As many as desire
to look good in the flesh, they compel you
to be circumcised; only that they may not be
persecuted for the cross of Christ. 6:13For even
they who receive circumcision don't keep the
law themselves, but they desire to have you
circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.
6:14But far be it fromm e to boast, except in the
cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which
the world has been crucified to me, and I to
the world. 6:15For in Christ Jesus neither is
circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but
a new creation. 6:16As many as walk by this
rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on
God's Israel. 6:17Fromno w on, let no one cause
me any trouble, for I bear the marks of the Lord
Jesus branded on my body.
6:18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be
with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
Paul's Letter to the
Ephesians
1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through
the will of God,
to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the
faithful in Christ Jesus: 1:2Grace to you and
peace fromGo d our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with
every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places
in Christ; 1:4even as he chose us in himb efore
the foundation of the world, that we would be
holy and without blemish before him in love;
1:5having predestined us for adoption as children
through Jesus Christ to himself, according
to the good pleasure of his desire, 1:6to the
praise of the glory of his grace, by which he
freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,
1:7in whomw e have our redemption through
his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses,
according to the riches of his grace, 1:8which he
made to abound toward us in all wisdom and
prudence, 1:9making known to us the mystery
of his will, according to his good pleasure
which he purposed in him 1:10to an administration
of the fullness of the times, to sum up
all things in Christ, the things in the heavens,
and the things on the earth, in him; 1:11inwhom
also we were assigned an inheritance, having
been foreordained according to the purpose of
himwho works all things after the counsel of
his will; 1:12to the end that we should be to the
praise of his glory, we who had before hoped
in Christ: 1:13in whomy ou also, having heard
the word of the truth, the Good News of your
salvation, inwhom, having also believed, you
were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
1:14who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the
redemption of God's own possession, to the
praise of his glory. 1:15For this cause I also,
having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus
which is among you, and the love which you
have toward all the saints, 1:16don't cease to
give thanks for you, making mention of you
in my prayers, 1:17that the God of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to
you a spirit of wisdomand revelation in the
knowledge of him; 1:18having the eyes of your
heartsa enlightened, that you may know what
is the hope of his calling, and what are the
riches of the glory of his inheritance in the
saints, 1:19and what is the exceeding greatness
of his power toward us who believe, according
to that working of the strength of his might
1:20which he worked in Christ, when he raised
himf rom the dead, and made himto sit at
his right hand in the heavenly places, 1:21far
above all rule, and authority, and power, and
dominion, and every name that is named, not
only in this age, but also in that which is to
come. 1:22He put all things in subjection under
his feet, and gave himto be head over all things
a1:18 TR reads "understanding" instead of "hearts"
Ephesians 1:23 934 Ephesians 3:18
for the assembly, 1:23which is his body, the
fullness of himw ho fills all in all.
2:1Youwere made alivewhen you were dead
in transgressions and sins, 2:2inwhich you once
walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the powers of the
air, the spirit who now works in the children of
disobedience; 2:3among whom we also all once
lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires
of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature
children ofwrath, even as the rest. 2:4But God,
being rich in mercy, for his great love with
which he loved us, 2:5even when we were dead
through our trespasses, made us alive together
with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
2:6and raised us up with him, and made us to
sit with himin the heavenly places in Christ
Jesus, 2:7that in the ages to com e he m ight show
the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness
toward us in Christ Jesus; 2:8for by grace you
have been saved through faith, and that not
of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 2:9not of
works, that no one would boast. 2:10For we are
his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for
good works, which God prepared before that
we would walk in them.
2:11Therefore remember that once you, the
Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision"
by that which is called "circumcision,"
(in the flesh, made by hands); 2:12that you
were at that time separate from Christ, alienated
from the commonwealth of Israel, and
strangers fromthe covenants of the promise,
having no hope and without God in the world.
2:13But now in Christ Jesus you who once
were far off are made near in the blood of
Christ. 2:14For he is our peace, who made
both one, and broke down the middle wall of
partition, 2:15having abolished in the flesh the
hostility, the law of commandments contained
in ordinances, that he might create in himself
one new man of the two, making peace; 2:16and
might reconcile them both in one body to God
through the cross, having killed the hostility
thereby. 2:17He came and preached peace to
you who were far off and to those who were
near. 2:18For through himwe both have our
access in one Spirit to the Father. 2:19So then
you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but
you are fellow citizens with the saints, and
of the household of God, 2:20being built on
the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
2:21in whomt he whole building, fitted
together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
2:22in whomyou also are built together for a
habitation of God in the Spirit.
3:1For this cause I, Paul, amthe prisoner of
Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles, 3:2if it is
so that you have heard of the administration of
that grace of God which was given me toward
you; 3:3how that by revelation the mystery was
made known to me, as I wrote before in few
words, 3:4by which, when you read, you can
perceive my understanding in the mystery of
Christ; 3:5which in other generations was not
made known to the children of men, as it has
now been revealed to his holy apostles and
prophets in the Spirit; 3:6that the Gentiles are
fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body,
and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ
Jesus through the Good News, 3:7of which I
was made a servant, according to the gift of that
grace of God which was given me according
to the working of his power. 3:8To me, the
very least of all saints, was this grace given, to
preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches
of Christ, 3:9and to make all men seewhat is the
administrationb of the mystery which for ages
has been hidden in God, who created all things
through Jesus Christ; 3:10to the intent that now
through the assembly the manifold wisdom of
God might be made known to the principalities
and the powers in the heavenly places,
3:11according to the eternal purpose which he
purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord; 3:12inwhom
we have boldness and access in confidence
through our faith in him. 3:13Therefore I ask
that you may not lose heart at my troubles for
you, which are your glory.
3:14For this cause, I bow my knees to the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 3:15fromw hom
every family in heaven and on earth is named,
3:16that he would grant you, according to the
riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened
with power through his Spirit in the
inward man; 3:17that Christ may dwell in your
hearts through faith; to the end that you,
being rooted and grounded in love, 3:18may
be strengthened to comprehend with all the
saints what is the breadth and length and
b3:9 TR reads "fellowship" instead of "administration"
Ephesians 3:19 935 Ephesians 5:5
height and depth, 3:19and to know Christ's love
which surpasses knowledge, that you may be
filled with all the fullness of God. 3:20Now to
him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly
above all that we ask or think, according to
the power that works in us, 3:21to himbe the
glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all
generations forever and ever. Amen.
4:1I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg
you to walk worthily of the calling with which
you were called, 4:2with all lowliness and humility,
with patience, bearing with one another
in love; 4:3being eager to keep the unity of the
Spirit in the bond of peace. 4:4There is one
body, and one Spirit, even as you also were
called in one hope of your calling; 4:5one Lord,
one faith, one baptism, 4:6one God and Father
of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us
all. 4:7But to each one of us was the grace given
according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
4:8Therefore he says, "When he ascended on
high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts
to men."c 4:9Now this, "He ascended," what
is it but that he also first descended into the
lower parts of the earth? 4:10Hewho descended
is the one who also ascended far above all the
heavens, that he might fill all things.
4:11He gave some to be apostles; and some,
prophets; and some, evangelists; and some,
shepherdsd and teachers; 4:12for the perfecting
of the saints, to the work of serving, to the
building up of the body of Christ; 4:13until
we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of
the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full
grown man, to the measure of the stature of
the fullness of Christ; 4:14that we may no longer
be children, tossed back and forth and carried
about with every wind of doctrine, by the
trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of
error; 4:15but speaking truth in love, we may
grow up in all things into him, who is the
head, Christ; 4:16fromwhom all the body, being
fitted and knit together through that which
every joint supplies, according to the working
in measure of each individual part, makes the
body increase to the building up of itself in
love.
4:17This I say therefore, and testify in the
Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of
the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their
mind, 4:18being darkened in their understanding,
alienated fromt he life of God, because
of the ignorance that is in them, because of
the hardening of their hearts; 4:19who having
become callous gave themselves up to lust, to
work all uncleanness with greediness. 4:20But
you did not learn Christ that way; 4:21if indeed
you heard him, and were taught in him, even
as truth is in Jesus: 4:22that you put away, as
concerning your former way of life, the old
man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
4:23and that you be renewed in the spirit of
your mind, 4:24and put on the new man, who
in the likeness of God has been created in
righteousness and holiness of truth.
4:25Therefore, putting away falsehood,
speak truth each one with his neighbor. For
we are members of one another. 4:26"Be angry,
and don't sin."e Don't let the sun go down
on your wrath, 4:27neither give place to the
devil. 4:28Let himw ho stole steal no more;
but rather let himla bor, working with his
hands the thing that is good, that he may have
something to give to him who has need. 4:29Let
no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth,
but such as is good for building up as the
need may be, that it may give grace to those
who hear. 4:30Don't grieve the Holy Spirit of
God, in whomyou were sealed for the day of
redemption. 4:31Let all bitterness, wrath, anger,
outcry, and slander, be put away fromy ou,
with all malice. 4:32And be kind to one another,
tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God
also in Christ forgave you.
5:1Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved
children. 5:2Walk in love, even as Christ also
loved you, and gave himself up for us, an
offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling
fragrance. 5:3But sexual immorality,
and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not
even be mentioned among you, as becomes
saints; 5:4nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor
jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather
giving of thanks.
5:5Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral
person, nor unclean person, nor covc4:
8 Psalm68: 18
d4:11 or, pastors
e4:26 Psalm4: 4
Ephesians 5:6 936 Ephesians 6:15
etous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance
in the Kingdomo f Christ and God.
5:6Let no one deceive you with empty
words. For because of these things, the wrath
of God comes on the children of disobedience.
5:7Therefore don't be partakers with them.
5:8For you were once darkness, but are now
light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
5:9for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness
and righteousness and truth, 5:10proving what
iswell pleasing to the Lord. 5:11Have no fellowship
with the unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather even reprove them. 5:12For the things
which are done by themin secret, it is a shame
even to speak of. 5:13But all things, when
they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for
everything that reveals is light. 5:14Therefore he
says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from
the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
5:15Thereforewatch carefully how youwalk,
not as unwise, but as wise; 5:16redeeming the
time, because the days are evil. 5:17Therefore
don't be foolish, but understand what the will
of the Lord is. 5:18Don't be drunken with
wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled
with the Spirit, 5:19speaking to one another in
psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing,
and singing praises in your heart to the Lord;
5:20giving thanks always concerning all things
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God,
even the Father; 5:21subjecting yourselves one
to another in the fear of Christ.
5:22Wives, be subject to your own husbands,
as to the Lord. 5:23For the husband is the head
of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the
assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
5:24But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so
let the wives also be to their own husbands in
everything.
5:25Husbands, love your wives, even as
Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself
up for it; 5:26that he might sanctify it,
having cleansed it by the washing of water
with the word, 5:27that he might present the
assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot
or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should
be holy and without blemish. 5:28Even so
husbands also ought to love their own wives as
their own bodies. He who loves his own wife
loves himself. 5:29For no man ever hated his
own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even
as the Lord also does the assembly; 5:30because
we are members of his body, of his flesh and
bones. 5:31"For this cause a man will leave his
father and mother, and will be joined to his
wife. The two will become one flesh."f 5:32This
mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ
and of the assembly. 5:33Nevertheless each
of you must also love his own wife even as
himself; and let the wife see that she respects
her husband.
6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord,
for this is right. 6:2"Honor your father and
mother," which is the first commandment with
a prom ise: 6:3"that it may be well with you, and
you may live long on the earth."g
6:4You fathers, don't provoke your children
to wrath, but nurture themi n the discipline and
instruction of the Lord.
6:5Servants, be obedient to those who according
to the flesh are your masters, with fear
and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as
to Christ; 6:6not in the way of service only
when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as
servants of Christ, doing the will of God from
the heart; 6:7with good will doing service, as
to the Lord, and not to men; 6:8knowing that
whatever good thing each one does, he will
receive the same again from the Lord, whether
he is bound or free.
6:9You masters, do the same things to them,
and give up threatening, knowing that he who
is both theirMaster and yours is in heaven, and
there is no partiality with him.
6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in
the strength of his might. 6:11Put on the
whole armor of God, that you may be able to
stand against the wiles of the devil. 6:12For
our wrestling is not against flesh and blood,
but against the principalities, against the powers,
against the world's rulers of the darkness
of this age, and against the spiritual
forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
6:13Therefore, put on the whole armor of God,
that you may be able to withstand in the evil
day, and, having done all, to stand. 6:14Stand
therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled
around your waist, and having put on
the breastplate of righteousness, 6:15and having
f5:31 Genesis 2:24
g6:3 Deuteronomy 5:16
Ephesians 6:16 937 Philippians 1:24
fitted your feet with the preparation of the
Good News of peace; 6:16above all, taking up
the shield of faith, with which you will be able
to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.
6:17And take the helmet of salvation, and the
sword of the Spirit,which is the spokenword of
God; 6:18with all prayer and requests, praying
at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful
to this end in all perseverance and requests for
all the saints: 6:19on my behalf, that utterance
m ay be given to m e in opening m y m outh, to
make known with boldness the mystery of the
Good News, 6:20for which I aman ambassador
in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I
ought to speak.
6:21But that you also may know my affairs,
how I amdoin g, Tychicus, the beloved brother
and faithful servant in the Lord, will make
known to you all things; 6:22whomI have sent
to you for this very purpose, that you may
know our state, and that he may comfort your
hearts.
6:23Peace be to the brothers, and love with
faith, fromG od the Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ. 6:24Grace be with all those who love
our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love.
Amen.
Paul's Letter to the
Philippians
1:1Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus
Christ;
To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are
at Philippi, with the overseersa and servantsb:
1:2Grace to you, and peace fromGo d, our
Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:3I thank
my God whenever I remember you, 1:4always
in every request of mine on behalf of you
all making my requests with joy, 1:5for your
partnershipc in furtherance of the Good News
fromthe first day until now; 1:6being confident
of this very thing, that he who began a good
work in you will complete it until the day of
Jesus Christ. 1:7It is even right for me to think
this way on behalf of all of you, because I have
you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and
in the defense and confirmation of the Good
News, you all are partakers with me of grace.
1:8For God is my witness, how I long after all of
you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
1:9This I pray, that your love may abound yet
more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
1:10so that you may approve the things
that are excellent; that you may be sincere and
without offense to the day of Christ; 1:11being
filledwith the fruits of righteousness,which are
through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of
God.
1:12Now I desire to have you know, brothers,
d that the things which happened to me
have turned out rather to the progress of the
Good News; 1:13so that it became evident to the
whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest, that
my bonds are in Christ; 1:14and that most of the
brothers in the Lord, being confident through
my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak
the word of God without fear. 1:15Some indeed
preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and
some also out of good will. 1:16The former
insincerely preach Christ fromselfi sh ambition,
thinking that they add affliction to my chains;
1:17but the latter out of love, knowing that I am
appointed for the defense of the Good News.
1:18What does it matter? Only that in every
way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ
is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will
rejoice. 1:19For I know that this will turn out
to my salvation, through your supplication
and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
1:20according to my earnest expectation and
hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but
with all boldness, as always, now also Christ
will be magnified in my body, whether by life,
or by death. 1:21For to m e to live is Christ,
and to die is gain. 1:22But if I live on in the
flesh, this will bring fruit fromm y work; yet
I don't make known what I will choose. 1:23But
I am in a dilemma between the two, having
the desire to depart and be with Christ, which
is far better. 1:24Yet, to remain in the flesh is
a1:1 or, superintendents, or bishops
b1:1 Or, deacons
c1:5 The word translated "partnership" (koinonia) also means "fellowship" and "sharing."
d1:12 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
Philippians 1:25 938 Philippians 3:6
more needful for your sake. 1:25Having this
confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and
remain with you all, for your progress and joy
in the faith, 1:26that your rejoicing may abound
in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with
you again.
1:27Only let your manner of life be worthy
of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I
come and see you or am absent, I may hear
of your state, that you stand firmi n one spirit,
with one soul striving for the faith of the
Good News; 1:28and in nothing frightened by
the adversaries, which is for thema proof of
destruction, but to you of salvation, and that
fromGod. 1:29Because it has been granted to
you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in
him, but also to suffer on his behalf, 1:30having
the same conflict which you saw in me, and
now hear is in me.
2:1If there is therefore any exhortation in
Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship
of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and
compassion, 2:2make my joy full, by being likeminded,
having the same love, being of one
accord, of one mind; 2:3doing nothing through
rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each
counting others better than himself; 2:4each of
you not just looking to his own things, but each
of you also to the things of others.
2:5Have this in your mind, which was also
in Christ Jesus, 2:6who, existing in the form
of God, didn't consider equality with God a
thing to be grasped, 2:7but emptied himself,
taking the formo f a servant, being made in
the likeness of men. 2:8And being found in
human form, he humbled himself, becoming
obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
2:9Therefore God also highly exalted him, and
gave to himthe name which is above every
name; 2:10that at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth,
and those under the earth, 2:11and that every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
2:12So then, my beloved, even as you have
always obeyed, not only in my presence, but
now m uch m ore in m y absence, work out
your own salvation with fear and trembling.
2:13For it is God who works in you both to
will and to work, for his good pleasure. 2:14Do
all things without murmurings and disputes,
2:15that you may become blameless and harmless,
children of God without blemish in the
midst of a crooked and perverse generation,
among whom you are seen as lights in the
world, 2:16holding up the word of life; that
I may have something to boast in the day of
Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in
vain. 2:17Yes, and if I amp oured out on the
sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and
rejoice with you all. 2:18In the same way, you
also rejoice, and rejoice with me.
2:19But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send
Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered
up when I know how you are doing. 2:20For I
have no one else like-minded, who will truly
care about you. 2:21For they all seek their own,
not the things of Jesus Christ. 2:22But you know
the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father,
so he served with me in furtherance of the
Good News. 2:23Therefore I hope to send him
at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.
2:24But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will
come shortly. 2:25But I counted it necessary to
send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow
worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and
servant of my need; 2:26since he longed for you
all, and was very troubled, because you had
heard that he was sick. 2:27For indeed he was
sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on
him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I
might not have sorrow on sorrow. 2:28I have
sent himt herefore the more diligently, that,
when you see himag ain, youmay rejoice, and
that I may be the less sorrowful. 2:29Receive
himthe refore in the Lord with all joy, and
hold such in honor, 2:30because for the work of
Christ he came near to death, risking his life to
supply that which was lacking in your service
toward me.
3:1Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord.
To write the sam e things to you, to m eindeed
is not tiresome, but for you it is safe. 3:2Beware
of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware
of the false circumcision. 3:3For we are the
circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit,
and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no con-
fidence in the flesh; 3:4though I myself might
have confidence even in the flesh. If any other
man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh,
I yet more: 3:5circumcised the eighth day, of
the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin,
a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a
Pharisee; 3:6concerning zeal, persecuting the
Philippians 3:7 939 Philippians 4:23
assembly; concerning the righteousness which
is in the law, found blameless.
3:7However, what things were gain to me,
these have I counted loss for Christ. 3:8Yes
most certainly, and I count all things to be loss
for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ
Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of
all things, and count themno thing but refuse,
that I may gain Christ 3:9and be found in him,
not having a righteousness of my own, that
which is of the law, but that which is through
faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from
God by faith; 3:10that I may know him, and the
power of his resurrection, and the fellowship
of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his
death; 3:11if by any means I may attain to the
resurrection fromt he dead. 3:12Not that I have
already obtained, or amal readymade perfect;
but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of
that forwhich also Iwas taken hold of by Christ
Jesus.
3:13Brothers, I don't regard myself as yet
having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting
the thingswhich are behind, and stretching
forward to the things which are before, 3:14I
press on toward the goal for the prize of the
high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 3:15Let us
therefore, as many as are perfect, think this
way. If in anything you think otherwise, God
will also reveal that to you. 3:16Nevertheless, to
the extent that we have already attained, let us
walk by the same rule. Let us be of the same
mind. 3:17Brothers, be imitators together of me,
and note those who walk this way, even as you
have us for an example. 3:18For many walk,
of whomI told you often, and now tell you
even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of
Christ, 3:19whose end is destruction,whose god
is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame,
who think about earthly things. 3:20For our
citizenship is in heaven, fromwhe re we also
wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; 3:21who
will change the body of our humiliation to be
conformed to the body of his glory, according to
the working by which he is able even to subject
all things to himself.
4:1Therefore, my brothers, beloved and
longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in
the Lord, my beloved. 4:2I exhort Euodia, and
I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the
Lord. 4:3Yes, I beg you also, true yokefellow,
help these women, for they labored with me
in the Good News, with Clement also, and
the rest of my fellow workers, whose names
are in the book of life. 4:4Rejoice in the Lord
always! Again I will say, Rejoice! 4:5Let
your gentleness be known to all men. The
Lord is at hand. 4:6In nothing be anxious,
but in everything, by prayer and petition with
thanksgiving, let your requests be made known
to God. 4:7And the peace of God, which
surpasses all understanding, will guard your
hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
4:8Finally, brothers, whatever things are
true, whatever things are honorable, whatever
things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever
things are lovely, whatever things are of
good report; if there is any virtue, and if there
is any praise, think about these things. 4:9The
things which you learned, received, heard, and
saw in me: do these things, and the God
of peace will be with you. 4:10But I rejoice
in the Lord greatly, that now at length you
have revived your thought for me; in which
you did indeed take thought, but you lacked
opportunity. 4:11Not that I speak in respect
to lack, for I have learned in whatever state
I am, to be content in it. 4:12I know how to
be humbled, and I know also how to abound.
In everything and in all things I have learned
the secret both to be filled and to be hungry,
both to abound and to be in need. 4:13I can
do all things through Christ, who strengthens
me. 4:14However you did well that you shared
in my affliction. 4:15You yourselves also know,
you Philippians, that in the beginning of the
Good News, when I departed fromMa cedonia,
no assembly shared with me in the matter of
giving and receiving but you only. 4:16For even
in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my
need. 4:17Not that I seek for the gift, but I
seek for the fruit that increases to your account.
4:18But I have all things, and abound. I am
filled, having received fromEpa phroditus the
things that came from you, a sweet-smelling
fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice
to God. 4:19My God will supply every
need of yours according to his riches in glory
in Christ Jesus. 4:20Now to our God and Father
be the glory forever and ever! Amen.
4:21Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The
brothers who are with me greet you. 4:22All
the saints greet you, especially those who are of
Caesar's household. 4:23The grace of the Lord
Colossians 1:1 940 Colossians 2:3
Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Paul's Letter to the
Colossians
1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through
the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 1:2to
the saints and faithful brothersa in Christ at
Colossae: Grace to you and peace fromGod our
Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3We give thanks to God the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
1:4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus,
and of the love which you have toward all the
saints, 1:5because of the hope which is laid up
for you in the heavens, of which you heard
before in the word of the truth of the Good
News, 1:6which has com e to you; even as it is in
all the world and is bearing fruit and growing,
as it does in you also, since the day you heard
and knew the grace of God in truth; 1:7even
as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow
servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on
our behalf, 1:8who also declared to us your
love in the Spirit. 1:9For this cause, we also,
since the daywe heard this, don't cease praying
and making requests for you, that you may
be filled with the knowledge of his will in all
spiritual wisdoma nd understanding, 1:10that
you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please
himin all respects, bearing fruit in every good
work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
1:11strengthened with all power, according to
the might of his glory, for all endurance and
perseverance with joy; 1:12giving thanks to the
Father, who made us fit to be partakers of
the inheritance of the saints in light; 1:13who
delivered us out of the power of darkness, and
translated us into the Kingdomo f the Son of his
love; 1:14in whomwe have our redemption,b
the forgiveness of our sins; 1:15who is the image
of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
1:16For by himal l things were created, in the
heavens and on the earth, things visible and
things invisible, whether thrones or dominions
or principalities or powers; all things have been
created through him, and for him. 1:17He is
before all things, and in himal l things are held
together. 1:18He is the head of the body, the
assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn
fromthe dead; that in all things hemight have
the preeminence. 1:19For all the fullness was
pleased to dwell in him; 1:20and through himto
reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether
things on the earth, or things in the heavens,
having made peace through the blood of his
cross.
1:21You, being in past times alienated and
enemies in your mind in your evil works,
1:22yet now he has reconciled in the body of
his flesh through death, to present you holy
and without blemish and blameless before him,
1:23if it is so that you continue in the faith,
grounded and steadfast, and not moved away
fromt he hope of the Good News which you
heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation
under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a
servant.
1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your
sake, and fill up on my part that which is
lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh
for his body's sake, which is the assembly;
1:25of which I was made a servant, according
to the stewardship of God which was given me
toward you, to fulfill the word of God, 1:26the
mystery which has been hidden for ages and
generations. But nowit has been revealed to his
saints, 1:27to whomGo d was pleased to make
known what are the riches of the glory of this
mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in
you, the hope of glory; 1:28whomwe proclaim,
admonishing every man and teaching every
man in all wisdom, that we may present every
man perfect in Christ Jesus; 1:29for which I also
labor, striving according to his working, which
works in me mightily.
2:1For I desire to have you knowhow greatly
I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea,
and for as many as have not seen my face in
the flesh; 2:2that their hearts may be comforted,
they being knit together in love, and gaining all
riches of the full assurance of understanding,
that they may know the mystery of God, both
of the Father and of Christ, 2:3in whoma re
all the treasures of wisdomand knowledge
a1:2 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and
sisters" or "siblings."
b1:14 TR adds "through his blood,"
Colossians 2:4 941 Colossians 3:21
hidden. 2:4Now this I say that no one may
delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
2:5For though I amabs ent in the flesh, yet am
I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing
your order, and the steadfastness of your faith
in Christ. 2:6As therefore you received Christ
Jesus, the Lord, walk in him, 2:7rooted and
built up in him, and established in the faith,
even as you were taught, abounding in it in
thanksgiving. 2:8Be careful that you don't let
anyone rob you through his philosophy and
vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the
elements of the world, and not after Christ.
2:9For in hima ll the fullness of the Godhead
dwells bodily, 2:10and in himy ou are made
full, who is the head of all principality and
power; 2:11in whomyou were also circumcised
with a circumcision not made with hands, in
the putting off of the body of the sins of the
flesh, in the circumcision of Christ; 2:12having
been buried with himin baptism, in which you
were also raised with himthro ugh faith in the
working ofGod,who raised himfromthe dead.
2:13You were dead through your trespasses and
the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you
alive together with him, having forgiven us all
our trespasses, 2:14wiping out the handwriting
in ordinances which was against us; and he
has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the
cross; 2:15having stripped the principalities and
the powers, he made a show of them openly,
triumphing over them in it.
2:16Let no man therefore judge you in eating,
or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day
or a new moon or a Sabbath day, 2:17which
are a shadow of the things to come; but the
body is Christ's. 2:18Let no one rob you of your
prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping
of the angels, dwelling in the things which he
has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly
mind, 2:19and not holding firmly to the Head,
fromwho m all the body, being supplied and
knit together through the joints and ligaments,
grows with God's growth. 2:20If you died
with Christ fromthe elements of the world,
why, as though living in the world, do you
subject yourselves to ordinances, 2:21"Don't
handle, nor taste, nor touch" 2:22(all of which
perish with use), according to the precepts and
doctrines of men? 2:23Which things indeed
appear like wisdomin self-imposed worship,
and humility, and severity to the body; but
aren't of any value against the indulgence of the
flesh.
3:1If then you were raised together with
Christ, seek the things that are above, where
Christ is, seated on the right hand ofGod. 3:2Set
your mind on the things that are above, not on
the things that are on the earth. 3:3For you died,
and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
3:4When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you
will also be revealed with himi n glory. 3:5Put
to death therefore your members which are
on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness,
depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness,
which is idolatry; 3:6for which things'
sake the wrath of God comes on the children
of disobedience. 3:7You also once walked in
those, when you lived in them; 3:8but now you
also put themal l away: anger, wrath, malice,
slander, and shameful speaking out of your
mouth. 3:9Don't lie to one another, seeing that
you have put off the old man with his doings,
3:10and have put on the new man, who is being
renewed in knowledge after the image of his
Creator, 3:11where there can't be Greek and Jew,
circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian,
Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is
all, and in all.
3:12Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones,
holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness,
lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
3:13bearing with one another, and forgiving
each other, if any man has a complaint against
any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
3:14Above all these things, walk in love,
which is the bond of perfection. 3:15And let the
peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also
you were called in one body; and be thankful.
3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly;
in all wisdomte aching and admonishing one
another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual
songs, singing with grace in your heart to the
Lord.
3:17Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do
all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks
to God the Father, through him.
3:18Wives, be in subjection to your husbands,
as is fitting in the Lord.
3:19Husbands, love yourwives, and don't be
bitter against them.
3:20Children, obey your parents in all things,
for this pleases the Lord.
3:21Fathers, don't provoke your children, so
Colossians 3:22 942 1 Thessalonians 2:2
that they won't be discouraged.
3:22Servants, obey in all things those who are
your masters according to the flesh, not just
when they are looking, as men pleasers, but
in singleness of heart, fearing God. 3:23And
whatever you do, work heartily, as for the
Lord, and not for men, 3:24knowing that from
the Lord you will receive the reward of the
inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
3:25But he who does wrong will receive again
for the wrong that he has done, and there is no
partiality.
4:1Masters, give to your servants that which
is just and equal, knowing that you also have a
Master in heaven.
4:2Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching
therein with thanksgiving; 4:3praying together
for us also, that God may open to us a door
for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ,
for which I amal so in bonds; 4:4that I may
reveal it as I ought to speak. 4:5Walk inwisdom
toward those who are outside, redeeming the
time. 4:6Let your speech always be with grace,
seasoned with salt, that you may know how
you ought to answer each one.
4:7All my affairs will be made known to you
by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant,
and fellow bondservant in the Lord. 4:8I
ams ending himto you for this very purpose,
that he may know your circumstances and
comfort your hearts, 4:9together with Onesimus,
the faithful and beloved brother, who is
one of you. They will make known to you everything
that is going on here. 4:10Aristarchus,
my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark, the
cousin of Barnabas (concerning whomy ou
received commandments, "if he comes to you,
receive him"), 4:11and Jesus who is called Justus,
who are of the circumcision. These are my
only fellow workers for the Kingdomof God,
men who have been a comfort to me.
4:12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant
of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you
in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and
complete in all the will of God. 4:13For I
testify about him, that he has great zeal for
you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those
in Hierapolis. 4:14Luke, the beloved physician,
and Demas greet you. 4:15Greet the brothers
who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the
assembly that is in his house. 4:16When this
letter has been read among you, cause it to be
read also in the assembly of the Laodiceans;
and that you also read the letter fromL aodicea.
4:17Tell Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry
which you have received in the Lord, that you
fulfill it."
4:18The salutation of me, Paul, with my own
hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you.
Amen.
Paul's First Letter to
the Thessalonians
1:1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly
of the Thessalonians in God the Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace
fromGo d our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:2We always give thanks to God for all
of you, mentioning you in our prayers,
1:3remembering without ceasing your work of
faith and labor of love and patience of hope
in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and
Father. 1:4We know, brothersa loved by God,
that you are chosen, 1:5and that our Good News
came to you not in word only, but also in
power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much
assurance. You know what kind of men we
showed ourselves to be among you for your
sake. 1:6You became imitators of us, and of
the Lord, having received the word in much
affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit, 1:7so that
you became an example to all who believe in
Macedonia and in Achaia. 1:8For fromyou the
word of the Lord has been declared, not only
in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every
place your faith toward God has gone out; so
that we need not to say anything. 1:9For they
themselves report concerning us what kind of
a reception we had fromyou; and how you
turned to God fromidols, to serve a living
and true God, 1:10and to wait for his Son from
heaven, whomhe raised fromthe dead Jesus,
who delivers us fromthe wrath to come.
2:1For you yourselves know, brothers, our
visit to you wasn't in vain, 2:2but having
suffered before and been shamefully treated,
a1:4 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and
sisters" or "siblings."
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as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our
God to tell you the Good News of God in much
conflict. 2:3For our exhortation is not of error,
nor of uncleanness, nor in deception. 2:4But
even as we have been approved by God to be
entrusted with the Good News, so we speak;
not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our
hearts. 2:5For neither were we at any time
found using words of flattery, as you know,
nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),
2:6nor seeking glory fromm en (neither from
you nor fromot hers), when we might have
claimed authority as apostles of Christ. 2:7But
we were gentle among you, like a nursing
mother cherishes her own children.
2:8Even so, affectionately longing for you,
we were well pleased to impart to you, not
the Good News of God only, but also our own
souls, because you had become very dear to
us. 2:9For you remember, brothers, our labor
and travail; for working night and day, that
we might not burden any of you, we preached
to you the Good News of God. 2:10You are
witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and
blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you
who believe. 2:11As you know, we exhorted,
comforted, and implored every one of you, as a
father does his own children, 2:12to the end that
you should walk worthily of God, who calls
you into his own Kingdoma nd glory. 2:13For
this cause we also thank God without ceasing,
that, when you received fromus the word of
the message of God, you accepted it not as the
word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word
of God, which also works in you who believe.
2:14For you, brothers, became imitators of the
assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ
Jesus; for you also suffered the same things
fromyour own countrymen, even as they did
fromt he Jews; 2:15who killed both the Lord
Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out,
and didn't please God, and are contrary to all
men; 2:16forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles
that they may be saved; to fill up their sins
always. But wrath has come on them to the
uttermost.
2:17But we, brothers, being bereaved of you
for a short season, in presence, not in heart,
tried even harder to see your face with great
desire, 2:18becausewewanted to com e to you
indeed, I, Paul, once and again but Satan
hindered us. 2:19For what is our hope, or joy,
or crown of rejoicing? Isn't it even you, before
our Lord Jesusb at his coming? 2:20For you are
our glory and our joy.
3:1Therefore, when we couldn't stand it any
longer, we thought it good to be left behind at
Athens alone, 3:2and sent Timothy, our brother
and God's servant in the Good News of Christ,
to establish you, and to comfort you concerning
your faith; 3:3that no one be moved by these
afflictions. For you knowthat we are appointed
to this task. 3:4For most certainly, when we
were with you, we told you beforehand that
we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened,
and you know. 3:5For this cause I also, when I
couldn't stand it any longer, sent that I might
know your faith, for fear that by any means
the tempter had tempted you, and our labor
would have been in vain. 3:6But when Timothy
came just now to us from you, and brought us
glad news of your faith and love, and that you
have good memories of us always, longing to
see us, even as we also long to see you; 3:7for
this cause, brothers, we were comforted over
you in all our distress and affliction through
your faith. 3:8For now we live, if you stand fast
in the Lord. 3:9For what thanksgiving can we
render again to God for you, for all the joy with
whichwe rejoice for your sakes before our God;
3:10night and day praying exceedingly that we
may see your face, and may perfect that which
is lacking in your faith? 3:11Now may our God
and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
direct our way to you; 3:12and the Lord make
you to increase and abound in love one toward
another, and toward all men, even as we also
do toward you, 3:13to the end he may establish
your hearts blameless in holiness before our
God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus
with all his saints.
4:1Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort
you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from
us how you ought to walk and to please God,
that you abound more and more. 4:2For you
know what instructions we gave you through
the Lord Jesus. 4:3For this is the will of God:
your sanctification, that you abstain froms exual
immorality, 4:4that each one of you know
how to possess himself of his own vessel in
sanctification and honor, 4:5not in the passion
b2:19 TR adds "Christ"
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of lust, even as the Gentiles who don't know
God; 4:6that no one should take advantage of
and wrong a brother or sister in this matter;
because the Lord is an avenger in all these
things, as alsowe forewarned you and testified.
4:7For God called us not for uncleanness, but in
sanctification. 4:8Therefore he who rejects this
doesn't reject man, but God,who has also given
his Holy Spirit to you.
4:9But concerning brotherly love, you have
no need that one write to you. For you yourselves
are taught by God to love one another,
4:10for indeed you do it toward all the brothers
who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort
you, brothers, that you abound more and more;
4:11and that you make it your ambition to lead
a quiet life, and to do your own business, and
to work with your own hands, even as we
instructed you; 4:12that you may walk properly
toward those who are outside, and may have
need of nothing.
4:13But we don't want you to be ignorant,
brothers, concerning those who have fallen
asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest,
who have no hope. 4:14For if we believe that
Jesus died and rose again, even so God will
bring with himt hose who have fallen asleep in
Jesus. 4:15For this we tell you by the word of
the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to
the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede
those who have fallen asleep. 4:16For the Lord
himself will descend fromheaven with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel, and with God's
trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,
4:17then we who are alive, who are left, will be
caught up together with themi n the clouds, to
meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with
the Lord forever. 4:18Therefore comfort one
another with these words.
5:1But concerning the times and the seasons,
brothers, you have no need that anything be
written to you. 5:2For you yourselves know
well that the day of the Lord comes like a
thief in the night. 5:3For when they are saying,
"Peace and safety," then sudden destruction
will come on them, like birth pains on a
pregnant woman; and they will in no way
escape. 5:4But you, brothers, aren't in darkness,
that the day should overtake you like a thief.
5:5You are all children of light, and children
of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor
to darkness, 5:6so then let's not sleep, as the
rest do, but let's watch and be sober. 5:7For
those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those
who are drunk are drunk in the night. 5:8But
let us, since we belong to the day, be sober,
putting on the breastplate of faith and love,
and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation. 5:9For
God didn't appoint us to wrath, but to the
obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus
Christ, 5:10who died for us, that, whether we
wake or sleep, we should live together with
him. 5:11Therefore exhort one another, and
build each other up, even as you also do.
5:12But we beg you, brothers, to know those
who labor among you, and are over you in the
Lord, and admonish you, 5:13and to respect and
honor themi n love for their work's sake.
Be at peace among yourselves. 5:14We exhort
you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage
the fainthearted, support the weak, be
patient toward all. 5:15See that no one returns
evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after
that which is good, for one another, and for all.
5:16Rejoice always. 5:17Pray without ceasing.
5:18In everything give thanks, for this is the will
of God in Christ Jesus toward you. 5:19Don't
quench the Spirit. 5:20Don't despise prophesies.
5:21Test all things, and hold firmly that which is
good. 5:22Abstain fromev ery formof evil.
5:23May the God of peace himself sanctify
you completely. May your whole spirit, soul,
and body be preserved blameless at the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
5:24He who calls you is faithful, who will
also do it. 5:25Brothers, pray for us. 5:26Greet
all the brothers with a holy kiss. 5:27I solem nly
command you by the Lord that this letter be
read to all the holy brothers.
5:28The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be
with you. Amen.
Paul's Second Letter
to the Thessalonians
1:1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly
of the Thessalonians in God our Father,
and the Lord Jesus Christ: 1:2Grace to you and
peace fromGo d our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
2 Thessalonians 1:3 945 2 Thessalonians 3:8
1:3We are bound to always give thanks to
God for you, brothers,a even as it is appropriate,
because your faith grows exceedingly, and
the love of each and every one of you towards
one another abounds; 1:4so that we ourselves
boast about you in the assemblies of God for
your patience and faith in all your persecutions
and in the afflictions which you endure. 1:5This
is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment
of God, to the end that you may be counted
worthy of the Kingdomof God, for which you
also suffer. 1:6Since it is a righteous thing with
God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,
1:7and to give relief to you who are afflicted
with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from
heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
1:8giving vengeance to those who don't know
God, and to those who don't obey the Good
News of our Lord Jesus, 1:9who will pay the
penalty: eternal destruction fromthe face of the
Lord and fromthe glory of hismight, 1:10when
he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to
be admired among all those who have believed
(because our testimony to you was believed) in
that day.
1:11To this end we also pray always for you,
that our God may count you worthy of your
calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and
work of faith, with power; 1:12that the name of
our Lord Jesusb may be glorified in you, and
you in him, according to the grace of our God
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2:1Now, brothers, concerning the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering
together to him, we ask you 2:2not to be quickly
shaken in your mind, nor yet be troubled, either
by spirit, or by word, or by letter as fromus,
saying that the day of Christ had come. 2:3Let
no one deceive you in any way. For it will not
be, unless the departure comes first, and the
man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,
2:4he who opposes and exalts himself against
all that is called God or that is worshiped; so
that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting
himself up as God. 2:5Don't you remember
that, when I was still with you, I told you these
things? 2:6Now you know what is restraining
him, to the end that he may be revealed in his
own season. 2:7For the mystery of lawlessness
already works. Only there is one who restrains
now, until he is taken out of the way. 2:8Then
the lawless one will be revealed, whomthe
Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth,
and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;
2:9even he whose coming is according to the
working of Satan with all power and signs
and lying wonders, 2:10and with all deception
of wickedness for those who are being lost,
because they didn't receive the love of the truth,
that they might be saved. 2:11Because of this,
God sends thema working of error, that they
should believe a lie; 2:12that they all might be
judged who didn't believe the truth, but had
pleasure in unrighteousness. 2:13But we are
bound to always give thanks to God for you,
brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose
you fromthe beginning for salvation through
sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the
truth; 2:14to which he called you through our
Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of
our Lord Jesus Christ. 2:15So then, brothers,
stand firm, and hold the traditions which you
were taught by us, whether by word, or by
letter.
2:16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and
God our Father, who loved us and gave us
eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
2:17comfort your hearts and establish you in
every good work and word.
3:1Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the
word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be
glorified, even as also with you; 3:2and that we
may be delivered from unreasonable and evil
men; for not all have faith. 3:3But the Lord is
faithful, who will establish you, and guard you
fromt he evil one. 3:4We have confidence in the
Lord concerning you, that you both do and will
do the things we command. 3:5May the Lord
direct your hearts into the love of God, and into
the patience of Christ.
3:6Now we command you, brothers, in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdrawyourselves
fromev ery brotherwho walks
in rebellion, and not after the tradition which
they received fromus. 3:7For you know how
you ought to imitate us. For we didn't behave
ourselves rebelliously among you, 3:8neither
a1:3 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and
sisters" or "siblings."
b1:12 TR adds "Christ"
2 Thessalonians 3:9 946 1 Timothy 2:7
did we eat bread fromany one's hand without
paying for it, but in labor and travail worked
night and day, that we might not burden any of
you; 3:9not because we don't have the right, but
to make ourselves an example to you, that you
should imitate us. 3:10For even when we were
with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone
will not work, neither let hime at." 3:11For we
hear of somewho walk among you in rebellion,
who don't work at all, but are busybodies.
3:12Now those who are that way, we command
and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with
quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
3:13But you, brothers, don't be weary in
doing well. 3:14If any man doesn't obey our
word in this letter, note that man, that you have
no company with him, to the end that he may
be ashamed. 3:15Don't count himas an enemy,
but admonish him as a brother.
3:16Now may the Lord of peace himself give
you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be
with you all.
3:17The greeting of me, Paul, with my own
hand, which is the sign in every letter: this is
how I write. 3:18The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with you all. Amen.
Paul's First Letter to
Timothy
1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according
to the commandment of God our Savior, and
Christ Jesus our hope; 1:2to Timothy, my true
child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from
God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
1:3As I urged you when I was going into
Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might
command certain men not to teach a different
doctrine, 1:4neither to pay attention to myths
and endless genealogies,which cause disputes,
rather than God's stewardship, which is in
faith 1:5but the goal of this command is love,
out of a pure heart and a good conscience and
unfeigned faith; 1:6fromwhi ch things some,
having missed the mark, have turned aside
to vain talking; 1:7desiring to be teachers of
the law, though they understand neither what
they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.
1:8But we know that the law is good, if a
man uses it lawfully, 1:9as knowing this, that
law is not made for a righteous man, but for
the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly
and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for
murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers,
for manslayers, 1:10for the sexually immoral,
for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for
perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to
the sound doctrine; 1:11according to the Good
News of the glory of the blessed God, which
was committed to my trust. 1:12And I thank
himwho enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord,
because he counted me faithful, appointing me
to service; 1:13although I was before a blasphemer,
a persecutor, and insolent. However, I
obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in
unbelief. 1:14The grace of our Lord abounded
exceedingly with faith and love which is in
Christ Jesus. 1:15The saying is faithful and
worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners; of whomI am
chief. 1:16However, for this cause I obtained
mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might
display all his patience, for an example of those
who were going to believe in himf or eternal
life. 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal,
invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor
and glory forever and ever. Amen.
1:18This instruction I commit to you, my
child Timothy, according to the prophecies
which led the way to you, that by themy ou
may wage the good warfare; 1:19holding faith
and a good conscience; which some having
thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the
faith; 1:20of whomis Hymenaeus and Alexander;
whomI delivered to Satan, that theymight
be taught not to blaspheme.
2:1I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions,
prayers, intercessions, and givings of
thanks, be made for all men: 2:2for kings and
all who are in high places; that we may lead
a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and
reverence. 2:3For this is good and acceptable in
the sight of God our Savior; 2:4who desires all
people to be saved and come to full knowledge
of the truth. 2:5For there is one God, and
one mediator between God and men, the man
Christ Jesus, 2:6who gave himself as a ransom
for all; the testimony in its own times; 2:7to
which I was appointed a preacher and an
apostle (I amt elling the truth in Christ, not
lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and
truth.
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2:8I desire therefore that the men in every
place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger
and doubting. 2:9In the same way, that women
also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with
modesty and propriety; not just with braided
hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing; 2:10but
(which becomes women professing godliness)
with good works. 2:11Let a woman learn in
quietness with all subjection. 2:12But I don't
permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise
authority over a man, but to be in quietness.
2:13For Adamw as first formed, then Eve.
2:14Adamwas n't deceived, but the woman,
being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;
2:15but she will be saved through her childbearing,
if they continue in faith, love, and
sanctification with sobriety.
3:1This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks
the office of an overseera, he desires a good
work. 3:2The overseer therefore must be
without reproach, the husband of one wife,
temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good
at teaching; 3:3not a drinker, not violent, not
greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome,
not covetous; 3:4one who rules his own house
well, having children in subjection with all
reverence; 3:5(but if a man doesn't know how
to rule his own house, how will he take care of
the assembly of God?) 3:6not a new convert,
lest being puffed up he fall into the same
condemnation as the devil. 3:7Moreover he
must have good testimony from those who are
outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the
snare of the devil.
3:8Servantsb, in the sam eway, m ust be
reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to
much wine, not greedy for money; 3:9holding
the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
3:10Let thema lso first be tested; then let them
servec if they are blameless. 3:11Their wives
in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers,
temperate, faithful in all things. 3:12Let
servantsd be husbands of one wife, ruling their
children and their own houses well. 3:13For
those who have served welle gain for themselves
a good standing, and great boldness in
the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
3:14These things I write to you, hoping to
come to you shortly; 3:15but if I wait long,
that you may know how men ought to behave
themselves in the house of God, which is the
assembly of the living God, the pillar and
ground of the truth. 3:16Without controversy,
the mystery of godliness is great:
God was revealed in the flesh,
justified in the spirit,
seen by angels,
preached among the nations,
believed on in theworld,
and received up in glory.
4:1But the Spirit says expressly that in later
times some will fall away fromthe faith, paying
attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of
demons, 4:2through the hypocrisy of men who
speak lies, branded in their own conscience as
with a hot iron; 4:3forbidding marriage and
commanding to abstain from foods which God
created to be received with thanksgiving by
those who believe and know the truth. 4:4For
every creature of God is good, and nothing is to
be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.
4:5For it is sanctified through the word of God
and prayer. 4:6If you instruct the brothers of
these things, you will be a good servant of
Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the
faith, and of the good doctrine which you have
followed. 4:7But refuse profane and old wives'
fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.
4:8For bodily exercise has some value, but
godliness has value in all things, having the
promise of the life which is now, and of that
which is to come. 4:9This saying is faithful and
worthy of all acceptance. 4:10For to this end
we both labor and suffer reproach, because we
have set our trust in the living God, who is
the Savior of all men, especially of those who
believe. 4:11Command and teach these things.
4:12Let no man despise your youth; but be
an example to those who believe, in word, in
your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith,
and in purity. 4:13Until I come, pay attention
to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.
4:14Don't neglect the gift that is in you, which
was given to you by prophecy, with the laying
a3:1 or, superintendents, or bishops
b3:8 or, Deacons.
c3:10 or, serve as deacons
d3:12 or, deacons
e3:13 or, served well as deacons
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on of the hands of the elders. 4:15Be diligent in
these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that
your progress may be revealed to all. 4:16Pay
attention to yourself, and to your teaching.
Continue in these things, for in doing this you
will save both yourself and thosewho hear you.
5:1Don't rebuke an older man, but exhort
himas a father; the younger men as brothers;
5:2the elder women as mothers; the younger
as sisters, in all purity. 5:3Honor widows who
are widows indeed. 5:4But if any widow has
children or grandchildren, let themlea rn first
to show piety towards their own family, and
to repay their parents, for this isf acceptable
in the sight of God. 5:5Now she who is a
widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope
set on God, and continues in petitions and
prayers night and day. 5:6But she who gives
herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
5:7Also command these things, that they may
be without reproach. 5:8But if anyone doesn't
provide for his own, and especially his own
household, he has denied the faith, and is
worse than an unbeliever. 5:9Let no one be
enrolled as a widow under sixty years old,
having been the wife of one man, 5:10being
approved by goodworks, if she has brought up
children, if she has been hospitable to strangers,
if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has
relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently
followed every good work.
5:11But refuse younger widows, for when
they have grown wanton against Christ, they
desire to marry; 5:12having condemnation, because
they have rejected their first pledge.
5:13Besides, they also learn to be idle, going
about fromh ouse to house. Not only idle,
but also gossips and busybodies, saying things
which they ought not. 5:14I desire therefore
that the younger widows marry, bear children,
rule the household, and give no occasion to the
adversary for reviling. 5:15For already some
have turned aside after Satan. 5:16If any man
or woman who believes has widows, let them
relieve them, and don't let the assembly be
burdened; that it might relieve those who are
widows indeed.
5:17Let the elders who rule well be counted
worthy of double honor, especially those who
labor in the word and in teaching. 5:18For the
Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle the ox
when it treads out the grain."g And, "The
laborer is worthy of his wages."h
5:19Don't receive an accusation against an
elder, except at the word of two or three
witnesses. 5:20Those who sin, reprove in the
sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear. 5:21I
command you in the sight of God, and Christ
Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe
these things without prejudice, doing nothing
by partiality. 5:22Lay hands hastily on no one,
neither be a participant in other men's sins.
Keep yourself pure. 5:23Be no longer a drinker
of water only, but use a little wine for your
stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.
5:24Some men's sins are evident, preceding
them to judgment, and some also follow later.
5:25In the same way also there are good works
that are obvious, and those that are otherwise
can't be hidden.
6:1Let as many as are bondservants under
the yoke count their own masters worthy of
all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine
not be blasphemed. 6:2Those who have
believing masters, let them not despise them,
because they are brothers, but rather let them
serve them, because those who partake of the
benefit are believing and beloved. Teach and
exhort these things.
6:3If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and
doesn't consent to sound words, the words
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine
which is according to godliness, 6:4he is conceited,
knowing nothing, but obsessed with
arguments, disputes, and word battles, from
which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,
6:5constant friction of people of corrupt
minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose
that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw
yourself fromsuc h.i
6:6But godliness with contentment is great
gain. 6:7For we brought nothing into the
world, and we certainly can't carry anything
out. 6:8But having food and clothing, we will
be content with that. 6:9But those who are
f5:4 TR adds "good and"
g5:18 Deuteronomy 25:4
h5:18 Luke 10:7; Leviticus 19:13
i6:5 NU omits "Withdraw yourself from such."
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determined to be rich fall into a temptation and
a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts,
such as drown men in ruin and destruction.
6:10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of
evil. Some have been led astray from the faith
in their greed, and have pierced themselves
through with many sorrows.
6:11But you, man of God, flee these things,
and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith,
love, patience, and gentleness. 6:12Fight the
good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to
which you were called, and you confessed the
good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
6:13I command you before God, who gives life
to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who
before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,
6:14that you keep the commandment
without spot, blameless, until the appearing
of our Lord Jesus Christ; 6:15which in its own
times he will show, who is the blessed and
only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of
lords; 6:16who alone has immortality, dwelling
in unapproachable light; whomno man has
seen, nor can see: to whomb e honor and
eternal power. Amen.
6:17Charge those who are rich in this present
world that they not be haughty, nor have their
hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on
the living God, who richly provides us with
everything to enjoy; 6:18that they do good,
that they be rich in good works, that they be
ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
6:19laying up in store for themselves a good
foundation against the time to come, that they
may lay hold of eternal life.
6:20Timothy, guard that which is committed
to you, turning away fromthe empty chatter
and oppositions of the knowledge which is
falsely so called; 6:21which some professing
have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with
you. Amen.
Paul's Second Letter
to Timothy
1:1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through
the will of God, according to the promise of the
life which is in Christ Jesus, 1:2to Timothy, my
beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from
God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
1:3I thank God, whomI serve as my forefathers
did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing
is my memory of you in my petitions,
night and day 1:4longing to see you, remembering
your tears, that I may be filled with
joy; 1:5having been reminded of the unfeigned
faith that is in you; which lived first in your
grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice,
and, I ampersu aded, in you also.
1:6For this cause, I remind you that you
should stir up the gift of God which is in you
through the laying on of my hands. 1:7For God
didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love,
and self-control. 1:8Therefore don't be ashamed
of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his
prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good
News according to the power of God, 1:9who
saved us and called us with a holy calling, not
according to our works, but according to his
own purpose and grace, which was given to
us in Christ Jesus before times eternal, 1:10but
has now been revealed by the appearing of our
Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and
brought life and immortality to light through
the Good News. 1:11For this, I was appointed
as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the
Gentiles. 1:12For this cause I also suffer these
things.
Yet I amnot ashamed, for I knowhimwhom
I have believed, and I amp ersuaded that he is
able to guard that which I have committed to
himag ainst that day.
1:13Hold the pattern of sound words which
you have heard fromm e, in faith and love
which is in Christ Jesus. 1:14That good thing
which was committed to you, guard through
the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
1:15This you know, that all who are in Asia
turned away fromm e; of whom are Phygelus
and Hermogenes. 1:16May the Lord grant
mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often
refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my
chain, 1:17but when he was in Rome, he sought
me diligently, and found me 1:18(the Lord grant
to himto find the Lord'smercy in that day); and
in how many things he served at Ephesus, you
know very well.
2:1You therefore, my child, be strengthened
in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2:2The things
which you have heard from me among many
witnesses, commit the same to faithful men,
2 Timothy 2:3 950 2 Timothy 3:15
who will be able to teach others also. 2:3You
therefore must endure hardship, as a good
soldier of Christ Jesus. 2:4No soldier on duty
entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he
may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
2:5Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn't
crowned unless he has competed by the rules.
2:6The farm ers who labor m ust be the first to
get a share of the crops. 2:7Consider what I say,
and may the Lord give you understanding in
all things.
2:8Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the
dead, of the seed of David, according to my
Good News, 2:9inwhich I suffer hardship to the
point of chains as a criminal. But God's word
isn't chained. 2:10Therefore I endure all things
for the chosen ones' sake, that they also may
obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus
with eternal glory. 2:11This saying is faithful:
"For if we died with him,
we will also live with him.
2:12If we endure,
we will also reign with him.
If we deny him,
he also will deny us.
2:13If we are faithless,
he remains faithful.
He can't deny himself."
2:14Remind them of these things, charging
themi n the sight of the Lord, that they don't
argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting
of those who hear.
2:15Give diligence to present yourself approved
by God, a workman who doesn't need
to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of
Truth. 2:16But shun empty chatter, for they will
proceed further in ungodliness, 2:17and their
word will consume like gangrene, of whom is
Hymenaeus and Philetus; 2:18men who have
erred concerning the truth, saying that the
resurrection is already past, and overthrowing
the faith of some. 2:19However God's firm
foundation stands, having this seal, "The Lord
knows those who are his,"a and, "Let every one
who names the name of the Lordb depart from
unrighteousness." 2:20Now in a large house
there are not only vessels of gold and of silver,
but also of wood and of clay. Some are for
honor, and some for dishonor. 2:21If anyone
therefore purges himself from these, he will
be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable
for the master's use, prepared for every good
work.
2:22Flee fromy outhful lusts; but pursue
righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those
who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2:23But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings,
knowing that they generate strife. 2:24The
Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle
towards all, able to teach, patient, 2:25in gentleness
correcting those who oppose him: perhaps
God may give them repentance leading to a
full knowledge of the truth, 2:26and they may
recover themselves out of the devil's snare,
having been taken captive by himt o his will.
3:1But know this, that in the last days,
grievous times will come. 3:2For men will be
lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful,
unholy, 3:3without natural affection,
unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control,
fierce, no lovers of good, 3:4traitors, headstrong,
conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than
lovers of God; 3:5holding a formof godliness,
but having denied the power thereof. Turn
away fromthe se, also. 3:6For of these are
those who creep into houses, and take captive
gullible women loaded down with sins, led
away by various lusts, 3:7always learning, and
never able to com e to the knowledge of the
truth. 3:8Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed
Moses, so do these also oppose the truth; men
corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the
faith. 3:9But they will proceed no further.
For their folly will be evident to all men,
as theirs also came to be. 3:10But you did
follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith,
patience, love, steadfastness, 3:11persecutions,
and sufferings: those things that happened to
me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured
those persecutions. Out of themal l the Lord
delivered me. 3:12Yes, and all who desire to
live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
3:13But evil men and impostors will
grow worse and worse, deceiving and being
deceived. 3:14But you rem ain in the things
which you have learned and have been assured
of, knowing fromw hom you have learned
them. 3:15Fromin fancy, you have known the
a2:19 Numbers 16:5
b2:19 TR reads "Christ" instead of "the Lord"
2 Timothy 3:16 951 Titus 1:13
sacred writings which are able to make you
wise for salvation through faith, which is in
Christ Jesus. 3:16Every writing inspired by
Godc is profitable for teaching, for reproof,
for correction, and for instruction which is in
righteousness, 3:17that the man of God may be
complete, thoroughly equipped for every good
work.
4:1I command you therefore before God and
the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the
living and the dead at his appearing and his
Kingdom: 4:2preach the word; be urgent in
season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and
exhort, with all patience and teaching. 4:3For
the time will come when they will not listen
to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears,
will heap up for themselves teachers after their
own lusts; 4:4and will turn away their ears from
the truth, and turn aside to fables. 4:5But you be
sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work
of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
4:6For I amal ready being offered, and the
time of my departure has come. 4:7I have
fought the good fight. I have finished the
course. I have kept the faith. 4:8Fromn ow
on, there is stored up for me the crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous
judge, will give to me on that day; and not
to me only, but also to all those who have
loved his appearing. 4:9Be diligent to come to
me soon, 4:10for Demas left me, having loved
this present world, and went to Thessalonica;
Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
4:11Only Luke iswith me. Take Mark, and bring
himw ith you, for he is useful tome for service.
4:12But I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. 4:13Bring
the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus
when you come, and the books, especially the
parchments. 4:14Alexander, the coppersmith,
did much evil to me. The Lord will repay
hima ccording to his works, 4:15of whomyou
also must beware; for he greatly opposed our
words.
4:16At my first defense, no one came to help
me, but all left me. May it not be held against
them. 4:17But the Lord stood by me, and
strengthened me, that through me the message
might be fully proclaimed, and that all the
Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out
of the mouth of the lion. 4:18And the Lord
will deliver me from every evil work, and
will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to
whomb e the glory forever and ever. Amen.
4:19Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the house of
Onesiphorus. 4:20Erastus remained at Corinth,
but I left Trophimus at Miletus sick. 4:21Be
diligent to come before winter. Eubulus salutes
you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the
brothers. 4:22The Lord Jesus Christ be with
your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
Paul's Letter to Titus
1:1Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle
of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's
chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth
which is according to godliness, 1:2in hope of
eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised
before time began; 1:3but in his own time
revealed his word in the message with which I
was entrusted according to the commandment
of God our Savior; 1:4to Titus, my true child
according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and
peace fromGo d the Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ our Savior.
1:5I left you in Crete for this reason, that you
would set in order the things that were lacking,
and appoint elders in every city, as I directed
you; 1:6if anyone is blameless, the husband of
one wife, having children who believe, who
are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
1:7For the overseer must be blameless, as God's
steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered,
not given to wine, not violent, not greedy
for dishonest gain; 1:8but given to hospitality,
as a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy,
self-controlled; 1:9holding to the faithful word
which is according to the teaching, that he may
be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and
to convict those who contradict him. 1:10For
there are also many unruly men, vain talkers
and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
1:11whose mouths must be stopped; men
who overthrow whole houses, teaching things
which they ought not, for dishonest gain's sake.
1:12One of them, a prophet of their own, said,
"Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle
gluttons." 1:13This testimony is true. For this
c3:16 literally, God-breathed
Titus 1:14 952 Philemon 1:6
cause, reprove thems harply, that they may be
sound in the faith, 1:14not paying attention to
Jewish fables and commandments of men who
turn away fromthe truth. 1:15To the pure, all
things are pure; but to those who are defiled
and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their
mind and their conscience are defiled. 1:16They
profess that they know God, but by their works
they deny him, being abominable, disobedient,
and unfit for any good work.
2:1But say the things which fit sound doctrine,
2:2that older men should be temperate,
sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love,
and in patience: 2:3and that older women
likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers
nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that
which is good; 2:4that they may train the
young women to love their husbands, to love
their children, 2:5to be sober minded, chaste,
workers at home, kind, being in subjection
to their own husbands, that God's word may
not be blasphemed. 2:6Likewise, exhort the
younger men to be sober minded; 2:7in all
things showing yourself an example of good
works; in your teaching showing integrity,
seriousness, incorruptibility, 2:8and soundness
of speech that can't be condemned; that he who
opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil
thing to say about us. 2:9Exhort servants to be
in subjection to their own masters, and to be
well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;
2:10not stealing, but showing all good fidelity;
that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our
Savior, in all things. 2:11For the grace of God
has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
2:12instructing us to the intent that, denying
ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live
soberly, righteously, and godly in this present
world; 2:13looking for the blessed hope and
appearing of the glory of our great God and
Savior, Jesus Christ; 2:14who gave himself for
us, that he might redeemu s fromal l iniquity,
and purify for himself a people for his own
possession, zealous for good works. 2:15Say
these things and exhort and reprove with all
authority. Let no man despise you.
3:1Remind them to be in subjection to rulers
and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready
for every good work, 3:2to speak evil of no one,
not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all
humility toward all men. 3:3For we were also
once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving
various lusts and pleasures, living in malice
and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
3:4But when the kindness of God our Savior
and his love toward mankind appeared,
3:5not by works of righteousness, which we
did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he
saved us, through the washing of regeneration
and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 3:6whomhe
poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ
our Savior; 3:7that, being justified by his grace,
we might be made heirs according to the hope
of eternal life. 3:8This saying is faithful, and
concerning these things I desire that you affirm
confidently, so that those who have believed
God may be careful to maintain good works.
These things are good and profitable to men;
3:9but shun foolish questionings, genealogies,
strife, and disputes about the law; for they are
unprofitable and vain. 3:10Avoid a factious man
after a first and second warning; 3:11knowing
that such a one is perverted, and sins, being
self-condemned.
3:12When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus,
be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis, for
I have determined to winter there. 3:13Send
Zenas, the lawyer, and Apollos on their journey
speedily, that nothing may be lacking for them.
3:14Let our people also learn to maintain good
works for necessary uses, that they may not be
unfruitful.
3:15All who are with me greet you. Greet
those who love us in faith. Grace be with you
all. Amen.
Paul's Letter to
Philemon
1:1Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and
Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved
fellow worker, 1:2to the beloved Apphia, to
Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly
in your house: 1:3Grace to you and
peace fromGo d our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
1:4I thank my God always, making mention
of you in my prayers, 1:5hearing of your love,
and of the faith which you have toward the
Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints; 1:6that the
fellowship of your faith may become effective,
in the knowledge of every good thing which is
Philemon 1:7 953 Philemon 1:25
in us in Christ Jesus. 1:7For we have much joy
and comfort in your love, because the hearts
of the saints have been refreshed through you,
brother.
1:8Therefore, though I have all boldness in
Christ to command you that which is appropriate,
1:9yet for love's sake I rather beg, being
such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner
of Jesus Christ. 1:10I beg you for my child,
whom I have become the father of in my chains,
Onesimus,a 1:11who once was useless to you,
but now is useful to you and to me. 1:12I
amsen ding him back. Therefore receive him,
that is, my own heart, 1:13whomI desired to
keep with me, that on your behalf he might
serve me in my chains for the Good News.
1:14But I was willing to do nothing without
your consent, that your goodness would not
be as of necessity, but of free will. 1:15For
perhaps he was therefore separated fromy ou
for a while, that you would have himfor ever,
1:16no longer as a slave, but more than a slave,
a beloved brother, especially to me, but how
much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the
Lord.
1:17If then you count me a partner, receive
hima s you would receiveme. 1:18But if he has
wronged you at all, or owes you anything, put
that to my account. 1:19I, Paul, write this with
my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention
to you that you owe to me even your own
self besides). 1:20Yes, brother, let me have joy
fromy ou in the Lord. Refreshmy heart in the
Lord. 1:21Having confidence in your obedience,
I write to you, knowing that you will do even
beyond what I say.
1:22Also, prepare a guest roomf or me, for
I hope that through your prayers I will be
restored to you.
1:23Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ
Jesus, greets you, 1:24as do Mark, Aristarchus,
Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers. 1:25The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your
spirit. Amen.
a1:10 Onesimus means "useful."
Hebrews 1:1 954 Hebrews 2:11
The Letter to the
Hebrews
1:1God, having in the past spoken to the
fathers through the prophets at many times and
in various ways, 1:2has at the end of these days
spoken to us by his Son, whomhe appointed
heir of all things, through whomal so he made
the worlds. 1:3His Son is the radiance of his
glory, the very image of his substance, and
upholding all things by the word of his power,
when he had by himself made purification for
our sins, sat down on the right hand of the
Majesty on high; 1:4having become so much
better than the angels, as he has inherited a
more excellent name than they have. 1:5For to
which of the angels did he say at any time,
"You are my Son.
Today have I become your father?"a
and again,
"I will be to hima Father,
and he will be to me a Son?"b
1:6Again, when he brings in the firstborn
into the world he says, "Let all the angels of
God worship him." 1:7Of the angels he says,
"Who makes his angels winds,
and his servants a flame of fire."c
1:8But of the Son he says,
"Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
The scepter of uprightness is the scepter
of your Kingdom.
1:9You have loved righteousness, and hated
iniquity;
therefore God, your God, has anointed
you with the oil of gladness above
your fellows."d
1:10And,
"You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation
of the earth.
The heavens are the works of your hands.
1:11They will perish, but you continue.
They all will grow old like a garment
does.
1:12As a mantle, you will roll them up,
and they will be changed;
but you are the same.
Your years will not fail."e
1:13Butwhich of the angels has he told at any
time,
"Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies the footstool of
your feet?"f
1:14Aren't they all serving spirits, sent out to
do service for the sake of those who will inherit
salvation?
2:1Therefore we ought to pay greater attention
to the things that were heard, lest
perhaps we drift away. 2:2For if the word
spoken through angels proved steadfast, and
every transgression and disobedience received
a just recompense; 2:3how will we escape if
we neglect so great a salvation which at the
first having been spoken through the Lord,was
confirmed to us by those who heard; 2:4God
also testifying with them, both by signs and
wonders, by various works of power, and by
gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own
will? 2:5For he didn't subject theworld to come,
of which we speak, to angels. 2:6But one has
somewhere testified, saying,
"What is man, that you think of him?
Or the son of man, that you care for him?
2:7You made him a little lower than the angels.
You crowned himwi th glory and honor.g
2:8You have put all things in subjection
under his feet."h
For in that he subjected all things to him,
he left nothing that is not subject to him. But
now we don't see all things subjected to him,
yet. 2:9But we see himw ho has been made a
little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of
the suffering of death crowned with glory and
honor, that by the grace of God he should taste
of death for everyone. 2:10For it became him,
for whomare all things, and through whom
are all things, in bringing many children to
glory, to make the author of their salvation
perfect through sufferings. 2:11For both he who
a1:5 Psalm2: 7
b1:5 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chronicles 17:13
c1:7 Psalm104: 4
d1:9 Psalm45: 6-7
e1:12 Psalm102: 25-27
f1:13 Psalm110: 1
g2:7 TR adds "and set himov er the works of your hands"
h2:8 Psalm8: 4-6
Hebrews 2:12 955 Hebrews 4:4
sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all
fromon e, for which cause he is not ashamed to
call thembrothe rsi, 2:12saying,
"I will declare your name to my brothers.
In the midst of the congregation I will
sing your praise."j
2:13Again, "I will put my trust in him."k
Again, "Behold, here I amwi th the children
whomGo d has given me."l 2:14Since then the
children have shared in flesh and blood, he also
himself in like manner partook of the same, that
through death he might bring to nothing him
who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
2:15and might deliver all of them who through
fear of death were all their lifetime subject to
bondage. 2:16For most certainly, he doesn't give
help to angels, but he gives help to the seed
of Abraham. 2:17Therefore he was obligated
in all things to be made like his brothers, that
he might become a merciful and faithful high
priest in things pertaining to God, to make
atonement for the sins of the people. 2:18For in
that he himself has suffered being tempted, he
is able to help those who are tempted.
3:1Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a
heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and
High Priest of our confession, Jesus; 3:2who
was faithful to himwho appointed him, as
also was Moses in all his house. 3:3For he
has been counted worthy of more glory than
Moses, inasmuch as he who built the house
has more honor than the house. 3:4For every
house is built by someone; but he who built
all things is God. 3:5Moses indeed was faithful
in all his house as a servant, for a testimony
of those things which were afterward to be
spoken, 3:6but Christ is faithful as a Son over
his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast
our confidence and the glorying of our hope
firmto the end. 3:7Therefore, even as the Holy
Spirit says,
"Today if you will hear his voice,
3:8don't harden your hearts, as in the provocation,
like as in the day of the trial in the
wilderness,
3:9where your fathers tested me by proving me,
and saw my works for forty years.
3:10Therefore I was displeased with that generation,
and said, 'They always err in their heart,
but they didn't know my ways;'
3:11as I swore in my wrath,
'They will not enter into my rest.'"m
3:12Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be
in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief,
in falling away fromt he living God; 3:13but
exhort one another day by day, so long as it is
called "today;" lest any one of you be hardened
by the deceitfulness of sin. 3:14For we have
become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the
beginning of our confidence firmto the end:
3:15while it is said,
"Today if you will hear his voice,
don't harden your hearts, as in the rebellion."
n
3:16For who, when they heard, rebelled? No,
didn't all those who came out of Egypt by
Moses? 3:17With whomwas he displeased forty
years? Wasn't it with those who sinned, whose
bodies fell in the wilderness? 3:18To whomd id
he swear that they wouldn't enter into his rest,
but to those who were disobedient? 3:19We see
that they were not able to enter in because of
unbelief.
4:1Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone
of you should seemto have come short of a
promise of entering into his rest. 4:2For indeed
we have had good news preached to us, even
as they also did, but the word they heard didn't
profit them, because it wasn't mixed with faith
by those who heard. 4:3For we who have
believed do enter into that rest, even as he
has said, "As I swore in my wrath, they will
not enter into my rest;"o although the works
were finished fromt he foundation of theworld.
4:4For he has said this somewhere about the
seventh day, "God rested on the seventh day
i2:11 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
j2:12 Psalm22: 22
k2:13 Isaiah 8:17
l2:13 Isaiah 8:18
m3:11 Psalm95: 7-11
n3:15 Psalm95: 7-8
o4:3 Psalm95: 11
Hebrews 4:5 956 Hebrews 6:7
froma ll his works;"p 4:5and in this place again,
"They will not enter into my rest."q
4:6Seeing therefore it remains that some
should enter therein, and they to whomthe
good news was before preached failed to enter
in because of disobedience, 4:7he again defines
a certain day, today, saying through David so
long a time afterward (just as has been said),
"Today if you will hear his voice,
don't harden your hearts."r
4:8For if Joshua had given themr est, he
would not have spoken afterward of another
day. 4:9There remains therefore a Sabbath rest
for the people of God. 4:10For he who has
entered into his rest has himself also rested
fromh is works, as God did fromh is. 4:11Let
us therefore give diligence to enter into that
rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of
disobedience. 4:12For the word of God is living,
and active, and sharper than any two-edged
sword, and piercing even to the dividing of
soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and
is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of
the heart.
4:13There is no creature that is hidden from
his sight, but all things are naked and laid open
before the eyes of himwi th whomwe have to
do. 4:14Having then a great high priest, who
has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son
of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.
4:15Forwe don't have a high priestwho can't be
touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but
one who has been in all points tempted like we
are, yet without sin. 4:16Let us therefore draw
near with boldness to the throne of grace, that
we may receive mercy, and may find grace for
help in time of need.
5:1For every high priest, being taken from
among men, is appointed for men in things
pertaining to God, that he may offer both
gifts and sacrifices for sins. 5:2The high priest
can deal gently with those who are ignorant
and going astray, because he himself is also
surrounded with weakness. 5:3Because of this,
he must offer sacrifices for sins for the people,
as well as for himself. 5:4Nobody takes this
honor on himself, but he is called by God, just
like Aaron was. 5:5So also Christ didn't glorify
himself to be made a high priest, but it was he
who said to him ,
"You are my Son.
Today I have become your father."s
5:6As he says also in another place,
"You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek."t
5:7He, in the days of his flesh, having offered
up prayers and petitions with strong crying
and tears to himwho was able to save himfrom
death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
5:8though he was a Son, yet learned obedience
by the things which he suffered. 5:9Having
been made perfect, he became to all of those
who obey himthe author of eternal salvation,
5:10named by God a high priest after the order
of Melchizedek. 5:11About himwe have many
words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you
have become dull of hearing. 5:12For when by
reason of the time you ought to be teachers,
you again need to have someone teach you the
rudiments of the first principles of the oracles
of God. You have come to need milk, and not
solid food. 5:13For everyone who lives on milk
is not experienced in theword of righteousness,
for he is a baby. 5:14But solid food is for those
who are full grown, who by reason of use have
their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
6:1Therefore leaving the doctrine of the
first principles of Christ, let us press on to
perfection not laying again a foundation of
repentance fromd ead works, of faith toward
God, 6:2of the teaching of baptisms, of laying
on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and
of eternal judgment. 6:3This will we do, if God
permits. 6:4For concerning those who were
once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly
gift, and were made partakers of the Holy
Spirit, 6:5and tasted the good word of God,
and the powers of the age to come, 6:6and then
fell away, it is impossible to renew them again
to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of
God for themselves again, and put him to open
shame. 6:7For the land which has drunk the
rain that comes often on it, and brings forth a
crop suitable for themfor whose sake it is also
p4:4 Genesis 2:2
q4:5 Psalm95: 11
r4:7 Psalm95: 7-8
s5:5 Psalm2: 7
t5:6 Psalm110: 4
Hebrews 6:8 957 Hebrews 7:23
tilled, receives blessing fromGod; 6:8but if it
bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near
being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
6:9But, beloved, we are persuaded of better
things for you, and things that accompany
salvation, even though we speak like this.
6:10For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget
your work and the labor of love which you
showed toward his name, in that you served
the saints, and still do serve them. 6:11We
desire that each one of you may show the
same diligence to the fullness of hope even
to the end, 6:12that you won't be sluggish,
but imitators of those who through faith and
patience inherited the promises. 6:13For when
God made a promise to Abraham, since he
could swear by none greater, he swore by
himself, 6:14saying, "Surely blessing I will bless
you, and multiplying I will multiply you."u
6:15Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained
the promise. 6:16For men indeed swear
by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs
the oath is final for confirmation. 6:17In this
way God, being determined to show more
abundantly to the heirs of the promise the
immutability of his counsel, interposed with
an oath; 6:18that by two immutable things, in
which it is impossible for God to lie, we may
have a strong encouragement, who have fled
for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
6:19This hope we have as an anchor of the soul,
a hope both sure and steadfast and entering
into that which is within the veil; 6:20where
as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having
become a high priest forever after the order of
Melchizedek.
7:1For this Melchizedek, king of Salem,
priest of God Most High, who met Abraham
returning fromthe slaughter of the kings and
blessed him, 7:2to whomal so Abraham divided
a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation,
king of righteousness, and then also king of
Salem,which is king of peace; 7:3without father,
without mother, without genealogy, having
neither beginning of days nor end of life,
but made like the Son of God), remains a
priest continually. 7:4Now consider how great
this man was, to whom even Abraham, the
patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best spoils.
7:5They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive
the priest's office have a commandment to
take tithes of the people according to the law,
that is, of their brothers, though these have
come out of the body of Abraham, 7:6but he
whose genealogy is not counted fromt hem has
accepted tithes fromAbr aham, and has blessed
himwho has the promises. 7:7But without
any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.
7:8Here people who die receive tithes, but there
one receives tithes of whomit is testified that
he lives. 7:9We can say that through Abraham
even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes,
7:10for he was yet in the body of his father
when Melchizedek met him. 7:11Now if there
was perfection through the Levitical priesthood
(for under it the people have received the law),
what further need was there for another priest
to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not
be called after the order of Aaron? 7:12For the
priesthood being changed, there is of necessity
a change made also in the law. 7:13For he of
whomthe se things are said belongs to another
tribe, fromwhi ch no one has officiated at the
altar. 7:14For it is evident that our Lord has
sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses
spoke nothing concerning priesthood. 7:15This
is yet more abundantly evident, if after the
likeness of Melchizedek there arises another
priest, 7:16who has been made, not after the law
of a fleshly commandment, but after the power
of an endless life: 7:17for it is testified,
"You are a priest forever,
according to the order of Melchizedek."v
7:18For there is an annulling of a foregoing
commandment because of its weakness and
uselessness 7:19(for the law made nothing perfect),
and a bringing in of a better hope, through
which we draw near to God. 7:20Inasmuch as
he was not made priest without the taking of
an oath 7:21(for they indeed have been made
priests without an oath), but he with an oath
by himthat says of him,
"The Lord swore and will not change his mind,
'You are a priest forever,
according to the order ofMelchizedek.'"w
7:22By so much, Jesus has become the collateral
of a better covenant. 7:23Many, indeed,
u6:14 Genesis 22:17
v7:17 Psalm110: 4
w7:21 Psalm110: 4
Hebrews 7:24 958 Hebrews 9:8
have been made priests, because they are hindered
fromco ntinuing by death. 7:24But he,
because he lives forever, has his priesthood
unchangeable. 7:25Therefore he is also able to
save to the uttermost those who draw near to
God through him, seeing that he lives forever
to make intercession for them.
7:26For such a high priest was fitting for
us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from
sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
7:27who doesn't need, like those high priests,
to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own
sins, and then for the sins of the people. For
he did this once for all, when he offered up
himself. 7:28For the law appoints men as high
priestswho have weakness, but the word of the
oath which came after the law appoints a Son
forever who has been perfected.
8:1Now in the things which we are saying,
the main point is this. We have such a high
priest, who sat down on the right hand of
the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 8:2a
servant of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle,
which the Lord pitched, not man. 8:3For
every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts
and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this
high priest also have something to offer. 8:4For
if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at
all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts
according to the law; 8:5who serve a copy and
shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses
was warned by God when he was about to
make the tabernacle, for he said, "See, you shall
make everything according to the pattern that
was shown to you on the mountain."x 8:6But
now he has obtained a more excellent ministry,
by so much as he is also the mediator of a better
covenant, which on better promises has been
given as law. 8:7For if that first covenant had
been faultless, then no place would have been
sought for a second. 8:8For finding fault with
them, he said,
"Behold, the days come," says the Lord,
"that I will make a new covenant with the
house of Israel and with the house of
Judah;
8:9not according to the covenant that I made
with their fathers,
in the day that I took themby the hand to
lead themo ut of the land of Egypt;
for they didn't continue in my covenant,
and I disregarded them," says the Lord.
8:10"For this is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel.
After those days," says the Lord;
"I will put my laws into their mind,
I will also write themon their heart.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
8:11They will not teach every man his fellow
citizen,y
and every man his brother, saying, 'Know
the Lord,'
for all will know me,
fromthe least of them to the greatest of
them.
8:12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness.
I will remember their sins and lawless
deeds no more."z
8:13In that he says, "A new covenant," he has
made the first old. But that which is becoming
old and grows aged is near to vanishing away.
9:1Now indeed even the firsta covenant had
ordinances of divine service, and an earthly
sanctuary. 9:2For a tabernacle was prepared. In
the first part were the lampstand, the table, and
the show bread; which is called the Holy Place.
9:3After the second veil was the tabernacle
which is called the Holy of Holies, 9:4having
a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the
covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in
which was a golden pot holding the manna,
Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of
the covenant; 9:5and above it cherubimof glory
overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things
we can't speak now in detail. 9:6Now these
things having been thus prepared, the priests
go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing
the services, 9:7but into the second
the high priest alone, once in the year, not
without blood, which he offers for himself, and
for the errors of the people. 9:8TheHoly Spirit is
indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place
wasn't yet revealed while the first tabernacle
x8:5 Exodus 25:40
y8:11 TR reads "neighbor" instead of "fellow citizen"
z8:12 Jeremiah 31:31-34
a9:1 TR adds "tabernacle"
Hebrews 9:9 959 Hebrews 10:12
was still standing; 9:9which is a symbol of
the present age, where gifts and sacrifices
are offered that are incapable, concerning the
conscience, of making the worshipper perfect;
9:10being only (with meats and drinks and
various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed
until a time of reformation.
9:11But Christ having come as a high priest
of the coming good things, through the greater
and more perfect tabernacle, not made with
hands, that is to say, not of this creation, 9:12nor
yet through the blood of goats and calves, but
through his own blood, entered in once for all
into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal
redemption. 9:13For if the blood of goats and
bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those
who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness
of the flesh: 9:14how much more will the blood
of Christ,who through the eternal Spirit offered
himself without blemish to God, cleanse your
conscience fromd ead works to serve the living
God? 9:15For this reason he is the m ediator
of a new covenant, since a death has occurred
for the redemption of the transgressions that
were under the first covenant, that those who
have been called may receive the promise of
the eternal inheritance. 9:16For where a last
will and testament is, there must of necessity
be the death of himwho made it. 9:17For a
will is in force where there has been death,
for it is never in force while he who made
it lives. 9:18Therefore even the first covenant
has not been dedicated without blood. 9:19For
when every commandment had been spoken
by Moses to all the people according to the
law, he took the blood of the calves and the
goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop,
and sprinkled both the book itself and all the
people, 9:20saying, "This is the blood of the
covenant which God has commanded you."b
9:21Moreover he sprinkled the tabernacle
and all the vessels of the ministry in like
manner with the blood. 9:22According to the
law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood,
and apart fromsh edding of blood there is no
remission. 9:23It was necessary therefore that
the copies of the things in the heavens should
be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things
themselves with better sacrifices than these.
9:24For Christ hasn't entered into holy places
made with hands, which are representations
of the true, but into heaven itself, now to
appear in the presence of God for us; 9:25nor
yet that he should offer himself often, as the
high priest enters into the holy place year by
year with blood not his own, 9:26or else he
must have suffered often since the foundation
of the world. But now once at the end of
the ages, he has been revealed to put away
sin by the sacrifice of himself. 9:27Inasmuch
as it is appointed for men to die once, and
after this, judgment, 9:28so Christ also, having
been offered once to bear the sins of many, will
appear a second time, without sin, to those who
are eagerly waiting for himf or salvation.
10:1For the law, having a shadow of the good
to come, not the very image of the things,
can never with the same sacrifices year by
year,which they offer continually, make perfect
those who draw near. 10:2Or elsewouldn't they
have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers,
having been once cleansed, would have
had no more consciousness of sins? 10:3But in
those sacrifices there is yearly reminder of sins.
10:4For it is impossible that the blood of bulls
and goats should take away sins. 10:5Therefore
when he comes into the world, he says,
"Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire,
but you prepared a body for me;
10:6You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings
and sacrifices for sin.
10:7Then I said, 'Behold, I have come (in
the scroll of the book it is written of
me)
to do your will, O God.'"c
10:8Previously saying, "Sacrifices and offerings
and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices
for sin you didn't desire, neither had pleasure
in them" (those which are offered according to
the law), 10:9then he has said, "Behold, I have
come to do your will." He takes away the
first, that he may establish the second, 10:10by
which will we have been sanctified through the
offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for
all. 10:11Every priest indeed stands day by day
serving and often offering the same sacrifices,
which can never take away sins, 10:12but he,
when he had offered one sacrifice for sins
forever, sat down on the right hand of God;
b9:20 Exodus 24:8
c10:7 Psalm40: 6-8
Hebrews 10:13 960 Hebrews 11:7
10:13from that time waiting until his enemies
are made the footstool of his feet. 10:14For by
one offering he has perfected forever those who
are being sanctified. 10:15The Holy Spirit also
testifies to us, for after saying,
10:16"This is the covenant that I will make with
them:
'After those days,' says the Lord,
'I will put my laws on their heart,
I will also write themon theirmind;'"d
then he says,
10:17"I will remember their sins and their iniquities
no more."e
10:18Now where remission of these is, there
is no more offering for sin. 10:19Having therefore,
brothers, boldness to enter into the holy
place by the blood of Jesus, 10:20by the way
which he dedicated for us, a new and living
way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
10:21and having a great priest over the house
of God, 10:22let's draw near with a true heart
in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled
froman evil conscience, and having our body
washed with pure water, 10:23let us hold fast
the confession of our hope without wavering;
for he who promised is faithful.
10:24Let us consider how to provoke one
another to love and good works, 10:25not forsaking
our own assembling together, as the
customof some is, but exhorting one another;
and so much the more, as you see the Day
approaching. 10:26For if we sin willfully after
we have received the knowledge of the truth,
there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
10:27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment,
and a fierceness of fire which will devour
the adversaries. 10:28A man who disregards
Moses' law dies without compassion on the
word of two or threewitnesses. 10:29How much
worse punishment, do you think, will he be
judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot
the Son of God, and has counted the blood
of the covenant with which he was sanctified
an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit
of grace? 10:30For we know himw ho said,
"Vengeance belongs to me," says the Lord, "I
will repay."f Again, "The Lord will judge his
people."g 10:31It is a fearful thing to fall into
the hands of the living God. 10:32But remember
the former days, in which, after you were
enlightened, you endured a great struggle with
sufferings; 10:33partly, being exposed to both
reproaches and oppressions; and partly, becoming
partakers with those who were treated so.
10:34For you both had compassion on me in my
chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of
your possessions, knowing that you have for
yourselves a better possession and an enduring
one in the heavens. 10:35Therefore don't throw
away your boldness, which has a great reward.
10:36For you need endurance so that, having
done the will of God, you may receive the
promise.
10:37"In a very little while,
he who comes will come, and will not
wait.
10:38But the righteous will live by faith.
If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure
in him."h
10:39But we are not of those who shrink back
to destruction, but of those who have faith to
the saving of the soul.
11:1Now faith is assurance of things hoped
for, proof of things not seen. 11:2For by this,
the elders obtained testimony. 11:3By faith, we
understand that the universe has been framed
by the word of God, so that what is seen
has not been made out of things which are
visible. 11:4By faith, Abel offered to God a
more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through
which he had testimony given to him that he
was righteous, God testifying with respect to
his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still
speaks. 11:5By faith, Enoch was taken away,
so that he wouldn't see death, and he was not
found, because God translated him. For he
has had testimony given to him that before
his translation he had been well pleasing to
God. 11:6Without faith it is impossible to be
well pleasing to him, for he who comes to
God must believe that he exists, and that he
is a rewarder of those who seek him. 11:7By
faith, Noah, being warned about things not
d10:16 Jeremiah 31:33
e10:17 Jeremiah 31:34
f10:30 Deuteronomy 32:35
g10:30 Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalm 135:14
h10:38 Habakkuk 2:3-4
Hebrews 11:8 961 Hebrews 11:37
yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a
ship for the saving of his house, through which
he condemned the world, and became heir of
the righteousness which is according to faith.
11:8By faith, Abraham, when he was called,
obeyed to go out to the place which he was to
receive for an inheritance. He went out, not
knowing where he went. 11:9By faith, he lived
as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land
not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and
Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
11:10For he looked for the city which has the
foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
11:11By faith, even Sarah herself received power
to conceive, and she bore a child when she
was past age, since she counted himf aithful
who had promised. 11:12Therefore as many
as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as
innumerable as the sand which is by the sea
shore, were fathered by one man, and him
as good as dead. 11:13These all died in faith,
not having received the promises, but having
seeni themand embraced themf rom afar, and
having confessed that they were strangers and
pilgrims on the earth. 11:14For those who say
such things make it clear that they are seeking
a country of their own. 11:15If indeed they had
been thinking of that country fromwhi ch they
went out, they would have had enough time
to return. 11:16But now they desire a better
country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God
is not ashamed of them, to be called their God,
for he has prepared a city for them.
11:17By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered
up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received
the promises was offering up his one and only
son; 11:18even he to whomi t was said, "In
Isaac will your seed be called;"j 11:19concluding
that God is able to raise up even fromthe
dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive
himb ack from the dead. 11:20By faith,
Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning
things to come. 11:21By faith, Jacob, when he
was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph,
and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
11:22By faith, Joseph, when his end was near,
made mention of the departure of the children
of Israel; and gave instructions concerning
his bones. 11:23By faith, Moses, when he
was born, was hidden for three months by
his parents, because they saw that he was a
beautiful child, and they were not afraid of
the king's commandment. 11:24By faith, Moses,
when he had grown up, refused to be called
the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 11:25choosing
rather to share ill treatment with God's people,
than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time;
11:26accounting the reproach of Christ greater
riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked
to the reward. 11:27By faith, he left Egypt, not
fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured,
as seeing himwho is invisible. 11:28By faith,
he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of
the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn
should not touch them. 11:29By faith, they
passed through the Red Sea as on dry land.
When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were
swallowed up. 11:30By faith, thewalls of Jericho
fell down, after they had been encircled for
seven days. 11:31By faith, Rahab the prostitute,
didn't perishwith those who were disobedient,
having received the spies in peace. 11:32What
more shall I say? For the time would fail me
if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah,
David, Samuel, and the prophets; 11:33who,
through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out
righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the
mouths of lions,k 11:34quenched the power of
fire,l escaped the edge of the sword,m from
weakness were made strong, grew mighty
in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.
11:35Women received their dead by resurrection.
n Others were tortured, not accepting their
deliverance, that they might obtain a better
resurrection. 11:36Others were tried by mocking
and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds
and imprisonment. 11:37They were stoned.o
They were sawn apart. They were tempted.
i11:13 TR adds "and being convinced of"
j11:18 Genesis 21:12
k11:33 Daniel 6:22-23
l11:34 Daniel 3:1-30
m11:34 1 Kings 19:1-3; 2 Kings 6:31-7:20
n11:35 1 Kings 19:1-3; 2 Kings 6:31-7:20
o11:37 2 Chronicles 24:20-21
Hebrews 11:38 962 Hebrews 12:26
They were slain with the sword.p They went
around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being
destitute, afflicted, ill-treated 11:38(of whomt he
world was not worthy), wandering in deserts,
mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
11:39These all, having had testimony given to
themt hrough their faith, didn't receive the
promise, 11:40God having provided some better
thing concerning us, so that apart fromus they
should not be made perfect.
12:1Therefore let us also, seeing we are
surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,
lay aside every weight and the sin which so
easily entangles us, and let us run with patience
the race that is set before us, 12:2looking to
Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who
for the joy that was set before hime ndured
the cross, despising its shame, and has sat
down at the right hand of the throne of God.
12:3For consider himw ho has endured such
contradiction of sinners against himself, that
you don't grow weary, fainting in your souls.
12:4You have not yet resisted to blood, striving
against sin; 12:5and you have forgotten the
exhortation which reasons with you as with
children,
"My son, don't take lightly the chastening of
the Lord,
nor faint when you are reproved by him;
12:6For whomt he Lord loves, he chastens,
and scourges every son whomhe receives."
q
12:7It is for discipline that you endure. God
deals with you as with children, for what son
is there whomh is father doesn't discipline?
12:8But if you are without discipline, of which
all have been made partakers, then are you
illegitimate, and not children. 12:9Furthermore,
we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten
us, and we paid themre spect. Shall we not
much rather be in subjection to the Father of
spirits, and live? 12:10For they indeed, for
a few days, punished us as seemed good to
them; but he for our profit, that we may be
partakers of his holiness. 12:11All chastening
seems for the present to be not joyous but
grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful
fruit of righteousness to those who have been
exercised thereby. 12:12Therefore, lift up the
hands that hang down and the feeble knees,r
12:13and make straight paths for your feet,s
so that which is lame may not be dislocated,
but rather be healed. 12:14Follow after peace
with all men, and the sanctification without
which no man will see the Lord, 12:15looking
carefully lest there be any man who falls short
of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness
springing up trouble you, and many be defiled
by it; 12:16lest there be any sexually immoral
person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold
his birthright for one meal. 12:17For you know
that even when he afterward desired to inherit
the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no
place for a change of mind though he sought
it diligently with tears. 12:18For you have not
come to a mountain that might be touched,
and that burned with fire, and to blackness,
darkness, storm, 12:19the sound of a trumpet,
and the voice of words; which those who heard
it begged that not one more word should be
spoken to them, 12:20for they could not stand
that whichwas commanded, "If even an animal
touches the mountain, it shall be stonedt;"u
12:21and so fearful was the appearance, that
Moses said, "I amte rrified and trembling."v
12:22But you have come to Mount Zion, and
to the city of the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of
angels, 12:23to the general assembly and assembly
of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven,
to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men
made perfect, 12:24to Jesus, the mediator of a
new covenant,w and to the blood of sprinkling
that speaks better than that of Abel.
12:25See that you don't refuse himwho
speaks. For if they didn't escape when they refused
himwho warned on the Earth, howmuch
more will we not escape who turn away from
himwho warns fromheaven, 12:26whose voice
p11:37 Jeremiah 26:20-23; 1 Kings 19:10
q12:6 Proverbs 3:11-12
r12:12 Isaiah 35:3
s12:13 Proverbs 4:26
t12:20 TR adds "or shot with an arrow" [see Exodus 19:12-13]
u12:20 Exodus 19:12-13
v12:21 Deuteronomy 9:19
w12:24 Jeremiah 31:31
Hebrews 12:27 963 Hebrews 13:25
shook the earth then, but now he has promised,
saying, "Yet once more I will shake not only
the earth, but also the heavens."x 12:27This
phrase, "Yet once more," signifies the removing
of those things that are shaken, as of things
that have been made, that those things which
are not shaken may remain. 12:28Therefore,
receiving a Kingdomthat can't be shaken, let
us have grace, through which we serve God
acceptably, with reverence and awe, 12:29for
our God is a consuming fire.y
13:1Let brotherly love continue. 13:2Don't
forget to show hospitality to strangers, for
in doing so, some have entertained angels
without knowing it. 13:3Remember those who
are in bonds, as bound with them; and those
who are ill-treated, since you are also in the
body. 13:4Let marriage be held in honor among
all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will
judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
13:5Be free fromt he love of money, content
with such things as you have, for he has said,
"I will in no way leave you, neither will I in
any way forsake you."z 13:6So that with good
courage we say,
"The Lord is my helper. I will not fear.
What can man do to me?"a
13:7Remember your leaders, men who spoke
to you the word of God, and considering the
results of their conduct, imitate their faith.
13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today,
and forever. 13:9Don't be carried away by
various and strange teachings, for it is good
that the heart be established by grace, not
by food, through which those who were so
occupied were not benefited.
13:10We have an altar fromwhi ch those who
serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat.
13:11For the bodies of those animals, whose
blood is brought into the holy place by the high
priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside
of the camp.b 13:12Therefore Jesus also, that
he might sanctify the people through his own
blood, suffered outside of the gate. 13:13Let us
therefore go out to himo utside of the camp,
bearing his reproach. 13:14For we don't have
here an enduring city, but we seek that which
is to come. 13:15Through him, then, let us offer
up a sacrifice of praise to Godc continually, that
is, the fruit of lips which proclaima llegiance
to his name. 13:16But don't forget to be doing
good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God
is well pleased.
13:17Obey your leaders and submit to them,
for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those
who will give account, that they may do this
with joy, and not with groaning, for that would
be unprofitable for you.
13:18Pray for us, for we are persuaded that
we have a good conscience, desiring to live
honorably in all things. 13:19I strongly urge you
to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner.
13:20Now may the God of peace, who
brought again fromt he dead the great shepherd
of the sheep with the blood of an eternal
covenant, our Lord Jesus, 13:21make you
complete in every good work to do his will,
working in you that which is well pleasing in
his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whombe the
glory forever and ever. Amen.
13:22But I exhort you, brothers, endure the
word of exhortation, for I have written to you
in few words. 13:23Know that our brother
Timothy has been freed, with whom, if he
comes shortly, I will see you. 13:24Greet all of
your leaders and all the saints. The Italians
greet you. 13:25Grace be with you all. Amen.
x12:26 Haggai 2:6
y12:29 Deuteronomy 4:24
z13:5 Deuteronomy 31:6
a13:6 Psalm118: 6-7
b13:11 Leviticus 16:27
c13:15 Psalm50: 23
James 1:1 964 James 2:11
The Letter from James
1:1James, a servant of God and of the Lord
Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in
the Dispersion: Greetings. 1:2Count it all joy,
m y brothersa, when you fall into various temptations,
1:3knowing that the testing of your faith
produces endurance. 1:4Let endurance have
its perfect work, that you may be perfect and
complete, lacking in nothing. 1:5But if any of
you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who
gives to all liberally and without reproach; and
it will be given to him. 1:6But let hima sk in
faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts
is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind
and tossed. 1:7For let that man not think that
he will receive anything fromt he Lord. 1:8He is
a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
1:9But let the brother in humble circumstances
glory in his high position; 1:10and the
rich, inthat he ism ade humble, because like the
flower in the grass, he will pass away. 1:11For
the sun arises with the scorching wind, and
withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and
the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also
will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
1:12Blessed is the man who endures temptation,
for when he has been approved, he
will receive the crown of life, which the Lord
promised to those who love him. 1:13Let no
man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted
by God," for God can't be tempted by evil, and
he himself tempts no one. 1:14But each one is
tempted, when he is drawn away by his own
lust, and enticed. 1:15Then the lust, when it
has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when
it is full grown, brings forth death. 1:16Don't
be deceived, my beloved brothers. 1:17Every
good gift and every perfect gift is froma bove,
coming down from the Father of lights, with
whomcan be no variation, nor turning shadow.
1:18Of his own will he brought us forth by the
word of truth, that we should be a kind of first
fruits of his creatures.
1:19So, then, my beloved brothers, let every
man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow
to anger; 1:20for the anger of m an doesn't produce
the righteousness of God. 1:21Therefore,
putting away all filthiness and overflowing
of wickedness, receive with humility the implantedword,
which is able to save your soulsb.
1:22But be doers of the word, and not only
hearers, deluding your own selves. 1:23For if
anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer,
he is like a man looking at his natural face in a
mirror; 1:24for he sees himself, and goes away,
and immediately forgets what kind of man he
was. 1:25But he who looks into the perfect law
of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer
who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man
will be blessed in what he does.
1:26If anyone among you thinks himself to
be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue,
but deceives his heart, this man's religion is
worthless. 1:27Pure religion and undefiled
before our God and Father is this: to visit the
fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to
keep oneself unstained by the world.
2:1My brothers, don't hold the faith of our
Lord Jesus Christ of glorywith partiality. 2:2For
if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing,
comes into your synagoguec, and a poor man
in filthy clothing also comes in; 2:3and you
pay special attention to himwho wears the
fine clothing, and say, "Sit here in a good
place;" and you tell the poor man, "Stand
there," or "Sit by my footstool;" 2:4haven't
you shown partiality among yourselves, and
become judges with evil thoughts? 2:5Listen,
my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those
who are poor in this world to be rich in faith,
and heirs of the Kingdomw hich he promised
to those who love him? 2:6But you have dishonored
the poor man. Don't the rich oppress
you, and personally drag you before the courts?
2:7Don't they blaspheme the honorable name
by which you are called? 2:8However, if you
fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture,
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself,"d
you do well. 2:9But if you show partiality,
you commit sin, being convicted by the law
as transgressors. 2:10For whoever keeps the
whole law, and yet stumbles in one point,
he has become guilty of all. 2:11For he who
a1:2 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and
sisters" or "siblings."
b1:21 or, preserve your life.
c2:2 or, meeting
d2:8 Leviticus 19:18
James 2:12 965 James 4:4
said, "Do not commit adultery,"e also said,
"Do not commit murder."f Now if you do not
commit adultery, but murder, you have become
a transgressor of the law. 2:12So speak, and so
do, as men who are to be judged by a law of
freedom. 2:13For judgment is without mercy to
himwho has shown no m ercy.Mercy trium phs
over judgment.
2:14What good is it, my brothers, if a man
says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith
save him? 2:15And if a brother or sister is naked
and in lack of daily food, 2:16and one of you
tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;"
and yet you didn't give themthe things the
body needs, what good is it? 2:17Even so faith,
if it has no works, is dead in itself. 2:18Yes,
a man will say, "You have faith, and I have
works." Show me your faith without works,
and I by my works will show you my faith.
2:19You believe that God is one. You do well.
The demons also believe, and shudder. 2:20But
do youwant to know, vain man, that faith apart
fromw orks is dead? 2:21Wasn't Abrahamo ur
father justified by works, in that he offered up
Isaac his son on the altar? 2:22You see that faith
worked with hisworks, and by works faith was
perfected; 2:23and the Scripture was fulfilled
which says, "Abrahambe lieved God, and it
was accounted to hima s righteousness;"g and
he was called the friend of God. 2:24You see
then that by works, a man is justified, and not
only by faith. 2:25In like manner wasn't Rahab
the prostitute also justified by works, in that
she received the messengers, and sent them
out another way? 2:26For as the body apart
fromt he spirit is dead, even so faith apart from
works is dead.
3:1Let not many of you be teachers, my
brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier
judgment. 3:2For in many things we all
stumble. If anyone doesn't stumble in word,
the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the
whole body also. 3:3Indeed, we put bits into
the horses' mouths so that they may obey us,
and we guide their whole body. 3:4Behold,
the ships also, though they are so big and are
driven by fiercewinds, are yet guided by a very
small rudder, wherever the pilot desires. 3:5So
the tongue is also a little member, and boasts
great things. See how a small fire can spread
to a large forest! 3:6And the tongue is a fire.
The world of iniquity among our members is
the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and
sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on
fire by Gehenna.h 3:7For every kind of animal,
bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is
tamed, and has been tamed by mankind. 3:8But
nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless
evil, full of deadly poison. 3:9With it we bless
our God and Father, and with it we curse men,
who are made in the image of God. 3:10Out
of the same mouth comes forth blessing and
cursing. My brothers, these things ought not
to be so. 3:11Does a spring send out fromt he
same opening fresh and bitter water? 3:12Can a
fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs?
Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh
water.
3:13Who is wise and understanding among
you? Let hims how by his good conduct that
his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
3:14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish
ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't
lie against the truth. 3:15Thiswisdomis not that
which comes down from above, but is earthly,
sensual, and demonic. 3:16For where jealousy
and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and
every evil deed. 3:17But the wisdomthat is from
above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable,
full of mercy and good fruits, without
partiality, and without hypocrisy. 3:18Now the
fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those
who make peace.
4:1Where do wars and fightings among you
come from? Don't they come from your
pleasures that war in your members? 4:2You
lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and
can't obtain. You fight and make war. You
don't have, because you don't ask. 4:3You ask,
and don't receive, because you ask with wrong
motives, so that you may spend it for your
pleasures. 4:4You adulterers and adulteresses,
don't you know that friendship with the world
is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants
to be a friend of the world makes himself an
e2:11 Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18
f2:11 Exodus 10:13; Deuteronomy 5:17
g2:23 Genesis 15:16
h3:6 or, Hell
James 4:5 966 1 Peter 1:1
enemy of God. 4:5Or do you think that the
Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives
in us yearns jealously"? 4:6But he gives more
grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud,
but gives grace to the humble."i 4:7Be subject
therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he
will flee fromyou. 4:8Draw near to God, and he
will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you
sinners; and purify your hearts, you doubleminded.
4:9Lament, mourn, and weep. Let
your laughter be turned to mourning, and your
joy to gloom. 4:10Humble yourselves in the
sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
4:11Don't speak against one another, brothers.
He who speaks against a brother and
judges his brother, speaks against the law and
judges the law. But if you judge the law, you
are not a doer of the law, but a judge. 4:12Only
one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to
destroy. But who are you to judge another?
4:13Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow
let's go into this city, and spend a year
there, trade, and make a profit." 4:14Whereas
you don't know what your life will be like
tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are
a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then
vanishes away. 4:15For you ought to say, "If
the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or
that." 4:16But now you glory in your boasting.
All such boasting is evil. 4:17To himt herefore
who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to
himit is sin.
5:1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for
your miseries that are coming on you. 5:2Your
riches are corrupted and your garments are
moth-eaten. 5:3Your gold and your silver are
corroded, and their corrosion will be for a
testimony against you, and will eat your flesh
like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the
last days. 5:4Behold, the wages of the laborers
who mowed your fields, which you have kept
back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those
who reaped have entered into the ears of the
Lord of Armiesj. 5:5You have lived delicately
on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have
nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
5:6You have condemned, you have murdered
the righteous one. He doesn't resist you.
5:7Be patient therefore, brothers, until the
coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits
for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient
over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
5:8You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for
the coming of the Lord is at hand.
5:9Don't grumble, brothers, against one another,
so that you won't be judged. Behold,
the judge stands at the door. 5:10Take, brothers,
for an example of suffering and of patience, the
prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
5:11Behold, we call thembl essed who endured.
You have heard of the patience of Job, and have
seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord
is full of compassion and mercy. 5:12But above
all things, my brothers, don't swear, neither by
heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath;
but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no,"
"no;" so that you don't fall into hypocrisy.k
5:13Is any among you suffering? Let him
pray. Is any cheerful? Let himsin g praises.
5:14Is any among you sick? Let him call for the
elders of the assembly, and let them pray over
him, anointing him with oil in the name of the
Lord, 5:15and the prayer of faith will heal him
who is sick, and the Lord will raise himup.
If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
5:16Confess your offenses to one another, and
pray for one another, that you may be healed.
The insistent prayer of a righteous person is
powerfully effective. 5:17Elijah was a man with
a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that
it might not rain, and it didn't rain on the earth
for three years and six months. 5:18He prayed
again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth
brought forth its fruit.
5:19Brothers, if any among you wanders
fromthe truth, and someone turns him back,
5:20let himk now that he who turns a sinner
fromt he error of his way will save a soul from
death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
Peter's First Letter
1:1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the
chosen ones who are living as foreigners in
the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia,
i4:6 Proverbs 3:34
j5:4 Greek: Sabaoth (for Hebrew: Tze'va'ot)
k5:12 TR reads "under judgment" instead of "into hypocrisy"
1 Peter 1:2 967 1 Peter 2:7
Asia, and Bithynia, 1:2according to the foreknowledge
of God the Father, in sanctification
of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ
and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to
you and peace be multiplied. 1:3Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who according to his great mercy became our
father again to a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ fromt he dead,
1:4to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance
that doesn't fade away, reserved in Heaven
for you, 1:5who by the power of God are
guarded through faith for a salvation ready
to be revealed in the last time. 1:6Wherein
you greatly rejoice, though now for a little
while, if need be, you have been put to grief
in various trials, 1:7that the proof of your
faith, which is more precious than gold that
perishes even though it is tested by fire, may
be found to result in praise, glory, and honor
at the revelation of Jesus Christ 1:8whomno t
having known you love; in whom, though
now you don't see him, yet believing, you
rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full
of glory 1:9receiving the result of your faith,
the salvation of your souls. 1:10Concerning this
salvation, the prophets sought and searched
diligently, who prophesied of the grace that
would come to you, 1:11searching for who or
what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which
was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the
sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would
follow them. 1:12To themit was revealed, that
not to themselves, but to you, they ministered
these things, which now have been announced
to you through those who preached the Good
News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from
heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
1:13Therefore, prepare your minds for action,
a be sober and set your hope fully on
the grace that will be brought to you at the
revelation of Jesus Christ 1:14as children of
obedience, not conforming yourselves according
to your former lusts as in your ignorance,
1:15but just as he who called you is holy, you
yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior;
1:16because it iswritten, "You shall be holy; for I
amho ly."b 1:17If you call on himas Father, who
without respect of persons judges according to
each man's work, pass the time of your living
as foreigners here in reverent fear: 1:18knowing
that you were redeemed, not with corruptible
things, with silver or gold, fromt he useless
way of life handed down fromy our fathers,
1:19but with precious blood, as of a faultless
and pure lamb, the blood of Christ; 1:20who
was foreknown indeed before the foundation
of the world, but was revealed at the end of
times for your sake, 1:21who through himare
believers in God, who raised himfr om the
dead, and gave himglory; so that your faith
and hope might be in God.
1:22Seeing you have purified your souls in
your obedience to the truth through the Spirit
in sincere brotherly affection, love one another
fromt he heart fervently: 1:23having been born
again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,
through the word of God, which lives and
remains forever. 1:24For,
"All flesh is like grass,
and all of man's glory like the flower in
the grass.
The grass withers, and its flower falls;
1:25but the Lord's word endures forever."
c
This is the word of Good News which was
preached to you.
2:1Putting away therefore all wickedness, all
deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
2:2as newborn babies, long for the pure
milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,
2:3if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is
gracious: 2:4coming to him, a living stone,
rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God,
precious. 2:5You also, as living stones, are built
up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood,
to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to
God through Jesus Christ. 2:6Because it is
contained in Scripture,
"Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone,
chosen, and precious:
He who believes in himw ill not be
disappointed."d
2:7For you who believe therefore is the
honor, but for those who are disobedient,
a1:13 literally, "gird up the waist of your mind"
b1:16 Leviticus 11:44-45
c1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8
d2:6 Isaiah 28:16
1 Peter 2:8 968 1 Peter 3:12
"The stone which the builders rejected,
has become the chief cornerstone,"e
2:8and,
"a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense."f
For they stumble at the word, being disobedient,
to which also they were appointed.
2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, a people for God's own possession,
that you may proclaim the excellence of
himw ho called you out of darkness into his
marvelous light: 2:10who in time past were no
people, but now are God's people, who had
not obtained mercy, but now have obtained
mercy. 2:11Beloved, I beg you as foreigners
and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts,
which war against the soul; 2:12having good
behavior among the nations, so in that of which
they speak against you as evildoers, they may
by your good works, which they see, glorify
God in the day of visitation. 2:13Therefore
subject yourselves to every ordinance of man
for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as
supreme; 2:14or to governors, as sent by himfor
vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those
who do well. 2:15For this is the will of God,
that bywell-doing you should put to silence the
ignorance of foolish men: 2:16as free, and not
using your freedomfor a cloak of wickedness,
but as bondservants ofGod.
2:17Honor all men. Love the brotherhood.
Fear God. Honor the king. 2:18Servants, be
in subjection to your masters with all fear; not
only to the good and gentle, but also to the
wicked. 2:19For it is commendable if someone
endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of
conscience toward God. 2:20For what glory
is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure
beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently
endure suffering, this is commendable
with God. 2:21For to this you were called,
because Christ also suffered for us, leaving
youg an example, that you should follow his
steps, 2:22who did not sin, "neither was deceit
found in his mouth."h 2:23Who, when he was
cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered,
didn't threaten, but committed himself to him
who judges righteously; 2:24who his own self
bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we,
having died to sins, might live to righteousness;
by whose stripes you were healed. 2:25For you
were going astray like sheep; but now have
returned to the Shepherd and Overseeri of your
souls.
3:1In like manner, wives, be in subjection
to your own husbands; so that, even if any
don't obey the Word, they may be won by
the behavior of their wives without a word;
3:2seeing your pure behavior in fear. 3:3Let
your beauty be not just the outward adorning
of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of
gold, or of putting on fine clothing; 3:4but in the
hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible
adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit,which is
in the sight of God very precious. 3:5For this is
howthe holy women before,who hoped inGod
also adorned themselves, being in subjection
to their own husbands: 3:6as Sarah obeyed
Abraham, calling him lord,whose children you
now are, if you do well, and are not put in fear
by any terror.
3:7You husbands, in like manner, live with
your wives according to knowledge, giving
honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel,
as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that
your prayers may not be hindered.
3:8Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate,
loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
3:9not rendering evil for evil, or reviling
for reviling; but instead blessing; knowing that
to this were you called, that you may inherit a
blessing. 3:10For,
"He who would love life,
and see good days,
let himkeep his tongue fromevil,
and his lips fromspea king deceit.
3:11Let himtur n away fromevil, and do good.
Let hims eek peace, and pursue it.
3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears open to their prayer;
e2:7 Psalm118: 22
f2:8 Isaiah 8:14
g2:21 TR reads "us" instead of "you"
h2:22 Isaiah 53:9
i2:25 "Overseer" is fromthe Greek episkopon, which can mean overseer, curator, guardian, or
superintendent.
1 Peter 3:13 969 1 Peter 5:4
but the face of the Lord is against those
who do evil."j
3:13Nowwho is hewhowill harmyou, if you
become imitators of that which is good? 3:14But
even if you should suffer for righteousness'
sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they
fear, neither be troubled."k 3:15But sanctify
the Lord God in your hearts; and always be
ready to give an answer to everyone who
asks you a reason concerning the hope that is
in you, with humility and fear: 3:16having a
good conscience; that, while you are spoken
against as evildoers, they may be disappointed
who curse your good manner of life in Christ.
3:17For it is better, if it is God's will, that
you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.
3:18Because Christ also suffered for sins once,
the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might
bring you to God; being put to death in the
flesh, but made alive in the spirit; 3:19in which
he also went and preached to the spirits in
prison, 3:20who before were disobedient, when
God waited patiently in the days of Noah,
while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is,
eight souls, were saved through water. 3:21This
is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you
not the putting away of the filth of the flesh,
but the answer of a good conscience toward
God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
3:22who is at the right hand of God, having
gone into heaven, angels and authorities and
powers being made subject to him.
4:1Forasmuch then as Christ suffered for us
in the flesh, army ourselves also with the same
mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has
ceased froms in; 4:2that you no longer should
live the rest of your time in the flesh for the
lusts of men, but for the will of God. 4:3For
we have spent enough of our past time doing
the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked
in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies,
carousings, and abominable idolatries. 4:4They
think it is strange that you don't run with
them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming:
4:5who will give account to himw ho is ready
to judge the living and the dead. 4:6For to
this end the Good News was preached even
to the dead, that they might be judged indeed
as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the
spirit. 4:7But the end of all things is near.
Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled,
and sober in prayer. 4:8And above all things
be earnest in your love among yourselves, for
love covers a multitude of sins. 4:9Be hospitable
to one another without grumbling. 4:10As each
has received a gift, employ it in serving one
another, as good managers of the grace of God
in its various forms. 4:11If anyone speaks, let it
be as it were the very words of God. If anyone
serves, let it be as of the strength which God
supplies, that in all things God may be glorified
through Jesus Christ, to whombelon g the glory
and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
4:12Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery
trial which has come upon you, to test you,
as though a strange thing happened to you.
4:13But because you are partakers of Christ's
sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his
glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.
4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ,
you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory
and of God rests on you. On their part he is
blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
4:15For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or
a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other
men's matters. 4:16But if one of you suffers
for being a Christian, let himno t be ashamed;
but let himg lorify God in this matter. 4:17For
the time has come for judgment to begin with
the household of God. If it begins first with
us, what will happen to those who don't obey
the Good News of God? 4:18"If it is hard for
the righteous to be saved, what will happen to
the ungodly and the sinner?"l 4:19Therefore let
thema lso who suffer according to the will of
God in doing good entrust their souls to him,
as to a faithful Creator.
5:1I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow
elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ,
and who will also share in the glory that will be
revealed. 5:2Shepherd the flock of God which is
among you, exercising the oversight, not under
compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest
gain, but willingly; 5:3neither as lording it over
those entrusted to you, but making yourselves
examples to the flock. 5:4When the chief Shepherd
is revealed, you will receive the crown of
j3:12 Psalm34: 12-16
k3:14 Isaiah 8:12
l4:18 Proverbs 11:31
1 Peter 5:5 970 2 Peter 2:1
glory that doesn't fade away.
5:5Likewise, you younger ones, be subject
to the elder. Yes, all of you gird yourselves
with humility, to subject yourselves to one
another; for "God resists the proud, but gives
grace to the humble."m 5:6Humble yourselves
therefore under the mighty hand of God, that
he may exalt you in due time; 5:7casting all your
worries on him, because he cares for you.
5:8Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful.
Your adversary the devil, walks around like
a roaring lion, seeking whomhe may devour.
5:9Withstand hims teadfast in your faith, knowing
that your brothers who are in the world
are undergoing the same sufferings. 5:10But
may the God of all grace, who called you to
his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you
have suffered a little while, perfect, establish,
strengthen, and settle you. 5:11To himb e the
glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
5:12Through Silvanus, our faithful brother,
as I consider him, I have written to you briefly,
exhorting, and testifying that this is the true
grace of God in which you stand. 5:13She who
is in Babylon, chosen together with you, greets
you; and so does Mark, my son. 5:14Greet one
another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all
who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Peter's Second Letter
1:1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of
Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like
precious faith with us in the righteousness of
our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: 1:2Grace to
you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge
of God and of Jesus our Lord, 1:3seeing that
his divine power has granted to us all things
that pertain to life and godliness, through the
knowledge of himw ho called us by his own
glory and virtue; 1:4by which he has granted to
us his precious and exceedingly great promises;
that through these you may become partakers
of the divine nature, having escaped fromthe
corruption that is in the world by lust. 1:5Yes,
and for this very cause adding on your part
all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence;
and in moral excellence, knowledge;
1:6and in knowledge, self-control; and in selfcontrol
patience; and in patience godliness;
1:7and in godliness brotherly affection; and in
brotherly affection, love. 1:8For if these things
are yours and abound, they make you to be
not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of
our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:9For he who lacks
these things is blind, seeing only what is near,
having forgotten the cleansing fromhi s old
sins. 1:10Therefore, brothers,a be more diligent
to make your calling and election sure. For if
you do these things, you will never stumble.
1:11For thus you will be richly supplied with
the entrance into the eternal Kingdomo f our
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
1:12Therefore I will not be negligent to remind
you of these things, though you know
them, and are established in the present truth.
1:13I think it right, as long as I ami n this tent,
to stir you up by reminding you; 1:14knowing
that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly,
even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to
me. 1:15Yes, I will make every effort that you
may always be able to remember these things
even after my departure. 1:16Forwe did not follow
cunningly devised fables, when we made
known to you the power and coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of
his majesty. 1:17For he received fromGod the
Father honor and glory, when the voice came
to himf romthe Majestic Glory, "This is my
beloved Son, in whomI am well pleased."b
1:18We heard this voice come out of heaven
when we were with himo n the holymountain.
1:19We have the more sure word of
prophecy; and you do well that you heed it,
as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the
day dawns, and the morning star arises in your
hearts: 1:20knowing this first, that no prophecy
of Scripture is of private interpretation. 1:21For
no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but
holy men of God spoke, being moved by the
Holy Spirit.
2:1But false prophets also arose among the
people, as false teachers will also be among
m5:5 Proverbs 3:34
a1:10 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
b1:17 Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35
2 Peter 2:2 971 2 Peter 3:9
you, who will secretly bring in destructive
heresies, denying even the Master who bought
them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
2:2Many will follow their immoralc ways,
and as a result, the way of the truth will be
maligned. 2:3In covetousness they will exploit
you with deceptive words: whose sentence
now fromof old doesn't linger, and their
destruction will not slumber. 2:4For if God
didn't spare angels when they sinned, but cast
themd own to Tartarusd, and committed them
to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
2:5and didn't spare the ancient world, but
preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher
of righteousness, when he brought a flood
on the world of the ungodly; 2:6and turning
the cities of Sodoma nd Gomorrah into ashes,
condemned them to destruction, having made
theman example to those who would live
ungodly; 2:7and delivered righteous Lot, who
was very distressed by the lustful life of the
wicked 2:8(for that righteous man dwelling
among them, was tormented in his righteous
soul fromd ay to day with seeing and hearing
lawless deeds): 2:9the Lord knows how to
deliver the godly out of temptation and to
keep the unrighteous under punishment for
the day of judgment; 2:10but chiefly those who
walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement,
and despise authority. Daring, self-willed,
they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;
2:11whereas angels, though greater in might
and power, don't bring a railing judgment
against thembe fore the Lord. 2:12But these, as
unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to
be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters
about which they are ignorant, will in their
destroying surely be destroyed, 2:13receiving
the wages of unrighteousness; people who
count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots
and blemishes, reveling in their deceit while
they feast with you; 2:14having eyes full of
adultery, and who can't cease froms in; enticing
unsettled souls; having a heart trained
in greed; children of cursing; 2:15forsaking the
right way, they went astray, having followed
the way of Balaamthe son of Beor, who
loved the wages of wrongdoing; 2:16but he
was rebuked for his own disobedience. A
mute donkey spoke with a man's voice and
stopped the madness of the prophet. 2:17These
are wells without water, clouds driven by a
storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has
been reserved forever. 2:18For, uttering great
swelling words of emptiness, they entice in
the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those
who are indeed escaping fromt hose who live
in error; 2:19promising them liberty, while they
themselves are bondservants of corruption; for
a man is brought into bondage by whoever
overcomes him.
2:20For if, after they have escaped the defilement
of the world through the knowledge of
the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again
entangled in it and overcome, the last state has
become worse for them than the first. 2:21For
it would be better for themno t to have known
the way of righteousness, than, after knowing
it, to turn back from the holy commandment
delivered to them. 2:22But it has happened to
themacco rding to the true proverb, "The dog
turns to his own vomit again,"e and "the sow
that has washed to wallowing in the mire."
3:1This is now, beloved, the second letter that
I have written to you; and in both of themI
stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;
3:2that you should remember the words which
were spoken before by the holy prophets, and
the commandments of us, the apostles of the
Lord and Savior: 3:3knowing this first, that in
the last days mockers will come, walking after
their own lusts, 3:4and saying, "Where is the
promise of his coming? For, from the day that
the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as
they were fromthe beginning of the creation."
3:5For this they willfully forget, that there were
heavens fromo f old, and an earth formed out
of water and amid water, by the word of God;
3:6by which means the world that then was,
being overflowed with water, perished. 3:7But
the heavens that now are, and the earth, by
the same word have been stored up for fire,
being reserved against the day of judgment
and destruction of ungodly men. 3:8But don't
forget this one thing, beloved, that one day
is with the Lord as a thousand years, and
a thousand years as one day. 3:9The Lord
c2:2 TR reads "destructive" instead of "immoral"
d2:4 Tartarus is another name for Hell
e2:22 Proverbs 26:11
2 Peter 3:10 972 1 John 2:11
is not slow concerning his promise, as some
count slowness; but is patient with us, not
wishing that any should perish, but that all
should come to repentance. 3:10But the day
of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;
in which the heavens will pass away with a
great noise, and the elements will be dissolved
with fervent heat, and the earth and the works
that are in it will be burned up. 3:11Therefore
since all these things will be destroyed like
this, what kind of people ought you to be in
holy living and godliness, 3:12looking for and
earnestly desiring the coming of the day of
God, which will cause the burning heavens to
be dissolved, and the elements will melt with
fervent heat? 3:13But, according to his promise,
we look for new heavens and a new earth, in
which righteousness dwells.
3:14Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look
for these things, be diligent to be found in
peace, without blemish and blameless in his
sight. 3:15Regard the patience of our Lord as
salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul
also, according to the wisdomgiv en to him,
wrote to you; 3:16as also in all of his letters,
speaking in themof these things. In those, there
are some things that are hard to understand,
which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they
also do to the other Scriptures, to their own
destruction. 3:17You therefore, beloved, knowing
these things beforehand, beware, lest being
carried away with the error of the wicked, you
fall fromyour own steadfastness. 3:18But grow
in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ. To himbe the glory both
now and forever. Amen.
John's First Letter
1:1That which was fromthe beginning, that
which we have heard, that which we have
seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and
our hands touched, concerning the Word of
life 1:2(and the life was revealed, and we have
seen, and testify, and declare to you the life,
the eternal life, which was with the Father, and
was revealed to us); 1:3that which we have seen
and heard we declare to you, that you also
may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our
fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son,
Jesus Christ. 1:4And we write these things to
you, that our joy may be fulfilled.
1:5This is the message which we have heard
fromhi m and announce to you, that God is
light, and in himi s no darkness at all. 1:6If
we say that we have fellowship with hima nd
walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the
truth. 1:7But if we walk in the light, as he is in
the light, we have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses
us fromall sin. 1:8If we say that we have no
sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not
in us. 1:9Ifwe confess our sins, he is faithful and
righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse
us fromal l unrighteousness. 1:10If we say that
we haven't sinned, we make him a liar, and his
word is not in us.
2:1My little children, I write these things to
you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins,
we have a Counselora with the Father, Jesus
Christ, the righteous. 2:2And he is the atoning
sacrificeb for our sins, and not for ours only,
but also for the whole world. 2:3This is how
we know that we know him: if we keep his
commandments. 2:4One who says, "I know
him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is
a liar, and the truth isn't in him. 2:5But whoever
keeps his word, God's love has most certainly
been perfected in him. This is how we know
that we are in him: 2:6he who says he rem ains
in himough t himself also to walk just like he
walked.
2:7Brothers, I write no new commandment
to you, but an old commandment which you
had from the beginning. The old commandment
is the word which you heard from the
beginning. 2:8Again, I write a new commandment
to you, which is true in him and in you;
because the darkness is passing away, and the
true light already shines. 2:9He who says he
is in the light and hates his brother, is in the
darkness even until now. 2:10He who loves his
brother remains in the light, and there is no
occasion for stumbling in him. 2:11But he who
hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks
a2:1 Greek Parakleton: Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, and Comfortor.
b2:2 "atoning sacrifice" is from the Greek "hilasmos," an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of
appeasement or propitiation the sacrifice that turns away God's wrath because of our sin.
1 John 2:12 973 1 John 3:16
in the darkness, and doesn't know where he
is going, because the darkness has blinded his
eyes.
2:12I write to you, little children, because
your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
2:13I write to you, fathers, because you know
himwho is fromthe beginning.
I write to you, young men, because you have
overcome the evil one.
I write to you, little children, because you
know the Father.
2:14I have written to you, fathers, because
you know himwho is fromthe beginning.
I have written to you, young men, because
you are strong, and the word of God remains in
you, and you have overcome the evil one.
2:15Don't love the world, neither the things
that are in the world. If anyone loves the world,
the Father's love isn't in him. 2:16For all that is
in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of
the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's,
but is the world's. 2:17The world is passing
away with its lusts, but he who does God's will
remains forever.
2:18Little children, these are the end times,
and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming,
even now many antichrists have arisen. By
this we know that it is the final hour. 2:19They
went out fromus, but they didn't belong to
us; for if they had belonged to us, they would
have continued with us. But they left, that they
might be revealed that none of them belong to
us. 2:20You have an anointing fromthe Holy
One, and you know the truth. 2:21I have not
written to you because you don't know the
truth, but because you know it, and because
no lie is of the truth. 2:22Who is the liar but
he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This
is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and
the Son. 2:23Whoever denies the Son, the same
doesn't have the Father. He who confesses the
Son has the Father also.
2:24Therefore, as for you, let that remain
in you which you heard fromthe beginning.
If that which you heard fromthe beginning
remains in you, you also will remain in the Son,
and in the Father. 2:25This is the promisewhich
he promised us, the eternal life. 2:26These
things I have written to you concerning those
who would lead you astray. 2:27As for you,
the anointing which you received fromh im
remains in you, and you don't need for anyone
to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you
concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie,
and even as it taught you, you will remain in
him. 2:28Now, little children, remain in him,
that when he appears, we may have boldness,
and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
2:29If you know that he is righteous, you know
that everyone who practices righteousness is
born of him.
3:1Behold, how great a love the Father has
bestowed on us, that we should be called
children of God! For this cause the world
doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.
3:2Beloved, now we are children of God, and
it is not yet revealed what we will be. But
we know that, when he is revealed, we will
be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
3:3Everyone who has this hope set on himp urifies
himself, even as he is pure. 3:4Everyone
who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is
lawlessness. 3:5You know that he was revealed
to take away our sins, and in himi s no
sin. 3:6Whoever remains in him doesn't sin.
Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows
him.
3:7Little children, let no one lead you astray.
He who does righteousness is righteous, even
as he is righteous. 3:8Hewho sins is of the devil,
for the devil has been sinning fromthe beginning.
To this end the Son of God was revealed,
that he might destroy the works of the devil.
3:9Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin,
because his seed remains in him; and he can't
sin, because he is born of God. 3:10In this the
children of God are revealed, and the children
of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness
is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love
his brother. 3:11For this is the m essage which
you heard fromthe beginning, that we should
love one another; 3:12unlike Cain, who was of
the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did
he kill him? Because his works were evil, and
his brother's righteous. 3:13Don't be surprised,
my brothers, if the world hates you. 3:14We
knowthat we have passed out of death into life,
because we love the brothers. He who doesn't
love his brother remains in death. 3:15Whoever
hates his brother is a murderer, and you know
that no murderer has eternal life remaining in
him.
3:16By this we know love, because he laid
down his life for us. And we ought to lay down
1 John 3:17 974 1 John 5:9
our lives for the brothers. 3:17But whoever
has the world's goods, and sees his brother
in need, and closes his heart of compassion
against him, how does the love of God remain
in him? 3:18My little children, let's not love in
word only, neither with the tongue only, but in
deed and truth. 3:19And by this we know that
we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts
before him, 3:20because if our heart condemns
us, God is greater than our heart, and knows
all things. 3:21Beloved, if our hearts don't
condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
3:22and whatever we ask, we receive fromhim,
because we keep his commandments and do
the things that are pleasing in his sight. 3:23This
is his commandment, that we should believe in
the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one
another, even as he commanded. 3:24He who
keeps his commandments remains in him, and
he in him. By this we know that he remains in
us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
4:1Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but
test the spirits, whether they are of God, because
many false prophets have gone out into
the world. 4:2By this you know the Spirit
of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus
Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 4:3and
every spirit who doesn't confess that Jesus
Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and
this is the spirit of the antichrist, of whomy ou
have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world
already. 4:4You are of God, little children, and
have overcome them; because greater is he who
is in you than he who is in the world. 4:5They
are of the world. Therefore they speak of the
world, and the world hears them. 4:6We are of
God. He who knows God listens to us. He who
is not of God doesn't listen to us. By this we
know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
4:7Beloved, let us love one another, for love
is of God; and everyone who loves is born of
God, and knows God. 4:8He who doesn't love
doesn't know God, for God is love. 4:9By this
God's love was revealed in us, that God has
sent his one and only Son into the world that
we might live through him. 4:10In this is love,
not that we loved God, but that he loved us,
and sent his Son as the atoning sacrificec for
our sins. 4:11Beloved, if God loved us in this
way, we also ought to love one another. 4:12No
one has seen God at any time. If we love one
another, God remains in us, and his love has
been perfected in us.
4:13By this we know that we remain in him
and he in us, because he has given us of his
Spirit. 4:14We have seen and testify that the
Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the
world. 4:15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the
Son of God, God remains in him, and he in
God. 4:16We know and have believed the love
which God has for us. God is love, and he
who remains in love remains in God, and God
remains in him. 4:17In this love has been made
perfect among us, that we may have boldness
in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so
arewe in thisworld. 4:18There is no fear in love;
but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has
punishment. He who fears is not made perfect
in love. 4:19We love Him, because he first loved
us. 4:20If a man says, "I love God," and hates
his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn't
love his brother whomhe has seen, how can
he love God whomhe has not seen? 4:21This
commandment we have from him, that he who
loves God should also love his brother.
5:1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ
is born of God. Whoever loves the father also
loves the childwho is born of him. 5:2By thiswe
know that we love the children of God, when
we love God and keep his commandments.
5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep
his commandments. His commandments are
not grievous. 5:4For whatever is born of God
overcomes the world. This is the victory that
has overcome the world: your faith. 5:5Who
is he who overcomes the world, but he who
believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 5:6This is
he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ;
not with the water only, but with the water and
the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because
the Spirit is the truth. 5:7For there are three
who testifyd: 5:8the Spirit, the water, and the
blood; and the three agree as one. 5:9If we
receive the witness of men, the witness of God
is greater; for this is God's testimony which he
c4:10 "atoning sacrifice" is from the Greek "hilasmos," an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of
appeasement or propitiation the sacrifice that turns away God's wrath because of our sin.
d5:7 Only a few recent manuscripts add "in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these
three are one. And there are three that testify on earth"
1 John 5:10 975 3 John 8
has testified concerning his Son. 5:10He who
believes in the Son of God has the testimony in
himself. He who doesn't believe God has made
hima liar, because he has not believed in the
testimony that God has given concerning his
Son. 5:11The testimony is this, that God gave to
us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 5:12He
who has the Son has the life. He who doesn't
have God's Son doesn't have the life. 5:13These
things I have written to you who believe in the
name of the Son of God, that you may know
that you have eternal life, and that you may
continue to believe in the name of the Son of
God.
5:14This is the boldness which we have
toward him, that, if we ask anything according
to his will, he listens to us. 5:15And if we know
that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know
that we have the petitions which we have asked
of him.
5:16If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin
not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will
give himlife for those who sin not leading to
death. There is a sin leading to death. I don't
say that he should make a request concerning
this. 5:17All unrighteousness is sin, and there
is a sin not leading to death. 5:18We know that
whoever is born of God doesn't sin, but he who
was born ofGod keeps himself, and the evil one
doesn't touch him. 5:19We know that we are of
God, and the whole world lies in the power of
the evil one. 5:20We know that the Son of God
has come, and has given us an understanding,
that we know himwho is true, and we are in
himw ho is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is
the true God, and eternal life.
5:21Little children, keep yourselves from
idols.
John's Second Letter
1The elder, to the chosen lady and her
children, whomI love in truth; and not I only,
but also all those who know the truth; 2for the
truth's sake, which remains in us, and it will be
with us forever: 3Grace, mercy, and peace will
be with us, fromGo d the Father, and fromthe
Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth
and love.
4I rejoice greatly that I have found some
of your children walking in truth, even as we
have been commanded by the Father. 5Now
I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote
to you a new commandment, but that which
we had fromthe beginning, that we love one
another. 6This is love, that we should walk
according to his commandments. This is the
commandment, even as you heard from the
beginning, that you should walk in it. 7For
many deceivers have gone out into the world,
those who don't confess that Jesus Christ came
in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the
Antichrist. 8Watch yourselves, that we don't
lose the things which we have accomplished,
but that we receive a full reward. 9Whoever
transgresses and doesn't remain in the teaching
of Christ, doesn't have God. Hewho remains in
the teaching, the same has both the Father and
the Son. 10If anyone comes to you, and doesn't
bring this teaching, don't receive himin to your
house, and don't welcome him, 11for he who
welcomes him participates in his evil works.
12Having many things to write to you, I
don't want to do so with paper and ink, but I
hope to come to you, and to speak face to face,
that our joy may be made full. 13The children
of your chosen sister greet you. Amen.
John's Third Letter
1The elder to Gaius the beloved, whomI
love in truth.
2Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in
all things and be healthy, even as your soul
prospers. 3For I rejoiced greatly, when brothers
came and testified about your truth, even as
you walk in truth. 4I have no greater joy
than this, to hear about my children walking in
truth.
5Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever
you accomplish for those who are brothers
and strangers. 6They have testified about your
love before the assembly. You will do well
to send themf orward on their journey in a
mannerworthy of God, 7because for the sake of
the Name they went out, taking nothing from
the Gentiles. 8We therefore ought to receive
such, that we may be fellow workers for the
truth.
3 John 9 976 Jude 23
9I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes,
who loves to be first among them, doesn't
accept what we say. 10Therefore, if I come,
I will call attention to his deeds which he
does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words.
Not content with this, neither does he himself
receive the brothers, and those who would,
he forbids and throws out of the assembly.
11Beloved, don't imitate that which is evil, but
that which is good. He who does good is
of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God.
12Demetrius has the testimony of all, and of the
truth itself; yes, we also testify, and you know
that our testimony is true.
13I had many things to write to you, but I
amun willing to write to you with ink and pen;
14but I hope to see you soon, and we will speak
face to face. Peace be to you. The friends greet
you. Greet the friends by name.
The Letter from Jude
1Jude,a a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother
of Jam es, to those who are called, sanctified
by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
2Mercy to you and peace and love be multiplied.
3Beloved, while I was very eager to write
to you about our common salvation, I was
constrained to write to you exhorting you to
contend earnestly for the faith which was once
for all delivered to the saints. 4For there
are certain men who crept in secretly, even
those who were long ago written about for this
condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace
of our God into lasciviousness, and denying
our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.
5Now I desire to remind you, though you
already know this, that the Lord, having saved
a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward
destroyed those who didn't believe. 6Angels
who didn't keep their first domain, but deserted
their own dwelling place, he has kept in
everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment
of the great day. 7Even as Sodoma nd Gomorrah,
and the cities around them, having, in
the same way as these, given themselves over
to sexual immorality and gone after strange
flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the
punishment of eternal fire. 8Yet in like manner
these also in their dreaming defile the flesh,
despise authority, and slander celestial beings.
9But Michael, the archangel, when contending
with the devil and arguing about the body of
Moses, dared not bring against hima n abusive
condemnation, but said, "May the Lord rebuke
you!" 10But these speak evil of whatever
things they don't know. What they understand
naturally, like the creatures without reason,
they are destroyed in these things. 11Woe to
them! For they went in the way of Cain, and
ran riotously in the error of Balaamfor hire,
and perished in Korah's rebellion. 12These
are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts
when they feast with you, shepherds who
without fear feed themselves; clouds without
water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves
without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the
roots; 13wild waves of the sea, foaming out
their own shame; wandering stars, for whom
the blackness of darkness has been reserved
forever. 14About these also Enoch, the seventh
fromAd am, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the
Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
15to execute judgment on all, and to convict all
the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness
which they have done in an ungodlyway, and
of all the hard things which ungodly sinners
have spoken against him." 16These are murmurers
and complainers, walking after their
lusts (and their mouth speaks proud things),
showing respect of persons to gain advantage.
17But you, beloved, remember the words
which have been spoken before by the apostles
of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18They said to you
that "In the last time there will be mockers,
walking after their own ungodly lusts."
19These are they who cause divisions, and are
sensual, not having the Spirit. 20But you,
beloved, keep building up yourselves on your
most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.
21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking
for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal
life. 22On some have compassion, making a
distinction, 23and some save, snatching them
out of the fire with fear, hating even the
clothing stained by the flesh.
a1 or, Judah
Jude 24 977 Jude 25
24Now to him who is able to keep themb
fromst umbling, and to present you faultless
before the presence of his glory in great joy, 25to
God our Savior, who alone iswise, be glory and
majesty, dominion and power, both now and
forever. Amen.
b24 TR and NU read "you"
Revelation 1:1 978 Revelation 2:5
The Revelation to
John
1:1This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ,
which God gave himto showto his servants the
things which must happen soon, which he sent
and made known by his angela to his servant,
John, 1:2who testified to God'sword, and of the
testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that
he saw.
1:3Blessed is he who reads and those who
hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the
things that are written in it, for the time is at
hand.
1:4John, to the seven assemblies that are in
Asia: Grace to you and peace, fromGo d, who
is and who was and who is to come; and from
the seven Spirits who are before his throne;
1:5and fromJ esus Christ, the faithful witness,
the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the
kings of the earth. To himwho loves us, and
washed us fromour sins by his blood; 1:6and
he made us to be a Kingdom, priestsb to his
God and Father; to himbe the glory and the
dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1:7Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and
every eye will see him, including those who
pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will
mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
1:8"I am the Alpha and the Omega,c" says
the Lord God,d "who is and who was and who
is to come, the Almighty."
1:9I John, your brother and partner with
you in oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance
in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is
called Patmos because of God's Word and the
testimony of Jesus Christ. 1:10I was in the
Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind
me a loud voice, like a trumpet 1:11saying,
"eWhat yousee, write in a book and send to
the seven assembliesf : to Ephesus, Smyrna,
Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia,
and to Laodicea."
1:12I turned to see the voice that spoke
with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden
lampstands. 1:13And among the lampstands
was one like a son of man,g clothed with a robe
reaching down to his feet, and with a golden
sash around his chest. 1:14His head and his
hair were white as white wool, like snow. His
eyes were like a flame of fire. 1:15His feet were
like burnished brass, as if it had been refined
in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of
many waters. 1:16He had seven stars in his
right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp
two-edged sword. His face was like the sun
shining at its brightest. 1:17When I saw him, I
fell at his feet like a dead man.
He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't
be afraid. I am the first and the last, 1:18and
the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am
alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of
Death and of Hadesh. 1:19Write therefore the
things which youha ve seen, and the things
which are, and the things which will happen
hereafter; 1:20the mystery of the seven stars
which yous aw in my right hand, and the
seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are
the angelsi of the seven assemblies. The seven
lampstands are seven assemblies.
2:1"To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus
write:
"He who holds the seven stars in his right
hand, he who walks among the seven golden
lampstands says these things:
2:2"I know your works, and your toil and
perseverance, and that youcan 't tolerate evil
men, and have tested those who call themselves
apostles, and they are not, and found
them false. 2:3Youh ave perseverance and
have endured for my name's sake, and havej
not grown weary. 2:4But I have this against
you, that you left your first love. 2:5Remember
therefore from where youha ve fallen, and
a1:1 or, messenger (here and wherever angel is mentioned)
b1:6 Exodus 19:6; Isaiah 61:6
c1:8 TR adds "the Beginning and the End"
d1:8 TR omits "God"
e1:11 TR adds "I amt he Alpha and theOmega, the First and the Last."
f1:11 TR adds "which are in Asia"
g1:13 Daniel 7:13
h1:18 or, Hell
i1:20 or, messengers (here and wherever angels are mentioned)
j2:3 TR adds "have labored and"
Revelation 2:6 979 Revelation 3:2
repent and do the first works; or else I am
coming to youswiftly , and will move your
lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.
2:6But this youha ve, that youha te the works
of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 2:7He
who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
says to the assemblies. To himwho overcomes
I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in
the Paradise of my God.
2:8"To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna
write:
"The first and the last, who was dead, and
has come to life says these things:
2:9"I know your works, oppression, and
your poverty (but you are rich), and the
blasphemy of those who say they are Jews,
and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
2:10Don't be afraid of the things which you
are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about
to throw some of youinto prison, that you
may be tested; and youw ill have oppression
for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will
give youthe crown of life. 2:11He who has
an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to
the assemblies. He who overcomes won't be
harmed by the second death.
2:12"To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum
write:
"He who has the sharp two-edged sword
says these things:
2:13"I know your works and where you
dwell, where Satan's throne is. Youhold
firmly to my name, and didn't deny my faith
in the days ofAntipasmy witness,my faithful
one, who was killed among you, where Satan
dwells. 2:14But I have a few things against
you, because you have there some who hold
the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to
throw a stumbling block before the children
of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and
to commit sexual immorality. 2:15So youa lso
have some who hold to the teaching of the
Nicolaitans likewisek. 2:16Repent therefore,
or else I am coming to youqu ickly, and I will
make war against them with the sword of my
mouth. 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To
him who overcomes, to him I will give of the
hidden manna,l and I will give him a white
stone, and on the stone a new name written,
which no one knows but he who receives it.
2:18"To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira
write:
"The Son of God, who has his eyes like a
flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished
brass, says these things:
2:19"I know your works, your love, faith,
service, patient endurance, and that your last
works are more than the first. 2:20But I
have this against you, that you tolerate yourm
woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess.
She teaches and seduces my servants to
commit sexual immorality, and to eat things
sacrificed to idols. 2:21I gave her time to
repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual
immorality. 2:22Behold, I will throw her into
a bed, and those who commit adultery with
her into great oppression, unless they repent
of her works. 2:23I will kill her children with
Death, and all the assemblies will know that
I am he who searches the minds and hearts.
I will give to each one of youa ccording to
your deeds. 2:24But to you I say, to the rest
who are in Thyatira, as many as don't have
this teaching, who don't know what some
call 'the deep things of Satan,' to youI say,
I am not putting any other burden on you.
2:25Nevertheless, hold that which youha ve
firmly until I come. 2:26He who overcomes,
and hewho keepsmyworks to the end, to him
I will give authority over the nations. 2:27He
will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering
them like clay pots;n as I also have received
of my Father: 2:28and I will give him the
morning star. 2:29He who has an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
3:1"And to the angel of the assembly in
Sardis write:
"He who has the seven Spirits of God, and
the seven stars says these things:
"I know your works, that you have a
reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
3:2Wake up, and keep the things that remain,
which youw ere about to throw away, for
I have found no works of yours perfected
k2:15 TR reads "which I hate" instead of "likewise"
l2:17 Manna is supernatural food, named after the Hebrew for "What is it?". See Exodus 11:7-9.
m2:20 TR, NU read "that" instead of "your"
n2:27 Psalm2: 9
Revelation 3:3 980 Revelation 4:8
before my God. 3:3Remember therefore how
youh ave received and heard. Keep it, and
repent. If therefore youwo n't watch, I will
come as a thief, and youw on't know what
hour I will come upon you. 3:4Nevertheless
youha ve a few names in Sardis that did not
defile their garments. They will walk with
me in white, for they are worthy. 3:5He who
overcomes will be arrayed in white garments,
and I will in no way blot his name out of
the book of life, and I will confess his name
beforemy Father, and before his angels. 3:6He
who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
says to the assemblies.
3:7"To the angel of the assembly in
Philadelphia write:
"He who is holy, hewho is true, hewho has
the key of David, he who opens and no one
can shut, and who shuts and no one opens,
says these things:
3:8"I know your works (behold, I have
set before youa n open door, which no one
can shut), that you have a little power, and
kept my word, and didn't deny my name.
3:9Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of
those who say they are Jews, and they are not,
but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and
worship before your feet, and to know that
I have loved you. 3:10Because you kept my
command to endure, I also will keep you from
the hour of testing, which is to come on the
whole world, to test those who dwell on the
earth. 3:11I am coming quickly! Hold firmly
that which youha ve, so that no one takes your
crown. 3:12He who overcomes, I will make
him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he
will go out from there no more. I will write
on him the name of my God, and the name
of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem,
which comes down out of heaven from my
God, and my own new name. 3:13He who has
an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the
assemblies.
3:14"To the angel of the assembly in
Laodicea write:
"The Amen, the Faithful and TrueWitness,
the Head of God's creation, says these things:
3:15"I know your works, that you are neither
cold nor hot. I wish youw ere cold or
hot. 3:16So, because you are lukewarm, and
neither hot nor cold, I will vomit youou t of
my mouth. 3:17Because you say, 'I am rich, and
have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;'
and don't know that youare the wretched
one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked; 3:18I
counsel you to buy from me gold refined by
fire, that youmay become rich; and white
garments, that youm ay clothe yourself, and
that the shame of your nakedness may not be
revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes,
that youmay see. 3:19As many as I love, I
reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore,
and repent. 3:20Behold, I stand at the door and
knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens
the door, then I will come in to him, and will
dine with him, and he with me. 3:21He who
overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with
me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat
down with my Father on his throne. 3:22He
who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
says to the assemblies."
4:1After these things I looked and saw a door
opened in heaven, and the first voice that I
heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was
one saying, "Come up here, and I will show
you the things which must happen after this."
4:2Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold,
there was a throne set in heaven, and one
sitting on the throne 4:3that looked like a jasper
stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow
around the throne, like an emerald to look
at. 4:4Around the throne were twenty-four
thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four
elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with
crowns of gold on their heads. 4:5Out of the
throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders.
There were seven lamps of fire burning
before his throne, which are the seven Spirits
of God. 4:6Before the throne was something
like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the
midst of the throne, and around the throne
were four living creatures full of eyes before
and behind. 4:7The first creature was like a
lion, and the second creature like a calf, and
the third creature had a face like a man, and
the fourth was like a flying eagle. 4:8The four
living creatures, each one of themhavi ng six
wings, are full of eyes around and within. They
have no rest day and night, saying, "Holy, holy,
holyo is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was
and who is and who is to come!"
o4:8 Hodges/Farstad MT reads "holy" 9 times instead of 3.
Revelation 4:9 981 Revelation 6:9
4:9When the living creatures give glory,
honor, and thanks to himwho sits on the
throne, to himw ho lives forever and ever,
4:10the twenty-four elders fall down before him
who sits on the throne, and worship himwho
lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns
before the throne, saying, 4:11"Worthy are you,
our Lord and God, the Holy One,p to receive
the glory, the honor, and the power, for you
created all things, and because of your desire
they existed, and were created!"
5:1I saw, in the right hand of himwho sat on
the throne, a book written inside and outside,
sealed shut with seven seals. 5:2I saw a m ighty
angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who
is worthy to open the book, and to break its
seals?" 5:3No one in heaven above, or on the
earth, or under the earth, was able to open the
book, or to look in it. 5:4And I wept much,
because no one was found worthy to open the
book, or to look in it. 5:5One of the elders said
to me, "Don't weep. Behold, the Lion who is
of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has
overcome; he who opens the book and its seven
seals." 5:6I saw in the midst of the throne and
of the four living creatures, and in the midst
of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it
had been slain, having seven horns, and seven
eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent
out into all the earth. 5:7Then he came, and
he took it out of the right hand of himw ho sat
on the throne. 5:8Now when he had taken the
book, the four living creatures and the twentyfour
elders fell down before the Lamb, each one
having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense,
which are the prayers of the saints. 5:9They
sang a new song, saying,
"You are worthy to take the book,
and to open its seals:
for you were killed,
and bought us for God with your blood,
out of every tribe, language, people, and
nation,
5:10and made us kings and priests to our God,
and we will reign on earth."
5:11I saw, and I heard something like a voice
of many angels around the throne, the living
creatures, and the elders; and the number of
themwas ten thousands of ten thousands, and
thousands of thousands; 5:12saying with a loud
voice, "Worthy is the Lambwho has been killed
to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength,
honor, glory, and blessing!"
5:13I heard every created thing which is in
heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the
sea, and everything in them, saying, "To him
who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be
the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the
dominion, forever and ever! Amen!q"
5:14The four living creatures said, "Amen!"
The relders fell down and worshiped.s
6:1I saw that the Lamb opened one of the
seven seals, and I heard one of the four living
creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder,
"Come and see!" 6:2And behold, a white horse,
and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was
given to him, and he came forth conquering,
and to conquer.
6:3When he opened the second seal, I heard
the second living creature saying, "Come!"
6:4Another came forth, a red horse. To him who
sat on it was given power to take peace from
the earth, and that they should kill one another.
There was given to hima great sword.
6:5When he opened the third seal, I heard the
third living creature saying, "Come and see!"
And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on
it had a balance in his hand. 6:6I heard a voice
in the midst of the four living creatures saying,
"A choenixt of wheat for a denarius, and three
choenix of barley for a denarius! Don't damage
the oil and the wine!"
6:7When he opened the fourth seal, I heard
the fourth living creature saying, "Come and
see!" 6:8And behold, a pale horse, and he who
sat on it, his name was Death. Hadesu followed
with him. Authority over one fourth of the
earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with
death, and by the wild animals of the earth was
given to him.
6:9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw
underneath the altar the souls of those who
p4:11 TR omits "and God, the Holy One,"
q5:13 TR omits "Amen!"
r5:14 TR adds "twenty-four"
s5:14 TR adds "the one living forever and ever"
t6:6 A choenix is a dry volume measure that is a little more than a litre (a little more than a quart).
u6:8 or, Hell
Revelation 6:10 982 Revelation 8:4
had been killed for the Word of God, and for
the testimony of the Lamb which they had.
6:10They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How
long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge
and avenge our blood on those who dwell on
the earth?" 6:11A long white robe was given
to each of them. They were told that they
should rest yet for a while, until their fellow
servants and their brothers,v who would also
be killed even as they were, should complete
their course.
6:12I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and
there was a great earthquake. The sun became
black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole
moon became as blood. 6:13The stars of the
sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping
its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great
wind. 6:14The sky was removed like a scroll
when it is rolled up. Every mountain and
island were moved out of their places. 6:15The
kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding
officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave
and free person, hid themselves in the caves
and in the rocks of the mountains. 6:16They told
the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us, and
hide us fromthe face of him who sits on the
throne, and fromthe wrath of the Lamb, 6:17for
the great day of his wrath has come; and who
is able to stand?"
7:1After this, I saw four angels standing at
the four corners of the earth, holding the four
winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow
on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.
7:2I saw another angel ascend fromthe sunrise,
having the seal of the living God. He cried with
a loud voice to the four angels to whomit was
given to harmthe earth and the sea, 7:3saying,
"Don't harmthe earth, neither the sea, nor the
trees, until we have sealed the bondservants
of our God on their foreheads!" 7:4I heard the
number of thosewhowere sealed, one hundred
forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of
the children of Israel:
7:5of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve
thousand,
of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand,
of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,
7:6of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand,
of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand,
of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,
7:7of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand,
of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand,
of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,
7:8of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand,
of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand,
of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve
thousand.
7:9After these things I looked, and behold, a
great multitude, which no man could number,
out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples,
and languages, standing before the throne and
before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with
palmbr anches in their hands. 7:10They cried
with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be to our
God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"
7:11All the angels were standing around
the throne, the elders, and the four living
creatures; and they fell on their faces before
his throne, and worshiped God, 7:12saying,
"Amen! Blessing, glory,wisdom, thanksgiving,
honor, power, and might, be to our God forever
and ever! Amen."
7:13One of the elders answered, saying to
me, "These who are arrayed in white robes,
who are they, and fromw here did they come?"
7:14I told him, "My lord, you know."
He said to me, "These are those who came
out of the great tribulation. They washed their
robes, and made them white in the Lamb's
blood. 7:15Therefore they are before the throne
of God, they serve himda y and night in his
temple. He who sits on the throne will spread
his tent over them. 7:16They will never be
hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will
the sun beat on them, nor any heat; 7:17for
the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne
shepherds them, and leads them to springs of
waters of life. And God will wipe away every
tear fromthe ir eyes."
8:1When he opened the seventh seal, there
was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
8:2I saw the seven angels who stand before
God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
8:3Another angel came and stood over the altar,
having a golden censer. Much incense was
given to him, that he should add it to the
prayers of all the saints on the golden altar
which was before the throne. 8:4The smoke of
the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went
v6:11 The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
Revelation 8:5 983 Revelation 9:19
up before God out of the angel's hand. 8:5The
angel took the censer, and he filled it with the
fire of the altar, and threw it on the earth. There
followed thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an
earthquake.
8:6The seven angels who had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to sound. 8:7The
first sounded, and there followed hail and fire,
mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the
earth. One third of the earth was burnt up,w
and one third of the trees were burnt up, and
all green grass was burnt up.
8:8The second angel sounded, and something
like a great burning mountain was
thrown into the sea. One third of the sea
became blood, 8:9and one third of the living
creatures which were in the sea died. One third
of the ships were destroyed.
8:10The third angel sounded, and a great star
fell fromthe sky, burning like a torch, and
it fell on one third of the rivers, and on the
springs of the waters. 8:11The name of the star
is called "Wormwood." One third of the waters
became wormwood. Many people died from
the waters, because they were made bitter.
8:12The fourth angel sounded, and one third
of the sun was struck, and one third of the
moon, and one third of the stars; so that one
third of themwo uld be darkened, and the day
wouldn't shine for one third of it, and the night
in the same way. 8:13I saw, and I heard an
eagle,x flying in mid heaven, sayingwith a loud
voice, "Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell
on the earth, because of the other voices of the
trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to
sound!"
9:1The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star
fromt he sky which had fallen to the earth.
The key to the pit of the abyss was given to
him. 9:2He opened the pit of the abyss, and
smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke
froma y burning furnace. The sun and the
air were darkened because of the smoke from
the pit. 9:3Then out of the smoke came forth
locusts on the earth, and power was given
to them, as the scorpions of the earth have
power. 9:4They were told that they should not
hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green
thing, neither any tree, but only those people
who don't have God's seal on their foreheads.
9:5They were given power not to kill them,
but to torment them for five months. Their
torment was like the torment of a scorpion,
when it strikes a person. 9:6In those days
people will seek death, and will in no way find
it. They will desire to die, and death will flee
fromt hem. 9:7The shapes of the locusts were
like horses prepared for war. On their heads
were something like golden crowns, and their
faces were like people's faces. 9:8They had hair
like women's hair, and their teeth were like
those of lions. 9:9They had breastplates, like
breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings
was like the sound of chariots, or of many
horses rushing to war. 9:10They have tails like
those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails
they have power to harm men for five months.
9:11They have over thema s king the angel of
the abyss. His name in Hebrew is "Abaddon,"z
but in Greek, he has the name "Apollyon."a
9:12The first woe is past. Behold, there are still
two woes coming after this.
9:13The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice
fromt he horns of the golden altar which is
before God, 9:14saying to the sixth angel who
had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are
bound at the great river Euphrates!"
9:15The four angelswere freedwho had been
prepared for that hour and day and month
and year, so that they might kill one third of
mankind. 9:16The number of the armies of
the horsemen was two hundred millionb. I
heard the number of them. 9:17Thus I saw the
horses in the vision, and those who sat on them,
having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue,
and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out
of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.
9:18By these three plagues were one third of
mankind killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the
sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.
9:19For the power of the horses is in their
mouths, and in their tails. For their tails are
w8:7 TR omits "One third of the earth was burnt up"
x8:13 TR reads "angel" instead of "eagle"
y9:2 TR adds "great"
z9:11 "Abaddon" is a Hebrew word that means ruin, destruction, or the place of destruction
a9:11 "Apollyon" means "Destroyer."
b9:16 literally, "ten thousands of ten thousands"
Revelation 9:20 984 Revelation 11:16
like serpents, and have heads, and with them
they harm. 9:20The rest of mankind, who were
not killed with these plagues, didn't repent of
the works of their hands, that they wouldn't
worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of
silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood;
which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk.
9:21They didn't repent of their murders, nor of
their sorceries,c nor of their sexual immorality,
nor of their thefts.
10:1I saw a mighty angel coming down out
of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was
on his head. His face was like the sun, and his
feet like pillars of fire. 10:2He had in his hand
a little open book. He set his right foot on the
sea, and his left on the land. 10:3He cried with
a loud voice, as a lion roars. When he cried, the
seven thunders uttered their voices. 10:4When
the seven thunders sounded, I was about to
write; but I heard a voice fromt he sky saying,
"Seal up the things which the seven thunders
said, and don't write them."
10:5The angel who I saw standing on the sea
and on the land lifted up his right hand to the
sky, 10:6and swore by himwho lives forever
and ever, who created heaven and the things
that are in it, the earth and the things that are
in it, and the sea and the things that are in it,
that there will no longer be delay, 10:7but in the
days of the voice of the seventh angel, when
he is about to sound, then the mystery of God
is finished, as he declared to his servants, the
prophets. 10:8The voice which I heard from
heaven, again speaking with me, said, "Go,
take the book which is open in the hand of the
angel who stands on the sea and on the land."
10:9Iwent to the angel, telling himt o giveme
the little book.
He said to me, "Take it, and eat it up. It will
make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it
will be as sweet as honey."
10:10I took the little book out of the angel's
hand, and ate it up. It was as sweet as honey
in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my stomach
was made bitter. 10:11They told me, "You must
prophesy again over many peoples, nations,
languages, and kings."
11:1A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone
said, "Rise, and measure God's temple,
and the altar, and those who worship in it.
11:2Leave out the court which is outside of
the temple, and don't measure it, for it has
been given to the nations. They will tread
the holy city under foot for forty-two months.
11:3I will give power to my two witnesses, and
they will prophesy one thousand two hundred
sixty days, clothed in sackcloth." 11:4These are
the two olive trees and the two lampstands,
standing before the Lord of the earth. 11:5If
anyone desires to harmthem, fire proceeds out
of their mouth and devours their enemies. If
anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed
in this way. 11:6These have the power to shut
up the sky, that it may not rain during the
days of their prophecy. They have power over
the waters, to turn themi nto blood, and to
strike the earth with every plague, as often as
they desire. 11:7When they have finished their
testimony, the beast that comes up out of the
abyss will make war with them, and overcome
them, and kill them. 11:8Their dead bodies
will be in the street of the great city, which
spiritually is called Sodoma nd Egypt, where
also their Lord was crucified. 11:9Fromamong
the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations
people will look at their dead bodies for three
and a half days, and will not allow their dead
bodies to be laid in a tomb. 11:10Those who
dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they
will be glad. They will give gifts to one another,
because these two prophets tormented those
who dwell on the earth. 11:11After the three
and a half days, the breath of life fromGo d
entered into them, and they stood on their feet.
Great fear fell on those who saw them. 11:12I
heard a loud voice fromhe aven saying to them,
"Come up here!" They went up into heaven in
the cloud, and their enemies saw them. 11:13In
that day there was a great earthquake, and a
tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people
were killed in the earthquake, and the restwere
terrified, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
11:14The second woe is past. Behold, the third
woe comes quickly.
11:15The seventh angel sounded, and great
voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdomof
the world has become the Kingdom
of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign
forever and ever!"
11:16The twenty-four elders, who sit on their
thrones before God's throne, fell on their faces
c9:21 The word for "sorceries" (pharmakeia) also implies the use of potions, poisons, and drugs
Revelation 11:17 985 Revelation 13:8
and worshiped God, 11:17saying: "We give you
thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is
and who wasd; because you have taken your
great power, and reigned. 11:18The nations
were angry, and your wrath came, as did the
tim e for the dead to be judged, and to give
your bondservants the prophets, their reward,
as well as to the saints, and those who fear your
name, to the small and the great; and to destroy
those who destroy the earth."
11:19God's tem ple that is in heaven was
opened, and the ark of the Lord's covenant was
seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders,
an earthquake, and great hail followed.
12:1A great sign was seen in heaven: a
woman clothed with the sun, and the moon
under her feet, and on her head a crown of
twelve stars. 12:2She was with child. She cried
out in pain, laboring to give birth. 12:3Another
sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red
dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and
on his heads seven crowns. 12:4His tail drew
one third of the stars of the sky, and threw
themto the earth. The dragon stood before the
woman who was about to give birth, so that
when she gave birth he might devour her child.
12:5She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is
to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her
child was caught up to God, and to his throne.
12:6The woman fled into the wilderness, where
she has a place prepared by God, that there they
may nourish her one thousand two hundred
sixty days.
12:7There was war in the sky. Michael and
his angels made war on the dragon. The
dragon and his angels made war. 12:8They
didn't prevail, neither was a place found for
himany more in heaven. 12:9The great dragon
was thrown down, the old serpent, he who
is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of
the whole world. He was thrown down to
the earth, and his angels were thrown down
with him. 12:10I heard a loud voice in heaven,
saying, "Now is come the salvation, the power,
and the Kingdomo f our God, and the authority
of his Christ; for the accuser of our brothers has
been thrown down, who accuses thembe fore
our God day and night. 12:11They overcame
himbe cause of the Lamb's blood, and because
of the word of their testimony. They didn't love
their life, even to death. 12:12Therefore rejoice,
heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe
to the earth and to the sea, because the devil
has gone down to you, having great wrath,
knowing that he has but a short time."
12:13When the dragon saw that he was
thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the
woman who gave birth to the male child.
12:14Two wings of the great eagle were given
to the woman, that she might fly into the
wilderness to her place, so that she might be
nourished for a time, and times, and half a
time, from the face of the serpent. 12:15The
serpent spewed water out of his mouth after
the woman like a river, that he might cause
her to be carried away by the stream. 12:16The
earth helped the woman, and the earth opened
its mouth and swallowed up the river which
the dragon spewed out of his mouth. 12:17The
dragon grew angry with the woman, and went
away to make war with the rest of her seed,
who keep God's commandments and hold
Jesus' testimony.
13:1Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I
saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having
ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were
ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous
names. 13:2The beast which I saw was like a
leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear,
and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The
dragon gave himhi s power, his throne, and
great authority. 13:3One of his heads looked like
it had been wounded fatally. His fatal wound
was healed, and the whole earth marveled at
the beast. 13:4They worshiped the dragon,
because he gave his authority to the beast, and
they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like
the beast? Who is able to make war with
him?" 13:5A mouth speaking great things and
blasphemy was given to him. Authority to
make war for forty-two months was given to
him. 13:6He opened his mouth for blasphemy
against God, to blaspheme his name, and his
dwelling, those who dwell in heaven. 13:7It
was given to himto make war with the saints,
and to overcome them. Authority over every
tribe, people, language, and nation was given
to him. 13:8All who dwell on the earth will
worship him, everyone whose name has not
been written fromthe foundation of the world
in the book of life of the Lamb who has been
d11:17 TR adds "and who is coming"
Revelation 13:9 986 Revelation 14:16
killed. 13:9If anyone has an ear, let himhe ar.
13:10If anyone has captivity, he will go. If
anyone is with the sword, he must be killed.e
Here is the endurance and the faith of the
saints.
13:11I saw another beast coming up out of
the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, and
he spoke like a dragon. 13:12He exercises all
the authority of the first beast in his presence.
He makes the earth and those who dwell in it
to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound
was healed. 13:13He performs great signs, even
making fire come down out of the sky to the
earth in the sight of people. 13:14He deceives
my own people who dwell on the earth because
of the signs he was granted to do in front of
the beast; saying to those who dwell on the
earth, that they should make an image to the
beast who had the sword wound and lived.
13:15It was given to himto give breath to it, to
the image of the beast, that the image of the
beast should both speak, and cause as many
as wouldn't worship the image of the beast to
be killed. 13:16He causes all, the small and the
great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the
slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or
on their foreheads; 13:17and that no one would
be able to buy or to sell, unless he has that
mark, the name of the beast or the number of
his name. 13:18Here is wisdom. He who has
understanding, let himcal culate the number of
the beast, for it is the number of a man. His
number is six hundred sixty-six.
14:1I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing
on Mount Zion, and with hima number, one
hundred forty-four thousand, having his name,
and the name of his Father, written on their
foreheads. 14:2I heard a sound fromh eaven,
like the sound of many waters, and like the
sound of a great thunder. The sound which
I heard was like that of harpists playing on
their harps. 14:3They sing a new song before
the throne, and before the four living creatures
and the elders. No one could learn the song
except the one hundred forty-four thousand,
those who had been redeemed out of the earth.
14:4These are those who were not defiled with
women, for they are virgins. These are those
who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These
were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the
first fruits to God and to the Lamb. 14:5In their
mouthwas found no lie, for they are blameless.f
14:6I saw an angel flying in mid heaven,
having an eternal Good News to proclaimto
those who dwell on the earth, and to every
nation, tribe, language, and people. 14:7He said
with a loud voice, "Fear the Lord, and give him
glory; for the hour of his judgment has come.
Worship himwho made the heaven, the earth,
the sea, and the springs of waters!"
14:8Another, a second angel, followed, saying,
"Babylon the great has fallen, which has
made all the nations to drink of the wine of the
wrath of her sexual immorality."
14:9Another angel, a third, followed them,
saying with a great voice, "If anyone worships
the beast and his image, and receives a mark on
his forehead, or on his hand, 14:10he also will
drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which
is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger.
He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the
presence of the holy angels, and in the presence
of the Lamb. 14:11The smoke of their torment
goes up forever and ever. They have no rest
day and night, those who worship the beast
and his image, and whoever receives the mark
of his name. 14:12Here is the patience of the
saints, those who keep the commandments of
God, and the faith of Jesus."
14:13I heard the voice fromh eaven saying,
"Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord fromno w on.'"
"Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest
fromt heir labors; for their works follow with
them."
14:14I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and
on the cloud one sitting like a son of man,g
having on his head a golden crown, and in his
hand a sharp sickle. 14:15Another angel came
out fromt he temple, crying with a loud voice
to himwho sat on the cloud, "Send forth your
sickle, and reap; for the hour to reap has come;
for the harvest of the earth is ripe!" 14:16He who
e13:10 TR reads "If anyone leads into captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone will kill with the sword, he
must be killed with a sword." instead of "If anyone has captivity, he goes away. If anyone is with the sword,
he must be killed."
f14:5 TR adds "before the throne of God"
g14:14 Daniel 7:13
Revelation 14:17 987 Revelation 16:15
sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth,
and the earth was reaped.
14:17Another angel came out from the temple
which is in heaven. He also had a sharp
sickle. 14:18Another angel came out from the
altar, he who has power over fire, and he called
with a great voice to himwho had the sharp
sickle, saying, "Send forth your sharp sickle,
and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth,
for the earth's grapes are fully ripe!" 14:19The
angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and
gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it
into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
14:20The winepress was trodden outside of the
city, and blood came out from the winepress,
even to the bridles of the horses, as far as one
thousand six hundred stadia.h
15:1I saw another great and marvelous sign
in the sky: seven angels having the seven last
plagues, for in themGo d's wrath is finished.
15:2I saw something like a sea of glass mixed
with fire, and those who overcame the beast,
his image,i and the number of his name, standing
on the sea of glass, having harps of God.
15:3They sang the song of Moses, the servant of
God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
"Great and marvelous are your works, Lord
God, the Almighty!
Righteous and true are your ways, you
King of the nations.
15:4Who wouldn't fear you, Lord,
and glorify your name?
For you only are holy.
For all the nations will come and worship
before you.
For your righteous acts have been revealed."
15:5After these things I looked, and the
temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in
heaven was opened. 15:6The seven angels who
had the seven plagues came out, clothed with
pure, bright linen, and wearing golden sashes
around their breasts.
15:7One of the four living creatures gave to
the seven angels seven golden bowls full of
the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.
15:8The temple was filled with smoke from the
glory of God, and fromh is power. No one was
able to enter into the temple, until the seven
plagues of the seven angels would be finished.
16:1I heard a loud voice out of the temple,
saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out
the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the
earth!"
16:2The first went, and poured out his bowl
into the earth, and it became a harmful and evil
sore on the people who had the mark of the
beast, and who worshiped his image.
16:3The second angel poured out his bowl
into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead
man. Every living thing in the sea died.
16:4The third poured out his bowl into the
rivers and springs of water, and they became
blood. 16:5I heard the angel of the waters
saying, "You are righteous, who are and who
were, you Holy One, because you have judged
these things. 16:6For they poured out the blood
of the saints and the prophets, and you have
given themb lood to drink. They deserve
this." 16:7I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord
God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your
judgments."
16:8The fourth poured out his bowl on the
sun, and itwas given to himto scorchmen with
fire. 16:9People were scorched with great heat,
and people blasphemed the name of God who
has the power over these plagues. They didn't
repent and give himglory .
16:10The fifth poured out his bowl on the
throne of the beast, and his kingdomwas
darkened. They gnawed their tongues because
of the pain, 16:11and they blasphemed the God
of heaven because of their pains and their sores.
They didn't repent of their works.
16:12The sixth poured out his bowl on the
great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried
up, that the way might be made ready for
the kings that come from the sunrise. 16:13I
saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon,
and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of
the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean
spirits, something like frogs; 16:14for they are
spirits of demons, performing signs; which go
forth to the kings of the whole inhabited earth,
to gather themto gether for the war of that great
day of God, the Almighty.
16:15"Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed
is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so
that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his
h14:20 1600 stadia = 296 kilometers or 184 miles
i15:2 TR adds "his mark,"
Revelation 16:16 988 Revelation 18:5
shame." 16:16He gathered themto gether into
the place which is called in Hebrew, Megiddo.
16:17The seventh poured out his bowl into
the air. A loud voice came forth out of the
temple of heaven, fromthe throne, saying, "It is
done!" 16:18There were lightnings, sounds, and
thunders; and there was a great earthquake,
such as was not since there were men on
the earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty.
16:19The great city was divided into three parts,
and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon
the great was remembered in the sight of
God, to give to her the cup of the wine of
the fierceness of his wrath. 16:20Every island
fled away, and the mountains were not found.
16:21Great hailstones, about the weight of a
talent,j came down out of the sky on people.
People blasphemed God because of the plague
of the hail, for this plague is exceedingly severe.
17:1One of the seven angels who had the
seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying,
"Come here. I will show you the judgment of
the great prostitute who sits on many waters,
17:2with whom the kings of the earth committed
sexual immorality, and those who dwell in
the earth were made drunken with the wine
of her sexual immorality." 17:3He carried me
away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw
a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored animal,
full of blasphemous names, having seven heads
and ten horns. 17:4The woman was dressed
in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold
and precious stones and pearls, having in her
hand a golden cup full of abominations and
the impurities of the sexual immorality of the
earth. 17:5And on her forehead a name was
written, "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND
OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
17:6I saw the woman drunken with the blood of
the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of
Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered with great
amazement. 17:7The angel said to me, "Why do
you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the
woman, and of the beast that carries her, which
has the seven heads and the ten horns. 17:8The
beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about
to come up out of the abyss and to go into
destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and
whose names have not been written in the book
of life fromt he foundation of the world will
marvel when they see that the beast was, and is
not, and shall be present.k 17:9Here is the mind
that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven
mountains, on which the woman sits. 17:10They
are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is,
the other has not yet come. When he comes,
he must continue a little while. 17:11The beast
that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth,
and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.
17:12The ten horns that you saw are ten kings
who have received no kingdomas yet, but
they receive authority as kings, with the beast,
for one hour. 17:13These have one mind, and
they give their power and authority to the
beast. 17:14These will war against the Lamb,
and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is
Lord of lords, and King of kings. They also will
overcome who are with him, called and chosen
and faithful." 17:15He said to me, "The waters
which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are
peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
17:16The ten horns which you saw, and the
beast, these will hate the prostitute, and will
make her desolate, and will make her naked,
and will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly
with fire. 17:17For God has put in their hearts to
do what he has in mind, and to be of one mind,
and to give their kingdomto the beast, until
the words of God should be accomplished.
17:18The woman whom you saw is the great
city, which reigns over the kings of the earth."
18:1After these things, I saw another angel
coming down out of the sky, having great
authority. The earth was illuminated with
his glory. 18:2He cried with a mighty voice,
saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great,
and she has become a habitation of demons, a
prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of
every unclean and hateful bird! 18:3For all the
nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of
her sexual immorality, the kings of the earth
committed sexual immorality with her, and
the merchants of the earth grew rich from the
abundance of her luxury."
18:4I heard another voice fromh eaven, saying,
"Come out of her, my people, that you
have no participation in her sins, and that
you don't receive of her plagues, 18:5for her
j16:21 1 talent is about 34 kilograms or 75 pounds
k17:8 TR reads "yet is" instead of "shall be present"
Revelation 18:6 989 Revelation 19:9
sins have reached to the sky, and God has
remembered her iniquities. 18:6Return to her
just as she returned, and repay her double
as she did, and according to her works. In
the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.
18:7However much she glorified herself, and
grew wanton, so much give her of torment
and mourning. For she says in her heart, 'I
sit a queen, and amno widow, and will in no
way see mourning.' 18:8Therefore in one day
her plagues will come: death, mourning, and
famine; and shewill be utterly burnedwith fire;
for the Lord God who has judged her is strong.
18:9The kings of the earth, who committed
sexual immorality and lived wantonly with
her, will weep and wail over her, when they
look at the smoke of her burning, 18:10standing
far away for the fear of her torment, saying,
'Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong
city! For your judgment has come in one
hour.' 18:11The merchants of the earth weep
and mourn over her, for no one buys their
merchandise any more; 18:12merchandise of
gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen,
purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood, every
vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most
precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and
marble; 18:13and cinnamon, incense, perfume,
frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat,
sheep, horses, chariots, and people's bodies
and souls. 18:14The fruits which your soul
lusted after have been lost to you, and all things
that were dainty and sumptuous have perished
fromyou, and you will find them no more at
all. 18:15The merchants of these things, who
were made rich by her, will stand far away for
the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning;
18:16saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, she who
was dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet,
and decked with gold and precious stones and
pearls! 18:17For in an hour such great riches
are made desolate.' Every shipmaster, and
everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners,
and as many as gain their living by sea, stood
far away, 18:18and cried out as they looked at
the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What is
like the great city?' 18:19They cast dust on
their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning,
saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, in which all
who had their ships in the sea were made rich
by reason of her great wealth!' For in one hour
is she made desolate.
18:20"Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints,
apostles, and prophets; for God has judged
your judgment on her." 18:21A mighty angel
took up a stone like a great millstone and cast
it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence
will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down,
and will be found no more at all. 18:22The
voice of harpists, minstrels, flute players, and
trumpeters will be heard no more at all in you.
No craftsman, of whatever craft, will be found
any more at all in you. The sound of a mill will
be heard no more at all in you. 18:23The light
of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The
voice of the bridegrooma nd of the bridewill be
heard no more at all in you; for your merchants
were the princes of the earth; for with your
sorcery all the nations were deceived. 18:24In
her was found the blood of prophets and of
saints, and of all who have been slain on the
earth."
19:1After these things I heard something like
a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven,
saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and
glory belong to our God: 19:2for true and righteous
are his judgments. For he has judged the
great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with
her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the
blood of his servants at her hand."
19:3A second said, "Hallelujah! Her smoke
goes up forever and ever." 19:4The twenty-four
elders and the four living creatures fell down
and worshiped God who sits on the throne,
saying, "Amen! Hallelujah!"
19:5A voice came forth from the throne,
saying, "Give praise to our God, all you his
servants, you who fear him, the small and the
great!"
19:6I heard something like the voice of a
great multitude, and like the voice of many
waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders,
saying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God,
the Almighty, reigns! 19:7Let us rejoice and be
exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to
him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come,
and his wife has made herself ready." 19:8It
was given to her that she would array herself
in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is
the righteous acts of the saints.
19:9He said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those
who are invited to the marriage supper of the
Lamb.'" He said to me, "These are true words
of God."
Revelation 19:10 990 Revelation 20:13
19:10I fell down before his feet to worship
him. He said to me, "Look! Don't do it! I
ama fellow bondservant with you and with
your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus.
Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the
Spirit of Prophecy."
19:11I saw the heaven opened, and behold,
a white horse, and he who sat on it is called
Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges
and makes war. 19:12His eyes are a flam eof
fire, and on his head are many crowns. He
has names written and a name written which
no one knows but he himself. 19:13He is
clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His
name is called "The Word of God." 19:14The
armies which are in heaven followed him on
white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen.
19:15Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, doubleedged
sword, that with it he should strike the
nations. He will rule themwi th an iron rod.l
He treads the winepress of the fierceness of the
wrath of God, the Almighty. 19:16He has on
his garment and on his thigh a name written,
"KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
19:17I saw an angel standing in the sun. He
cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds
that fly in the sky, "Come! Be gathered together
to the great supper of God,m 19:18that you may
eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the
flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses
and of those who sit on them, and the flesh
of all men, both free and slave, and small and
great." 19:19I saw the beast, and the kings of
the earth, and their armies, gathered together
to make war against him who sat on the horse,
and against his army. 19:20The beast was taken,
and with himthe false prophet who worked
the signs in his sight, with which he deceived
those who had received the mark of the beast
and those who worshiped his image. These
two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that
burnswith sulfur. 19:21The restwere killedwith
the sword of himwho sat on the horse, the
sword which came forth out of his mouth. All
the birds were filled with their flesh.
20:1I saw an angel coming down out of
heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great
chain in his hand. 20:2He seized the dragon, the
old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who
deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound
himf or a thousand years, 20:3and cast himi nto
the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him,
that he should deceive the nations no more,
until the thousand years were finished. After
this, he must be freed for a short time. 20:4I saw
thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment
was given to them. I saw the souls of those
who had been beheaded for the testimony of
Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as
didn't worship the beast nor his image, and
didn't receive the mark on their forehead and
on their hand. They lived, and reigned with
Christ for the thousand years. 20:5The rest of
the dead didn't live until the thousand years
were finished. This is the first resurrection.
20:6Blessed and holy is he who has part in the
first resurrection. Over these, the second death
has no power, but they will be priests of God
and of Christ, and will reign with himon e
thousand years.
20:7And after the thousand years, Satan will
be released fromhi s prison, 20:8and he will
come out to deceive the nations which are in
the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog,
to gather themto gether to the war; the number
of whomi s as the sand of the sea. 20:9They
went up over the breadth of the earth, and
surrounded the camp of the saints, and the
beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven
fromGod, and devoured them. 20:10The devil
who deceived themwas thrown into the lake
of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false
prophet are also. They will be tormented day
and night forever and ever.
20:11I saw a great white throne, and him
who sat on it, fromwho se face the earth and
the heaven fled away. There was found no
place for them. 20:12I saw the dead, the great
and the small, standing before the throne, and
they opened books. Another book was opened,
which is the book of life. The dead were judged
out of the things which were written in the
books, according to their works. 20:13The sea
gave up the dead who were in it. Death and
Hadesn gave up the dead who were in them.
They were judged, each one according to his
l19:15 Psalm2: 9
m19:17 TR reads "supper of the great God" instead of "great supper of God"
n20:13 or, Hell
Revelation 20:14 991 Revelation 22:2
works. 20:14Death and Hadeso were thrown
into the lake of fire. This is the second death,
the lake of fire. 20:15If anyone was not found
written in the book of life, he was cast into the
lake of fire.
21:1I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for
the first heaven and the first earth have passed
away, and the sea is no more. 21:2I saw the
holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out
of heaven fromGod, made ready like a bride
adorned for her husband. 21:3I heard a loud
voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's
dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with
them, and they will be his people, and God
himself will be with them as their God. 21:4He
will wipe away fromt hem every tear fromt heir
eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there
be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more.
The first things have passed away."
21:5He who sits on the throne said, "Behold,
I am making all things new." He said, "Write,
for these words of God are faithful and true."
21:6He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha
and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.
I will give freely to him who is thirsty from
the spring of the water of life. 21:7He who
overcomes, I will give him these things. I
will be his God, and he will be my son.
21:8But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners,
abominable, murderers, sexually immoral,
sorcerers,p idolaters, and all liars, their part
is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur,
which is the second death."
21:9One of the seven angels who had the
seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven
last plagues came, and he spoke with me,
saying, "Come here. I will show you the wife,
the Lamb's bride." 21:10He carried me away in
the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and
showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming
down out of heaven fromGod, 21:11having
the glory of God. Her light was like a most
precious stone, as if it was a jasper stone,
clear as crystal; 21:12having a great and high
wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates
twelve angels; and names written on them,
which are the names of the twelve tribes of the
children of Israel. 21:13On the east were three
gates; and on the north three gates; and on
the south three gates; and on the west three
gates. 21:14The wall of the city had twelve
foundations, and on themtwe lve names of the
twelve Apostles of the Lamb. 21:15He who
spoke with me had for a measure, a golden
reed, to measure the city, its gates, and its
walls. 21:16The city lies foursquare, and its
length is as great as its breadth. He measured
the city with the reed, Twelve thousand twelve
stadiaq. Its length, breadth, and height are
equal. 21:17Its wall is one hundred forty-four
cubits,r by the measure of a man, that is, of
an angel. 21:18The construction of its wall
was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure
glass. 21:19The foundations of the city's wall
were adorned with all kinds of precious stones.
The first foundation was jasper; the second,
sapphires; the third, chalcedony; the fourth,
emerald; 21:20the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth,
sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth,
beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus;
the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst.
21:21The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each
one of the gates was made of one pearl. The
street of the city was pure gold, like transparent
glass. 21:22I saw no temple in it, for the
Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are
its temple. 21:23The city has no need for the
sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very
glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is
the Lamb. 21:24The nations will walk in its
light. The kings of the earth bring the glory
and honor of the nations into it. 21:25Its gates
will in no way be shut by day (for there will
be no night there), 21:26and they shall bring the
glory and the honor of the nations into it so that
they may enter. 21:27There will in no way enter
into it anything profane, or one who causes an
abomination or a lie, but only those who are
written in the Lamb's book of life.
22:1He showed me at river of water of life,
clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne
of God and of the Lamb, 22:2in the middle of
o20:14 or, Hell
p21:8 The word for "sorcerers" here also includes users of potions and drugs.
q21:16 12,012 stadia = or 2,221 kilometers or 1,380 miles. TR reads 12,000 stadia instead of 12,012 stadia.
r21:17 144 cubits is about 65.8 meters or 216 feet
s21:19 or, lapis lazuli
t22:1 TR adds "pure"
Revelation 22:3 992 Revelation 22:21
its street. On this side of the river and on that
was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of
fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves
of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
22:3Therewill be no curse any more. The throne
of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and
his servants serve him. 22:4They will see his
face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
22:5There will be no night, and they need no
lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate
them. They will reign forever and ever.
22:6He said to me, "These words are faithful
and true. The Lord God of the spirits of
the prophets sent his angel to show to his
bondservants the things which must happen
soon."
22:7"Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he
who keeps the words of the prophecy of this
book."
22:8Now I, John, amthe one who heard and
saw these things. When I heard and saw, I fell
down to worship before the feet of the angel
who had shown me these things. 22:9He said
to me, "See you don't do it! I am a fellow
bondservant with you and with your brothers,
the prophets, and with those who keep the
words of this book. Worship God." 22:10He said
to me, "Don't seal up thewords of the prophecy
of this book, for the time is at hand. 22:11He
who acts unjustly, let hima ct unjustly still. He
who is filthy, let himb e filthy still. He who is
righteous, let himdo righteousness still. He
who is holy, let himb e holy still."
22:12"Behold, I come quickly. My reward
is with me, to repay to each man according
to his work. 22:13I am the Alpha and the
Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning
and the End. 22:14Blessed are those who do
his commandments, that they may have the
right to the tree of life, and may enter in by
the gates into the city. 22:15Outside are the
dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the
murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who
loves and practices falsehood. 22:16I, Jesus,
have sent my angel to testify these things to
youf or the assemblies. I am the root and the
offspring of David; the Bright and Morning
Star."
22:17The Spirit and the bride say, "Com e!"
He who hears, let himsa y, "Come!" He who
is thirsty, let himc ome. He who desires, let
himtak e the water of life freely. 22:18I testify to
everyone who hears the words of the prophecy
of this book, if anyone adds to them, may God
add to himt he plagues which are written in
this book. 22:19If anyone takes away fromthe
words of the book of this prophecy, may God
take away his part from the tree of life, and out
of the holy city, which are written in this book.
22:20He who testifies these things says, "Yes, I
come quickly."
Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.
22:21The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be
with all the saints. Amen.
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1999-02-06 - February 6th 1999